Last week, Saurik (Jay Freeman) made the difficult decision to close the Cydia Store. But how will this affect you? What
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The misunderstanding among users led to a million questions about Cydia. If you also do not quite understand what happened, we will help you figure it out.
what suchCydia Store?
In short, Cydia Store is a payment systemto purchase paid jailbreak tweaks from authorized repositories in Cydia, like BigBoss, MacCiti and ModMyi. This is not the same as the Cydia Installer, the Cydia application that you regularly use.
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Will stop whether workCydia?
The decision to close the Cydia Store does not concernCydia apps. You can continue to use the application to install / uninstall / manage your current jailbreak tweaks, themes, etc. You can also browse your repositories.
Can I continue to buy tweaks?
You can still buy jailbreak tweaks, but only from third-party repositories like Packix, Chariz, Dynastic Repo and others. They have their own payment systems outside the Cydia Store.
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If you installed jailbreak on your devicewith iOS 11, you couldn’t buy tweaks from the BigBoss repository anyway, since it does not support purchases for iOS 11. That is why most paid tweaks are published in third-party repositories.
Can I install previously purchased tweaks?
Saurik decided not to touch the tweaks you already bought,so that you can access them. Buying new tweaks from authorized repositories is no longer possible. Purchases are available only in third-party repositories like Packix, Chariz, and Dynastic Repo.
Can i install free tweaks?
You can still install free tweaksfrom the BigBoss repository, as well as downloading files from archived MacCiti and ModMyi repositories. Downloads do not apply to the payment system Cydia Store.
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WhySaurikclosedCydia Store?
In his post, the developer wrote that the maintenance of the repositories does not bring him enough income to pay all the costs.
Saurik planned to close the Cydia Store by the end of the year, but, having discovered a serious payment system bash, he decided to do it earlier.
What is the bug?
There is no detailed information about the bug yet, but weWe know that with its help arbitrary purchases could occur in the Cydia Store from users authorized through PayPal. It concerned only unverified third-party repositories.
Will he come back?Cydia Store?
Given the loss-making nature of the Cydia Store, it’s unlikelythe developer will restore the system. He wrote that he no longer had the desire to engage in ensuring her work, so he decided to just turn off the system.
Fortunately, all third-party repositories have their own payment systems for buying paid tweaks. Saurik simply relieved himself of responsibility, which is a winning scenario for him and for us.
How to find verified repositories?
Distinguishing a proven repository from a dubious one can be difficult. Fortunately, we have a list of third-party repositories you can trust.
We do not recommend adding all repositories in a row, because this puts you at risk.
You can no doubt use the repositories Packix, Chariz, Dynastic Repo and others from our list.
what aboutSileo?
Sileo, an alternative to the Cydia application, can become the main file manager for users with jailbreak. However, purchases will still be available only in third-party repositories.
Sileo is still indevelopment, and we do not have an exact release date. We are not even sure that it can replace Cydia. In addition, the new unc0ver jailbreak tool contains an updated version of Cydia for iOS 11.
Is jailbreak dead?
Jailbreak is not dead. The work of modern jailbreak tools continues, and the developers do not stop releasing new tweaks in third-party repositories every week.
To begin with, purchases in the Cydia Store did not initially work on devices with iOS 11. It is unlikely that you will notice at all that something has changed if you have iOS 11.
The jailbreak area continues to develop, despite all the difficulties. Most likely, jailbreak will exist for more than one year.