A complete guide to sideloading
Updated July2023
For free with a jailbreak.
Requirements
Step by Step Guide
- Go to your package manager and add Havoc.app as a source.
- Search for TrollStore Helper and install it.
- Open TrollStore Helper and install TrollStore.
- Open TrollStore, press on the + sign and install an ipa file.
For free without a jailbreak but with a computer
- You will have no revokes if you connect to your Wifi at least once every 7 days
- If you encounter any problems, visit the official guide for Windows or for macOS
- Thank you to u/TechnologicalFreedom for the guide
Requirements
- A Windows computer or a Mac
- Lightning to Usb A Cable
- iTunes
This method of sideloading takes advantage of tools designed for developers to test their apps before releasing them onto the App Store, with a free developer account you don’t get push notifications and the apps will expire every 7 days (meaning every week they stop working until you give them new signatures).
Also you can only have three apps on your phone at a time using this method and altstore is one of them so you can pretty much only have two real apps at a time.
To keep the apps fresh and non-expired we’ll be using a piece of software called altserver and alt Store, this software automatically keeps the apps from expiring by wirelessly connecting to your iPhone from your computer to “Refresh” The apps.
This guide will be using Windows 10, this will also probably work the same exact way on macOS too.
Step by Step Guide
- First step is to download and install a piece of software called altstore, found here.
- Once you install it go to your start menu and run altserver, now plug your iPhone into your computer.
- Go down to the taskbar in the little menu of icons and right click the little alt server icon.
- Now press “Install altserver”
- Now it’ll ask you for your iCloud credentials, don’t worry this is not a scam, I’d suggest using an alternate iCloud account for this (it has to be one that your signed into on your iPhone and you can have multiple accounts on your iPhone at once so it’s not a big deal anyway).
- Once you do that, continue with the installation, you’ll see a piece of software appear on your iPhone called “Altstore”
- Launch it and put the same iCloud details into the app.
- Now you’ll need to leave altserver running on your computer for it to work properly and sometimes it won’t work properly in which case you’ll just have to troubleshoot it unfortunately because the problems can vary on a number of factors.
- Now you can go into altstore on your iPhone/iPad and sideload apps! Just press the plus button to sideload any ipa file.
For free without a jailbreak or a computer
Important
Are you on iOS version 14.0 - 15.1.1?
You can install ipa files without revokes, visit this guide: TrollStore
1- You don't have access to a computer?
You will be able to install ipa files but they may be revoked (the apps wont open anymore)
Step by Step Guide
- Go to appdb.to/link
- Enter your e-mail and press on "Link your device"
- Download the configuration profile
- Go to the files app and open "link_to_appdb'
- Open settings and press on "Profile Downloaded"
- Click "Install"
- Enter your passcode
- Press "Next"
- Press "Install"
- Press "Trust"
- Open AppDB or appdb.to
- Install any app listed or follow this guide to install your ipa's
- Press on your device, should be called something like "Iphone 11"
- Press on "Install custom application"
- Press on "Upload ipa file(s)"
- Press on Chose Files
- Chose your ipa file
- Press on open
- Wait for it to upload
- Click on the .ipa file you uploaded
- Done!
Not Recommended, see here
2- You don't have access to a computer? Method 2
You will be able to install ipa files but they may be revoked (the apps wont open anymore)
Step by Step Guide
- Go to https://usescarlet.com/#install
- Press "Install'
- Press 'Direct Install"
- Wait 10 seconds
- Press OK on the bottom of the screen
- Press "Install"
- Wait a minute
- Go to Settings>General>VPN,DNS & Device Management
- Press on the box under "Entreprise app"
- It should look something like "XCMG Foundation Construction Machinery CO., Ltd."
- Press on Trust "XCMG Foundation Construction Machinery CO., Ltd."
- Press "Trust"
- Open Scarlet
- Press on the middle download button
- Press on the download button and chose the ipa file you want to install.
Visit the MEGATHREAD for ipa repo's
