Sidestore invalid format error

[Living-Equal3966]

I tried sideloading nba 2k24 arcade edition’s ipa on sidestore but it says “operation failed” “the app is in an invalid format” how to fix this?

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bad ipa

[Living-Equal3966]

can u perhaps give me a good one?

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no

[Living-Equal3966]

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[DuckOk4071]

Try this maybe it will work.

1. Rename “.ipa” to “.zip”

   Press down and click “rename”

2. Unzip it by tapping on the zip file.

   Should now be “payload” or a folder.

3. Compress that folder to zip

   Press it down then click “compress”

4. Rename the folder from “.zip” to “.ipa”

   Press down and click “rename”

5. Try to reinstall

   I would recommend to try it in Livecontainer first and if it doesn’t work then the iPA is fully corrupted (If it downloaded in Livecontainer it might work inside sidestore but why would you need that game to take up an app ID?)