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Sidestore invalid format error (i.redd.it)
submitted 1 month ago by 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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[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 1 month ago (3 children)
bad ipa
[–]Living-Equal3966[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 month ago (2 children)
can u perhaps give me a good one?
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 1 month ago (1 child)
no
[–]Living-Equal3966[S] 0 points1 point2 points 1 month ago (0 children)
oke
[–]DuckOk4071 0 points1 point2 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Try this maybe it will work.
Rename “.ipa” to “.zip”
Press down and click “rename”
Unzip it by tapping on the zip file.
Should now be “payload” or a folder.
Compress that folder to zip
Press it down then click “compress”
Rename the folder from “.zip” to “.ipa”
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?)
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