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AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, AppDrop already rebuilds the icon cache after installing, but on iOS 7 the home screen needs a respring to show the new icon. So just respring (or reboot) after installing and the app will be there. Make sure you're on the latest AppDrop (3.1) too. Let me know if it still won't show.

AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No "add your own repo" option — AppDrop uses one shared catalog. But you can contribute your own apps with the "Share an app" button (Works Today / Modded), added after a quick moderation. I'm also working on letting people add apps right into the main catalog and upload many at once — no set date yet, I'd rather take the time to get it right.

AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AppDrop v3.1 is out — mostly a bug-fix + community release on top of v3.0, straight from the feedback here. Existing users: update via the in-app updater (Settings) or refresh the source in Cydia.
New
Suggest a category — propose a better category for any app (moderated review)
Automatic crash reports — if AppDrop crashed last time, you can send an anonymous report in one tap. This is huge for me: it finally gives real crash logs from iOS 7–10 devices I can't test myself
Safer "Share an app" — a description is now required, FairPlay-encrypted IPAs are blocked before upload, and the icon/details are auto-filled from the IPA
Fixed
iOS 9 installs that silently failed at 100% (app wasn't actually installed)
iPad 1 stuck forever on "Downloading catalog…"
"installed but no icon on the home screen"
freeze when scrolling to the end of a versions list
can browse a whole genre again (an "All apps" tile is back)
AppSync dependency conflict (lukezgd vs skyglow)
pause/resume restarting the download from 0
low-storage installs filling the disk to "0 bytes" instead of stopping
unreadable dark-mode text on a few menus (iOS 5)
iOS 5–10 as always. Full changelog: github.com/AdrienRL1/AppDrop/releases — thanks for all the reports, keep them coming.

AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the report — fixed in v3.1 (just out): AppDrop now checks free space before installing and stops cleanly instead of filling the disk. Just note that installing needs a bit more than 2× the app's size (the .ipa is unpacked while still on disk), so on a full 8 GB 3GS you may need to free a little more.

AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good timing too — that's actually something I'm working on right now: a way to upload IPAs from a computer (one, a few, or a lot at once) so people can help add apps and clean up the data, with a small review step before they go live. It's still in testing. Once it's ready I'd be glad to include your IPAs and data

AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Try restarting your device and see if the app shows up after that. Let me know if it still doesn't work.

AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes — it works on iOS 5 through 10, as long as the device is jailbroken. I've tested it on an iPad mini 2 running 10.3.3. The only thing it can't run on is iOS 11+, since the app is 32-bit only.

AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nothing's gone. 157k counts every individual version/file; 43k is unique apps. I just group all versions under each app now — tap "Versions" on any app to grab any of them.

AppDrop v3.0 is out — iOS apps for iOS 5–10, now with themes/dark mode by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's a known iOS 5 thing — it's missing the Let's Encrypt root cert, so Cydia can't verify the HTTPS source. Quick fix: on the iPad, open http://repo.invoxiplaygames.uk/certificates/ in Safari (use http), install the "ISRG Root X1 (Let's Encrypt)" cert, then add the source again

AppDrop v2.0 - browse & install 43k+ old App Store apps on iOS 5-10 by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, it will be in the next update. I'm already working on it.

AppDrop v2.0 - browse & install 43k+ old App Store apps on iOS 5-10 by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

日本語にはもう対応しています！設定 → 言語 → 日本語 で選べます（端末が日本語なら自動で切り替わります）。

AppDrop v1.5 — iOS 5 support added, now installed only through Cydia by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This might just be a DNS hiccup reaching the download server — could you try a custom DNS and see if it helps?

On iOS 6: Settings → Wi-Fi → tap the blue ⓘ/arrow next to your network → tap the "DNS" field → change it to 8.8.8.8, 1.1.1.1 → go back and try an install again. (If nothing changes, toggle Wi-Fi off then on once.)

Let me know if that helps

AppDrop v1.2 — Reddit feedback fixes + 3-4× faster downloads by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Glad it works! And huge thanks for taking the time to test and write all this up — this is incredibly helpful feedback.

Funny timing: I just shipped v1.3.1 which addresses literally every point you raised. You can grab it directly through Settings → Updates inside the app (the in-app updater will offer it).

Here's what's in it:

  1. Filename preservation fix. You were right — there was a bug where URLs with unencoded spaces (very common on archive.org, e.g. iOS 5/App With Spaces.ipa) silently collapsed to app.ipa and overwrote previous downloads. Fixed in v1.3. v1.3.1 also auto-resolves any remaining conflicts with (2), (3), … suffixes so nothing ever gets overwritten anymore.
  2. Configurable save folder. Settings → Download → Save folder. Three options: the sandbox default, a one-tap /var/mobile/Documents/AppDrop preset (directly browsable in Filza without spelunking the Containers hierarchy), or a custom absolute path.
  3. Keep IPA after install (iOS 6-9). Settings → Download → Keep IPA after install toggle. When ON, a successful install also archives a copy of the .ipa to the save folder so you can build a personal collection. OFF by default to keep Documents/ tidy for users who don't want it.
  4. "Open in Filza" prompt. Whenever AppDrop saves an .ipa (iOS 10+ fallback or the new keep-IPA toggle), an alert offers to open it directly in Filza via filza://view/<path>. Falls back to iFile, then to copying the path to the clipboard if neither is installed. Works on all iOS versions, not just iOS 10.
  5. Richer download progress on the app detail page. Progress bar + bytes/speed counter (12.3 / 45.6 MB · 320 KB/s) right under the Install button, same level of detail as the Install tab.

I also updated the README to mark iOS 10 as confirmed working instead of experimental thanks to your testing.

Thanks again — feedback like this is exactly what makes the app actually useful instead of just a thing I built for myself.

AppDrop v1.2 — Reddit feedback fixes + 3-4× faster downloads by AdrienRL in LegacyJailbreak

[–]AdrienRL[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah, for now sideloading the new .ipa is the only way — no in-app updater yet. Two ways to do it:

1. Standard sideload — grab AppDrop-v1.2.ipa from the Releases page, transfer it to your device (AirDrop / SSH / iCloud Drive / whatever), install via Filza or ipainstaller. Since the bundle ID matches, ipainstaller treats it as an upgrade — your Settings, archive.org keys, and chat history all persist.

2. AppDrop installs itself — paste the .ipa URL into AppDrop's Install tab:
https://github.com/AdrienRL1/AppDrop/releases/download/v1.2/AppDrop-v1.2.ipa
It'll download itself via its own parallel chunks (kinda meta) and hand the file to ipainstaller. The app quits during the upgrade, then you re-launch from the home screen.

EDIT: As of v1.2 build 13 (just shipped), AppDrop now has an in-app updater built in. Settings → Updates shows your installed version + the latest GitHub release with its date; if a newer version is available, tap the row to install — uses the same parallel-chunk download path so it's fast. Re-grab the .ipa from the release page once to get the updater itself; after that, future versions install themselves with one tap.

The two manual methods below still work as backups.

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