There are 2 methods to install *free* games on your IPhone, both requires jailbroken iPhone. The method we will explain is the easiest one. It does not require patching your iPhone.
Easy steps:
- Update your iPhone to firmware 2.0 with Pwnage 2.0, use our straightforward guide.
It’s important that your iPhone is Jailbroken, and that you have installed Cydia Installer.
- Fire up Cydia, and install OpenSSH. It will allow you to connect to your iPhone.
Next you will need an ftp client that handles SFTP protocol.
We recommend Transmit for Mac users or CoreFTP for Windows users.
- Connect your iPhone to your wifi home network, and check the assigned IP address.
Fire up your FTP client, and connect to your iPhone IP address with the following user:
User : root
Password : alpine
- Get the IPA files (google is your friend)
Rename the extension IPA to ZIP and extract the content.
You’ll find the XXXX.app in the Payload folder.
- Browse to the /Applications directory and upload the XXXX.app
- You will need to set the correct permissions on the apps folder in /Applications
Apply permissions 775 with your ftp client to the folder you added under /Applications
- Create a folder called “Documents” in /Applications and /private/var/Mobile
This is a one time process, if the Documents folder already exist, leave it skip to next step
- You will need to set the correct permissions on the 2 “Documents” folder you created
Apply permissions 777 with your ftp client.
- Reboot your iPhone and the *free* apps should appear on your iPhone.
Alternative method:
This method will allow you install *free* cracked IPA files through iTunes.
It requires that you replace a framework with a patched one.
- Connect to your iPhone with SSH, user root, password alpine
- Go to folder /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MobileInstallation.framework
- Backup the MobileInstallation binary : cp -r MobileInstallation MobileInstallation.bak
- Connect with SFTP and upload the patched MobileInstallation
- Set permissions : chmod 775 MobileInstallation
- Reboot the iPhone
Double-Click the IPA files to import them in iTunes.
Then simply Sync your applications with iPhone.
Important note :
Use this method only to evaluate apps before you buy them.
Developers spent lot of time working on their applications, respect their work.
Stealing apps may lower their quality for future releases.
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1. G Says:
July 31st, 2008 at 8:58 amSo where is the rest of this story?
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2. Loni Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 3:56 amI have problems loading the apps…even if i did this procedure right…when i try to open the app it says: The application “300 Bowl” cannot be opened
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3. mamet Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 6:20 amLoni- u need jailbroked 1.1.4 iphone with 2.0 firmware to do this method..
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4. booba Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 7:10 amno, it works with 2.0 ootb iphone.
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5. admin Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 8:10 amLoni, try another application, might be an issue with 300 Bowl …
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6. sardino Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 3:26 pmi´m been able to sync all the apps with my iphone but none of them open,all of them say ¨the aplication………..cannot be opened¨.I did all the above but nothing….
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7. cardz Says:
August 1st, 2008 at 4:49 pmDoes it work with an ootb 2.0?? Because i’m sure they dont have openSSH installed ootb….
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August 1st, 2008 at 5:33 pmYou need a Jailbroken iPhone 2.0, with Cydia Installer to install OpenSSH.
Read carefully my guide to use Pwnage to activate and jailbreak iPhone : http://www.macgeekblog.com/blog/archive/2008/07/19/pwnage-20-jailbreak-iphone-3g-now.html -
August 1st, 2008 at 6:05 pmjust read it… iphone ootb 2.0 -> jailbreak -> ssh -> add apps -> change permission -> restart -> it just works!
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10. stealthfiction Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 12:10 amfor people with apps not loading problems, you must have atleast one offical downloaded app on your phone for the cracked ones to work. try the facebook or myspace app or something. that should fix the issue
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August 2nd, 2008 at 4:15 ami have iphone 2.0 firmware installed with winpwn on iphone 2G…monkey ball and crash kart is working fine…but this other apps described here not. i’m trying to find the problem..and if i fix..i will post here
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August 2nd, 2008 at 9:04 amYeah 300 Bowl is weird, whenever you perform a strike, the game crash lol… If you like that game, just go BUY it in the App Store, it’s the best way to get it running smoothly
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13. Teddy Says:
August 3rd, 2008 at 10:40 amanyone got this working using a Mac? I can’t get it to work read numerous forums & instructions and no luck
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14. Danjhoros Says:
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:09 amI can’t get this to work… Cam somebody make a step by step procedure? I’m stucked in the CoreFTP! I can’t connect my iPhone 3G. it says “Can’t establish connection”…
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15. Greybaby Says:
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:26 amI’m not understanding how to apply permissions using transmit on the mac. Anybody know how I do this?
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August 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 amDanjhoros,
Make sure you are choosing sftp as your protocol… I had the same issue until I switched from ftp to sftp -
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:50 amNevermind on the permissions thing, you just have to right click the folder, get info click apply
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August 3rd, 2008 at 1:37 pmDanjhoros, be sure you have selected SSH/SFTP in CoreFTP:
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19. Catman Says:
August 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 pmEvery time I want to upload the files to my Iphone, I get an “Server Error” after some files!!.
Screenshot: http://img371.imageshack.us/my.php?image=errorwf7.jpg
Its only when I upload the files to the Applications folder, when I upload them into other folders there isnt any error!!
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August 4th, 2008 at 5:07 amCatman, might be that you are running out of disk space on the root partition. I suggest you install Boss Prefs app from Cydia and check the remaining disk space. By default you got 500 MB which you can configure when you build the firmware with Pwnage.
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21. richkid Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 11:28 ami keep having a problem after i use the first method…..
i do everything the way it says but after i reboot, the app is there but when i try to open it, it goes to the loading screen and then goes back to normal….
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August 4th, 2008 at 11:29 am“normal” meaning home screen
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August 4th, 2008 at 12:12 pmTHANK YOU!!
It worked! But the programm is BossTool and not BossPrefs!!BTW: very good Blog
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24. Hernan Says:
August 5th, 2008 at 3:10 pmI am using the Alternative Method.
When iTunes finishes the sincronization.
I reboot. When i want to use the apps.
they will say.
The application “name” cannot open.Any ideas?
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25. lenz Says:
August 6th, 2008 at 9:43 amafter mobileinstallation hack you need first to install a free app from appstrore after then you can sync your cracked ipas
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August 6th, 2008 at 5:41 pmThanks Lez!
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27. uscatu Says:
August 7th, 2008 at 5:12 amI have connected to the phone upload the files and change the permission. I have uploaded 3 apps and none is working. As soon as i launch it its crashing. Any suggestions?
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August 7th, 2008 at 8:06 amuscatu, which methode do you using ipa or app ?
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29. PegasosII Says:
August 9th, 2008 at 1:23 pmOn iPodTouch 2.0.1 jailbroked
I try with .ipa mode ..all may cracked apps work but my free apps downloaded before and music and movies not worki change mobileinstalation.framework an set 775
i try to fix permision with bossprefsSame thing, music video and free aps don’t work
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30. iphone user Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 6:13 amwhat can I do, if I don’t have an App Store account (I can’t sign up new account), so I can’t install first free app from app store?
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31. nioub Says:
August 12th, 2008 at 3:02 pmSame problem here, apps crash on launch…
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August 12th, 2008 at 6:06 pmfound the issue, u have to apply right 775 to all files in the .app, so u must have an ftp program who is able to do it with one click. on mac : Transmit does.
Fetch dont.cu
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33. confrontation Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 4:05 pmi have tried both methods and they didnt work i tried them over and over (restored iphone jailbreak) i used pwnagetool 2.02 and transmit but still nothing
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34. spleener Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 9:28 amFor those having problems — I’ve used the first method with a lot of success many times. When you change permissions on the folder you add to “Applications”, make sure you change them recursively for the contents of the folder.
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August 19th, 2008 at 3:18 amThe easiest way is to replace the MobileInstallation file with the patch one and set the correct permissions (775), then reboot your iPhone. Next you load the IPA files in your iTunes and install from there on your iPhone. Could it be simpler
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36. gabry182 Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 3:43 amgrazie mille!! il primo metodo funziona in maniera ottima!
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37. PB Says:
August 21st, 2008 at 11:31 pmAnyway around getting a free app from the appstore to use cracked stuff? For some reason it says authorization failed when I try to download a free app but I can’t use any cracked apps it does the whole application cannot be opened jibberish… Thanks!
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38. jamie Says:
August 24th, 2008 at 10:59 amWhere can i get the custom firmware for this?
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August 24th, 2008 at 1:28 pmJamie you need to build the custom firmware with PwnageTool, read my tutorial here: http://www.macgeekblog.com/blog/archive/2008/07/19/pwnage-20-jailbreak-iphone-3g-now.html
Since I wrote this tutorial, PwnageTool has been updated once to support the new 2.0.1 firmware, you can read this : http://www.macgeekblog.com/blog/archive/2008/08/09/pwnagetool-202-in-the-early-morning.html
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40. ZAKsPop Says:
August 26th, 2008 at 8:50 pmThe problem I’m having is that after following the steps to a T is that my cracked apps work fine but no music/videos are shown in ipod and the legit apps won’t run. they launch and then close. Starting to piss me off royally. I’ve restored this damned thing about 10 times now trying different thing to fix it. WTF is the problem?
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41. uuu Says:
August 28th, 2008 at 1:40 amI got like two or three on but then all of a sudden it stopped working help
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42. ham_se17 Says:
August 28th, 2008 at 7:50 am#40
I have the exact same issue, alle my legal apps (free and non free) stopped working! Did you find ay solution???
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August 28th, 2008 at 9:43 pmOK. I don’t know why this works but it does. I restored my iPhone for the umtenth time but this time I didn’t sync any apps. just a few tunes and addresses. I checked and was able to play the tunes. then I installed openSSH. I used Fugu (Mac) to connect to my iPhone. I created both directories and copied the mobileinstallation. Rebooted iPhone. While it was rebooting I removed all of my apps from iTunes. I copied them to another folder and deleted them from itunes. Once my iPhone rebooted I checked it again by playing a song. Worked…So far so good.. Then I went to appstore and downloaded Shazam. It worked. So I went to the folder where I backed up my apps and double clicked Cro-Mag Rally. It appeared in iTunes. I clicked my iPhone and chose to sync apps. I synced it and it worked. Checked Shazam and it works as well as my music still plays. woo-hoo.. Looks like it could have been an iTunes issue. Now to install all my apps 1 at a time to see if one was the culprit.
BTW I’m using 2.0.2
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44. Gipple Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 1:11 amDoes anyone know why I should create the Documents folders? I have a 2.0.1 iPhone (the old model, not 3G) and I already have third party apps on it (like terminal.app, ToggleSSH.app and Installer.app) and they work fine without those 2 Documents folder.
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August 30th, 2008 at 1:44 amGipple you don’t need to create that folder, just install a free application from the app store on your iPhone and you will be fine. Anyway I recommend you use the second method with the IPA files, it’s much more simple as you can manage your apps in iTunes as usual.
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August 30th, 2008 at 3:56 amThanks admin. In the “IPA method”, instructions tell me to change the patched installer’s rights with “chmod 775 MobileInstallation”. Is that enough or should it be “chmod -R 775 MobileInstallation”, instead?
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August 30th, 2008 at 4:02 amNever mind. I noticed it’s a single file
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48. Csieuchand Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 6:24 amDoes anyone know if the first method works with 2.0.2? It used to work for me with 2.0 and 2.0.1 but its not working in 2.0.2
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49. bigbone Says:
August 30th, 2008 at 8:57 amhi bro,
i already jailbreak my iphone and to version 2.0
but after i done all the thing, and the springboard show the app icon,but u cannot open it??!! say the application “ibeer” cannot be opened!!
any solution for me??1 more question here…
after copy the app to app folder,wat permission i need to put?? 775 755?? -
August 31st, 2008 at 9:54 pmOK. Out of the blue today my son was playing Animal Farm which I paid for and the sound wouldn’t work. After several attempts to get it to work I rebooted the phone. Now, all of my free and purchases apps won’t run and all of the music and videos are missing again. I looked around in the phone for files that the modification time was around then but there are too many to track it down. Anyone have any idea what is causing this. I like several of the cracked apps and I like my purchased apps and my music and I don’t want to have to choose between them. Could it be a plist file being altered or a files permission changing? I’m tired of restoring the phone.
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September 1st, 2008 at 4:31 amZAKsPop, that’s really strange. Did you jailbreak your iPhone ? What version of the firmware are you running ? What tool did you use to jailbreak ?
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September 1st, 2008 at 2:05 pmI used PwnageTool 2.0.3 with firmware 2.0.2. I got it working again by deleating al apps from phone and iTunes. SSLing to phone and deleting mobileinstallation and copying it back to phone. setting its permissions. Rebooting and dling app from appstore. then reinstalling apps by double clicking them to get them back into itunes and syncing. It just ticks me off that it has happened twice. I wish I knew what was going on. I’m thinking it might be a particular app but I dunno.
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53. Dane Says:
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:54 pmi m using 2.0.2 IPhone 2g jailbrken wit QuickPWN i m using IPhone PC suite to change the MobileInstallation file wil that doo …the application r installing but the application could not be open is the error iim gettin any 1 can help………..
i want to install *.ipa files……. -
54. Chris Says:
September 11th, 2008 at 3:51 pmI can confirm that anyone who is having problems with application cannot be opened problem, I just solved it by installing last.fm app.
Thanks for the guide
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55. Rag Says:
September 16th, 2008 at 8:34 amSir,
Iam present using iphone1.1.4.
I want’s to update my iphone.
I want’s to play the cracked (ipa) games in my phone.
which version that is firmware is best for me.
this version also accept those app iam using in 1.1.4.
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56. srealpe Says:
September 17th, 2008 at 3:29 pmRAG:
You have to upgrade your iphone to 2.x version in order to use legal or cracked apps, check winpwn site to upgrade your iphone and then jailbreak if you want =) in there you’ll have a lot of tutorials !Have a nice day !
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September 17th, 2008 at 3:30 pmOne more thing, if you use MAC (sorry) search for PWNAGE tool ! =) they have the version for MAC users (sorry again I’m windows user)
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September 20th, 2008 at 3:56 pmAnyone using these on 2.1?
I want to upgrade but concerned this won’t work…
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September 20th, 2008 at 4:11 pmIt works perfectly on 2.1, you just need to grab the new MobileInstallation patched file for 2.1. Try the bay of the pirates
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September 21st, 2008 at 9:50 pmThanks. Worked like a champ.
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September 23rd, 2008 at 10:19 pmAwesome!!!
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62. Rider Says:
September 24th, 2008 at 8:26 amIt Worked!!!!
Seriously….i tried 7-8 forums n all but this one actually worked
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63. justin Says:
September 25th, 2008 at 11:13 pmi install and tests many of the apps from appulos, but i cant get it to install anymore apps, i dont know why?
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64. rawi Says:
October 16th, 2008 at 12:09 amwhat should i do i dont have wifi connection?
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