Cydia download
What is Cydia?
Cydia is the first ever non-official app store that contains jailbreak apps, themes and more exclusive features not available in the app store. Cydia is also known as one of the best and biggest alternative app stores for jailbreak iDevices. It has a large number of features that you can use on your devices in numerous ways. And also it is the most used third party app for jailbroken iPhones and iPad. Another important thing is this app is not available in the app store and you can not download it straight from the internet. You can download Cydia on iOS 10.33–14.3 versions. And also you can use Cydia impactor to install IPA files on iOS devices and APK files on Android devices easily.
So you have to jailbreak your devices to download Cydia.
What are the benefits of having Cydia on your device?
Cydia brings tweaks for iOS over the years now and provides these amazing benefits to their users.
- Break the limitations that Apple has imposed on your device
- Brings you more third party apps, tweaks
- Ability to make your own customizations for your device
What is Jailbreaking?
Jailbreaking is a process in which iOS/ iPadOS users can remove all restrictions and limitations imposed by the manufacturer. The jailbreak process will let you make your phone customize and install more apps without limitation. Simply, The jailbreak means getting admin privilege to your iDevice using iOS system files. You have to use a specific software application to jailbreak. For example, Taigone, TweakMo, Electra and etc.
Follow these steps before you jailbreak to download Cydia
- You should disable touch ID and Siri
- Close all apps from the app switcher
- Backup your device’s data
- Enable airplane mode before restarting your device
After completing these important steps you can jailbreak it using an online method or PC method. As already mentioned, you can use tweaks like Barrel and Cylinder after you jailbreak it.
Barrel
Barrel is a tweak app that is available in the Cydia app store. You can customize your device using its animations and tools. It also lets you to tweak your settings. Barrel app brings you some basic features of jailbreaking and user-friendliness with tons of animations.
Cylinder
Cylinder is another tweak app inspired by Barrel. You can use their special Lua scripts to create your own animations and make your Home screen full with various animations to the icons. Cylinder is the best alternative for Barrel.
Is it safe to download Cydia?
The answer is yes. It will not harm your device but the jailbreak process may void your Apple warranty. So you have to choose your jailbreak tool wisely. If you want to jailbreak your device, take a full backup of your device before you jailbreak it.
How to download Cydia
- Using Checkra1n
- Using TweakMo
Checkra1n Jailbreak
Checkra1n is one of the famous PC methods (Hardware based, semi tethered) of jailbreaking. It means if you are choosing checkra1n as a jailbreak tool you need to connect the device to a mac or windows, Linux PC. It uses hardware based exploit. Checkra1n is now officially released to iOS 14 and higher version. You can Install Cydia after you completed the jailbreak process with Checkra1n.
If you want to know about iOS 14.3 jailbreak and Checkra1n availability, read here.
TweakMo
TweakMo is one of the famous tweak app stores and Cydia downloader. You can find jailbreak apps, tweaks and iPhone customizations 100% free and safe. And it is the best Cydia alternative that provides the most downloaded Cydia apps. TweakMo compatibility checker finds you the best tweak apps for your device. Go to the TweakMo official page to read more about TweakMo and download the app.
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