The company behind the popular (and controversial) app Installous which let people easily download pirated apps on jailbroken iOS devices, has shut down. Serial Port Usb Android Phone. In what iDownloadBlog’s Sebastien Page “a small victory against app piracy,” Installous is now no longer available for use. Hackulous announced the closure today in a brief post on its website that reads: “We are very sad to announce that Hackulous is shutting down.

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After many years, our community has become stagnant and our forums are a bit of a ghost town. It has become difficult to keep them online and well-moderated, despite the devotion of our staff. We’re incredibly thankful for the support we’ve had over the years and hope that new, greater communities blossom out of our absence. With lots of love, Hackulous Team” Fans of the Installous are mourning the loss on, and, not surprisingly, offering up links to other piracy apps that are still up and running. This comes just one day after our East Coast editor John Biggs calling Installous “the scam iOS maker of the day” and calling for Apple to shut down the Installous app, which he called “a travesty, and an insult to those who strive to build great apps.” It’s unclear whether Apple heeded his call, or if Hackulous pulled the app on its own as part of its planned shutdown. Either way, now it’s gone. Update: The Installous app that Biggs wrote about is indeed gone from the iOS App Store, but it is a separate entity from the Installous that was operated by Hackulous, which was available on Cydia via the Hackulous repository.

Guess today is a bad day for both of the Installouses in the world. Apologies for the error. This is certainly not the end of mobile app piracy, but it is one small step forward for developers who want to earn an honest living for building fun mobile applications, and for those of us users who are happy to pay the the dollar or two it takes to download an app the honest way.

Apple released the recently and for those of you who have updated and jailbroke your iOS device tethered running iOS 5.1.1 with RedSn0w 0.9.10b8b, you are probably wondering if you can install cracked apps. The answer to this question is yes, and it simply requires adding a 3rd party repository, followed by installing a couple of. The first package you must install is called AppSync, which will allow cracked applications to run on your iOS device. The second package required to install cracked apps on your jailbroken iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad is Installous. For those that would like a helping hand installing cracked apps to their iOS device you will be glad to know in this how to guide you will learn how to install cracked apps on an iOS device running the iOS 5.1.1 or iOS 5.1 firmware (also supports iOS 5.0.1 and iOS 5.0).

Install Cracked Apps On iOS 5.1.1 / iOS 5.1 Step 1) The first thing you will need to do is jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch running the iOS 5.1.1 or iOS 5.1 firmware tethered. If you would like help with this process go to the. Step 2) After you ensure you are jailbroken you must launch Cydia, tap the Manage Tab, tap the Sources section and finally tap the Edit button in the top right corner of the screen. Step 3) You should now see an Add Button appear in the top left corner of the screen. Tap the Add button now and type in the following source: After typing the source above tap the Add Source button. Step 4) With the Hackulous source now added into Cydia go into the Hackulous source by tapping on it and you should see AppSync for iOS 5.0+. Install AppSync for iOS 5.0+ and then restart your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.

After it has restart, launch Cydia again and install Installous for iOS 5.1.1 (Installous 4) to your iOS device. You now simply need to find Installous on your SpringBoard (homescreen) and you can begin installing cracked applications on your iOS device running the iOS 5.1.1 or 5.1 firmware.

If you have any further questions please leave them in the comments. WARNING: Cracked applications are illegal.

The whole premise behind cracked applications is if you would like to test an application before purchasing it from the Apple App Store. It is expected that after you download cracked apps to your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad running the iOS 5 firmware that you either delete the app after testing it or purchase it from the App Store. Note: iJailbreak.com does not support cracked applications.

As it is our promise to report on everything to do with Jailbreaking, however, we have a responsibility to report on such news. If you followed this guide please keep in mind installing crack applications are illegal.