<![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required - Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> have one question... why is it that every time i try ti install this to tells me it will take 2-3 minutes. and then it never moves......
am i dumb?

vinceishoss

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Yeah will this work for Ipod Touch 1.1.3. + Upgrade ($20 - Mail, Maps,...) with NO Jailbrake???

is there also facility to do this on Winxp/WinVista???

sonny411

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> hello,
I have the same question, how do I get my installer on my iphone screen after updating? my version is 1.1.3, and how I disconnect the iphone from itunes?

anabroasca

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Will it work with firmware 1.1.3?

pmanjman

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Will this still work if you have downloaded firmaware 1.1.3?

Thanks, Parker Elliott

pmanjman

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Hi I am new here. I have the same issue as MYLINH00. My installer icon is missing from the homescreen. How do I retrieve it. thanks

ruiyan98

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> I have the 1.1.2 version of the iPhone. I was wondering should I download the jailbreak or should I not? Will it really harm your iPhone like they say it will? all these downloads on the iPhone sound so cool but is there a true drawback? Thanks for your help!!

gehen1

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> @mylinh00: Hi, I've the same problem.
So I decided to cancel re-install Installer:first using Independece (that I've used to downgrade & hack my iphone 1.1.1) deleted some applications and then App Tabb installer to restore Installer > Launcher Then when I Update Installer it seems to updating it but at the end I have this pop up error: ERROR Packag could not be unpacked" ;(
Excepted this problem, iphone seems working, phone, sms, uTube, safari.
I've preferred to stop before doing worst.
Could anybody help me step by step? Thx





natglll

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> The instructions make no sense. I went to the nullriver page to download apptapp and they offer "normal" installers for download. As in, just double click. I don't see how Terminal figures into this?

Anyway, I tried the installer and it supposedly worked. Only problem is, it's no where to be found on my phone. I already used iFuntastic on my phone and I have the multiple pages feature. I checked all 4 of my pages and nothing. What gives. Talk about a blue ball. Damn! It seems like unless Apple gets off their complacent asses we're just gonna have a lot of "pretty cool, half-functioning" phones. Leaves me feeling kind of sheisty about the whole thing.

pop_culture_sux

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Is restoring the only way to getting the installer icon back on the homescreen. I didn't realize i needed to install the launcher program first before downloading all the other programs and now my installer program is not on my homescreen. How do i find this?

mylinh00

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Please help, I'm desperate to get this off my iPhone! There have been lots of posts here regarding uninstall but no answers yet. I installed it but when i click the icon the phone freezes and has to be powered down. Thanks again!

odatria

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> is this like a really good thing to install, like does it make it slower or have viruses or make me have no signal, i mean it all sounds so great! but i would also like to know the side affects as well

trishh10

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Is there anyway to delete BSD Subsystems?
I don't need it and its taking up space. I looked under the "Unistall" tab but it just says "Reinstall"


Heldcaptive462

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Hi,

It is taking longer for my iPhone to reboot than the script allows (I think). The screen shows 'Please Connect to iTunes' and the script successfully goes 5 FilesystemCheck 1, 6 FilesystemCheck 2, 7 Mounting File Systems, 8 Moving files into place, FAILED (6) RecoveryDittoFileCopy: Operation Ditto Failed and the script ends. Something I did?

Thanks

sfbayrunner

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> I Love This Install.app, Only Thing is, does anyone know how to download the ROMS off the app, I have downloaded the NES but no ROMS come with it, any help?

ThinkCreative

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Installerapp works great, but now my iPhone refuses to charge via the wall charger. The only way it will charge is if it's connected to iTunes and powered on. I did this immediately after installing iPhone software 1.0.2 so it could be a byproduct of that (though probably more likely something that Apple did to discourage hacking...)

pewtey

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> @jawzxy: Whenever I see an acroynym or name new to me, I just go directly to its page on Wikipedia, which for abbreviations is usually a great disambiguation page. Only if that fails do I Google for "{term} slang".

In Firefox, go to [en.wikipedia.org] (shows an error page), then bookmark this, then right-click on the bookmark, choose properties and give it the keyword 'w' and the name "Go to Wikipedia page". Thereafter, just press [Ctrl-L]w FTW[Enter] to learn about anything!

skierpage

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> I have installed the 1.0.2 update. I had previously "hacked" the phone with the isntaller and iFuntastic.

On the negative side:
I had to d a full reload and iTunes did not want to restore the backup so I lost my custom settings i.e. clocks, weather and maps bookmark. but as I was carefull to synch the phone before nothing else.

On the positive side:
I have reinstalled all the "hacks" and they still work as usual. I did fix the installer to use the new firmware instead of the 1.0.1 as suggested here: [pastie.caboo.se] but everything works fine including iFuntastic.



Bordeaux

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Bricked.

Just last night I followed the recipe up on Lifehacker to add the Installer for various apps.

Today, I updated to 1.0.2 and while it downloads the restore files, it completely crashes at the very end of the download. The error I'm seeing is:

There was a problem downloading the iPhone software for the iPhone "iPhone". An unknown error occurred (-48).

Make sure your network settings are correct and your network connection is active, or try again later.

I've got a MacBook that I'm using to connect to the iPhone.

Bricked.

docfalken

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> apple just released the 1.0.2 update - bug fixes. DO NOT INSTALL IF YOU JUST INSTALLED this if you have just used iPhoneInstaller. I am left to restore my phone completely now.. of course, I did not sync my phone first. Thanks self.

ImJustRestless

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Nifty. Now, when the F*CK is Apple going to release an update that'll make this hack irrelavent? I'm waiting......

je-c

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> @doinka:

Don't have an intel mac. Can i install ifuntastic using this installer?

jdwaters

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> FTW = "For the Win"

...not Fut the Wuck?

moondogf

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Um, I'm going to show my lack of knowledge here when I ask; Is FTW just WTF backwards? Or does it mean something entirely different?
Also, I've gotten enough of my friends to read Giz that I'm sure we'll all be telling each other to "the f**k shut up" no later than Wednesday.

QWERTYthon

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> I don't know why this isn't working for me. I have found ways to dance around a few errors, but after downloading the file, it says bootstrapper cannot be found.

YouAreFun

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> @DylanQ: are there any links or better instructions for installing pxl? the link you provided is very vague. People need step by step instructions like this post.

Thanks

doinka

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> @jdwaters: iphonealley.com ifuntastic

doinka

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Installed perfectly, but Doom Games does nothing just a splash screen

doinka

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> These instructions worked great. And having 3rd party apps available is cool. BUT... what about ringtones? Is there a way to use this installer to install ringtones?

jdwaters

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Now although this new app installer is amazing, what if for some reason you wanted it off, has anyone figured out how in uninstall this.

FrankieB4

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> I absolutely love this website and check it like 50 times a day. I will contribute to your articles with somewhat funny or interesting posts as well. Im a member you need lol. What else can I say.

FrankieB4

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> WTF? Tianjin Foreign Studies University FTW!

From the best Star Wars beat-down ever, Anthony Lane's savage Episode III review:
Deepest mind in the galaxy, apparently, and you still express yourself like a day-tripper with a dog-eared phrase book. "I hope right you are." Break me a fucking give.

skierpage

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> What I meant is that their solution is quite cool and simple, the installation being a one-shot-only thing.

Yeah, maybe I should add a comment on that to the post, for Windows users.


Jesus Diaz

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Jesusdiaz, you might not have noticed that Nullriver's Installer is among the apps at [pxl.ibrickr.com] - you can use iBrickr to install Installer on your phone. From there it's the same.

natetrue

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> How do you install the NES roms then?

iamse7en

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Well, it's not really the same. Nullriver's software installs the an application in your iPhone. From that point, you won't need to connect to any computers to download and install software.

Their solution is the most elegant I've found.

Jesus Diaz

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> For Windows folks, there's iBrickr at [ibrickr.com] that lets you do the same thing, except no command line at all. Just download the program and run it, it guides you through all the steps.

natetrue

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Why is Installer.app getting so much attention? Installer.app represents everything that is NOT open source.

The applications lead developer has done EVERYTHING he can to keep the open source installation apps from gaining popularity.

In addition to all that, running closed source apps on the iPhone is STUPID. If you people had any idea how dangerous that is, or how unsecure the iPhone's system is (EVERYTHING RUNS AS ROOT), you would NEVER trust a closed source app.

Please check out the alternatives to Installer.app, there are some great open source apps that work much better.

DylanQ

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Had to poke my head in to say that TFSU was fucking great! Though I hope you know what you may have started...

Selcouth14: makes jokes in base 13

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> The guys at #installer.app on IRC wanted everyone to know to make sure you install Launcher first, after updating of course, because if you don't, you run the risk of it being hidden below the top 16 icons on the SpringBoard.

Since Apple didn't program the SpringBoard to scroll when there are more than 16 apps, Launcher was written to launch other programs that otherwise would be inaccessible.

ulkesh

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> The application list would be nice. I even went to the Nullriver website and all they have is a screenshot of a few of the apps available, but no descriptions.

The installation script sounds nice, but I guess everything is still in its infancy. Between this and the $100 price drop on the refurbs its making picking up an iPhone more and more tempting each day.

calebc

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> No longer shall it be STFU.. from here on, it should be TFSU

scoot2006

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> anyone know if you can patch the iphone successfully without having to use the "recover" option if you install this?

robs

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> I agreed with Apple's decision to keep out 3rd party apps until they work out the bugs, but now it seems like such a futile effort. I think the lockout has gone as long as it can. Time to open it up. Also, TFSU is awesome! Double geek cred to anyone who got that one (I didn't). Praise Jesus!

sumocat

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Damn; that really was easy.

flufftronix

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> I'm debating trying this out but I'm trying to figure out a few things first:

1) Does this require an iphone re-install when the iphone gets patched just like the jail brake does?
2) Is there an apps list out there?
3) Does doing this allow the iphone to be recognized as an external hard drive?

robs

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Nice...and I'm thoroughly amused by TFSU.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Amazing script. Great work!

omegahack

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Adding the installer app is almost as easy on a PC. I did it with little trouble.
See my post: [gizmodo.com]


James

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Whoops.

Apologizing for comment spam.

DylanQ

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Check out PXL (has installer clients for mac and windows) at pxl.googlecode.com.

DylanQ

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Wondering how to fix the problem of having four apps installed, and not being able to see the installer on the home screen. I can't scroll to uninstall things... Is restoring the only way?

rainmanbk

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> would like to see a PC version.

sxt173

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> (  ) hmmm, doesn't that mean you can run any OS X apps on that?
(  ) or am I just being stupid?

( ) = check here

yogibimbi

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> @cdan: WHAT APPLICATIONS ARE OUT THERE? Don't you mean what applications AREN'T out there?

Well... there's MAME, that sort of works
Then there is a really bad Nintendo Emulator that sort of works too
Then you have... uh... hmmm

You DEFINITELY NEED THIS TO INSTALL SWEET APPS ON YOUR IPHONE!!!

lol

I think Steve jobs has proved his point. With the exception of a few hackers, nobody cares if this thing is able to to homebrew third party apps.

When somebody gets their slingbox running on an iPhone, give me a call.

donlphi

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> any chance of running Finder? ;-) Would have wanted that one to be the GUI of the phone in the first place...

yogibimbi

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> The Nullriver Install.app should NOT be used for a few reasons.

First of all, it's a closed source app in an inherently unsecure environment (everything on the iPhone runs as root). For all you know, it could be sending off your personal data.

Second, its developer has done all kinds of things to HINDER the progress of open source developments for the iPhone.

If you support open source and want a SAFE and SIMPLE way to install applications to your iPhone, check out pxl and Breezy (link below).

[pxl.googlecode.com]

DylanQ

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> you know, i'd kill for active refresh in here. nothing like finding out your comment's gone stale 2 seconds after you post it.

nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> @Hand_O_Death:
thats how yoda would say it


nutbastard

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Mmm... nice. Can I get something equally easy on the PC? Or will hell freeze over first and I should be getting a Mac at this point?

Evodico

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Dude, it's Yoda. Hence TFSU (took me a minute as well)

cmdrfire

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> the f**k shut up...awesome...but shouldn't it be ustf?

dave the wet sprocket

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> but what applications are there?

cdan

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> TFSU?

Hand_O_Death

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> holycrapwow.

this is great. thanks a ton for posting this, its downloading the firmware file as I type!

ars_workerbee

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> @nystreetfilms: The no service is the result of the phone not being used on the AT&T network...it was activated and is only being used via WiFi (for iPod/Video, internet, YouTube, Weather, stocks, oh yea & e-mail).

Mr. Black

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Jesus, you rock!! Great post!!

carrvin8

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Sweet. HOWEVER... I think its comical that there is "no service" on the Jesus Phone.... wow. It really is like talking to God .... sometimes you just cant get through... sometimes... you just cant... get through....

nystreetfilms

]]> <![CDATA[How To: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required]]> Great. I sense my iPhone tech support call volume spiking as a result of this.

sykotik

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