A year ago, Apple partially suspended operations in Russia, closed a retail store and turned off its Apple Pay. Some third-party developers and service owners stepped up, restricting access to their applications for residents of our country.
After 12 months, I can safely say that this definitely did not make me older. The departed service was immediately replaced by local ones, the place of the support ones was taken over by larger resource producers, and many workarounds of various extensions appeared to install remote applications.
I was surprised to find that I downloaded it to my iPhone in a year only 8 new applications. Among them:
◉ Sticky game Vampire Survivor.
◉ Utility Light blue to connect your Apple Pencil to the new iPad 2022.
◉ The most functional iOS 16 lock screen customization app – Launch lock.
◉ Second official client from Sbera – SBOL.
◉ Application Camouflage to use iPhone as a camera for Mac without Apple restrictions.
◉ Client AnyDesk to replace the departed teamviewer.
◉ wire guard to set up your own VPN server.
◉ Third party password manager Bitvorden.
The rest and games were installed bypassing the official Apple store, some applications and the disappearance never appeared in it.
Cupertinos themselves are to blame for what happened
Mobile app store App Store long ago turned into a dull dump (Google games not better). Moderators in recent years have regulated the cost of paying for applications for scammers.
Very often, a fake application written “on the knee” is approved and sent to the TOP faster than the original, which it copies. The algorithms for promotion and promotion in the Apple store are extremely simple and often use imitations for the fastest profit.
Cook and company operate serenely, cream in the form of 30% of all transactions in games and programs. Despite the fact that the share of services in Apple’s profits is growing every year, now it is services that bring almost a quarter of Apple’s income. Even former employees of the company show a negligent attitude towards the app store.
The company is ready to invest billions in the creation of a video container for Apple TV+but there can’t be several million to keep order in the App Store.
Many users have long lost the motivation to browse the Apple app store. After the events of last year with the removal of applications that fell under the subscription on the limitation of liability of some programs and the voluntary sawing of borders with the Russian market, nothing has been received in the App Store.
I was just forced to choose from the App Store
Here are some examples where I found third party app installs on iPhone or iPad. This happened due to controversial decisions of external restrictions, imposed or strange restrictions by the Cupertinos.
But the result was always the same – I installed the necessary application, through some of the relevant external sources.
◈ Apps disappeared from the App Store and disabled the ability to pay for a subscription. Some developers voluntarily removed programs and games from the Russian App Store. Now they will not acquire new users.
Even apps that have been bought before are not always able to restore a purchase from the store. This mechanism is extremely and unstable.
For example, I could not find several parts of the legendary series in history GTA. A long time ago I bought a set of all parts with a good discount, but now I can only download two games out of five.
The same problems happen to buyers of games from Rovio (series Angry Birds), SUPERCELL (Brawl Stars, Clash Royale, clan war) and other publishers. If the app is already installed for iPhone, then in-app purchases and subscription payments will not work in it.
In this case, restoring the program or transferring it from the device through a third-party utility helps. You can also get a paid application for free. Yes, in fact, this is piracy, but pirates themselves cannot purchase their programs and games.
◈ The developers have blocked already downloaded programs. An unpleasant story happened to a children’s modeling app Hey clay. The expensive set of plasticine purchased by the child (from the benefit of the step-by-step protein program) came with a QR code to unlock a series of instructional videos in the app.
He could not implement a proprietary utility. The program was removed from the App Store and even downloaded the application from the user’s purchase history was met with a banal stub.
No access to VPN service situations, no utility downloads from large App Store accounts.
The problem was solved by changing the region in the iPhone (Settings – General – Language and Region) and recovery through iMazing found in the app caching network with all detected purchases.
As a bonus, the child received new sections with norms for modeling.
◈ Older devices have been disabled from the App Store. Cupertino themselves import packages on wheels, for an iOS update to use stores.
So my 6th generation iPad, which is now working with my parents, at one point comes a request for applications from the App Store. He just flew out of the account and no longer allows you to log in.
At the same time, it is not even possible to install an update for already downloaded programs, the system requires you to install an Apple ID – the parameters are redirected, it is only updated to the latest version of iPadOS.
I contacted Apple support, like restoring or logging out of re-logging into Apple ID did not help. There is only one answer – an expert system. Yes, the 2018 tablet supports the current iPadOS 16, but it was not in vain that I turned off the OS update on it and sat on the assembly for such iPadOS 13 hardware.
In order not to turn the old iPad into a slow photo frame, I decided to feel the applications in third-party ways. To do this, I “registered” the gadget to the developer account and got access to the repository for easy installation of programs and games through gbox or ESign.
Asking price – 1000 rub. (I gave 600 rubles for the developer’s certificate, and the remaining 400 rubles for the repository).
An inquisitive user who is not too lazy to spend on studying the issue will be able to install almost any game or program on his iPhone.
How I got used to apps on iPhone and iPad
Tested by most popular people, both new and long-forgotten. I had to refresh my memory and share with you the necessary things for this.
Below is my TOP of the best producers of app installs from external sources on iPhone and iPad. I’ve been using it for a year now and don’t plan to change anything.
1. Buying a developer certificate
ESign application with a connected repository for quick installation of applications
At the moment, this is the most convenient and long-playing way to install applications bypassing the apple store. The most honest apps sign up for the Apple Developer Program and pay annually $99.
You will have to go through several bureaucratic procedures, find a way to pay abroad with a bank card and learn how to collect applications through Xcode. The rest will simply “google” the service for prescribing gadgets in account retention, and a solid set of features becomes a symbolic responsibility. By the way, in the future, with the exception of installing applications from external sources, it will be possible to find a beta version of iOS to use.
Approximately for 500-600 rubles you can get a developer certificate for a couple of gadgets iPhone + ipadand also for 300-400 rubles you will be offered access to a large catalog of programs. There were also dishonestly hacked games, and applications left Russia, and remote clients of our banks or services.
In addition, there are utilities with added tweaks. For example, an external client YouTube with convenient mode activation “Picture in Picture” and save videos for offline viewing.
All the benefits of such good app installs have already been mentioned in a separate article.
2. Restoring and Transferring Apps via iMazing
The method is only suitable for original games without hacks and modifications. This is how you can and should download banking apps that have been removed from the App Store.
Useful when switching to a new iPhone or iPad or when restoring the firmware of the device.
Of course, you can find ready-made *.type the file of the required program and is written with a marked developer certificate. But I wouldn’t risk using financial apps downloaded from unknown sources.
In case of iMazing it is simply not possible to install a program if it has been modified and differs from the original application from the App Store.
Just today, there was another reason to think about this way of installing applications.
3. Installation via Scarlet corporate certificate
This is the fastest way to install any third party app on iPhone without buying a developer certificate and without using a computer.
The utility itself is loaded onto the device via Safari and allows you to import installation data from a standard application Files.
The enterprise certificate is sometimes revoked, but developers quickly acquire a new one and update their application. This is a great way to test some game or program found on the web.
So, for example, you can play the legendary Doom or Heroes on your iPhone.
By combining these three qualities, you can install any application on your iPhone or iPad that did not even appear in the App Store.
What in the end
Over the year, restrictions appeared in the App Store, and many services and third-party services appeared for installing applications in iOS. Developers come up with new loopholes and more intelligently use the already observed vulnerability.
I don’t remember such a hype and interest in a platform with the temporary significance of a jailbreak for iOS 6 – iOS 8. Piracy has reached a new level, large manufacturers like SBER And Tinkoff.
In this case, I see no reason to wait, the official appearance did not appear in Apple’s App Store. Interested organizations and enthusiasts get everything on their own.
We are sure that a couple more years of such restrictions and we will see when using Android on the iPhone or Windows on the iPad.
Source: Iphones RU
I am a professional journalist and content creator with extensive experience writing for news websites. I currently work as an author at Gadget Onus, where I specialize in covering hot news topics. My written pieces have been published on some of the biggest media outlets around the world, including The Guardian and BBC News.
