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Nice guide! I wish there was something like this for apps that have been completely erased from AppStore (not even available under the purchased history). Afaik

Nice guide! I wish there was something like this for apps that have been completely erased from AppStore (not even available under the purchased history). Afaik apart from jailbreaking there is no way to install those.

dendrite9 3y ago
Yeah I have an app I like that has been deleted from the google play store. It's on an old phone and I want to figure out how to get it on a newer phone.
- msephton 3y ago
  For Android there are sources for old APKs and you can verify fairly easily that they have not been tampered with. Once installed, you can disable auto-update for that app. I have done this with the Twitter app on my Android tablet that I mostly use for ebook reading.
- flutas 3y ago
  You can probably use adb to get the APK of it. Or check trusted sites like apkmirror to see if they just have one.
- 38 3y ago
  if you know the info I might be able to get it
runjake 3y ago
If you can get the app IPA, I believe you can still codesign it yourself and dump it on your iOS device without jailbreaking. https://rderik.com/blog/resigning-ios-apps-from-an-ipa-for-mobile-security-research/ https://rderik.com/blog/resigning-ios-apps-from-an-ipa-for-m...
radley 3y ago
I used iMazing (on macOS) to backup and restore iOS apps. An app that I use daily got aquihired and was removed from the store. The company who made the app warned us in advance they were shutting down, so many of us were able to make a backup.
- msephton 3y ago
  What app?
  - radley 3y ago
    iMazing
  - radley 3y ago
    er... Pacemaker
predakanga 3y ago
If you can find the .ipa, you can sideload them, no developer account or anything needed. The downsides are that you can only have 3 sideloaded apps at a time, and you have to reinstall them every 7 days. https://sideloadly.io/ https://sideloadly.io/ automates the process and can automatically reinstall them for you - I use it to keep the Pebble app installed and my watch synced.
- amenhotep 3y ago
  That honestly seems almost worse than just not letting you do it. Astonishing that people put up with Apple.

dendrite9 3y ago

Yeah I have an app I like that has been deleted from the google play store. It's on an old phone and I want to figure out how to get it on a newer phone.

msephton 3y ago
For Android there are sources for old APKs and you can verify fairly easily that they have not been tampered with. Once installed, you can disable auto-update for that app. I have done this with the Twitter app on my Android tablet that I mostly use for ebook reading.
flutas 3y ago
You can probably use adb to get the APK of it. Or check trusted sites like apkmirror to see if they just have one.
38 3y ago
if you know the info I might be able to get it

runjake 3y ago

If you can get the app IPA, I believe you can still codesign it yourself and dump it on your iOS device without jailbreaking. https://rderik.com/blog/resigning-ios-apps-from-an-ipa-for-mobile-security-research/ https://rderik.com/blog/resigning-ios-apps-from-an-ipa-for-m...

radley 3y ago

I used iMazing (on macOS) to backup and restore iOS apps. An app that I use daily got aquihired and was removed from the store. The company who made the app warned us in advance they were shutting down, so many of us were able to make a backup.

msephton 3y ago
What app?
- radley 3y ago
  iMazing
- radley 3y ago
  er... Pacemaker

predakanga 3y ago

If you can find the .ipa, you can sideload them, no developer account or anything needed. The downsides are that you can only have 3 sideloaded apps at a time, and you have to reinstall them every 7 days. https://sideloadly.io/ https://sideloadly.io/ automates the process and can automatically reinstall them for you - I use it to keep the Pebble app installed and my watch synced.

amenhotep 3y ago
That honestly seems almost worse than just not letting you do it. Astonishing that people put up with Apple.