Download: Crackulous iPhone app v0.9 (allows you to crack and share AppStore iPhone apps)

Posted by james on February 2nd, 2009 at 12:09am Comments

While we’ve had some concerns about the legality of posting this, in the end the spirit of sharing the freshest news took over….

As you might know, the paid iPhone apps from the AppStore are not all that easy to transfer to other iPhones. In fact, previously one had to posess a certain set of skills and tools in order to do that. But all this has now changed, with the release of Crackulous, an unauthorized iPhone app that allows you to share any app you’ve purchased with other users. It does so by removing copy-protection embedded in AppStore iPhone apps.

In order to run Crackulous you need to have at least one legitimate app from the App Store, ajailbreaked iPhone, and Cydia installed (note: all latest versions of QuickPwn iPhone jailbreak tool give you an option to automatically install Cydia when you jailbreak your iPhone).

So if you’ve got all the necessary prerequisites, fire up Cydia and download Crackalous v0.9 from the following Cydia repository: http://cydia.hackulo.us and read the important notes below.

Crackulous crashing on startup?
Many people are saying that it crashes when you have an app with a number in it. It’s not necessarily numbers IN apps, it’s apps that START WITH a number. This is a known bug, and it’s mentioned in the original post. There should be a fix soon, so don’t feel the need to delete your precious apps right away ;-). There’s also a rare bug report about apps with 3 or more digits in the name causing a problem with Crackulous, but so far that’s not been confirmed.

But how do I crack apps without buying them?
You don’t. Every single app that’s ever been cracked has been legitimately purchased by the cracker. Part of the cracking method requires you to run the app on your iDevice before it’s cracked, and the only way to do that is by buying it and downloading it legitimately. Makes you think twice before you start spamming the requests board, doesn’t it?

I cracked an app but how do I get it?
Crackulous tells you exactly where to find the app once it’s cracked — all you need to do is log into your phone via SFTP (you need OpenSSH from Cydia for this).

Where do I upload the app?!?!?!?!?!1cos(0)1
If your goal is to get the app posted on Appulous (and it should be!) you’ll need to upload it to a filehost. Actually, if you want your app to stick around for awhile, you’ll want to upload to a few filehosts! The ones that work on Appulous are listed here. Then, if you don’t already have one, register for an account at Appulo.us, verify your E-mail (see here if you have problems with that), log in, then use the “Submit an App” link at the top of Appulous.

_____________ doesn’t work.
This tells us NOTHING. Never say something “doesn’t work”, tell us what it’s doing INSTEAD of working. Did you get an error message? Was there a crash? A weird noise? Did it ask you out on a date then admit it has herpes? You really have to tell us what’s going on if you want us to fix it.

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