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Cydia is a replacement packaging and repository manager for the original Installer.app for the iPhone or iPod touch. It was created by Jay Freeman to replace BSD Subsystem and Installer.app. Cydia is a UI frontend to his Open Source APT for Debian called Telesphoreo. Cydia pomonella is the scientific name for the codling moth, which is what we often think of the as the stereotypical apple worm.

To get Cydia you need to have Installer.app already. Then just add http://apptapp.saurik.com/ as a source to Installer and install the package “Cydia Installer” from the “System” category.

Cydia itself looks similar to Installer.app but add many improvements to organization, functionality and performance of Installer. With Cydia you:

See the number of apps in each category
See details of what installing each app include such as file size and functionality added
Search for apps by name
See changes to your currently installed apps and available upgrades
See details of currently installed app and easily manage them

Currently with the release of the iPhone 3G which comes with OS 2.0 and the related iPhone pwnage tools many of the apps written for the older Installer.app have to be ported over so developers are working on that. In the next few weeks you will start to see more and more apps in Cydia with lots of cool new features, so check back often.

Note: The quick and easy way to get Cydia on your iPhone is to install it using QuickPwn.

Update: For Windows users with the iPhone 2.1 software update, you can get both Cydia and Installer on your iPhone really quickly and easily by installing the QuickPwn software on your Windows PC. The entire process is streamlined and takes only a few minutes.

Update: Ultrasn0w for iPhone 3G or 3GS is ready. You can now jailbreak and unlock your iPhone 3G or 3GS with OS 3.0 firmware.
1. Ensure you have upgraded to iPhone OS 3.0
2. Jailbreak your iPhone 3G using redsn0w or PwnageTool & if you have the 3GS use the purplera1n installer app to jailbreak it instead. (after this step you will have Cydia)
3. Run Cydia
4. Add the repo repo666.ultrasn0w.com to Cydia. (that last o is actually the number zero)
5. Search for ‘ultrasn0w’ in cydia and install ultrasn0w
6. Reboot your iPhone 3G
7. T-Mobile USA users should disable 3G before using ultrasn0w

Update: Purplesn0w can also unlock your iPhone 3GS, so use it instead of Ultrasn0w if you wish. The steps are exactly the same as the above. Only use this repo source in Cydia apt.geohot.com and install Purplesn0w from there.

Update: If you have OS 3.1.2 you can use blackra1n or PwnageTool 3.1.4 to jailbreak and get Cydia installed on your iPhone or iPod touch.

Use iPhone mods and hacks at your own risk! Installing 3rd Party iPhone apps requires you to jailbreak the iPhone before installing the native software and apps. Browse the full list of all iPhone and iPod touch native 3rd party apps filed under the software category.

Cydia Developer’s website is here

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353 Reviews on “Cydia”

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1. 260
   September 7th, 2009 at 1:09 am ger says:

   help!! i have the same prob as
   “ari says:
   I have the iphone 3gs with the latest firmware 3.1. I just download “purplera1n installer app” like the instructions here says. now my phone is not working at all and I can’t even turn it off. all I see is an image of the home page of purplerain.
   I hope someone here can help
   Thanks”

2. 259
   September 5th, 2009 at 6:32 pm jon jon says:

   this fuked up my ipod.. adn its new and it never been hacked and i aslo have 3g

3. 258
   September 4th, 2009 at 2:08 pm Zoe says:

   I’m supposed to download cydea first but how

4. 257
   September 3rd, 2009 at 6:58 am vicky says:

   hi ari i have solution for ur problem i also had same problem.

5. 256
   September 2nd, 2009 at 10:04 pm Jaib says:

   Arl try hold in the home and sleep button at the same time for about 15-20 seconds…this should restart your iPhone and it should work if not you will have to connect it to your computer and iTunes and restore your iPhone

6. 255
   September 2nd, 2009 at 1:42 pm iPod Touch says:

   all applications from cydia

7. 254
   September 1st, 2009 at 2:58 pm Anthony says:

   can you do a ipod touch 3g it wont let me =( and I really want to

8. 253
   September 1st, 2009 at 11:55 am ari says:

   I have the iphone 3gs with the latest firmware 3.1. I just download “purplera1n installer app” like the instructions here says. now my phone is not working at all and I can’t even turn it off. all I see is an image of the home page of purplerain.

   I hope someone here can help
   Thanks

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10. 251
    August 27th, 2009 at 4:13 am ipod touch says:

    Here you can find all the applications for Cydia

11. 250
    August 25th, 2009 at 1:03 pm KT says:

    after jailbreaking, can I transfer apps from PC to Iphone?

12. 249
    August 24th, 2009 at 6:22 pm pi pi pi says:

    Ivan vega, Milad, jean-baptist… u r all fucking morons! y u can not make full sentence with sense!!!1

13. 248
    August 18th, 2009 at 10:07 am Tom Anderson says:

    Myspace has 300,907,234 cyndy

14. 247
    August 17th, 2009 at 1:43 pm jhonny says:

    nada por ahora

15. 246
    August 17th, 2009 at 9:33 am Ron says:

    Hi.

    I’ve recently purchased a 3gs that has 3.0 installed on it.

    I keep getting prompted by iTunes to update to 3.1 but not done it.

    Has anyone succesfully jailbroken their 3gs on 3.0 and if yes what did you use.

    I don’t need to unlock it as I’m happy on o2 and normally all o2 contract phones are already unlocked anyway.

    Anyway all I’d like to do is jailbreak.

    Any help please as I get confused by the many bloggs, some saying use this others say use something else, some say keep sim in some say don’t, some say have iTunes connected, some say don’t.

    As u can see I’m confused, lol.

    Thanks for any advice and/or help given. Ron

16. 245
    August 15th, 2009 at 4:07 pm Ron says:

    GABER you should still be able on a jailbroken to get apps from the apple app store. You can get skype on there for free

17. 244
    August 14th, 2009 at 10:14 pm Ivan vega says:

    I like cydia because it’s cool

18. 243
    August 13th, 2009 at 4:50 am Milad says:

    i want to download cydia

19. 242
    August 11th, 2009 at 11:32 am jean-baptist says:

    cydia

20. 241
    August 8th, 2009 at 9:12 am Cincia says:

    Erg lief

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