Download Installer 4 BETA
August 04, 08 by DougUpdate #2 - I since the update of WinPwn, QuickPwn, and the PwnageTool. . .the process below is no longer necessary to get the new Installer onto your device.
I suggest restoring to 2.0.2 and then jailbreaking with QuickPwn. . .you can follow the Jailbreak Guide for step by step instructions.
Be sure to check out our list of Installer 4.0 Sources
Update - It seems a hand full of you have been getting an issue that causes Installer to crash when you attempt to open it. This happens when the permissions aren’t set correctly(chmod). You set the permissions with steps 6 and 7 of the guide below. If Installer is crashing then your chmod commands aren’t working for some reason. Either you have moved your applications folder with BossTool. . .or maybe you’re not typing the commands correctly(they have to be exact).
This has worked for me and many others. If you are experiencing this crash issue the best thing I can do is suggest that you restore(to the 2.0 firmware) and start with a freshly jailbroken device. Then when you go through the guide below make sure you do each step exactly as it says.
It seems the BETA version of Installer has been leaked. I’m not sure if this is intentional or not but in any case. . .we have installer!
- The RiP Dev team wants everyone to know that this is an ‘early beta‘ copy. This was LEAKED and was not intended to be released at this time. So, if there are bugs don’t blame the developers
Basically they are saying if you see a few crashes or bugs don’t worry. They are still working on it and a more stable version will be out soon. The bugs will NOT brick your device. . .it will just give an error in the Installer program if something isn’t working(check the video below to see the errors im talking about).
Note - Just like when Cydia came out, there isn’t much listed in Installer right now. Just because it’s the updated version doesn’t mean all the applications will magically work. They still have to be ported to work with the firmware itself(not the installation application).
Click here or here to download the Installer 4.0 Beta application. . .and keep reading for a step by step guide on how to install it on your iPhone or iPod Touch.
Note - This is NOT for the ‘noobs’. This involves typing in the ‘command line’ terminal(to chmod Installer).
Now how do you get that onto your device? First you will need to have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch. . .then you’ll need 2 applications called WinSCP and putty.
1. After you have downloaded and extracted the Installer 4.0 beta archive. . .you need to upload it to your device.
2. Open WinSCP and login to your iPhone or iPod Touch. - The username is ‘root’ and the password is ‘alpine’.
3. Upload the ‘Installer.app’ folder to the /Applications/’ directory.
4. Close WinSCP and open up putty.
5. SSH into your device with putty - again the username is ‘root’ and the password is ‘alpine’.
6. Type this into putty after you have logged in
chmod -R 777 “/Applications/Installer.app”
7. After pressing enter, now type this into putty
chmod a+srx “/Applications/Installer.app/Installer”
8. Now press enter and that’s it!
9. Restart your iPhone or iPod Touch and you’ll have your Installer 4.0 beta app installed correctly.
Update - Commenter Smiley says. . .
You can run the above commands in WinSCP too once you’ve copied Installer.app to the Applications directory.
Hit Ctrl+T and paste the commands in. Hit execute.
Voila. Working installer and no need to install PuTTY. :D
Thanks Smiley!
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Smiley Says: 04.08.08 at 7:51 am
You can run the above commands in WinSCP too once you’ve copied Installer.app to the Applications directory.
Hit Ctrl+T and paste the commands in. Hit execute.
Voila. Working installer and no need to install PuTTY. :D
amgupt01 Says: 04.08.08 at 8:15 am
Correct me if I’m mistaken, but this won’t mess up when Installer officially comes out and you install it from Cydia will it?
Won’t Cydia just overwrite the /Applications/Installer.app folder and chmod it during the installation?
Doug Says: 04.08.08 at 8:23 am
@Amgupt i believe so. I am currently talking to a developer and trying to find out how upgrading will work out.
Nic Says: 04.08.08 at 11:21 am
When I try to open the app it says “The application “Installer” cannot be opened”…any thoughts. I changed permissions to 0777 but no luck.
Doug Says: 04.08.08 at 11:24 am
@Nic, did you initially chmod them the way it said to(both chmod commands)?
Nic Says: 04.08.08 at 11:29 am
I’m working with windows.
Doug Says: 04.08.08 at 11:43 am
did you try with putty or winscp? normally when an app doesn’t open it’s because the permissions aren’t set(on 1.1.4 and below it would open the app, then immediately close it), dunno what they do on 2.0(since this worked for me)
Nic Says: 04.08.08 at 11:51 am
I used winscp on a 1st gen on 2.0 jailbroke and unlocked. I just copied the app and put it in /private/var/mobile/Applications and set the permission to 0777. But when I look at the other applications in the Applications fold they all say mobile and the Installer.app says root. Any thoughts?
Doug Says: 04.08.08 at 12:00 pm
I imagine you need to chmod them the way it says in the post
you have to do 2 chmod commands
TIM Says: 04.08.08 at 12:04 pm
how is this different than cydia?
Doug Says: 04.08.08 at 12:14 pm
@Tim it’s just an alternative. installer came out first, cydia boasts as an ‘open source installer’
it will take a while until the developers come together, but we’ll start to see some great apps soon. The syntax for the sources has changed.
and you have to remember, a lot of the better developers jumped ship to the app store. it’ll come together more and more though
Nic Says: 04.08.08 at 12:44 pm
@Doug…..Thanks for your help. I actually had it in the wrong applications folder. Again thanks for your speedy assistance.
Nic Says: 04.08.08 at 12:47 pm
How do I get rid of the Insufficient Permissions error? It says that it should be in root:wheel. how do I correct this?
Doug Says: 04.08.08 at 12:49 pm
permissions error is fixed by chmod
Nic Says: 04.08.08 at 1:14 pm
Bingo…..thankx for the help!
Doug Says: 04.08.08 at 1:19 pm
Awesome! glad it worked.
Terry Says: 04.08.08 at 2:45 pm
Can I do the chmod on osx in terminal before I copy over to the phone? Or does it only work once its on the phone. I use Diskaid to copy over apps.
robot2xl Says: 04.08.08 at 2:59 pm
This work for me, thanks!
Ananda Says: 04.08.08 at 3:19 pm
What will be the root name in winSCP window? is it require wifi connection or can I use usb connection
Emilio Says: 04.08.08 at 3:37 pm
I dont get it, before I could change the permissions, but now its not letting me anymore! then the app is not working…
loinduciel Says: 04.08.08 at 3:49 pm
Works fine for me.
Waiting for apps now ;)
S41N7 Says: 04.08.08 at 3:58 pm
I accedently overwrote the given source can someone please post the details
Emma Says: 04.08.08 at 4:48 pm
i appear to have done the steps correctly but when i get to the terminal stage and input the commands alli get it ” no such file or directory”.. tried time and time again…does anyone have a solution
purplecity Says: 04.08.08 at 5:18 pm
my problem is that installer opens but then it takes me back to home screen can anyone help me
S41N7 Says: 04.08.08 at 5:53 pm
@EMMA
input the commands through scp. copy and pate the commands (remember to delete the speech marks (still waiting for the url)
Jen (jtstitches) Says: 04.08.08 at 7:13 pm
I had trouble extracting the file & it doesn’t seem like it’s extracting right. It kept popping up that I already had an installer.app in this folder…. I choose to skip & SSH the folder anyway…it seems to be installed, I tested a wallpaper & it worked.
Why isn’t it extracting right for me? Any one else have this problem or suggestions?
ljs Says: 04.08.08 at 9:23 pm
hell ya i love it ya it doesnt have anything at all but i installer back thanks. if you have any sources that work already please post them
Doug Says: 04.08.08 at 10:30 pm
@Terry, no when you upload them, it changes the permissions
@Ananda, you need a wifi connection
@Emma, either your chmod commands are incorrect. .or you haven’t uploaded the Installer.app folder to your device
@purplecity, you didn’t set the permissions, go back and do the 2 chmod commands
Viper Says: 04.08.08 at 11:11 pm
I can’t believe you guys are hosting the leaked installer beta. This was not supposed to be distributed!
Indria Says: 04.08.08 at 11:26 pm
When will your application be integrated with PwnageTool 2.0?
Thanks for your efforts to bring freedom to iPhone….
Emma Says: 05.08.08 at 3:17 am
Got it on my iphone and added modmyifone,ispazio and big bos sources…where can i download the apps..anyone know ..*scratches head*
Doug Says: 05.08.08 at 5:59 am
@Viper I’m not hosting anything. but I spoke with the developers. They said it was ok as long as everyone knows it’s not 100% ready
@Indria As soon as it’s out of Beta then they will send it to the Pwnage Tool developers
@Emma the owners of the repo sources have to ‘upgrade’ their sources. Stay updated here and I will post every source I learn about.
ced Says: 05.08.08 at 1:45 pm
how to install instaler 4.0 with mac
purplecity Says: 05.08.08 at 4:45 pm
@Doug i set the permissions but instill doing that i type everything and hit enter and restart and still doing that flashes back to homescreen
Auzzyrocks Says: 05.08.08 at 6:38 pm
i am having the same problem as purplecity
Auzzyrocks Says: 05.08.08 at 6:40 pm
i enter it perfectly but the second comand says permisions wont set
dannydamnage Says: 05.08.08 at 9:25 pm
Just to help a bit. Make sure you go all the way back as far as you can go into the root by keep double clicking the folder with the two periods next to it. There you will find a folder called applications, which has an arrow point to it. That is the folder you need to install into. The follow the instructions exactly except take out the quotes. Both sets. On both chmods.
Cj Says: 05.08.08 at 10:22 pm
When i try to set the permissions in terminal it says killed ? Any Ideas ?
Ariel Says: 05.08.08 at 10:33 pm
What is the Host Name to login in Win SCP?
miguel Says: 05.08.08 at 10:53 pm
i think i did everything right but it just crashes when i try to open installer
ferdie Says: 06.08.08 at 5:06 am
excuse my ignorance. how do you copy the installer to the the application folder. i tried copy and paste / ….drag and paste …but doesnt work….help….
Vengeance Says: 06.08.08 at 6:08 am
Ya, mine just crashes too when it starts up..
Giuseppe Says: 06.08.08 at 6:51 am
Hi… I m Italian….i am having the same problem as purplecity
There is a solution??
Justin Says: 06.08.08 at 3:46 pm
I’m having a similar problem as Purplecity and most since:
Installer.app is installed and the icon resides on my home screen. Whenever pressed it starts to open and crashes to home screen.
wongda Says: 06.08.08 at 4:53 pm
I got it to run without much troubles, but I cannot add a new source, and it does not do anything in terms of loading software I used to have before 2.0 upgrade. Perhaps this is not already for doing anything useful yet?
miguel Says: 06.08.08 at 10:04 pm
now it says not installed corectly but will continue
Doug Says: 07.08.08 at 1:07 am
If you are having an issue opening Installer please check the update. If anyone is having the issue where it closes on you then this is because you haven’t set the permissions correctly.
Markus Says: 07.08.08 at 2:47 am
works great just got pictures from fallout 3 easy instructions waiting for exciting apps using cydia atm and winterboard to change my themes.
steve anderson Says: 07.08.08 at 6:30 am
thank you very much good work
manu Says: 07.08.08 at 7:58 am
hey thanks alot for info…. my iphone started giving me Insufficient Permissions error messages everytime I log into installer… i sort it out thru ur method….
all thanks to u :-)
Chely Says: 07.08.08 at 3:12 pm
Hi,
Uhmm I install the putty and the winscp but when i put the pass alpine it will say access denied What should i do?
Doug Says: 07.08.08 at 4:22 pm
@chely, are you using the username - root ?
unless you’ve changed it the default password is alpine
Josh Says: 08.08.08 at 9:30 am
I’m wondering the same thing as Ariel. What’s the host name for WinSCP?
root Says: 08.08.08 at 11:59 am
works great. will it auto-notify when there is an update to installer like previous versions?
mariano Says: 08.08.08 at 3:57 pm
hello everybody, i have a problem that is the following:
i open putty, i put my ipod IP, and when it opens a wondows apears sayng: “Network Error: connection refused”.
my question is: why is telling me that? why id doesnt work?
i’ll be very thank of ur answer
Doug Says: 08.08.08 at 4:05 pm
@John, go into settings, then wifi, then hit the little blue button for the wifi router you are connected to, then you see the ip address you need for winscp and putty
@root, I don’t think so. in the notes of 4.0b3 it says they’re working on a ‘better self update’. which makes me think that it will not auto update
@mariano, you need openssh installed. you can install this via Cydia
mariano Says: 08.08.08 at 10:50 pm
what is openssh installed???
mariano Says: 08.08.08 at 10:54 pm
i mean , can u tell me what is ssh and why i need that and how to do it??? i’m driving crazy! jaja and is more crazy couse is in english!!!(i speak spanish)
Ananda Says: 09.08.08 at 12:05 am
yes I have done it without WIFI. I have used TOTAL COMMANDER withT-PoT pluging to copy the installer.app file . Then I installed MOBILE TERMINAL using cydia. and in TERMINAL login as root password alpine , execute the chmod commands. thats it. I have my INSTALLER.
SHAWN Says: 09.08.08 at 5:51 am
what is total commander with T-PoT ???, a cydia file/package?
I have no access for WiFi to do it ether, let me know :)
bengermannn Says: 09.08.08 at 8:25 am
hey guys.i keep getting errors like ‘unable to decode package’ and when i open packages from the bigboss source, it keeps saying ‘file doenst exist’ help.thanks
Ananda Says: 09.08.08 at 8:27 am
total commander is a software for windows and t-pot is a plugin for that. Search using google. Pwnage tool already arrived so repawned your iPhone with that no need to install installer seperately and it supports new firmware 2.01. So enjoy…
Ananda Says: 09.08.08 at 8:29 am
new pwnage tool has installer 4.0 public beta and new version of cydia inbuilt
mariano Says: 09.08.08 at 10:49 am
can one help me????!!!
SHAWN Says: 09.08.08 at 2:00 pm
damn, i dont want to rePWN my phone though :/
BosS Says: 10.08.08 at 2:41 pm
i keep getting “network error: connection timed out” wut can i do? im on jailbroken 2.0.1
Doug Says: 10.08.08 at 3:58 pm
@boss, you kep getting that error when?
BosS Says: 10.08.08 at 4:44 pm
when i try to access my fone from the winscp by logging in
Doug Says: 10.08.08 at 5:15 pm
@boss, then you need to install ‘openssh’ you can find that in cydia
BosS Says: 10.08.08 at 9:09 pm
i got it to conect but in putty wen i type in chmod a+srx “/Applications/Installer.app/Installer”
it says missing after a+srx “Applications/Installer.app/Installer i tried with and witout quotes
BosS Says: 10.08.08 at 9:12 pm
nvm got it:D thnks DOUG u rock:D
richard Says: 11.08.08 at 4:30 pm
in which folder should i execute the ‘cntl t’
BosS Says: 12.08.08 at 12:22 am
u press cntl t in the winSCP program itself….
i have a problem-wen i download something from installer such as the airhorn, i dont see it in the homescreen, does anyone know wuts wrong
Doug Says: 12.08.08 at 12:53 am
@boss, have you restarted? you really only need to respring, but unless you have respring installed(from cydia) then you have to reboot.
but i haven’t gotten this issue, i got airhorn and kate to install(but no kate icon). i don’t think kate has an icon though
Phil Says: 12.08.08 at 3:43 pm
Everything seemed to go ok but when started for first time got……..
Insufficient Permissions
Installer was not installed correctly it should be run as root:wheel. We will continue but please remember that it may not function correctly.
any ideas where I’ve gone wrong and how to fix?
Phil Says: 12.08.08 at 3:58 pm
ignore me……excuted the commands again……now fine
FR Says: 12.08.08 at 7:53 pm
Hi, I have one problem downloading some applications from installer 4.0 on mi iphone 2.0.1. When i try to download some apps it says “Error Timed Out”, and i cant figure out whats the problem.
Also, I have another problem. I downloaded “ToDo” app and “Imagination Land” App from installer and i couldnt use it. Those apps didnt work. I dont know whats happening.
Can anybody help me with these 2 problems i have????? I really appreciate your help
Bye
Ry Says: 13.08.08 at 6:05 pm
I cant seem to open ANY apps that I download from Installer. I get an error saying: The application “name” cannot be opened
Im running 2.0.1 on a jailbroken iPhone 3G
JoeD Says: 13.08.08 at 10:24 pm
Hi all - follow these instructions if you have used BossTool or PWN to move your applications to the ‘other’ partition.
1. WinSCP to your phone and navigate to the applications directory.
2. WinSCP should then navigate to the real path that is linked to the applications
3. Look at the ‘real’ path in WinSCP’s - mine was “private/var/stash/Applications.7FGm7N”
4. Follow the instructions above - BUT use the ‘real’ applications directory path instead of the standard “/Applications”
What I did:
a. Copied the extracted Installer.app directory to ‘/private/var/stash/Applications.7FGm7N’
b. Ctrl-T to open up the terminal command window in WinSCP
c. chmod -R 777 “/private/var/stash/Applications.7FGm7N/Installer.app”
d. chmod a+srx “/private/var/stash/Applications.7FGm7N/Installer.app/Installer”
Rebooted the phone and all works well.
NOTE: the .7FGm7N extenstion on the application directory name may be different for you so make sure you navigate to it in WinSCP as per the Instructions 1 and 2 in my note.
Hellboy Says: 14.08.08 at 8:14 am
Hello, my problem is, that, when i try to add installer sources , the keyboard doenst apear on the screen ^^.
mariano Says: 14.08.08 at 11:37 am
DOUG, can u tell me what i install open ssh, and what it is??
Doug Says: 14.08.08 at 5:28 pm
@mariano openssh is available in cydia
Den Says: 15.08.08 at 4:17 pm
hi i have a problem when i download packages from repositories (using installer 4beta for firmware 2.0) it shows an error like this: ‘unable to decode package”. can anyone help me????
cman44 Says: 15.08.08 at 5:26 pm
please help! when i try and input the command it says no such file or directory! help!
ZioNicR Says: 16.08.08 at 6:21 am
Here’s the puTTY commands that worked for me (iphone 3g/Installer 4 beta):
iPhone:~ root# chmod a+srx /private/var/stash/Applications.v5Jfix/Installer.app/Installer
iPhone:~ root# chmod -R 777 /private/var/stash/Applications.v5Jfix/Installer.app/Installer
jayblaze50447 Says: 16.08.08 at 2:10 pm
wen ur putting the commands in winscp, do u paste both of the commands together, and if not where?
jayblaze50447 Says: 16.08.08 at 2:12 pm
also, wen i use putty, i put in mah username but then wen it comes to the password it doesnt do anything! Any suggestions?
David Says: 18.08.08 at 3:24 am
Actually i use smart ftp it has ssh protocol visual ssh, so no need to use commands at all like ftp server connection works for ihpone. tested.
David Says: 18.08.08 at 3:44 am
I get a change mode error once trying to isntall the toys app or w.e
Marcus Says: 19.08.08 at 5:39 pm
Several people have asked…and yes it might seem dumb…but what do you put for the ‘host’ ?!?!?!
amit Says: 20.08.08 at 7:03 am
when i type in chmod -R 777 “/Applications/Installer.app” it says
chmod: missing operand after `/Applications/Installer.app777′
Try `chmod –help’ for more information.
what can i do? :(
ipip Says: 20.08.08 at 12:15 pm
I keep getting Error timed out messages when its refreshing the sources. This happens also when i want to donload something..but i can browse thru the folders and all…anybody an Idea?
mdleers Says: 21.08.08 at 2:45 am
You have to remove the quotes in the text string. I just pasted it into a text editor, removed the quotes and recopied and pasted it into Putty and it worked fine. You will have to do that for both commands.
Maj Says: 22.08.08 at 8:10 am
I put the app in the above folder but it keeps giving me the message:
“/Applications/Installer.app$ chmod -R 777 “/Applications/Installer.app”
chmod: “/Applications/Installer.app”: No such file or directory”
when running chmod command. Any idea?
Maj Says: 22.08.08 at 9:10 am
Sorry about my last question. The answer was right above me.
Now the problem is that after rebooting my iphone the only thing
I get is an icon with a question mark on that which does not do any thing!
Daisjun Says: 23.08.08 at 3:32 am
Still getting the permission issue. Owner is definitely set to root:wheel and permissions are set to 777 as it says. What exactly is the chmod a+srx meant to do? Is there any way of replicating it in winscp without a command line?
Daisjun Says: 23.08.08 at 4:04 am
Ok, so I found that it sets UID and GID which I can’t seem to do manually in winscp. Also every time I run the command line I get ‘killed’ when I should be getting nothing like I do when I change the permissions with the other command line, so it seems intent on not letting me change the UID and GID settings. Any ideas?
bob Says: 28.08.08 at 8:27 pm
I notice when u paste into putty it takes the ” off the front and back and replaces with .
Make sure u copy to notepad and get it right before you paste and should work
beAsty Says: 31.08.08 at 4:45 pm
Well no matter what i try.. i keep getting a respsone “killed” after writing/copy the line into putty (in winscp it isn´t even possible). If i click on installer i get a flashback to homescreen.
Lot of ppl got that prob.. we need a fix ! :)
thx gn8
Doug Says: 31.08.08 at 5:59 pm
If anyone is still trying to get the Installer BETA installed the best way is to restore to 2.0.2 and then jailbreak with QuickPwn. A guide is here - http://www.installerapps.com/jailbreak/
Then you can pick whether you want installer or cydia or both
beAsty Says: 01.09.08 at 5:58 am
already installed alot of apps.. restoring again would delete 4 hours of work :(
i belive smth is wrong with the chmod.. maybe u can´t set it the right way with windows?
beAsty Says: 01.09.08 at 6:52 am
okay now i can run it (click at winscp the box below the chmodd)
but i get now:
u didn´t installed it as root:wheel and maybe smth won´t work.. as it is.. can´ßt install anything (i get loading bar at tasks but its not there)
Stephen Says: 01.09.08 at 7:54 pm
when I try to download some apps from my repo source it says that it has timed out.Plz Help!
crespovvilla Says: 03.09.08 at 1:38 pm
I keep getting the same (Unable to decode package……….) anyone have a fix on this or any help?????????
Shayan Says: 06.09.08 at 5:50 am
do we need to have open ssh in the ipod for this??
Doug Says: 06.09.08 at 6:12 am
@shayan if you want to do it this way. . .yes. I suggest restoring to 2.0.2 and using quickpwn to jailbreak(so you’ll get both installer AND cydia)
Joy Says: 10.09.08 at 8:20 pm
I cannot add any source to the installer 4, there is nothing in categories.
Anybody have the same problem?
loukas Says: 20.09.08 at 5:41 am
…..
Sean Says: 23.09.08 at 2:03 pm
ive done everything right so far…. I have the new 2.1 upgrade and i jailbroke it. When i get to the scond command (chmod a+srx “/Applications/Installer.app/Installer) it just wont work a thing pops up and says
Command ‘chmd a+srx /Applications/Installer.app/Installer’ failed with return code 1 and error messege chmod: cannot access ‘/Applications/Installer.app/Installer/: No such file or directory.
WHAT AM I DOING WRONG???
john Says: 26.09.08 at 5:03 pm
y does it say mikeys iphone root #?
pollito Says: 10.11.08 at 9:53 pm
Ok i am a first at all of this and dont know what chmod stands for.And can anyone tell me where exacty is it in putty that i have to write chmod -R 777 “/Applications/Installer.app” and where is it in putty that i log in might sound kind of stupid but its my first time for me
Roman Weaver Says: 25.11.08 at 1:42 pm
I cannot log into my iphone. do i do it through the ip address or through the usb cable.. thanks.
Catarino Says: 26.11.08 at 8:13 pm
Solution for
“Command ‘chmd a+srx /Applications/Installer.app/Installer’ failed with return code 1 and error messege chmod: cannot access ‘/Applications/Installer.app/Installer/: No such file or directory.”
after copy installer.app with WinSCP do Ctrl+T
Then copy this text
chmod -R 777 /Applications/Installer.app
execute and copy this text
chmod a+srx /Applications/Installer.app/Installer
execute, done
emmmmmmica!!! Says: 24.12.08 at 12:14 pm
does iPhone 3G have video and Blueroorh??? please, answer me!!!
Doug Says: 26.12.08 at 1:46 am
it does have bluetooth
Kevin Says: 26.12.08 at 6:08 pm
help? it does not show up on my iphone why?