Sideload apps: Follow developer instructions to add to your phone. Not common. Risky: Jailbreak an iOS device and load apps to it. This article explains how to get apps that are not in the App Store ...

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Ever wish you could bring the fun fluidity of your Apple Watch home screen to your iPhone? A new jailbreak app from an iOS developer brings the watchOS interface to your iPhone or iPad. Honey, created ...

When you jailbreak an iOS device, you are given access to Cydia, the wild west frontier of tweaks, themes and apps you can’t get in Apple’s own App Store. Jailbreaking gives you the freedom to ...

Cydia is the top app directory and store for apps you can install on jailbroken iOS devices. But while Cydia will let you download and install apps that aren’t available from Apple’s App Store, Cydia ...

First the U.S. Copyright Office gave smartphone jailbreaking the green light. Not long after, JailbreakMe emerged. Now, Apple iPhone users can add whatever apps they ...

Apple's dubious rejection of applications that are deemed of little utility or duplicative of built-in functionality has drawn harsh developer criticism. In contrast, the jailbroken iPhone software ...

Jailbreaking gains popularity to users who can't bypass certain apps on a specific platform. For instance, some iPhone owners could not access third-party software due to restrictions from Apple.