AltStore (macOS & Windows & Linux)
The installation process is pretty straightforward. First, set up AltServer on your PC/Mac, use AltServer to install AltStore to your devices, then use AltStore to install uYouPlus. Your iDevice must be connected to your PC/mac during the whole process.
- macOS 10.14.4 and up.
- An iOS/iPadOS device running iOS 13 and later (because uYouPlus requires iOS/iPadOS 13+).
- An Apple account: you can use a spare account, but make sure that account was logged into a device before. Otherwise, you will get error -22411 (See https://github.com/rileytestut/AltStore/issues/175).
- A very well-explained tutorial on how to install AltStore is available on the FAQ page of AltStore: AltStore FAQ - macOS
3. After you successfully installed AltStore, head to Installing uYouPlus!
- Windows 10 and up. (Windows 7 requires additional fix).
- iTunes and iCloud from Apple installed. AltStore will not work with iTunes & iCloud from Microsoft Store
- An iOS/iPadOS device running iOS 13 and later (because uYouPlus requires iOS/iPadOS 13+).
- An Apple account: you can use a spare account, but make sure that account was logged into a device before. Otherwise, you will get error -22411 (See https://github.com/rileytestut/AltStore/issues/175).
- A very well-explained tutorial on how to install AltStore is available on the FAQ page of AltStore: AltStore FAQ - Windows
3. After you successfully installed AltStore, head to Installing uYouPlus!
- AltServer doesn't support Linux by default. Thanks @NyaMisty to port AltServer to Linux OS. AltServer-Linux is open source and you can see its source code here: https://github.com/NyaMisty/AltServer-Linux
- Since Linux is not my main OS, I'm afraid I can't help you much. However, if Linux is your main OS, I'm sure you know how to configure it properly.
- Note that you may need to compile from the source to build the latest version of AltServer-Linux.
- If you prefer GUI mode rather than CLI mode, @powenn made a GUI version of AltServer-Linux: https://github.com/powenn/AltServer-LinuxGUI
- ZSign is a cross platform signing tool that can run on macOS, Windows, and Linux. However, it’s not a user-friendly tool since it only has CLI mode. The instruction of ZSign is detailed here: https://github.com/zhlynn/zsign
✔︎ Now that you have AltStore installed on your iDevice, Let's start installing uYouPlus
- AltStore is installed on your phone, but you can't open it right now. To fix that, go to
Settings > General > Profile & Device Management. There will be a profile with your account name in here. After you trust the profile, AltStore can be opened.
- In AltStore, go to
Settings > # with Apple ID. Enter the Apple ID that was used to install AltStore. If AltStore says “Could not find AltServer”, then check if your phone is connected to Mac/PC.
- Congrats 🎉 You've just successfully configured AltStore.
- Get the latest version of uYouPlus from the Release page. I use Safari but you can use whatever you want to download the IPA. Select AltStore from the Share sheet.
- Remove App Extensions is not recommened because it will remove the ability to use Open in YouTube shortcut & Open in YouTube Extension.
- uYouPlus will take 3 app IDs in total.
- The process might take a few minutes. After that, you will see uYouPlus on your Home Screen 🎉🎉🎉
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Another method is use the direct install link on uYouPlus homepage. Simply open the link and let AltStore does its job.
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If you have access to AltStore beta, you can add my AltStore repo here.
- Unfortunately, apps that have been installed using non-developer Apple IDs are only valid for 7 days, and uYouPlus is not an exception. At which point it will no longer open (you'll see an error that says "YouTube is no longer available").
- To compensate for this, AltStore will periodically attempt to refresh uYouPlus in the background. In order for AltStore to do that, you must connect your phone with your Mac/PC via cable or Wi-fi. Then click Refresh All in AltStore > My Apps
- To enable Refresh Apps over Wi-fi. Make sure your phone and your mac/PC are on the same network.
- macOS: Open Finder and enable “Show this iPhone when on WiFi” for your phone.
- Windows: Open iTunes and enable iTunes Wi-Fi sync for your phone.