r/jailbreak•
Davecy

Is There a way to duplicate an app?

Im on a 4s 6.1 and i was wondering if i can duplicate an app....like have two facebook apps so i can be logged in to my personal acct and my other fan page acct so that i dont have to logout and switch each time ....is such a thing possible?

Posted Jun 20, 2013, 5:30 AM UTC

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gospaz•

If you copy the app from /var/mobile/Applications/[hex string]/nameofapp.app to /Applications , so you get /Applications/nameofapp.app. The open the info.plist inside /Applications/nameofapp.app and change CFBundleIdentifier. Eg. com.gospaz.app to com.gospazcopy.app. Then respring/reboot.

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DavecyOP•

I will give this a try thanks

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MiningdudeiPod touch 5th gen•

I'm currently on Stock iOS (I know, I'm in r/Jailbreak -- I'm torturing myself right now!). I was wondering if there was a way to do this via a computer, where I grab the files through iFunBox.

Every time I try, I was able to get the app into iTunes but it would not sync to my device.

Mind assisting me?

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mwi98iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.2•

You can't.

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MiningdudeiPod touch 5th gen•

Darn it. Thanks. Been trying to duplicate Tumblr this whole time. Thanks for the information!

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mwi98iPhone 6, iOS 8.1.2•

No problem, didn't mean for that to come off as condescending either if it did

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gospaz•

Rename the IPA file as .zip. Open it. Click around until you find the .app. Rename the cfbubdleidentifier from com.tumblr.Tumblr (or whatever it is to com.tumblr.newtumblr) rename the.zip to IPA and try install.

Please note I'm not 100% sure this will work as I don't have a computer at hand right now

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MiningdudeiPod touch 5th gen•

I tried, thanks. Looked up every tutorial I could but only Jailbroken tuts came up

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gospaz•

Did it work?

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DavecyOP•

Does installous still work? I thought it was no more?

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m1kehuntertziPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1.2•

ApplicationDuplication + InstallousAlive.

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irrational_abbztractiPhone 5•

I think it should be possible by editing the relevant apps' info.plist in order to identify it as a different app and then to install the original ipa again.

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DavecyOP•

Oh ok

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gospaz•

Rename the installed tumblr app identifier and delete the iTunesmetadata the try to reinstall from the App Store.

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burlow44•

This probably isn't what you're looking for but you can save facebook.com as a springboard icon. Now you'd have the app and the bookmark and log in separately

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