Help/Support Sideloadly - charmap codec error in position 150

xAze_5 · July 26, 2020

I get this error for several apps from the Iosgods app store. These apps work normally with altstore but fail to work with Sideloadly. The error persists as - 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 150: character maps to <undefined> . I don't know what to do to fix this, so help would be much appreciated.

Checking iOS version...
iOS version 13.6, will mangle bundleID
Obtaining team ID
Using team "XXXXXXXX" with id 74J64TPJH9
Making sure device ID 00008020-00180C69228A002E is registered
Device 00008020-00180C69228A002E is already registered
Checking private key
Looking up app ID
Using app ID "SimCity  iOSGodscom" with id 5N8LBDVPGV
Signing...
'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x81 in position 150: character maps to <undefined>

Another version of this error in position 160.

Checking iOS version...
iOS version 13.6, will mangle bundleID
Obtaining team ID
Using team "XXXXXX" with id 74J64TPJH9
Making sure device ID 00008020-00180C69228A002E is registered
Device 00008020-00180C69228A002E is already registered
Checking private key
Looking up app ID
Using app ID "No Limits" with id 84JVHMGRM2
Signing...
'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x8d in position 160: character maps to <undefined>

A slightly different error

Checking iOS version...
iOS version 13.6, will mangle bundleID
Obtaining team ID
Using team "xxxxxxxx" with id 74J64TPJH9
Making sure device ID 00008020-00180C69228A002E is registered
Device 00008020-00180C69228A002E is already registered
Checking private key
Looking up app ID
Using app ID "Last Day Rules iOSGods com" with id L4S8P356A5
Signing...
not a directory - C:\Users\xxxxxx\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpw8zkzaqu\Payload\Last Island of Survival: Unknown 15 Days.app; hence not a bundle

Another error

Checking iOS version...
iOS version 13.6, will mangle bundleID
Obtaining team ID
Using team "xxxxxxx" with id 74J64TPJH9
Making sure device ID 00008020-00180C69228A002E is registered
Device 00008020-00180C69228A002E is already registered
Checking private key
Looking up app ID
Using app ID "Asphalt 9 iOSGods com" with id D3G8C4VQ4J
Signing...
Connecting...
Uploading...
Installing...
Call to lockdownd_start_service failed: LOCKDOWN_E_MUX_ERROR

I know sideloadly is new and while the work your doing is great these bugs still exist for severals apps including the ones that I didn't post. Most of these apps work with the altstore method but fail with sideloadly. If there is any workaround to these bugs or fixes in the future it would be great to know.

Rook · July 26, 2020

Hello,

Thank you for the feedback and logs. We’ll look into and hopefully fix all these issues soon!

xAze_5 · July 26, 2020

Thanks! Also just for your insurance I have the Non-Microsoft Store version of iTunes and iCloud downloaded but you probably could have guessed that since I was using altstore. Plus cercube youtube works perfectly on sideloadly without any errors on iOS 13.6. Maybe the apps I was attempting to use was not updated to 13.6, I'll downgrade to 13.0 and tell you if that changes anything.

edit: iOS 13.0 did not fix the error.