Help/Support Can't install Photoshop with Sideloadly. Error Guru Meditation

[bidasci 7 iPhone 13 Pro 15.5]

I am getting the same error as well

This error seems to be only with Windows, but when I use my MacBook to sideload Photoshop Express it works fine without the error.

Updated May 29, 2022 by bidasci

[PeTeJr 4 iPad Air 10.3.2]

i finally got it to work. however it cant be used fully it says " contents fail to download" one of which is cutout which is the main thing i want to use it for. anywhay this is how it did it.

so when you get this error Payload\\PS Express.app\\Frameworks\\AdobeCreativeSDKAssetUX.framework\\AdobeCreativeSDKAssetUXResources.bundle\\PhotoBrowser.bundle\\PhotoBrowser.storyboardc\\AdobePhotoBrowserMoreToolbarButtonViewController.nib

it means you need to delete the "AdobePhotoBrowserMoreToolbarButtonViewController.nib" file. so open winrar(or any app you prefer. winrar is what i use) right click on the ipa file you downloaded and click view file and follow the directory till you see AdobePhotoBrowserMoreToolbarButtonViewController.nib and after you delete it you will still get error but with different .nib file. delete all the files that causes the error and youll be able to install the app with sideloadly. 

 

P.S if the error says to delete object 12.3 file in a .nib file just delete the .nib file because if you delete the object 12.3 file later it will ask to delete file that i cant find, but if i delete the .nib file it works. this could be the reason why i get the contents fail to download after install but if i dont know other way to make it work. so if you find a better way please share 😉

[zer03d 655 iPhone 16 Pro 18.4]

How I solved mine!

Drag the IPA file into Winrar and it should open it up for you in Winrar, now navigating to the file ending in ".nib" be the part you'd have to figure out yourself, I just used Rooks instructions. Delete every file that it tell you in the sideloady, it should end with ".nib"

[F L U X 2 iPad (9th gen) 15.5]

What about this one?

 

FAILED: Call to lockdownd_client_new_with_handshake failed: LOCKDOWN_E_INVALID_HOST_ID

ERROR: Guru Meditation 6020bc@99:f11511 Call to lockdownd_client_new_with_handshake failed: LOCKDOWN_E_INVALID_HOST_ID

Install failed: Guru Meditation 6020bc@99:f11511 Call to lockdownd_client_new_with_handshake failed: LOCKDOWN_E_INVALID_HOST_ID

[Kfita Msehda 31 iPhone 11 Pro Max 17.3]

And this one ?

ERROR: Guru Meditation b4822c@1701:a26021 [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\X-\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmp7ojbgu84\\Payload\\AmikinSurvival.app\\Data\\Raw\\aa\\iOS\\locationscreen-terrainmaterials_assets_assets\\prefabs\\locationscreen\\_legacyterrain\\westworld\\groundtextures\\ami_loc_farm_region_1_field_height.png_5b12112dd2a31118283e54cf4210ae03.bundle'

(File is actually in there)

Maybe is it the path length that's causing the issue ?

[ISOHaven 83 iPad Pro 12.9" 10.2]

On 5/24/2024 at 3:54 AM, Kfita Msehda said:

And this one ?

ERROR: Guru Meditation b4822c@1701:a26021 [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Users\\X-\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmp7ojbgu84\\Payload\\AmikinSurvival.app\\Data\\Raw\\aa\\iOS\\locationscreen-terrainmaterials_assets_assets\\prefabs\\locationscreen\\_legacyterrain\\westworld\\groundtextures\\ami_loc_farm_region_1_field_height.png_5b12112dd2a31118283e54cf4210ae03.bundle'

(File is actually in there)

Maybe is it the path length that's causing the issue ?

Nah, Sideloadly is just broken.  I get this exact error on everything I try to install.  You can watch the TEMP folder yourself.  Sideloadly is failing to extract the entire IPA.  I can extract the IPA myself into the folder and it extracts fine (so file name lengths are fine).  But when I try to paste the files into the temp folder it creates I get "folder not empty" errors while it's trying to sign.  I can't tell if I'm simply not pasting the files into there quickly enough or if something else is also broken.

For example - LEGO Hill Climb.  The IPA is 576MB.  Extracted it's 819MB.  The temp folder sideloadly makes is only 127MB.  So yeah, of course it can't find the file!

@Rook - Can you help with this?

EDIT:

Looks like we might be SOL -

EDIT2:
Altstore doesn't work either.  Says error writing to disk.
Just shooting in the dark here, I think these apps are using some old garbage method of file path handling like MAX_PATH.  The file paths are in fact longer than 260 but that hasn't been a thing in Windows for almost 10 years now.  Whatever they are using to extract must be hard checking the length and skipping them.  Either way, it would be nice if these apps would allow us to select a .app folder instead of only IPA files or allow us to select where to extract them.

EDIT3:
Yup, that's exactly it.  I changed the .app folder name of the LEGO game to just L.app and now it's getting father and failing on an even longer path name:

C:\\Users\\xxxxxx\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\tmp8_c1m5v9\\Payload\\L.app\\Data\\Raw\\aa\\iOS\\props-countryside_assets_assets\\prefabs\\props\\countryside\\static\\models\\billhouse_16082022_grouped_newselectionset_optimized_transparent_fast.asset_1a96eb10cce355b1f2c7612fff7ac9ae.bundle

So then I changed my temp path to C:\TEMP and that got it installed.

End result: These apps need to be brought up to speed and quit using the old garbage 260 path limit.  Who cares if sideloadly doesn't work on Windows XP?

Updated May 31, 2024 by ISOHaven

[Kfita Msehda 31 iPhone 11 Pro Max 17.3]

15 hours ago, ISOHaven said:

Nah, Sideloadly is just broken.  I get this exact error on everything I try to install.  You can watch the TEMP folder yourself.  Sideloadly is failing to extract the entire IPA.  I can extract the IPA myself into the folder and it extracts fine (so file name lengths are fine).  But when I try to paste the files into the temp folder it creates I get "folder not empty" errors while it's trying to sign.  I can't tell if I'm simply not pasting the files into there quickly enough or if something else is also broken.

For example - LEGO Hill Climb.  The IPA is 576MB.  Extracted it's 819MB.  The temp folder sideloadly makes is only 127MB.  So yeah, of course it can't find the file!

@Rook - Can you help with this?

EDIT:

Looks like we might be SOL -

 

You’re absolutely right

 

@Puddin maybe it was not your IPA the problem, but Sideloadly having mental issues with big sized IPAs

[Puddin 100.7k iPhone 16 Pro Max 26.0.1 Donor]

2 hours ago, Kfita Msehda said:

You’re absolutely right

 

@Puddin maybe it was not your IPA the problem, but Sideloadly having mental issues with big sized IPAs

Hmm maybe. @Rook Can you look into this please?

[ISOHaven 83 iPad Pro 12.9" 10.2]

Same goes for Photoshop.  No need to delete anything.  Just open the IPA with 7zip (or whatever) and rename the .app folder to P.app.  then make sure you temp folder is set to something very small like C:\TEMP or might as well make it C:\T just to be safe.  I don't know if it's using user or system temp, I did both.

Photoshop installed fine after that.  Same with all the other IPA's I had this same issue with.  Sideloadly needs to start supporting the same long path names that Windows now supports.

[dankbar 80 iPhone 5s 10.2.1]

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So then I changed my temp path to C:\TEMP and that got it installed.

thanks for the infos.

but where or how do i change the temp path`?

i have C:Temp in winrar but it will install in user...temp..

thx

okay got it in win. holycow that is a lot of work to know

thanks for all the infos.

Updated June 2, 2024 by dankbar
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