Help/Support Decrypted iOS IPA App Store older versions always fail to decrypt: "Something went wrong :-("

Holyee · December 31, 2022

When using the Decrypted App Store, whenever I try to download an older version of an iOS app, I get the error message, "Something went wrong :-(". When looking back error, the option says, "Decrypt this Version (likely will fail!)". It doesn't matter if it's a really old version of a popular app, or a recent older version--even one sandwiched between two versions that have already been successfully decrypted in the past.

After searching around, this topic is the only reference I could find. While that suggests a temporary issue that was fixed, it's months later and apparently it's happening again.

The biggest clue I can find is that it did allow me to download the most recent version of a particular app. It's the older versions (even only three or four releases down from most recent) that always fail.

Is there something I can do to help fix this, besides wait? Or is that just it? Is this a known issue that's being worked on? That topic was in August, which from then to now is a longer timespan than my current VIP subscription length. 😬 Thanks so far!

Zahir · January 1, 2023

Hi @Holyee,

Do you perhaps have an image of the issue or provide the name of the app you are trying to decrypt?

If you are getting Error 500, it means the server has temporary problems and you will need to try again later.

Holyee · January 2, 2023

On 1/1/2023 at 9:57 AM, Zahir said:

Hi @Holyee,

Do you perhaps have an image of the issue or provide the name of the app you are trying to decrypt?

If you are getting Error 500, it means the server has temporary problems and you will need to try again later.

Screenshot provided. It's basically just the text described above. As mentioned, "Error 500" isn't among the errors. The two errors I get, specifically, are "Something went wrong :-(", and "Decrypt this Version (likely will fail!)". I've tried several days, and the errors are the same.

The apps I get the errors with are all of them. Web browsers (Firefox, Opera, Chrome), video players (YouTube), social media, doesn't matter. No issues decrypting the latest version of any app, it's just going down to previous versions where the issue happens. It doesn't appear to just be me getting the error. I see the same red icons on several apps I didn't try to decrypt. For example, look up Instagram or Genshin Impact. I've never tried to decrypt them, but I can see the red icons showing others tried (and failed) to decrypt them.