Help/Support Learning IDA pro and running into Binary issues

[fall2pieces 4 11 9.3.2]

So I have been working with and learning some app coding/cracking and have successfully made a few just off my phone, but I am wanting to use IDA Pro so I am able to do more complex hacking. I am running into issues right out of the gate, and it's probably a really stupid issue, but I am struggling figuring it out. I load a cracked IPA (from rastricrac) into IDA Pro and after it opens the file, I can see some of the coding, but no functions show up. When I try to search for keywords, nothing appears, when I know they are in the app, because I am using a game that I have already hacked on my phone, in IDA, so that I know its doable. Any help? Also I do not have access to a jailbroken phone currently as I had to force update to 10.1.1 and am waiting on the new release that supports the TSCM chip in the 6s.

 

Thanks for any help!

[0xygen 396.3k iPad Mini 4 13.6]

You loaded the cracked IPA or the binary?

[fall2pieces 4 11 9.3.2]

Cracked IPA, how do I get the binary? Sorry I know this is probably stupid as hell, but my mind is working fantastic right now.

[Rook 568.5k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

Cracked IPA, how do I get the binary? Sorry I know this is probably stupid as hell, but my mind is working fantastic right now.

Open the .IPA - Payload - AppName.app - BinaryName

 

It's the file without an extension. Usually the biggest file in the directory.

[fall2pieces 4 11 9.3.2]

Thank you!!!

[Crypto 7.7k iPhone 6 9.1.0]

Thank you!!!

Don't forget, some apps need to be thinned and some of them have "ASLR" which needs to be removed.