Guide Install Newer iOS Apps on a Lower Firmware iOS Device [3 Installation Methods]

Rook · October 11, 2020

Ever tried to download an iOS application that requires a later iOS version? Well, look no further!

In this tutorial, I'll be covering a simple way on how to bypass this annoying feature developers are implementing into their applications.

Credits go to @Rook for the "How to Install & Play Afterpulse on iOS 8 or lower!" (https://iosgods.com/topic/18740-tutorial-how-to-install-play-afterpulse-on-ios-8-or-lower/) for the original steps of this tutorial. Be sure to check out that topic if you're Jailbroken!

Please Note

This does NOT work for every application.

I will be using "My Hospital by Cherry Pick Games Sp. z o.o." as a demonstration for this tutorial as well as that, I will be using an iPhone 6 on iOS 9.3.3; this game requires iOS 10 or later.

Enough of all the talk, let's begin!

More information about the game: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-hospital/id951697341?mt=8

Requirements:

- Cydia/Jailbreak

- A Computer

- 7-Zip/WinRAR

- AppSync Unified (Repo: http://cydia.iphonecake.com/)

- iTunes (Optional)

- WinSCP (Optional)

- IPA Installer (Optional - Repo: BigBoss)

- LowerInstall Tweak (You can use this instead of following this guide)

Sideloadly (You can use this instead of following this guide -- works on No Jailbreak!)

Instructions:

Step 1: Download the application from iTunes (If you decide to download the .IPA straight to your PC; recommended).

Step 2: If you downloaded the application from iTunes, head over to "C:\Users\(TheNameOfTheUser)\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Mobile Applications", find the application and drag the .IPA to your desktop (Same as before).

Step 3: Right-click on the .IPA, and either open archive(r) with 7-Zip (or WinRAR).

Step 4: Open the Payload folder, then NameOfYourApp.app (in my case, it's myhospital.app) and then scroll down till you find the Info.plist. Double-click on the file and open it with a text editor.

Step 5: Now inside the text editor, search for MinimumOSVersion

And you should find something similar to this:

<key>UIStatusBarHidden</key>

    <true/>

    <key>MinimumOSVersion</key>

    <string>10.0</string>

    <key>FacebookAppID</key>

All you will need to do is change the number in between the <string></string>, to the iOS version you are on. So for me, I would change the 10.0 to 9.3.3.

This is what mine will look like:

<key>UIStatusBarHidden</key>

    <true/>

    <key>MinimumOSVersion</key>

    <string>9.3.3</string>

    <key>FacebookAppID</key>

Step 5: Now save your modifications and close your Notepad window. 7-Zip/WinRAR will then ask you whether you want to update the modified Info.plist inside the archive. Click on OK.

Step 6: Now install the .IPA using either iFunBox, iTools etc. (Or, drag the .IPA to a location on your iDevice using WinSCP and install the .IPA using IPA Installer).

Enjoy!

Updated October 11, 2020 by Rook