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How to download .deb files (tweaks) on the pc and install them on your iDevice


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  1. A pc (duh..)
  2. WinSCP (get it here https://winscp.net/eng/index.php)
  3. CyDownloader (get it down below)

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Electra jailbreak has it's bugs like any other jailbreak. One of them happens to be where cydia is breaking and not working. So today i will show you how to download .debs on the pc then install them on your device.

Ok now open CyDownloader and you should get this window

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Now click on New Repo

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I will be using the packix repo for the example (http://repo.packix.com). Type the repo you want to use. If you don't know it search a tweak made by them. Example: (insert tweak here) repo

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Click ok and it will download the repo's tweaks so you can download them

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In my case i wanted to download the Harlem Shake springboard tweak. Press the Download .deb button

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It will ask you to choose a folder to install it in. I created a new folder called .deb files and installed it there. Once you do that it will never ask that again it will just install it there automaticlly

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Now on to the next part and this is where you will need WinSCP to install the tweak to your device. Open it up and login to your device through ssh and here's how.

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^^^Host Name is gonna be your phones ip^^^

to find it go into the devices settings, go to wifi, and on the wifi your connected to you should see an i in a circle to the right. Tap that and you should see IP Address. that's your host name. For user name it's root and password alpine unless you have changed it

Once your connected to your device go to var/tmp don't worry about the /private it's always there

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now move the .deb over to the directory. So just drag and drop the .deb into var/tmp and then click ok on the box that i circled. I suggest renaming the .deb to a smaller name for this next part

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tap on the box that i circled

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enter the command dpkg -i /tmp/insert.debhere. example: dpkg -i /tmp/HFdot.deb and press Execute (i renamed the deb cause it would be to long to put in there otherwise) To rename it all you have to do is right click the deb and click rename and type something simple for it

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once it says Setting up that means it's done. Here's the proof it worked

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i will go into f dots

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CONGRATS YOU MADE IT THROUGH THE TUTORIAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

refer to this topic to see how to remove tweaks without cydia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nice tutorial. Thank you for sharing. :)

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Great. Very detailed tutorial.

So you prefer to use this as a solution when your Cydia broke instead of fixing the issue? Tweaks will not work with this method if it has dependencies & you can't also install paid ones. There's a lot of fixes when you have issues with Cydia, a lot easier than to go through all this process everytime you install tweaks. 

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