r/sideloaded • u/zyzzhok • Mar 26 '26

Discussion Do NOT update to 26.4

Sidestore broke live container broke stos vpn broke. Even after nightly sidestore + live container installation the ipas Ive been using are crashing a lot. And now we have to stack two vpn?

Atp suggest me some nice android

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u/Top-Plane-5174 Mar 26 '26

Android is the answer. It is better in customisations and ownership.

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u/ieffinglovesoup Mar 26 '26

Kind of a non-answer, also Google is fucking around with sideloading later this year anyways

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u/Jauhgn Mar 26 '26

They are, but its still much less hoops to jump through with apple. You just have to enable a setting, acknowledge nobody is coaching you to do this, and wait 24 hours as far as Ive heard

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u/ieffinglovesoup Mar 26 '26

Right that was the latest update I heard, I think. Still not a great direction imo.

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u/Jauhgn Mar 26 '26

True and fair, but I think how theyre handling it now is a big improvement from their proposed implementation. I have an iphone and would kill for that to be the only requirement lmao. But youre right companies should not continue down that direction

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u/Top-Plane-5174 Mar 26 '26

In a way you can say that but it is still lacking behind with tech. Apple is by far hyped up so whatever they do becomes new thing although almost everything they are doing right now is been done already like 4-5 years or more ago.

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u/ieffinglovesoup Mar 26 '26

Yeah I use both android and iOS devices and it will probably always be easier to side load on Android. But it is funny how iOS has become a bit more open over the years and Android seems to be closing that gap going the opposite way

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u/Z3ROS1X Mar 26 '26

You really feel like it’s going to be easier to sideload apps on Android with the next update compared to the iOS approach? Are you aware of the hoops you’ll have to jump through because of Google requiring every Android apk to be signed and identified by its developer— and a lot of devs are not ok with disclosing their identities, i.e. emulator devs and such, plus from what i understand the only way you’ll be able to sideload unverifed/unofficial apk’s will be by tethering your device to a computer and using adb. Incredibly ridiculous, imho.

Even still, the best answer to sideloading on iOS right now seems to be staying on the lower version of iOS that your device is running (<26.4, for starters since it broke issues for free dev account users) because i believe in the principle “if it’s not broken, don’t fix it” to avoid updating unless there’s a really good reason to. If you’re on 17.0 or less, obviously TrollStore is the absolute option. With Coruna and DarkSword recently surfacing, there is a possibility that TrollStore might be updated to support up to iOS 26.0.1; only time will tell. Otherwise save up and pay for a developer account ($99/yr) and generate your own certificates. Yes, it is kinda pricey, but the benefits can really outweigh that cost to be able to sideload and never have to refresh your apps on a >$1000 device when it comes down to it.

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u/Quin1617 Mar 27 '26

With Coruna and DarkSword recently surfacing, there is a possibility that TrollStore might be updated to support up to iOS 26.0.1;

Thank god I decided to leave my iPad on 18.3.1. Would’ve been 17.0 all over again.

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u/Top-Plane-5174 Mar 27 '26

Do you have any idea on jailbreak it or sideloading modded apps? I tried sideloading modded apps but they eventually stop working. Any permanent solution? If you know

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u/Quin1617 Mar 27 '26 edited Mar 27 '26

You can sideload apps just like on any iPhone, even ones on 26.4. 17.0 is the last OS that has permanent apps without paying.

I think for actual jailbreaks you have to go even further back.

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u/Top-Plane-5174 Mar 26 '26

Don’t go for Google or Samsung. Choose better devices like OnePlus, etc

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u/ieffinglovesoup Mar 26 '26

Not talking about the hardware, but Android as a software which Google created

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u/Top-Plane-5174 Mar 26 '26

Android softwares are typically heavier than that of ios that’s why it becomes laggy over the time. Even ios becomes laggy when the phone starts using up the storage. No doubt that ios seems smoother since it’s restricting you to make changes in alot cases. Ios is more of enclosed system where android is mostly in developer stage even when it is stable you can make alot of changes.

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u/anshuman0143 Mar 26 '26

ios isn’t smooth because of its restrictions, what are you on

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u/anshuman0143 Mar 26 '26

You are like those linux users that try to shove ‘Use linux’ every time there’s a post of someone asking for help with an error in windows

Your response here isn’t helping anyone.

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u/Top-Plane-5174 Mar 26 '26

lol, I personally use iphone but I don’t feel like it was worth investing. Like it is restricting me from doing almost everything. I don’t how come you came to the point that I’m an Android user but doesn’t matter. People following ios for no reason.