AltStore (macOS & Windows & Linux)
The installation process is pretty straightforward. First, set up AltServer on your PC/Mac, use AltServer to install AltStore to your devices, then use AltStore to install uYouPlus. Your iDevice must be connected to your PC/mac during the whole process.
- macOS 10.14.4 and up.
- An iOS/iPadOS device running iOS 13 and later (because uYouPlus requires iOS/iPadOS 13+).
- An Apple account: you can use a spare account, but make sure that account was logged into a device before. Otherwise, you will get error -22411 (See https://github.com/rileytestut/AltStore/issues/175).
- A very well-explained tutorial on how to install AltStore is available on the FAQ page of AltStore: AltStore FAQ - macOS
3. After you successfully installed AltStore, head to Installing uYouPlus!
- Windows 10 and up. (Windows 7 requires additional fix).
- iTunes and iCloud from Apple installed. AltStore will not work with iTunes & iCloud from Microsoft Store
- An iOS/iPadOS device running iOS 13 and later (because uYouPlus requires iOS/iPadOS 13+).
- An Apple account: you can use a spare account, but make sure that account was logged into a device before. Otherwise, you will get error -22411 (See https://github.com/rileytestut/AltStore/issues/175).
- A very well-explained tutorial on how to install AltStore is available on the FAQ page of AltStore: AltStore FAQ - Windows
3. After you successfully installed AltStore, head to Installing uYouPlus!
- AltServer doesn't support Linux by default. Thanks @NyaMisty to port AltServer to Linux OS. AltServer-Linux is open source and you can see its source code here: https://github.com/NyaMisty/AltServer-Linux
- Since Linux is not my main OS, I'm afraid I can't help you much. However, if Linux is your main OS, I'm sure you know how to configure it properly.
- Note that you may need to compile from the source to build the latest version of AltServer-Linux.
- If you prefer GUI mode rather than CLI mode, @powenn made a GUI version of AltServer-Linux: https://github.com/powenn/AltServer-LinuxGUI
- ZSign is a cross platform signing tool that can run on macOS, Windows, and Linux. However, it’s not a user-friendly tool since it only has CLI mode. The instruction of ZSign is detailed here: https://github.com/zhlynn/zsign
✔︎ Now that you have AltStore installed on your iDevice, Let's start installing uYouPlus
- AltStore is installed on your phone, but you can't open it right now. To fix that, go to
Settings > General > Profile & Device Management. There will be a profile with your account name in here. After you trust the profile, AltStore can be opened.
- In AltStore, go to
Settings > Sign in with Apple ID. Enter the Apple ID that was used to install AltStore. If AltStore says “Could not find AltServer”, then check if your phone is connected to Mac/PC.
- Congrats 🎉 You've just successfully configured AltStore.
- Get the latest version of uYouPlus from the Release page. I use Safari but you can use whatever you want to download the IPA. Select AltStore from the Share sheet.
- Remove App Extensions is not recommened because it will remove the ability to use Open in YouTube shortcut & Open in YouTube Extension.
- uYouPlus will take 3 app IDs in total.
- The process might take a few minutes. After that, you will see uYouPlus on your Home Screen 🎉🎉🎉
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Another method is use the direct install link on uYouPlus homepage. Simply open the link and let AltStore does its job.
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If you have access to AltStore beta, you can add my AltStore repo here.
- Unfortunately, apps that have been installed using non-developer Apple IDs are only valid for 7 days, and uYouPlus is not an exception. At which point it will no longer open (you'll see an error that says "YouTube is no longer available").
- To compensate for this, AltStore will periodically attempt to refresh uYouPlus in the background. In order for AltStore to do that, you must connect your phone with your Mac/PC via cable or Wi-fi. Then click Refresh All in AltStore > My Apps
- To enable Refresh Apps over Wi-fi. Make sure your phone and your mac/PC are on the same network.
- macOS: Open Finder and enable “Show this iPhone when on WiFi” for your phone.
- Windows: Open iTunes and enable iTunes Wi-Fi sync for your phone.