[Guide] Duplicate Applications (advanced)

[PhanaticD]

App Duplication!
For any reason you want to duplicate any application on your ipod there are two methods to this.

first, the dirty already known method

1. find the app you want to copy, and copy it. any name will do

2. look in your new app's folder, open up the info.plist

look for the following

CFBundleIdentifier
com.company.game

and change it to

CFBundleIdentifier
com.company.game2

or something like that

then look for

CFBundleName
Game

and change it to

CFBundleName
Game2

or something like that

this method essentially makes a new game or whatever app, not very useful if you are looking for a "shortcup" type of thing as the progress and info in one app isnt saved for the other, which is what themers would look for.

also the above method hasnt worked for me on any of the default apps or apps in the /Applications/ folder, mainly just games


however it is possible to make a "shortcut app", where everything is saved no matter how many duplicates for each app, we have the technology.

i will be doing this with cydia

1. get this: iPhone Folders
2. open up your ipod with it (look in 'my computer') and go to the /Applications/ folder
3. make a new folder called Cydia2
4. in that folder right click -> new -> new link
then browse to /Applications/Cydia.app then do english.lproj as i did



be sure to not symlink the info.plist

5. now, you can do this for all the files if u want, but i only did all the folder directories and anything else thats not a .png
6. all the pngs in cydia.app that i didnt symlink i simply copied over, as they probably wont ever change
7. now copy the info.plist into the the cydia2 directory and do the first steps in this post with the changing of the identifier and name
very important ^^^

these are the two directorys on my ipod, you can see how mostly everything in cydia2 is symlinked to the first cydia, practically making them one, but with two different springboard shortcuts



i just did this and i have two cydias now on my ipod



to make more copies, much easier the second time
1. copy the cydia2 directory, rename it
2. make new CFBundleIdentifier and CFBundleName keys in the info.plist

tada


note: the apps in var/stash.something have a unique directory i believe, so i wouldnt publicly distribute symlinked apps from there with ur own personal directory, idk theyrs probly a way around it IDK. the above method should still work on personal level


let me know if u try this ur results, i only did this once with cydia just now so yeh

[kevinnijjar23]

Good Tut

[korb8495]

Thanks for the tutorial

[PhanaticD]

welcom

[AishaLove]

I'm a bit confused, I'd liek to use this method to make acopy of some games, so that my wife can have an extra copy to save her progress on without me having to delete my save, I essentially would just like an extra save slot. But I see mostly jailbroken apps in my aplications folder and none of my games.

Well I found out where to find them, but it seems the first trick does not work. was really hoping to make aan extracopy of terracore so my wife can play too.

[iamsin]

can you do this with stack?

[PhanaticD]

@aisha it should work with games definetly

idk if this works with stacks, because stacks uses a dylib and all thats, so idk

[dekelm8]

Thanks For This Tutorial...
But there is anyway to make this on MAC and not on Windows???

Thanks Again.

[PhanaticD]

well u just need something that can make symlinks

[ce_ine]

where to open up the info.plist ? can u explain more clearly on how to duplicate an app ? thanks

[z¡Gg¥]

Has anyone her figured out how to duplicate standard mobile app store apps. This tutorial will not work for that. This only works for games. I want to duplicate the regular mobile applications. FaceBook for example. I have successfully duplicated the FB app, but it will not launch. It just crashes. Have been on this for hours. Anyone here figure this out?