Installous unable to decompress archive

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November 4th, 2008 by Mojtaba

According to several comments (Also wide range of Google searches!) I think iPhone users have problems with the new version of Installous (1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2)! (I try to find some way to Downgrade it to the 1.1 but i can’t find any way yet!)

Reported issues:

Unable to decompress archive! (Main Problem)
Permission errors
iTunes removes installed apps
[Updated] “1 broken packages” the following packages have unmet dependencies: Installous
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Solutions: (Exact solution not available yet)

Reinstall Installous
Make sure that you have correct .ipa file (Test it using WinZip, WinRar, etc)
Make sure that Installous can access to the iPhone file system!!
Install decompression tools from Cydia! (bzip2, gzip, zip , …)
Try using another methods for installing .ipa files! (Highly Recommended, Updated!)

If any of these solutions works for you (or if you have better solutions) please leave comment here and describe your experiences!

Version 1.2 (Also 1.2.2) works fine for me!

Stay Tuned…

22 Responses

guezs writes:
March 21st, 20108:25 PMat

I had the same problem and solved it enabling iTunes sync.

Might help to somebody!

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- guezs writes:
  March 21st, 20109:18 PMat
  
  ok guys, I finally found the problem. Don’t attend to the previous info. It was my connection. It downloaded the .ipa’s very slowly and they were corrupted.
  
  When it came back I re-downloaded and all worked right!
  
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BoSS89 writes:
January 25th, 20101:38 AMat

Hey guys I think I figured It out. This should fix the decompress files problem. When you download from Installous don’t close Installous out. Let watever your trying to download stay on the installous screen until it it says 100%,do that along with u install and reinstalling installous.

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LnddMiles writes:
July 24th, 20094:43 PMat

Great post! I’ll subscribe right now wth my feedreader software!

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- iphone king writes:
  October 29th, 20099:14 PMat
  
  you have to hit install instead of download
  
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ilovetheipod writes:
June 23rd, 20095:30 PMat

Hey.
I’m just wondering, how does installous get the apps free? thanks

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Biocas writes:
June 23rd, 20091:40 PMat

When you upgrade or restore your phone to OS 3.0 it saves alot of the settings from your previous install. If you then restore from backup you are rewriting some of the old files. Here is what worked for me. This may not be for everybody but give it a try.

1. Delete the file /var/mobile/Library/Caches/com.apple.mobile.installation.plist
then respring your phone.

2. Download a new app (free or paid) from the itunes store to create a new file.

3. Download program from cydia and install.

4. If you can’t see the app in springboard, go to the safari settings and clear out everything in the cache, cookies, and history.

5. Respring the phone.

They should show up in springboard now. If you are installing files from appulo.us or installo.us you will need to download the appsync 3.0 and install that first then respring the phone. Without that program you will not be able to sync to Itunes.

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GI JOE writes:
April 7th, 20093:54 AMat

its not showing for me either, but i dont want to enter credit card info in order to use an Apple account and install an app from itunes…any way to get around?

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Big B writes:
March 28th, 20092:34 PMat

First you have to have install an app from Itunes store, after that go ahead and install via installous, if the apps still doesent show, try installing Categories from Cydia and make a folder and when u add items to the folder your none showing games are usually showing there so u can put them in a folder and start them

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FaaLT writes:
February 7th, 20094:43 AMat

Here's a fix that worked for me, first, go to your settings app, click safari and disable Plug-Ins. Then reinstall Installous

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- This works. writes:
  October 6th, 20091:43 AMat
  
  Thanks i woulda never figured this out.
  
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rdg writes:
January 15th, 20092:09 AMat

you ahve to colick downlaod then you go to installous click on downlaods go to the one you want and click install…hope I helped!

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Joel writes:
January 12th, 20091:43 PMat

apps instolling but not appearing on spring board

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Al writes:
December 7th, 20087:20 PMat

Please somebody help.

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Al writes:
December 7th, 20087:18 PMat

Yossi I have the same problem. Do you have any idea?

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tiochustas writes:
November 14th, 200811:59 AMat

itsnt working
ok i will uninstall installous 4ever
see you thanks

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Anonymous writes:
November 8th, 20082:57 PMat

yffh

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ciberdiego writes:
November 7th, 20081:17 PMat

how can i Make sure that Installous can access to the iPhone file system¿????????

why not?

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GDJared writes:
November 6th, 200812:12 AMat

Спасибо!

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ciberdiego writes:
November 5th, 200811:19 AMat

not working
any ideas?¿

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mojtabacazi writes:
November 5th, 20085:09 AMat

Hi Yossi!
You have to install at least one application from appstore (free or paid) Using iTunes!

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Yossi writes:
November 4th, 200811:25 PMat

Hi , I downloaded 3 games threw appulo.us and tried installiing them with “installous” . Everytime i finish installing them they are just not appeared. It’s like they are invisible. is there any program that i need to see them or something??

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