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.

Table of Content

• Install AltStore
  •  macOS
  • ⊞ Windows
  • Linux
• Installing uYouPlus
• Refresh uYouPlus
• Troubleshooting

Install AltStore

 macOS:

Requirements:

• 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).

Step:

1. Get AltStore for macOS from https://altstore.io/

2. Install Mail Plug-in:

• Open AltStore. You will see the AltServer icon in the Menu bar. Now select Install Mail Plug-in and follow the instruction. Enter your mac's password when AltStore asks you.

3. Enable Mail Plug-in:

• Now we need to enable Mail Plug-in: Simply open the Mail app and go to Mail > Preferences > Manage Plug-ins > Enable AltPlugin.mailbundle. Follow the instruction AltStore tells you.

4. Install AltStore to your iDevice:

• Plug your phone into your Mac. Make sure AltServer and the Mail app are running.
• Click the AltServer icon in the Mac menu bar, click Install AltStore, then choose your phone.
• Enter the Apple ID when AltStore asks you.
• The process might take a few minutes. You'll see AltStore on your Home Screen when it is done.

☞ Now head to Install uYouPlus!

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⊞ Windows:

Requirements:

• Windows 10 and up.
• iTunes and iCloud from Apple installed. AltStore will not work with iTunes & iCloud from Microsoft Store
  • iTunes: https://www.apple.com/itunes/download/win64
  • iCloud: https://updates.cdn-apple.com/2020/windows/001-39935-20200911-1A70AA56-F448-11EA-8CC0-99D41950005E/iCloudSetup.exe
• 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).

Step:

1. Install iTunes and iCloud

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2. Get AltStore for Windows from https://altstore.io/

• Run AltInstaller.msi to setup AltServer

3. Install AltStore to your phone

• Plug your phone into your PC/Laptop.
• Open AltServer (it will appear as an icon in the Notification Area). Click Install AltStore and select your phone.

• Enter the Apple ID when AltStore asks you.
• The process might take a few minutes. You'll AltStore on your Home Screen when it is done.

☞ Now head to Install uYouPlus!

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🐧 Linux

AltServer-Linux

• 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.

AltServer-LinuxGUI

• If you prefer GUI mode rather than CLI mode, @powenn made a GUI version of AltServer-Linux: /~https://github.com/powenn/AltServer-LinuxGUI

ZSign

• ZSign in fact 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

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Installing uYouPlus

✔︎ Now that you have AltStore installed on your iDevice, Let's start installing uYouPlus

1. Configure AltStore:

• 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.

2. Install uYouPlus:

• 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 since it will remove the ability to use Open in YouTube shortcut & Open in YouTube Extension (/~https://github.com/CokePokes/YoutubeExtensions). uYouPlus will take 3 app IDs in total.

• The process might take a few minutes. After that, you will uYouPlus on your Home Screen 🎉🎉🎉

☞ Other methods:

• Another method is use the direct install link on uYouPlus homepage. Simply open the link and let AltStore does its job.

• If you have access to AltStore beta, you can add my AltStore repo here.

Refresh uYouPlus

• 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.

Troubleshooting

• See https://altstore.io/faq/