Hey everyone! I have a question about the AppStore's visibility of installed cracked apps. I have used jb h3lix in the past on a 32-bit iPad 4 + AppSync Unified. All applications that were not installed through the AppStore were marked as installed in the AppStore itself - there was an "open" or "update" button (if there was an update) instead of the "download" or "buy" button. It was nice to have possibility to easily monitor the updates of these cracked apps in the AppStore. For sure, it couldn't be updated through the AppStore, but it were on the update list.
Now I'm on iPad Pro 10.5, iPadOS 14.5.1, checkra1in 0.12.3, AppSync New + AntiProfilesRevoke. Not a single installed cracked app is visible in the AppStore as "installed", like it isn't installed at all. AFAIK, this is due to the fact that iTunesMetadata.plist file is missing inside the IPA archives. For some reason, the crackers stopped putting it there (?). The problem is that it has become problematic to monitor updates, especially if there are a lot of cracked apps installed.
There are two questions:
1. I'm currently using AppSync New + AntiProfilesRevoke. Will AppSync Unified somehow change the situation with the AppStore's detection of cracked apps? I can't install ASU right now because of iOS 14.5.1.
2. Does anyone know how else you can monitor updates for cracked apps? Any Cydia tweak?
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AppStore doesn't detect installed cracked apps as "installed" / Missing iTunesMetadata.plist file inside IPA
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Posted 14 May 2021 - 11:13 AM
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Posted 15 May 2021 - 05:13 AM
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times have changed as you noticed from your OLD 32bit device
to a brand new updated firmware device at 64bit.
only current account apps on device are recognized by iTunes or they will be removed.
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Posted 15 May 2021 - 08:03 AM
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only current account apps on device are recognized by iTunes or they will be removed.
Not exactly true. Before using jb, I used Tongbu Assistant PC-app to install paid apps on non-jb iPad Pro. And it was totally okay, nothing was removed, the installed apps were recognized by iTunes as "installed" and showed updates normally. That's why I'm surprised that installed cracked IPA files aren't detected as "installed".
BTW, what do you mean by "or they will be removed"? Removed what exactly and by whom? Is Apple blocking iTunes accounts from which cracks are made?
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itunes will remove apps NOT associated with your AppleID on the device
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Posted 18 May 2021 - 02:50 AM
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Excuse me for my tediousness, but I don't get it. How exactly will iTunes remove apps not associated with my AppleID? Sounds weird. Let's say, I have two AppleID accounts. If I install something from the AppStore with my 1st accound, and then switch to the 2nd account, the installed apps from my 1st account will be automatically removed from my device? This is crazy.
Once again, when I used Tongbu Assistant to install paid apps without jb, not a single app was removed from my device, despite that these apps were signed with another AppleID (therefore iTunes recognized them as "installed").
Don't get me wrong, I just want to figure out the reason for removing iTunesMetadata.plist from the IPA 
