These are instructions on how to buy a jailbroken iPhone application from the Cydia Store.
Before you can begin you must have jailbroken your iPhone. You can find instructions on how to do that for your device by using this chart.
Step One Press to launch Cydia from your SpringBoard.
Step Two Press the Sections tab at the bottom right of the screen.
Step Three For this tutorial we will install Cyntact so lets choose Tweaks from the list of Sections.
Step Four Press to select Cyntact from the list of Packages. Notice that its in blue text to denote that its a paid app.
Step Five You will notice from the Package Details page that the application costs $1.00. If you would like to purchase it press the Purchase button at the top right of the screen.
Step Six You will be asked to login using your Facebook or your Google account. In this example I will choose Facebook.
Step Seven If you already have a Facebook account press Log in to Cydia link at the bottom.
Step Eight Enter your Facebook email and password then press Connect.
Step Nine Once you have signed in successfully you will be brought to a Link Device page. From here click the Link Device to Your Account button.
Step Ten You will now be brought to a Payments page. Cydia currently uses Amazon Payments but will support PayPal in the near future.
Press to select Pay $1.00 Now or Pay $1.00 Now and keep my information on file.
Step Eleven You will now be brought to the Amazon Payments page. Unfortunately, if you don't already have an account you will need to create one.
Enter your email address and password to sign into Amazon Payments.
Step Twelve From the Amazon Payments page choose your credit card or enter a new card number then press Continue.
Step Thirteen You will be brought to a Payment Authorization page where you need to confirm the amount, card, and payee. The payment is made to SaurikIT, LLC.
Click the Confirm button to continue.
Step Fourteen You will now see a transaction pending window. This window will update every 15 seconds as Amazon tries to process your credit card.
Once the payment has been made successfully you will see a Transaction Status of Success. Press the Close button at the top right of the screen to continue.
Step Fifteen Notice we are back at the Package Details page for Cyntact. Instead of a purchase button at the top right we now have an Install button. You will also see the name of your account and a Package Officially Purchased message.
Press the Install button at the top right of the window.
Step Sixteen Press the Confirm button at the top right of the window to begin installation.
Step Seventeen Once the installation has completed successfully press the large Restart SpringBoard button.
You iPhone will now take you back to your SpringBoard and you can begin using your newly purchased application!
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Hello everyone, please help me with this one.
I've got 20 $ on my Amazon account.
Can I purchase Cydia tweaks and apps though Cydia using Amazon Gift Card?
If yes, then please tell me how.
Thank you in advance!
I bought a package on a 3G S and now I have an iPhone 4. I wanna get the package but I forgot what account I used to login in. Any way of finding this info out?
I just bought the GV+ app, great app but the buying process was horrible. Mainly because the screen that asked me to enter my PayPal Password was not Zoomable, I had no idea what I was entering and was unable to read the text. Overall a bad experience and no very "Apple" like at all. I'm all for giving GV+ my cash, the program is great but come on chaps, fix the buy screen will you!!
What if I don't have the "Purchase item" button ? I have only the "Install" one and when I click it -> error saying I am not allowed to access etc...
That's quite annoying !
You pay a $1 for the Cyntact app, which adds contact pictures to the contact list, and what you've just done is purchased an app without the Apple app store. You can then look forward to purchasing more apps in the future, many of which would not get apple's approval to be in their app store, from the Cydia Store. Beautiful!
I guess that's a stock apple clock program; no wonder I've never seen it, I don't use it for alarms. Wish there was a program like that for calendar appointments and was hoping that's what you were gonna tell me. :) thanks for the reply.