In Progress Sideloading, Privacy and Tweaks guide for iOS

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In Progress Sideloading, Privacy and Tweaks guide for iOS

Installing SideStore

Follow this guide: https://wiki.sidestore.io/guides/getting-started/

Linux only, if you run Windows or macOS skip this:

Download Sideloader from this repo's releases https://github.com/Dadoum/Sideloader. The dependencies are libimobiledevice and libplist-2.X (The exact name differs between distros)

In the install via AltServer step, use Sideloader instead, login with the burner apple account you created (I logged in with it as an icloud calendar account)

Configuring Sidestore

Just after installing Sidestore, refresh it after doing anything else. This is for switching the signature from your desktop computer to the Sidestore self signed one.

To add the AltStore repo, open the Sidestore app, go to Browse > Sources > + Button and type https://apps.altstore.io. Check the other ones if you feel like it.

You can keep the WireGuard loopback VPN off unless you need to install apps or refresh with Sideloader. You only need it on for these both tasks.

To install apps that are outside of the repos, like Aidoku, download the IPA file and place it inside the SideStore folder in your iPhone file explorer. Then tap it so it's opened in Sidestore and installed. Otherwise it will throw an error saying it isn't found.

Sideloaded Recommendations:

Aidoku Really nice manga reader

Delta Emulator GBA emulator

App Store recommendations

Keepassium Good KeePass client with autofill.

Raivo Authenticator FOSS Online and offline 2FA authenticator

Yattee guide:

Yattee A FOSS Youtube client. It's NewPipe for iOS basically. Has sponsorblock and uses invidious or piped instances. It's in the App Store thankfully.

To set up Yattee, follow this reddit guide: https://www.reddit.com/r/Yattee/comments/13d3lj7/how_to_set_up_and_use_yattee_to_watch_youtube/

Privacy tweaks

This comment on Reddit has almost all the settings you should change after a fresh install of iOS

Mullvad Adblock DNS

Here is the guide for iOS https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls#ios

If you just wanna install it, here are the direct links to the profiles. After downloading go to settings and allow.

Mullvad DNS over TLS

Mullvad DNS over HTTPS

Speeding animations up

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Motion and toggle on Reduce Motion

Go to Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Haptic Touch and set it to Fast

I will give these a try when I setup a new iPhone!
I will keep this in mind!
Thanks for this little guide!