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iOS jailbreak app, Activator shows up in App Store. It's fake though

If you've jailbroken your iPhone, you'll see an iOS customization app, Activator in the Cydia store. However, ...

June 25, 2012 / 10:40 IST

If you've jailbroken your iPhone, you'll see an iOS customization app, Activator in the Cydia store. However, there now appears to be an app called Activator promising the same iOS customization and presenting the same screenshots as the Cydia app in the iOS App Store. The difference is that the one available in the Cydia store is free and actually does offer the customization it promises. The iOS App Store version costs $0.99 (about Rs. 57), and functions as a wallpaper-generating application at the most. Clearly, the App Store version is fake. According to iDownloadBlog, the Cydia version of the app is a popular jailbreak tweak, developed by Ryan Petrich. The functions that it promises (and the App Store version rips-off) are:

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first published: Jun 25, 2012 10:32 am

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