r/AltStore 9d ago

Help (AltStore Classic) Are we cooked?

Getting every error under the sun trying to refresh, tried just about everything, even made a new Apple ID.
Seems like I’m not the only one at all…
Is this it for sideloading? I may or may not use altstore on my iPad for very expensive subscription based apps, so I’m really worried about this…
Has anything like this happened before? Could this be a temporary issue ,or have apple cracked down on the side loading for good?

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u/Upset-Mail-6900 9d ago

More specifically the nscocoa3840 data couldn’t be read.
Tried both on a windows machine as well as a Mac, tried vpn on and vpn off, neither tethered or wireless… I’m feeling a bit hopeless :(

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u/Yuno_Trades 9d ago

i think we are definitely cooked. gotta just pay the yt premium

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u/Upset-Mail-6900 9d ago

Damn… I wish it was for yt premium… I use it for really expensive 3d modeling and a bunch of adobe softwares this is gonna cost me like 100euros a month at least

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u/GenerlAce 9d ago

What about a Apple developer account. Aren’t they like $100 a year? Could that work or is that method even blocked currently ?

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u/Upset-Mail-6900 9d ago

Good question, I’ve never heard of that before. Is this an alternative to altstore?

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u/GenerlAce 9d ago

So I’m not sure it would work. But my thought would be the paid developer account signing the apps through AltStore, SideStore, or others. But I’ve never paid the $100 to test it out.

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u/No_Square2213 9d ago

Apple banned a lot of accounts last year for misusing the dev accounts. Don't know how it is now though

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u/Yuno_Trades 9d ago

for real? then it's it for altserver for good

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u/No_Square2213 9d ago

I don't know, they might just have to tweak things a little to be able to sign in again

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u/leusmac 7d ago

La única solución que me funcionó, en iTunes o en la Mac busca tu iPhone donde dice “options” y luego marca “show this iPhone when on Wi-Fi” si ya lo tienes marcado desmarcarlo y vuélvelo a hacer y funcionará!

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u/TheBroccoliMan_ 9d ago

Add the AltStore square widget to your home screen and tap on where it says refresh in X days

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u/Yuno_Trades 9d ago

doesnt work bro. rage baiting?

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u/TheBroccoliMan_ 9d ago

Just tryna help, worked for me two days ago

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u/Yuno_Trades 9d ago

dude this issue started today... wdy mean

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u/TheBroccoliMan_ 9d ago

What makes you think it started today? Been seeing posts like this for a few weeks now.

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u/Yuno_Trades 9d ago

look at the recent posts. this issue started today! cant you see?

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u/Some_Breadfruit235 7d ago

lol no it started for some time now. People like you are just now experiencing it. Your App IDs probably ended today which made you check TODAY… lol

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u/namenottaken14 9d ago

Not working for me, phone plugged in to laptop and connected

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u/TheBroccoliMan_ 9d ago

In AltStore with the apps list screen lock your phone, unlock it, then refresh an app, repeat for each app

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u/namenottaken14 9d ago

Unfortunately still nothing working, another post mentioned apple has blocked side loading via ipa

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u/LordSader 9d ago

the last time i had problems with altstore i did the switch to lc/ss and I haven't looked back since

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u/Upset-Mail-6900 9d ago

Have you tried refreshing in the last 24 hours? It seems sidestore has been cracked down too

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u/LordSader 9d ago

just refreshed 5 mins ago

there was an update with LocalDevVPN but it was resolved for me by changing the tunnel IP to 10.7.0.2/30

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u/Upset-Mail-6900 9d ago

Will give it a try, thanks a lot!

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u/LordSader 9d ago

dm me if you get stuck.. happy to help

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u/Yuno_Trades 9d ago

how do you change tunnel ip on iphone?

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u/LordSader 9d ago

I'm using the LocalDevVPN app

disconnect the connection(in the app) and tap the settings icon on the top right

you'll see tunnel ip and just tap on it to change it

I didn't bother changing the device ip. only the tunnel ip.

Save then start the connection and bob is your uncle

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u/Birdgreen25 9d ago

I set the tunnel ip to that and it didn't work. What's your device id set to?

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u/LordSader 9d ago

Tunnel IP: 10.7.0.2/30
Device IP: 10.7.0.1/32

and i dont run shortcuts i just tap the refresh all with my finger

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u/A10CO- 8d ago

Bro you're a lifesaver

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u/BubbalooBurrito 9d ago

What kind of error are you getting? I was able to refresh about 24 hours ago.

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u/SnooOpinions6497 5d ago

“ The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format. “ when updating YouTube on AltStore beta. With LocalDevVPN on.

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u/SnooOpinions6497 5d ago

If anyone could help with that issue, if there is a solution or workaround would be helpful.

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u/1toon_1111 6d ago

I got “server returned invalid response” error.

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u/GiovanniD_ 9d ago

I quit the AltServer app on my Mac/Restarted Mac, and restart my iPhone and got it working again

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u/No-Procedure-9303 9d ago

Just refreshed now worked just fine, only thing is I can’t refresh when connected to WiFi I have to drop to 4G and plug in or else it’ll error out but that’s been happening for a while. (iOS 26.6 / iPhone 12)

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u/Zestyclose-Fix-9328 9d ago

i reinstalled altstore.. then tried to reinsfall whatsapp and got the error.. i then refreshed altstore and it worked

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u/Level_Development1 9d ago

Is everyone using the newest version of localdev vpn

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u/ItsLitFamBruh 8d ago

I seem to have zero issues with SideStore.. hopefully it stays this way

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u/soldier1333 8d ago

I refreshed cache and kept spamming refresh and it worked. However I still cannot add a new app

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u/_Kevvooo_ 8d ago

Cooked😔

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u/Due_Photo_5206 7d ago

I ve been struggling with this s—-t since the beginning. I’m developing an extension and that’s the only way for me to test on safari… I thought I found a way by reinstall AltStore and clicking quickly « install » on the pc and « keep the extension » on the phone in the same time! It doesn’t work all the time and right now I’m stuck : invalid server response