How to find old (iOS 3.x) apps?

[Menneisyys2]

Btw i can update the plist in iFile too on the phone itself.

Sure you can.

 

[Solver]

Found old IOS 3.x apps

Vintapps has information on a real lot of these old apps. It just hit the app store.

 

[Menneisyys2]

Vintapps has information on a real lot of these old apps. It just hit the app store.

Great find, thanks!

(Wonder if it'll be removed by Apple, just like the other app discovery apps.)

 

[RozN]

Sorry if this was already mentioned, thread is too long to read.
to get a newer apps to work on your old device heres what you have to do.

1. locate an app in your filesystem, usually an itunes folder with all your apps.
2. rename the IPA to ZIP
3. open the zip folder, locate info.plist
4. open info.plist using a text editor, and in the description where it says minimum IOS change to the IOS of your old device.
for example if its MinimumIOS6.0 change it to MinimumIOS3.0

it works for almost any app, i just came across 2 or 3 out of about 200

enjoy!

Serge.

PS. Nothing illegal here youre just making your product compatible with your device again, which is what you have already paid for and have all the rights to do so.

I tried that and it seems it doesn't work. After I change the minimumiOS requirement to 4.2, because I have 4.2.1 I go back to iTunes to sync the apps with me device and it says that the app can't be found. Any suggestions what to do now?

 

[lucid-stu]

Shoutcast compatible internet radio for ios 3.1?

In a foggy moment I made a similar blunder to the original posters. The only thing I'm really missing for my 1st gen Touch is a Shoutcast internet radio app compatible with iOS 3.1.3

I've tried mackerm's handy search form to find apps that CLAIM to be compatible with ios 3 - they don't grumble on install, but they all crash when I try to open them.

Any suggestions?

 

[Solver]

Start with a forced reset. To free up device memory and for quicker, smoother operation, many early iOS device users have learned do a forced reset after their device performances drops markedly.
At the home screen, hold down the Sleep/Wake button on the top of your device and at the same time hold the home button. Keep holding both buttons, ignoring any power off message, until you see the Apple logo, at which point release both buttons. This method will restart your device, but can take many minutes to get back to the unlock screen. For iPhone 3G users, it can help to do this twice.

Make sure you have a least a few hundred MB of available flash memory. You can check in Settings/General for this.*

Also, not every iOS 3 app will work on every iOS 3 device. There are apps, for example, that claim to work on iOS 3.1.3 or later but won't work or even install on an original iPhone, iPod Touch 1, iPhone 3G or iPod Touch 2. However, they will work on a 32GB or 64GB iPod Touch 3 with iOS 3.1.3 installed.
You need to somehow sort out these type of apps. It is easy if you have the tool to do it.

In a foggy moment I made a similar blunder to the original posters. The only thing I'm really missing for my 1st gen Touch is a Shoutcast internet radio app compatible with iOS 3.1.3

I've tried mackerm's handy search form to find apps that CLAIM to be compatible with ios 3 - they don't grumble on install, but they all crash when I try to open them.

Any suggestions?

 

[pixelrogue]

Apps for iOS 3.1.2

Hello all - perfectly good, albeit, older iOS device. Though I lucked out having a few .ipa's hanging around I didn't do a good job to ensure archives of these apps.

I am looking forward to trying the tip on back-setting the required iOS in the plist file, and am also looking for a resource that might have these older .ipa's available. Vintapps does not appear as available. The google filer posted in this thread needs more filters (as suggested by others)...results are not tight.