Is there a cydia hack to...

[swanbea]

There is an app I want but it says I need OS5 version - is there a cydia app to have it not check or trick the app?

thanks

 

[labman]

There is an app I want but it says I need OS5 version - is there a cydia app to have it not check or trick the app?

thanks

no!

 

[Ali.]

There is a way to trick the device into believing it is running a different version of iOS. (Essentially fooling both the Appstore and Cydia)

I use this method so I can run games that require iOS 4.3+ even though I'm still running 4.2.1

If your still on iOS 4 and the app you want to use requires iOS 5, it would be a bad idea to spoof your device. The app more then likely actually needs the firmware update...

Anyway...

Navigate to:

/System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist

Edit via Property Viewer using iFile.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>ProductBuildVersion</key>
<string>8C148</string>
<key>ProductCopyright</key>
<string>1983-2010 Apple Inc.</string>
<key>ProductName</key>
<string>iPhone OS</string>
<key>ProductVersion</key>
<string>4.2.1</string>
</dict>
</plist>

Edit ProductBuildVersion and ProductVersion strings

e.g: Changing from iOS 4.2.1 to 4.3.3

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>ProductBuildVersion</key>
<string>8J2</string>
<key>ProductCopyright</key>
<string>1983-2010 Apple Inc.</string>
<key>ProductName</key>
<string>iPhone OS</string>
<key>ProductVersion</key>
<string>4.3.3</string>
</dict>
</plist>


Respring>Reboot

Reference Material:

http://thebigboss.org/firmware-313-spoofer-in-cydia