Hackers have been getting the hang of it in recent months. A few days ago, the Electra update, the tool to jailbreak iOS 11.3.1. Therefore, this group of developers is at the forefront of restructuring what until now we considered normal. Many changes are being introduced that many will find it difficult to accept, but who has the jailbreak has almost the power to be able to shape the way users manage their tweaks.
That is why the Electra team has announced that will stop installing Cydia in the process to install If I read, a new package manager much more visual, and adapted to the interface of iOS 11 since it will only be compatible with this version.
Cydia disappears but we salute the new manager Sileo
CoolStar has decided to put all the meat on the grill. Through his Twitter account he has been in charge of sending messages to Saurik, the creator of Cydia who has not updated his package manager due to the arrival of new operating systems. Many have been the tweets to confirm that Cydia removed from Electra to move on to install a new manager called Sileo, more modern and only compatible with iOS 11 due to the 64 bit architecture and the UI used.
Cydia is no longer maintained for iOS 11; we will be transitioning everyone to a replacement very soon
- CoolStar (@coolstarorg) July 16, 2018
Your Cydia purchases will also be accessible from Sileo.
- Pwn20wnd (@ Pwn20wnd) July 16, 2018
Sileo will only support iOS 11. It is designed with modern iOS and modern 64 bit command line tools + libraries in mind.
iOS 10 and older will not be supported as we won't support using saurik's 10 year old 32 bit tools with Sileo
- CoolStar (@coolstarorg) July 16, 2018
Safe Mode and Substitute will both be getting updates on Electra shortly.
Substitute will be getting a long-needed stability fix.
Safe Mode will be getting the redesign it needed as the current safe mode design was a dumb meme that was quickly thrown together
- CoolStar (@coolstarorg) July 16, 2018
In addition to CoolStar, it has been the rest of the hackers on the team who have been transferring more information regarding the Sileo news. Users can rest assured because purchases made in Cydia will remain in Sileo. In addition, we once again emphasize that users with iOS 10 or lower versions that will continue with Cydia will not be able to use this manager.
It is also true that urge to impose a new package manager it is an arduous task since they have to adapt different modes that in Cydia remained intact since its creation 10 years ago. We are talking about the Safe Mode that has undergone a redesign or Substitute and the rest of the tweaks that have to work natively for the proper functioning of both the jailbreak and iOS.
I don't know exactly how long cydia takes but 10 years not, at the beginning of the jailbreak it was "installer"