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Make h3lix work when installed not-via-Impactor. To be used with the latest h3lix.
if [ $# != 2 ]; then
echo "Usage: $0 /path/to/input_ipa /path/to/output_ipa"
exit 1
fi
if ! [ -f $1 ]; then
echo "'$1' does not exist"
exit 1
fi
if [ -f $2 ]; then
echo "'$2' already exists"
exit 1
fi
echo "Setting up environment"
mkdir /tmp/unpacked_h3lix
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
echo "mkdir create temporary directory"
exit 1
fi
echo "Extracting"
unzip $1 -d /tmp/unpacked_h3lix > /dev/null
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
echo "can't unzip '$1'"
rm -rf /tmp/unpacked_h3lix
exit 1
fi
echo "Patching"
# tada tada P\WX+1y~~z??ti.....
(printf '\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11' | dd of=/tmp/unpacked_h3lix/Payload/h3lix.app/h3lix bs=1 seek=30848 count=20 conv=notrunc) 2> /dev/null
(printf '\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11\x11' | dd of=/tmp/unpacked_h3lix/Payload/h3lix.app/h3lix bs=1 seek=32920 count=20 conv=notrunc) 2> /dev/null
# i DoN'T hAz CS_GET_TASK_ALLOW?!?!??
(printf '\x00\x00\x00\x00' | dd of=/tmp/unpacked_h3lix/Payload/h3lix.app/h3lix bs=1 seek=31790 count=4 conv=notrunc) 2> /dev/null
# DeBuG Br34K
(printf '\x70\x47' | dd of=/tmp/unpacked_h3lix/Payload/h3lix.app/h3lix bs=1 seek=40800 count=2 conv=notrunc) 2> /dev/null
echo "Compressing"
CD=$(pwd)
cd /tmp/unpacked_h3lix
if [[ "$2" = /* ]]; then
zip -r $2 Payload/ > /dev/null
else
zip -r "$CD/$2" Payload/ > /dev/null
fi
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
echo "can't zip '$1'"
rm -rf /tmp/unpacked_h3lix
cd - > /dev/null
exit 1
fi
cd - > /dev/null
rm -rf /tmp/unpacked_h3lix
echo "Done"
exit 0
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That guide finally did the job! iOS 10.3.4. Windows 10 using 3uTool.
the missing link:
https://youtu.be/m4f84_nDm2w

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UInt2048 commented Apr 5, 2024

If you're on Windows, use https://github.com/kawaiizenbo/winh3lixpatcher instead

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