Cydia, a platform commonly thought of as the alternative app store for jailbroken iPhones and iPads, has just today arrived on Android of all places, in the form of Cydia Substrate*, a tool for ...

If you’ve used the iPhone or iPad in the past, you’re probably aware of “Jailbreak”, “Cydia” and “Saurik”. Cydia has been around for the iPhone and iPad (and iPod Touch) since 2008 for those that have ...

An iOS 8.3 jailbreak was released on Tuesday this week, but unfortunately didn’t work properly with Cydia. However, there’s an update that fixes this that allows jailbreak tweaks to work again. Here’s ...

Since the very earliest days of jailbreaking, Cydia has been the go-to source for jailbreak-specific tweaks and apps. What makes tweaks work is the Cydia Substrate, low-level software written by Cydia ...

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him ...

The developer of the Cydia app store for jailbroken iOS devices has ported one of the most popular tools for tweaking a jailbroken iPhone or iPad to Android. Saurik’s Cydia Substrate is now available ...

So, what does that actually mean? Well, Cydia Substrate is a platform for modifying a device without actually having the source code. Technically, the Android community has the source for stock ...

When you jailbreak an iPhone or iPad, your first stop is the legendary jailbreak app store, Cydia. It picks up where the walled garden of Apple’s App Store leaves off. But on Android – where Google ...

On iOS, Cydia is the premier way to load unsigned apps onto your jailbroken iPhone or iPad… but since Android supports side-loading, it has no place on Google’s operating system, right? Wrong, ...

Michael is a born Texan and a former graphic designer. He's been covering technology in general and Android in particular since 2011. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and ...

Chinese team Pangu today released the first untethered jailbreak for iOS 9 devices, including the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. The jailbreak tool is currently available for Windows only, but an OS X ...

Earlier today Saurik pushed an update for both Cydia and MobileSubstrate, which should now be iOS 4-compatible. To install the updates, just fire up Cydia and do a complete (recommended) upgrade. I’m ...