If you have a jailbroken device, but now and then you may face such a problem which lead you to restore the firmware of your device. And you may lose all the existing apps and data. But modern jailbreaking tools are relatively simple and very easy to use, therefore backing up and restoring installed Cydia tweaks and apps are now not so difficult for iOS users. One good thing is, Cydia itself provides app called PKGBackup which is designed to backing up and restoring Cydia apps and tweaks. And here’s a complete Cydia apps backup, restore guide to follow.
PkgBackup is a well-known Cydia tweak developed by Jibril Gueye. The real one app which backup your iOS 8 packages and support a lot of jailbreak tweaks. The latest version now available on Cydia is PkgBackup deb has provided the support for Flex/biteSMS/Springtomize 2/iBlacklist. Everybody knows the importance of PkgBackup who use this app, which is used for the backup/restore Cydia apps and springboard files on modern iOS device. In this post we focus on how to take Cydia apps backup/restore using PkgBackup.
Cydia Apps Backup/Restore Guide
Until the PKGBackup was introduced actually there is no simple backup/restore app available for Cydia apps. It not simply gives the easiest, totally automated solution for backup the required jailbreak data which includes Cydia sources, tweaks, apps, Springboard files etc. Moreover it can back up all the iOS Apps data as well with a few easy taps.
Few features of PkgBackup:
- Support latest iOS devices
- Backup/Restore of Apple store Data
- Restore all Cydia files
- Rolling Backup
- Backup of WinterBoard Files
- “Do Restore”/”Do Backup
- UUID info
- Backup of your SpringBoard Files
- Backup of all Cydia files
- Facebook/Twitter integration
- DropBox Support
- Share/send Cydia packages
Cydia Apps Backup/Restore Using PkgBackup
Steps For Cydia Apps Backup Using PkgBackup:
- First of all download and then install the pkgbackup from Cydia BigBoss Repo
- After installation open the pkgbackup app
- Open Setting app and specify the location where the backup will be store
- In pkgbackup hit the round Backup button
- Tap orange button captioned Backup right side of detail button
- Hit the “Yes” button to start backup
- After entering the name the backup will start it will take some time to complete and depend on the amount of apps and tweaks installed on your iOS device.
Steps For Cydia Apps Restore Using PkgBackup:
- Launch PkgBackup app
- Hit rounded Restore button
- Select the previously saved backup and tap the orange Restore button
- A popup message will shown hit “Yes”
- The restore process will begin after completion of restore process reboot your device.
And your iPhone will get back all the Cydia apps back with few easy steps using PkgBackup.
