When evad3rs released the evasi0n7 jailbreak, it caught even Jay Freeman aka saurik, the creator of Cydia by surprise.
It however didn’t take him much time as he has just released a major upgrade for Cydia to give it an iOS 7 makeover.
I want to make certain a big thank you goes out to @rpetrich, @Surenix, and @kylematthews, without whose help Cydia 1.1.9 would have sucked.
— Jay Freeman (saurik) (@saurik) December 24, 2013
As you can see, Cydia 1.1.9 now sports a user interface with the white background and flatter design. The Cydia icon doesn’t seem to be updated, however the icons used in the app for the packages etc has been updated.
When you launch Cydia, you should ideally get a prompt informing you to install the upgrade, tap on the “Complete Upgrade” to install the new version of Cydia.
If you don’t get the upgrade dialogue box as seen below, then tap on the Changes tab, and then the Refresh button at the top left corner to refresh the package list. You should ideally get the prompt and also see Cydia Installer 1.1.9 when you search for it in the Search tab. You can also try killing Cydia running in the background, and relaunching it to see it helps.
Here’s a quick look at redesigned Cydia in photos.
Cydia Home page
Cydia’s Section page
Cydia’s Changes page
Cydia’s Manage page
Cydia’s Search page
Here’s a video walkthrough of the redesigned Cydia for iOS 7:
Let me know what you think in the comments below. The redesign looks quite nice, and as a user who has installed it when it first came out in February 2008, I am very happy to see it get the much needed facelift.
Thanks Tristan for the tip!
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