One of the big differences between Apple users and Android users is the freedom to install unsigned apps, something that is possible on phones with the Google system but on the iPhone it is much more complex. And there are very diverse apps that for specific reasons do not pass Apple's cut, such as the multimedia center par excellence: Kodi, which can be installed without jailbreak.
Do you want to learn everything about this multimedia center and why you will need it on your Apple device? We teach you everything about Kodi and how you can install it on your phone.
What is Kodi and why might it be interesting to have it?
Kodi is a free and open source multimedia player that allows you to manage and play a wide variety of multimedia content, which originated in an application that was used to manage this type of files on the classic Xbox. In fact, that's where its initial name comes from: XBMC (Xbox Media Center).
This program has now evolved a lot since then and has become a multi-platform app, which has installers from Windows to development boards, and for mobile systems such as Android and iOS, which are the ones that interest us the most right now for this article.
Why use Kodi?
Kodi is much more than just a player. And it has great advantages that make it highly desired by the user community:
It is fully customizable
Kodi has a highly customizable user interface which allows you to adapt it to your preferences, both through the skins (themes) that can be installed from the app itself as well as by modifying the ones we have to change the appearance of the software to our interest.
Add-ons: almost 90% of users come for this
One of the most powerful features of Kodi are the add-ons, which are plugins you can install to add functionality additional. There are add-ons of all kinds: to watch streaming content, access online television services, watch television shows and movies, listen to music or even to install emulators and play retro games.
Of course, these add-ons have a B side: most of them tend to have content that we can say borders on being āsailing in the Black Pearlā, so to speak, and that it is up to each person's morality to use one or the other.
It organizes your multimedia library in a fantastic way
Gone are complicated solutions like iTunes with an unintuitive interface. Kodi here draws muscle from its origins and Not only does it bring order to our fantastic media library, but it also provides extremely high codec compatibility. so you can play everything without problems. On this side, it has a 10.
Supports remote accessories natively
You can control Kodi using physical remotes, mobile apps, or even voice commands in some cases depending on what you have set up, so It is ideal for use on an Apple TV or similar.
Kodi is open in every way
Kodi is an open source application, so anyone with programming experience can try their hand at it and thanks to that openness the community has worked hard to provide it with Compatibility with other platforms and hardware of all types.
Install Kodi without jailbreak on your Apple device
To be able to install Kodi without jailbreak on our iOS device, we will have to arm ourselves with a little patience and have our work tools ready to do it. Specifically, we will need:
- A computer with macOS or Windows.
- A USB cable to connect your iOS device to your PC or Mac.
- The latest version of iTunes installed on your computer (or the built-in Finder in macOS)
Learn how to sign apps so you can use them on your iOS device
First of all, you will need download Kodi in IPA format, which are iOS executables (like Windows EXEs or macOS DMGs), which you can do from the website itself from Kodi.
And here you need to sign it to be able to use it on your computerpo. This is done through Xcode on Mac computers (which is the program that allows us to develop applications for the Apple operating system), or if you are a Windows user you can use Cydia Impactor to do the same tasks.
In Xcode or Cydia Impactor, depending on your system, drag the Kodi IPA file into the app window and follow the instructions to sign the app with your Apple account (for Xcode) or using your Apple ID ( in the case of Cydia Impactor).
And now comes one of the most important steps, which is tell our iOS team that they should trust us as āKodi developersā so that it can be installed on our device without problems.
For this we will go to Settings / General / Profiles (and here goes your username), and within that menu we will find Kodi. We will have to mark above and click Trust.
If the process is not very clear to you, we advise you to watch the following video where it is explained quite clearly:
With this, we will now have the application installed on our iOS device. But be careful, there will be an important caveat compared to doing it with the modified version of the operating system: From time to time we will have to do this process again, since applications installed via signature outside the App Store tend to be deactivated.
If you are curious about jailbreaking and modifying operating systems, over the years at iPhoneA2 we have covered quite a few articles about the possibility of doing these modifications.
Therefore, we advise you to access this link to see all the articles we have with a jailbreak theme, which may help you install it on your device. Of course, always taking the clear care that must be taken when using third-party tools on your own computer, and always ensuring the security and integrity of our device.