Installing iPhone hacks made easy with hands-on tutorial – MAC OS X Edition (Updated)

Folks! I have some great news for you. Early last week, folks at Nullriver had released an iPhone hack called "Installer.app" to simplify application management on your iPhone. The problem with it was ironically the iPhone hack itself was only for the technically inclined.
But this has been addressed with an hands-on tutorial of the updated version of "Installer.app" which once loaded on your iPhone should make it very easy to install unauthorized third-party native applications onto your iPhone.

Thanks to the folks at Gizmodo, please find below a hands-on tutorial which will show you how to load "Installer.app" onto your iPhone and then how easy it is to install third-party native applications onto your iPhone over Wi-FI or Edge. If you are looking for a hands-on tutorial for MAC OS X, see iPhoneHacks.com, 23 August 2007, Installing iPhone hacks made easy with hands-on tutorial - Windows Edition.

"Preparation:

• Download AppTappInstaller from Nullriver.
• Connect your iPhone to your computer using the provided cable.
• Deactivate the iPhone automatic synchronization in iTunes before proceeding and close iTunes.

Steps:

• Run AppTappInstaller and select your firmware from the pop-up.

• The script will automatically download the necessary restore file from the Apple servers.
• It will prompt you to hold the home button (with the square) and the power
• When the message "Connect to iTunes" appear in your iPhone, release the buttons and let the thing do its magic.

Installing applications:

• The iPhone will restart and you will find a new icon in your home screen:
• You can disconnect the iPhone cable now, as the installation of apps happen over the air —using Wi-Fi or EDGE. If you want, enable automatic sync in iTunes before disconnecting.
• Open the Installer application by tapping in the icon on your iPhone home screen.
• Before installing any new applications, update the Installer itself by clicking on the "Update" tab. If it doesn't show anything, don't worry. You are up to date.

When you start Installer you will see only a handfull of applications. They are Nullriver's apps, which include a BSD Subsystem and MobileTerminal. To access all third-party software available, do the following:

• Click on the Install tab now. It will connect to the Internet and register the available packages.
  
• Click on Community Resources package inside the Install tab.
• You will see the detail. Click on the Install button.
• After installing, you will see all the third-party applications currently available for iPhone (some of them are missing, however. Hopefully they will add them soon.)
• Before start installing new applications, install the Launcher application.

Why? The iPhone springboard (the home screen) won't scroll, so if you install many applications, you won't be able to access some of them. The Launcher gives you a way to access all non-Apple apps from a scrollable list

• After installing Launcher, go to the home screen. You will see that the interface will initialize itself and the new application icon will appear.
• Go back to the Installer app, select any new app you want, hit the Install button and enjoy."

This seems really easy to install and should be a great boon for all those iPhone users who were technically shy until now to try out the iPhone Hacks.
Before you go hack your iPhone, it is important to mention here the warning on the developer's site:

WARNING: This software comes with absolutely no warranty of any kind. If it should cause any harm to your iPhone or data, we shall not be held responsible. Such is the nature of preview (Beta) software.

Gizmodo, thanks guys for the hands-on tutorial & many thanks to folks at Nullriver for one of the best software (hack) that has been made for the iPhone. Excellent stuff!
This has made us that much more impatient for new iPhone unauthorized applications.
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Update: The hands-on tutorial has been made simpler as with AppTappInstaller from Nullriver you no longer need to get in to Terminal.


[Hands on Tutorial via Gizmodo, Software via Nullriver]