How to Update Mobile Substrate to Work on iOS 7 and 64-bit Apple Devices

Mobile Substrate (now called Cydia Substrate after this update) is required for a lot of jailbroken apps to work properly and, ever since the new iOS 7 Jailbreak came out, it needed an update to work for iOS 7 and for 64-bit Apple devices. That update just arrive today. Simply head to the Cydia store and install it. Even though this fix allows the apps to work with these devices, the developers of those apps still need to update the apps themselves so at the moment they probably still won’t work. But, knowing these developers, won’t be long before the most popular jailbreak tweaks are updated and you might as well be ready for them, right?

Here’s how to update mobile substrate (Cydia Substrate) to work on iOS 7 and 64-bit Apple devices.

I. Jailbreak your iOS 7 Device

1. If you haven’t already, you must be jailbroken. Head to our How to Jailbreak the iPhone or iPad on iOS 7.0.4 video.

II. Update Cydia (if you haven’t already)

1. Open Cydia.

2. Tap on Changes.

3. Tap Refresh in the top left corner.

4. Tap Complete Upgrade when asked and wait for it to finish.

III. Update Mobile Substrate (Cydia Substrate)

1. Open the Cydia store on your device.

2. Tap on Search.

3. Search for Cydia Substrate.

4. Tap on it when it appears in the search results.

5. Tap on Install.

6. Tap Reboot Cydia.

7. All set.

Now, you are ready for some of your favorite jailbreak tweaks as soon as the developer’s update them to work on 64-bit.

For a list of compatible tweaks at the moment (this list will grow exponentially now that Mobile Substrate is updated), check out this post by iDownloadBlog.