Installing Dopamine (Sideloadly)
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Dopamine is a semi-untethered jailbreak, meaning it requires an app to re-apply the exploit after a reboot.
Dopamine supports all devices on iOS 15.0 to 16.5, A14 and earlier devices and M1 devices on iOS 16.5.1, and A11 and earlier devices on iOS 16.6 to 16.6.1.
DANGER
If your device is using the preinstalled version of iOS that your device first shipped with, this guide will not work, and you'll need to follow Installing Dopamine instead.
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if you are currently using rootful palera1n, you need to first Remove rootful palera1n before proceeding.
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If you have previously used Serotonin and/or Bootstrap, you will need to remove them fully before proceeding.
If you don't know what Bootstrap or Serotonin are, you can ignore this notice and proceed.
Downloads
TIP
This section requires a computer.
- The latest version of Sideloadly
- The latest version of iTunes if on Windows.
- The latest version of Dopamine
- A12 and later devices on iOS 15 are recommended to download the 2.1.7 version of Dopamine instead
Installing the application
- Open Sideloadly
- Plug your iOS device into your computer
- Make sure your computer is trusted and allowed to view the contents of your device
- Drag and drop the Dopamine
.ipa
file into Sideloadly - Enter in your Apple ID
- Enter in your password
The app will now install to your iOS device.
TIP
Once Dopamine is successfully installed, a computer is no longer required for the remainder of this guide.
Trusting the application
- Go to
Settings
->General
->Device Management
-><Your Apple ID>
- Depending on your usage,
Device Management
may be labeledProfiles and Device Management
- Depending on your usage,
- Tap
Trust "<Your Apple ID>"
The Dopamine application can now be opened from home screen.
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If you're on iOS 16.0 to 16.6.1, you'll also need to enable Developer Mode.
To do so, go into Settings
-> Privacy & Security
and then scroll down until you see Developer Mode
, tap that option, toggle Developer Mode on, and follow the on-screen instructions
Running Dopamine
- Reboot your phone
- This is not necessary but recommended
- Open the Dopamine application from your home screen immediately afterwards
- Tap "Jailbreak"
TIP
If the app or your device crashes/restarts unexpectedly and the jailbreak isn't installed, simply try rebooting and running the exploit again until it does work.
Sileo should now be installed on your home screen. You can use Sileo to install tweaks, themes and more.
While you are now jailbroken at this point, we need to both update and install some packages so that we're able to both update other packages and have stuff work properly
Installing necessary software
- Open the Sileo app
- Tap on the "Sources" tab
- Tap on the "ElleKit" repository, then tap on "All Categories"
- Tap on
ElleKit
- Tap "Get"
- Tap the "Queued" bar at the bottom of the page
- Tap "Confirm"
- Once finished, tap
Restart SpringBoard Later
- Go to the "Search" tab
- Search for
PreferenceLoader
- Tap on
PreferenceLoader
- Tap on "Get"
- Tap the "Queued" bar at the bottom of the page
- Tap "Confirm"
- Once finished, tap
Restart SpringBoard
TIP
After doing all the above steps, you may need to reboot and rejailbreak in order for tweak injection to function properly.
Installing TrollStore
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While Dopamine is now installed and setup, this next section - while technically optional - is highly recommended, since it'll allow you to install Dopamine and not have to worry about keeping it signed.
Installing TrollStore
- Open the Sileo app
- Go to the Search tab and search for
TrollStore Helper
- Tap on
TrollStore Helper
- Tap "Get"
- Tap the "Queued" bar at the bottom of the page
- Tap "Confirm"
- install the
TrollStore Helper
package - After TrollStore Helper installs, close Sileo
- Open the
TrollHelper
app on your home screen - Press
Install TrollStore
Your device should respring, and TrollStore should now be installed.
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Make sure that you do the following steps, or you won't be able to access TrollStore after rebooting your device into stock iOS.
Installing Persistence Helper
- Open the
TrollStore
app on your home screen - Press
Settings
, then pressInstall Persistence Helper
- Select
Tips
from the list of apps - Reboot your device, then open the
Tips
app - Press
Refresh App Registrations
TrollStore should now be accessible from the Home Screen. From there, we can use TrollStore to permanently install Dopamine.
Downloads
- The latest version of Dopamine
- A12 and later devices on iOS 15 are recommended to download the 2.1.7 version of Dopamine instead
- Make sure to download the
.ipa
file onto your iOS device
Installing Dopamine
- Open TrollStore if it is not open already
- If you're in a different tab, go back to the
Apps
tab
- If you're in a different tab, go back to the
- Press the
+
on the top right - Go to where you saved the Dopamine
.ipa
file - Tap on the Dopamine
.ipa
file - Tap
Install
The Dopamine app will now be installed onto your device.