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Hacker, Developer, User In Cydia, Which One To Choose? [Cydia “Who Are You?” Screen]

December 4, 2011 by Jaden Easton-Ellett 28 Comments

If you are new to Jailbreaking or have never really known what Cydia’s “Who Are You?” screen actually means/does, then you will be glad know that today I will be shedding some light on the topic.

When you first Jailbreak your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, and then launch Cydia for the first time, you are presented with a “Who Are You?” screen. From this screen you are asked to pick one of three options to categorize yourself as a Cydia user. The whole reason that Cydia asks you whether you are a “User”, “Hacker”, or “Developer” is so that you will not be shown Cydia packages that you have no idea of, and are of no use to you. Now, the big question most people ask themselves when they get to this screen is which category should I place myself under?

The answer to this question is fairly simple:

  • If you Jailbroke your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to enjoy using Tweaks and Themes, and do not want to be bothered by technical Cydia packages. That require use of command line/computer programming, then you need to choose “User“.
  • If you like to experiment with command line Cydia packages such as TCP Dump, Pirni-Derv and other technical packages then you will want to choose “Hacker“.
  • The last option is “Developer“, and the only reason I would suggest selecting developer is… if you are a developer. There is no other reason to select the developer category, unless you are an actual developer.

Are you still confused about which option to choose? Personally I recommend, if you do not know which category to classify yourself, choosing “Hacker“. This is simply because some Cydia tweaks require certain “Hacker” only packages to function, and if you choose the “User” category you may end up hiding some useful Cydia tweaks from being displayed.

Note: If you ever want to change your category classification, simply go into the Manage Tab > then tap the Settings button in the top left corner of the screen.

Let us know what you categorized yourself as in the comments section below…

Comments

  1. Christopher says

    May 23, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    I just jail broke my ipod touch 4th gen ver 5.1 tethered.  i can open up cydia but thats about it. How do I access the themes and games and stuff. I went to section but it only had  admin, archiving, dev, packaging, and some other random stuff, but where did the themes and games and everything else go. I had a first gen untethered once before and it had all of these. can I not access this content anymore? It is also important to note that I tryed searching for things and that didn’t work either. How am I supposed to get installous and winterboard if i cant find anything?

  2. Rahul says

    June 5, 2012 at 10:31 am

    Hi Chris, Firstly I would like to say that getting your device jailbroken is just the 20% of what actually it takes you to enjoy free games, apps and themes. Believe me it took me 2 months to figure out how to jailbreak my ipad 2 (5.1.1 – 3g wifi).

    Incase you want me to explain the complete steps. Just reply to this post so that I get to know that you are connected.

  3. Yaya13579900 says

    June 26, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    which one do u pick user hacker or developer on ipod touch

  4. Patattack01 says

    July 17, 2012 at 2:12 am

    Great!  Thanks a million!

  5. abhishek pandey says

    October 16, 2013 at 12:04 pm

    hii

    this is abhishek i m having i phone 2g it is jailbroken , it is having ios 3.1.3 and i want to update it but i don’t know how to do please help me out guys.
    …..

  6. me says

    January 23, 2014 at 11:54 pm

    you have to upgrade ur phone

  7. Kevin Hanshew says

    June 4, 2014 at 3:26 pm

    Mine is saying I need a coed for daveloper and it’s the only one it will let me use any others are not avable

  8. Email me realabcoolol says

    July 10, 2014 at 12:30 am

    I can’t find it like when I go to source on iPad it dosent say it pls help

  9. Jack says

    September 7, 2014 at 5:04 am

    Nothing Else Is Available Except Developer

  10. Derp says

    September 29, 2014 at 8:20 pm

    The only option I get is Developer, I can’t choose another one

  11. Derp says

    September 29, 2014 at 8:22 pm

    Ps. When I select a different one it says …. Mode is unavailable, please use another mode

  12. Nik says

    October 24, 2014 at 9:35 pm

    I cant find setting button on my ipad?can somebody help

  13. Max says

    May 10, 2015 at 3:21 pm

    Mer too

  14. Duhhh says

    October 24, 2015 at 10:15 am

    It only gives the option developer the other two won’t work

  15. Saumya tewari says

    December 31, 2015 at 5:41 am

    When i open cydia it says who are you and then i click on next it crashes immidiatly i have appcake also but it works normally….what can i do for this problem plz help me….

  16. Jasper says

    April 18, 2016 at 6:26 pm

    Hello,when I make my selection and proceed the Curia app craze immediately,please help me or send me an email with help:connorroelofsen15@gmail.com thanks.

  17. Arohi says

    July 6, 2016 at 11:23 am

    i download cydia in ios9.3..2 then ask to password to cydia .
    telll me the password?

  18. Kamruzzaman says

    July 22, 2016 at 5:44 pm

    I need cydia password

  19. Abby says

    September 6, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    Cydia keeps saying I need a password and to create one if I don’t have one but when I am creating it, it is not saving. What am I to do? Please help me.

  20. Bros tun says

    October 3, 2016 at 7:03 pm

    It only gives the option developer the other two won’t wor

  21. abdul wahab says

    November 19, 2016 at 10:16 am

    i need cydia key please give me any one

  22. leigh mckay says

    December 20, 2016 at 3:02 pm

    need cydia key code for 10.2 please

  23. Dhanesh says

    February 26, 2017 at 8:48 am

    Pls need Cyria key

  24. umer farooq says

    September 15, 2017 at 11:07 pm

    i need cydia key ios 7.1.2

  25. Maaz says

    November 25, 2017 at 7:47 am

    tell me the proper way to jail break ipod 4 generation

  26. Yakser says

    October 6, 2018 at 5:14 pm

    I just want to be a user
    Please help

  27. Qamar Hussain says

    October 8, 2018 at 2:29 am

    what is the generation key for it can anyone tell me the key ?

  28. Wesley says

    January 6, 2019 at 4:41 pm

    How can I create a cydia developer key for ios 6.16

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