Saurik pushes out Cydia update to remove April Fools’ joke

By , Mar 31, 2012

Those of you that appreciate a good prank might not want to install the new Cydia update. Saurik just announced that he has pushed out Cydia 1.1.6 to remove last year’s Twitter-inspired “dickbar” April Fools’ Day joke.

For those of you unfamiliar with the holiday, April Fools’ Day falls on the first day of April and is celebrated around the world with good-natured pranks and hoaxes. But apparently not everyone has a sense of humor…

Saurik explains:

“For April Fools’ 2011, I did a Twitter-inspired “dickbar” in Cydia; I apparently never removed the code and it just checks for “April 1″. :( As many users just get confused and angry regarding Cydia’s April Fools’ jokes, I have pushed Cydia 1.1.6 (which removes the obsolete code).”

The move makes sense given that not everyone enjoys a practical joke as much as the next person. In fact, that’s the exact sentiment that keeps us from doing any kind of April Fools’ day posts here on iDB.

The bottom line here is that if you don’t install the new update, you’ll likely see an annoying scrolling ad-like banner in Cydia starting tomorrow. But it will disappear the following day.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kidd-Cholo/100003013988842 Kidd Cholo

    First world problems.

  • http://profiles.google.com/limyongbin Wilfred Lim

    I got it before i seen this….and I installed the update before i read this too

    • Anonymous

      Watch out guys. You should just shut down this blog :P

      • http://twitter.com/rpraveen360 iPraveen 4S

        Shut up….

      • http://twitter.com/rpraveen360 iPraveen 4S

        Shut up….

      • Anonymous

        Etoile deleaux a twat equaleite ET duchbaggette le moi est soisuisse!!! Excus moi Francais!

    • Kok Hean

      Watch out, we got a badass over here.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Felipe-Lopez/1608523380 Felipe Lopez

    Fuck, you’re hella cool Wilfred.

  • http://twitter.com/kingmoe738 Kingmoe738

    So since the code has been on cydia since last year does that mean cydia was checking the date everytime we opened it and made it slower cuz the check everytime checking for April 1st?

  • http://twitter.com/kingmoe738 Kingmoe738

    So since the code has been on cydia since last year does that mean cydia was checking the date everytime we opened it and made it slower cuz the check everytime checking for April 1st?

    • Kok Hean

      No.

    • http://www.facebook.com/reanimationxp Drew Alden

      I wondered why Cydia has been 0.000000000000000000002 ms slower all year! Damn Saurik..

    • http://adam.hbang.ws/ Adam D

      Looking in the Cydia source code, really all it does is add the dickbar while it’s setting up the interface if it’s April 1. (Funnily enough, saurik also added code that forces it to appear when he is testing the the app before he releases it.)

      Ad@m

  • http://www.facebook.com/shingo.hoshino Shingo Hoshino

    this tweet thingy makes my cydia crash today cant even open it…..anyone knows where to get the official 1.1.6 deb? thanks

  • Metroview

    Anyone who gets upset over an April Fools joke, even a small one such as this needs to grow a fucking sense of humor. IDB, you should do a prank and not be intimidated by a few dickwads. I’m guessing it’s like, what, 2% of them that hate them? FUCK ‘EM.

    Excuse my French.

  • Anonymous

    Etoile deleaux a twat equaleite ET duchbaggette le moi est soisuisse!!! Excus moi Francais!

  • Sean

    I understand the commotion. Mine is smaller then the one on the screen as well. But hang in there haters. Remember: It’s not the size, it’s at what angle you shoot it on chat roulette. Haha..

  • Anonymous

    download junowallet from the appstore
    enter the invite code: IV913523
    and you might win up to 10$ or 20$, if you are lucky :)

  • yasin inamdar

    I don’t know why shaurik is not coming up with new thing. He is sticking to on thing ie ‘cydia’ & the problem is its getting slower n slower every day.. He should Make something kinda like cydia side by side so in future god know anything can happen n since shaurik got other project like cydia then he will b safe.. N offcource i users as well

  • http://www.facebook.com/esuwito Eddy Suwito

    pantek lu semua cibai

  • http://www.facebook.com/esuwito Eddy Suwito

    meki lu

    • alip86

      ko mmg bodoh!!

      • http://www.facebook.com/esuwito Eddy Suwito

        g bodoh lu bego lu tai lu

  • Anonymous

    Nicht zu ezy

  • http://twitter.com/SRageh sameh rageh

    Thank’s