If you’ve been searching for the best way to install TrollStore on your iPhone or iPad running iOS or iPadOS 16.0-16.6.1 thus far, then you’ve likely been met by a lot of options. Those include using Misaka, Picasso, and PureKFD, among others.
But as the aforementioned platforms become bloated with features, or their developers start to walk away from the projects, they begin looking less appealing. That’s why iOS developer Huy Nguyen (@Little_34306) has released a new TrollStore installation app called TrollStar for devices that are susceptible to the kernel file descriptor (kfd) exploit.
As you can probably tell for yourself from the interface depicted in the screenshot example above, TrollStar is a dedicated TrollStore installer that does nothing else apart from installing TrollStore. That said, it’s not only lightweight, but it does its job particularly well.
If you’ve ever used Misaka, Picasso, or PureKFD before, then some of these options will look familiar to you. That’s because those apps have a lot of the same options when it comes to tweaking the exploit to work on your device. Those include:
- Configuring the puaf pages
- Configuring the puaf method
- Configuring the kread method
- Configuring the kwrite method
- Performing kopen
- Performing kclose
- Installing TrollStore Helper to the Tips app
- And more…
Just like with the installation methods that you find in the alternative installers, the app simply overwrites the Tips app with the TrollStore Helper so that you can launch it and install TrollStore on your device.
One thing that I really appreciate about TrollStar is that it’s a single-use application that you can simply use and remove once you’ve installed TrollStore on your device. Put another way, there’s no need to have a full-blown package manager app on your device if your only intention is to install TrollStore for perma-signing apps.
And just for laughs, here’s what the TrollStar app icon looks like on your Home Screen:
According to Nguyen, TrollStar is intended to support all iOS & iPadOS 16.0-16.6.1 devices, ranging from the iPhone 8 to the iPhone 14 Pro Max. This means that you can use this method to install TrollStore on both arm64 (<A11) and arm64e (>A12) devices. It even works with M1 and M2 chip-equipped iPad Pros.
Nugyen credits both Misaka lead developer @straight_tamago and PureKFD lead developer @Lrdsnow101 for their assistance in making TrollStar a reality.
If you’re interested in giving the TrollStar app a spin for yourself, then you can visit the GitHub link shared in a post on X (formerly Twitter) by @Little_34306 to acquire the .ipa that you will need to sideload with AltStore or Sideloadly to get it installed.
Are you planning to take advantage of TrollStar, or have you already used an alternative kfd-based TrollStore installation method? Let us know in the comments section down below.