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Originally Posted by Faterson
Apple purposely blocked the option to restore old apps from backups, even if you tried to use that ancient iTunes method of doing that. This happened in iOS 7 or thereabouts. It's pure despotism on Apple's part, nothing less.  Until then, it was possible to restore older apps via third-party apps (Mac or Windows desktop helper apps), but in iOS 7 or thereabouts, Apple blocked even those last few remaining options. That's when I knew that I had to throw away the iPhone, and within a year, I switched over to Samsung's Note platform, and haven't looked back since. |
Hey man, I suppose it’s hard to look back while grinding that huge freaking Apple-hating axe!
Anyways, I just joined MR because I bought a secondhand iPad and tried to install Marvin on it without doing a full migration from my previous iPad. (Getting old, needed a bigger screen…)
Surprise, I discovered Marvin’s no longer in the app store!
I would like to gently correct Faterson though, you
totally can still migrate apps from a backup using iMazing (I have done this fairly seamlessly for at least the last two or three years) and I imagine other apps might be able to as well.
So while I
WAS able to side-reinstall Marvin without it being on the App Store, sadly I was NOT able to restore the full purchased settings that make it a useful (if admittedly imperfect) app. Stupid red box wasting 30% of my beautiful 12.9” screen for no good reason... the Marvin dev feels like a bit of an asshole right now. It really is a drag, considering I find all the other iOS options comparable, but with at least one deal-breaking flaw each.
Anyhow, I hope someone here can blow my mind with something I’ve never heard of. Or I may have to wait for Bookfusion to add Dropbox and OPDS. Cheers!
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