If you used PKGBackup tool you can backup / restore Cydia tweaks with ease on your iOS 8 iPhone or other device. It supports different clouds, including SkyDrive and Dropbox, and allows saving all your jailbroken apps in one place for safe restore and updates. Once you know how to create a copy of everything you have on the gadget, you should also learn how to get Cydia apps back after restore / upgrading. This is also simple. Let’s say you have already backed up Cydia apps, installed a newer firmware and jailbroke it. Let’s say you updated from iOS 8 to iOS 8.1.2. What should you do next?

How to Restore Cydia Tweaks iOS 8 Instruction

Step 1. In order to restore Cydia apps from backup using PKGBackup application, you need to launch this program. Step 2. There is one great option called Restore. Choose it to continue. Step 3. You will see the name of your backup file. It appears just above the Restore button. If you have several files to select from you can click on the nam you see and get the full list of all available packages. Choose what you wish to use and click on Select option. Once you are done just press on Close. Step 4. You can now click on the orange button called Restore to begin. Step 5. Confirm you desire and the program will start the restore from iOS 8 backup copy. Step 6. You will have to reboot afterwards. P.S. Users who decided to save their data on a cloud have to get it through Settings where you are able to connect to cloud service.