Download VKontakte for iPhone 4 iOS 7. Mobile technology news

Today, users have no shortage of social media communication. He is still one of the leaders of the Russian Internet. Today the service has a separate functional application for the iPhone, which can completely replace the desktop version of the site.

The main focus of the VKontakte service is communication with other users of this social network... In section "Messages" you can create dialogues in which one or more interlocutors can be included. In dialogs, in addition to sending messages, it is possible to transfer photos and videos stored on the device, draw graffiti, send documents from a VK profile, report your location, give gifts and much more.


Music

For a long time, iPhone users were unable to listen to music through the VKontakte application. After a long time, the music returned, but with minor improvements: you can also listen to it for free, but for this the service will insert ads between the tracks. To remove ads, VK implemented a music subscription, which costs 149 rubles per month.


Find and add friends

VKontakte is exactly the service that allows you to always stay in touch. Search and add as friends your classmates or classmates, relatives, distant relatives, friends, colleagues and just new acquaintances. If you do not know the user ID or how exactly it is named on the social network, the application has an advanced search that allows you to specify certain parameters, for example, city of residence, gender, age, marital status, etc.


News feed

By adding the users of interest to friends, as well as by subscribing to the groups and communities of interest, you will always be aware of all important events through the news feed. The peculiarity of the latter is that it shows the news not by the date of addition, but the most interesting to you, based on your statistics of using the service. Uninteresting news of certain users and communities, if necessary, can always be hidden.


Groups and communities

Using the service will become more interesting if you add to the groups that attracted you with their content: groups with anecdotes, recipes, upcoming events, favorite places, life hacks, recommendations or reviews of films and TV series - all this and much more is here in abundance.


Photo albums

Put photos on your page and sort them by albums. Already existing photo albums are customizable: you can delete unnecessary ones, move photos from one album to another, customize their visibility for users, etc.


Video recordings

VKontakte is also famous for its video library. Have you made an interesting video? Then upload it to your profile. In addition, you can search and view videos already uploaded to the service. If necessary, sort by query precision, date added or video length to search.


Wall

On the wall, users post their thoughts, photos and videos daily, add music selections, create polls, repost records from the walls of other users or communities, and much more. By adding new posts to your wall, your friends and subscribers will be able to see them in their news feed.


Ethers

Not so long ago, a button appeared in the VKontakte application "Ethers"that allows you to make live broadcasts from your device. True, by selecting this button, VKontakte will offer to download a special application VK Live, through which you can already broadcast live.


Stories

An interesting new feature of VKontakte is support for stories. This is a completely new way to share photos and short videos that will be visible to your friends and followers for 24 hours. After this time, photos and videos are automatically deleted.


Bookmarks

In order not to lose the records, photos, videos or pages that interest you, add them to your bookmarks. For a user or VK group to be in this section, just open the menu of the profile of interest and select the item "Add to bookmarks"... For everything else, just press a button "Like".


Games

Search and install the games you like on your iPhone - all games are installed separately from the App Store, but all usage statistics will be synchronized with the VKontakte profile.


Black list

Many of us, during our use of the VKontakte service, have encountered active mailing of spam or intrusive users, which can only be protected by adding them to the black list. Blocked users can only see your name and avatar thumbnail - otherwise, access will be completely limited.

Presents

To show the VK user a sign of attention with or without reason, the application implements the "Presents", which is a library of regularly updated colorful pictures, most of which are distributed on a paid basis. You can add any text to the selected gift. If necessary, your identity can be hidden from all users, except for the recipient, and from everyone without exception, including the owner of your gift. Payment is made with votes, which can be purchased in the application settings.

Stickers

Not so long ago, stickers have gained particular popularity, which are a kind of replacement for the usual emoticons, but in a much more colorful form. There is a sticker store in VK that allows you to purchase kits with your favorite characters for free or for a small fee. Payment for stickers is made with votes, which can be purchased in the application settings.


Money transfers

A convenient feature that allows you to send money directly in private messages from your bank card... The peculiarity of this function is that you do not need to know the recipient's card numbers - he himself will decide where to withdraw money. In addition, if you are a user of a bank card of the MasterCard or Maestro payment system, then the service will not charge commissions for making transfers. In all other cases, the commission will be 1%, but not less than 50 rubles.


Disable notifications

If you need to stay in silence for a while, without receiving absolutely any notifications from VKontakte, then set up the function "Do not disturb", which allows you to disable any notifications from the application for a specified period. When the time expires, notifications will be received again.

Privacy settings

Limit access to personal data by setting your privacy settings. If necessary, only friends will be able to see personal data from your page, and access to some sections of the service may be open to you only.

Advantages

  • Nice interface made in the corporate style of VKontakte;
  • High functionality that did not harm the usability of the application;
  • Stable work and regular updates that refine existing functions and add new ones.

disadvantages

  • There is no possibility of creating groups and communities;
  • Intermittently, push messages may have a high delay.

Today VKontakte for iPhone is an exemplary application of what a social network for iOS should be. High functionality is perfectly combined with ease of use and a pleasant interface. The developers regularly release updates, thanks to which, we hope, the application will soon be devoid of minor flaws.

It's been a long time since Apple removed all applications related to In contact with... The reason for the deletion is clear - an abundance of pirated content. Those who did not manage to download the application on time lost the opportunity to communicate comfortably with loved ones for a long time. Fortunately, there is a way to fix this. Today we will talk about how to return VKontakte to your iPhone or iPad.

1. First of all, open Safari on your iPhone or iPad. Go to the address.

4. In the application, open the tab with the magnifying glass icon. Obviously, this section is for searching.

5. Enter the word “VK” in the search bar at the top. Tongbu will delight you with dozens of remote apps.

6. Select “VK” or “VK for iPad”. This is the name of the official clients of the social network who can be trusted.

7. On the application page, click on the green button. The download will start.

8. Now go to the tab with the box icon in which the arrow is directed. A section with downloads will open. Wait for the app to load.

10. The Home screen opens and installation begins. Wait for it to complete.

11. Unfortunately, this is not enough. The application will not work if you try to start it now. Installed Apps needs to be “activated” using the Tongbu desktop program.

12. Connect your device to your computer and launch Tongbu. Most likely, it will offer to update. Refuse, otherwise you will lose Russian (Win) or English (Mac) localization.

15. Congratulations, you returned VKontakte!

There must be a catch somewhere, right? There is always a fly in the ointment, and this case is no exception. As soon as you download any application from the App Store or update the current one, you will need to re-“activate” for programs installed in this way.

It seems that in the Tongbu store, the editors were able to collect all the apps that have ever been released on the App Store. However, we strongly recommend using this method only for installing applications that have been removed from the store. By installing paid applications in an illegal way, you violate the terms of the agreement that you sign when you activate the device.

Various networks for communication on the Internet have become an integral part of the lives of many people several years ago. One of the most popular networks - VKontakte - ranks first in terms of the number of users.

Of course, like any other resource, this social network releases applications for iOS devices. Millions of users have installed VKontakte on the iPhone. It is much more convenient to communicate with friends on this network from a phone than from a PC. And if you have not yet downloaded this application to your gadget, our article will tell you how to install VKontakte.

This procedure is not difficult to do, but there are a number of nuances. For example, software is not suitable for all versions of "operating systems". Often there are problems using the application - in particular, for iPad owners. This and many other things will be discussed below.

Why upload this software to an iOS gadget at all, you ask. After all, you can easily use the PC version. That's right, but there are a number of advantages for the iPhone, namely:

  • You can listen to your favorite music tracks from the search or your own playlist.
  • Very fast application.
  • Ease of reading news, recordings, watching videos and chatting.
  • Ability to customize notifications about new events in your account.
  • Free program.

This list can be continued for a long time. Better to just download the software and try it out. And how to do it on iPhone 4, 5 and other iOS devices, we'll talk below.

Methods for installing VKontakte iOS devices

There are 2 methods of performing this operation, namely:

  • Using the iTunes utility.
  • Using the iOS gadgets themselves.

Recall that several years ago, Apple removed the software from its online store due to the distribution of prohibited materials by the application. Therefore, until a certain time it was impossible to use the social network from the screen of your device. But iPhone owners could go to mobile version VKontakte, which is also very good. Today the situation has changed and there are versions for both iPhone and iPad.

How to install VK on iPhone 4?

At the moment, you can download VKontakte - an application from the Apple store. This year, its update was released, namely - VK App for iOS-gadgets with "operating system" version 8, and besides - for devices of the latest generation. In addition, the tablet version was returned to the store. Long discussions of developers with Apple led to the fact that audio recordings were removed from the menu.

Recall that last update VK App was produced only in 2014. And today it has received support for displays of the sixth line of iPhone and "operating systems" version 8.

In addition, the functions of stickers have been significantly expanded and a search with new capabilities has been added (in the menu on the left side).

For the first time, users were able to change their profiles, look for new contacts in other social networks; add people who are close to them and so on. Also, users can now view videos uploaded by other people, attach posts on the wall and much more.

As for the tablet version, it has acquired many useful functions. And the biggest change has come with news reading. Now the user can hide some records, a demonstration of the number of unread messages and a quick transition to them appeared. The developer also added the function of unsubscribing from new comments to messages, photos or videos with videos.

The installed file with the VKontakte application on any iOS gadget does not allow listening to music tracks. In the previous version, the user could play melodies exclusively from his collection of tracks, but now this function has also been removed. A spokesperson for the social network explained that this decision was made due to strict Apple policies. They were also advised to use the mobile version of VKontakte to listen to musical compositions.

Recall that the version of the software for tablets from Apple in May 2014 was removed from the App Store. But within months, users were promised to return it. But the matter was complicated by the fact that the moderators of the "apple" company for a long time did not approve of the software proposed by the developers. For a similar reason, no new versions of VK App have been released since the same period. But this program was still present in the store.

The previous version of the software was not very successful good reviews from users. And most of the claims were related to the limitation of the technology for listening to music tracks.



And the procedure for installing VKontakte on the iPhone via iTunes looks like this:

  • Downloading and installing software on a PC.
  • Conducting data exchange between the iOS gadget and the computer.
  • Follow the manager's instructions.

Installation directly from the device assumes:

  • Select the App Store icon on the display.
  • Find software using the search bar or choose from the recommended one.
  • Download and install the program.

Note that the software takes up very little space. And it is available in 4 languages, among which, of course, Russian.

As you know, the official client of the VKontakte social network for iOS was Apple from the App Store because of the illegal content found by the App Store moderators inside the application. Illegal content means music.

Update from 10/05/2017. Some users have lost music in older versions of the application. VKontakte spokesman Evgeny Krasnikov said that problems with the section "can be observed for technical reasons."

Update from 06/05/2017. The outdated VK client will stop working on iOS 11 due to Apple's support for 32-bit versions of applications.

Update from 09/12/2016. VKontakte has returned music to its iOS app. More details.

More than three months later, the application is again in the App Store, but without the usual section "Audio recordings". No, no, the section itself has not disappeared anywhere, only the search for the audio recordings themselves has disappeared. Having entered the wall of another user, community or news, you can listen to only a small fragment of the audio recording. Then you will be offered to buy the full version in iTunes.

So, what needs to be done to return the function of listening to audio recordings?



First option - VKSettings extension (no jailbreak).

1) Remove the official VKontakte client from the smartphone.
2) Go from iPhone at this link.
3) Click on the VK icon, then click "Install".
4) Go to "Settings" - "General" - "Device Management" - ADTRID MOBILE, OOO and click on the "Trust" button.
5) Done. Now you can use the VK client.

Second option - for those who have updated to version 2.2 of February 11, 2015. This method works on iPhone and can only play audio recordings from your playlist.

1) Go to the "Bookmarks" section in the full version of the site (not mobile).



2) Open the "Links" section and enter there http://vk.com/audio... Click on "Add link".



3) In the application, go to the "Bookmarks" section, then "Links" and open the link added earlier.


Third option - installation method old version client via ipa file and iTools application.

1) Download the ipa file and iTools (Mac version | PC version).
2) Launch iTools and connect the device to the computer.
3) Go to the Apps tab.
4) Click on the Install button and point the program to the location of the VK_App_2.0.ipa file.
5) We are waiting for the end of the installation and start the client.

Fourth option - VK App 2.0 and PPHelper utility.

1) Download PPHelper utility (Mac version | PC version).
2) Go from the device to the resource 25рр.com and find VK through the search.
3) After finding VK, click on the left button with hieroglyphs.
4) Next, we agree to install the ipa file (you will need to enter your Apple ID).
5) Connect the device to your computer, close iTunes, launch the previously downloaded PPHelper utility.
6) Go to the App Store tab (screenshot) and click on the button in the upper right corner.
7) We are waiting for the completion of the process.

Fifth option - Tweak VK Media Unrestrictor (for users with jailbreak).

1) Download the VK Media Unrestrictor tweak from the Cydia store.
2) Install the tweak, then restart the device.

The third option loses the Push Notifications feature after a device reboot, the fourth is a bit tricky, and the fifth requires a jailbroken device.

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