iPhone BigBoss repo fail to fetch error

Hi guys need help!

Everytime I check updates on cydia the bigboss repo failes to fetch updates

see message below:

Sub-process: /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

GPG error: http://apt.thebigboss.org stable Release: The following signatures were invalid: NODATA 1 NODATA 2

Failed to fetch http://apt.thebigboss.org/repofiles/cydia/dists/stable/main/binary-aphoneos-arm/Packages.bz2 Sub-process /bin/bzip2 returned an error code (2)

Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored or old ones used instead.

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any ideas how to fix this? TIA! KCCO!

TriJetHero said:

that sometimes happens, give it a few days to sort itself out

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Im having this problem for the last 7 days now... Been checking everyday.

TriJetHero said:

You can try this to reset Cydia to default repo's, i won't delete your packages.

Navigate to /private/etc/apt/sources.list.d

Delete the file "cydia.list"

Navigate to /var/lib/apt/lists

Delete all of the files in this folder except the one called "lock"

Navigate to /var/lib/apt/lists/partial

Delete all of the files in this folder

Navigate to /var/lib/cydia

Delete the file "metadata.plist"

Restart Cydia. You should be at the first screen you saw when you first started Cydia: What kind of user are you? Make your selection and Cydia will re-generate the default sources

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Im not really comfortable playing around the root of my iphone but if there's no other alternative then so be it...

By the way, can I use iexplorer3 to navigate to the root? I don't have iFile on my device but I have iexplorer on my mac.

TriJetHero said:

Sure or ifunbox

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One more question if you don't mind. Worst case scenario, if I erased by mistake something... What can happen?

TriJetHero said:

then you could end up in a boot loop and might have to restore, follow instuctions.

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@TriJetHero - sorry if I have to raise this issue once more. I haven't actually tried your advice yet. Bit scared to be honest.

Anyway, I'd like to ask your second opinion with another method of solving this problem without go thru the process you mentioned.

I have iCleaner on my phone. I was reading that it can do "Clean Up" on Cydia. It's disabled by default. According to the developer, it deletes Cydia source files and is useful if Cydia sources aren't updating correctly. As a result, Cydia will not list any package and the sources will have to be updated.

If I understand correctly, this does the same thing that you told me. Only with this I don't have to use iFile or iExplorer to navigate thru my files. Is my theory correct? Please advice. I would greatly appreciate your thoughts on this matter... Thanks!