Hello all. I used to be a pretty active member and haven't been on in quite some time. Travel, work, and life in general have just been so hectic the last year or so. Anyway, given that, I also haven't been able to keep up on all the iPhone stuff, be it new iOS releases and features to new JB methods etc. I've been perfectly content with my jailbroken 4S still running 5.0.1. However, for the past couple months or so it's been giving me lots of issues. The major one being Cydia basically no longer works. I open it and when it loads up, or tries to, it has the white background screen for a couple seconds that just says "loading" with the status circle, and then instead of going to the home screen it says it goes to the black "database" screen and says the following three things in red:
• wow, you exceeded the number of package names this APT is capable of
• problem with merge list
/var/lib/apt/lists/apt.thebigboss.org_repofiles_cydia_dists_stable_main_binary_iphoneos-arm_packages
• the package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened
And if I hit "return to Cydia" button at bottom it DOES take me to home page, but then I can't really do anything because if I search for anything or click on any of my sources the results are just blank, nothing listed. So that, combined with recent issues of Safari crashing, and some new App Store apps I'm interested in needing iOS 6.1, have me wanting to finally upgrade and re-jailbreak.
So given that I've been out of the loop for awhile I decided to google/YouTube any tutorials for how to JB 6.1.3 on a 4S. I can't find anything SPECIFICALLY for the 4s though, a lot of it is either general, or says iPhone 5 in the title. I don't want to mess anything up and do a wrong method, so I figured I'd come back to the trusty MacRumors community for a point in the right direction as these forums have been helping me with questions and knowledge since the iPhone 3G days.
So I'm asking for either instructions or a point in the direction to the best tutorial to upgrade my 4S to the newest FW (well, that part is pretty easy, as I can do it right on phone or iTunes lol) and then re-jailbreak it. I don't even know what the new JB methods are called anymore I've been away so long haha. I've always used the "Ra1n" methods in the past, be it purple-, lime-, black- etc.
**EDIT** I just saw from old threads of mine that the JB I'm on right now is Absinthe, not one kf the Ra1ns, if that makes any difference
I don't want/ever need to unlock, just a jailbreak. Also, I'm still on iTunes 10.5.3.3 and it tells me I need to upgrade to the newest version before updating my software, but I didn't do it (yet) because I remember awhile back for one of the jailbreaks you had to NOT be on te most current version, and again, haven't followed the "scene" in almost a year so I don't know if this still applies. So if anyone could help me out it'd be MUCH appreciated.
TL;DR: I've been away from the JB scene for almost a year and need help/direction to a tutorial on how to JB (no need to unlock now or ever in future) 6.3.1 on a 4S that's currently running 5.0.1 jailbroken. Searched Google and YouTube but didn't find 4s-specific instructions/vids, so I want to be positive I'm using the proper method.
My "specs" are:
- launch-day 4s currently running 5.0.1 jailbroken *EDIT* with Absinthe
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- iTunes 10.5.3.3
Any other needed info I can provide ASAP.
Thanks in advance
• wow, you exceeded the number of package names this APT is capable of
• problem with merge list
/var/lib/apt/lists/apt.thebigboss.org_repofiles_cydia_dists_stable_main_binary_iphoneos-arm_packages
• the package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened
And if I hit "return to Cydia" button at bottom it DOES take me to home page, but then I can't really do anything because if I search for anything or click on any of my sources the results are just blank, nothing listed. So that, combined with recent issues of Safari crashing, and some new App Store apps I'm interested in needing iOS 6.1, have me wanting to finally upgrade and re-jailbreak.
So given that I've been out of the loop for awhile I decided to google/YouTube any tutorials for how to JB 6.1.3 on a 4S. I can't find anything SPECIFICALLY for the 4s though, a lot of it is either general, or says iPhone 5 in the title. I don't want to mess anything up and do a wrong method, so I figured I'd come back to the trusty MacRumors community for a point in the right direction as these forums have been helping me with questions and knowledge since the iPhone 3G days.
So I'm asking for either instructions or a point in the direction to the best tutorial to upgrade my 4S to the newest FW (well, that part is pretty easy, as I can do it right on phone or iTunes lol) and then re-jailbreak it. I don't even know what the new JB methods are called anymore I've been away so long haha. I've always used the "Ra1n" methods in the past, be it purple-, lime-, black- etc.
**EDIT** I just saw from old threads of mine that the JB I'm on right now is Absinthe, not one kf the Ra1ns, if that makes any difference
I don't want/ever need to unlock, just a jailbreak. Also, I'm still on iTunes 10.5.3.3 and it tells me I need to upgrade to the newest version before updating my software, but I didn't do it (yet) because I remember awhile back for one of the jailbreaks you had to NOT be on te most current version, and again, haven't followed the "scene" in almost a year so I don't know if this still applies. So if anyone could help me out it'd be MUCH appreciated.
TL;DR: I've been away from the JB scene for almost a year and need help/direction to a tutorial on how to JB (no need to unlock now or ever in future) 6.3.1 on a 4S that's currently running 5.0.1 jailbroken. Searched Google and YouTube but didn't find 4s-specific instructions/vids, so I want to be positive I'm using the proper method.
My "specs" are:
- launch-day 4s currently running 5.0.1 jailbroken *EDIT* with Absinthe
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
- iTunes 10.5.3.3
Any other needed info I can provide ASAP.
Thanks in advance
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