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I had this same problem. It was resolved when I stopped using sbsettings to hide the app store icon.
 
Ouf!

I'm on my first Jailbreak and I have done it myself and proud of it until the App store crashed. I was about to declare forfeited untill I came across this thread! Never undermine your help! Thanks!

I have part of my problems solved.
 
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