I have iPhone 4 iOS 5.0.1 and i installed a couple of cydia updates then reboot my phone and now cydia wont open, i rebooted it dozen of times, dont know what else to do. I dont want to restore and lose everything, is there any way to fix this without restoring or losing any files?
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Cydia quits as soon i open it
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWImopHvmns]YouTube - How To Fix Cydia Crashing Problem On 3.0 (All iDevices)[/ame]
Do you have sbsettings installed?
You can go into safemode with sbsettings, than your installed package are not loaded and cydia should start.
Alternatively you can follow this procedure:
Download ifunbox (mac or windows) this wil allow access from external computer to your iphone file structure, after that:
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.
You can go into safemode with sbsettings, than your installed package are not loaded and cydia should start.
Alternatively you can follow this procedure:
Download ifunbox (mac or windows) this wil allow access from external computer to your iphone file structure, after that:
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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Sam thing happened to me last week. I just jailbroke again and all was good. Kept everything intact...apps, folders, settings, etc. Can't guarantee it will be so smooth for everyone, however.