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Cydia white icon 5.0.1 iPhone 4 redsnow

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Dangerous Theory

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I just used the latest redsnow tool to jailbreak my 5.0.1 iPhone 4. The cydia icon is white and inaccessible - when I click it, it tries to open for a split second then closes. I read that tethered boot will fix it, but it didn't for me. I also tried re jailbreaking to no avail.

What else can I do? JB is sort of useless without Cydia :/
 
Dangerous Theory said:
I just used the latest redsnow tool to jailbreak my 5.0.1 iPhone 4. The cydia icon is white and inaccessible - when I click it, it tries to open for a split second then closes. I read that tethered boot will fix it, but it didn't for me. I also tried re jailbreaking to no avail.

What else can I do? JB is sort of useless without Cydia :/
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You have a tethered jailbreak. You need to boot tethered with redsn0w every time the phone reboots.

If this is not working, the re-jailbreaking it. Make sure to point at OS5 when redsn0w asks for it instead of 5.0.1.
 
Did you rejailbreak or reboot using redsn0w? They are two different options. After you install cydia you need to reboot with redsn0w.

Just to clarify, did you do that?
 
Plug iPhone into computer
Run redsnow
Click "just boot"
Follow redsnow instructions

Worked for me
 
I don't know if you've already tried this so I apologize in advance if you have. However, it's the only suggestion I have other than a complete restore and trying to jailbreak again.

Anyway, since you already have redsn0w downloaded, just download the 5.0 IPSW, not 5.0.1. Point redsn0w to that and it will give you the "we'll use this for the rest of your session" thing or something to that affect. After that, try the just boot option and see if it fixes it.
 
ylerT said:
I don't know if you've already tried this so I apologize in advance if you have. However, it's the only suggestion I have other than a complete restore and trying to jailbreak again.

Anyway, since you already have redsn0w downloaded, just download the 5.0 IPSW, not 5.0.1. Point redsn0w to that and it will give you the "we'll use this for the rest of your session" thing or something to that affect. After that, try the just boot option and see if it fixes it.
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I did try this and I get the same issue :/ I've even restored iPhone to factory settings and then done the exploit, and the same issue.

los318 said:
Did you point it to a downloaded IPSW or used the fetch option redsn0w has?
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I downloaded the iOS 5.0 IPSW myself.

Is it possibly due to the fact that it's the original iOS 5 GM seed from day 1 release? Should I re download the IPSW and try again?
EDIT: No luck with that either...
 
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Maybe a run down of event sequence would help, somewhere i goes wrong for you.

The video is pretty much self explanatory.

I have 5.0 rs jailbreak, but 5.01 should be same sequence.

Restore to stockfirmware

put in DFU

jailbreak with redsnow

after reboot put in DFU again

now run "just boot" in redsnow

it should boot with pineapple logo

after that cydia should work
 
I had a similar issue when I updated my OS thru iTunes but downloaded an IPSW and pointed redsn0w there. Caused that same problem. Interesting.
 
currently experiencing the same problem...

EDIT: found out what was doing it wrong for me. when i tried booting tethered the first time, i didnt see that it gave me an unrecognized build error. i restarted redsn0w, selected the iOS 5.0 firmware for my model, and THEN tried booting. that helped for me, hope it helps for you
 
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Lol I had tried everything suggested above yesterday in a million different ways and it didn't work. I try it again first time today, and works instantly...
 
Just thought I'd post the solution that worked for me in case anyone comes to this thread looking for help:

I was jailbreaking 5.01, but selected the 5.0 firmware, as recommended by iClarified. The dialog says the selected firmware will be used for the rest of the session, but this is NOT correct.

What I had to do to get rid of the "White Cydia" problem was to quit Redsnow, re-open it, choose the 5.0 firmware again, then do the "Just Reboot" process, starting with the phone connected and off. That fixed it. Apparently it was using the wrong firmware when rebooting.
 
Vertigo50 said:
Just thought I'd post the solution that worked for me in case anyone comes to this thread looking for help:

I was jailbreaking 5.01, but selected the 5.0 firmware, as recommended by iClarified. The dialog says the selected firmware will be used for the rest of the session, but this is NOT correct.

What I had to do to get rid of the "White Cydia" problem was to quit Redsnow, re-open it, choose the 5.0 firmware again, then do the "Just Reboot" process, starting with the phone connected and off. That fixed it. Apparently it was using the wrong firmware when rebooting.
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this is exactly what i was doing wrong. selecting 5.0 firmware AGAIN right before "just reboot" fixed the problem completely. THANKS!
 
Vertigo50 said:
Just thought I'd post the solution that worked for me in case anyone comes to this thread looking for help:

I was jailbreaking 5.01, but selected the 5.0 firmware, as recommended by iClarified. The dialog says the selected firmware will be used for the rest of the session, but this is NOT correct.

What I had to do to get rid of the "White Cydia" problem was to quit Redsnow, re-open it, choose the 5.0 firmware again, then do the "Just Reboot" process, starting with the phone connected and off. That fixed it. Apparently it was using the wrong firmware when rebooting.
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Same problem, same solution. They should get rid of that dialog box that says the selected FW will be used for the rest of the session, because that's not what happens.
 
Vertigo50 said:
What I had to do to get rid of the "White Cydia" problem was to quit Redsnow, re-open it, choose the 5.0 firmware again, then do the "Just Reboot" process, starting with the phone connected and off. That fixed it. Apparently it was using the wrong firmware when rebooting.
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Today I updated from 5.0 to 5.0.1 and I can NOT get my iPhone 4 on 5.0.1 to get rid of the White Cydia app and access the brown functioning jail broken Cydia. :eek:

I am pointing to the 5.0 ipsw, and it appears to jail break. I've done multiple reboots and re jail breaks + checked the box install cydia but no luck. Before each attempt I go into Extras and Select IPSW iPhone3,1_5.0_9A334_Restore.ipsw. is that correct?

I have tried it on a 2nd computer and it appears to complete the Jail Break & reboot as mentioned above, but I can not get rid of the white Cydia. any suggestions?
 
Interesting I was able to jailbreak and get Cydia to work after another restore and a 2nd jailbreak and 1 reboot.

Thanks for the help on here,

Shane
 
and the process that a lot of users has explained above (selecting iOS 5 instead of iOS 5.0.1 in Redsn0w), you have to do it every time a tethered boot is required because iPhone dev team has not updated Redsn0w for iOS 5.0.1 but you can point it to iOS 5 and jailbreak and tethered boot on iOS 5.0.1
 
mrjailbreak said:
and the process that a lot of users has explained above (selecting iOS 5 instead of iOS 5.0.1 in Redsn0w), you have to do it every time a tethered boot is required because iPhone dev team has not updated Redsn0w for iOS 5.0.1 but you can point it to iOS 5 and jailbreak and tethered boot on iOS 5.0.1
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yeah I have 5.0.1 latest firmware on my iPhone and I was pointing to IPSW 5.0 and it would jailbreak but my Cydia was white. multiple reboots wouldn't get it to change to the clickable brown icon...

after a restore and a 2nd attempt at jailbreaking it now works. thanks for the help,

Shane
 
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