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iPhone 4 stuck in boot loop. Third time in less than a week.

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Bandolier

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iPhone 4 on 4.1 jailbroken with limera1n, no unlock.

This is the third time I've been stuck at the Apple logo this week. I've already restored twice and I'm looking for alternatives because I don't want to REREinstall 214 apps and 73 Cydia tweaks.

Tiny Umbrella kicking out of recovery does not work, it just goes into a boot loop again. It's not a tethered jailbreak, either.
 
Bandolier said:
iPhone 4 on 4.1 jailbroken with limera1n, no unlock.

This is the third time I've been stuck at the Apple logo this week. I've already restored twice and I'm looking for alternatives because I don't want to REREinstall 214 apps and 73 Cydia tweaks.

Tiny Umbrella kicking out of recovery does not work, it just goes into a boot loop again. It's not a tethered jailbreak, either.
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It sounds like its a tweak that may be causing the issues [or at least that's my guess] and if you have 73 tweaks installed, its possible one of them is a bad apple/aren't playing nice together.
 
Is there anyone out there who can read my verbose boot and tell me what the eff is going on?
 
Did you recently update the MobileSubstrate package? My i4 w/ the exact same configuration went in to an unrecoverable bootloop after that.

Full restore w/ SHSH was my only solution and then slowly applying all 74 tweaks one by one to weed out the culprit, I'm sure it was the MS though 'cause it bombed out after the update/reboot
 
WhatAmI said:
Did you recently update the MobileSubstrate package? My i4 w/ the exact same configuration went in to an urecoverable bootloop after that.

Full restore w/ SHSH was my only solution and then slowly applying all 74 tweaks one by one to weed out the culprit, I'm sure it was the MS though
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Yes, I did actually. I updated and as soon as I rebooted I was stuck (the first time)
 
Bandolier said:
Yes, I did actually. I updated and as soon as I rebooted I was stuck (the first time)
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Well then, there you go. The weird thing is that I haven't seen many with the same issue after updating MS. I was silly enough to accept the update while waiting for the luggage at the airport, having had spent 2 weeks in Egypt with the family. All my photos vanished... :mad:
 
I don't remember the svn version for the older Mobile Substrate to download that instead.
 
Bandolier said:
I don't remember the svn version for the older Mobile Substrate to download that instead.
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Previous one was 0.9.3366 but 3367 contains a vital update so I would still try the newer one once more... just for kicks =)
 
Bandolier said:
Vital update? Force a boot loop if iPhone is rebooted?
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That's just a feature

@saurik Jay Freeman (saurik)
Until Substrate 0.9.3367, if an extension had a corrupt plist, it could get loaded into "everything", which with 0.9.3366 included lockdown.
 
WhatAmI said:
That's just a feature

@saurik Jay Freeman (saurik)
Until Substrate 0.9.3367, if an extension had a corrupt plist, it could get loaded into "everything", which with 0.9.3366 included lockdown.
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I don't understand how that post relates to this. According to that, the phone SHOULDN'T go into a boot loop.

And...how is making my iPhone completely unusable a feature?
 
Bandolier said:
I don't understand how that post relates to this. According to that, the phone SHOULDN'T go into a boot loop.

And...how is making my iPhone completely unusable a feature?
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The update to the MobileSubstrate should of course mean we all get a better experience of the JBed device, for some, including you and me it hasn't. Yet.

Again, my recommendation would be to Restore back to 4.1 w/ SHSH blobs. Update core Cydia components right after the JB. I would be very surprised to see a bootloop right after that, then proceed to install your tweaks, either one by one or if you've used PkgBackup in one go.
 
could it be in any case that you have quickdo former called mQuickdo running?
 
Resetting stuff in the Reset part of Settings will cause a boot loop.

Also, rebooting sometimes starts boot loops. I have no idea what Cydia conflicts are causing it.
 
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