Cydia crashing fix for July 18th

#1
jhay

Posted 19 July 2009 - 07:37 AM

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For 10 minutes on July 18th a corrupted packages file was posted. If you loaded Cydia during that 10 minute period, your packages file became corrupted. This subsequently causes Cydia to crash each time you use it.

Here are ways to fix it for Windows and Mac users:

**Update 1: crash-x has made a small update to the PDF. Please follow instructions carefully. We have confirmed reports that one or more source-repos besides TheBigBoss may be causing your problems. Removing all the lists may help.

Windows users: Download this tool for Windows (.NET required) and unzip the files to a handy location. Run the enclosed executable and connect your device to your PC. Click the button to start the fix. A confirmation screen will appear shortly when it has finished.

Mac or Windows users: This document (PDF) describes how to fix Cydia using DiskAid for Mac or Windows.

Note: This is not a fix for all Cydia issues, but only if you loaded Cydia on July 18th during that 10 minute period and now cannot load Cydia at all.

Thanks to DB42 of OpenHebrew and crash-x for the tools and instructions.

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#2
orbliveguy

Posted 19 July 2009 - 10:34 AM

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I have 3g 3.0 and my Cydia stopped loading on Saturday July 18 in the early afternoon I believe. It wont start to load at all and everything else is working fine on the phone so I guess this is my issue too. Can I just use winSCP to delete the "lists" file (minus the partial folder)? I assume I'm to delete all the files in the lists folder, correct?:?

UPDATE: I just deleted the "Lists" file located at private/var/lib/lists (minus the partial folder) and now Cydia works again!!!! Thanks for the instructions.

This post has been edited by orbliveguy: 19 July 2009 - 10:55 AM

#3
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Posted 19 July 2009 - 04:39 PM

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orbliveguy said:

thank you very very much very usefule and clear tuto great job thank you

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Posted 19 July 2009 - 07:51 PM

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orbliveguy said:

where is this "lists" folder, I dont see in under the /lib folder?

#5
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 02:50 AM

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WOW, thank you soo much!!!

#6
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 03:30 AM

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thanks i hope this works

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this worked thanks

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Posted 20 July 2009 - 05:07 AM

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player187 said:

thank you very very much very usefule and clear tuto great job thank you

:wtf: you saying thanks but you hit groan on me..

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Posted 20 July 2009 - 06:08 AM

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jhay said:

:wtf: you saying thanks but you hit groan on me..

hahahahhaa

#9
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 12:57 PM

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This happened to me also. At first I just figured it was something on the server side and would be fixed on it's own until i tried a couple hours later and it still crashed. I used this tool and everything is great.

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iPhone 3G - 3.0 Redsn0w'd
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Yes I have started an iPhone collection. :wink:

#10
jayman

Posted 20 July 2009 - 01:45 PM

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How do I know if I am affected by this problem. I have been noticing that cydia has been crashing since yesterday but not immediately. I can still use it but was crashing more often.

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Posted 20 July 2009 - 01:54 PM

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do you have some guide about auto-lock?

because my iphone 3G v3.0 firmware when i put it in auto-unlcok > NEVER
after 30mins i put it again in 1MIN..

My iphone not automatically lock..

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#12
krackers

Posted 20 July 2009 - 05:26 PM

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What time was the file posted? Because I can open cydia, but it crashes a bit more that often.

If I ever help you out please click on the thanks button

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chrisperro

Posted 20 July 2009 - 08:29 PM

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keeps crashing for me when i hit refresh.

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Posted 20 July 2009 - 08:47 PM

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chrisperro said:

keeps crashing for me when i hit refresh.

mayve you dont have internet connection.. try to check it the connection and connect it again to cydia

IPhoneRM

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eifon

Posted 20 July 2009 - 08:48 PM

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502 Bad Gateway....

Seems the Host is not avaible at the Moment....

#16
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Posted 20 July 2009 - 08:57 PM

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after i updated my iphone today (20-7-09) and cydia started to have problems. This app helped the problems for me!!

Thanx!!

#17
chrisperro

Posted 20 July 2009 - 11:22 PM

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still not working just crashes back.I deleted all the files but no luck.

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Posted 21 July 2009 - 01:01 AM

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jhay said:

:wtf: you saying thanks but you hit groan on me..

sorry sorry thank you

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