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How to reinstall cydia without repawning

1. ssh into the ipod touch/iphone…
2. download cydia.rar
3. decompres package
4. place in the / directory “aka root directory”
5. type and run “dpkg -i cydia.deb”
6. respring

12 Comments to How to reinstall cydia without repawning

1. 

   cydia.rar link is not working??
Alex on July 27th, 2009
2. 

   I fixed the link, please try it again
nelson on July 31st, 2009
3. 

   How do you go about installing this without having SSH installed. Cydia never worked since I jailebroke the phone yesterday. Can someone please help?

   Thanks
samoooooo on September 3rd, 2009
4. 

   i think you will need ssh.. probably re-jailbreak if not.

   Cydia re-install Trial and Error.

   Problem: when I click Cydia the applications opens some black background with a blue top, then it closes

   Tools: Filezilla/ SSH
   Luckily I used apt-backup thing.

   Last Resort: Resort using the shift+click restore and select my firmware file in %userprofile% … somewhere in there..

   Does cydia have any install in /var/mobile/applications .. I was playing around in that directory and all of a sudden Cydia died.

   I ran ls –alr | egrep cydia
   But it didn’t return anything so I would presume not..

   • Tried: http://www.xsellize.com/showthread.php?t=56882 remove all but “partial”
   • Ive trying removing lists
   • Tried apt-get update
   • I tried that cydia list cleanup .exe tool. Cache list cleaner
   download this software:
   http://modmyi.com/forums/downloads/w…stcache-31887/
   • I tried some method renaming some .d file or somethign
   • Cydia.deb install
   • Cydia.deb + essentials re-install
   • I tried running redsnow again twice. No effect.
   • I also tried : apt-get remove cydia
   apt-get install cydia
   • Try ipod touch in safe mode http://blog.alltechrelated.com/2008/12/25/how-to-put-your-iphoneipod-touch-into-safe-mode/ .. nope cydia still dead in safe mode.
   • Tried blacklisting cydia from backgrounder,it resprings.

   Some commands I may try
   wget http://apt.saurik.com/debs/cydia_1.0.2953-59_iphoneos-arm.deb
   • dpkg -i cydia_1.0.2953-59_iphoneos-arm.deb

   Fix Cydia crashes and defects
   http://www.xsellize.com/showthread.php?t=34550

   • re-install cydia tutorial http://efeion.blogspot.com/2008/09/uninstall-and-reinstall-cydia.html
   • check /var/mobile/library/installer via SSH
   • 1- apt-get remove Cydia in terminal

   2- if the package is physically gone, you can remove it from installer by editing the installed packages file which is root/var/mobile//Library/Installer/LocalPackages.plist (thru SSH)

   3- ctrl+F then type Cydia

   4- remove everything between and include the tags
   it’s about 630 lines.

   5- save your changes.

   6- shut down iphone then power on again.
   solved:

   delete everything that starts with apt.bigboss in /private/var/lib/apt/lists
   (http://modmyi.com/forums/cydia-support/677756-cydia-crash-3gs-after-install-updates-lockscreen-weathericon.html)

   —
   1) ssh to the iPhone, and do a “cd /Applications/Cydia.app”
   2) I did a “./Cydia” but nothing happened
   3) but then I did a “./Cydia_” and I tapped the Cydia icon, and …!!!… IT LAUNCHED!!!

   It rebuilded the /var/lib/apt/lists that I have deleted and it was A-OK
Veteran on September 8th, 2009
5. 

   I had the same problem, but then I downloaded the latest Cydia from here

   cache.saurik.com/debs/cydia_1.0.3044-65_iphoneos-arm.deb

   then i placed it in the root directory using SSH then I typed in the terminal “dpkg -i cydia_1.0.3044-65_iphoneos-arm.deb”

   It’s working perfectly now.

   Thanks.
Ahmed Saleh on December 21st, 2009
6. 

   Ahmed THANK YOU SO MUCH!! its actually “dpkg -i /cydia….” but i followed the entire first guide and tried doing this and searched the whole web for the deb file but never found it! I actually had to do this because i tried doing the thing where you use xslimmer to trim up cydia apps but when i did it with cydia it made it crash on start and same with rock (didnt check if rock works now but i can just reinstall it from cydia)

   ….but i still have one slight problem…. after cydia and rock werent working i decided to just use installerapp on my mac and downloaded some updates which included a mobile substrate update and since then my iphone 3gs 3.1.2 has been stuck in safe mode and every time i try to respring or reboot it goes back to safe mode. Any ideas? should i try to reinstall mobile substrate from cydia? or should i try installerapp again since cydias working now? Please help!
Isaac on December 26th, 2009
7. 

   Update: (sorry for hogging this thread) I just got the complete upgrade that i asked for from cydia and then rebooted and my device is back to normal!!….
   ….well not quite…. all of my apps are completely rearranged and some of my cydia apps are missing. i can live with that much thou but thanks so much! i was almost gonna resort to restore.
Isaac on December 26th, 2009
8. 

   Ahmed, thanks! But, in the console, it freezes at “Setting up cydia (1.0.3044-645) …”, do you know why?
alexjuuhh on December 29th, 2009
9. 

   For me, Cydia started crashing upon loading. So I used a small tool called ClearCydiaListCache, which fixed the issue. You can download it from http://www.mediafire.com/?3tnb3mmymjw Only thing is you need a Windows PC with .NET framework. Hope this helps.
Lahiru on December 31st, 2009
10. 

    @Lahiru, it won’t work for me, I click the button, and then the program won’t respond.
alexjuuhh on January 3rd, 2010
11. 

    Yeah! Finally, Cydia works again =D

    1. Connect & ssh to your iPhone and iPod Touch

    2. Now go to /private/var/lib/apt/lists

    3. Delete all the files in /root/private/var/lib/apt/lists/ except for the partial subfolder.

    Do not delete Partial folder
alexjuuhh on January 3rd, 2010
12. 

    thank you alexjuuhh
dude719 on January 9th, 2010

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