How to Fix Cydia Crashing on iPhone & iPod Touch 3.0

Thanks, I didn’t even notice there was a problem. Glad I grabbed your feed.

please email me a link to the partial folder i have accidently deleted it and was wondering if you knew where i could get it

crispyhatch@gmail.com or just copy the fiels from your computer or something just please help me out

Thanks. That sorted our problem out nice and easy

Didn’t work on my Iphone 3G 3.0, still crashing on cydia startup

When I will use this “ClearCydiaListCache.exe” wiil it effect my iPhone? like my APPLICATIONS and those i downloaded at cydia, will it be erase? or will my phone be reset to original setting? etc, etc, etc.

Buddy, it works for the first time only and crashes afterwards !!!!!!!!!!!!!

it didnt worked for me..it says iperation successful but the cydia stil didnt work..please advise what to do now? thanks!

simply thanks

hey can you help me. im using windows and when i click the button connect your device and click here..
it says couldnt initiate process.. unable to load ddl itunesMobileDevice.dll

please help i am dieing to be able to use cydia again

Here’s a wonderfully written article on this. It is basically an expanded and detailed version of the solution contributed by member eg1982:

techchronicle.wordpress.com/2009/04/12/c…rashes-when-loading/

If after going thru this, Cydia still crashes, you can add this to your troubleshooting steps:

1. Go to the private/var/lib/dpkg/updates folder
2. Look for file similarly named like tmp.i and 000* bearing the latest timestamp (*=wildcard)
3. Delete those files
4. Run Cydia again. By the time you finish reading this sentence, you are already smiling and shouting “YES!!”.

Now, just to explain a little further (now bear with me on this), there is a lot of talk about Cydia “crashing”. If you tap on Cydia and it justs pops up and goes back to springboard as if nothing happened, that is Cydia crashing. If you tap on Cydia, it opens up, shows you the main page or maybe an “Unable to load, no internet connection”, and you try to tap on the Manage section and suddenly you get returned to springboard, that, is Cydia exiting. Big difference right? That is the behavior of the “new” Cydia. If it senses you don’t have an internet connection, it simply exits.

But wait, there’s more. You go “But i have an internet connection, why is Cydia telling me I’m getting an “Unable to load, not internet connection message?”. There are a couple of things to consider:

1. Cydia server is really down
2. The site is unresolveable via DNS (in which case, blame your provider)
3. The site is under maintenance.

Here are some steps you can do to see if it’s a problem with the site or your provider:
1. Try enabling edge/3G and enter the correct APN on your cellular network settings. Try to run Cydia again. Most times it will time out on the first pass. Just exit and try again. Voila!! Cydia lives!! I know, I know.. Don’t get all riled up and tell me “Globe data charges are sooo expensive”.. We are doing this to make sure the Cydia server is not down and so you can blame your provider

2. Have someone else (on the LC or text or phone-a-friend) check out if Cydia is timing out on their connection. If they say “Nope, Cydia works”, again, this is a problem with your provider.

3. To check if it is indeed a provider error, you can alway try to ping cydia.saurik.com. It should return results similar to this:

Pinging cydia.saurik.com [74.208.10.249] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 74.208.10.249: bytes=32 time=294ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.208.10.249: bytes=32 time=277ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.208.10.249: bytes=32 time=265ms TTL=49
Reply from 74.208.10.249: bytes=32 time=267ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 74.208.10.249:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 265ms, Maximum = 294ms, Average = 275ms

If it doesn’t, and you get a “Request timed out or Host unresolvable” message, blame your provider again!! They might not be properly routing this

I hope this helps.

Have a great day ahead!!

You are a genius. I followed the guide for Mac users. Worked like a charm! ;)

“YES!!” with a big smile

everytime I try to load up the clear chache tool it says error cant load app NOT initlize properly
help help

THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKED PERFECTLY!!! I used the wiindows version BTW.
and for those who are cautious about this fixcydia program, dont be, it has not affected my ipod touch in any way.

wow that was easy! thanks!

THANK YOU SOO MUCHH!!!!!! IT WORKED PERFECTLYYYY!!!!!

did what johnathan suggested on his post and work great, Im on a mac and have an iPhone 3g with the latest firmware
thank you very much, posts like this help a lot

THX A MILLION for this simple solution!Worked without a problem on 3GS & Windows 7

Thanks…! it’s working just fine !!

Thank you, thank you, thank you. This FINALLY worked. One thing I will add for those of you frustrated that–because Cydia keeps crashing–you can’t add anything such as SSH to your newly upgraded 3.0 or 3.0.1 jailbroken phone, try downloading Disk Aid (I have a Mac running 10.4 and this is the only thing that I could find that worked). This will allow you to get into the files on your phone and delete the ones described above. You don’t need to purchase it. I downloaded at 14-day license. You can find it here: http://www.digidna.net/diskaid/. It’s available for Mac and Windows. Thanks again!

Okay… I’m back. It’s crashing again. I keep re-deleting the files in the “lists” folder and Cydia will come back a few times, but now not even that is working. I tried to follow the directions above about deleting a file in the “updates” foler (private/var/lib/dpkg/updates folder) but that folder appears to be empty, so I have nothing to delete. I guess I’ll wait and see if it’s the server. Anyone else still stuck?

Didn’t work for me. Here’s the thing, it was working fine, then inexplicably started crashing.

it wouldn’t let me delete the files via SSH so I used iFile and deleted them, does that help?

Thanks!

R-

Still doesn’t work. Please help…

I think I might have figured out the problem–on my phone anyway. It appears that 3.0.1 is causing the iphone to get too hot. Somehow that is screwing up the wifi connection. Apparently Cydia is programmed to quit if it doesn’t detect an internet connection (as described above). Last night when I was having the problems, I noticed that Safari also wasn’t working– even though my status bar showed a strong wifi connection. But if I left my phone on a cold surface (my kitchen counter)and didn’t use it for about 15 minutes, when I started using it again I had no wifi problems and therefore no Cydia problems.

I am not a techie, so I can’t say for sure that this is the issue. Anyone else with a similar observation?

Thank you so very much!

I worked thank you!!!

In response to Jonathan regarding the cydia problem,

THANK YOU! the private/var/lib/dpkg/updates folder steps worked perfect!

Cydia started crashing after i downloaded something called bluetooth messanger. I just tried this but it didnt work. Please help.

Guys don’t follow these steps, they will delete the repositories from cydia, that it.
just follow the steps in the comments written by Guest, and i qoute:
“1. Go to the private/var/lib/dpkg/updates folder
2. Look for file similarly named like tmp.i and 000* bearing the latest timestamp (*=wildcard)
3. Delete those files
4. Run Cydia again. By the time you finish reading this sentence, you are already smiling and shouting “YES!!”. ”

it’s just a natural thing like any problem you have with your pc, except this one is smaller. what i mean is when your pc becomes very slow sometimes you just need to delete all temp files to speed it up, and it’s the same here.

Chees ;)

Thanks.

This worked on My iPhone 3G 3.0. Cydia continuously crashing after installing the Anyring X (with Rock app)

I tried using the ClearCydiaListCache.exe program but it didn’t run under Windows Vista.

I followed the instructions given by “Guest” and “AHMEDO” but the updates folder was empty already.

I then followed the instruction for MAC (Used Total Commander to SSH into iPhone) and deleted the files in /private/var/lib/apt/lists/ folder. WORKED LIKE A CHARM. I was even able to backup my files, therefore, saving my repositories. One of them was the reason why it kept crashing!

THANKS.

shit! i tried the steps and AHMEDO was right…it erased all my sources!!!!!!!! how do i get them back???????????

Hi All,

i have tried the “for windows users” n its still not working, can i have some more help on it?

thanx

i tried everything that is mentioned on here for windows…..and nothing. i have firmware 3.0.1 on my iphone 3g…my network is working but cydia says that it’s unable to unload but doesnt exit….so doesnt that mean it detects my connection? i also looked in the update folder to delete the files as mentioned but it’s empty so…i need help with this if able to….i would like to be able to experience cydia for myself

hello everyone… this works great… no need for ssh or anything else ..

It’s stupid how all the forums wrote that u have to download ssh from cydia and cydia is not working anyways.. so the best solution was
Go to the private/var/lib/dpkg/updates folder
and delete the files.

to do that … by downloading iphone explorer for mac and windows… and then delete the temp files like it’s written above…

but the icon of the application that was deleted still shows … does anyone know how to delete the icon??

Thanks ;)

Followed steps by Vikar using Mac fix…..worked like a charm took less than 20 secs…Ausome

how do u get to private/var/lib/dpkg/updates folder…. can someone show me the steps please? thanks

good work Ahmedo thanks thats exacly what i needed….

Very simple fix the crash..First upgrade the firmware iphone 3.1.2.and than download thw blackrain jailbreak.. http://www.blackra1n.com install the jailbreak,enjoy..Its checked from me.Very good working.

dont forget !!! all old installation must be erased before the blackrain,no loose any data..don’t afraid..

can someone please help me? i installed ClearCydiaListCache and .Net Framework 3.5. when i connect my ipod touch and clicked on “Connect your device and click here” it’s telling me “FixCydia has stopped working” A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available. PLEASE HELP!!!! i recently got my ipod touch jailbroken about 3 days ago. and as i was on cydia and got this one theme all of a sudden my cydia crashed and now everytime i try to use cydia it’s just black and returns to my ipod home :(

private/var/lib/dpkg/updates did the trick….thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!

“followed the instruction for MAC (Used Total Commander to SSH into iPhone) and deleted the files in /private/var/lib/apt/lists/ folder. WORKED LIKE A CHARM. I was even able to backup my files, therefore, saving my repositories. One of them was the reason why it kept crashing!”

Works like a charm and I’m running Vista

Was at my wits end, cheers!