Fix Cydia Crashing On iPhone & iPod Touch 3.0

With Cydia you are able to add additional applications to your iPhone or iPod Touch, it’s can be downloaded from many different repositories. For any of you who have downloaded and installed Cydia from Thebigboss at July 18, you likely experience crash to your Cydia on iPhone and iTouch 3.0 now.

Thebigboss posted that for 10 minutes on July 18th a corrupted packages file was posted and If you loaded Cydia during that 10 minute period, your packages file will be corrupted. This subsequently causes Cydia to crash each time you use it. Here is fix for iPhone &; iPod Touch cydia crashing issue.

Here are the steps offered by Thebigboss to fix Cydia Crashing on iPhone & iPod Touch 3.0

Windows users:

Download this tool for Windows (.NET required)
and unzip the files to a handy location.
Run the enclosed executable (Run ClearCydiaListCache.exe) 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.

Open following PDF document, it contains list the step-by-step guides using DiskAid for both Mac and Windows.

Keep in mind: the above 2 guides can’t be used to fix all Cydia problems. but only to those loaded Cydia on July 18th during that 10 minute period and now cannot load Cydia at all.

Here are the additional steps if the above fail to fix crashing Cydia:

Downloaded and unzipped file (the above download link).
Connected iPhone 2G 8GB to computer and backedup with iTunes.
Closed iTunes.
Ran .exe and clicked button.
When the program was finished, I disconnected the iPhone from the computer.

Or:

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

Or:

Find the folder /var/lib/apt/lists (may have to backtrack to the var folder – default log-in isn’t always the root folder where var is)
I opted to back up all of the files I was deleting simply by dragging them to a folder on the desktop – you don’t have to, but having a way to undo stuff is usually a good option to have.
Delete all of the files except for the partial folder
Disconnect the SSH connection in your program
Restart cydia, done.

Tagged as: cannot load Cydia, Cydia problems, Fix Cydia Crashing, Fix Cydia installer, Fix iPhone & iPod Touch

{ 4 comments }

mac July 29, 2009 at 4:40 am: i want it
Simon D.I. (BMI) August 2, 2009 at 3:14 pm: NICE! You’re the man, Abi!

I’m definitely gonna shout you and your site out on my next Podcast, BMI V (the Black Market International)

Thanks again, bro! This worked in about .005 seconds!
Jean August 15, 2009 at 6:38 am: i did everything required… downloaded the “tool for windows”, unzipped the files, run ClearCydiaListCache from the unzipped folder, conncected my device, and clicked on the button, and received the successful message…. but why isn’t cydia working on my iphone??

thanks.
Amber September 11, 2009 at 9:39 am: You are awesome! Thank you SO much! Finally someone who cares! lol