There is now an untethered jailbreak for everyone not on an iPhone 4s or ipad 2 for 5.0.1. If you are on 5.0.1, you can apply it via Cydia by installing “Corona 5.0.1 Untether”. Alternatively, you can install it with the latest redsn0w. If you are on 5.0, you will have to restore to 5.0.1 first, then you can jailbreak untethered via redsn0w.
The traffic for cydia repositories is huge right now. So if you get any errors related to installation of package, I suggest you try later (or a few days later).
iPhone 4s / iPad 2 jailbreak to follow in a bit. No one has an answer as to when so don’t bother asking.
Finally, if you have semitethered installed, you should probably uninstall it via cydia once you are untethered. It is no longer necessary.
BigBoss Authors: Mark Bruce & Kory Lee
December 27th, 2011 at 5:43 pm
Hi,
I m on ios 5.0 and using gevey sim for unlock with preserved BB 4.10.01.
I want to update to ios 5.0.1 , preserving BB and then jailbreak !!!! Plz tell the steps or suggest , how can i update and jailbreak using gevey sim on iphone4 !!!!!!! Help plz!!
December 27th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Plz help, I can’t add thebigboss source :(
December 27th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
Just wondering, why is this a “sort of” untether?
I am curious before I do it (as in if there is some caveat I haven’t seen)
December 27th, 2011 at 6:08 pm
“sort of” I think is because the cydia repo is being hammered, so u might get errors.
December 27th, 2011 at 6:57 pm
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December 27th, 2011 at 7:14 pm
None of my repos were loading after I jailbreak, so I deleted thebigboss source and tried to add it again and I could not add it either :/
December 27th, 2011 at 7:16 pm
I believe the “sort of” is there because it does not work for the A5 devices, so its not a true “iOS 5″ unteathered jailbreak
December 27th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
I’m not able to install ANY cydia packages, is says iOS Firmware>=3.1 or 4.0 etc, while I1m on 5.0.1
What the f*ck is wrong?
I have restored, but now bigboss repo is unavailable.
I’m f*cking freaked out now!
December 27th, 2011 at 7:36 pm
bigboss source not working and wont let me add back to cydia
December 27th, 2011 at 7:44 pm
It seems many encounter issues getting BigBoss repo working after jailbreaking is done. It would be nice if someone from BigBoss could explain if it is a temp issue due to repo overload or perhaps there is a problem with the jailbreak itself.
December 27th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
confirmed – repo bigboss and some others are completly offline
crap
December 27th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
I now getting an error with ibooks with new unteathered jailbreak iPhone4. Thought this had been fixed with earlier redsn0w
December 27th, 2011 at 8:10 pm
my repos dont work!!! AHHHH!! i want SBSETTINGS!!!
December 27th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
The traffic for cydia repositories is huge right now. So if you get any errors related to installation of package, I suggest you try later (or a few days later).
I hope that helps
December 27th, 2011 at 8:15 pm
BigBoss repo is not working for me!!! is this because of overload on the server or did i do something wrong?
December 27th, 2011 at 8:21 pm
I was afraid that only I had such a problem…
My bigboss repo is not working also, but as you wrote, I will wait.
December 27th, 2011 at 8:25 pm
SSH toggle in SBsettings installed on ios 5.0.1 does not work. The button looks like activate but ssh service is not running.
Does anybody has the same problem?
December 27th, 2011 at 8:30 pm
Me, too
December 27th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
I think it’s because of an overload… I’ve got the exact same problem… Probably everybody jailbreaking their iPhones :)
December 27th, 2011 at 8:31 pm
Not working over here either. Glad its not just me though. ive waited 3 months, i can wait a few more days no problem, as long as its fixed relativity soon =D thanks bb
December 27th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Working on my end. iPhone 4, 5.0.1
December 27th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Mine is Iphone 3gs.
Did you do something to get it working?
December 27th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
You can add sources from cydia first page in app. There is button More Package Sources.
December 27th, 2011 at 9:03 pm
cannot locate package err in cydia.
whats up?
December 27th, 2011 at 9:14 pm
The source is there but none of the packages such as Prefernceloader can be found in the bigboss source
December 27th, 2011 at 9:18 pm
Not quite sure where to post this. I updated my iOS from jailbroken 4.3.3 to 5.0.1 today and used the untethered redsn0w to jailbreak it. Went well, took about 2 hours in total for my iP4, 32 GB unlocked at factory phone.
However, in “testing” all the apps out later….found that the photos app crashed the phone and mobile substrate put it into “safe mode”. Ran “crash reporter” but it give SO much information, hard to tell what went wrong. So…I uninstalled the ONE cydia app that was related to the camera/photo app…”STEALTH CAM” and voila…this was the problem. Apparently it isn’t compatible with iOS 5.0.1
So, if anyone has this issue…here you go…take off stealth cam
December 27th, 2011 at 9:45 pm
I am having the same issue with the BB repo not loading up. Does anyone know another repo to add so I can install AptBackup?
December 27th, 2011 at 9:46 pm
had same prob but fixed.
u need to restore, and after a clean restore use apple store to download ibook, before you use redsnow.
December 27th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
I dont get any errors, just that bigboss repo is empthy ^^
December 27th, 2011 at 9:49 pm
is anyone else having problems getting openssh to work after upgrading? i can’t seem to connect anymore, even from the device itself using iSSH to 127.0.0.1 – doesn’t ask for password, it immediately says connect refused. i also notice when i press the openssh toggle in sbssettings it will switch once (on/off) but immediately after that the button becomes stuck (can’t switch it back).
December 27th, 2011 at 9:54 pm
i’m using an iphone4 and ipad 5.0.1 and it’s not working on either device. i updated my iphone second and first thing i tried after completing jailbreak & restore is downloading openssh & sbssettings and it behaved same way.
wondering if anyone knows a fix
December 27th, 2011 at 10:19 pm
FYI >>>
Some jailbroken applications don’t work yet and you should stay away from them for now.
ANIMATE using bootlogos will cause your iphone to go into safe mode. I had to reboot tethered to get out of safe mode and then delete animate.
RETINAAPPICONS will cause your iphone to go into safe mode also.
December 27th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
there is any other way to get SBSettings, Five icon dock etc.?
December 27th, 2011 at 10:36 pm
People just be patient, everyone is updating their phones with jailbreak and it is slowing the repo’s down from appearing on your phone. Let your phone rest after the jailbreak for a few hours and the repos will populate.
December 27th, 2011 at 10:41 pm
Hey, i can access Bigboss, but i do not see any corona, not even just searching for it… I WANT UNTETHERED DAMNIT!!! sorry about the caps rage there.
December 27th, 2011 at 10:43 pm
Mine just started working ;)
December 27th, 2011 at 11:49 pm
don’t panic guys they will work eventually. The repos are overloaded at the moment, I’ve been able to install some apps and others are not available… since they are the most popular ones. Hang on and give them some time to allocate all that traffic =)
December 28th, 2011 at 12:09 am
DAMNIT!!!!!!!!!!! the bigboss not work,,, i need the killbargroung……..
December 28th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Que vuelta con el repo… que no sirve… BIG BOSS RICKY ROSS This a points me
December 28th, 2011 at 12:17 am
trankilo todos estamos iguales el server de bigboss esta caido,de madre esto,habra que esperar a manana,,,,,,,,DAMNIT
December 28th, 2011 at 12:17 am
Me too
December 28th, 2011 at 12:21 am
i can not see any parkages in the bigboss repo but i can manually install them through ssh
December 28th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Patiently waiting. Was able to load completely with Corona one phone, now the other 4 arent able as they went from 4.3.3 to 5.01.
December 28th, 2011 at 1:05 am
WTFFFFFFFFFFFF i installed an app that restared springboard, and it erased all my Apps? help please
December 28th, 2011 at 1:21 am
just restart and all apps will reappear
December 28th, 2011 at 1:42 am
can’t type in cydia after ios 5 jailbreak
December 28th, 2011 at 2:03 am
Bigboss source show’s no packages and Cydia “cannot locate packages”.
December 28th, 2011 at 2:27 am
did you do anything to get it to starting working agian or did it just suddenly start working again? cause both me and my friend jb our devices today and neither of our big boss repos our working.
December 28th, 2011 at 2:30 am
^same problem as mine. anybody have a solution?
December 28th, 2011 at 2:34 am
i need to download preferenceloader And libhide >= 2.0.4 but i cant find them :/ is it because of all the people using it?
December 28th, 2011 at 2:59 am
My ipod 4th gen crashed after downloading installous leaving just the news stand app. I restarted and it was fine, 5.0.1 jailbreak hasnt been so good for me so far. I guess it’s worth waiting for big boss to start working so I can get the freaking prefrenceloader to install
December 28th, 2011 at 2:59 am
bigboss empty here need preference loader before i can do anything UGHH
December 28th, 2011 at 3:21 am
I still cant add the bigboss source. I heard that some other people got the same problem too. They even found problem on the modmyi source. When i tried to install bigboss source again, it said “operation timed out’ or ‘failed to patch’.
Will it be better to jailbreak 5.0.1 tethered jailbreak then directly install corona from cydia to become untethered?
December 28th, 2011 at 3:31 am
Now you can go into Cydia and install Winterboard.
December 28th, 2011 at 4:06 am
Still can’t install winterboard , it’s seema that are still problems…
December 28th, 2011 at 4:08 am
Apt backup is glitchy and doesn’t always save all packages/sources just load one by one
December 28th, 2011 at 4:11 am
repo???
December 28th, 2011 at 4:14 am
Cydia is backed up as the description states. Everyone take a chill pill. And if ure sources r not showing any packages go into ure packages and reinstall bigboss in the modify button.
December 28th, 2011 at 4:18 am
the bigboss sources nothing to display is black !
December 28th, 2011 at 4:30 am
install openssh separately from cydia will do :)
December 28th, 2011 at 4:39 am
same, it’s empty for me.
December 28th, 2011 at 4:47 am
Hey Guys,
A few hours ago, only bigboss was down for me. But now modmyi zodttd are up and down as well. I am getting mostly “POSIX: Connection refused” or “POSIX: Operation timed out” or “Cached Failure” errors…except for Big Boss, which has been giving me “Hash Sum mismatch” errors all day. Just an FYI in case that helps.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:04 am
Error: cached failure is all am getting – just got to be patient i guess till servers ease up.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:04 am
those who have a problem with big boss repo or any other repo on iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak i found the way how you guys can fixed it
1: open cydia and click search
2: search a package “Steffwiz” and download it
3: download an other package “All Sources”
4: after its finish downloading go to manage and check your sources now they are working it works for me i hope it works for you too
December 28th, 2011 at 5:28 am
@Raheel
Worked for me. Thanks a bundle!
December 28th, 2011 at 5:32 am
Doesnt work, only allows you to see the packages but you cannot install them, due to an http 505 error.:/
December 28th, 2011 at 5:32 am
Meaning it cannot connect. :/
December 28th, 2011 at 5:33 am
Oh shit Raheel that works.!! ^^^^^^
December 28th, 2011 at 5:38 am
No, it doesnt, you’ll be able to see the packages, but not be able to install them due to a http 500 error.
Try it.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:43 am
The workaround to the BigBoss being down is right here on this site: Go to the apps section and find the debian package for the app you’re looking for and download it to your computer. Install iFile on your phone and run its web server. Use a web browser to upload the app to the /var/mobile folder (easiest spot).
Open mobile terminal and do the following:
1. $su
2. (enter password)
3. #dpkg -i
(it will install)
4. respring or restart the phone.
If you don’t know much about terminal, I wouldn’t even bother, but if you do, and you want your apps back, this works. All big boss apps are available here on the web, it’s only the repo that’s down.
Hope this helps.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:49 am
So mine is blank and when the servers are back up will everything be there?
December 28th, 2011 at 5:53 am
I can add BigBoss & ModMyi from the Cydia page, but when I try to browse them in Manage:Sources, they are empty.
If I delete them then go to Cydia:More Sources and add BigBoss, it downloads Releases and Packages (13 lines total) then sits there for a long time then says:
POSIX: Operation timed out
POSIX: Operation timed out
December 28th, 2011 at 5:54 am
Well this is awfully depressing. Everybody can have an untethered jailbreak, oh.. apps? Nah brah. Nah.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:54 am
ITS WORKING
December 28th, 2011 at 5:55 am
For you maybe.. I’ve been trying all day.
December 28th, 2011 at 6:02 am
It worked for me!!!!
December 28th, 2011 at 6:10 am
I can install stuff including from bigboss now but when I first jb my phone today couldn’t down load nothing. Wierd
December 28th, 2011 at 6:12 am
What I really want to know is how did you figure this out? Also this forum has alot of people with this problem and people are being mislead to believe that the servers are busy, just seems there was a problem with cydia getting the repo files. as soon as a downloaded both packages raheel said to it showed the list of the big boss repo no problem and clicking on the big boss repo in the manage sources showed all the apps. I then was able to install my jailbreak apps such as activator. So for this untethered jailbreak for 5.0.1 on my iphone4 is working great! Thanks to all who worked on this jailbreak!!
December 28th, 2011 at 6:24 am
I hope this trend continues. ^^^^
December 28th, 2011 at 6:55 am
Sadly i cant find packages for bigboss but other sources have.. Help pla?
December 28th, 2011 at 6:56 am
Doesnt work for me.. :(
December 28th, 2011 at 6:57 am
Probably mirror sites? I get the cydia apps i need
December 28th, 2011 at 7:05 am
Same here… Hash sum mismatch.. it is downloading at first then cimes up with this mismatch error
December 28th, 2011 at 7:08 am
raheals tut doesnt work for me, itouch 4, 5.0.1 untethered
December 28th, 2011 at 7:43 am
None of the sources in Cydia is working for me.
Anyone has a different experiences?
December 28th, 2011 at 7:43 am
i get the same problem too – can’t install SBSettings.
December 28th, 2011 at 7:45 am
@Raheel
Worked for me. Thanks a bundle!
December 28th, 2011 at 8:18 am
I am experience the same problem. The interesting thing is that on iPad everything works fine and I have full access to the bigboss repo. After I deleted and reinsralled the bigboss Sorce I got an Error ‘… Hash mismatch …’ and the source is still empty
December 28th, 2011 at 8:41 am
Yes I think it’s overload.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:42 am
I managed to install Winterboard in my 5.0.1 untethered jailbroken iPhone 4 by reinstalling “Cydia Installer” first. The reason for this is because the default Cydia installation after jailbreaking does have empty repositories for BigBoss and ModMyi.com. After reinstalling “Cydia Installer” package, BigBoss and ModMyi.com now have entries (although cydia.zodttd.com and Dev Team repositories are still empty and will require a proper fix from the developers) . Install Winterboard again and you should be able to complete the installation this time.
December 28th, 2011 at 8:49 am
Guys he said there would be some error and just wait a few days “The traffic for cydia repositories is huge right now. So if you get any errors related to installation of package, I suggest you try later (or a few days later).” i can see you guys didn’t even read it
December 28th, 2011 at 8:55 am
me too … – - hash mismatch always appear in the end of installation
December 28th, 2011 at 9:01 am
Ah, my BigBoss is no longer empty. Even managed to install winterboard.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:22 am
Hey guys, some help here? I just Jailbroken my iPhone4 with the untethered 5.0.1 version. But the Cydia app crashed when I try to search or add sources… HELP PLEASE!!!! THANKS!!
December 28th, 2011 at 9:25 am
wierd enough I just wrote the name of the package “steffwiz”, entered the feature page of the package, went back, search for “all sources”, went inside the first package shown and the entered BigBoss to see that it’s fully working… In other words, I did practically nothing and then it worked – just try your luck a hundred times until the packages appear in BigBoss source… :-\
December 28th, 2011 at 9:27 am
SSH toggle can be used to stop ssh but not to restart it :(
Is there a big drawback in letting ssh always on ?
After changing the default passwords of course…
December 28th, 2011 at 10:35 am
thanks a lot,this worked for me:)
December 28th, 2011 at 10:53 am
Worked for me, THX :)
December 28th, 2011 at 11:00 am
Mine still wont reload! I tried installing “steffwiz” but that did not work. Please Help!
December 28th, 2011 at 11:26 am
this is unbelievable…most of the good stuff are in this repo and it’s not working at all…f*ck…
December 28th, 2011 at 12:19 pm
@ Jared the bigboss repo is heavily populated right now and the other package probably isn’t as populated as bigboss.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
@ RAHEEL:
U rock man it worked for me… thanks :-D
December 28th, 2011 at 12:21 pm
What until next week that would probably be the best bet. Thats what I’m doing.
December 28th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
After trying to install “Steffwiz” it didn’t install properly and showed sone sort of freaking error but upon checking Bigboss all packages were restored ! Hope it works for u guys…
December 28th, 2011 at 12:42 pm
Big Boss wasnt working until 30 minutes ago, then it all came back and I was able to install SBSetettings (although it took 2 attempts)..
December 28th, 2011 at 1:15 pm
thank you steffwiz worked!!!
been breaking my head over this one.
even did a complete restore and jailbreak.
December 28th, 2011 at 1:48 pm
Who the heck is POSIX????!!!! :’( Please be so kind and stop timing out :)
December 28th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
It is not the servers, or the repo’s or Cydia……………………………………………..It is the new unther……………The only way is to restore and jailbroke with the most recent “Tethered” jailbreak……………Don’t inatll the “Corona 5.0.1 Untether” intil it is updated to higher than
“1.0-3″. Like “1.0-4″…………..Yeah………….Wait for that version………….That is the only way to make everything work before another update gets pushed out…………….Sorry. Way it is
December 28th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Steffwiz worked like a charm, thanks so much!
December 28th, 2011 at 1:57 pm
Trying to download raheels fix now. Steffwiz is taking a while to load, but Im hoping itll fix the errors I keep getting. I cant even restore my cydia apps from most of the repos i had. the only one working for me is xsellize and i think the standard one.
Anyone getting 504 Gateway Timeout messages?
December 28th, 2011 at 1:58 pm
It’s not Cydia or thr repo’s…………………IKt’s the untether……………..have tested and confirmed…………………….Only devices with the new untether have problems..Devices that are still tethered jailbroken load all sources just fine.
December 28th, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Nope………..the only thing that caused your repo problems is the new untether. Has absolutely 100% nothing to do with repo getting slammed, or busy servers………You got 2 coices:
Wait it out til an update is released
or
Restore setip as new and tether jailbreak it
DO NOT INSTALL CORONA TIL 1.0-4 IS OUT!!!!!!!!!!!
1.0-3 is junk……Needs fixed just like redsn0w 0.9.19b2 does………….DO NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They both bring nothing but problems.
December 28th, 2011 at 2:03 pm
I got my two most important packages installed, 1. Lockdown Pro, and 2. Winterboard. After Steffwiz and All Sources have been installed (installation of both Steffwiz and All Sources was not flawless, POSIX was still timing out. Anyhow. After my iPhone 4 reboot, I went back to Cydia to install Lockdown Pro and Winterboard. It failed 5 times for both and on the 6th time, it worked. So I guess you have to be patient since many people are using the servers since yesterday.
Thanks a bunch!
December 28th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Like I said. Ya gots 2 choices…………….
Wait…………..or restore and tether jailbreak.
December 28th, 2011 at 2:27 pm
thats not true mine was tethered and still gave me problems im gettin fed up of iphone its supposed to be all simple but their just gay phones too many headaches for nothing
December 28th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Steffwiz installation restored my BB repos!!!
December 28th, 2011 at 2:31 pm
Looks like Lockdown Pro is not ready for 5.0.1 it kept me at safe mode. I had to remove it for now. I hope there’s an upgrade soon.
December 28th, 2011 at 2:41 pm
Just do hard reset. I did on my iPad 1 and working fine. Home and power button till apple logo appeared
December 28th, 2011 at 3:08 pm
After doing the SteffWiz and All Sources install, I can see all the packages available on all my repos, but cant actually DL any of them. When I try it says it cant be found or I get a timeout error.
December 28th, 2011 at 3:21 pm
Do you have lockdown pro working?
December 28th, 2011 at 3:32 pm
All the sources were empty so I did a hard reset as mentioned above. Now Cydia wont even open it just returns to desktop
December 28th, 2011 at 3:33 pm
hi, need some help, i accidentally delete thebigboss repo in cydia sources, how can i get it back, im running iphone 4 ios 5.0.1 Untethered, thanks.
December 28th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
allright here we go. first off no one listen to this “ZIG” guy, he has no idea what hes talking about. the jb’s wouldnt have been released if they had a repository error.
heres my story, So i did an untethered jaiblreak on my Iphone 4 (with redsnow not corona). everything went well, no probs. then, i found out that bigboss repo was empty when i brought it up. never had this problem before…..ever (at least not for a default source). so i did some research and found this site. upon scrolling i found “Raheel”‘s solution. at that point i was willing to try anything, so i downloaded steffwiz and all sources (and despite some POSIX errors they were downloaded). i rebooted my device. and was delighted to find that BB repo was no longer empty. but then i was wary, will the stuff in it download? so i gave some apps a go, and i got a couple http errors. but i just kept trying to download the app. and it eventually worked! i now have winterboard, activator, and sbsettings :D
so my advice is, follow Raheel’s solution, and just keep trying to download the apps if u get any errors on the download :D
PS: thank you so much Raheel, i have no idea why this works or how it works but im just glad it does….in fact….work XD
December 28th, 2011 at 3:59 pm
Try again right after you get that error, that error is becuase the servers are full and couldn’t fetch the data, when I get that error I just try and download it again right away and it usually works within a couple tries, hopenthis helps.
December 28th, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Yes I would def agree, but the error I was getting when trying to add the big boss repo wasn’t a error that was caused for congestion, it flat out couldn’t build it due to some error on how to handle new repos, I wish I would of got a screen shot of the error, but I did the fix reheel said to do and did a hard reboot and it worked, people who are still having problems could just try reinstalling cydia. Worth a shot. But I assure u that Evan thou the big boss repos are heavily utilized that unshould still be able to get a app or to from it here and there, vs not Evan seeing th items in the repo to download.
December 28th, 2011 at 4:07 pm
Same goes for me, The http errors are due to the congestion on the server so just keep trying and it will work. All is working well with the new untethered jailbreak :)). I have found that I cannot use PDAnet 5.30 thou, when trying to turn on the wifi for tethering it basically doesn’t enable, anyone eles having this issue?
December 28th, 2011 at 4:11 pm
U should read the forum buddy
RAHEEL Says:
December 28th, 2011 at 5:04 am
those who have a problem with big boss repo or any other repo on iOS 5.0.1 untethered jailbreak i found the way how you guys can fixed it
1: open cydia and click search
2: search a package “Steffwiz” and download it
3: download an other package “All Sources”
4: after its finish downloading go to manage and check your sources now they are working it works for me i hope it works for you too
December 28th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
If you were having that many problems, you either did something wrong with your jailbreak, or just didn’t know what you were doing and were in way over your head. You could try researching more rather than throwing a temper tantrum (with poor grammar) on a forum. And using “gay” to imply stupid? What are you, 10? Grow up, kid.
December 28th, 2011 at 4:41 pm
Cydia’s currently not working properly. Hope they’ll fix it soon.
December 28th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
Totally works! If you are having POSIX errors, turn off wifi.
Rock and roll bitches!!!
December 28th, 2011 at 5:02 pm
Jailbreak tethered with redsn0w 9.9.8
This will install Cydia and all working repos
Run New JB over this – installs untether and all repos still work NP
December 28th, 2011 at 5:08 pm
Here’s how I did it:
Download the latest redsn0w 0.9.10b1
Download the correct 5.0.1 firmware for you phone.
Run resn0w and choose “extras” and then “Custom IPSW” – Preserve baseband with a custom IPSW.
It will build the custom firmware and save it, you then restore that firmware to your phone in iTunes (option + click restore to choose). (backup first!)
Once you’ve successfully restored your custom 5.0.1 firmware, run redsn0w again and choose “jailbreak.”
And that’s it. The untethered jailbreak is built-in to this version of redsn0w.
You can get your Gevey working the same as you did before.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:23 pm
What are you talking about? Cydia is working just fine for me.
Followed raheel’s steffwiz and allsource installs and all BB apps are loaded. Haven’t checked the Dev Team apps as they were empty as well, but I’m sure they have been restored as well. (Thanks Raheel, don’t even want to know how you figured that one out)
Still getting HTTP errors when installing SBSettings, but at least the repo is full and I know I will eventually get my apps downloaded.
December 28th, 2011 at 5:33 pm
I’m not getting the packages from BigBoss I have redownloaded plenty of times and Im just not getting them. what should I Do?
December 28th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
Go through raheems steps. Ignore the POSIX errors and just continue installing both Steffwiz and AllSources. It will take some time. Once done, go back to Cydia and check your BB repo. It should be full now. I didn’t reboot and it worked, some said they had to reboot. Try both.
You may still have trouble installing, but keep trying is what is recommended. Eventually you will be successful.
December 28th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Just keep trying, it will work eventually! I tried installing SBSettings 10 times and it just finally worked! :D
December 28th, 2011 at 7:06 pm
Hi guys… my issue is that anytime i try to install Sbsetting the cydia says “The requested modifications cannot be applies due to required dependencies or conflicts that cannot be automatically found or fixed”…I´ve tried everything and it doesn´t work. Any idea?
Thanks…
December 28th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
I can not install SBSettings. I have an iPod Touch 4G running iOS 5.0.1 with an untethered jailbreak. I jailbroke, then rejailbroke and restored, then jailbroke once again. Every time I try to install SBSettings I get “HASH SUM MISMATCH”. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP!!
December 28th, 2011 at 7:39 pm
I cannot get the Big Boss Repository going right.
When I first jailbreaked it, there was no packages in it, so I removed it.
I then manually SSH’d the repository into the iPhone but there’s still no packages showing up.
Any suggestions?
December 28th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Everyone is having this same issue because of the huge load. It took me a dozen attempts at refreshing to get it to finally download the repository packages so bigboss showed apps in it. Only then could I succeed in doing searches.
Also, if you’re using aptbackup or openbackup, expect them to fail to install some apps (silently) because the servers are so bogged down.
I’ve run openbackup restore 3 times and each time it gets a few more. For others, I just go to cydia and install until it goes in.
But make sure you see apps in the repository before trying any aptbackup/openbackup/etc… recoveries.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
I’m wondering if anyone else is having issues with Mobile Safari crashing after the update and jailbreak to 5.0.1 and redsn0w. It’s not even letting me get to the point of entering a URL before simply crashing back to the springboard… I have SDM and HomePage in Safari installed, but disabling them has not yet had an effect on the issue.
December 28th, 2011 at 9:27 pm
Nevermind I got it. Just gotta keep trying :)
December 28th, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Whoa – that’s what I get for not proofreading. That IS funny.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:13 pm
I, too, am having this issue.
December 28th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
i installed installous to get free paid apps and now my icons are gone please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 29th, 2011 at 12:07 am
From a programmers standing poing GO FUCK YOUR SELF. They are not free paid apps. they are apps that someone craked. I hope that repo won’t go up again.
December 29th, 2011 at 12:27 am
lol sorry but it works perfect for me =D hehe
December 29th, 2011 at 1:26 am
Any chance itunes wifi sync can be added to the available options in activator? Seems like there should be a better way then trolling through settings.
December 29th, 2011 at 1:29 am
I had the same issue…removed SDM, problem solved.
December 29th, 2011 at 1:47 am
Hi everyone, i’m a relatively new jailbreaker and i got the same problem as the rest of you guys. However my friend whose twitter name is @yeremia.ang suggested i do this
Error Cydia source FIX
Use either iFile or SSH into your iPhone. Go to /etc/apt/sources.list.d and open cydia.list using Text Viewer. Now delete the source that you have emtered wrongly then save it.
Next go to /var/lib/apt/lists/ and delete ALL files inside that folder except te folder “partial”. Now open the folder “partial” and delete all the files there. Last step, go to /var/lib/cydia/ and delete “metadata.plist”. Exit SSH (or iFile) and respring. Now you can see a difference on your Cydia. :)
After which, the big boss problem was solved!
Wish you guys all the best!
December 29th, 2011 at 1:54 am
After doing Raheels method and it worked and i installed Winterboard my settingsicon and winterboard icon is white…I tried to “Just boot” in redsn0w (redsn0w_win_0.9.10b2), respring and normal reboot my ipod 4g but that didnt work either.
Anyone have a solution?
December 29th, 2011 at 3:21 am
i also had this problem but fixed it by removing safari download manager, i dont think its yet compatible with ios 5 as i cant get it working on ios 5.0.1 or just ios 5
December 29th, 2011 at 3:24 am
i have followed your insrutions carfully and i am still unable to fix it!!! i think it is just too many users online as i can get some apps but not the good ones i want back
December 29th, 2011 at 3:40 am
Nope… even my iPhone 4 running 4.3.3 will not download the latest packages from BigBoss… i think it’s completely offline.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:06 am
In my case, just deleting (or renaming) /var/lib/cydia/metadata.plist and restarting my iphone solve the problem.
December 29th, 2011 at 6:31 am
Sexy girl
December 29th, 2011 at 7:53 am
WTFFFFF i installed Installous on my iPhone 4 and all apps disppeared :S:S i restarted my phone and they came back again but when i open any app or anything even my photos the window is displayed at the top left of the screen in a small window and the rest of my screen is black!!!! i cant get a solution to this -.-
December 29th, 2011 at 8:12 am
You guys are idiots franckly -_- . first if the winterboard’s screen is white , just redownload it that worked for me . if you can’t download preference loader and libhide , erase the big boss source from manage and then go the the cydia homepage , more package sources and then the first source will be the big boss . download it and it will be fixed . i’ll answer to all the other bugs cause i had more than 100 bugs with my iphone 4 ( version 5.0.1 ) and i downloaded the jailbreak ( unthatered or something like that but it still worked . ) if you have more bugs just write and i’ll try to answer
December 29th, 2011 at 8:17 am
ok for the persons who have safari that crashes the first 5 secs , just look at all the things that work with springboard in cydia. erase them all and reinstall them . that worked for me
December 29th, 2011 at 8:20 am
if someone downloaded installous and all his apps dissapeared , just shut your iphone completely then restart and they will reappear
December 29th, 2011 at 8:33 am
oh and btw for the persons who want infinidock and infiniboard for free, don’t download it from big boss . add the source sinfuliphonerepo.com
December 29th, 2011 at 8:35 am
i hope i helped you all
December 29th, 2011 at 9:20 am
i installed Installous on my iPhone 4 and all apps disppeared :S:S i restarted my phone and they came back again but when i open any app or anything even my photos the window is displayed at the top left of the screen in a small window and the rest of my screen is black!!!! i cant get a solution to this
December 29th, 2011 at 9:21 am
that worked with me…but when it restarted when i open any app or anything it appears in a small window at the top left of the screen and the rest of the screen is black ..u know what can i do?
December 29th, 2011 at 9:30 am
anyone can answer me plz?
December 29th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Got bigboss repo now..everything’s back to normal!! yayyyy..just reload cydia all fellow jailbreakers..
December 29th, 2011 at 12:37 pm
Hi,i have iphone 3gs SU with firm 5.0.1 and
I got problem when used redSnow 0.9.9b9d..
i used ipsw 5.0.1 restore..
why it not work, redsnow not do anything during jailbreak process,,
can you give me tutorial to unlock & jailbreak it?
December 29th, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Unlock worked fine for me on my Iphone4. But xBackup failed to restore cause it couldn’t find a backup, even when I restored my files in Itunes.
Also the biggest problem with my Iphone is that the majority of the Apps (Angry Birds, Facebook, etc) fail to load. They close straight away.
December 29th, 2011 at 1:55 pm
i cant add sources each time i press the Add buttton,cydia crashes.
December 29th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
after adding the big boss source, i try to download sbsettings and it repeatedly tells me “cannot comply”. ive tried everything from deleting the big boss source and re-adding it over and over..any suggestions?? thanks man
December 29th, 2011 at 2:28 pm
wow this gave me all of the BigBoss repos thanks alot!!!!
December 29th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
my suggest, restore your iphone, then do the jailbreak again with redsn0w_win_0.9.10b2, and then all your problem will be solve, the same thing happens to me after i did the jb with redsn0w_win_0.9.10b1, sorry my english
December 29th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
The bigboss source so slowly WTF !
December 29th, 2011 at 6:29 pm
There is now a beta 3
December 29th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
ill pirate whatever the fuck i want so shut the fukc up and your stupid
December 29th, 2011 at 9:33 pm
gh
December 29th, 2011 at 9:34 pm
jn
December 29th, 2011 at 11:05 pm
than i can only suggest that you reinstall installous
December 29th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
reinstall cydia
December 29th, 2011 at 11:17 pm
well there is a way :
enter in settings , general , accessibility then click on zoom and put it on . to zoom double tap with three fingers , to move around the screen in zoom mode drag three fingers and to change zoom with three fingers double tap and drag up or down and finnally , to get out of zoom mode , just double tap again with three fingers . i really hope this help . if it does tell me .
December 29th, 2011 at 11:24 pm
if you have too much cydia themes and programs etc.
then it’s normal . try to lower all the thing you downloaded from cydia
December 29th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
i’ll try to help you as much as i can with your problems
December 30th, 2011 at 7:10 am
can someone tell me the correct repo address for bigboss? I have searched everywhere, and have found 5 or 6 addresses. I just do not know which one is even correct.
Thanks :-)
December 30th, 2011 at 10:22 am
i tried rejailbreaking,still the same.
December 30th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
same problem getting SSH to work on 3GS.
Have installed Corona Untether update to 1.0.3, and re-jailbroke with latest redsn0w, tried turning on and rebooting, but no luck. Hopefully a fix coming soon? But from who?
December 30th, 2011 at 1:21 pm
DAMN why i can’t install any cracked apps? although i already jailbreak my ipod ? need help!!
December 30th, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Does this new JB kill facetime mine wont load up since using the new redsn0w
December 30th, 2011 at 4:42 pm
iDevice goes in safe mode using remove background sbsetting with ios 5.0.1 if its merged in the notification center.
Are you gonna update sbsetting soon to solve this problem?
December 30th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
the bluetooth toggle in sbsetting is not working on ios 5.0.1
December 30th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
i just want to say THANKS, for all the hard work this people do for us, im so happy with the new jailbreak, i didn’t update my iphone waiting for this moment.
December 31st, 2011 at 12:45 am
I’ve been having a problem looking a suggestion. I jailbreak on b3 and was able to access cydia but for more than 24hrs I cannot access it at all??? It opens but it has the reload on the right and then does nothing?? Even in manage section te two tweaks don’t show up but in fact work?? Should I restore and rejailbreak
December 31st, 2011 at 8:01 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 8:04 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 8:04 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 8:05 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 9:00 am
yeah i think the best thing to do is rejailbreak
December 31st, 2011 at 9:23 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 9:27 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 9:30 am
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December 31st, 2011 at 9:30 am
tgh
December 31st, 2011 at 12:44 pm
Appreciate the reply I’ve actually rejailbroke it 4 times but can’t get cydia to reload since installing sbsettings however everything works on the phone (minus iBooks)
So you suggest full restore and rejailbreak??
Can I ask if Cydia is working for you??
Thanks again Ramzi
December 31st, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Hi everyone. Please help. I forgot to preserve my baseband before updating to iOS5.0.1 .. I was able to do the jailbreak untethered no problem, but can’t get the gevey unlock to work. The phone tells me I need a SIM from a supported carrier. Do I need to wait for ultrasn0w to find an unlock AFTER it’s been jailbroken? Or is there a way to do this now? Any help at will be appreciated. Thanks!
December 31st, 2011 at 7:39 pm
hmmm . well the most problems on the devioces are caused by SBSetings . i suggest that you remove it and don’t put it back or you can always search in the support of apple.com
December 31st, 2011 at 7:41 pm
well , if you want , download everything you need when you delete SBSetings and when you have all you need , put it back . i hope that helped you
December 31st, 2011 at 7:43 pm
grrr just get over SBSettings it is the thing that makes 75 % of all the problems people are having with their devices
December 31st, 2011 at 7:47 pm
the jailbreak and facetime aren’t related at all . it’s a whole other problem you’re having and i don’t think it’s because you jailbroke your ipod . ( try to rejailbreak )
December 31st, 2011 at 7:49 pm
at least one person thinks of saying thx for the hard work the persons who make the jailbreak are making . + they’re doing it for free
December 31st, 2011 at 7:54 pm
wait a sec . do you have SBSetings ?? if you have it just give up cause SBSetings is what”s making 75% of the problems and if you don’t want to delete it you’ll just need to live with it .
December 31st, 2011 at 7:57 pm
just don’t install SBSetings cause it will cause you at least 20 more problems with your device
December 31st, 2011 at 8:02 pm
just when it’s not into the computer , click on the power button for 3 secs , then click on the home button but don’t remove your finger from the power button for 15 secs and finally , remove your finger from the power button but don’t remove it from the home button and wait .
January 1st, 2012 at 6:33 am
happy new year
January 1st, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Hello!
I actually got the bigboss repo to work for me, after three days of agony.
What I did was remove the bigboss repo (which was empty first) and then added it through the cydia mainpage, “More Package Sources.”
Installed and then for some reason the bigboss repo was up and working for me.
I’m untetered with the redsnow JB.
January 1st, 2012 at 7:23 pm
Worked like a charm …. Thanks a lot
January 1st, 2012 at 7:46 pm
Help!!! I installed it on my Ipod touch 4G and now none of my apps work that I got using cydia.
(example: none of my installs apps), I can’t even open cydia to uninstall. All apps crash. Do I have to restart using redsnOw or what?
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:47 pm
MickeyPottle thank you very much, THIS METHOD WORKS LIKE A CHARM!
Everyone try this and if it works, thank MickeyPottle for it!
January 5th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
if you want you can delete cydia from your computer with the device you used ( limera1n , blackra1n , redsnow etc.)
January 7th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Поздравляю всех с праздником. ! Желаю чтобы у всех, все пожелания исполнились в этом году!!!
January 7th, 2012 at 9:17 pm
WTF ? english plz
January 14th, 2012 at 2:27 pm
Si1ico- nice, that kid shud try the android experimental phone like Samsung s2……..
January 20th, 2012 at 12:38 pm
@Zach b. reboot your device tethered, if still problem exists restore the device using itunes.
FYI redsnow untethered jail break is available now…
try that as well…
cheers.
January 22nd, 2012 at 11:18 pm
thankx
January 24th, 2012 at 9:14 pm
Hello I can’t find preference loader on cydia. Anyone know what happen?
January 25th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
I am having this problem too. any solutions?
January 26th, 2012 at 12:47 pm
I just came to say I jb my iPhone 4 2 days ago using redsnow after updating to ios 5 , everything works fine ;) all repos in Cydia work for me perfect as per usual, installous works fine, sbssettings works a charm altho certain toggles will not work and sbsettings push toggle caused a respring every time, and so did graviboard
January 26th, 2012 at 12:52 pm
Also animated boot logos do not work as they were using greenpoisons dependency for 4.x.x, there is meant to be a fix to install animate fix for 4.x.x from Cydia it’s meant to work on 5.0.1 which simply is not the case as it will clash with other wares like sbsetting & , activator etc, any how these are the only complications which I have came across and I’m sure devs will be working to fix them/ update them in time but for now a big thankyou to all the devs n teams that make all the above possible ^^ xD they do deserve some appreciation from the whole hacking/jb scene n users ;)
January 26th, 2012 at 6:59 pm
I was having major issues after the untethered install with installing almost anything from Cydia. Nearly everything I tried to download told me my firmware versions weren’t compliant. I re-installed cydia installer and there were several error messages. I had to try 3 times before cydia installer installed without errors. I can now download and install most things.
-Adam
January 30th, 2012 at 10:37 am
you should install cydia installer again in cydia in your iphone!and u can see application in bigboss!
January 30th, 2012 at 10:43 am
yap! me too! but after install cydia installer in cydia( u can search in cydia), application inculding SBSetting will appear in BigBoss!
February 1st, 2012 at 11:46 pm
TOMRICCI
February 8th, 2012 at 6:23 pm
WOW -_- you’re so lucky ! btw you’re not the first one to have it work perfectly
February 8th, 2012 at 6:31 pm
just upgreade your firmware version
February 8th, 2012 at 6:37 pm
he’s not the only person who suggested to do this you know ? -.-
February 8th, 2012 at 6:43 pm
well , alot of repos who post cracked apps , change alot their address because the others like big boss have paid things and still want some people to buy from them . it’s like apple trying to make unjailbreakable devices because they still want people to get their apps from app store
February 10th, 2012 at 4:50 pm
Thanks. It worked for me. :))
February 14th, 2012 at 7:56 am
So i’ve not had a prob since i installed the untethered part of the iOS 5.0.1 Jailbreak untill today. I was trying to get the HTC HD2 Theme, went to install infiniboard and infinifolders and infiniboard installs but springboard crashes everytime and infinifolders gets an error while trying to download……any suggestions?
February 15th, 2012 at 11:24 pm
……
February 18th, 2012 at 6:53 pm
that’s surely because of the themes , just change them
February 18th, 2012 at 6:59 pm
and if it crashes before you can change them just redownload springboard
February 24th, 2012 at 7:52 am
Thank you. Fan ally worked for me and big boss is not blank any more.
February 29th, 2012 at 1:47 am
it works for me but i dont know how to put my ipod into DFU mode! Help please!
March 22nd, 2012 at 9:20 am
super work in this blog post to good…..!
March 25th, 2012 at 7:42 am
My I pod was jailbroken I bought ios 5.0.1 um games to play