There is a problem with a particular source this morning. Signs point to it being Zodttd’s repo sending data that Cydia has a problem with. This causes Cydia to go into a crashing loop.
You should NOT need to restore your firmware to fix this problem. Please have patience, a fix is being worked on. If the coming solutions do not help there is still the possibility that a restore may be needed.
Update #1: Some good advice and instructions in the comments below. You can also try the FIXES AND SUGGESTIONS HERE, as the problem is the same as it was then. You must remove the zodttd source list that is causing the problem.
Update #2: A quick fix for some (works only if you have apt7 installed)
- Log-in as root using MobileTerminal or SSH and run this command:
- apt-get update
- This will update your lists and then Cydia should work www.sildalisonline.com.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Hello Sir,
cydia is Crashing.
when will it become ok?
Thank you sir.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Hello Sir,
Cydia Is Still Crashing
when will it become ok?
thank you sir
December 28th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
Twitter updates?
December 28th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
Phew! i thought it was something i did. Thanks for posting
December 28th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
is this similar to what happened on july 18?
December 28th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Oh man, I’ve just updated my iPhone to 3.1.2 with PwnageTool and now Cydia not working!
Will it be up soon?
Thx!
December 28th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Same here. Glad I didn’t start the whole restore process. Will stay put for updates.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
you always can just delete zotdd source
Navigate to the /var/lib/apt/lists/ folder. Delete the 3 x zodttd files Navigate to /private/etc/apt/sources.list.d Delete the zodttd file Then launch cydia.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Yeah it works, I deleted the 3 zodttd file and working cydia =D
December 28th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
can we get it after this is over? after the corrupt package is gone?
December 28th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
if you want a temporary fix just ssh too /etc/apt/sources.list.d and rename the zodttd.list… later, when everything is fixed you can name it back.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Please refer to the july 18th crash fix for the fix to this problem. http://thebigboss.org/2009/07/18/cydia-crashing-fix-for-july-18th/
December 28th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Worked like a champ! Thanks.
December 28th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
Now that the problematic package has been removed, you can fix Cydia by simply follow these 2 steps:
1) SSH into your device as root.
2) apt-get update
December 28th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
For those, like me, who do not have OpenSSH installed, is there, or is there likely to be, any other solution short of restoring?
December 28th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
do we do the last step with mobile terminal?
December 28th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Wondering the same thing!
Using blackra1n on 3.1.2, because of this I have no access to the right folders through iPhoneBrowser, no openSSH, and so on! Now what? Would restoring help? As it would reinstall cydia, and not the “problematic package” according to KennyTM~, who says the problematic package has been removed. Is this true?
December 28th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
@ruben thanks buddy, worked like a charm!
December 28th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Should I wait?
Using blackra1n on 3.1.2, 3GS. no openSSH, no WinSCP. I have only winterboard + mobile terminal + SBsettings + lockinfo + MXtube + sms helper .
what will happen for those who choose to wait?
December 28th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Yes. However, this only will work if you had installed the optional APT packages.
December 28th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Either SSH or MobileTerminal is OK, but for MT you first need to login as root using “su”:
su
# enter root password e.g. alpine
apt-get update
December 28th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
You could use MobileTerminal, see my reply above.
BTW, the July 18th fix posted above also works.
December 28th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
For those who cant SSH, install a called DiskAid, then go through it that way. You may need to install Rock first.
December 28th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
@16:
Wrong. DiskAid cannot spawn a shell, so my fix can’t work with that. Of course DiskAid works if you’re talking about the July 18th fix.
December 28th, 2009 at 1:57 pm
DiskAid works. JUST Done it on mine. Peeps use it if you want cydia
December 28th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
OK, I do have Rock and I can install open ssh but after that I’dont know what to do with that I may also dowload Disk Aid, but again and after that?
December 28th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
I’dont see DiskAid in Rock, I found DiskAgent, this is it?
December 28th, 2009 at 2:14 pm
I do not have MobileTerminal either though? Or have I missed this application somehow? If not, how would I get this app on my phone without SSH or Cydia?
I was adding a repo source when cydia stopped working, so I thought I somehow broke it by adding a bad source, not knowing the bad source was a default one in cydia. Therefore I restored my phone and reinstalled Cydia (If I only knew what I know now, I obviously wouldn’t have done so).
Now I have no way of getting my custom apps on my iPhone untill this is fixed, am I right? :(
December 28th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Since I have Rock installed I can just unistall the zotdd source? will this fix Cydia?
December 28th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
i restored my phone earlier thinking i screwed it all up, re-jailbroke it and went to sources and deleted Bigboss source immediately. cydia works fine now.. will put the bigboss back on when i see a fix…
December 28th, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Ok, using Rock I unistalled “zotdd source” and Cydia is workong again!
December 28th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
this screwed my whole day up lol
December 28th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
monoxide, if you read the text of the article here this problem was caused by zodttd source.
there is no problem with bigboss source at this time.
December 28th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
so your saying if i install the bigboss source my cydia wont crash?
December 28th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I mean “working again!
December 28th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
I was stupid when I jailbroke I found Rock useless..I never used anything from it and it kept making me update so I decided not to install it this time.
What can I use to fix it if I don’t have the Open SSH or Rock?!
December 28th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
lola1889 : wrong step, ROCK works OK and even if it sits there and you don’t use it is allways a backup tool, it saved my day before I went into restoring, just check an airplane instrument panel: it allways has at least two of the same.
Open SSH?:Even if you had it you need to know how to use it, I don’t.
December 28th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Norberto: I know it was a very stupid mistake..is there a way I can install Rock without having to rejailbreak?! I guess I have no way to fix Cydia I will have to wait it out.
December 28th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
lola1889:Sorry but I gave you all my knowledge aboaut this issue, you can either wait for Cydia to fix it or rejailbreak and as long as we are comunicating I can tell you I found the real solution for the Push ($5.99) and YouTube problems:
“the package “Pushfix 2.0″. Instructions for adding the source are at http://cydia.pushfix.info/ as well.
December 28th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
how long does it usually take for Cydia to get fixed?!
December 28th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
lola: Sorry I don’t know the answer but if you can wait do it for at least 24 hours
December 28th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Wow i must be lucky then because i have not had one problem with cydia today.haha lol lucky me.It works perfectly fine.The problem is that one of the pakages in zottd is corrupted and many of u guys installed it and apparentely i didnt.wow
December 28th, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Yeah Cydia crashed on me this morning so I figured I would reboot to attempt to determine the problem and then I was stuck at the Apple logo. 3 Restores and 2 jailbreaks later, it’s finally working.
December 28th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
i still have the blackrain in staller but when i install rock it dosent so im screwed so looks like im restroing to factor and re jailbraking
December 28th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Thanks man…
helped alot
December 28th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Worked perfectly!!!!! Thank you
December 28th, 2009 at 5:04 pm
Luckily I have rockyourphone installed. I removed zod’s repo via the rock and cydia is up and running
December 28th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Rock and icy could be slow and not as good as cydia but it comes in handy during situations like this.So everyone make sure to have either one installed next time on your iphone. And also have mobile finder or ifile;)Trust me
December 28th, 2009 at 5:58 pm
As I said before ROCK is good and it works and actually much faster than Cydia, so if you can have the options, why not have both of them.
Now if you read the Dev-Team blog you will see the opinion of this Confucious (maybe confunded)guy which is very radical against Rock without any reasonable explanation except he gives much more complicated solutions to the problem.
December 28th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
my blackrain icon is gone how can i get it back?
December 28th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
If youhave Rock installed, go to manage and delete his repo, then start Cydia and re add the repo.
December 28th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
If youhave Rock installed, go to manage and delete his repo, then start Cydia and re add the repo.
December 28th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
I used the same method. Only I used iFile to delete the same three bad zodttd sources and then respring in SB Settings and then open Cydia and you are good to go. No computer needed.
iFile>var>lib>apt>list>edit>check the three sources from zodttd delete them, respring open
cydia.
December 28th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
that worked great thank you
December 28th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
This worked like a charm! cydia pulled right up with no crash!
December 28th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
when i use iPhoneBrowser the files under var>lib>apt>list> comes up empty. i dont SSH on my iphone. i tried accessing info thru winscp and it wont let me in. i dont ifile either. any other solutions?????
December 29th, 2009 at 1:52 am
my cydia has also crashed. I have diskaid and iphonexplorer but cannot access the root files as I didnt install some patch, jailbroken using blackra1n.
what should I do next?
December 29th, 2009 at 5:11 am
I jail broke yesterday for the first time and cydia stopped working after 30mins, thought it was something i had done.
I dont have ifile, SSH, or mobile terminal installed.
In fact the only thing i got to install was mxtube.
I jail broke using black rain.
please is there a fix, thanks
December 29th, 2009 at 7:17 am
If you still have the blackra1n app, you can install rock with that, and somehow fix it through that. Or you could do what I did, sync/backup your iPhone so you don’t lose anything, then restore and rejailbreak. Just rain with blackra1n and reinstall cydia, when updating the sources, cancel, then cydia should prompt for an update (or not, I dunno, it did for me!). At least the new version removes the bad source. So it should work properly now.
December 29th, 2009 at 7:18 am
I have a blackra1n jailbroken 3GS. I had to reboot it 5 or 6 times after jailbreaking it to get Wifi etc but now as I was trying to restore I;m getting error 23 from itunes [radio failure]. I have my 3.1.2 ECID on Saurik’s but nothing worked. when the phone reboots I can’t pass thru the emergency call screen [with a background picture showing] after the iTunes 9 logo.
Any ideas on how to get the phone to restore?
December 29th, 2009 at 7:42 am
All this solutions are only who has SSH or access to root. I recently jailbroke the phone and do not have ssh installed. Do I need to wait for the actual solution or this is it, Restore? Please advise
December 29th, 2009 at 7:42 am
Lucky you! I attempted to restore but my 3GS 3.1.2 keeps getting “error 23″ after iTunes 9 tried to verify the restore process with Apple.
Any suggestion? iDisk can’t access the phone with “locked with a password error”.
December 29th, 2009 at 7:46 am
Update 1 – didn’t work. Don’t know if it maybe doesn’t work on Windows 7.
Update 2 – wasn’t working at first. Went into Rock (thank god I installed that) and installed any APT 0.7 that I didn’t have installed. Then, back into Terminal and voila!
December 29th, 2009 at 8:04 am
So if I haven’t run Cydia in a few days, what do I need to do? Just wait for the “all clear” when this is fixed and it’s safe to use Cydia again, or do I need to do one of these fixes?
Thx,
tys
December 29th, 2009 at 9:11 am
Ruben,
tried but the “non sufficient privileges” screen came up…even with option trashing
pls advise
thks
CER
December 29th, 2009 at 9:58 am
the all-clear is already now
you only have a crashing problem if you used Cydia between Noon and 3pm EST yesterday.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:01 am
IF you follow the link in Update #1, you will find some alternative fixes/solutions, some include hooking with the usb cable to a pc and revmonig files this way. Cydia will not fix itself, you will need to take some action.
December 29th, 2009 at 10:05 am
..You the Man..seriously..googling all night an this morning also : I tried almost everything and nothing and now just as abc..
Thanks Son
Respect
Long Life to GeoHOtz,Saurik and friends
Steve Jobs You’re the DEVIL!!
December 29th, 2009 at 10:10 am
I found an easy fix to that crashing issue. I have 3 iphones. Two of them are 3GS and one 3g. As long as they are runing 3.x.x firmware this will work.
Shh in to you iphone and go to etc/apt/sources.list.d
Then DELETE file “zodttd.list”. That is the ZodTTD repository file. After that reboot the iphone. Then you can run Cydia as usual. Once in Cydia manually add the ZodTTD repository and thats it. All fixed up. :D
December 29th, 2009 at 10:52 am
so what do you do now?
December 29th, 2009 at 10:54 am
What do i do when my iphone lock-up after installing a cydia app. The apple logo just stays on the screen. i tried rebooting and it does the same thing.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:06 am
sweet, it worked perfectly. Thanks! :)
December 29th, 2009 at 11:28 am
Hi all.
I’m no expert when it comes to all this but cydia didnt crash on my phone even though the repo was there. I deleted it just in case. Is there an explanation for this? Shouldn’t this have affected all the jailbroken iphones w cydia installed?
December 29th, 2009 at 11:31 am
only if you had used cydia during the time that zodttd had the bad files posted. it was removed after ~2 hours, and it’s now fixed
December 29th, 2009 at 11:32 am
never mind i guess i should have read comment 49 before posting.
thx
December 29th, 2009 at 11:33 am
thank u
makes sence now
December 29th, 2009 at 11:42 am
As mentioned earlier, I don’t have SSH installed, so no point hookingup to PC as I will not have access to /var or /root directory.
I am just waiting for the automatic fix as its been mentioned in red color by Optimo “You should NOT need to restore your firmware to fix this problem. Please have patience, a fix is being worked on”…
So do we wait for the fix? Please advise Optimo!!! or please post if we need to have restore option only.
December 29th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
When is cydia gonna be fixed!?! I am
starting to get pissed off! I have a lot
of people calling and texting me for fixes and picture messaging options!! I don’t have rock or sshto fix cydia. Please a update on when this will be fixed or what to do would be great
December 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pm
I have now fixed a total of 13 phones and 6 itouches using iFile. No computer needed. Check the post above.
December 29th, 2009 at 4:10 pm
I have mobile terminal, but no apt. I tried many fixes but none worked. Help please!
December 29th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
Is it possible to get ifile after cydia won’t work? I don’t have it atm…
December 29th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
worked
December 29th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Hi Guys, you can use iphone browser 1.9.3 from google search if you don’t have ssh,ifile or mobile terminal. Browse to /var/lib/apt/lists/
Delete all cydia.zodttd-com_repo_cydia_dists_stable_main_binary-iphoneos-arm_Packages.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
There’s a link in Update #1 to another article that has fixes that will work. You hookit to your pc and use the windows or mac software to access the files and remove the zod list. you do not need ssh to use the usb method.
December 29th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
follow the link http://thebigboss.org/2009/07/18/cydia-crashing-fix-for-july-18th/
you pluginj your phone to the mac/pc and delete the files using the usb cables
December 30th, 2009 at 12:30 am
pls pls someone help us who have jailbroken and not installed all the extras etc…and cant use a iphone browser to access the root!!!!!
December 30th, 2009 at 12:31 am
Ok so I jailbroke using blackrain so I can’t use diskaid. I don’t have rock, ssh , icy, or terminal. What do I do?
December 30th, 2009 at 12:37 am
i tried iphone browser, and it says my iphone is not jailbroken, no afc2 service found. However, my iphone is jailbroken using blackra1n, just i didnt manage to install afc2.
Pls help!!!!!!!
December 30th, 2009 at 3:08 am
Another alternative.. u may try iphoneexplorer or ifunbox. Hope it work.
Mine is 3gs running 3.0.1
December 30th, 2009 at 4:36 am
Worked!!! Thanks so much!
December 30th, 2009 at 6:30 am
Did the deleting of the zodttd files with rock using disk aid took 30 seconds or so to load then it worked thanks for your help
December 30th, 2009 at 8:07 am
jailbroken using blackrain.. no ssh, diskaid and etc… don’t know what to do now…
December 30th, 2009 at 9:21 am
I have 2 Iphones running Cydia but only one is crashing, My 3gs, I’m really not good at understanding what I need to due to fix this, Can someone please help guide me through this, Thank you
December 30th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Please help!
I am getting the cydia error database encountered a section with no package header.
I did not installed openSSH. Cannot use wincp or have access to root with iphonebrowser.
How can I enable iphone to accept SSH connections?
December 30th, 2009 at 11:14 am
There seem to be a lot of pple here who have jailbroken iphones(3.1.2) using blackra1n, but who don’t have ssh, diskaid, iphonebrowser or any usb filesytem browser because they weren’t able to get the afc2add required to run those programs. Are there any solutions for all us people in that situation, other then restore and re-jailbreak? Can you get the afc2add from any source other than cydia? Please help!
December 30th, 2009 at 11:26 am
I deleted the source file… what is the url to add it back? or should we wait to add it again?
December 30th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
IFile is safer and easier to use than SSH
December 31st, 2009 at 3:18 am
my iphone 3g on 3.0 wont even load cydia at all???
December 31st, 2009 at 9:08 am
I just started…. could you help me with updating the phone or should i wait awhile?
December 31st, 2009 at 12:06 pm
but I can’t get it
January 1st, 2010 at 4:32 pm
I found another way for all the people who have not downloaded any of the above mentioned apps before the cydia crash. Get “Phoneview”, open the folders to find the corrupted files and delete them. Thats all. For the future I do recommend to have at least terminal installed just in case Cydia crashes again-
January 1st, 2010 at 5:20 pm
thanks, I got terminal, but not apt I will try your method
January 1st, 2010 at 5:24 pm
aww, I have a pc, it needs mac
January 1st, 2010 at 5:39 pm
For Pc users, get touch copy, then follow rubens method.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:41 pm
try using touch copy to locate the corrupted files, delete them, and cydia should work. touch copy has a 15 day free trial. use it from you computer.
January 1st, 2010 at 5:44 pm
this method works, I am getting ifile now to prepare in case this happens again.
January 1st, 2010 at 9:19 pm
Maybe try a DFU mode restore
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:35 am
Okay, so nothing is working for me. I can’t figure out why. I’ve used WinSCP with go into my phone and remove the ZODTT lists/packages. Nothing worked. I still got the error when loading Cydia.
S plan 2. I used Mobile Terminal on my phone to SSH into it. I successfully get in, and run apt-get update, and it runs, but right at the end I get the following:
“Fetch 92.0kB in 6s (13.9kB/s)
Reading packae lists….Error!
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/zodttd/com_repo_cydia_._Packages
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened”
I’ve run this 3 times and nothing but the same error every time. I’ve restarted the phone a coulpe of times. No luck. Do I need to remove Rock? I can’t get the extension out of Rock. I cn only disable it there.
Please help. WOuld love to be able to use Cydia again.
iPhone 3GS 32 GB
Windows XP
Thank you,
Plotkin
January 2nd, 2010 at 8:56 am
Edit:
I retired something else and got it working again.
January 2nd, 2010 at 3:55 pm
I had the same problem and was tearing my hair out..Thanks to this page Cydia is now back up and running. The post on the previous crash is brilliant and many thanks to Ryan. It reads:-
“Ryan Petrich Says:
July 18th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
For those of you that are still experiencing the crash, delete all the files in /root/private/var/lib/apt/lists/ except for the partial subfolder” end…
To do the above you need a programme such as WinSCP on your PC and the ability to use it. The Clear Cydia download didn’t work for me.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:47 pm
You only need to delete the zoddtd files
January 3rd, 2010 at 12:23 pm
All these methods for me aren’t working. It’s been almost a week and cydia still is not working! I have jailbroke about a dozen iPhones ranging from the 2G to 3Gs and cydia works for them. I don’t wish to restore and re-jailbreak! When is cydia gonna be working again!?!?!?!?!!
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:50 pm
I din’t think it will work until the corrupted files are deleted. Of course, you may have a completely different problem. Try using touch copy to delete the files if you use PC.
January 3rd, 2010 at 8:09 pm
Finally able to use Cydia again thanks.. 8-)
January 4th, 2010 at 12:19 am
Ok so I got diskaid for my mac, but it won’t let me access the root folder. I hear this is from jailbreaking with blackrain. Is there a way to fix this and give me access from my computer without a restore/ rejailbreak? I don’t have mobile terminal or anything installed on my phone so I think this is my last option. And if I just leave it will Cydia eventually fix itself?
January 7th, 2010 at 12:45 am
you are d great
January 7th, 2010 at 8:00 am
For Jayson and Adam: There is one other method you may like to try..”iFile”. Obviously you can’t use Cydia to download it so get the .deb file from the net eg (http://ipod-touch-max.ru/cydia/index.php?cat=package&id=4176. I believe you may have to pay for it but it is well worth it I promise. Follow the instructions to transfer it to your iphone. I’m assuming here that you can access and use WinSCP or similar to tranfer and run it? Once it’s on the iphone with a bit of luck you may be able to access and delete the Cydia files that are causing the problem. (Keep the Partial sub folder). Bon chance!
January 8th, 2010 at 11:01 am
No you will need to fix
January 13th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
I love u
February 17th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
I have a problem last night I updated catagories and install0us and while doing the update cydia crashed… Now both apps work but cydia keeps crashing when i try to load, can anyone help me of give me insite on what to do????!!! PLEASE!!!
June 25th, 2010 at 2:06 pm
I’m not sure why this is happening but every time I try to open Cydia it crashes and goes back to the springboard, I did not install SSH nor ifile, is there a way I can rectify this problem? also if I do a reboot on my iphone will it automatically update to 4.0 and/or will my Itunes update to 9.2?
Iphone 3g
3.1.3
05.12.01 firmware
T-Mobile
June 29th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Hi,
I have iPhone 3GS 3.1.3 BB 05.12.01 I want to unlock it. The procedure that I was did as the following:
- Jailbreak with Spirit
- Install Ultrasn0w on cydia(After my iPhone was freezing and close later on everytime I try to open cydia it’s close right away……)
- I delete cydia file on other program that can see cydia file(Because I want to rejailbreak by spirit again)
- Even I try to rejailbreak again its still crash, I can’t go to cydia………
So anyone please help me?
Very appreciate for your reply.
Thanks,
July 25th, 2010 at 6:29 am
PLs help me to restore z oreginal iphone app source adding to my iphone or if u can tell me how can I adding my self thank you
August 18th, 2010 at 8:07 pm
I’m having problems with Cydia. nothing will install. i get error messages saying that say something about appsync and other files are already updated, and it takes me back to cydia. how can i clear out what seems to be a messed up probram and reinstall?
one of the problems seems to lead from sinfuliphone repo version of the appsync.
will deleting cydia and reinstalling fix the problem?
what about my cydia installed apps??
I am able to install jailbroken apps through installous.
I have an iphone 3GS. 2009 week 42.
Thanks
August 18th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
3.1.3 spirit jailbreak.