Hey bigboss i just did the update but my phone keeps restarting, ima have to restore it, if theres a way you can tell me to get you the syslog before restoring let me know

Same here….. I´m stuck at the apple logo while booting…. Please help

I’m not a big fan of having a lot of Mobile Substate extensions, even if they are small and well written as I know this one will be.

If I keep the old libhide, will (the new) Categories and SBSettings will continue to work?

If not, in which version of Categories was the libhide implemented?

To clarify, i did an upgrade of both categories and libhide at the same time, which caused the problem I mentioned in #3

I have the same issue with this becoming a mobile substrate issue… I’d rather if we could choose between the two methods like we can in SBsettings for the swipe option. (I understand it’s not that easy, but I definitely support the ability to choose between the two)

So how can I get into my phone and do the downgrade?!?!?!? It gets past the Apple logo for a little bit, but then sits at a dark screen, then goes back to the Apple logo. I really, REALLY don’t want to restore, and I can’t get it into Safe mode. :(

just updated… keeps crashing when i open cydia, where can i find the old libhide version to downgrade`?

cheers

ok, pluged it into my macbook, black background.

i do have ssh access, so i would gladly accept instructions on how to fix this, or rever the update >]:p

Consider yourself LUCKY that your iPhone isn’t stuck in the endless reboot or the black screen! :(

If I could *just* get into SpringBoard Safe Mode I could get into Cydia to uninstall it… :X

Did restore, all is well. Have to re jb and reinstall everything, but at least I’m not stuck with an iBrick. Any ideas on a fix BigBoss?

my iphone 3gs takes ages to search now how can i downgrade anyone got the older .deb

mm, pluging into the macbook did no good.

i think ill try running apt-get remove libhide from a terminal through ssh

for those of you that have the endless reboot I have a fix. SSH into your phone to library/mobilesubstrate/dynamiclibraries/ and delete any files with libhide in them and reboot

looks Libhide crashed my phone so looks like I have to restore and rejailbreak use libhide with the care if at all. after this I will never use Libhide again

Also, don’t know it is just a coincidence, but after upgrading libhide, categories and poof, Safari stopped playing videos that it would normally be able to play. Libhide may have done something to SB Settings, I am troubleshooting each other plugin to see if I can get it back. Will update with any answers.

Just downgrade libhide with link above . Use dpkg – i and it will downgrade libhide for you. All will work like before the upgrade . Only thing to redo is hide all your icons.

well too late how am I supposed to SSH when the ipod won’t even boot, I am restoring right now

I have the bootloop, too
Diskaid can connect to my iPod touch 2g for like 4 minuites before it reboots.
can someone tell me a step by step solution? i don´t want to mess something up by randomly deleting wrong files

how does you phone behave?

mine stayed for a while on the black screen, before rebooting.

there you had the window of oportunity to do the thing.

Spotlight is laggy when typing and locks up a lot (3GS 3.0).
BigBoss thanks for your hard work, to the idiots who use beta and bitch – take responsibility for your own actions and STFU! No one forced you to use beta software.

Now when I use Categories my iPhone is more slow

If, like me, you keep SSH off, I’ve been able to connect via USB using iPhoneBrowser v1.9.1.0; did what you said, found two files, renamed them to add the extension _2.0 (so SpringBoard *should* load them) and…WORKS! All icons unhidden, of course.

Still using iPhoneBrowser, renamed the files to remove the _2.0 extension, went into Cydia, uninstalled LibHide 2.0 beta (just to get rid of the entry), which ALSO uninstalled Categories, SBSettings, and all the additional toggles. Went back and re-installed them, which forces LibHide 2.0 to install – NOT LibHide 1.2! :(

Can’t find LibHide 1.2 on the Repo; ModMyI shows it (http://is.gd/2VkUT), but it’s not on there. So I went thru the same process again, and yep, same lockup. Oddly enough, though, when I rename those two files, Categories is still there (and works, although none of the icons are hidden), AND SBSettings is still there.

I removed the BigBoss Beta Repo, refreshed my sources, and it still shows Categories 2.26 (which uses the new LibHide 2.0), so we need BigBoss to put Categories 2.25 back on the “regular” repo. :(

Regardless, even though all my icons show now (which means I have like 9 pages! Grrr….) Thanks! SO, SO happy I did *not* have to restore and go through the process of reinstalling all my apps!

I found the LibHid 1.2 .DEB file here:

http://ipod-touch-max.ru/cydia/index.php?cat=package&id=4215#

But I really don’t know how to install .DEB files. Guess I’ll hafta research.

I have the exact same problem! PLEASE HELP BIG BOSS!

Translation of Simon’s instructions for the English speakers among us:

1) Download “Diskaid” (there is an older free version, and it works fine)
2) Connect the iPhone to the PC.
3) Wait until the deviceis connected to Diskaid.
4) Under the links, go to root and accept the warning dialog.
5) Go to
library/mobilesubstrate/dynamiclibraries/
6) delete both files with LibHide in the name.
7) Reboot the iPhone using Power+Home buttons
8) Now it should work again, though admittedly all icons will appear on the springboard.

4) Under the links, go to root and accept the warning dialog.

it´s not “under the links”
it´s “down left”

Heres a link to the files I removed if you want to see them for any reason:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=OL64H8XK

I’m doing this all while it is connected to my computer. So removing and reinstalling Poof did nothing because it thought that LibHide was still installed. So I went to libHide and clicked reinstall. It did the same thing as before, but instead of repeating that it hid the apps over and over, the text finally stopped going. Then I clicked on restart springboard.

It went black for a while, then it went back into Cydia and briefly showed the screen, then it went black again and made the noise it makes when you plug it in.

Now it is on a black screen, it shows Cydia for a second or two, makes the noise that it is plugged in, and goes back to a black screen.

Finally, it went white for a split second, then black, then it showed the apple logo. Then it went black. After 2 minutes it showed the apple logo briefly, and went back to a black screen. While at the black screen, I can still sync my iPod and I can even put videos on it (I tried it and it worked). It repeats back to the beginning at this point.

I think it’s just going to do this over and over. I’m going to remove the two files again.

Any more info you need? email me

-Austin

Good luck BigBoss!

send*

Some of my apps actually aren’t on the Springboard. I noticed that I can still access WinterBoard if I search for it, but it is nowhere on my springboard. Also, Winterboard wasn’t hidden before.

Then you should not have the beta repository installed.

It was installed automatically with all sources. I didn’t know it was installed.

Well then how would we send it to you?

if the solution is to downgrad libhide to 1.2, so where can it be found?

I had no problem – can I just install Version 1.2 on top of 2.0 ?

BigBoss – Sorry for all the yelling and screaming and not helping here. One thing that made me install inspite of being beta was that cydia would show it as update and there is only a complicated way to get cydia to stop showing it all the time if you don’t update. Maybe there is a way of still using the beta repo but stop cydia from showing the badge and offering it all the time till you use it.

Ruben

This is why you should *never* install something like all sources. Thats one of the worst packages in Cydia. This is a prime example of why you don’t want such a package.

Installed LibHide 1.2 using the .deb file I linked to above. Got a warning that it was dowgrading LibHide 2.0 to 1.2, and finished.

Went into Categories, removed and re-added an app, and it’s hidden again. I have a crapload of work to do re-hiding the apps, but it’s still better than restoring.

thats not the point. I wanted to be able to use the betarepo, just in this case the lib seemed more dangerous than other betastuff before (Bosspaper) Thats why I was asking

Thank you very much for this!!!

One of the unlucky few wasn’t able to ssh or use iphone browser had to do complete restore. Then used apt backup and problem came back. Restored again and found this post. Now have restored, manually went into aptbackup file and removed catagories, sbc settings, and libhide. All working fine, just want to know when safe to reinstall those three crucial apps.

I can’t believe “BigBoss” would try to SHIFT THE BLAME for releasing a PIECE OF SHIT “update” to the *users* and not to the DEVELOPER – ** HIMSELF **. “It works fine on all 5 of my devices” is not an excuse. Many people will simply click “update” when Cydia prompts them to do so. This isn’t an update, it’s a COMPLETELY NEW VERSION, RE-WRITTEN. Therefore it shouldn’t show up as an “update”, and had it not, people wouldn’t have had this problem. Hell, had this piece of shit version not been half-ass released in the first place, people wouldn’t have had this problem. How about including a disclaimer in the install? Too hard for you to do that?

FWIW, a big FU to “BigBoss” for your attitude.

After i deleted the libhide files from he dynamic library using diskaid, all my icons are shown. On the other hand cydia is not working ! it keeps crashing !! does anyone know how to fix it ??

Cydia issues are unrelated.

It was working fine until the updates.. how they are unrelated?

Please help !

Hey guys,

why some of you insult a person who made so much good things for the jailbreak comunity ?

it’s a shame

to make some mistakes happens for all of us
shit happens like we use to say

I fixed the problem with the libhide but now I can’t hide my icons anymore. Any suggestions??

I am so pissed off, I am not an iphone developer who understands how to correct underlying issues when crap like “libhide” is gracefully released and screws up you phone.

I’m so mad, now I have to drive all the way back to Seattle and have my phone repaired because of your irresponsibility.

if you don’t know how to fix it youself, then you should not have an iphone. if you do then go in to cydia play with it and you choose to do it then don’t complaint

i’m really sorry but i’m just confused. I really didn’t have intentions of d/l the beta but I must have. I followed your link but do I need to follow the steps to add libhide again? I followed one of the above instructions but going into diskaid and removing both files with libhide. I can somewhat follow the SSH method but i’m by no means a hacking expert or amature. Any easy tips for fixing it to hide icons again? maybe i’m just not reading it correctly.

I don’t have the beta repo, is the release thats out now 2.0.2 with categories good to go? Or should I steer clear of libhide?

So is the 2.02 version safe….. ??

AS stated, *it does not help if you say “this is not working!” and expect the problem to be fixed* if you are stuck at an apple logo while booting, download an older version of diskaid (to avoid registering the program) and navigate to the log. email bigboss with the log and a brief message about whats happened/happening with your device. include any important details such as device info, version, etc.

Dude chill out. “I am so pissed off, I am not an iphone developer who understands how to correct underlying issues when crap like “libhide” is gracefully released and screws up you phone. ” Well hey, buddy, you installed it. *Anything you install you install at your own risk.* especially something still being developed. “…because of your irresponsibility”?? You installed it. thats like buying a fast car you arent smart enough to drive, you total it, and blame the car company for building the car. jus chill. its fixed now anyway

imomma, you installed a beta and the beta had an issue. you are responsible for anything you download. /especially/ when it is *clearly* stated to be in the beta phase. so hey, right back at ya: “BE RESPONSIBLE FOR *YOUR* CRAP…SOB!!!” and be responsible with what you download. dont be pissed if YOU download a beta working. its really just common sense with this one

for all those that downloaded the beta, had problems, and are upset with bigboss: “BETA: A development status given to a program or application that contains most of the major features, *but is not yet complete*” you installed this beta. a beta is a version that is not perfect yet. it was clearly stated that it was a beta and you all still installed it. you have no right to be upset with bigboss when he dissclaimed that it was in the beta stage and *you* installed it (not bigboss) thus YOU put the problem onto your phone and YOU are to blame for the problems on your phone! bigboss is NOT to blame. so big boss, thank you for all your hard work

2.0.2 is out of the beta stage, I believe. so yes it is safe to upgrade to 2.0.2

If you are referring to libhide 2.0 that appeared yesterday with Categories, that was in the beta repository. You either installed the beta repository or you installed “all sources”, a very dangerous package in another non-safe repository itself. The beta package was labeled “experimental / beta” and yesterday’s categories *only* appeared in that beta repository.

Anyways, v2.0.1 solved all the issues and 2.0.2 was released to the public. v2.0.2 has had 172,000 installs since and not one person has complained of instability. It sounds like you have gotten v2.0 from the beta repository.

In either case, you don’t have to drive to Seattle (?) or restore, or anything. Things are reasonably easy to fix. Perhaps google for how to use IRC, get yourself into irc.osx86.hu into channel #iphone and ask the group there to help you.

EDIT: Even though libhide only required restarting Springboard, I also rebooted and that fixed the Cydia problem.

Hi,

I removed the 2 libhid files from library/mobilesubstrate/dynamiclibraries/ and rebooted and it still does the same rebooting. On 2g iphone with 3.0.

Any ideas please?

I was using libhide 2.0.3 in a iphone 3gs with 3.1.2 and my phone crashed. After a few restores to find out what was going on, I found that libhide 2.0.3 is causing wireless problems, what was the initial strange thing before the crash.

Is there anyway to get libhide 1.2 back in the repo while we dont have a new stable version?

Will sbsettings be installed without upgrading libhide (considering libhide 1.2 is installed)?

Maybe this can help trouble-shooting: I noticed that when installing libhide 2.0.3, the cydia logs show that at the end there is a error: libhide/hidden.plist is missing. Would that help?

Hey how do I exit ” safe mode”?