Jailbroken 3.0 and Cydia is Not Working?! Here is How To Fix It….
by Adam Cecchetto on June 23, 2009 at 9:54 am 
Yesterday I updated and jailbroke the new 3.0 firmware for my iPhone 3G. During the jailbreak process using redsn0w 0.72 by the iPhone Dev Team, I installed both Cydia and Icy. To my great dismay, when I attempted to intitiate the essential upgrades in Cydia, I continually received an error that stated,
“couldnt configure pre-depend dpkg for ncurses, probably a dependency cycle”
After doing some research, I found that this error was caused by installing both Cydia and Icy.
The simple fix? Re-jailbreak your phone, but make sure that Icy is not checked to be installed. This will fix the issue with Cydia, and will also leave Icy functioning. There is no need to restore prior to re-jailbreaking, just go through the process again.
I hope that this saves some people the same headaches and wasted time that I had.
If you have any issues, please post and I will help the best I can.
So, with the ease of jailbreaking, will you JB the new firmware, or leave it as is? Comment and let us know!
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Posted in Firmware Related, How To, Important, Jailbreak, iPhone 3G, iPhone OS 3.0, iPhone Related
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Thank you so much! It helps a lot!
June 23rd, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Glad it saved you some time!
June 23rd, 2009 at 4:40 pm
Thank you so much!!! i was going out of my mind…you need to post it somewhere for everyone to read…im sure a lot of people will find it useful.
June 23rd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
THANKZ!!!!!!!!
SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT FIX MY IPOD TOUCH 1G
XD
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:17 pm
Yes it works without any problem. Thank you very much for this beautiful solution.
June 23rd, 2009 at 9:59 pm
YOO LIFE SAVER!!
i was basically crying and then you saved my day.
June 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Thanks for the great feedback everyone, makes me feel great that I can help all you out!
Hopefully you all will keep coming back to the site!
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:20 pm
THANKS YOU SOOOO MUCHHHHH!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:33 pm
Thanks for the solution. Awesome!!!
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Thank you so much!
June 23rd, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Hey, nice one, Adam!
June 24th, 2009 at 2:32 am
wish i had this an hour ago……
June 24th, 2009 at 10:45 am
Man I wish I had googled this before I went back to 2.1. now I got to do the whole thing over again. thanks for the info
June 24th, 2009 at 10:48 am
Yay! Thanks, that error was bugging me. Sucks that I’ll have to rejailbreak, but glad to know the solution!
June 24th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Thanks for doing the research Adam, it solved my problem
June 24th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Thank you… I was going insane until I came across your information.
June 24th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I tried this before I found this thread and it worked but I got other errors from cydia afterwards and it then asked to uninstall all my half-finished installs, resulting in a brick. Well 1hour later i have the device back up with just cydia on, does anyone know if I re-jailbreak and add icy would that work?
June 24th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
dude thankz alot it helped out man u should make a video for it on youtube it help more people i will also try to post this around
June 24th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
thanks so much man
you were a great help
=D
June 24th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
thx a bunch man that fixed it right up i was searching for awhile trying to find how to fix it
June 25th, 2009 at 1:42 am
man you’ll are so smart!
June 25th, 2009 at 9:14 am
After jailbreaking iPhone 3.0 using redsnow 0.72 do not upgrade ur cydia if done will cause problems like reduced speed of data while installing via cydia
June 25th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Updated my iPhone with 3.0 keeps running slow I jailbroke it yesturday with redsn0w and every now an again it turns off an wnt turn bk on for half hour any info.wud b gratefully appriciated
June 25th, 2009 at 11:02 am
HEY!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!! GOOOD JOB!!!!!!!
June 25th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
@ Justin : If all your Cydia updates are complete, you should be able to re-jailbreak and install Icy… it should work, but don’t quote me on it. Please let me know how it works out!
@ Boomer: I would restore and re-jailbreak. It sounds like something glitched during the JB. Let me know how it turns out!
June 25th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
DUDE!!!! you are awesome !!! i almost shit myself when cydia wouldn’t start lol thanks for the tip!!!
June 26th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Thanks for this!
June 26th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
thanks a lot…appreciate
June 26th, 2009 at 6:10 pm
worked like a charm. thanks mister.
you guys rock – all of you – the jailbreakers – the unlockers – the troubleshooters.
June 26th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
Thanks soo much!! I thought it would never work!
June 26th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
WOW that worked. You are a genius.
June 27th, 2009 at 12:24 am
anyone have any idea why after jailbreaking correctly with redsn0w and the correct ipsw file, my iphone is now in restore mode instead of working properly?
June 27th, 2009 at 6:17 am
GREAT SOLUTION, MATE :-) YOU’RE A HERO!
June 27th, 2009 at 7:31 am
It’s worked a charmed thanx it’s even running faster than it was thanx
June 28th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I had similar issue with ICY and CYDIA. Re-redsn0w’d the phone ONLY without checking ICY and everything I’d installed through ICY but couldn’t through CYDIA is now working but CYDIA wants to upgrade and same error pops up as before.
Should I just use without upgrading and will this eventually be fixed?
June 28th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Thank You so much great solution
June 28th, 2009 at 5:30 pm
I jailbroke my phone and Cydia was working fine for the first few hours….Now, the phone works but Cydia does not….I select the icon and it tries to pull up and then it just goes back to the main screen with the other icons. Also, When it was working, I had to manually scroll down any listings of apps. It did not have the A-Z tab on the right?!? any feedback
June 29th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Cydia was working fine for me too for few days until I installed some apps from Apple Apps Store. It just goes back to main screen. Only realise this few days after. Re-redsn0w doesn’t help. Tried reinstalled Cydia from Icy also fails. Any help?
June 30th, 2009 at 6:36 am
I think some Apps. crash with Cydia. After I jailbroke my IPHONE 2G, I can use and install application through Cydia. However, after using other applications e.g. games and You Tube, I am unable to use Cydia similar to the problem of za.IT.
June 30th, 2009 at 2:02 pm
god i read this to late and restored my iphone again T_T
July 1st, 2009 at 12:08 am
Thank you so much
July 1st, 2009 at 2:41 am
Anybody use iElegance theme? I love this theme but it got screwed when I install Black Light and Metallic Glass SB Setting. Each iElegance icons now appear only 1/4 size from the bottom left of each icon. The top and right part of the icons are cut off. Reinstall doesn’t help.
July 1st, 2009 at 5:07 pm
I jailbreaked 3.0 on my iPhone 3G with redsn0w.. and installed Cydia on it..
it was working perfectly but now when i try to run Cydia it shows loading and returns to the main screen.. i have tried to restore the phone and then again jailbreak but no success..
Please help me out.
July 1st, 2009 at 7:56 pm
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!! I WAS STAINING MY BRAIN lol
July 1st, 2009 at 8:03 pm
STRAINING* lol too excited lol
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:38 pm
thank u so much works great. u saved money.
July 3rd, 2009 at 4:45 pm
thank u so much. my iphone is back to live. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo 4 u
July 5th, 2009 at 10:10 am
when i go into cydia it crashes and goes back to home on my iphone 3G it did this after i got ssh and all sources i think it overloaded is there anyway to fix it iv reJailbreaked it but nothing happens it keeps doing the same thing and icy was not there to be installed.
July 6th, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Brilliant, this just eased away all my pains after upgrading to 3.0 and experiencing the cydia troubles. Thanx a ton dude.
July 7th, 2009 at 1:01 am
I’m having the exact same issue as mike, kartik, & jarryd… I’m glad I’m not the only one, but this is the 1st place I’ve found that has even mentioned this problem! has any1 got a resolve yet??
I’ve also tried re-jailbreak, doesn’t help =/
thanx in advance!!
July 7th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Same issue as above… Cydia working fine for days, (okay… occasional crashes) then today, I hit the icon, it starts to load Cydia, then just dumps back to the Home screen. Tried re-boot – nothing… same results. Would re-jailbreaking help this at all?
<:-(
July 8th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Same problem as above. I loaded sbs then boss prefs, could it be a problem of these programs negatively effecting each other that has resulted in my cydia crashing everytine I try to use it?
July 8th, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Hello All,
Sorry for the delay in posting, I have been on holidays.
For all of you who are having cydia issues, try this;
1) SSH into your unit
2) Go to /var/lib/dpkg/updates/
3) Delete the numbered files within the folder (i.e. 0000, 0001, 0002 etc.)
That might fix the issue.
NOTE: I do not take any responsibility for any issues this fix may cause
Let me know if this works!
July 8th, 2009 at 11:19 pm
adam – THANK YOU! worked perfectly!! =D
July 10th, 2009 at 10:27 pm
im having the same problem but i dont know what ICY is…
July 12th, 2009 at 6:40 am
ICY is another installer like Cydia. Has anybody tried jailbreaking 3GS?
July 21st, 2009 at 11:10 am
Me to having same cydia problem and I tried ur fix through ifile but I didint found the file or folder naming given by
Wat to do now
July 23rd, 2009 at 4:59 pm
I have a 1st gen touch and cydia was working for me after upgrading and jailbreaking 3.0. Never even occured to me to try this! Thank you very much!
July 23rd, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Thanks Soo much For the help
July 28th, 2009 at 1:43 am
I jailbroke my iPhone again after upgrading to the 3.0 on itunes. Everything seemed to be working fine until I hit the Cydia app. It looked like it wanted to start up (stayed on for a second or two) but then just went back to the home screen. I did not install Icy. Adam, i saw your post on July 8, but don’t know what that means. Could you explain it in easy terms if you think that would help me? (Feel free to e-mail me directly) Thanks a million!!
July 28th, 2009 at 2:16 am
Mine is working fine now after I did a Restore and Jailbroke it using redsn0w 7.2 for Mac. Even iElegance theme works perfectly. Anybody knows how much is iElegance Pro?
July 28th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
On a side note re: Cydia not working, I just noticed that I do NOT have Winterboard…PLEASE help!!
July 29th, 2009 at 5:59 am
Hey, thanks alot i was worrying that i might have to go back to 2.1.1 firmware and thanks
July 29th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Initially i had my doubts but this this works just fine. Mr. Adam, you truely have my respect!! It works like a charm!
August 2nd, 2009 at 3:17 pm
Thanks ADAM YOUR ADVISE to delete worked a treat. Cydia is not crashing no more due to a half installed app
August 4th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Adam Cecchetto
Thanks so much
August 5th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
So my phone is working well. the only problem I’m having is some of the tweaks/themes don’t work. For example, I installed a keyboard theme to change the color or scheme, noting happens. Anyone run into this problem? What’s the fix?
Thx
August 7th, 2009 at 12:11 am
I recently updated to FW3.0.1, JB my phone using redsnow 0.8, selected Cydia ONLY. Still can’t get it to work, just keeps going back to the home screen.
I tried winscp to SSH to my unit but I keep getting a connection refused error. Logged in using ROOT/ALPINE combi….
Please help!!!
August 7th, 2009 at 1:31 am
junh – google/dl “iphone browser” to get into the file system, then follow steps above. just did this a few days ago for a buddy – works =)
August 16th, 2009 at 11:28 pm
This problem is kinda unrelated…
When I search something in cydia, and tap it, there is no longer the helpful menu with the version info ect., now there is the ego tv website. There still is the install button on the top, but that helpful menu is gone. Any ideas?
August 21st, 2009 at 12:56 am
Have error above where it says loading then goes to homescreen, however there are no numbered files in var/lib/dpkg/updates I think mine is doing it be lcause I added a huge source (about 100,000 or more packages in one section by the source) is there a way I can delete that source? Feel free to email instead of post on here
August 22nd, 2009 at 4:10 pm
pls help
i used redsnow to upgrade to os3 my 2g iphone
it’s ok but after i restored from itunes to get my contacts, cydia does not work after
it just went blank then back to home screen
i tried ssh, everytime i typed su, nothing happened
pls help
August 24th, 2009 at 9:37 pm
1) SSH into your unit
2) Go to /var/lib/dpkg/updates/
3) Delete the numbered files within the folder (i.e. 0000, 0001, 0002 etc.)
i don’t understand what and how SSH works, would you please give me detail tuts step by step? thx in advance.
August 25th, 2009 at 11:00 am
Do we know what it breaks all of a sudden? One day it worked and the next day it was broken.
Re-J’ing worked like a charm though, I have two iPhone 2g’s and it happened to both of them. I was just curious why it happened. I have tons of app’s & plug-ins on one of them via Cydia and the other barely has anything installed via Cydia. The one thing I do have on both is SBSettings. Which I can’t live without, so I sure hope it’s not that.
September 7th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Adam Cecchetto or Anyone!
I aqm having the same problem as many people. I jailbreak my iPhone 3G with redsn0w .8 and the 3G 3.0 firmware, select Cydia to install and not Icey. The install seems to go fine but when I try to open up Cydia – it tries to load for a few seconds then crashes back to the home screen. I have checked my /var/lib/dpkg/updates/ folder and there a NO files in there.. How in the world am I suppose to unlock the phone? I can’t install Cydia, I can’t enable ssh to install Cydia via ssh (just was able to look at the file directory contents from iPhoneBrowser), so I am out of ideas here. Re-jailbreaking brings the same result… Can anybody help? Or is there some way I can enable ssh on my phone without Cydia? And then I can use ssh to install Cydia after I get it enabled on my phone?
September 7th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Just wanted to let everyone know I finally got Cydia working.. Just did another full restore and jailbroke again and it worked this time. This restore must of done it this time.
September 12th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
i reinstalled cydia again and still not working i even installed a program called clear cydia and still it not working i really dont want to restore my phone i need help
October 10th, 2009 at 2:36 am
My Cydia is not working after I installed/download a theme (Reflective) from the Cydia. The theme it self was host by Mac*Citi.
Please help.
October 13th, 2009 at 5:07 am
My Cydia is not working after I installed/download a theme (Reflective) from the Cydia. The theme it self was host by Mac*Citi. Is there anyway I can make it work again without re-jailbreak and re-unlock my phone?
Please help.
Thanks a lot with the assistances.
October 20th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
YOU THE MAN
I had the same problem with cydia and returning to homescreen.. but i had ifile installed on my iphone and deleted the 0000 file in /var/lib/dpkg/updates and VOILA now it loads as it shuld thanks man great really thx….
Nicke
October 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 am
how can I SSH into my iPhone?
October 28th, 2009 at 12:26 am
So I have the same issue…
cydia when I try yo run it …
it tries to load and then just returns to the iphone main menu.
I downloaded iphonebrowser and followed instructions posted above
#1. SSH into your unit
( I did not secure shell SSH… i believe… just navigated straight to the folder)
#2. Go to /var/lib/dpkg/updates/
#3. Delete the numbered files within the folder (i.e. 0000, 0001, 0002 etc.)
the thing is #3. I have no files in that folder
I just bought this 1st gen off craiglist couple dayz ago…it came with cydia and unlocked i’m on t-mobile.
I would try and re-jailbreak but from what i have been reading from you all…
it doesn’t work…
Any suggestions?
thanks
November 15th, 2009 at 12:03 am
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!! I LOVE YOU!!
November 17th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I would like say thank you so much. This is help me a lot.
November 28th, 2009 at 9:57 am
Hey, can you help me? I’ve been using cydia for months on my jailbroken and unlocked phone, but recently it just won’t load. I try to open it and get a message that says “unable to parse package file /var/lib/apt/lists/apt.modmyi.com_fists_stable_main_binary-iPhones-arm_packages (1). I’d like to avoid re jailbreaking and unlocking, as I’d have to pay someone to do that. Please let me know what I have to do to fix it. Thanks.
December 1st, 2009 at 6:21 pm
i recently started using cydia even tho i’ve had it on my phone for a yr or so
so i got winterboard to change my theme, i used the Beatles theme, and my cydia and winterboard are not on my phone anymore, i downloaded Rock and can seem to get those apps back and now i cant take this annoying beatles theme off because cydia disappeared&winterboard! i took my phone to this place where i paid to get it jailbroken & unlocked so idk what to do HELP HELP ME! im getting frustrated trying to figure out the problem oh and btw i did get proof and all those to unhid my icons but it says there on, so idk ?! HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP
December 11th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
I’ve been trying to jailbreak my ipod touch.. its 3.1.2 version… i have cydia but then when it reboots it has the apple and usb picture!! please help me!!! i dont know why its not working
December 25th, 2009 at 10:03 am
When I click on cydia,it shows loading data and
After that cydia closes and comes back to nomal home screen.plz help it’s really urgent..
December 25th, 2009 at 10:06 am
Plz help cydia not working it shuts in few seconds after showing loading data.urgent..
December 28th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
When I click on cydia,it shows loading data and
After that cydia closes and comes back to nomal home screen.plz help it’s really urgent..
December 29th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Hey pritam & boom,
here’s a solution for that…
follow the steps in this linkn it worked like a chrm for me
http://www.quickpwn.com/2009/12/fix-cydia-crashing-on-jailbreak-ipod-touch-and-iphone.html
December 30th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
i’m tempted to JB my 3g iphone. what are the main/most common problems when you JB and can you solve them? just paid £350 for it and don’t actually want an expensive paper-weight. lol
thanx
liquid
January 9th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Thank you! this fixed all the problems I had with app & software installation!
Seriously,
Thank You!!
January 12th, 2010 at 11:44 pm
Hi, I did all the steps to install cydia and while the screen says “Downloading Jailbreak Data..” it reboots after but Cydia does not show up in the springboard. what happened?
January 17th, 2010 at 4:37 pm
i have cydia and i have the same problem .. i click the cydia app it looks like its about to show then goes back to homescreen how can i fix that and my friend is the one who did it for me she has the software not i………
and now this rock app showed up as an icon should i download it would it work ?
January 31st, 2010 at 2:02 am
i restore my iphone 3gs and after that i jailbreak it again using blackra1n but after that i cant install both cydia and rock…pls help me..im waiting for ur reply guys..
March 18th, 2010 at 4:15 pm
I have jailbroken iphone. I was in cydia downloading SSH. I also downloaded cycorder and winterboard. I go back into cydia and cant. It kicks me out to the homescreen. I had jailbroked months ago with blackra1n and snow cuz I have T-mobile. Everything works but Cydia. I double checked to see what version i have and it says 1.1.2. i dont know what to do, please help me.
May 18th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
hey, i obtained a JB 2G iphone with 3.0 but i was receiving the same error and then one day i went to open Cydia and it would not finish loading and the closed itself and took me to the main screen. Im new at all this Jailbreaking stuff ..
PLEASEEE HELPPPP!!
May 20th, 2010 at 5:54 am
ownload iphonebrowser ( http://code.google.com/p/iphonebrowser/ )
Install and run iphonebrowser.
Delete all the files in /root/private/var/lib/apt/lists/ except for the partial subfolder.
Restart Iphone. Try Cydia. Still doesnt work?
Open Iphonebrowser
Delete all the files in /root/var/lib/dpkg/updates
Restart iphone. Cydia should work
June 1st, 2010 at 3:58 pm
I downloaded the theme reflective from cydia and then it was an error so i thougt i had the wrong file but when i wanted to check i started cydia and it goes away automaticly please help cause i really need cydia the upcoming 4.0 beta version and cause im a hacker im not payin 100$ for a software download
im expecting a mail thnx
June 5th, 2010 at 3:13 am
Seggy and Adam…..thank you very much
July 21st, 2010 at 6:53 pm
i downloaded a game from cydia to my iphone and i tried to open it but its not , after i downloaded from cydia suddenly stopped working. It will run for about 5 secs then suddenly kick my out to my home screen . why is that happening and how to fix it ?
August 26th, 2010 at 10:28 pm
Hey! I need some help,
I just jailbroke my iphone 2 to 3.0 using pwanage,,,everythings works perfectly except Cydia… I cannot do the upgrade of the ESSENTIALS and it simply wont work..
When i went through the jailbrake process i just install Cydia and nothing more,,,,
Can you help me?
Cheers!!