Cydia error. Can I reinstall Cydia somehow?

[MaStA819]

I am getting this error with Cydia when I try to install or remove an app. Is there a way to repair or reinstall Cydia? I'm on an iPhone 4 with 4.0.1. Thanks!


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[Captinsmooth]

What app are you trying to remove?

[MaStA819]

It happens with anything I try installing or removing. Right when I click the confirm button it pops up. I tried yesterday some methods I found of reinstalling cydia but it didn't work. Unfortunately I only have 4.0.2 shsh backed up since I got my iPhone too late. I may be out of luck until 4.1 and a jailbreak comes out I'm guessing.


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[Captinsmooth]

You can try to run jailbreakme again it may help but it may crash your phone also. At this point it sounds like you don't have much of a choice.

[MaStA819]

I went to jailbreakme and slid the bar across again and it just goes to a purplish background and sits there doing nothing.


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[Captinsmooth]

That sucks, sounds like you might have to restore.

[MaStA819]

Yeah but there is no way to restore and keep 4.0.1 right? For now I'll just leave it how it is since everything is working fine I just can't install or remove anymore cydia applications lol.

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[winders]

how to reinstall cydia without repawning?

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[MaStA819]

how to reinstall cydia without repawning?

S-

I tried that yesterday and just did again. When trying to install cydia I get an error about essential. I'm no pro so I don't know what essential is. I've attached another screenshot with the error. I also tried yesterday to download the cydia package and ssh it to the root directory and use like a dkpg command or something like that. That one seemed to work I think but I still get errors. Currently the Cydia icon is gone.


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[MaStA819]

I guess essential is referring to the essential packages for cydia. I wonder if I could ssh into the iphone and delete the cydia folders and then install it. It seems when I do the remove cydia command that not all of it is being removed.


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Looks like I may have fixed it using this method:

Installing Cydia over SSH | iPhone World

This allowed me to install the essentials back on there as well I guess? Seems to be working as normal once again... *knock on wood*

Thank you for your help though guys!

[Captinsmooth]

I guess essential is referring to the essential packages for cydia. I wonder if I could ssh into the iphone and delete the cydia folders and then install it. It seems when I do the remove cydia command that not all of it is being removed.


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Looks like I may have fixed it using this method:

Installing Cydia over SSH | iPhone World

This allowed me to install the essentials back on there as well I guess? Seems to be working as normal once again... *knock on wood*

Thank you for your help though guys!

Nice!