restored, re jailbroke, refreshed, cydia still empty! Help

[Sailor-girl]

So i had a problem a few weeks after jb with redsnow. (3gs 4.1) no files or sources in cydia, totaly blank.
I have no updted to 4.2 and used greenpoison to jb. I loaded cydia but its still empty,. no files, no sources, no packages. When i click add source, the apple logo and loadin bar appears on top of cydia but loads nothing just sits there!! how weired, please help. My iphone is nothing without cydia. t least b4 i had all my apps and tweaks working but now ive got nothing.

[Simon]

Some of the default repos are down right now which can cause this issue. Just give it some time.

[Sailor-girl]

but what about the apple logo and loading bar appearing when i try add a repo? that well weired. It has been like this about a week now. Cydia is totaly empty. so every single default repo is down at the same time? that seems a little strange to me.

[Simon]

That sometimes happens when you first run cydia before you install the necessary updates. Not every repo is down, but all it takes is one faulty one to bring them all down. You would have to go into the filesystem to rename the two that are down to get the others working.

[Sailor-girl]

but i cant get ifile or ssh to get into the file system. If i just leave it as is when those repos are back up will it all be working again? how will i know when that is? Thanks so much for your help, ur like an iphone god. xx

[Simon]

You can use a usb file explorer program like ifunbox or iphonebrowser.

[Sailor-girl]

Right so ill get ifunbox. Would u be able to give me a simple step by step as to how i fix cydia? dont mean to be cheeky and take up your time but your the best person ive ever spoke to on hear and u always are able to help. Id be lost without you sometimes. xxx

[Simon]

Just navigate to etc/apt/sources The two that are are down right now are big boss and modmyi I believe. Just rename those two sources adding a .old at the end. Then go into cydia and refresh sources. Once the repos are back up you will have to go back in and rename them back to what they originally where (take off the .old).

[Sailor-girl]

So i have done that exactly s you said. Went back to cydia, refershed and still the same. no packages etc

[Simon]

You didnt add any other repos did you? After your restore did you restore from backup or set up as new?

[Sailor-girl]

i had another 1 or 2 repos i had added myself before all this happend yeah. and i didnt restore i just updated to 4.2.1 (or whatever it is right now, lol)

[Simon]

There may be remnants of those repos still causing it. I would try a fresh restore then try again.

[Sailor-girl]

am i ok restoring from back up? or will i have to restore from new to erase any remnants? but wouldnt i loose all my apple apps then?

[Simon]

It is best to set up as new but you can try restoring from backup first. If you setup as new you can just sync your apple apps back from itunes after.

[Sailor-girl]

Right i shall try now. hopefully u will still be available later incase it goes wrong. Thanks so much for your time and help. xxx

[Simon]

no prob

[Sailor-girl]

restored from new.......we have life!!wohoo! thanks so much for everything. now to add all my apps, tweaks, packages, sources, etc, lol

[Simon]

Must have been something from your previous firmware then. Glad you got it working

[Sailor-girl]

so all is good. However is modmyi still down? i cant get some apps from cydia working and im guessing its as icon support isnt downloading with things like multi flow and five column sb. would this be why?
How do i keep up with which repos are down? is there a web page? thanks again

[Simon]

Ya. I think it still is.