Stuck in safe mode...

[JeepGuy]

Hey guys,

I'm running a 3GS on 4.0.1 Jailbroke it and was loving it, til today. One of the apps I installed must have screwed things up. I am stuck in safemode. I even deleted EVERYTHING I had previously installed via cydia/winterboard via Cyberduck. I tried to restore and iTunes said it could not complete the restore... I'm at loss here. I've tried everything, but it just won't exit safemode!


Thanks in advance,


JeepGuy

[whereswaldo]

Probably from an update or you have something not compatible with iOS 4, check this list The Official iOS 4.0 Compatibility List!
The same thing happened to me from WeatherIcon

[JeepGuy]

Yeah... I have none of that installed... damn. Still in safe mode. Phone runs flawlessly but it is annoying. Is it OK to run the phone in Safemode? This phone will be trash in Sept anyways when I upgrade to the 4.

[jkmonkey]

Yeah it's ok to run in safe mode, but why would you want to. Try opening cydia, go to manage and packages. See if there's anything in there you don't recognize. A lot of cydia packages install dependancy packages along with them. It's most likely one of those causing the issue.

[whereswaldo]

^ that's not a great idea, because many of those packages you don't recognize, need to be there and can screw up your device by deleting them

[JeepGuy]

Ok, so is it ok to run for now until i figure it out?

[whereswaldo]

Its good to run, but look at the link I posted and see if anything you downloaded doesn't work

[JeepGuy]

I have... None of that is either installed or running on my phone. Oh well. I'll have to tough it out for a month before I get the 4. My dad just got it today... absolutely INCREDIBLE display...

[korin125]

Just restore and follow the previous tips of avoiding apps not updated.
Enter DFU mode, restore to 4.0.1, set up as new device. Be careful, it will take a while for even the best apps to be updated

[JeepGuy]

Will I lose all my contacts, SMSs, apps, etc? Or will it restore from a previous back up?

[korin125]

You can try restoring from a backup, but its always safer to set up as a new device if something goes wrong because some things seem to transfer over.
Like if you jailbreak and you want to bring an iPhone to Apple to get fixed, you would wanna set up as a new device because they may be able to tell if they look hard enough.

[l-awstraljan]

I kept getting the same problem, all I did was delete the file I downloaded before getting this problem and everything worked fine. Lockdown was my problem, I really need that app so hopefully someone will fix it to work with 4.0.1 ...

[MindGem]

Delete springjumps,five icon dock, five **** *** delete everything with five.

[JeepGuy]

I deleted EVERYTHING that I have ever downloaded off cydia and rebooted several times. Still the same ****.

[korin125]

You still haven't restored? What do you need to backup?