Cydia repeat crash 3G on 3.1.2

[catbirdman]

Hello Everyone,

I have a 3g on 3.1.2. It relies on a hacktivate so I can't take it to 3.1.3 because I can't ever get past the 1600 error when restoring via iTunes (sn0wbreeze modified 3.1.3), even with iReb - it never gets the white/red screen.

So I finally just left it on 3.1.2. redsn0w works but Cydia is always FUBAR in the install.

So I managed to get 3.1.2, blackra1n to get it hacktivated and then ran jailbreakme.com to fix issue + remove tether. Now it runs fine, unlocked fine BUT............ Cydia is crap.

It worked for 3 times, now it gets stuck at "Loading Data" and crashesh.

I have remvoed the apt/lists contents multiple times, reboot -> it redownloads data and goes right back to the issue.

Does anyone know of a solution?

Thank you...

[iYeow]

Update to 4.1 using hactivated custom firmware

[catbirdman]

iYeow that is what I was doing before, but the issue is: 4.1 makes my iPhone 3G feel like crap. It runs slower than I can tolerate, so I downgraded.

No way to hacktivate 3.1.3 as far as I can see because redsn0w refuses to accept the 3.1.3 firmware.

4.2.1 and 4.1 I can get on no issue, but they run so bad :-(

[iYeow]

Don't enable Multitask and wallpaper, you should be fine at 4.1 or update your cydia to version 1.1.1 at 3.1.2