Cydia missing after iTunes restore. Updated to 5.0.1 using redsn0w.

[MinimusMaximus]

I had updated my 3GS from 5.0 to 5.0.1 using redsn0w 0.9.10b3 and custom IPSW. Everything updated fine and iPad BB was maintained as expected. However when I went to sync my phone with iTunes to get my contacts/apps/etc back it deleted Cydia.

Before I updated to 5.0.1 I did a custom backup and this backup is what I was trying to restore to.

Any ideas what i'm doing wrong?

[braminc]

you need to rejailbreak. your restore with custom ipsw doesnt preserve jailbreak itself, it preserves the baseband. use redsnow to jailbreak and youll have cydia again.

[MinimusMaximus]

So if I just select "Jailbreak" from the main redsn0w window (Jailbreak and install Cydia). I should be good to go? It wont overwrite the BB?

[b0bab0i]

So if I just select "Jailbreak" from the main redsn0w window (Jailbreak and install Cydia). I should be good to go? It wont overwrite the BB?

Correct. redsn0w custom IPSW doesn't package Cydia with the restore like sn0wbreeze/pwnagetool.

[MinimusMaximus]

Correct. redsn0w custom IPSW doesn't package Cydia with the restore like sn0wbreeze/pwnagetool.

After that will I be able to restore/synch with iTunes to get my contacts, apps, etc back without iTunes removing Cydia?

Dumb question I know... but I feel like i've done this before and iTunes wiped Cydia off...

[xboxbml]

Should be fine...I've never seen that before...

[braminc]

I would restore all your contacts/apps/etc THEN jailbreak. Syncing shouldn't do anything to affect the jailbreak, but it sounds like from your first post that it mightve for you...?