HELP! iPhone Won't Boot Up.

[GADeputy]

I'm hoping someone can help me so I won't have to do a restore. I loaded Categories a few days ago and everything was working fine. Today I got a little cocky knowing that I could go beyond the 144 app limit since I'm using Categores so I started loading my phone up with tons of apps. At one point I was putting some apps into categories and when I did the respring all I got was the spinning wheel of death. After a long while I forced a shutdown and tried to restart my phone but now all I get is the Apple logo. It never gets beyond that.
I can ssh into my phone but don't know what to do after that.
Can anyone help me?

[one1]

SSH in and delete about 100 apps (or more depending on how far you went) from either:

/mobile/applications - if you are on 2.x

/applications - if you are on 1.x (which your profile says you are)

[GADeputy]

I tried that. Didn't work. I ended up reloading. In the process I upgraded to 2.1
Time to start all over again. This was the first time in almost a year that I couldn't get it fixed and had to reload. I guess my luck ran out.

[jrentzke]

The fact that you've upgraded to 2.1 is a good thing anyways. v2.0, v2.01 & v2.02 were all dogs.

[bteamer]

Search for "how to prevent getting stuck at boot logo" on these forums, sorry I can't link it because I'm on my iPod. But it tells you why you're stuck and how to fix it.