Cydia doesn't start or crashes - you can do that
If you've jailbroken your iPhone and Cydia doesn't start or keeps crashing, you should act quickly. In this practical tip, we will tell you how you can solve the problem.
Cydia does not start / crashes - so you fix the error
Just follow the tips below to get your iPhone working properly again:
- In order to fix this error, you have to access the files via WinSCP via SSH.
- Then change to the "/ var / lib / apt / lists /" directory and delete all files there, except for the "partial" folder.
- Then restart your iPhone. Then check if Cydia is working properly again.
- If this is not the case, change to the directory "/ var / lib / dpkg / updates /" and delete all files.
- Then restart your iPhone again.
- After a successful restart, Cydia should work again without problems.
Find out in the next practical tip how exactly Cydia actually works.