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Does 3.1.2 fix Cydia Errors on 3GS?

Enigmafan420 said:
Been having weird issues with Cydia last month or so. See: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/781568/


Wondering if anyone can comment on whether or not 3.1.2 fixes this problem?

Also, does the issue with no Carrier logo still exist in 3.1.2?

WHAT ARE the benefits of 3.1.2? Seems like most reviews I have read say stick with 3.01.

Thanks as always :)
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The only time I had any cydia errors was when 3.1.2 JB came out last Sunday. The servers were getting hit pretty hard so I can understand that. The biggest difference for me was using devteam custom IPSW vs. blackra1n. For some reason the devteam JB "seemed" less troublesome in as far as having just random stuff happen like resprings. My wife is also JB 3.1.2 and has had no problems to speak of...
 
Did you install Icy along with Cydia? I know I ran into a bunch of problems when I did that. I'm on 3.1.2 and there's absolutely no problems with cydia. Also, carrier logo is still gone, but just install "Make it mine" in cydia and type in "AT&T" and it'll look almost identical to the real carrier logo.
 
California King said:
Did you install Icy along with Cydia? I know I ran into a bunch of problems when I did that. I'm on 3.1.2 and there's absolutely no problems with cydia. Also, carrier logo is still gone, but just install "Make it mine" in cydia and type in "AT&T" and it'll look almost identical to the real carrier logo.
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I have not yet upgraded to 3.1.2.

And I will not use Icy-I try to stay away from Rip-Dev. I also need the unlock so I can't use blackra1n.

I understand with the old baseband, there is a missing carrier logo and also I am just in general wondering if I need 3.1 for ANYTHING?

Other than my Cydia being weird, and Rupert Gee repository not working on my 3GS but working FINE on my wife's 3G, 3.01 seems fine.

Just trying to figure if it is worth the jump.
 
So I finally installed 3.1.2 today using blackra1n, which by the way is the best ever-thanks GeoHot.

And I STILL am getting the friggin Cydia repository errors-MADDENING. I assumed that a new firmware and JB would fix this. Anyone got a solution to this issue?

Thanks!
 
I re-jailbroke my 16gb 3gs using PwnageTool on 3.1.2 and have had absolutely no problems with it. My carrier symbol showed up fine from the beginning and I have since also added a custom at&t carrier logo.

Maybe give PwnageTool a try?
 
wRek said:
I re-jailbroke my 16gb 3gs using PwnageTool on 3.1.2 and have had absolutely no problems with it. My carrier symbol showed up fine from the beginning and I have since also added a custom at&t carrier logo.

Maybe give PwnageTool a try?
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Used pwnage tool on my wife's 3G-and the carrier logo thing was an issue.

pwntage tool ship has sailed for me. I have the new baseband and require the unlock, so for now, it is blackra1n.

The problem existed before 3.1.X though, I have had Cydia issues for at least a month now. Check out the earlier posts here. I guess I was hoping 3.1.2 would fix them but it did not.

PS-Shout out to GeoHot-easiest JB ever. Now is the time to donate, I did, and WOULD to dev team too if they would accept.
 
Enigmafan420 said:
Used pwnage tool on my wife's 3G-and the carrier logo thing was an issue.

pwntage tool ship has sailed for me. I have the new baseband and require the unlock, so for now, it is blackra1n.

The problem existed before 3.1.X though, I have had Cydia issues for at least a month now. Check out the earlier posts here. I guess I was hoping 3.1.2 would fix them but it did not.

PS-Shout out to GeoHot-easiest JB ever. Now is the time to donate, I did, and WOULD to dev team too if they would accept.
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Since you have been looking at the bad source popup for a month, you should know which one it is.

Get rid of troublesome Cydia source

To remove the repo is easy but i don't think thats the problem

Remove Cydia Sources through SSH

If you added a source that causes Cydia to crash, this is the thread for you. This will help you remove the buggy source you added.

You will need an ftp/sftp client. [WinSCP for Windows/Cyberduck for Mac]

1. SSH into your iPhone/iPod, hopefully you know how to do that.

2. Go to the root of your iPhone/iPod [/].

3. Navigate to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cydia.list

4. Download the Cydia.list to your computer and open it using any text editor.

5. Delete the source you added. For example, "deb http://www.iphone.org.hk/apt/ ./" if this is the source you want to delete, simply delete that one line. NOT THE WHOLE DOCUMENT. Make sure you save the document as is. We are NOT adding any extensions.

6. Drag the saved document into the sources.list.d folder and replace the file.

7. Re-spring.

You can also go into the phone and pull out all of the Cydia repo databases which make Cydia reload all of the repo databases completely the next time, so if a database is corrupt, it should fix that.
 
California King said:
Did you install Icy along with Cydia? I know I ran into a bunch of problems when I did that. I'm on 3.1.2 and there's absolutely no problems with cydia. Also, carrier logo is still gone, but just install "Make it mine" in cydia and type in "AT&T" and it'll look almost identical to the real carrier logo.
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If you using Make it mine and type 'AT&T' it will appear bigger/blurry and out of line with the rest of the text/icons (1 pixel off... hmm?). If you type in 'ATT' it will show a crisper and clearer AT&T logo (like what you would normally get with an AT&T sim inserted).

There's an 'ATT.jpg' file inside the filesystem and that's 'activated' when ATT appears as the carrier to the phone.
 
dhlizard said:
Since you have been looking at the bad source popup for a month, you should know which one it is.

Get rid of troublesome Cydia source

To remove the repo is easy but i don't think thats the problem

Remove Cydia Sources through SSH

If you added a source that causes Cydia to crash, this is the thread for you. This will help you remove the buggy source you added.

You will need an ftp/sftp client. [WinSCP for Windows/Cyberduck for Mac]

1. SSH into your iPhone/iPod, hopefully you know how to do that.

2. Go to the root of your iPhone/iPod [/].

3. Navigate to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cydia.list

4. Download the Cydia.list to your computer and open it using any text editor.

5. Delete the source you added. For example, "deb http://www.iphone.org.hk/apt/ ./" if this is the source you want to delete, simply delete that one line. NOT THE WHOLE DOCUMENT. Make sure you save the document as is. We are NOT adding any extensions.

6. Drag the saved document into the sources.list.d folder and replace the file.

7. Re-spring.

You can also go into the phone and pull out all of the Cydia repo databases which make Cydia reload all of the repo databases completely the next time, so if a database is corrupt, it should fix that.
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I was ALMOST ready to do all this and then I remembered that I had used Aptbackup to restore all my Cydia stuff after the 3.1.2 install. This meant that I had all my old repositories installed.

So I did a one-by-one restore (WHAT A PAIN!!) and determined that is was some obscure Cydia repository. I think it is the "Winterboarder" repository that was causing the issue.

Not sure if uninstalling the repositories one by one would have helped, but I am now at 3.1.2, jailbroke and unlocked (thanks again GeoHot!) and am happy!
 
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