Cydia not working after jailbreak

jermstars20 · Dec 17, 2011

Hey guys, I have an iphone 4 on 5.0 and 4.11.08 baseband. I just recently jailbroke my phone and everything went well except for Cydia. I used redsn0w 0.9.9b8, selected the ipsw for 5.0, jailbroke, and then boot tethered. The rest of my apps and programs work except that Cydia opens and then immediately closes. I have tried to re-jailbreak many many times, on different versions of redsn0w but still the same result. I also ran as administrator, if that has any importance. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Jmills87 · Dec 17, 2011

If Cydia closes immediately when you try to open it that means that you did not boot tethered.

SweetPoison · Dec 17, 2011

Jmills87 said:
If Cydia closes immediately when you try to open it that means that you did not boot tethered.

Oh. Learn something new every day!

jermstars20 · Dec 17, 2011

except that I did boot tethered. Unless I didn't do it right? After the jailbreak, I went to extras, clicked on "just boot," etc.
I mean, if I didn't boot tethered/do it correctly, wouldn't safari and other apps/programs not be able to work? Everything on my iphone works except Cydia, which I cannot open.

Jmills87 · Dec 17, 2011

You have to select the 5.0 IPSW again before booting tethered. If it still doesnt work you will have to restore and rejailbreak.

jermstars20 · Dec 17, 2011

sorry to ask a question you've probably heard a million times, but how do I restore? Does that mean going to the 5.0.1 or do I just go to itunes (in dfu mode) and shift + restore and select the 5.0 ipsw?