Cydia crashes on launch

[bachelorbob]

Checkra1n 0.9.6; iOS 13.2.3; iPhone SE

Cydia instantly crashes on launch. No option to delete. Checkra1n fails to re-install Cydia.

Rebooted, which forced need to re-jailbreak. Cydia was already present after re-jailbreak. Still instantly crashes on launch. Checkra1n still fails to re-install Cydia.

Remaining option seems to be a full restore.

Cydia desperately needs the ability to respring and/or enter safe mode from outside of Cydia, without installing a tweak. Also desperately needs the ability to be deleted from the homescreen.

Checkra1n desperately needs the ability to delete Cydia, not just an install option.

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Update: Used 'Restore System' to begin from scratch. Re-jailbroke iPhone SE. Re-installed fresh version of Cydia. Still instantly crashes on launch.

[antontech393]

i have the same issue with my 6s also on 13.2.3 and i dont know what the problem could be

[rpendleton]

I wonder if you're running into this?
https://www.reddit.com/r/jailbreak/comments/durll6/news_fix_cydia_crashing_checkra1n/

Cydia was crashing on my iPhone X on 13.2.3, even after rebooting the device and reinstalling Cydia. Deleting the file mentioned in that post using SSH fixed it for me though: /var/mobile/Library/Cydia/metadata.cb0

[bachelorbob]

Deleting /var/mobile/Library/Cydia/metadata.cb0 via 'Termius' resolved the issue for me.

Back under iOS 6, there were many excellent tweaks that made jailbreaking well worth the effort. Not seeing that under iOS 12-13.

[ruben17non]

how can i delete /var/mobile/Library/Cydia/metadata.cb0 ???
i restore system in loader, and now i not have SSH open.

allways crash cydia when i open, not know how can i solve this

[bachelorbob]

Install 'Termius' via the APP store. Launch it.

Add a new host.
Hostname: localhost
Use SSH: toggle to ON
Port: 44
Username: root
Password: alpine

Once at the terminal 'root#' prompt, enter 'rm /var/mobile/Library/Cydia/metadata.cb0' (Note the capital L and C, and the last character being a zero.) With that file deleted, Cydia will no longer immediately crash on launch.

[antontech393]

When i try to connect it tells me Connection refused

[Extremejor]

Thank you! Fixed.

Although it looks like while the apps installed via Cydia are on the Cydia "Installed" list, they don't seem to be working/are not present in Settings, e.g., SnowBoard or CoolFolder....

[bachelorbob]

When i try to connect it tells me Connection refused

I do not know why that would happen, unless you have previously changed the default iOS password from 'alpine' to something else. That, or you have not used the settings I previously described.

Note that anyone who jailbreaks an iOS device should change the 'root' and 'mobile' passwords from 'alpine' to something else ASAP.

[natewall824]

When I try to connect it tells me Connection refused

I am having this same issue. I have had issues in the past with needing to SSH into it. However, I was on a different Ip address, so that might be my issue. I am just not sure how to fix that.

[Sigri44]

Install 'Termius' via the APP store. Launch it.

Add a new host.
Hostname: localhost
Use SSH: toggle to ON
Port: 44
Username: root
Password: alpine

Once at the terminal 'root#' prompt, enter 'rm /var/mobile/Library/Cydia/metadata.cb0' (Note the capital L and C, and the last character being a zero.) With that file deleted, Cydia will no longer immediately crash on launch.

Thxxxxxxxxxxxx !

Putty with 22 habitual port don't work, because when cydia down, remote ssh down i think..

[zidanmahmoud]

Install 'Termius' via the APP store. Launch it.

Add a new host.
Hostname: localhost
Use SSH: toggle to ON
Port: 44
Username: root
Password: alpine

Once at the terminal 'root#' prompt, enter 'rm /var/mobile/Library/Cydia/metadata.cb0' (Note the capital L and C, and the last character being a zero.) With that file deleted, Cydia will no longer immediately crash on launch.

Solved it for me, too. Thank you!

[Siguza]

Duplicate of #60.