Help/Support "bricked" iPod on 9.3.3 semi-tethered ?

[y09AlvbVfYLWOYHValLc 0 12]

Hi,

 

I have an iPod (wtv the current version is) on iOS 9.3.3 and was getting "failed in buffer_write(fd) (8, ret=-1)"  error almost constantly.

 

I already had installed Coolstar's "Stashing for iOS 9.2-9.3.3" (obvs, one of the essentials ^^) so I tried renaming /.cydia_no_stash to /.cydia_no_stash-  as suggested in a Redmond Pie guide. After that, opened Cydia it started "Preparing the filesystem" but for some reason it borked and the iPod rebooted...

Now when I unlock the iPod I'm presented with an "empty" screen. (no icons just the background) and can't do anything.

 

My guess is the filesystem is f*cked. This would be easy to solve if I had the SHSH blobs for that iPod, which I don't because I'm stupid to say the least.

 

Is there anyway I can fix this without restoring my iPod? (and therefore upgrading and losing my JB)

 

Thanks

 

 

 

[Guest]

I think you made cydia stash again, which isn't good

 

Don't restore yet

[Rook 557.1k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

Are you able to go into Safe Mode? Use Spotlight?

[y09AlvbVfYLWOYHValLc 0 12]

Are you able to go into Safe Mode? Use Spotlight?

 

No safe mode since when Cydia borked it rebooted (+semi-tethered JB) so effectively it's not jailbroken (and I can't get to the PP app).

 

Can't use Spotlight (although I'm not sure that's because the iPod is broken or because I disabled it before all this happened).

 

I've tried writing apps that open other apps (e.g., Settings so I could try to erase the content and see if it fixed it) but Xcode fails to install the app on the device with an unknown error. I guess this is another indication the filesystem is broken...

[Rook 557.1k iPad Pro (2nd gen) 17.4 Donor]

No safe mode since when Cydia borked it rebooted (+semi-tethered JB) so effectively it's not jailbroken (and I can't get to the PP app).

 

Can't use Spotlight (although I'm not sure that's because the iPod is broken or because I disabled it before all this happened).

 

I've tried writing apps that open other apps (e.g., Settings so I could try to erase the content and see if it fixed it) but Xcode fails to install the app on the device with an unknown error. I guess this is another indication the filesystem is broken...

Yeah, you don't have many options right now.

[y09AlvbVfYLWOYHValLc 0 12]

Yeah, you don't have many options right now.

 

Yeah, I wasn't expecting much tbh, but thought I might as well post here and maybe someone would have a better idea.

 

I'm not in a hurry to restore it anyway, because without a JB that iPod is useless for what I need it... My fault for not saving the blobs