Help/Support Cydia Missing!

[Zacharias16 0 iPhone 5s 10.2.1]

Hello forum, 

So I've recently noticed that my Cydia is just plain missing! The icon is gone and I cannot search for it in the Spotlight search. My tweaks are still present and some function; however, I cannot access Cydia at all and some tweaks need to be upgraded and what not. 

 

I've installed a .deb file of Cydia online, but I get an error message. I assume there are residual files or incompatible.deb files but I can't read the error message to see the exact issue. Any help would be appreciated! 

 

Notes: iOS 8.3, access to iFile and Terminal, Cydia.deb 1.1.10/18/19 attempted 

http://pastebin.com/7CUJDdUq

Updated March 26, 2017 by Zacharias16

[Sneezh 1.1k iPhone 14 Pro Max 16.4.1]

Try typing cydia:// in safari and press enter, after you are in cydia do a complete upgrade.

[Zacharias16 0 iPhone 5s 10.2.1]

58 minutes ago, Sneezh said:

Try typing cydia:// in safari and press enter, after you are in cydia do a complete upgrade.

I've tried that as well, however, I just get an alert: "Cannot Open Page Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid."

[Sneezh 1.1k iPhone 14 Pro Max 16.4.1]

Just now, Zacharias16 said:

I've tried that as well, however, I just get an alert: "Cannot Open Page Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid."

Either try re-jailbreaking and if it says already jailbroken and it doesn't let you jailbreak backup, restore then jailbreak.

[Zacharias16 0 iPhone 5s 10.2.1]

5 minutes ago, Sneezh said:

Either try re-jailbreaking and if it says already jailbroken and it doesn't let you jailbreak backup, restore then jailbreak.

Okay thanks for the suggestion. I'll post an update after. 

[Zacharias16 0 iPhone 5s 10.2.1]

11 hours ago, Zacharias16 said:

Okay thanks for the suggestion. I'll post an update after. 

Alright well, I have another obstacle. For some reason, the jailbreak tools don't quite work with iOS 8.3 and some won't recognize my device. I cannot really restore to a new ipsw since none being signed are jailbreak-able. If I were to restore my iPad which I really don't want to do, will it update to 9.3.5 because I won't be able to jailbreak it? The iDevice is an iPad Mini.

[Sneezh 1.1k iPhone 14 Pro Max 16.4.1]

10 hours ago, Zacharias16 said:

Alright well, I have another obstacle. For some reason, the jailbreak tools don't quite work with iOS 8.3 and some won't recognize my device. I cannot really restore to a new ipsw since none being signed are jailbreak-able. If I were to restore my iPad which I really don't want to do, will it update to 9.3.5 because I won't be able to jailbreak it? The iDevice is an iPad Mini.

 

 

I meant backup, Erase all content in settings then restore the backup, or try jailbreaking after erasing the content and if it works you will have to manually redownload all your apps.

TaiG - http://www.taig.com/en/#download-table

Updated March 27, 2017 by Sneezh

[kay11 8.7k iPhone 14 Pro 17.1]

Try downloading the .deb of the MTerminal and use UICACHE

[Zacharias16 0 iPhone 5s 10.2.1]

16 hours ago, Sneezh said:

I meant backup, Erase all content in settings then restore the backup, or try jailbreaking after erasing the content and if it works you will have to manually redownload all your apps.

TaiG - http://www.taig.com/en/#download-table

Okay I'll try backing up and restoring. Unfortunately, none of the TaiG downloads are working. I tried yesterday to jailbreak without backup/restore but the TaiG wouldn't even recognize the iPad. iTunes did but TaiG wouldn't jailbreak iOS 8.3. I've downloaded many versions. I'll keep trying though. (EDIT: I'll post the error messages in a bit)

12 hours ago, kaykemqs said:

Try downloading the .deb of the MTerminal and use UICACHE

Edit: I've just run an su -c uicache mobile command and then rebooted. The Cydia icon is back but crashes on boot up.  Also, the icon is not themed so maybe it is not recognized as Cydia. 

Updated March 28, 2017 by Zacharias16

[Zacharias16 0 iPhone 5s 10.2.1]

On 3/27/2017 at 9:23 PM, Zacharias16 said:

Okay I'll try backing up and restoring. Unfortunately, none of the TaiG downloads are working. I tried yesterday to jailbreak without backup/restore but the TaiG wouldn't even recognize the iPad. iTunes did but TaiG wouldn't jailbreak iOS 8.3. I've downloaded many versions. I'll keep trying though. (EDIT: I'll post the error messages in a bit)

Edit: I've just run an su -c uicache mobile command and then rebooted. The Cydia icon is back but crashes on boot up.  Also, the icon is not themed so maybe it is not recognized as Cydia. 

 

I've tried multiple downloads of TaiG and I keep getting error messages like: