Cydia (Big Problem) -Need Help BADLY!

[iTach 5G]

I have jailbroken iPhone 3GS [blackra1n+sn0w]

Everytime I open Cydia and download application (any) Im always getting
'POSIX: Operation timed out'

Anything Im doing wrong? Or any suggestion on how to fix this? Please help!

Some said that I must remove files in 'var/lib/dpkg/updates' but when I got there, no files are placed there..?

[mts678]

I'd like to know too, bc I get errors everytime I open cydia..and I have no friggin clue wth they are lol

[pop.boy]

Originally Posted by iTach 5G

I have jailbroken iPhone 3GS [blackra1n+sn0w]

Everytime I open Cydia and download application (any) Im always getting
'POSIX: Operation timed out'

Anything Im doing wrong? Or any suggestion on how to fix this? Please help!

Some said that I must remove files in 'var/lib/dpkg/updates' but when I got there, no files are placed there..?

hmmm recently, the server has been down for awhile........so just hold on a bit and wait until the server become better, if u still facet this problem pls come to ask again.

I somehow faced this error too.

HIT THANKS IF I HAVE HELPED

[philmccan]

I had this error when i was accessing Cydia through my home wi-fi. I switched off wi-fi and had no problem. I been having problems with my wi-fi on other devices too.

[helix66]

I saw this on another site:

If you are ALWAYS getting errors about sources when opening Cydia (even when downloading things from WORKING repos). And Cydia wont let you delete the source, because its not there... This is the guide for YOU...

If you dont complete all these steps, the "bad repo" will come back to haunt you later..so complete them all!
(Some have been listed here before, but you need to do ALL the steps to get rid of it for good)

Step 1:

* Navigate to /private/etc/apt/sources.list.d and delete all files that contain the offending repo in the filename.
* Open cydia.list for editing.
* You will see lines that look like deb OpenDNS ./ Remove the line that has the offending repo url.
* Save the file.

Step 2:

* Navigate to /private/var/lib/apt/list and delete all files that contain the offending repo in the filename.

Step 3:

* Navigate to /private/var/lib/apt/list/partial and delete all files that contain the offending repo in the filename.

Step 4:

* Navigate to /private/var/lib/cydia and open the metadata.plist for editing.
* Ctrl+F (or similar) for your offending repo url and delete all instances of it (it may appear more than once in the file).
* Save the file.

And there you go, Nice Clean Cydia... With NO Errors.


View Postcitric, on 14 May 2010 - 03:04 PM, said:
Hey citric, I found a solution to your problem that might also help other people.

SSH into your iPod
1. navigate to /private/var/lib/apt/lists/.
2. Delete all files except the folder "partial". If your on the computer you can back them up just in case.
3. Open Cydia and refresh your sources.

This does help, but the only SURE way is to do all the steps I have listed above.