How to Fix an Unresponsive iPhone Due to a Bad Jailbreak Tweak (Video)
If you have Cydia Substrate installed (formerly known as Mobile Substrate) on your jailbroken iPhone (which you should as a lot of tweaks require it to work), you can use a feature called Safe Mode to get your iPhone or iPad out of a boot loop and get in to Cydia to disable whatever tweak you installed that might have caused the issue.
I. Turn off the iPhone or iPad
1. If it is stuck in a loop hold down the Power and Home buttons and continue to hold them.
2. Release them after the Apple logo appears and then disappears (signifying that the device is off).
II. Disable Cydia Substrate via Safe Mode
1. Turn on the device by holding down Power and Volume Up on the device.
2. Let go of the Power button when the Apple logo appears but continue to hold the Volume Up button until the device fully boots up.
III. Remove the Jailbreak Tweak that Caused the Issue
1. Open Cydia.
2. Tap Manage.
3. Tap Packages.
4. Tap the Jailbreak you think might be the culprit.
5. Tap Modify.
6. Tap Remove.
Repeat Section III for all the jailbreak tweaks you think might be responsible for the device having an issue.
my phone got stuck at the apple logo when it was rebooting after finishing the jb. i waited for about 10 minutes and nothing happened i tried this and still no dice
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
Welcome!
A hammer will fix it
I’ve got the problem. when i do that you do on the video im lost to a crazy springboard… Some app icons is look like i will when im on “normal” jailbreak… and other is not… What should i do???
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after that cydia tweak i have installed not work. How to do with my iphone 5s running IOS 8.1?
You saved me thanks!
You’re welcome!
Umm mines went to the itunes screen and its just there wen its restoring and updating its saying that it cant cuz of a error plz halp me pllzzzzz
Means either one of two things. 1. You didn’t put it into DFU mode when you restored it or 2. you chose the wrong file for your phone.
Hi David, Hope you are doing well. my iphone 5, model A1429. I installed cydia tweak (Columba)since phone is stuck on apple logo. Tried to restore but no success. Tried downloading ipsw but that one also not getting help to restore. Phone is not even going to safemode. Please help. If you can please email the solution at andyaspraveen@gmail.com. @TheUnlockr:disqus
I was wondering if you might know what tweak would make a screen unresponsive, as its an error I have with my iPhone 3G that runs very smoothly
There’s no way to know besides process of elimination. It’ll usually be the last one you installed otherwise you can turn on the tweaks you had before one at a time until it freezes again and then you’ll know which one caused it.
It didn’t work for me any suggestions?
hello sir i cant see any safe mood only apple icon still phone is not going in next screen 🙁 please help me to start my phone
Try and do this instead then – https://theunlockr.com/2013/06/12/how-to-unjailbreak-your-iphone-video/
I phone 5c software update 9.2.1, which software can be possible to Downgrade so that is possible to jailbreak? Any clue??
You cannot downgrade now and cannot jailbreak 9.2.1 so you have to just be patient like the rest of us for a new jailbreak to come out.
can 3.9 jailbreak?
No you cannot jailbreak 9.3. Soon as you can I’ll do a video on it.
okey, so which IOS system is posible to jailbreak?
The ones listed here – http://Theunlockr.com/jailbreaking
Hey my iPhone 4s ios8.1.2 is stuck on boot loop and don’t have substrate and recboot and reiboot won’t boot it back up Anyone know a solution and can help me out? I had tryed to install the tweak pangu untethered Something like that then it crashed..
Did you try this tutorial? Use it and it’ll fix the phone. Issue is it’ll put you on the latest version of iOS so you’ll lose your jailbreak until a new jailbreak comes out but it’s better than not having a phone :/
Yeah I tryed the volume thing that doesn’t work I had it dead for a while And had it charging for a while Literally but Nuthing works Lol
Not the volume thing. Holding down home and power for a while to see if it’ll shut down then holding it again to get into DFU mode to plug it in to iTunes and flash it. Also try a different charger in case the charger isn’t working as well.
I have a Mac computer and everytime I try to restore it to like 9.0.1 it says this iPhone isn’t eligible.. Some error message And don’t know how to get around it.. You said flash it Is that what you mean?? I have a iPod on ios9.2.1 Probs gunna just wait till for that jb..
Don’t select the version to restore it to if you are, let it restore to whatever iTunes wants to or select update and let it do that instead. Just remember that it’ll stop you from jailbreaking it again until there is a new jailbreak, but that’s better than not having a working phone. Good luck!
You don’t have a solution to my problem? Is this a case where there is nuthin I can do to reboot it an use it?
I got to step two, I restarted my device, then I did the volume thing. I followed the exact directions for more than ten times. Cydia is still crashing the second I open it. Please help. I know for sure that a Password tweak didn’t work out and made Cydia crash. What do I do? Please answer asap.
Unjailbreak using the tutorial on here – theunlockr.com/jailbreaking