JB'ed phone is stuck at "Restarting Springboard" screen

[tourstagefan]

Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere and I was unable to find it.

My phone is currently stuck at the "Restarting Springboard" screen and does not go past it.

Here is the background: I went to Cydia, it showed that I had "essential upgrades." I clicked on "complete upgrade." It was an update for "insanelyi repo prep."

After the update was downloaded, I clicked on "respring" from SBSettings and it's been stuck ever since.

I connected to iTunes and it went through the backup process, but no luck rebooting to the home screen.

I hate to do it, but do I have no other option than to restore my phone to non-jailbroken status? Please say it isn't so.

 

[Rusty Shackelford#IM]

If you're going to restore, why not restore to a custom firmware so you stay jailbroken? Just some food for thought. Good luck.

 

[tourstagefan]

If you're going to restore, why not restore to a custom firmware so you stay jailbroken? Just some food for thought. Good luck.

I'm really hoping someone has an easy fix so I can avoid having to restore to the stock iOS......

I am unfamiliar with custom firmware, will review your 4.2.8 JB walk-through.

Thanks!

 

[entronp]

Did you hold both buttons until it shut off? If not do that then turn back on.

Did you save shsh on cydia? If so, verufy with tinyumbrella, then just reinstall the same firmware and re-jb

Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere and I was unable to find it.

My phone is currently stuck at the "Restarting Springboard" screen and does not go past it.

Here is the background: I went to Cydia, it showed that I had "essential upgrades." I clicked on "complete upgrade." It was an update for "insanelyi repo prep."

After the update was downloaded, I clicked on "respring" from SBSettings and it's been stuck ever since.

I connected to iTunes and it went through the backup process, but no luck rebooting to the home screen.

I hate to do it, but do I have no other option than to restore my phone to non-jailbroken status? Please say it isn't so.

 

[tourstagefan]

Did you hold both buttons until it shut off? If not do that then turn back on.

Did you save shsh on cydia? If so, verufy with tinyumbrella, then just reinstall the same firmware and re-jb

Holding both buttons down did the trick, thank you so much! I've been lucky and have never had a crash of any sort since Day One of my JB (4.2.1 using GreenPoison). Your tip saved me from having to re-JB, etc.

I did actually save my SHSH blobs using TinyUmbrella, it was so long ago that I forgot I had done this!

This tight-knit, TiPb community is the best!

 

[Ipheuria]

glad you got it running again, I was going to ask if you tried rebooting.

 

[entronp]

cool, its a useful easy trick

Holding both buttons down did the trick, thank you so much! I've been lucky and have never had a crash of any sort since Day One of my JB (4.2.1 using GreenPoison). Your tip saved me from having to re-JB, etc.

I did actually save my SHSH blobs using TinyUmbrella, it was so long ago that I forgot I had done this!

This tight-knit, TiPb community is the best!

 

[ashuhhlyn_]

Thank you!!!!

Oh my god, thank you soo much! The same thing happened to me and i was scared.. i just held down both buttons and it worked Thanks again!

 

[MUSICAL_JAILBREAKER]

Same Thing

Hey the same thing happened to me but, my home button does not work so i can not do it that easily. i have been using assistive touch instead. is there any other way to fix this problem?

 

[Comrade_Viktor]

Re: Same Thing

I have same problem with my home button, so i cant do a hard reboot. all i did to fix the problem was i backed up on itunes, then restored from that backup. I knew that it would restart my phone after restoring and i didn't lose my jailbreak or my apps.

 

[3cit]

I have same problem with my home button, so i cant do a hard reboot. all i did to fix the problem was i backed up on itunes, then restored from that backup. I knew that it would restart my phone after restoring and i didn't lose my jailbreak or my apps.

Um... When exactly did you do this?

 

[Budi Rahalif]

My iPhone stuck when i remove an application in Cydia .. and they say "Restart Springboard" So i touch it .. and the desktop just like a circle whit the black background .. n can i Turn Off it in iTunes ??:concern::concern:

 

[volcomslices help]

Hold the power and home button at the same time for 10sec+ (hold power button only now) and them it will normally reboot