Cydia encountered a section with no package header [fix]

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1. Brothason on December 15th, 2009 10:04 pm:
   

   You know what, this happened to me as well… After I did that yeah it worked for awhile… THEN it stopped working altogether… You press it and it starts as fast as it crashes, like instantly… Doesn’t even want to work in safemode. I tried all the fixes I could find on the net with no luck to date. I even upgraded to 3.1.2 from 3.0.. **restored, used blackrain to jailbreak and unlock… Installed Cydia… same thing! I’m using Rock which I have really come to enjoy better… it’s so much faster! Imports everything from Cydia… I don’t see any cons other than having to familiarize yourself with it… but Cydia still doesn’t work… and I don’t miss it

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2. mastuul on December 15th, 2009 10:08 pm:
   

   A few weeks ago this happened to me too. I thought it had something to do with having RockApp on my phone but I wasn’t sure. I thought that was the reason because anytime I I tried installing anything with Cydia my queue had Rock Extensions in it. Could that be the reason? I hadn’t updated to 3.1.2 at the time, but that gave me reason to do it. I chose not to use RockApp though.

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3. Iphonejunky on December 15th, 2009 10:28 pm:
   

   I’ve had the same issue as brothason were cydia just crashes as soon as I open it..haven’t tried removing files yet..will give tat a go..

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   iphonejunky on December 17th, 2009 12:40 am:

   ok this got it working again..a little bummed saurik isnt addressing this..im just curious what caused this so i can avoid it in the future..
4. JarjarT on December 16th, 2009 5:58 am:
   

   Used this method to fix Cydia myself, remember to refresh the Changes tab in Cydia when you open it again 

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5. tomcrown1 on December 16th, 2009 3:18 pm:
   

   It is a bug in Cyda that Sarik is aware of. He seems not to care it is Rock for me seeing Cydia gone is no big deal.

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6. iFoneGooner on December 16th, 2009 5:18 pm:
   

   Hi, can I just mention an awesome app for your mac desktop called ‘phoneview for iPhone’ it is excellent and works far better for me than cyberduck and all the other apps to get into your iPhone.

   You have to pay for it, but it is worth every us dollar – or in my case GBP pound!!

   Not sure if I can do this, but here is the link if you have never heard of it

   http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/

   Cheers and Happy Christmas to everyone.

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7. Drew on December 18th, 2009 1:30 am:
   

   …Never even knew this happened.
   I use the Rock app. Perhaps guys should too. Lol.

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8. Error: Database Cydia: Cómo solucionar este problema on December 20th, 2009 8:46 am:
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9. Gisrael622 on December 20th, 2009 10:15 am:
   

   Thanks! I think xsellise has been screwing mine up so everyone be careful.

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10. Luay on December 20th, 2009 3:13 pm:
    

    Wow .. thanks .. It worked !!

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11. jcru1046 on December 22nd, 2009 11:55 am:
    

    Thx this worked for me!!

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12. Mika on December 27th, 2009 1:22 pm:
    

    Thanks it works fine !!!

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13. KingJames on December 28th, 2009 8:15 am:
    

    I just did the method that Douglas described up top. Cydia is back up and running again on my phone, but when it refreshes i get the message “failed cache with cydia.xsellize”, so i believe the bug just may be coming from xsellize. Is anyone else getting this same message???

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14. a123 on December 31st, 2009 11:25 pm:
    

    What if we can’t get the openssh app or disk aid because Cydia doesn’t have the sources to download the packages

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15. Kevin on January 10th, 2010 12:55 pm:
    

    Thank you. Now Cydia works )

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16. Lindsey on January 12th, 2010 9:24 am:
    

    Yea, me too. Only bummed b/c some Cydia packages aren’t on Rock yet… I wish more devs would put their packages on Rock and then I’d just forget about cydia.

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17. edith on January 20th, 2010 7:53 pm:
    

    What if we can’t get the openssh app or disk aid because Cydia doesn’t have the sources to download the packages… PLEASE HELP

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    Brad on January 25th, 2010 6:02 pm:

    Well my friend. You might be screwed. Ssh should always be one of the first things you ever download from cydia in case stuff like this happens.
18. la4o on February 4th, 2010 1:44 pm:
    

    Thank’s!
    It works!

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19. Connell on February 5th, 2010 2:29 pm:
    

    thanks! worked! cant tell you how much this was bugging me :L so simple too, using a programme like iphone browser

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20. Jay on February 16th, 2010 9:54 am:
    

    Much thanks for this one.

    Rock does seem to be much better than cydia in terms of speed and stability… however there a quite a few packages that are still only available on cydia and not rock… and for this reason cydia still gets to take up some space on my phone

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21. sammy on March 1st, 2010 7:48 pm:
    

    i dont kno what your talking bout is that a usb or something

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    sammy on March 1st, 2010 7:49 pm:

    i man url
22. Anthony on March 2nd, 2010 7:07 am:
    

    cydia encountered a section with no package

    easy, go to ( var/lib/apt/list ) in ( ifile ) and erase everything BUT the folder called PARTIAL.

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23. laudrey on March 2nd, 2010 2:20 pm:
    

    Many thanks ! It fix my problem !!

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24. alvin on March 3rd, 2010 5:10 pm:
    

    i did this but now it wont let me add any sources…. any help?

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25. Ray on March 20th, 2010 8:02 am:
    

    Thanks worked great!!

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26. ?? on March 23rd, 2010 9:53 am:
    

    i tried what u said but it still doesn´t working for me

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27. tony on April 23rd, 2010 1:14 am:
    

    hey i have also encountered d same problem as anthony and edith has….I dont remember whether I had installed SSH…but is der n y solution for dis….

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28. tony on April 23rd, 2010 1:15 am:
    

    if n y one has a solution please send me a mail on tony198@rediffmail.com

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29. harry on June 21st, 2010 8:45 am:
    

    ths worked for me
    delete the filesunder . /private/var/lib/apt/lists/ Make sure you do not delete the folder “partial”! You can delete all the other files in that folder

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30. billy on July 29th, 2010 2:34 pm:
    

    hi there, im sorry im new to the iphones, i have had no problems with cydia untill recently where im encountering the same problems as you all.. allthough as previously mentioned im new to the joys of the iphone and dont understand how i can access all the files under . /private/var/lib/apt/lists/ im getting really wound up with it!! can anyone please help a distressed ginger it would be really apreciated if someone could explain in lame man speak please..
    many thanks in advance!!!

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31. billy on July 29th, 2010 2:35 pm:
    

    hi there, im sorry im new to the iphones, i have had no problems with cydia untill recently where im encountering the same problems as you all.. allthough as previously mentioned im new to the joys of the iphone and dont understand how i can access all the files under (. /private/var/lib/apt/lists/) im getting really wound up with it!! can anyone please help a distressed ginger it would be really apreciated if someone could explain in lame man speak please..
    many thanks in advance!!!

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