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So I've installed Cydia for the first time on my 3GS, and am wanting to use the 'PDF Patcher 2' fix to stop other sites doing driveby exploits. Seems that resu

by Torn 15y ago

So I've installed Cydia for the first time on my 3GS, and am wanting to use the 'PDF Patcher 2' fix to stop other sites doing driveby exploits. Seems that results for the bigboss repository aren't being returned in Cydia, and the repo backend isn't responding to requests. http://apt.thebigboss.org/onepackage.php?bundleid=pdfpatch2 http://apt.thebigboss.org/onepackage.php?bundleid=pdfpatch2 Anyone else thinking the bigboss repo (only source of the pdf patcher 2, as far as I can tell) is being kept down on purpose?

matthew-wegner 15y ago
I doubt it. The last time there was a public jailbreakme.com exploit many of the popular Cydia repositories had major load issues for a few days.
Xuzz 15y ago
(I just asked BigBoss about this.) No, it's down due to an insane traffic load. It'll be up as soon as either a) traffic gets less insane (not likely to happen soon) or b) BigBoss adds more capacity. I'd also suggest to just keep trying: it'll likely work to install just that if you just keep trying to download it (eventually). Edit: I've put up a copy of it here, you can install this with "dpkg -i" on the device (via SSH): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3177211/pdfpatch2_1_iphoneos-arm.deb http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3177211/pdfpatch2_1_iphoneos-arm.deb
smackfu 15y ago
Does anyone know how Cydia licensing actually works? I jailbroke just to install RetinaPad, and I managed to buy it and install it. Cydia says "Package Officially Purchased". RetinaPad says "RetinaPad license missing!" and doesn't work. I guess the license download failed or something (due to high load?) but I don't see how to fix it. It really makes me appreciate the Apple App Store, to be honest.
- ryanpetrich 15y ago
  All Cydia Store purchases go through SaurikIT's centralized payment processing server. When the user attempts installing a store package, the repo that hosts it queries the central licensing server to see if the device is authorized before returning the package. Some packages make additional calls after the package has been installed on the device to download a license. It is this final step that was failing intermittently on my servers due to the insane load (~300x usual sales on this package, ~125x traffic load overall). Please give it a try now, I have verified that it is up.
  - smackfu 15y ago
    Thanks! Interesting. It still isn't working, after uninstalling / reinstalling in Cydia, but I guess I'll give it a day or too. Is the Authorize button in RetinaPad supposed to actually do something?

by Torn 15y ago

matthew-wegner 15y ago

I doubt it. The last time there was a public jailbreakme.com exploit many of the popular Cydia repositories had major load issues for a few days.

Xuzz 15y ago

(I just asked BigBoss about this.) No, it's down due to an insane traffic load. It'll be up as soon as either a) traffic gets less insane (not likely to happen soon) or b) BigBoss adds more capacity. I'd also suggest to just keep trying: it'll likely work to install just that if you just keep trying to download it (eventually). Edit: I've put up a copy of it here, you can install this with "dpkg -i" on the device (via SSH): http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3177211/pdfpatch2_1_iphoneos-arm.deb http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3177211/pdfpatch2_1_iphoneos-arm.deb

smackfu 15y ago

Does anyone know how Cydia licensing actually works? I jailbroke just to install RetinaPad, and I managed to buy it and install it. Cydia says "Package Officially Purchased". RetinaPad says "RetinaPad license missing!" and doesn't work. I guess the license download failed or something (due to high load?) but I don't see how to fix it. It really makes me appreciate the Apple App Store, to be honest.

ryanpetrich 15y ago
All Cydia Store purchases go through SaurikIT's centralized payment processing server. When the user attempts installing a store package, the repo that hosts it queries the central licensing server to see if the device is authorized before returning the package. Some packages make additional calls after the package has been installed on the device to download a license. It is this final step that was failing intermittently on my servers due to the insane load (~300x usual sales on this package, ~125x traffic load overall). Please give it a try now, I have verified that it is up.
- smackfu 15y ago
  Thanks! Interesting. It still isn't working, after uninstalling / reinstalling in Cydia, but I guess I'll give it a day or too. Is the Authorize button in RetinaPad supposed to actually do something?