how to Fix Corrupted Cydia Sources with and without SSH

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how to Fix Corrupted Cydia Sources with and without SSH

What You Will Need

OpenSSH (Cydia)
SBSettings (Cydia)
WinSCP (PC) (WinSCP)
Cyberduck (MAC) (Cyberduck)
Wi-Fi Network
[SSH Method] .plist Editor (PC .plist Editor) (MAC .plist Editor)
[No SSH Method] iFile (Cydia) (iFile Timebomb Fixed)

SSH Method

Step 1. Open your SSH Client. (WinSCP for PC, Cyberduck for Mac)
-1a. Enter your I.P address in the 'hosts' box. Your I.P address can be found by Opening SBSettings.
-1b. Enter your Username and Password. The default username and password is : 'root' and 'alpine' (Changing root password is HIGHLY recommended.)

Step 2. You are now inside the iPhone and can see all of the directories. Navigate to '/private/etc/apt/sources.list.d'
-2a. Open it, and Delete all files that come up as a error on Cydia.
-2b. Open Cydia.list for editing You will see lines that look like : deb http:/xsellize.com for example.
-2c. Remove the line that has the of*****ng repo URL.

Step 3. Navigate to : /private/var/lib/apt/list and Delete all files that contain the corrupted repo in the name.

Step 4. Navigate to : /private/var/lib/apt/list/partial and Delete all files that contain the corrupted repo in the name.

Step 5. Navigate to : /private/var/lib/cydia and Open the metadata.plist for editing using a .plist editing program
-5a. Search for the corrupted repo, and Delete all instances of it. It may appear More than once in the metadata.plist file.
-5b. Save the file.

iFile Method

Step 1. Navigate to '/private/etc/apt/sources.list.d'
-1a. Open it, and delete all files that come up as a error on Cydia.
-1b. Open Cydia.list for editing You will see lines that look like : deb http:/xsellize.com for example.
-1c. Remove the line that has the of*****ng repo URL.

Step 2. Navigate to : /private/var/lib/apt/list and Delete all files that contain the corrupted repo in the name.

Step 3. Navigate to : /private/var/lib/apt/list/partial and Delete all files that contain the corrupted repo in the name.

Step 4. Navigate to : /private/var/lib/cydia and Open the metadata.plist
-4a. Search for the corrupted repo, and Delete all instances of it. It may appear More than once in the metadata.plist file.
-4b. Save the file.

Open up Cydia and see whether the problem still persists. If everything was done correctly, the corrupted repo should be gone.