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Jailbroke my iPhone 4. I installed ‘Terminal‘ (to change my root Password, etc). When I try to launch Terminal, it starts for about half a second and then crashes. Have tried restarting, reinstalling terminal, and restoring/re-jailbreaking.

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A “Terminal” app for the iPhone lets you type and execute command line codes.

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  1. antonio says:
    August 5, 2010 at 9:28 pm

    Same problem here. Terminal opens but then closes almost instantly!

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    • Asha4u says:
      August 7, 2010 at 10:46 am

      same here… Terminal opens and then immediately is closing the next second…
      iPhone G4, iOS Version 4.0.1 (8A306)
      Firmware: 01.59.00

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      • Ty says:
        April 26, 2011 at 2:08 am

        I have just jailbroken an iPhone 4 (iOS 4.3.1) with redsnow and when trying to access the mobile terminal to change my password the app crashes about a half second after launching.

  2. Max says:
    August 8, 2010 at 6:37 am

    Likewise, same here.. I jailbroke last night and pretty much went straight to change the password, terminal just crashes. Tried reinstall, no go. Some other apps do funny things too, weird icons on the springboard (white and names like: TrustMe, DemoApp and similar).

    I’ve searched for this, but it seems that something is not right with Jailbreakme.com and iPhone 3GS with iOS4… Also does seem to only be a problem in the last few days, all earlier reports seem fine with no terminal issues

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    • Ty says:
      April 26, 2011 at 2:09 am

      I’m new to all this jailbreaking stuff. How do I find my phones Firmware so that I know I’m downloading the correct sofware?

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  3. Max says:
    August 9, 2010 at 12:34 am

    Ok, found my own answer. The MobileTerminal app which is installed by default isn’t yet iOS4 compatible.

    Go to Sources and add the xSellize repository (look it up).
    Next go to the Search option and enter the word ‘Terminal’

    You should see two options, the first being ‘MobileTerminal’ (ticked) from the Cydia/Telesphoreo repository), and “MobileTerminal Beta for iOS4′ from xSellize.

    Uninstall the first one, let this happen, don’t queue the two together, then install the beta for iOS4.

    Terminal now functions as normal

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  4. Max says:
    August 9, 2010 at 1:36 am

    A much better (and more correct) way to do this is follow the instructions from comment #31 from this page: http://code.google.com/p/mobileterminal/issues/detail?id=172#c31

    EXCEPT, the link is broken, you can find that in comment 28 or 16

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  5. anthony says:
    August 9, 2010 at 11:57 pm

    ya gotta get an account first from xsellize and append the repo url…

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  6. Phil says:
    August 21, 2010 at 6:21 am

    Just update your Rock (my phone) app and it will offer to change both passwords for you. Much easier than all the ssh and transfering deb files etc

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    • Geo says:
      September 2, 2010 at 12:09 am

      Thanks Phil! For me updating my password from the default was all I needed, and the “Rock” app was definitely the easier way to go

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  7. fay says:
    September 16, 2010 at 8:41 pm

    after jailbreaking my iphone 4, i got the the app but wen it said to upgrade it, it just crashes the apple sign is on my phone, but it wouldnt let me switch off… when i switched off it switches back on and shows the apple sign, not only that when others trying to get through to me it says switched off, and now its not letting me use itune or even charge my phone

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