palera1n/COMMONISSUES.md

Common Issues

Table of Contents

1. GLIBC not found
2. "Booted device" but not booted
3. NewTerm not launching
4. palera1n/mineek repo not working
5. Procursus "killed 9"
6. App crashes on open
7. "Killed" issue (not "Killed: 9")
8. Error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.1.1
9. Please reinstall Sileo via SSH
10. Loader app not appearing
11. Your local changes would be overwritten by checkout
12. Could not connect to lockdownd
13. Package is in a very bad inconsistent state
14. Error installing bootstrap. Status: -1
15. jbinit DIED!
16. Daemons crashing on iOS 16.2+
17. Panics making loader not appear
18. libhooker wants to install?
19. Pressing "install" on each jb
20. --restorerootfs still keeps app icons??
21. Device boots out of DFU
22. How to fix RocketBootstrap
23. SEP Panic: :skg /skgs
24. Cannot download apps from the App Store
25. Snowboard theming incorrectly
26. End-of-central-directory signature not found

GLIBC not found

Add the universe repo by using the command below:

• sudo apt-add-repository universe && sudo apt update

Then, try again, and it should be fixed.

"Booted device" but not booted

This may happen when the downloading and patching process is interrupted. Please run ./palera1n.sh clean (use with sudo if on Linux), then try again. If that doesn't fix it, it may be caused by an update from the Procursus repo. The quickest way to fix it is ./palera1n.sh --restorerootfs. Alternatively, you can manually restore /usr/libexec/dirs_cleaner from the rootfs snapshot using the SSHRD script.

NewTerm not launching

Install NewTerm 2 from https://apt.itsnebula.net/ or get NewTerm3 beta.

palera1n/mineek repo not working

https://repo.palera.in/ and https://mineek.github.io/repo are supposed to be used on rootless jailbreaks, not with any rootful jailbreaks with fakefs or tethered that have root access.

Procursus "killed 9"

Binaries will need to be resigned by the Procursus Team to fix Killed: 9. In the meantime, use the palera1n strap repo. you can install it from nebula’s repo.

App crashes on open

• ldid -s /Applications/<appname>.app
  • Don't include the <>

"Killed" issue (not "Killed: 9")

You ran out of RAM on the Linux Live CD.

Ways to fix the issue, ordered by which to try first:

1. Close some apps, like Discord
2. Attempt a shallow clone, git clone --depth=1 in place of git clone
3. Clone palera1n onto persistent storage[note 1]
4. Install Linux onto your computer.

Note 1: How to use persistent storage from Linux Live, with terminal

1. If you have already cloned palera1n, please delete it! Usually this can be done with sudo rm -rf ~/palera1n (assuming palera1n cloned into home directory)
2. You may want to install ntfs-3g first, on Ubuntu this can be done by running sudo apt install ntfs-3g
3. Run sudo lsblk to list your disks
4. Locate the persistent storage you want to use, for example a Windows C: drive would be of type "ntfs" and at least 10 GB in size, take a note of the device name, which starts with /dev
5. Mount disk onto /mnt (example, please don’t paste as is): sudo mount -t ntfs /dev/sda3 /mnt
6. Change the working directory into /mnt: cd /mnt
7. Try to clone palera1n again

Note 2: Most Linux Installers will set up swap areas automatically during the install if you use guided partitioning (if such option exists) In order to create a 2GB swap area as root:

1. Run dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=2048
2. Run chmod 600 /swapfile
3. Format by running mkswap /swapfile
4. Open /etc/fstab in an editor like nano, then add a line that is /swapfile none swap sw 0 0
5. Run swapon /swapfile

Error while loading shared libraries: libssl.so.1.1

You can workaround this by installing OpenSSL 1.1 using the command(s) below (on systems with dpkg):

• curl -LO http://nz2.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/o/openssl/libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.16_amd64.deb
• sudo dpkg -i libssl1.1_1.1.1f-1ubuntu2.16_amd64.deb

Please reinstall Sileo via SSH

If you have AutoSign installed and you reinstall/update Sileo, you'll get the error message shown in the screenshot. Here's how to fix it.

1. Get access to a terminal by either using SSH or NewTerm
2. Run sudo apt remove autosign. Unless you changed it, the password is alpine
3. Once it's done, run sudo apt reinstall org.coolstar.sileo
4. Try running Sileo again. Feel free to upgrade it if that was what you were planning to do.
5. Install AutoSign again

It should be fixed after these steps.

Example image:

Note: Some tweaks (e.g. Watusi) are known to not work with this method.

Loader app not appearing

restorerootfs and rejailbreak with --restorerootfs at the end of your previous command. If neither of these help, make sure you're waiting enough time (15-30 seconds). On iPads, the loader may not show up. You can try to open it using this shortcut. If other apps don’t appear along side the loader, try installing TrollHelper from Havoc, and install TrollStore.

Your local changes would be overwritten by checkout

Run the following commands, and then try again:

• cd ramdisk
• git stash
• git stash drop
• cd ..

Could not connect to lockdownd

Try the following steps to fix the issue:

• Unplug and replug your device
• Run idevicepair pair (use sudo if on Linux)
• Trust the computer on your device if needed
• Run idevicepair pair again (use sudo if on Linux)

Alternatively, you can manually enter recovery mode before starting palera1n.

Package is in a very bad inconsistent state

You can fix this by running this command in a terminal:

• sudo dpkg -r --force-remove-reinstreq <PACKAGE_NAME>
  • Don't include the <>

Error installing bootstrap. Status: -1

You're not jailbroken. Sideloading the loader app on its own will not work.

Please run the palera1n script on your computer to jailbreak your device.

jbinit DIED!

Your device may get stuck on a verbose boot screen, and if you look closely you'll see a "jbinit DIED!" error near the top.

The simplest way to fix this is rm -rf blobs (use sudo if on Linux), then force reboot your device and try to jailbreak again.

For advanced users: You can also try re-copying the other/rootfs files manually to the device using SSHRD.

Daemons crashing on iOS 16.2+

Substitute may cause daemons to crash on iOS 16.2 and above. It's recommended to downgrade to iOS 16.1.2 or below for now. Or you can try using ElleKit instead, but note that some tweaks don't yet work with it.

Panics making loader not appear

You may be encountering some issue related to panics and the loader “not appearing”, on A10+ make sure you have your passcode disabled before jailbreaking.

libhooker wants to install?

Remove the Chimera and Odyssey repo immediately!

These repos are not meant to be used with palera1n and are able to break your jailbreak if you install anything from them.

Pressing "install" on each jb

DO NOT DO THIS. It resets your package lists and will likely break your jailbreak install eventually. Instead, press the gear icon, and then press Do All.

--restorerootfs still keeps app icons??

There's an issue with restoring rootfs where it doesn’t uicache. There is no need to worry; this happens on a couple of other jailbreaks and serves no harm to the user or device.

Example image:

Device boots out of DFU

Make sure to use a USB-A cable, and enter recovery mode first before entering DFU (you can use ./palera1n.sh dfuhelper for this - use sudo if on Linux).

How to fix RocketBootstrap

1. Uninstall any existing version of RocketBootstrap you have installed
2. Remove the Odyssey repo if you have it
3. Install RocketBootstrap from this repo.
4. Install RocketBootstrapFix from this repo.

This is an updated fix that should work with more tweaks than the Odyssey version.

SEP Panic: :skg /skgs

This happens due to having a passcode set on A10-A11 devices when jailbreaking (or having previously set a passcode on iOS 16, even if it's currently turned off).

If you are on A10, use https://github.com/guacaplushy/checkp4le.

Why?

checkp4le boots with checkra1n using a custom kernel patchfinder, which allows SEP to be re-enabled on A10

If you are on A11

• iOS 15
  • Turn off your passcode and try jailbreaking again.
• iOS 16
  • Turn off your passcode, backup your device, erase from settings or restore from iTunes/Finder, and then restore the backup. Then try jailbreaking again.

If you don't want to use checkp4le and just want to have a passcode, or if you're on A11, you can use FakePass from this repo to have a passcode. However, this will only work in a jailbroken state (it can be bypassed by simply rebooting the device).

Cannot download apps from the App Store

Install Choicy from this repo and disable tweak injection into the App Store.

Snowboard theming incorrectly

You may be encountering an issue with Snowboard not theming correctly or not theming at all. To fix this, make sure you have Snowboard from SparkDev's repo.

Example image:

End-of-central-directory signature not found

If the unzip error message it cannot find "palera1n.zip(.ZIP, period.)", you are running an outdated version of palera1n and need to update using git pull. If this doesn't work, reclone the palera1n repository by running cd .. && sudo rm -rf palera1n && sudo git clone --recursive --depth=1 --shallow-submodules https://github.com/palera1n/palera1n && cd palera1n.

Otherwise, this error most likely indicates a problem with your internet connection, and you simply need to try running palera1n again.

If none of these solve your issue, please join the Discord server.