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How To: Fix iBooks Crash Error On iOS 5.0.1 Untethered With iBooksFix2 From Insanelyi Repo

December 30, 2011 by Jaden Easton-Ellett 61 Comments

During the least couple of days we have shared with you a couple of fixes for the iBooks crashing error on the iOS 5.0.1 firmware. Now, in case our last iBooks crash fix tutorials did not work for you:

  • Fix iBooks Crash Error Manually
  • Fix iBooks Crash Error With xsellize Repo

We are providing one last how to guide for fixing the iBooks crashing error with a different Cydia repository package. Thus, in this tutorial from iJailbreak.com you will learn how to fix the iBooks crashing error using the Insanelyi repo.

Note: The Insanelyi Cydia repo has been known to contain cracked Cydia packages and other unethical Cydia packages. iJailbreak.com does not support the Insanelyi Cydia repo, but for the purpose of this How To guide we will need to add the Insanelyi repo to Cydia to be able to download iBooksFix2 Cydia package.

Fix iBooks Crashing Error Insanelyi repo

Step 1) – The first thing you will need to do is Jailbreak your iPhone or iPod Touch running the iOS 5.0.1 firmware untethered. If you would like help with this process go to the How To Jailbreak Section.

Step 2) – The next thing you will need to do is launch Cydia from your SpringBoard (homescreen).

Step 3) – Now go into the Manage tab, followed by the Sources section, click the Edit button in the top right corner of the screen and finally click the Add button that should appear on the top right corner of the screen. You should now have another window popup where you need to enter a Source URL. Enter the Insanelyi source URL below:

http://repo.insanelyi.com

 

Note: You will need to click the Add Anyway button when Cydia warns you about the nature of this source.

Step 4) – With Cydia launched go into the Search tab, and search for:

iBooksFix2

 

Step 5) – When you see iBooksFix2 on your Cydia search results, click it, purchase it and then download/install iBooksFix2 to your iPhone or iPod Touch.

Note: If you followed our last how to guide on fixing the iBooks crashing error you will need to uninstall the old iBooks Fix for iOS 5 package before moving on.

Step 6) – Once iBooksFix2 has been installed you will need to click the Return to Cydia button, tap your Home button and you should now see an iBooks icon on your SpringBoard. Tap the iBooks icon and you should notice that iBooks is now working for you while Jailbroken on the iOS 5.0.1 firmware Untethered.

Congratulations! You have just fixed the iBooks crash error while being Jailbroken on the iOS 5.0.1 firmware with the iBooksFix2 Cydia tweak. If you have any questions or concerns please leave them in the comments section below…

Comments

  1. stickyiqqy says

    December 30, 2011 at 9:07 pm

    pfft doesnt work!!

  2. Stevenrbjc says

    December 30, 2011 at 9:22 pm

    Still iBooks keeps crashing on me..

  3. Clive says

    December 30, 2011 at 11:38 pm

    Still Crashing Here

  4. RantingMute says

    December 31, 2011 at 12:26 am

    iPhone 4 iOS 5.0.1 redsn0w- Installed iBooks, then installed this fix, then REBOOT (not respring), WORKS!
    iTunes wants to restore my iPhone now…content is “unreadable”

  5. L_d_304 says

    December 31, 2011 at 1:27 am

    It worked for me ! Thanks for the tip and thanks to the jailbreak dev team !

  6. Asd says

    December 31, 2011 at 4:20 am

    After install this fix. The iBooks icon disappear.

  7. Asd says

    December 31, 2011 at 4:20 am

    After install this fix. The iBooks icon disappear.

  8. Unlucky says

    December 31, 2011 at 4:59 am

    Not working for me either. I’ve tried both the insanelyi and xsellize instructions & neither took.

  9. rai_ says

    December 31, 2011 at 5:22 am

    It’s works ! Thanks.

  10. desperate says

    December 31, 2011 at 3:54 pm

    i jailbreak with redsn0w_win_0.9.10b3.
    after installing ibookfix2 the whole ibook icon disappear!
    gosh anyone out there can help me out?

  11. Sadatbela says

    December 31, 2011 at 4:41 pm

    i never even get the get back to cydia it gives me only one option and that is to restart springboard wich results in ibooks disappearing afterwords. does anyone know how to fix this because i really need ibooks

  12. Desperate says

    January 1, 2012 at 1:25 am

    I also encounter iBook icon missing after ibookfix2. I believe it is because we used redsnow_b3 jailbreak.
    Previously I used redsnow_b2 and it works fine with the ibookfix2.
    Can anyone confirm on this? Thx

  13. Abc says

    January 1, 2012 at 8:13 am

    1. Re-install iBooks. Do not launch app.
    2. Install iBooksFix2 from Cydia. Re-spring.
    3. Reboot iPhone.

    Works on mine…

  14. Sharklasers says

    January 1, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    This worked for me! Just respring, then reboot after everything. 

  15. pNx/qTm says

    January 1, 2012 at 11:13 pm

    Works fine for me (method similar to what ‘Abc’ said)

    0. Remove iBooks.
    1. Reinstall iBooks from app store. *Do not launch iBooks app*
    2. Install iBooksFix2 from
    Cydia. Re-spring. *Still do not launch iBooks app*
    3. Reboot iPhone.
    4. Launch iBooks. Read a book.

  16. Sadatbela says

    January 2, 2012 at 1:09 am

    The problem is that after i apply the fix ( ibooksfix2) the icon disappears and i just dint know how to make this thing to work. And by the way the new reds0w jailbreak didnt work eather it just stops.

  17. Guest says

    January 2, 2012 at 5:19 am

    Worked fine for me, if you follow instructions the correct way, and don’t try to skip over anything, it will work, thanks for the fix, it works, its just sad people will get on here and complain after trying to show them step by step lol!

  18. Moremelons says

    January 2, 2012 at 3:44 pm

    Worked for me fine, didn’t before but does now, follow the exact instructions.

  19. Johnny says

    January 2, 2012 at 4:37 pm

    worked well for me… it automatically resprung… but I had to reboot it once again to get it working… thanks for the explanantion guys… :)

  20. Phil says

    January 3, 2012 at 6:45 am

    I followed the instructions to the letter, now iBooks still won’t open and the app is somehow un-deleteable…I uninstalled the iBooks fix, resprung and rebooted, and I’m still stuck with a crashing app and no way to delete it. Any advice/help? Thanks!

  21. Supaabzz says

    January 3, 2012 at 3:47 pm

    Same with me, any help? please

  22. Supaabzz says

    January 3, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    After rebooting, There is no iBook on my iPhone.

  23. Concerned User says

    January 3, 2012 at 4:26 pm

     followed your instructions to the letter.  When I open up ibooks it crashes immediately.

  24. Anonymous says

    January 3, 2012 at 6:37 pm

    I cant remove Ibooks at all now. When i hold down the icon the little x wont show up on the icon. So i cant even uninstall it.

  25. Al says

    January 4, 2012 at 12:37 am

    how do i remove the ibooks icon now?

  26. KazeNisRan says

    January 4, 2012 at 11:13 am

    You cant delete it because its been moved to the root Aplications directory. In Ifile go all the way back to the root folder than enter the Aplications folder (blue one). Inside find iBooks and delete it. Then restart iphone and iBooks will be gone.

  27. Henry G says

    January 4, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    didnt work for me at first put iphone in dfu mode exited dfu mode with restart and it began to work

  28. Pharaoh68 says

    January 4, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    It would be helpful if you started this walkthrough with “REMOVE iBooks before installing anything.” Now iBooks just crashes immediately.  

  29. Pharaoh68 says

    January 4, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    Same here.

  30. Pharaoh68 says

    January 4, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    Me three.

  31. Henry G says

    January 5, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    try putting phone in DFU mode then restart, that solved the problem i was having similar to yours

  32. Husker1 says

    January 5, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    Here’s what worked for me:

    1) installed ibooks from itunes (do not open it)
    2) installed ibookfix2
    3) resprung ipad
    4) rebooted 
    5) installed Sbsettings off of Cydia
    6) Opened Sbsettings
    7) Open up system Options
    8) Opened “Fix User Dir Permissions”
    9) Pressed “Fix Me”
    10) press home button

    Your idevice will respring, after that it  ibook worked like a charm. I hope this works for you.

  33. Husker1 says

    January 5, 2012 at 6:32 pm

    Here’s what worked for me:

    1) installed ibooks from itunes (do not open it)
    2) installed ibookfix2
    3) resprung ipad
    4) rebooted 
    5) installed Sbsettings off of Cydia
    6) Opened Sbsettings
    7) Open up system Options
    8) Opened “Fix User Dir Permissions”
    9) Pressed “Fix Me”
    10) press home button

    Your idevice will respring, after that it  ibook worked like a charm. I hope this works for you.

  34. RetardedElf says

    January 6, 2012 at 2:51 am

    I was having the same problems described all over this thread.  I tried Husker1’s example as a last resort and it works…installing Sbsettings did the trick…iBooks finally opens up without crashing on my iPhone.  Thanks.

  35. SBF says

    January 6, 2012 at 8:10 am

    THIS IS AWESOME ! After many hours… Husker’s solution  DEFINITELY WORKED !… Finally !!! It’s DONE !

    Thanks HUSKER, well done!

  36. Vivvvi says

    January 6, 2012 at 1:10 pm

    I have a simpler fix, but its important you don’t launch ibooks before a respring, otherwise things can go ga-ga and stop you being able to delete it (icon missing its curved corners)
    Simply locate your ibooks directory using sbsettings->more->applications and locate the ibooks.app dir
    Copy it to /Applications/ using either SSH or ifiles.
    respring and your done..
    To delete the app, remove the ibooks.app from /Applications/ and you should be able to remove it again.

    vivid.

  37. Aiden Hawk says

    January 6, 2012 at 9:26 pm

    you are a beast, guys do this!!! Ive had trouble for days, tried this exactly now I’m looking at my library filled with books again, thanks!!!

  38. Kim says

    January 7, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    Wow, I’m so glad I read your comment. Your tip really worked for me! :)

  39. Kim says

    January 7, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    Wow, I’m so glad I read your comment. Your tip really worked for me! :)

  40. AwkwardTurtle says

    January 8, 2012 at 7:34 pm

    @226aecd9d430f0c2c0d14c9055c2a83c:disqus 
    you rock!

  41. Kurt says

    January 9, 2012 at 12:42 am

    THX Mate!
    It took me hours and you finally solved it in minutes. awesome!

  42. Kcire says

    January 9, 2012 at 6:53 am

    thanks husker1

  43. Vivvvi says

    January 9, 2012 at 9:19 am

    Just another note as mentioned before (I’ve since installed the Cydia tweak ibooksfix2 on 4 devices). One device kept crashing until using the SBSettings fix dir permissions (SBsettings->more->system->Fix permissions.

  44. Gghello says

    January 9, 2012 at 8:16 pm

    I love you.

  45. Morpheas says

    January 10, 2012 at 10:04 am

    Great. Thanks mate. Been trying for ages :)

  46. Russell Strine says

    January 10, 2012 at 6:17 pm

    OK. Here’s a new one. First some info:
    iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1, redsn0w 9.10b3.

    Tried following the great dirs from Husker1, got all the way to #4 but after reboot noticed that iBooks icon was nowhere to be found. ITunes thinks it’s installed but also does not show it in the representation of the phone (an uncheck and recheck of the app in the list corrects this in iTunes but it will not show on the phone. This is repeatable.

    I’ve deleted everything (or so I thought), even to the point of deleting the Mobile Substrate. Now I’m stuck and don’t know where to go. Any advice?

  47. Piero Fiocco says

    January 12, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    Yeah Huker1!!

    THIS IS THE WAYsmooth and sweet as a candy!
    TKS alot!!

  48. Rinky says

    January 12, 2012 at 8:27 pm

    Works on b3 for me now. Had icon disappear problem also. I must have mucked something up on my first attempt. Used ifile to delete ibooks from /applications as instructed a couple posts up, reinstalled ibooks, then ibooks fix2, then installed sbsettings and followed instructions above for same, resprung, put ipad into dfu, then powered back on, works now! Thanks all for the tips!

  49. Adagenbag says

    January 13, 2012 at 2:30 pm

    Same here

  50. Jame Bieber says

    February 2, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    please , tell me ,please!!! Should I delete ibooks APP itunes ? Before i install ibooksFix2 ?

  51. applesmithen says

    March 2, 2012 at 3:29 am

    Thank you! ;)

  52. Anjum Gulati says

    March 8, 2012 at 11:36 am

    I tried the corona untether update 1.0.8. Stil did not work. Shall i add the ibooksfix now, or a rejailbreak via redsnow? On iphone 4.

  53. DLoves says

    March 16, 2012 at 7:11 pm

    YOU ROCK HUSKER!!!! THANK!!!

  54. ShvRlltt says

    March 17, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    @226aecd9d430f0c2c0d14c9055c2a83c:disqus Thanks a lot, I was missing my books a lot. 

  55. jazzey says

    April 16, 2012 at 5:14 pm

    i thank you my good man! i was going at this for a while now after reading your comment n doing it mine works!

  56. Skyseby says

    May 4, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    Hello

    I accidentally applied this fix to an Ipad 5.1 tethered jailbreak and now cydia does not work. Any advice how to undo the changes and get cydia working again?

  57. Waynechane3000 says

    May 29, 2012 at 12:10 am

    it works thx

  58. John smith says

    July 14, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    I don’t want to reboot my ipad and lose my apps is there alternative to that?

  59. John smith says

    July 14, 2012 at 5:49 pm

    Exactly whats up with tha happens on my iPad too

  60. Janine_cutie1108 says

    July 19, 2012 at 1:27 pm

    still not working on my iphone. It’s crashed. i cannot delete it. I also tried deleting it on ifile but still not working, how can i uninstall my ibooks? Please help me

  61. Blahblah says

    July 19, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    How can i delete my ibooks app? Its crashed. i cannot uninstall it. Please help me :(

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