Topic:  Problems with Planet-iPhones packages on Cydia explained


Thanks to Saurik we now have a full understanding of why the updates released in Cydia yesterday did not work properly...  We have always had our packages configured to backup the files they replace to a temporary folder during install and replace them during uninstall and have never had this issue before. The updates we put out yesterday we're a bit different.  The entire file/folder structure in the package was changed to adapt to the new WinterBoard format. Since the old packages contain files which are not in the new packages (other.artwork, keyboard-common.artwork, etc.), they are considered part of the old package and get removed during the update. This causes you to lose you original backups and leaves you with a disfigured keyboard or missing images.  We corrected the updated packages by assigning them new bundle identifier names and adding in scripts to properly remove the old packages without removing your backups.


Replacing Your Images: If you were effected by yesterday's updates and lost your original keyboards or app images, there are two ways you can get them back.

1) You can manually upload the original images to their corresponding locations using ssh.
2) You can restore in iTunes.


Future Updates:  Now that we understand the what caused this we know how to prevent it for all future updates as we convert the rest of the mods and themes to WinterBoard.  In the future all of our packages will be formatted for WinterBoard.  This process should be is much safer since there is no need to make backups or overwrite any original files anymore.  WinterBoard actually doesn't require you to modify any of the original files at all.