It seems a lot threads around with people who are having problems with Installer not being able to install any applications, and get the error “package download failed”.
This possible fix is quite easy, and seems to have worked for a lot of people.
• Open up Installer. Hold down your HOME BUTTON for 7 seconds until Installer quits.
• Re-open Installer and try to install your package again.
• IF you still encounter the error, hold down the HOME BUTTON for 7seconds again until Installer quits.
• Restart iPhone this time, & try again.
[via - Hackint0sh]
Tags: package download failed, 1.1.3, 1.1.4 issues
(28 votes, average: 4.04 out of 5)
26 Comments
It didn’t work for me, but tried following and worked
Open Installer
Go to sources
refresh sources
Install update for Installer
Try now….!!!
It worked fine for me..But for many, 1.1.4 version still have to come.!!
thanks for this info linusuncle. I am sure this will be helpful in the future
Dev
I tried the method described above but with no results. Then I found this in the internet:
How to Fix “Package download failed: can’t find host!” in Installer
Launch Installer. Go to Sources.
Click EDIT…and then delete the old Ste Packaging URL
Click EDIT…then ADD…type in (case sensitive!) http://repo.smxy.org/iphone-apps/
Click OK then press DONE
(Optional) Go to Install…go to the Sources category…then install/update Community Sources. (this will help).
I quote from:
http://www.iphoneunlockaustralia.com/iphone-unlocking/fix-installer-package-download-failed-can-t-find.html
This will work!
Good luck!
Thanks TaKaSzTe,
This is good info. We would benefit from this fix for sure.
Dev
TaKaSzTe: This didn’t work…do you know what is the url I deleted?
just to add..I lost some of my application packages when I deleted the Ste Packaging!!
[...] “Package download failed!” [...]
hehe, hold down home button for 7 seconds? Try and try again if that fails? I think it highly more effective to dance widdershins about a slaughtered black rooster at midnight while beseeching Mephistopheles for his intercession. Either method has a good chance of becoming an urban legend.
hi could you please help me i need to unlock my cectp 168 but i need to know what version it is how do i find this
Hey Ger,
whats cectp 168?
Its a chines iphone clone google it
oh..ok.. just checked. looks pretty close. I haven’t used this.
respect for tht linusuncle
Hi, I m from India. I accidentally upgraded my 1.1.4 to the new firmware 2.0, and my phone got locked. Though I degraded my phone back and unlocked with ziphone v3. But now the problem is my phone can’t find any cellular network. The manual network selection and the EDGE thingy aren’t there as well.
Please suggest something. HELP!!!
hi the baseband is probably still 4.05
send me an email I will help you downgrade
lalit:
ye dekho: http://www.iclarified...
check all three boxes though….there is more stuff on hackint0sh.com forum
peace
To the guys who dissed this.. I tried holding down the home button for 7 secs and installer actually worked after this. Wondering why this problem has cropped up in the first place.
THANKS. Very helpfull =) now i can download packages on installer.
Thanks works for me…
To unlock again iphone that was upgraded to 2.0, and when downgraded cannot find provider: I unlocked it with iLiberty then went to http://iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=1563
and followed instrustions - download KiPhone. Basically you need to downgrade baseband with this program.
holy moly it worked!!!
shit men dont update yung i phone to latest firmware 2.3?? its not compatible you need to downgrade again to 1.4 in order to jailbrake
Thanks to all the inputs. Mine is working great! Note try all three methods until one worked!
have a problem when i download packages from repositories (using installer 4beta for firmware 2.0) it shows an error like this: ‘unable to decode package”. can anyone help me????
VICTORY!!
thanx
I have 2.5G iphone with 1.1.4 version after going backwards from 2.0. I repetedly get the “package download failed error”. I had rerun ziphone but it didn’t help.
Any ideas how to solve it?
Thanks