Failure on Updating Symlinks after several reboots post initial bootstrap

[scamdotnet]

Device Model

iPhone 12, A14

iOS Version

16.6.1

Bootstrap Version

1.2.6

Serotonin Version

No response

What happened

After initially bootstrapping, I rebooted my phone several times to try to get something else to work. During this I did not bother to bootstrap again, and rebooted probably like 5 times. Now, every time I try to bootstrap using the app, the process fails on the Updating Symlinks step, with a “code(255)” message box appearing. I was expecting to be able to re-bootstrap without running into issues. I currently have not tried to fully uninstall Bootstrap, since I would prefer to keep my configurations and installed packages.

Screenshot of error:

Log output

ios-version: 16.6.1
device-model: iPhone13,2
app-version: 1.2.6
boot-session: 2F9E19E7-9CC2-4066-A7E3-554E9AD3F78F
bootstrap instalado
El sistema no tiene bootstrap
bootstrap...

device is strapped: /var/containers/Bundle/Application/.jbroot-CFB53A009C72E54B
Status: Rerandomize jbroot

Status: Building Base Binaries

Status: Starting Bootstrapd

bootstrap server load successful

bootstrap server check successful
Status: Updating Symlinks

***exception: Bootstrap.m (310): spawnBootstrap((char*[]){"/bin/sh", "/usr/libexec/updatelinks.sh", NULL}, nil, nil) == 0

Acknowledgement of README and FAQ

• I have read both the README and the FAQ.

[roothider]

can you zip and upload /var/mobile/Library/Logs/CrashReporter ?
(using Filza trollstore version)

[scamdotnet]

Can I retract WifiLQMMetrics files from the zip file? I cannot seem to find what they contain, but I am worried about them containing nearby wifi SSIDs and other information that could pinpoint my location. I've looked at all the other log files and I am comfortable sharing those ones, but am unsure about the Wifi ones.

[roothider]

Can I retract WifiLQMMetrics files from the zip file? I cannot seem to find what they contain, but I am worried about them containing nearby wifi SSIDs and other information that could pinpoint my location. I've looked at all the other log files and I am comfortable sharing those ones, but am unsure about the Wifi ones.

sure, no problem

[scamdotnet]

Here you go!
CrashReporter.zip
From my brief look at it, it doesn't seem to contain anything related to Bootstrap, but maybe you'll see something I didn't.

[roothider]

Here you go! CrashReporter.zip From my brief look at it, it doesn't seem to contain anything related to Bootstrap, but maybe you'll see something I didn't.

yes. did you clean the CrashReporter files after the failure of "update symlinks"?

[scamdotnet]

I don't think I did, will the logs appear after rerunning or do I need to reboot and then bootstrap again?

[roothider]

I don't think I did, will the logs appear after rerunning or do I need to reboot and then bootstrap again?

yes please

[scamdotnet]

No files appeared or were updated from what I can see in Filza, both after bootstrapping without rebooting and bootstrapping after rebooting. I do have the capabilities to run xcode with a debugger, if trollstore installed apps lets them be debugged by xcode, though I don't really know how to use a debugger nor to allow apps to be debugged if xcode doesn't work out of the box, so I would need to be helped through all that.

[roothider]

what was the last working version of Bootstrap?

No files appeared or were updated from what I can see in Filza, both after bootstrapping without rebooting and bootstrapping after rebooting. I do have the capabilities to run xcode with a debugger, if trollstore installed apps lets them be debugged by xcode, though I don't really know how to use a debugger nor to allow apps to be debugged if xcode doesn't work out of the box, so I would need to be helped through all that.

what was the last working version of Bootstrap on your device ?

[scamdotnet]

1.2.6 is the only version I have had on this device. I did have it working, and was able to restore the boostrap environment once after a single reboot (when my phone died), but after the multiple reboots, I cannot get it to go.

[roothider]

1.2.6 is the only version I have had on this device. I did have it working, and was able to restore the boostrap environment once after a single reboot (when my phone died), but after the multiple reboots, I cannot get it to go.

I'm guessing that for some reason bootstrap's environment is corrupted.
can you use filza to check how many ".jbroot-xxxx" in /var/containers/Bundle/Application/ ?

[scamdotnet]

I'm guessing that for some reason bootstrap's environment is corrupted. can you use filza to check how many ".jbroot-xxxx" in /var/containers/Bundle/Application/ ?

There is only one environment.

[roothider]

I'm guessing that for some reason bootstrap's environment is corrupted. can you use filza to check how many ".jbroot-xxxx" in /var/containers/Bundle/Application/ ?

There is only one environment.

and make sure these file exists in your device :
jbroot:/bin/sh
jbroot:/usr/bin/dash
jbroot:/usr/libexec/updatelink
jbroot:/usr/libexec/updatelinks.sh

[scamdotnet]

All of those files exist where they should be, however the /bin/sh symlink is pointing to a .jbroot- directory that doesn't exist. Some other symlinks in jbroot:/bin/ also point to invalid locations as well. I wonder if there is a way to easily search for all of them without having a full terminal available.