[h_abuzaid]

once i ever try to install any program from the ovi store it gives me the following message :

Unable to start operation
Refreshing cache. please wait

than i press okay and try again.
and i tried restarting .. but it's the same.
luckily i did install the developer mood, and i even tried to install tools from the developer mood .. but gives me the same message
the problem appeared after upgrading to PR1.2.

any ideas please ??

[cjlim]

If dev mode didn't do it then you may have to consider resetting your phone. remember to backup your data first.

[h_abuzaid]

i did that .. and it solved the problem for once .. but after an hour or so .. it happaened again .. it's impossible that i should  keep reseting everyday ?

[cjlim]

Maybe it is something you do after resetting that is causing the issue. Might be worth monitoring when it stops worrking again following a reset. 

[h_abuzaid]

the only thing i did after resetting is putting programs into folders .. and i just resetted it for the third time .. what is going wrong ?

[cjlim]

Are you restoring a backup? Check to see if problem recurs after restoring backup. Could be a bad setting in backup.

[h_abuzaid]

no .. i do the following >> Settings/Reset/Restore settings/ yes ... and than the phone restarts.

the problem than is fixed but it doesn't continue for an hour before getting the same problem

[cjlim]

Wrong reset. You need to try Settings>Reset>Clear device. This will wipe your device so you need to backup all essential data. Best to backup as little as possible to avoid restoring the same problem afterwards.

[h_abuzaid]

I just finished the reset process .. And the same problem appeared .. Why is this happening ?

Is there a code to put in the terminal to clear the cache or something like that ?

I used a program called drop cache .. But with no result !!

Please help me

[cjlim]

Is it hapening when downloading any apps or just specific ones? If so which apps? 

[coopere]

This is happening to me also and a number of others after the update. Tried to download GTalk Video Call and ShotMee but that error message pops up and also the device update screen hang

[h_abuzaid]

No specific one .. I even canceled more than 10 applications ..

Someone told me to do this :

- open the X-Terminal
- become root by typing devel-su and then rootme as password
- type apt-get clean

i did that but nothing happened.

[h_abuzaid]

I went to Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications

and as I see there that it's still refreshing the update list

and I resetted the device and watched again .. I think that the problem appears after getting the update notification.

[aspergerguy]

@h_abuzaid

Try in "Terminal" :-

devel-su
rootme
apt-get update
apt-get -f install
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean

[Willi65]

Hi,

I have the same problem.

apt-get update hangs in the line:

0% [3 Translation-de gzip 0B] 

[h_abuzaid]

@aspergergu

once i try anything from the listed ..

---

apt-get update

apt-get -f install
apt-get autoremove
apt-get clean
apt-get autoclean

---

 i get the following :

E: could not get lock / var / lib / dpkg / lock - open (11 : Resource temporarily unavailable)

E: Unable to lock the administration directory ( / var / lib / dpkg) , is another process using it ?

[h_abuzaid]

Now I discover that I can't remove any application too .. It gives me the same message :

Unable to start operation
Refreshing cache. Please wait

I tried everything .. Is it a problem with the new update PR1.2 ??? Because I can see a lot of people having the same problem on many other forums

[cjlim]

Don't think it is a general problem with Pr1.2 because I am not experiencing it with my N9 and neither are any of my friends on this forum. Could be something specific to your phone or a specific group of phones. 

[h_abuzaid · Accepted solution]

Here is the solution got it form My-Meego forums ..

Do the following:

- open X-Terminal
- type   devel-su
- type    rootme    as password
- type     rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/filemanager.list      to delete the problematic repo
- reboot the device
- go back to X-Terminal
- again type     devel-su    and    rootme
- type      apt-get update       to refresh apt cache

[Willi65]

Thanks for the support. I could solve the problem also in this way.