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iPod touch HOW-TO: Get around the application space limit on your Touch

Thanks for the tutorial! Does anyone know if installing massive amounts of apps will affect performance of the core feature set (mail, safari, music, etc...)? :D:apple:
 
I understand how to follow your instructions but could you explain whats actually happening here?

Someone mentioned that its "moving?" where are your applications moving to? If they are being moved off the iPod Touch then how are you still using them? I'm not sure I follow whats actually happening here, or how this is solving a problem?
 
animefx said:
I understand how to follow your instructions but could you explain whats actually happening here?

Someone mentioned that its "moving?" where are your applications moving to? If they are being moved off the iPod Touch then how are you still using them? I'm not sure I follow whats actually happening here, or how this is solving a problem?
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In terms as simple as I can think of, here's what you're doing:

The Touch is basically split into 2 "drives." You have a 300mb "drive" that stores the filesystem, a.k.a the operating system of the iPod. Then you have the 8GB/16GB "drive" that holds all of your music, movies, pictures, etc. Filling the 300mb part would be BAD. It would probably cause a whole bunch of problems with your iPod. So to solve this problem, you move all of your applications to the 8GB/16GB "drive." Then you create something called a symlink, which basically tricks your iPod into believing that your applications are on the 300mb part where they should be, when really they're on the 8/16GB part. Due to the way the symlink works, you won't notice any difference other than the increased amount of space for your applications. Whenever something tries to access your applications on the 300mb part (which really don't exist there anymore), it's redirected to your applications on the 8/16GB part. Therefore you can still follow installation instructions for other programs as normal, without having to worry about the fact that your applications are in a spot other than the default.
 
thank you kind sir... nice simple way of keeping this dirty 3rd party apps away from the all important core files... :D
 
I don't know if this is directly related or not, but since I have done this, my wi-fi isn't working correctly. I haven't been able to install any more programs in my installer app. I don't know what would cause the sudden cease in Wi-Fi operation...
 
Hi guys. Tried this method, but I'm getting the following error:

Code: 
# mv /Applications /private/var/Applications
mv: reading `/Applications/Installer.app/InstallerPlugin.webplugin/InstallerPlugin': Invalid argument

Anyone know how I could get round this problem? Greatly appreciated.
 
hi,
do we need to be "on" with the wifi?
or only the usb plug?

i'am trying to do it but nothing happens (with the osx 10.4.10 via terminal)
it seems it doesn't see my pod

i entered ssh -l root ip.adresss of my pod

before the code...

so o thought the ipod ip changed and i tried to use a ftp util. for checking the connection :
no connection

(got no wifi where i am now to check my ip)


could someone help me plz?
 
ok, heres the deal with this. If you have the native iphone and ipod apps in the same folder that you sym linked all your applications are probably crashing, esp. ones that are web dependant. I moved the ipod apps back to the root /applications/ folder and sym linked to another folder in /private/var with all the 3rd party stuff and nothing has crashed...

a few people on the dev team have notice this as well.

Arisian
 
blaakmambaa said:
hi,
do we need to be "on" with the wifi?
or only the usb plug?

i'am trying to do it but nothing happens (with the osx 10.4.10 via terminal)
it seems it doesn't see my pod

i entered ssh -l root ip.adresss of my pod

before the code...

so o thought the ipod ip changed and i tried to use a ftp util. for checking the connection :
no connection

(got no wifi where i am now to check my ip)


could someone help me plz?
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Your ipod needs to be connected to a network. This is inferred by the need to type in the ip address of the ipod.
 
Arisian said:
ok, heres the deal with this. If you have the native iphone and ipod apps in the same folder that you sym linked all your applications are probably crashing, esp. ones that are web dependant. I moved the ipod apps back to the root /applications/ folder and sym linked to another folder in /private/var with all the 3rd party stuff and nothing has crashed...

a few people on the dev team have notice this as well.

Arisian
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Thanks for the info. So it sounds like I should create the simlink, then only move over the 3rd party apps?

What if I create the simlink only, that would be fine too right? (I don't have too many extra apps installed yet.)

I kinda know what's going on with the various commands, but not enough to know what to type myself. Any specific tips/commands would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
 
I tried this and it works great however, I believe it is causing some problems when trying to install updates through the installer. I am wondering if it the update default path is looking in the native folder and not seeing the redirect.
Trying to install the BSD Subsystem update and am getting a package download failed error. Also when SSH new themes to the following location /var/root/Library/SummerBoard/Themes/ it will not use the theme wallpaper tried to enable and disable theme wallpaper

Edit: Found it: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/374093/
 
Bit of a n00b question but: I just installed the new version of Installer.app and it dosent have the thing at the bottom saying how much space I have left, so im wondering if the Installer done this process automatically when I updated?
 
Is there a way to "go back" to original state prior to doing this mod without restoring and starting the jailbreak process again?
 
Besides of installing Apps, I'd also installed PHP, Python, Perl and Ruby in my iPod touch. But these all are installed in /opt/iphone directory so they still use up all my system disk space. It is an good idea for me to move /opt/iphone directory to /private/var like we have done with /Applications ?
 
mickey9801 said:
Besides of installing Apps, I'd also installed PHP, Python, Perl and Ruby in my iPod touch. But these all are installed in /opt/iphone directory so they still use up all my system disk space. It is an good idea for me to move /opt/iphone directory to /private/var like we have done with /Applications ?
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i wouldnt put it in the applications folder on /private/var. Create a new folder called /util/ or something like that and symlink that to your root /applications/ folder
 
Arisian said:
i wouldnt put it in the applications folder on /private/var. Create a new folder called /util/ or something like that and symlink that to your root /applications/ folder
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Oh I think my message was too short that make you confuse. I have made a opt directory in /private/var and mv the /opt/iphone directory to there. Therefore the new path of the moved directory is /private/var/opt/iphone.

What I concern is someone in other forum said that moving any file in opt directory out may cause system unstable (i.e. moving opt files from 300MB sector to 16GB sector) . Is that true? If so, why?
 
mickey9801 said:
Oh I think my message was too short that make you confuse. I have made a opt directory in /private/var and mv the /opt/iphone directory to there. Therefore the new path of the moved directory is /private/var/opt/iphone.

What I concern is someone in other forum said that moving any opt's file outside opt directory may cause system become unstable. Is that true? If so, why?
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You can keep your opt files in the orig opt directory and sym link everything else. I wouldnt move that folder based off of what other people have said i guess.
 
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