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Increasing Application Storage Space (1.1.2 & 1.1.1)
iPhone, Application, Storage

Updated Feb 4, 2010

Introduction

As all of you might be aware by now, after installing quite a few applications, installer.app starts complaining how you're running out of space.. the fix is simple, all you do is move applications to a bigger disk (/dev/disk0s2) and point a symlink to it..

The Fix

connect to your iPhone via SSH and execute the following command:

# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk0s1 / hfs rw 0 1
/dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs rw 0 2

note the rw in: /dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs rw 0 2

If your /dev/disk0s2 line looks like the following

# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk0s1 / hfs rw 0 1
/dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs r 0 2

or like the following

# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/disk0s1 / hfs rw 0 1
/dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs rw,noexec 0 2

then you will have to download /etc/fstab via SCP and change it to look like the following:

/dev/disk0s1 / hfs rw 0 1
/dev/disk0s2 /private/var hfs rw 0 2

once that's settled..

# mkdir /private/var/Applications
# cp -Rp /Applications/* /private/var/Applications 
# mv /Applications /Applications.backup && ln -s /private/var/Applications/ /Applications
# reboot

once your iphone has rebooted, the problem should no longer persist.

Comment by project member zibree, Nov 22, 2007

I did that the first day I got the iphone :)

Comment by omarta...@gmail.com, Nov 24, 2007

will that save the applications to \Applications like normal or it will change the directory?

Comment by humve...@gmail.com, Nov 25, 2007

Yeahhh Cool Method it's working 100%.....Genius....Thx....

Comment by zwetan, Dec 1, 2007

if somehow you're already out of space

and obtain an "out of space' message

and/or after a reboot you just got no app displaying

you can try that

# mv /Applications.backup /private/var/Applications.backup

and then do the

# ln -s /private/var/Applications/ /Applications

you can also use

# df

to see the size of your different disks

but beside that oh yeah it's working great :)

Comment by zig...@gmail.com, Dec 17, 2007

What happens to the partion table when you reset the iPhone?

Comment by binsha...@gmail.com, Dec 31, 2007

i think it goes back to normal, depending if you are doing it in DFU or not

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Comment by antonis...@gmail.com, Apr 28, 2011

i did this to couple applications eg moving and then pointing a symlink from /Applications/Installous.app to /private/var/Applications/Installous.app applications are working fine, the problem is that im getting an empty icon (white) in the springboard

any ideas y?

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