Fix iPhone’s out of space error

    (for windows and mac)

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    After you installed lots of native softwares, you may get this message. It may prevents you to install more softwares even you have 2GB storage left. This is because these native iPhone applications are stored under “/Applications” which have limitation. It does not matter even there are lots of space left.

    There is a way to fix, use Putty in Windows or Terminal in Mac.

    For windows, key in the information of iPhone (e.g. the iPhone’s IP address, “root” as username and “alpine” as password.) in Putty and you can perform the following steps.

    And for Mac, open the Terminal, and type “ssh root@192.168.0.123″. (change 192.168.0.123 to your iPhone’s address.) Then, you can perform the following steps. The follow guide is tested under iPhone 1.1.4.

    Always backup your iPhone’s personal stuff before going to the following steps.

    Step 1. Type in the following commands. Press enter after each line. (change “mobile” to “root” if you are using iPhone 1.1.2 software or lower):

    cd /
    cp -pr Applications /var/mobile

    mv Applications Applications.old
    ln -s private/var/mobile/Applications /Applications

    Step 2. Check whether Applications directory is moved or not by the following command:

    cd /
    ls -la

    Step 3. You should see something like this. Noted the highlighted line:

    Step 4. If yes, slide to turn off the iPhone and turn it on again. Then, type the following line to clean-up:

    cd /
    rm -rf Applications.old

    Step 5. Restart your iPhone again and install those applications for all of the 8GB/16GB storage.

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    24 Comments

    • 1. Frederik replies at 10th December 2007, 2:22 am :

      Hi,

      that’s what’s happened to me after that fix

      Blanc iphone

      photo
      http://fbonde.com/cph/DSC00002.jpg

      any help please..!

    • 2. admin replies at 10th December 2007, 9:43 am :

      Frederik,

      Can you SSH into your iPhone and find out where is your Applications folder?

    • 3. Paul Walker replies at 11th December 2007, 5:34 am :

      It broke mine too.

      I just renamed ‘Applications.old” back to Applications, and removed the new one and it worked again

    • 4. Ward replies at 12th December 2007, 2:45 pm :

      Can anyone confirm that this actually works?

    • 5. admin replies at 12th December 2007, 8:33 pm :

      Ward,

      this at least work for my case. I tested it more than twice

    • 6. Machine replies at 7th January 2008, 12:17 pm :

      I’m having the same problem as Frederik.

      I used terminal on the iPhone directly however, and not putty to issue the commands. Now I can’t even use putty to get back into the phone.

      any suggestions?

    • 7. admin replies at 8th January 2008, 3:05 am :

      Machine,

      Is that your computer and iPhone on the same IP range?

    • 8. Machine replies at 8th January 2008, 1:16 pm :

      Hey Admin,

      I think my problem was I forgot to install open SSH after my last restore.

      Oh well I just restored the phone back to 1.1.1, and followed the steps above, worked like a charm! However I wish there was an easier way, oh well.

      thanks

    • 9. Joey replies at 16th January 2008, 7:43 am :

      Ran out of space… followed your instructions above and everything went smoothly freeing up space for new installs.

      Thanks for the good work.

    • 10.   10 problems about &hellip replies at 26th January 2008, 6:17 pm :

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    • 11. Marisa replies at 30th January 2008, 1:34 am :

      Thanks for this article!!! This is a lifesaver.

    • 12. hidehide replies at 31st January 2008, 3:25 am :

      My SSH icon stays there after the jb.
      However, even I type the new password and restart, the password is still the old one!
      Then I tried to upgrade the one from you. Its still not working.

    • 13. JayTee replies at 31st January 2008, 8:02 am :

      I cannot find iphone’s ip address. I went to Settings -> Wi-Fi -> blue arrow but all I get “Connection closed by remote host”.

      I’m a little new to all this so any help would be most welcome.

    • 14. admin replies at 31st January 2008, 9:45 am :

      JayTee,

      Have you connect any wifi under Settings > Wifi?

      After you connected, tap the blue arrow near your connected point and you should see the IP address

    • 15. carlos replies at 11th February 2008, 11:00 am :

      i did everything and in step 3 the highlighted line said application
      –> private/var/root/applications/applications and then i retaart my iphone and now it doesnt enter to spring board the screen its empy. help what to do???

    • 16. admin replies at 11th February 2008, 9:54 pm :

      carlos,

      What version are you in?

    • 17. carlos replies at 12th February 2008, 5:11 am :

      im on 1.1.2 version

    • 18. nick replies at 12th February 2008, 7:13 pm :

      I’m also having the same problem as Frederik my whole springboard is totally empty, help!

    • 19. jon replies at 3rd March 2008, 6:04 pm :

      there’s other methond, just uninstall some of those app that u don’t need, or perhaps u have alot of theme. Just delete them …man this fucking work……….:)

    • 20. Jon replies at 8th March 2008, 3:08 pm :

      This caused my iPhone’s home screen to only show a few icons and constantly popup a help screen on rearranging icons. I was using 1.1.4. I don’t recommend doing this. I had to restore the iPhone.

    • 21. tabasko replies at 25th March 2008, 7:19 am :

      Working …. 1.1.4 (french iphone)
      Don’t forget to reboot twice as mentioned by the author of this page…

      People using program called “Categories” may see errors … solved a the second/third reboot …

      This solution work properly.

    • 22. derfasaurus replies at 30th March 2008, 4:26 am :

      Using 1.1.4 Worked Beautifully, thank you.

    • 23. Porraz replies at 29th May 2008, 1:13 am :

      Hi. Same here. MY IPHONE IS TOTALLY BLANK, EVERYTHING IS GONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!

    • 24. admin replies at 29th May 2008, 9:58 am :

      Porraz,

      Do you know how to SSH? You can try to find out where is the applications you moved.

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