[1.1.3] Weird Free-space problem?

Since performing the JB to 1.1.3, there are some weird things going on with the reported free space on the phone in the "Other" category.

Even though I only have BSD, Installer, OpenSSH and Term vt-100 installed, which totals about 7.5mb, iTunes (7.6) reports that I have 192.2mb of "Other" stuff installed. :confused:

I installed BossTool but that reports that I have zero space left. :confused:

I tried to find out how big the "Other" stuff should total with a clean phone but can't find the information anywhere.

I've had a sniff around the phone via SSH to see if there's any obvious stuff left over from the 1.1.3 JB (I used the Official Method as detailed on this forum) but nothing lept out. As a desperate measure, even though I didn't use the Installer method to update, I installed the clean-up script which removes the 300mb install file(s). Nothing much happened and the free/used space remains exactly the same.

Is 180-190MB about right or is there something wrong. If so, anyone got tips on how to rectify it?

Thanks

Update

Here's a twist. Plugging the phone into another computer (my MacBook) which is still running iTunes 7.4.2, the "Other" stuff totals only 32.2mb.

So:

iTunes 7.6 = 192mb of installed stuff
iTunes 7.4.2 = 32.2mb of installed stuff

Anyone else getting this?

I don't know which one to trust. Is there a unix command that can report free space? Maybe I can find out in Terminal what the real figure is....

And another detail that seems to point to the 1.1.3 update.

I just tried my girlfriends phone. She has a 1.1.2/jailbroken/AnySIM phone (exactly like mine before I tried the 1.1.3 update).

Plugging hers into the computer that runs iTunes 7.6 shows she has 156.2mb of "Other" installed. Plugging it into my MacBook running iTunes 7.4.2 shows......she has 156.2mb of "Other" stuff installed. Exactly the same.

:confused:

Change the Applications Folder Partition

Only for Firmware 1.1.3

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cd /
cp -pr Applications /var/mobile
mv Applications Applications.old
ln -s private/var/mobile/Applications /Applications
rm -rf Applications.old
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Quote:

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Originally Posted by h4ck3r

Change the Applications Folder Partition

Only for Firmware 1.1.3

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cd /
cp -pr Applications /var/mobile
mv Applications Applications.old
ln -s private/var/mobile/Applications /Applications
rm -rf Applications.old
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So doing this will i get more free espace for app ?
Cuz what i have read ,it looks like we only get 51MB for apps
Is that true ?
Ps: Sorry my english im from brazil

Quote:

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Originally Posted by h4ck3r

Change the Applications Folder Partition

Only for Firmware 1.1.3

--------------------------------------------------------
cd /
cp -pr Applications /var/mobile
mv Applications Applications.old
ln -s private/var/mobile/Applications /Applications
rm -rf Applications.old
--------------------------------------------------------

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I used BossTool which did the following:

Moved Applications from / (default) to /private/var/applications

Moved /Library/Ringtones (default) to /private/var/Ringtones

Moved /System/Library/Fonts (default) to /private/var/Fonts

...is this going to be an issue? Everything works fine and BossTool says I now have over 100MB free on the OS partition. is /private/var/xxx wrong location?

Quote:

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Originally Posted by h4ck3r

Change the Applications Folder Partition

Only for Firmware 1.1.3

--------------------------------------------------------
cd /
cp -pr Applications /var/mobile
mv Applications Applications.old
ln -s private/var/mobile/Applications /Applications
rm -rf Applications.old
--------------------------------------------------------

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Thanks for the tip but I'm not actually concerned about running out of space on the Apps partition, just about the fact that iTunes seems to be incorrectly reporting the free space.

:)

I get 190 MB or so Other in iTunes 7.6 after Dev Team soft upgrade as well. I did find that restore.zip (160 MB or so) was left in /private/var/ after the upgrade, deleted it. But I didn't plug phone into iTunes before I did this to see how much was used before I erased the 160 MB file.

So 190 MB Other iTunes 7.6 after soft upgrade and deleting restore.zip.

Used Windows with modded install.sh that would use a pre-downloaded 1.1.3.ipsw intead.

1.0.2 OTB IPSF
3.9 BL
04.02.13_G baseband (retained 1.1.2)

there are unix commands for cheking the space in disk, search is your friend my friend

and now a funny question for a software genius

i was using bosstool to move my apps in 1.1.3 and i forgot to check the battery so the iphone went off in the middle of the moving apps process by bosstool, now a couple of apps disappeare, calc, and stocks, where can they be??? how can i reinstall them??

if i run bootool now it fails miserably when i try to remove the apps again

what ca i do???:( :( :( :(

So this means the only current solution is changing the partitions and have less space for music etc ? or am i not following ?