These are instructions on how to free up space on your iPhones Root File System.
Step One Press to launch Installer from your Springboard.
Step Two Press Donate Later and don't forget to do that!
Step Three Press to select the Install tab at the bottom of the screen.
Step Four Press to select Utilities from the list of Categories.
Step Five Press to select Boss Tool from the list of Packages.
Step Six Press to select the Install button at the top right of the screen.
Step Seven Press to select the large Install button that appears.
Step Eight When the install completes you will be returned to the Categories Menu. Press the Home button to return to your Springboard. Now press BossTool to launch the application.
Step Nine Press to select Free Disk Space from the menu.
Step Ten Press to select Relocate Fonts from the menu. Note we could relocate other stuff but fonts is about 84MB so that is more then enough! Also take notice this screen will display how much free space you currently have available.
Step Twelve Press the large Do It! button to continue.
Step Thirteen After a few minutes you will be returned to the Free Disk Space menu and you will now see 84MB extra space on your root file system!
NOTES***: Big thanks goes out to Big Boss for creating this tool! Much appreciated. If you are considering moving Applications then don't forget to set Auto-Lock to never.
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For 1.1.4 Firmware users, use this tip:
1. Add source on the installer: http://apptapp.saurik.com/
2. Install Cydia
While installing Cydia, the system will automatically move your fonts and ringtones to another partition, thus freeing up your OS partition. The space will be available for you to install more apps.
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I have upgraded my iphone to 1.1.3 and when i relocate fonts through Boss tools to free up space my iphone isn't working. When i restart it, it won't open again.
I added iClarified to my sources but BossTools is not in my Utilities. I have 1.1.2OTB. It originally was jailbroken at 1.1.1 and I had iClarified in my sources and BossTools was available along with many games, ringtones etc in my categories in installer, but now most of these things are missing... what happened?
@iClarified. I think it's useful if you add the Step: Install BSB Subsystems (if not already done so). Users here seem to be coming from different stages in the JB and UL. For thos who use the ZIPhone direct method, BSB is not installed yet. This seems absolute necessary prior to installing BOSSTool
Hi,
I have 1.1.2 phone jailbroken and updated to 1.1.3.
When it was on 1.1.2, I was able to install the Boss Tool successfully. But once I upgraded to 1.1.3, the Boss tool icon dissappeared.So I uninstalled it and tried to install it again. I got the following error"Main script execution failed".
Any idea what is the issue here.
Thanks
weird...10 mins after i installed bosstool and it not appearing on my springboard it magically appeared but without the icon shown here...the icon looked like a piece of paper with a pencil and some other stuff making the A letter...(ive seen this icon before on other apps on the mac and the iphone when i ssh into it...in fact all the apps have this icon when u ssh into the phone....i went on to try and move fonts..it told me it would take like 10 mins....i started with 266MG used it died after about 1 min and told me i have 266MG with 0 to write...WTF??
found boss tool...go to install....install task bar goes thru motions...returns to springboard...no bosstool found on springboard...same problem as others here...any solutions as yet??
Ok, I went through the plist file for the Installer sources. Try adding a new repo, with the URL "http://sleepers.net/iphonerepo". That _should_ contain all the BossTools, as far as I know. I upgraded right from 1.1.1 to 1.1.3, so I have no idea how things work for you...
@Kendall,i have conceited software,modmyifone.com,ste packaging under the community sources.
And i am on a 1.1.2 jailbreak,unlocked.It was a 1.1.3 OTB but i downgraded it and unlocked after jailbreaking.
Let me know if you requiremore info.
Thanks
If you relocated the Apps and Ringtones. Then whatever Apps and custome Ringtones you add from that point onwards will be residing in the media disk, similar to the relocated Fonts.
Take it all back. Being a NEW iPhone I just had to Install BSB SubSystem. Now it works FINE. Pity that BSB APP takes up 5 MB on it's own, but what the heck, relocating Fonts and Ringtones alone gives me 75MB more space. Now 2 new Q's: a)Does anyone know if it's now safe to move the APPS as well? b) What happens with new ringtones and apps? (the Prog says xx already moved, so what happens to newer APPS?)
Guys,
Alternatively, why don't try the newattiphone.com's Installer-Space_Limit Fix to relocate your Apps. That would give you unlinmited space to install anything under the sun.
Check their side out.
http://newattiphone.com/showthread.php?t=52
Add its source in Installer.
newattiphone.com/repo.xml
I had done it on 3 iphones withour any issue at all.
Version 0.35 worked fine on my "old" 1.1.2 OTB using the old downgrade and upgrade to 1.1.3. procedure. It does NOT work on my "new" 16Gb iPhone which was jailbreaked and unlocked via the ZIPhone Method. Although the SW installs properly, each time I press Relocate Fonts or Relocate Ringtunes the Phone appears to be doing something, but the space in the Root remains UNCHANGED. The interesting thing is, that in spite of installing more and more APPS, the space on / remains steady at 51 MB. Guess we'll have to wait for an update?
That shouldn't be a problem. What sources are listed, and what version of Installer do you have installed? (It says what version it is on the welcoming screen).
Hi Kendall,
I did try that but still not able to find the packages.
The other thing is noticed is when i go into sources it has a lock at the bottom of the globe.
What does that mean?
Thanks
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