Comments on: How to fix “Low disk space” error with third-party iPhone apps

By: Adnan Baig

Adnan Baig — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:07:22 +0000

I am getting permission denied message when I type in cp -pr Applications /var/root.

By: Morvidangel

Morvidangel — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:06:48 +0000

Okay uhm I have Jailbroken iPod touch 3g, running on 3.1.2, and I had this problem, but I seem to have messed up because most of my apps are still there, except for the mainframe apps, like “Settings, App Store, YouTube, etc” also the installed Cydia, Music, Video, Photos, and other system integrated apps are gone, I used SSH on my iPod and it’s still there, but for some reason it does not read it, please help! D:

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:35:00 +0000

Alright when typing the commands into Term-vt100 I get to the third step “mv Applications Applications.old” and white typing comes up saying “mv: rename Applications to Applications.old: Permission denied” What does this mean and how do I fix it?

By: beck

beck — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:12:33 +0000

hello , I just did the symlink with no problems.

All seems to work fine.. except the installer.

After this i get the following error when starting it:

“Insufficient Permissions

Installer was not installed correctly.
It should be run as root:wheel. We will continue but please remember that it may not function correctly.”

The obvious question is “did you use cp -prf instead of “cp -rf” , yes i did.

By: LeMMiNGS

LeMMiNGS — Sat, 31 May 2008 04:21:56 +0000

Many thanks for that tip!
I installed OpenSSH and made it look easy.. even moved my Ringtones & Wallpapers folder to /private/var/root/Library to free up more space

By: YC

YC — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 22:47:05 +0000

Hi, I use your instruction above, but screwed up the typing when I type ln -s private/var/root/Applications /Applications which is too long. When I press the home button and press Terminal again nothing seems to work. My SSH didn’t turn on at that time. I reboot my phone and it is stucked at the booting stage seeing the Apple logo all the time. I restore the Firmware 1.1.4 and use iPlus2.0 to unlock and it has shown lots of screen accodingly but when it completes it still fail to boot it. I think it can’t find the Applications folder. Can someone please help me, is there a restore in the Applications to its default?

By: ajay

ajay — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:37:06 +0000

hi … heres whats happened. i was installing various apps on my 1.1.2 iphone for the last two days. everything was working fine. yesterday after installing a small game i got a message saying something like “low disc space” etc. “delete something” etc. i then tried to install “Appollo” an IM of about 4MB. it took a long time after the download and installation being completed for the phone to re-boot. since then the phone doesnt switch on. it just shows the apple logo for some time and then some flashing lights and then some ants crawling all over (i had installed ants and it was working fine). with the sim inside if some body calls the other party hears the phone ring but the phone doesnt ring at all. i tried resetting using itunes. it tells me that all data will be lost and the phone will be reset to factory settings. on clicking yes it then says do you want your phone software to be updated with the latest software (1.1.4 – is it crackable??). thats when i stopped and thought of taking your advice.

By: MP

MP — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 07:37:47 +0000

I installed vt100 as written above, but when i start it, in black screen is “password:”
I realy don,t know what password showd i enter?

By: jay

jay — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:20:18 +0000

hey buddy my all icons went away it was ln and i typed it as in and now i am in big trouble …plaease guide me wat to do !!! please please please

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 07:27:16 +0000

Can this method be used on a jailbroken 1.1.3 iphone?