iPhone Capacity(memory) reading:6.01Gb??

[keano]

My iphone is 2.1 jailbroken and unlocked with quickpwn, however i've just noticed that when i plug my iphone into my pc, the capacity says 6.01gb, shouldnt it be like 7.42gb or something close to that? some info/advice would be greatly, greatly appreciated!!

[HackThatPhone]

Isn't this that issue caused when you update instead of restore? You keep "losing" 500mb every time you do it due to the way Cydia moves things around, not letting iTunes see the space it takes?


This is from BigBoss' site:

First off, you never use “upgrade” on a jailbroken device. If you do that, you automatically lose about 500mb of disk space and never recover it until you finally restore. If you upgrade from 2.0 to 2.0.1 using upgrade button, you lose 500mb. If you then upgrade from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2, you lose *another* 500mb. And this continues until you hit the restore button. The data loss is because Cydia moves your files around to free up space. The moved files become inaccessible but stay on your disk which means you essentially just lose the space. The more apps you had installed in Cydia, the more space you lose.

Read more here: http://sleepers.net/news/2008/09/19/how-to-upgrade-in-itunes/

[keano]

Perfect, thanks a bunch! was really stuck on what to do!