Did not upgrade, but my "Other" in iTunes doubled

[IJBrekke]

Last night I received an OTA notification for iOS6 on my iPhone 4. I haven't upgraded because I would like for Apple to sort out this maps business first. I plugged my phone into the computer this morning, and my "other" in iTunes had increased from 1.4gb to 3.3gb.

I would like to restore to try to get rid of it but if I do so it will also install iOS6. Anyone else have this happen to them? Is there a workaround?

 

[Drich290195]

If you have a copy of the 5.1.1 firmware you can manually restore to this as apple are still signing it. If you dont then iOS 6you need to act fast though as apple will stop signing soon.

 

[Intell]

That's because your iPhone downloaded the OTA update. If you restore to iOS 5.1.1, it'll just redownload it again.

 

[IJBrekke]

So I've lost almost 2gbs of space to an update just sitting on my phone that I don't want? That's not cool. Can I delete it?

 

[Intell]

It's only ~800MB. No you cannot delete it. At least be thankful that Apple hasn't made it a mandatory OTA update.

 

[IJBrekke]

That's a ridiculous system. I appreciate all the great things Apple does but taking away functional space without my permission is not one of them.

 

[Intell]

You gave them permission when you tapped "I agree".

 

[gotluck]

you really cant delete it sitting in some folder with ifunbox or something?

 

[Intell]

you really cant delete it sitting in some folder with ifunbox or something?

Yes, but only of jailbroken. But the phone will redownload it.

 

[gotluck]

Yes, but only of jailbroken. But the phone will redownload it.

var/mobilesoftwareupdate ?

 

[Intell]

var/mobilesoftwareupdate ?

I don't really remember, but that might be it. Just be ready to restore your device of it doesn't boot later.

 

[gotluck]

I don't really remember, but that might be it. Just be ready to restore your device of it doesn't boot later.

fair enough, nothing is there at the moment, well a 680something byte file

i've installed the no update tweak on cydia.. the badge in settings hadn't come up for me yet

I'm hoping the tweak prevents the update from even downloading

 

[FatPuppy]

I had the same problem restoring to ios 5,I activated my iphone with itunes and wifi off and then jailbreak it and download cydia files with 3g and that's it,if you are jailbroken,you can't do an OTA update.

 

[TheRainKing]

Apple actually force you to download the update even if you don't plan on using it? Are they crazy?

 

[Intell]

Apple actually force you to download the update even if you don't plan on using it? Are they crazy?

Yes, when on WiFi the device will start to download it as soon as it shows the new iOS version popup.