Someone asked me for clarification on how to purge applications in another post. Incase others are interested:
All the directions here assume you've got ssh handy, openssh running on your ipod, and that you know the ip address of your ipod touch. I cant provide any specific directions for windows ssh, but they should be analogous.
Also, remember <ipaddr of ipod> will translate to something like 192.168.0.102 or whatever, never include the greater than and less than signs.
From your mac or linux command prompt:
ssh root@<ipaddr of ipod>
Then enter in the password (typically alpine).
type:
pwd
This will reveal where you are in the directory hierarchy. Mine defaults to /var/root
All the applications are located in /var/Applications, so we need to maneuver over to /var/Applications. Do the following (note it is case sensitive!, do not include the #, that is your prompt):
# cd /var/Applications
Once there, might as well look around:
# ls -alrt
Mine showed:
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 374 Dec 14 20:26 DemoApp.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 816 Dec 14 20:48 MobileAddressBook.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 3128 Dec 14 20:50 Maps.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 1632 Dec 14 20:50 MobileCal.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 4012 Dec 14 20:51 MobileMusicPlayer.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 3808 Dec 14 20:51 MobileSafari.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 1326 Dec 14 20:51 MobileSlideShow.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 2312 Dec 14 20:51 MobileTimer.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 1938 Dec 14 20:51 Preferences.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 1258 Dec 14 20:52 Stocks.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 5236 Dec 14 20:52 Weather.app
drwxr-xr-x 19 root wheel 714 Jan 31 11:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 238 Jan 31 12:13 Caissa.app
drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 204 Jan 31 12:14 Stumbler.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 476 Feb 1 11:22 MACalc.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 816 Feb 1 15:43 Installer.app
drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 612 Feb 1 15:58 Tetromino.app
drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 238 Feb 5 12:42 Term-vt100.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 646 Feb 5 12:42 .
You can see the new apps I've installed in bold.
The ones dated Dec 14 are the old apps. I've purged a bunch I had no use for.
For example, to delete the itunes, look for something called MobileStore.app or some such. Determine if you really want to purge this application, because once you remove it you'll need to do a full restore to get them back.
If you despise DRM music as much as I do and want to continue then:
# rm -rf MobileStore.app
I also had little use for MIM.app, MobileMail.app MobileNotes.app and YouTube.app, so the same pattern follows:
# rm -rf MIM.app
# rm -rf MobileMail.app
# rm -rf MobileNotes.app
# rm -rf YouTube.app
Obviously the above list of commands is an example of what I did, you must determine which apps to purge based on your own judgment.
Once you're done purging all the trash from ipod touch, you'll need to reload and refresh the springboard.
I found the fastest way was to:
# killall SpringBoard
Now, logout of your ssh session cleanly:
# exit
You should be left with a cleaned up springboard. Hope that works out for you. Let me know if there are any questions.
-T
All the directions here assume you've got ssh handy, openssh running on your ipod, and that you know the ip address of your ipod touch. I cant provide any specific directions for windows ssh, but they should be analogous.
Also, remember <ipaddr of ipod> will translate to something like 192.168.0.102 or whatever, never include the greater than and less than signs.
From your mac or linux command prompt:
ssh root@<ipaddr of ipod>
Then enter in the password (typically alpine).
type:
pwd
This will reveal where you are in the directory hierarchy. Mine defaults to /var/root
All the applications are located in /var/Applications, so we need to maneuver over to /var/Applications. Do the following (note it is case sensitive!, do not include the #, that is your prompt):
# cd /var/Applications
Once there, might as well look around:
# ls -alrt
Mine showed:
total 0
drwxrwxr-x 3 root admin 374 Dec 14 20:26 DemoApp.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 816 Dec 14 20:48 MobileAddressBook.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 3128 Dec 14 20:50 Maps.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 1632 Dec 14 20:50 MobileCal.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 4012 Dec 14 20:51 MobileMusicPlayer.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 3808 Dec 14 20:51 MobileSafari.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 1326 Dec 14 20:51 MobileSlideShow.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 2312 Dec 14 20:51 MobileTimer.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 1938 Dec 14 20:51 Preferences.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 1258 Dec 14 20:52 Stocks.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 5236 Dec 14 20:52 Weather.app
drwxr-xr-x 19 root wheel 714 Jan 31 11:40 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 238 Jan 31 12:13 Caissa.app
drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 204 Jan 31 12:14 Stumbler.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 476 Feb 1 11:22 MACalc.app
drwxr-xr-x 3 root admin 816 Feb 1 15:43 Installer.app
drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 612 Feb 1 15:58 Tetromino.app
drwxr-xr-x 2 root admin 238 Feb 5 12:42 Term-vt100.app
drwxrwxr-x 19 root admin 646 Feb 5 12:42 .
You can see the new apps I've installed in bold.
The ones dated Dec 14 are the old apps. I've purged a bunch I had no use for.
For example, to delete the itunes, look for something called MobileStore.app or some such. Determine if you really want to purge this application, because once you remove it you'll need to do a full restore to get them back.
If you despise DRM music as much as I do and want to continue then:
# rm -rf MobileStore.app
I also had little use for MIM.app, MobileMail.app MobileNotes.app and YouTube.app, so the same pattern follows:
# rm -rf MIM.app
# rm -rf MobileMail.app
# rm -rf MobileNotes.app
# rm -rf YouTube.app
Obviously the above list of commands is an example of what I did, you must determine which apps to purge based on your own judgment.
Once you're done purging all the trash from ipod touch, you'll need to reload and refresh the springboard.
I found the fastest way was to:
# killall SpringBoard
Now, logout of your ssh session cleanly:
# exit
You should be left with a cleaned up springboard. Hope that works out for you. Let me know if there are any questions.
-T