Unlock iPod touch's hidden storage space?

[Hatsune Miku]

So I plugged in my iPod touch 3rd generation 8GB into my laptop and I noticed my computer says that it's a little over 12GB. On iTunes it says that it has a little over 6.5GB (full restored to factory settings)

So my question here is does anybody know how to "unlock" this hidden storage space? There's no way the pre-installed apps can take up that much GB. My iPods jailbroken and I couldn't find any apps that delete the preinstalled apps, just hide them.

[TheMatrix]

Just use the computer's filebrowser?

/isanoobthatknowsnothingaboutipods

[kenoloor]

the software is what's hogging all that space up. You can't access that memory unless you go majorly fucking around with the software. Or I could be wrong. I dunno. I just bought a 32gig so I wouldn't have to worry about it.

[JackOfClubs]

Are you sure there isn't something wrong with your computer, or you're not just reading something wrong? Because I had an 8GB 2nd Gen and it never said that.

[Hatsune Miku]

I'm positive nothings wrong. I'm sure Apple says its 8GB because the other 4GB is the software. But then again, I'm still losing about 1.5GB thats taken up by the pre-installed apps (or whatever else) that you cant delete. There has to be a way to remove those apps. I don't see my EVER using "Stocks."

[JackOfClubs]

That 1.5GB from 8 down to 6.5ish is the system software itself (iOS) and the preinstalled apps. And there's no way to get rid of the Stocks app or anything.

[kenoloor]

That 1.5GB from 8 down to 6.5ish is the system software itself (iOS) and the preinstalled apps. And there's no way to get rid of the Stocks app or anything.

There's always jailbreaking and going into the system files and deleting the shit.

[AlmostHomeless]

I know on my nano first gen I could enable disk use then format the disk, deleting the os files. I used it as a flash drive and I could always restore the software with iTunes. I've never had a touch so I'm not sure if this would work.

[kenoloor]

I know on my nano first gen I could enable disk use then format the disk, deleting the os files. I used it as a flash drive and I could always restore the software with iTunes. I've never had a touch so I'm not sure if this would work.

You know you can get a 16GB flash drive at Office Depot for like 10 bucks.
If you really wanted to, you could jailbreak your iPod and delete all of the OS files (thus accomplishing the same result as a format). But really? Get a fucking flash drive.

[Hatsune Miku]

That 1.5GB from 8 down to 6.5ish is the system software itself (iOS) and the preinstalled apps. And there's no way to get rid of the Stocks app or anything.

You can delete the preinstalled apps, I just don't know how. And I think Apple are fucking assholes for that. If they advertise something as 8GB, I want 8GB NOT 6.5GB. They should add extra space specifically for the iOS. Or they could at least make iPods able to use SD/Micro SD cards. Music takes up so much space, especially ones with a high bitrate.

[AlmostHomeless]

You know you can get a 16GB flash drive at Office Depot for like 10 bucks.
If you really wanted to, you could jailbreak your iPod and delete all of the OS files (thus accomplishing the same result as a format). But really? Get a fucking flash drive.

This was many years ago when I was lucky to have a 2gb flash drive.

[Hatsune Miku]

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I'm sure Apple advertises it as 8Gb because the other 3Gb is used for the iOS. But if that's the case then how come I'm only starting off with 6.8Gb after a factory restore? There's no way the preinstalled apps can take up 1.2Gb.

[AllThatYouDreamed]

Updated verions of the OS probably take up some of that space, and preinstalled apps.

Theory, the device has a little more space to act as a buffer, if you have it "full", there's a little extra space so things don't crash?