Sunday, February 13, 2011

GoodReader Documents empty!

What happened to all the documents and folders in GoodReader Documents on my iPad? The Capacity bar indicates there are 9.9 GB of "Other" files -- I think those are them, but how do I connect GoodReader to them?

iPad iOS Version 4.2.1
GoodReader v 3.2.0






Update 02/03/2011

I think I found a solution using i-Funbox to find and rename the application directories on the iPad.

Running i-Funbox in Windows and searching for "Goodreader" I found my files on the iPad under:

//var/mobile/Applications/00AC9E8A-CF9A-4E92-8DF2-B9B2C991929B



and a newer, emptier GoodReader folder under:


//var/mobile/Applications/6331B84F-781B-404E-83AC-A614792FD8AC

This second is dated 02/23/2011.
The first is dated 12/09/2010


So I renamed the folders (closing iTunes first, just in case) and when I re-launched iTunes, my GoodReader Documents folder had all those documents that were missing!


Next to try the same with Stanza, which has suffered the same problem.

//var/mobile/Applications/474C8147-5774-43E5-A9BA-1D1AE21BA3EC
//var/mobile/Applications/4AEEF8C6-E2F2-4A2D-BAFF-9C796FE6BF66

Update 02/04/2011

It seems every time GoodReader is re-installed, it abandons the old path with all the files and starts over in a new path:


//var/mobile/Applications/6331B84F-781B-404E-83AC-A614792FD8AC <- old path with original files
//var/mobile/Applications/F1A3A766-ABA8-47CD-97C6-EE09FA4D8BB0 <- new path after reinstall

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