Can't update iPhone because there is not enough storage?
My iPhone storage says that the storage is full after I have deleted practically every text message, email, picture/video, and app. I can't update it even when plugged in to iTunes. Does anyone know why?
It is a 16 GB iPhone 5s and at the bottom, the peach (audio) says 360 kb, the purple (photos) section says 2.84 gb, the light green (apps) says 664.4 mb, the green (documents & data) says 9.91 gb. I have removed the majority of my text messages, deleted all videos, and over half of the pictures but the numbers have not changed. Also, the amount of available mb says 749.1, but it keeps decreasing by the hour and I haven't added anything to my phone including new messages in the past 8 hours. I'm all out of solutions, please help.
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Here is my problem:
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I backed up my data to icloud to ensure everything is backed up. Is there a way to verify if data was really backed up in icloud?
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At first, my iPod couldn't be synced because 'playlists doesn't exist'(there's another forum about this and apparently this comment helped a lot of people...
"Click on your 'DEVICE' on the left in ITUNES,
click the music tab and where it says Sync Music, hit the all songs and playlist radio button.... worked for me, hope that helps...."
So I did just that, but then songs still won't go in my iPod because...
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Message was edited by: 8uh7ygWhen you say restore it, do you mean restore the one in iTunes or restore my iPod itself? The press the circle button then press menu for a long time in my iPod? I already did that.
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OMG!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I did what you suggested and it worked! I know nothing about this stuff. You made my day!
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I did the ios6 software update on my iphone and it did not complete because it said there was an error. It then gave me a message that I needed to restore my phone. When I tried to restore my backup it says it cannot be completed because there is not enough storage. I cant delete anything to make more storage because my phone is not usable because it wont restore. What do I do?
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Hi,
I've just moved on from an iphone 5 to an iphone 6.
I'm now on my second attempt at restoring it through the icloud.
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EmmaThe backup cannot be restored to the iPhone if there is not enough storage space available.
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So frustrating!!On your iPhone go to settings>general>about and next to "Available" if you dont have much space then you will need to delete stuff on the phone to make room to take photos by deleting stuff on the phone.
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Go to Settings>General>Usage and see how much available local storage you have available. You can also see what apps are taking up the most room.
You say that you paid for more iCloud storage. That's for back ups. You can't download apps to it or steam media from it. In order to take pictures you have to have space on the phone itself.
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I have a 4S and in the lock screen it is coming up with a screen (Not Enough Storage - This iphone cannot be backed up because there is not enough iCloud storage available. You can manage your storage in settings) it then has option close or settings.....but i am unable to click on either or turn off the phone. I have plugged it into itunes on the computer and manually backed it up but i cannot use my phone as i cant get past this message
Welcome to the Apple Community.
You might try a forced shutdown to begin with, hold down the top and home buttons together until the device shuts down, then restart it. -
I just switched on icloud back on my iphone. My iphone 4S is not getting unlocked now. Msg is as follows " Not Enough Storage" 'This iphone cannot be backed up because there is not enough icloud storage available. You can manage your storage in settings.' not able to unlock my phone now.
Reset it by holding the power and home buttons at the same time until you see the Apple logo, then release.
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This iphone cannot be backed up because there is not enough iCloud storage. Can you help me take the pictures off the icloud since I backed them up on my pc and would like to continue to use the storage in icloud to back up with.
you are correct. We are not understanding each other. I am attempting to provide a model for good habits for the OP. You have provided only a short term brief intervention which leaves a gaping hole for data to get lost in.
At no point did I say that merely backing up the device without saving the camera roll pictures would delete them. Please stop inferring what you think I mean, you are confusing the issue. I said that doing so was SETTING UP the OP for data loss. This behavior encourages the OP to simply shut off their backup for their pictures. At no point did you instruct the OP to delete the old pictures from the device. The set up part is this... if they simply turn off the camera roll backup, and aren't implementing some form of management for the pictures on the device, then the pictures are only being actually saved, in a "permanent" manner when the OP backs up to itunes. That's all fine and good, but this also presumes that the OP will always do so on a regular basis, will never forget to do so even when there are a ton of new, very important pics to worry about.
My suggestion allows the OP to continue to use the automatic backup feature the way it was intended...automatically...for the information that has not yet been saved to the user's computer. The whole point here is that the OP can keep their pics AND still benefit from automatic backups without disabling the cameral roll from being backed up into the icloud.
Should this poster have walked into my fruit themed store, I would recommend that the OP do the following:
1. back up the pics to the computer (done)
2. REMOVE THE BACKED UP PICS FROM THE PHONE
3. Learn about and utilize PHOTOSTREAM (including its limitations like no videos, only 1000 pics and only for 30 days) to make backing up and saving the photos from the phone easy and simple
4. Explain how backup works and what it backs up
5. Reassure the OP that even if they haven't backed up to itunes lately or have not bothered to properly save their pictures using another device and PHOTOSTREAM, that their oversight won't be catastrophic in circumstances where failure to do either of these things and being met with tragedy, does not necessarily mean that the OP is SOL. The automatic backup is another line of defense against data loss and can save the OP's precious memories, TEMPORARILY, until they can be transferred to another device for "permanent" storage. Why disable a line of defense?
I see it all the time. Full icloud, camera roll turned off, device not backed up to itunes nor pics saved for weeks because they were too busy, didn't feel like it or were just plain lazy. Then, a wedding, birth, Halloween, Naughty time with the hubby, whatever it may be its an event with a LOT of pictures taken. Then, then next day or so, before the manual saves can happen, the device is damaged and needs to be replaced. There's no backup, nothing saved and the user loses ALL of the pics from the special event. IF they had properly managed their pics and only kept stuff on there that they really needed, deleted the rest after saving their pics elsewhere, and thus kept the backup size small enough to use, the backup would happen unattended overnight, and even though catastrophe still happens, all the pics from the big event are recovered on a new device using the iCloud backup.
Do you see the difference? I hope you do, and i hope so does the OP. I have a great deal of experience here, take advantage of it or not. Accept my help or be stubborn about it, Your choice. I am finished posting into this thread now. Take care and good luck with your data. -
My iphone is stuck on the window that says "Not enough storage This iphone cannot be backed up because there is not enough icloud storage ........" but it won't let me choose "Close" or "Settings", can't slide to unlock it and can't turn it off. ???????
Reset it by holding the power and home buttons at the same time until you see the Apple logo, then release.
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IPod cannot be updated because there is not enough free space
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