I upgraded my iCloud storage but my phone didn't upgrade. My phone keeps telling me not enough storage. Help.

Confirm that you have no big icloud backups from your iOS devices
@icloud.com email is a big scorer too.
if you have many, many emails on icloud.com.
you probably should delete some of them or forward to a different email address you have. and afterwards delete those mails to have storage released
iCloud Storage depends mainly from iCloud Backup of iOS Backups, Mail Storage, Documents in the iCloud
contacts, calendars and notes are mostly not that big for storage as you might think.
music, apps and purchased items from itunes / appstore are not involved for calculation of icloud storage and they are not included in iCloud Backups of your iOS Devices.

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I keep getting a "Not enough storage to back-up my device" message since I upgraded to the new software. Short of purchasing more memory, and deleting some content, are there any other options?

What are my options for increasing storage capacity besides purchasing more memory, or deleting existing content. The new software install used up much of my storage capacity and the message is driving me crazy. Any ideas?? Thanks!

There are two kinds of storage messages that appewr on iOS devices. Your question seems at odds with your description so there might be some confusion here.
If the storage refers to not enough for an icloud back up then you need to purchase more icloud space or turn off iCloud backup. You can backup using iTunes on your computer with paying for additional iCloud storage.
if the storage refers to that on your iOS device as in there is not enough storage to update, then you have two options and neither option involves adding more storage since the amount of storage on an iOS devoce is fixed. One option is to delete stuff from your device to free up more space. The second option is to complete the update while your devoce is connected to your computer running the latest version of iTunes. When you do that the update is downloaded to your computer and extracted there so it doesn't require as much free space on your iOS device.

My phone is froze on the lock screen it says not enough storage how do i fox it, my phone is froze on the lock screen it says not enough storage how do i fox it

my iphone is frozen on the lockscreen and say not enough storage please helppp

Reset yor iPhone:
Reset: Press the Home and On/Off buttons at the same time and hold them until the Apple logo appears (about 10 seconds).

Why do I keep getting a not enough storage message when trying to install GarageBand on my iPhone 4

I have been trying to re-install GarageBand on my iPhone 4. I have tried downloading from iTunes app store and installing by sync from my MacBook. Neither will work. I keep getting the same "not enough storage" message.

You may need as much as 2Gb free, at least on a temporary basis while installing the app.
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ICloud keeps on reminding "not enough storage"?

so then i clicked settings and ok a couple of times. But still, it wont go anywhere, so now i cant even turn my alarm off! it wont get off the screen and i cant even shut it down! How do you remove this? It blocks my whole access to my phone, i only can snooze my alarm, and only press the lock button and its still going to be there! please help, i'm in my busy phase right now.

Have you tried resetting your iPhone?
Reset: Press the Home and On/Off buttons at the same time and hold them until the Apple logo appears (about 10 seconds). Ignore the "Slide to power off"

I keep getting the "not enough storage" message on a new i5

How do I delete some things without paying for more storage?
And... what takes up a lot of storage?

Look here: Settings>General>Usage...give it a few seconds to populate.

I have an iPad 2 and iPhone 5. I have 18.3GB of 25GB iCloud storage available but I'm unable to download anything as it says not enough storage!!

Please help, but keep it simple. I have an iPad 2 and iPhone 5. I've got 25GB storage on iCloud with 18.3GB available but when I'm trying to download anything, it's saying not enough storage available. I thought everything I put on my iPad would be stored in the cloud but I'm obviously missing something. Any suggestions?

The cloud is for storing your backups (which will then allow you to restore your content back on to a device), to download content on your iPad you need enough available space on your actual iPad : Settings > General > About > Available.
If you aretrying to download an app then you generally need approximately twice its size to be able to download and install it.

Trying to update phone and keeps saying not enough storage how do i fix it

I have deleted almost every picture off my phone cause it kept telling me not enough storage. I am trying to update, but it won't let me . It keeps saying not enough storage.... How do I fix this cause it should have plenty now !

Settings/General/About/Available will tell you how much free storage you have. From memory you need at least 1.4 GB or so to update to iOS 7 over WiFi (I strongly suggest you have more than that, 2-3 GB is safer for the iOS 7 upgrade).
If you have problems freeing up enough space on your phone then update it via iTunes instead, that's both more likely to work without issues and doesn't require all that free space on the phone to start with.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4623

Why is my iphone 4 saying not enough storage available?

Hello, when ios 7 came out I could not download it because I didn't have enough storage so I did not stress it. The next week I plugged my iphone in my laptop and it downloaded ios 7 and ever since then my iphone 4 will not let me take pictures, download apps, nothing and it keeps popping up not enough storage available, you can either buy more or delete some. So I deleted A LOT of my apps and pictures and contacts but still even with four apps on my phone it won't let me do anything. Does anyone know why? And I do not want to buy more storage because I am going to upgrade my phone this summer but still its very annoying, can anyone help me please? And thank you !!!

That's iCloud storage that it's talking about
Check Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup.
Odds are what you see here will show a very small amount as "Available."
See here to learn about managing your iCloud storage.
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Not enough storage to backup

4.8GB free is what's shown and that should be enough for a backup but I keep getting the not enough storage error. I've got mail and photo backup both turned off, so there shouldn't be any problem with backup size.

hi! I have the same problem: my iphone has 16gb and I constantly get to 12,7gb used. I paid for a 200gb icloud that shows only 3gb at use. When I try to backup from my device to the icloud it shows that total space used and that can be backuped is 6gb (out of 12,7Gb); still I'm only using 3gb of the icloud and hace 197gb of free space. Thanks!

My ipod is stuck on mode:not enough storage

I can't even access the storage on my ipod because it is stuck with the following message:not enough storage
I tried resetting it but it won't work,it is frozen.

Try:
- iOS: Not responding or does not turn on
- If not successful and you can't fully turn the iPod fully off, let the battery fully drain. After charging for an least an hour try the above again.
- If still not successful that indicates a hardware problem and an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store is in order.

I still have 5 Gb icloud storage but 2.1 gb on iphone I want to upgrade to 6.0 but need 2.6 gb on my phone can i use icloud to free up some space and still access the apps that I store there on my iphone

i still have 5 Gb icloud storage but 2.1 gb on iphone I want to upgrade to 6.0 but need 2.6 gb on my phone can i use icloud to free up some space and still access the apps that I store there on my iphone.

No.
You need to delete content from your iphone.

My iPad and iPhone4s both state "NOT ENOUGH STORAGE" and can't backup due to not enough iCloud storage available in the cloud. I have sync my phone but I still get the msg - I will sync the iPad as well - both devices receive my mail as well as Acer pc.?

My iPad and iPhone4s both state "NOT ENOUGH STORAGE" and can't backup due to not enough iCloud storage available in the cloud.
I have sync my phone to my pc using itunes, but I still get the msg on the phone - could it be that the ipad and phone both receive the same mail? I did go into Settings - icloud - and shut off Mail on phone - I will sync the iPad as well - both devices receive my mail as well as Acer pc.? thank you -

Not having enough storage in your iCloud account isn't caused by using your iCloud email account on your device. It may be caused by having lots of email in your account though.
Go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backup>Manage Storage to see what is taking up the space in your account.

I have a i phone 5 that we are getting a message not enough storage this Iphone cannot be backed up beacause there is not enough Icloud storage available. But we cannot go to settings or close out the message . i cannot power off the phone or anthing

i have a i phone 5 that we are getting a message not enough storage this Iphone cannot be backed up beacause there is not enough Icloud storage available. But we cannot go to settings or close out the message . i cannot power off the phone or anthing. How do i clear this off the phone.

First, press and hold the home and power buttons until the Apple icon appears.
The problem could be that you don't have enough storage on the device itself, not on iCloud. Go to Settings>General>Usage to see how much "Storage" you have available on the device. Farther down the list is the available storage on iCloud.
Also check:
Go to Settings>iCloud>Storage & Backups>Manage Storage; there, tap the device you need info on and the resulting screen lists Backup Options with which apps store data on iCloud as well. Tap Show All Apps to get the complete list of apps and MB used for backup storage.
A device needs many MB of storage in order to perform a backup to iCloud.
Also see: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847`

HT1766 i deleted a ton of photos and videos from my phone but it's still telling me iCloud won't back up because there is not enough storage available. how do i get around this?

i deleted a ton of photos and videos from my phone but it's still telling me iCloud won't back up because there is not enough storage available. how do i get around this?

The Storage space its referring to is on iCloud. How much iCloud space is left, and how much space is your iPhone using?
iCloud storage space and the iPhone's physical storage space are 2 different things.

I upgraded my iCloud storage but my phone didn't upgrade. My phone keeps telling me not enough storage. Help.

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