"storage almost full" message

My wife's iPhone 4 started showing the "Storage Almost Full" message repeatedly. The following actions have been taken:
1. Deleted iCloud backup for the phone. - Not Fixed
2. Restored phone - Not Fixed
3. Bought brand new iPhone 5 and restored from backup - Problem is now on the new phone.
This is obviously an issue with the OS. What is the fix?
My next course of action is to factory restore the iPhone 5 and remove all traces of the backups from the iPhone 4. In the process we are going to lose lots of data that is very important.

riegertml wrote:
1. Deleted iCloud backup for the phone. - Not Fixed
Why? This is completely illogical. The iCloud backup has nothing to do with the message being displayed.
riegertml wrote:
2. Restored phone - Not Fixed
Again, why? There is completely illogical. Restoring does not remove content from the device.
riegertml wrote:
3. Bought brand new iPhone 5 and restored from backup - Problem is now on the new phone.
Again, why? If the same backup is restored to a device of the same capacity the same "Storage full" message will appear.
riegertml wrote:
This is obviously an issue with the OS.
No, it simply and obviously is not.
riegertml wrote:
What is the fix?
Replace the user with one that can read and comprehend the message.
riegertml wrote:
My next course of action is to factory restore the iPhone 5 and remove all traces of the backups from the iPhone 4. In the process we are going to lose lots of data that is very important.
Why? So more time and effort can be wasted?
Stop being dense. Connect the iPhone to the computer. Open iTunes.
Manage the content being synced to the device via iTunes.

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I searched the forum already and didn't quite find an answer so I thought I would post this (sorry if I missed something and this has already been posted!).
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