Why do I keep getting a "storage almost full notice" on my iPhone 5s if in settings it says I'm only using 12.0 of 16 gb?
Why do I keep getting a "storage almost full notice" on my iPhone 5s if in settings it says I'm only using 12.0 of 16 gb?
If you are referring to a 16GB phone, then you do not have 16GB available. The device only has about 12.75GB available after iOS. You can see how much space you have available by going to Settings>General>About, or you can connect the device to the computer and iTunes and look at the report there.
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Why do I keep getting a Storage almost full warning?
I have more than 3G of data available in my cloud storage and more than 2G of space on my iphone 4. Why do I keep getting a storage is almost full warning whenever I play my music?
If you are referring to a 16GB phone, then you do not have 16GB available. The device only has about 12.75GB available after iOS. You can see how much space you have available by going to Settings>General>About, or you can connect the device to the computer and iTunes and look at the report there.
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HT1766 I keep getting message "storage almost full"
I keep getting the message "storage almost full" even though I've purchased the maximum storage and am showing lots of storage available in iCloud
How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
How to Remove “Other” Data from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6/7, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
What is “Other” and What Can I Do About It?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
iPhone or iPad Ran Out of Storage Space? Here’s How to Make Space Available Quickly
http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/02/iphone-ipad-ran-out-of-available-storage-space-ho w-to-fix-quick/
6 Tips to Free Up Tons of Storage Space on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/24/6-tips-free-up-storage-space-ipad-iphone-ipod-tou ch/
Also,
How to Clear Message/iMessage Cache on iPhone & iPad And Reclaim Lots of Free Space
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-clear-message-imessage-cache-on-iphone-ipad/
Cheers, Tom -
HT4623 i keep getting the "storage almost full" warning
on my iphone4 ive deleted over 200 photos and 3 apps using up space, ive restarted and restored my phone. ive tried to delete my texts but they just pop right back up.... its already up to date so im not sure what the problem is my imessages are sending and recieving slower than usual as well.. please help
How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
How to Remove “Other” Data from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6/7, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
What is “Other” and What Can I Do About It?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
iPhone or iPad Ran Out of Storage Space? Here’s How to Make Space Available Quickly
http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/02/iphone-ipad-ran-out-of-available-storage-space-ho w-to-fix-quick/
6 Tips to Free Up Tons of Storage Space on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/24/6-tips-free-up-storage-space-ipad-iphone-ipod-tou ch/
Also,
How to Clear Message/iMessage Cache on iPhone & iPad And Reclaim Lots of Free Space
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-clear-message-imessage-cache-on-iphone-ipad/
Cheers, Tom -
Why do I keep getting new keychain verification codes sent to my iphone?
Why do I keep getting new keychain verification codes sent to my iphone?
Because you haven't verified the phone?
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I have an iphone 3GS and suddenly am getting a "storage almost full message" even though I have 1.4 GB of free space. Now I cannot text. How do I trouble shoot this? I recently upgraded to version 6.1.3 if that helps.
When you sync using iTunes on your computer, do you see a lot of "Other" at the bottom of the iTunes Summary Page for your iPhone? If you do, try a "Restore iPhone ...". That should help.
Hopefully that would do it for you. If not, the next (more drastic) step would be to restore again as above, but choose "Restore as New" and then manually sync. Omit any apps that might be suspcious in their space use (primarily Game Center apps). -
Why do I keep getting a storage full message after deleting most of my photo app, on 16gb iPhone6
Hey,
I just purchased the new iPhone 6 16GB.upgrade jump T-mobile not paid in full $700.Nevertheless, why do I keeping getting a message about storage full? And it says...Go to setting and manage storage with iCloud. I have deleted most of the app, photo, and just about everything else, and still keep getting this message. It's almost as if I will be paying additional 3.99-19.99 a month to manage the icloud for apps that I already had. Perhaps this is the gimmicks to order the 64GB iPhone 6. In fact, the 64GB is offered as an upgrade to new or additional line customers. Come On give us a break for the loyal customers Geezh!!
Plus can't even upgrade software update to iOS8.1.1 because there is not enough storage. What sense does that make to even upgrade to the new iPhone 6???? Hurry up and fix this problem!Purchasing iCloud storage will not help your issue. Also, if you want to upgrade, do it via iTunes rather than OTA - it doesn't require as much available storage to do it that way.
To check to see what is taking up so much of your storage, go to Settings>General>Usage>Manage Storage, and you will see a list of the items on your device and the amount of storage they are taking up.
T-mobile's offer of the 64GB iPhone 6 to new or additional line customers has nothing to do with Apple. You need to take that up with T-mobile.
Cheers,
GB -
Why do I keep getting an error when I try to sync to iTunes? The error says "you don't have enough privileges?"
Copy all the content on your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes. Then go ahead and sync the iPod with your new library.
See this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering the different methods and software available to assist you with the task of copying content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
B-rock -
Movies on ipad will not play - get the storage almost full message?
I have a number of movies on my ipad showing in Videos, most on stored on icloud (i think). I can start playing the movies but within a few seconds they stop and I get a message say "Storage Almost Full". I thought by storing the movies in the cloud I am saving space on my ipad and can access and play those movies any time. What am I doing wrong?
How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
How to Remove “Other” Data from iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/
With an iOS device, the “Other” space in iTunes is used to store things like documents, settings, caches, and a few other important items. If you sync lots of documents to apps like GoodReader, DropCopy, or anything else that reads external files, your storage use can skyrocket. With iOS 5/6/7, you can see exactly which applications are taking up the most space. Just head to Settings > General > Usage, and tap the button labeled Show All Apps. The storage section will show you the app and how much storage space it is taking up. Tap on the app name to get a description of the additional storage space being used by the app’s documents and data. You can remove the storage-hogging application and all of its data directly from this screen, or manually remove the data by opening the app. Some applications, especially those designed by Apple, will allow you to remove stored data by swiping from left to right on the item to reveal a Delete button.
What is “Other” and What Can I Do About It?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142
iPhone or iPad Ran Out of Storage Space? Here’s How to Make Space Available Quickly
http://osxdaily.com/2012/06/02/iphone-ipad-ran-out-of-available-storage-space-ho w-to-fix-quick/
6 Tips to Free Up Tons of Storage Space on iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch
http://osxdaily.com/2012/04/24/6-tips-free-up-storage-space-ipad-iphone-ipod-tou ch/
Also,
How to Clear Message/iMessage Cache on iPhone & iPad And Reclaim Lots of Free Space
http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-clear-message-imessage-cache-on-iphone-ipad/
Cheers, Tom -
My iPhone 5 is a 16GB. The storage is almost full. Is there a way to add more storage, or do I have to buy a 32GB phone? I've had to delete my pictures and apps. I also cannot download any new music, update apps, or purchase new apps.
Upgrading phones is between you and the carrier if you are wanting them to subsidize the phone. Otherwise you would have to purchase the phone at full price.
Transferring purchases from the phone to iTunes is done with the device is connected to the computer, and in iTunes selecting transfer purchases. Yes, that will yield more storage on the phone when doing that. -
Someone please help! I do not know how to fix this. It keeps saying my Mobile Device has not been started and I can't get my phone to show up in the iTunes window AT ALL. It will charge while plugged in, but it just won't come up in iTunes.
Sorry, the error message should read, "...the Apple Mobile Device service has not been started."
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OK; I get a Storage almost full alert; and so I remove 25 songs; 15 apps, 50 photos, to free up space; but I KEEP getting the Storage almost full alert; even after rebooting.
Whats going on; do I need to change some itunes settings?You may need to remove more apps/music/photos or the message refers to the space for backups/memory in your iCloud account. You get 5Gb free but you can pay for more.
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Why am I receiving a "storage almost full" message when I have lots of storage?
My I phone 4 keeps sending message "Storage Almost Full" I have 4,8 GB available and 1.5 used. I have read other threads but nobody has provided the solution that I can see. Deleting photos and apps doesn't work. I think it has something to do with the Cloud but I turned it off and deleted a backup. My video doesn't work well and the battery is being used up too fast. I don't want to store on the cloud or purchase more storage. Someone said that didn't work anyway. Please help! Thanks!
Hello kiphoneb,
Thank you for posting in the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you are repeatedly getting a message "Storage Almost Full," but your phone is only has 4.8 GB of data on it. This message usually comes up when you are reaching the limits of your iCloud storage. You do not have to purchase additional storage, and can use iTunes to backup your iPhone instead.
You can find the steps to backup in this article under iTunes>How to backup
iOS: How to back up
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
You can find additional information managing iCloud storage here:
iCloud: Managing your iCloud storage
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4847
Best,
Sheila M. -
Storage almost full message on iPad
Hi there,
I used my iPad on a recent holiday to store my photos and videos and pretty much filled it up. I've now transferred most of the photos and at least half of the video clips onto my Mac so should have freed up over half of the space on my iPad but am still getting a 'Storage almost full message'. When I look at the usage it shows PhotoMgrPro, where I store my images, as taking up 55.2GB which is definately not the case. What can I do?Many thanks. Having Googled 'how to empty the trash' on an iPad and seen over and over again that there is no trash can as such on an iPad I was really confused as to why I was deleting photograph and video files but not freeing any more space. I've since found out that the app I use, Photo Manager Pro, does have a trash can and it was overflowing. Some of the files in there go back nearly a year! No wonder the poor iPad was telling me it had no space. So now I've emptied that trash and am up and running again. Thanks again,
Sue -
Storage almost full warning since upgrading to 7.1.1 Help?
Hello, I have an 8GB iPhone 4 and I have been getting the "storage almost full" warning for the last couple of days. It only began after upgrading to 7.1.1. I've done a hard reset/restore twice and the message keeps coming back. I generally keep at least 1GB free and after attempting to only put 3GB of music back on the phone it happened again. Please help!
Sadly this is a bug that I have been able to relicate on 3 different devices, and that has NOT been fixed by 7.1.2
To replicate, you need an "oldish" device (iPhone 4 & 4S, iPad 2 & Mini), and an iTunes match subscription with quite a few songs.
Start from a clean slate:
- Switch off iTunes match (settings / apps store or music)
- Kill all apps
- Reboot
- Reset (home +power until apple appears)
Check available space on settings / general / about
Then:
- Activate iTunes match
- Play some non locally stored music
- Wait
Yesterday, it took 1h for my iPad mini with 5.3GB available to show the "storage almost full" message and 0 bytes available
Note that I have tried with a full reset and it does not change anything.
To solve the problem:
- Switch off iTunes match
- Reset
The memory is now back (but I cannot use iTunes match)
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