FabSwingers.com forum: iPhone help

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Anyone good with iPhone issues? I keep getting message that storage is full, Iv deleted loads of apps, pics and all my music but it keeps coming up, anyone any idea what I should do? Is it because I'm on here way to much?

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Go to settings and see how much available space you have

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Go to settings and see how much available space you have"

Iv done that but even after deleting loads of apps and pics it was still happening. I had to delete all music to get space. I hadn't added an apps pics or music in weeks

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Someone asked the same question on a thread at the weekend I think it was, don't know if it got resolved but advice was given, have a quick search for it. iPhone 6 was the thread title or similar

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Someone asked the same question on a thread at the weekend I think it was, don't know if it got resolved but advice was given, have a quick search for it. iPhone 6 was the thread title or similar "

https://www.fabswingers.com/forum/lounge/478465

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In general settings look at storage and usage and then manage storage find out what is hogging space. Sounds like down thing getting downloaded automatically so music/podcasts?

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By *idsAndyMan
over a year ago

Worcestershire

Buy an android

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By *eard-lincolnMan
over a year ago

near lincoln

Guessing it's an older iPhone or a 5c. If it is photos will quickly fill its memory. Videos shouldn't be stored in it either . Apps like Twitter and Facebook use lots of storage too . Also delete your messages . You would be surprised how much memory they take up if you have been having a conversation with anyone over a long period of time

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Thank u all. It's iPhone 6. Bloody annoying

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Can you restore back to factory settings i have a galaxy s5 that said same thing last week x restored bk to factory settings n its perfect now

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By *olgateMan
over a year ago

on the road to nowhere in particular

Back it up before going to factory reset

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By *ant32Man
over a year ago

all over

It might be your cloud storage space is full and not your phone

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Tried to back it up last night but didn't work. If I restor to factory settings do I loose everything?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Save all numbers to sim x i saved all my pics to dropbox then when i turned it back on just had to resign bk in fab n facebook etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Make sure to remove it from your phone completely. Your deleted stuff is usually just shoved into a deleted folder and is still taking up the same amount of phone memory space there.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tried to back it up last night but didn't work. If I restor to factory settings do I loose everything?"

Yes. But you can easily re-download most stuff like apps because of your apple account. Pics and that will be gone forever if not stored somewhere else, even to icloud should be fine.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Iv 1.2gb available and 42.6gb on iCloud. I delete my search history everyday for obvious reasons but would that take up space?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sorry to ask the obvious - but have you 'deleted' everything you have 'deleted'!

Til you do that , it's just gone from one folder to another + still on disk

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Sorry to ask the obvious - but have you 'deleted' everything you have 'deleted'!

Til you do that , it's just gone from one folder to another + still on disk "

How do I check that?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Iv 1.2gb available and 42.6gb on iCloud. I delete my search history everyday for obvious reasons but would that take up space? "

History shouldn't take up much and i've never had to clear mine.

I reckon pics and videos are the worst culprits and even though you delete them they will be in a folder on your phone. Have you gone to photos, looked in albums and seen if they're in the deleted folder? They'll be taking up memory while in there.

If they aren't then go to Settings, General, Usage, Manage storage and see what's taking up all the room. Whatsapp has eaten 5.2MB of mine...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

I'm blaming whatsapp myself. Message only comes up when I'm using that.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm blaming whatsapp myself. Message only comes up when I'm using that. "

If you remove that you can still get your conversations back as they're backed up in a drive.

You just wanting the space to update? Pain in the arse having no room to do that tbh, apple should sort it out really.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Delete your messages. They take up loads of space

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm blaming whatsapp myself. Message only comes up when I'm using that.

If you remove that you can still get your conversations back as they're backed up in a drive.

You just wanting the space to update? Pain in the arse having no room to do that tbh, apple should sort it out really."

Yip it sure is. Thanks for ur help. I have a book at home the iPhone for dummies I think it is, think I should read it lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Delete your messages. They take up loads of space"

Yeah just need to see what ones I need to keep first

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I'm blaming whatsapp myself. Message only comes up when I'm using that.

If you remove that you can still get your conversations back as they're backed up in a drive.

You just wanting the space to update? Pain in the arse having no room to do that tbh, apple should sort it out really.

Yip it sure is. Thanks for ur help. I have a book at home the iPhone for dummies I think it is, think I should read it lol"

You're welcome.

I never read manuals either lol, just google as and when i have problems instead, so much easier.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I'm blaming whatsapp myself. Message only comes up when I'm using that.

If you remove that you can still get your conversations back as they're backed up in a drive.

You just wanting the space to update? Pain in the arse having no room to do that tbh, apple should sort it out really.

Ur right there and YouTube great invention

Yip it sure is. Thanks for ur help. I have a book at home the iPhone for dummies I think it is, think I should read it lol

You're welcome.

I never read manuals either lol, just google as and when i have problems instead, so much easier.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Gb is biggest MB next and KB smallest usage right?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bit Smallest unit of measurement.

Byte 8 bits

Kilobyte (KB) 1024 bytes.

MegaByte (MB) 1024 kilobytes (KB)

GigaByte (GB) 1024 megabytes (MB)

Yeah you're right about sizes.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Deleted all text messages but still only 1.2gb available raging

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

Delete whatssapp messages ( especially if there are pictures in it)

If you have deleted pictures; they are probably in the " deleted pictures folder" so they are still there; empty your deleted pictures folder .

Do you use email on the phone?

Delete unnecessary emails; hobtobtrash or deleted golfer and delete them from there:

Empty junk folder .

Delete histories

Go to settings: manage storage .

Find the apps that have the most storage:

Delete them if you don't need them.

Do you have individual pictures for your contacts ? If do, remove them.

Do a hard reset ( it doesn't delete any data or settings)

You do that by holding the power button ( one on the top) and the round button under the screen together; that switches off the phone, keep holding them down until the apple logo comes back up again .

The phone will restart ( it will have cleared error messages etc)

When you do this, the phone will be locked, do make sure you know your PINs before you go, as you will need to enter them to unlock the phone , and the SIM.

The hard reset also works when the iPhone freezes ( which it does occasionally)

It won't lose data, unlike a "factory reset" but it will clear unwanted junk and " non deleted" deletes.

Check out "iPhone hard resets" on Google .

Sometimes an iPhone gives a message, but doesn't cancel the message when you have solved the issue:

When you take photos; beware the " HDR" burst photo system: it takes 10 pictures, and stores them all: if you are using it, go to the photos you want to keep; check if it has 10 copies; choose the best one and delete the other 9.

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

" hobtobtrash and dejected golfer " should read " go to trash or deleted folder "

Fucking auto-carrot....

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Delete whatssapp messages ( especially if there are pictures in it)

If you have deleted pictures; they are probably in the " deleted pictures folder" so they are still there; empty your deleted pictures folder .

Do you use email on the phone?

Delete unnecessary emails; hobtobtrash or deleted golfer and delete them from there:

Empty junk folder .

Delete histories

Go to settings: manage storage .

Find the apps that have the most storage:

Delete them if you don't need them.

Do you have individual pictures for your contacts ? If do, remove them.

Do a hard reset ( it doesn't delete any data or settings)

The phone will restart ( it will have cleared error messages etc)

When you do this, the phone will be locked, do make sure you know your PINs before you go, as you will need to enter them to unlock the phone , and the SIM.

The hard reset also works when the iPhone freezes ( which it does occasionally)

It won't lose data, unlike a "factory reset" but it will clear unwanted junk and " non deleted" deletes.

Check out "iPhone hard resets" on Google .

Sometimes an iPhone gives a message, but doesn't cancel the message when you have solved the issue:

Thank u. I think I need to connect to laptop out all pics on it then delete from phone. Iv tried nearly all u have said, just annoying that it happened

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By *eovilcouple76Couple
over a year ago

yeovil

And this is why I love my 128Gb iPhone. No issues with storage ever.

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By *idsAndyMan
over a year ago

Worcestershire

Serious question, why do people buy (and pay a premium) for these things?

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By *enard ArgenteMan
over a year ago

London and France

Because they are useful .

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By *eMontresMan
over a year ago

Halesowen

It's easy to upgrade the storage on an iphone, you just buy a new one

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By *idsAndyMan
over a year ago

Worcestershire

"Because they are useful ."

I meant Apple products....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Serious question, why do people buy (and pay a premium) for these things?"

I don't. Got mine for £64, 2nd hand, no contract.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Deleted all text messages but still only 1.2gb available raging "

Must admit, when I have a gig free - that's plenty for me.

So to answer your earlier question , there's a folder in 'photos ' called 'deleted' or something.

Select all and permanently delete.

As for what's taking up space - apps take some obviously , the rest will be messages /mails or pics/vids.

Basically emails/text do not take much space- you're talking kbytes , or max 1 or 2 meg per message.

Images nowadays start about 1mb- good colour image probably 5meg max.

Videos take up a shit load of space - 30-50meg per video, if not more.

As for apps, just depends .

My whatsapp currently using 200 meg- so do the maths.

Ruffly speaking :

1000 kbs=1meg.

1000 meg=1gig.

So if you run multiple messaging apps , or like dodgy videos...

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Delete your messages. They take up loads of space

Yeah just need to see what ones I need to keep first "

Need to start then. Last time I did that I had a whole lot saved up (1500+) and took me ages to delete one by one

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