For a long time I couldn’t understand people who didn’t have enough 64 GB in their iPhone.
I just couldn’t imagine how it would be possible to clog up a device so much that there would be little memory left. At the same time, I don’t limit myself in use at all.
I always have free space, and I’m constantly doing something with my iPhone:
▪️ I watch and save videos on YouTube or TV series on Netflix or Kinopoisk ▪️ I process photos in Pixelmator ▪️ I save pictures, videos and photos for articles or news ▪️ I play
Any media content always remains in the device’s memory. I rarely clear my memory, since it is not particularly required.
And then the day came when using an iPhone became much more difficult.
#4 Update the firmware on your iPhone only through iTunes
When you update your iPhone over the air, a large number of temporary files are created, and after installing the update, some of them are not deleted.
To avoid such software garbage, it is better to update your iPhone through iTunes. She first downloads the firmware to the computer and then uploads it to the iPhone.
Tip 4: Delete Old iPhone Backup Files
As already mentioned, every iPhone user has 5GB of free iCloud storage. To avoid data loss, many people enable the automatic backup feature for iCloud. When your iPhone connects to a Wi-Fi network, iOS will back up your iPhone data to iCloud automatically.
Over time, you will receive a message that iPhone often says low storage when there is no free space in your iCloud account. At this time, you need to delete old iPhone backup files to free up space.
Step 1: Open your iPhone's Settings app.
Step 2: Go to General > iCloud Storage & Usage and click Manage Storage under the iCloud section.
Step 3: If the old iPhone backup files are useless, select each one and then click "Delete Backup" in the confirmation dialog.
Note. If you only have your current device in your iCloud account, you can transfer the backup to your computer and delete the old backup file to free up storage.
#5 Clean up your iMessage files
Sent photos from the Photos app are duplicated in iMessage. After some time, correspondence becomes irrelevant and you don’t return to it, but photographs continue to take up space. However, there is a convenient way to clear memory on your iPhone without completely deleting conversations.
- Open a dialog with the files that need to be deleted
- Click “Details”, long tap on any photo to bring up the context menu and click “More”
- Select photos to delete and click on the trash can located at the bottom right.
Tip 2: Clear iPhone Storage from Settings
To help you manage your internal storage, Apple has introduced a storage manager on iPhone. This way, when your iPhone says low memory, you can check which apps are taking up a lot of memory.
Step 1: Open the Settings app from the Home screen, go to General > Storage & iCloud Usage, tap Manage Storage under the Storage section.
Step 2: Here you can check the amount of storage that each app is using. And if there are apps you don't need, tap on each one and click "Delete" to remove them from your iPhone.
Step 3: You can try clearing cache data for large apps separately. For example, to delete Safari cache on iPhone, you need to go to Settings > Safari, scroll down and tap Clear History and Website Data, and then tap Clear History and Data to confirm it . .
Note. If the application takes up more space than 500MB storage, you should consider clearing the cache data or reinstalling it on your device. Here you can get more details on how to clear iPhone cache.
You have free iCloud storage for 5GB, sometimes you can also delete or clear iCloud storage. Check this post if you need to manage iCloud space.
#6 Clean “Photos” from old photos
Another good way to clear memory on iPhone is to delete unnecessary photos and images. The gallery will be cleaner, and the memory will increase.
To delete old photos:
- Go to the Photos app
- Go to the photo album
- Click on the “Select” icon in the upper right corner
- Select photos to delete
iOS 9 has greatly simplified the process of selecting photos. There is no need to click on each photo as in previous versions, now you move your finger over a series of photos, and they are marked. It is possible to select groups of photographs in different places in the album.
Remember that the deleted photos were not actually deleted from the iPhone, but were moved to the “Recently Deleted” album and will occupy memory for a month. You can clear this album completely; to do this, click on the “Delete all” or “Delete selectively” button, highlighting each photo.
Tip 1: Backup your iPhone first before clearing storage
To create a backup for your iPhone when the iPhone reports that there is not enough storage space, you can choose a simple tool like iOS Data Backup and Restore. Its key features include:
Backup and Restore iOS Data
- Backup your entire iPhone in one click.
- Allow you to selectively backup data types.
- Back up your iPhone to your computer without interrupting your current data on your device.
- Supports backup of all types of data such as contacts, messages, call history and more.
- Compatible with all iPhone models, including iPhone XS/XR/X/8/8 Plus/7/7 Plus and others.
How to Backup iPhone and Free Storage Easy
Step 1. Get the best iPhone backup tool installed on your computer
Download and install iOS Data Backup & Restore on your computer depending on your operating system. Connect your iPhone to your computer using a Lightning cable.
Step 2. Prepare to Backup iPhone
Launch the backup tool and click the "iOS Date Backup" button on the main interface. You will then be faced with two options: “Standard Backup” and “Encrypted Backup”.
If you choose the latter, reset your password to continue. Then select the types of data to back up. It allows you to backup iPhone photos, videos, music, messages and other data with ease.
Step 3. Backup iPhone in One Click
Once selected, click Next and select a location to save the backup file. In a few seconds, your iPhone data will be saved on your computer. You can then delete unnecessary files on your device and free up memory.
#7 Don't use photo stream
Photo Stream syncs photos between iMacs, Macbooks, iPhones, and iPads taken within the last month. If the function is not really needed, it makes sense to turn it off so as not to clutter your iPhone with unnecessary images and snapshots.
- To do this, go to your iPhone in Settings - iCloud - Photos
- turn the “Upload to My Photo Stream” toggle switch to the off position
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#11 Remove unnecessary items from iBooks, Videos and Podcasts
E-books, especially those with illustrations or other media content, sometimes take up several gigabytes on an iPhone, and movies are not worth talking about. And podcasts are not even automatically deleted after playback; for this you need to activate a special option.
You can activate this feature in Settings - Podcasts. In the menu, you need to turn off the toggle switch in the Delete reproduced item.
Android says not enough memory, although there is space
There are also situations when Android writes insufficient memory, although there is space on the phone or on the memory card, what to do in this case?
- You can use the old antiquated method and give the phone a good thump on the table to reboot the device, since it is quite possible that a system failure or error simply occurred;
- If, in addition to the built-in memory, the phone also has an SD card, then you should make sure that installing the application or performing any other file transfer operation is carried out exactly where there is free space;
- Clear the cache of Google Play and Google Service Framework applications, and remove updates.
#12 Use Apple Music
By subscribing to Apple Music, you have the opportunity to transfer your audio library, which usually takes up a lot of space, to cloud storage. And you can listen to new tracks via the Internet without the need to save them on your smartphone.
In Russia, an Apple Music subscription costs 169 rubles per month for an individual and 269 rubles for a family (up to 6 users), and the first three months are free.
iPhone Boot and Data Recovery
The cost of flashing an iPhone with saving data in the Remdevice service center is 5,900 rubles.
We offer our clients to recover data if the iPhone does not boot, which displays the Apple logo cyclically. The recovery procedure is successful in approximately 95% of cases. Only if successful do we charge for the result. There is also a possibility of failure and the device switching to Recovery mode, without the possibility of complete data recovery. This procedure is experimental and is also applicable when it is possible to restore a phone by rolling back from IOS 15 to IOS 14. The restoration process is possible only if the device is successfully activated on Apple servers and the user has a code to unlock the device’s screen. We will not be able to recover data if the password code is lost or you are not the legal owner of the device.
#13 Clear Reading List cache in Safari browser
The “reading list” function in Safari allows you to save website pages so that you can later open them without the Internet. If you don't use this function regularly, you might accidentally add pages to your Reading List. Check and clean.
- To do this, go to Settings on your iPhone - General - Storage and iCloud
- find Safari and select it
- delete offline list
A radical method on how to increase memory on an iPhone is to replace the memory module
A user who is confident in his own abilities can take drastic and very risky measures to increase the capacity of the internal storage. If flash drives seem inconvenient and cloud services are expensive, you can completely replace the memory module.
With proper skill, the operation can be performed at home. When a new ROM is purchased, you need to proceed as follows:
- Disassemble the smartphone.
- Remove the memory module.
- Place the chip in the programmer to copy the information.
- Wait for the operation to complete.
- Transfer information to the new board.
- Install the memory module into the appropriate block using special paste.
- Put the smartphone back together.
- Install the firmware via DFU mode.
A beginner in this business should not even try to perform the operation on their own. To perform such a task, it is better to contact specialists from service centers.
Unfortunately, ROM replacement is not performed in every service. Because of this, the cost of the service increases. It can vary around 4-8 thousand rubles. Also, a lot depends on the size of the installed memory.
It is necessary to contact trusted professionals, since in the process of replacing memory it is important to comply with sanitary standards and the availability of all tools. Small service centers may not have the necessary equipment, which is why the operation may end up turning the iPhone into a brick. Nobody wants to let things get to this point, so it’s better to throw the idea of replacing the ROM aside, buy a flash drive or space in iCloud, and after a while buy a new iPhone with more memory.
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Conclusion
In the article, we tried to consider the most likely and common reasons why the device does not respond to the user. In addition, we tried to provide solutions that help many users deal with their phone. We hope that this article was useful to you and you quickly regained control of your iPhone. We will be glad if you tell us in the comments whether you managed to do this and what else you tried to solve the problem. Other readers will greatly benefit from your experience.
If, nevertheless, none of the above methods gave the result you expected, then do not be upset. Now there are many Apple service centers where specialists can disassemble the device and understand what exactly the problem is and how best to solve it. Repairs will cost a relatively small amount, especially when compared with buying a new device.
