Trying to setup my wife’s iPhone 13 pro 256gb and it says transfer cannot be completed because not enough storage on new device. The new iPhone 13 pro is a 256gb. Her old xs is 256gb and currently has 170gb used. What gives apple? First no charger with new devices and now this? If I’m not mistaken this has been a problem for a while on other older model iPhones. Is there a “fix”?
Nightmare. I am having the same problem transferring data from iPhone 11 Pro Max (256 GB) to iPhone 13 Pro Max (256) both running 15.2.1 software. The iPhone 11 Pro Max had 205 GB used storage but kept getting the same message cannot transfer due to not enough storage on the new phone. I tried side by side transfer, restore from back-up, and I-phone to I-phone hard wired with no success. Took the phone to the Apple Store with no resolve. I then went back to the carrier and they asked me to open a ticket with apple which I did. After 2 hours later, the apple technician requested that I replace the phone. I returned the iPhone pro 13 max 256 GB and ordered a iPhone pro max 13 512 GB. I don't know if this will resolve my issue. "Apple Engineering" root cause this issue as you have have a software bug that is causing major customer dissatisfaction. Root cause and please send out a patch. I have spent at least trouble shooting 20 hours trouble shooting.
Hi, I had the same issue and I switched my phone 2 times. I tried about 7 times on both phones combined, I was so fed up by the end of it didn’t even want to do it anymore. But I realised all this while I kept using the “download from iCloud” option, so I decided to try one last time using the “transfer directly from phone” option and it worked. It takes longer, but it works. So maybe you could try that.
I had the same issue upgrading from an iPhone Xs (256GB) to iPhone 13(256GB). The phone to phone transfer never works for me. I also recall the phone to phone transfer didn't work several years ago when I upgraded to the Xs. The storage on my Xs was not even half used. The Xs backup file was 2GB. With this 13 upgrade, the phone was immediately useable but I waited 9 days for it to wrapup the download. The error message fluctuated from 100MB needed to 500MB needed despite 199GB free storage space (and backup only 2GB). I called apple tech support and spent hours on the phone trying to restore and fix the issue. It became clear that everything was backed up on the phone correctly but the restore failed to resolve and shutdown. We verified this by connecting the 13 to my macbook pro and we could sync, change music, etc. Efforts to try to shutdown the backup failed and the lockup prevented us from turning off the icloud account. So after many hours we decided to restore the iphone 13 with no data transfer from the icloud backup. First we verified that all of the 3rd parts app data was already being stored on the iCloud. Then we did factory reset back to a basic app phone. Once you sign into your icloud account, it restores your basic email, calendar, contacts, notes. Once you enter App Store click on your picture icon (top right) , click on purchased (apps) and toggle between "All" and "Not on this Phone" to choose all of the apps that you want to redownload. I found my data within the 3rd party apps was restored. I hope this helps.
I am having the same issue going from Xs to 13 Pro. I new phone is updated to 15 as well. Is there a fix?
Same issue - did you ever find a fix?
I have 256 gb on my iphone 8. I want to purchase the iPhone 13 pro max. Can I transfer my 256 gbs to the new iPhone?
I fixed it by turning off iCloud for the phone migration. Then it worked. Saw this solution posted in another community forum for the same question.
I am having the same error ?
Updated both phones to 15.1
No fix. I just returned the 128 and picked up a 512 and phone to phone transfer finally worked.
Exactly same issue here. Really annoying!
I’m having the same issue with my wife’s phone and she’s on iOS 15.1. I tried freeing up space but still the same error
can u pleased explain how do u do that
Hellllloooo!!! 1TB of storage is maxed out immediately... but the same info / apps were all working well on the older 256GB iPhone. Please. This is crazy. iPhone 13 Max Pro is a joke.
Can someone at Apple do their job and tell us a fix. Been since October…. ***
Same issue. I've tried transferring for about 4 hours... Nothing. This is so frustrating. Even upgraded my iCloud storage
iPhone 13 pro not enough storage
