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iPhone telling me I need more storage???

My phone keeps telling me I need more storage since the new update!

I am only using 344MB of 2TB!

but this warning will not go away!!!

Posted on Sep 26, 2021 7:38 AM

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Posted on Sep 26, 2021 7:45 AM

There is no iPhone that has the total capacity of 2TB. You must be including the space available in iCloud. Your real iPhone storage is what it tells you in Settings ➔ General ➔ About ➔ Available: here your available free space will be listed.


I would like you to realize and know one important thing and that is that there is NOTHING that you can do to increase the physical storage capacity of your iPhone. Your iPhone's storage capacity will forever remain the same as the day you bought it. 


You have purchased ➔ iCloud Storage from Apple where you create and save your iPhone backups and synch (Not Store) your Messages, Photos, Contacts, Calendars, Notes and Reminders. Note that iCloud Storage is NOT an extension of storage capacity of your iPhone. Just wanted you to know some facts.


Having said that, you can choose to Optimize Storage on your iPhone for all the Photos. What this action will do is store your original quality photos on iCloud and a small size photo on your iPhone. This takes up less space on your iPhone while maintaining the actual size on iCloud. This will free up space on your iPhone while making good use of iCloud. If you would like to try this then open Settings Photos Optimize iPhone Storage : Ensure that this option is chosen and has a checkmark on it.


Axel F.

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Sep 26, 2021 7:45 AM in response to Chess55

There is no iPhone that has the total capacity of 2TB. You must be including the space available in iCloud. Your real iPhone storage is what it tells you in Settings ➔ General ➔ About ➔ Available: here your available free space will be listed.


I would like you to realize and know one important thing and that is that there is NOTHING that you can do to increase the physical storage capacity of your iPhone. Your iPhone's storage capacity will forever remain the same as the day you bought it. 


You have purchased ➔ iCloud Storage from Apple where you create and save your iPhone backups and synch (Not Store) your Messages, Photos, Contacts, Calendars, Notes and Reminders. Note that iCloud Storage is NOT an extension of storage capacity of your iPhone. Just wanted you to know some facts.


Having said that, you can choose to Optimize Storage on your iPhone for all the Photos. What this action will do is store your original quality photos on iCloud and a small size photo on your iPhone. This takes up less space on your iPhone while maintaining the actual size on iCloud. This will free up space on your iPhone while making good use of iCloud. If you would like to try this then open Settings Photos Optimize iPhone Storage : Ensure that this option is chosen and has a checkmark on it.


Axel F.

iPhone telling me I need more storage???

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