I doubt whether 15.3.1 has bugs. My system data storage is at 88.66gb. I wonder if that’s normal for a 256 GB phone. Unfortunately, had a chat with apple support, they said they will connect me to senior advisor and will get a call shortly, they took my number and I got an email saying the question is closed. No on called me.
Does anyone else has same problem? Any solutions?
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 15
Thanks. But you said ios takes care if am out of space? But that did not happen, my storage went to 246 gb full out of 256 and hence I tried to check and found the system data storage is 88.66 gb.
Am nervous and not happy too about this. As the only solution given is to reset the phone, not good for me.
Any solutions ?
The system accumulates more and more data over time, and the more memory you have on your iPhone (In your case 256GB) the more data the phone can hold.
iOS takes care of cleaning out when there is running out of space. If you had an iPhone with only 64GB of memory, it would have been cleaned out in the memory a long time ago, because there is significantly less space. But because you have so much memory, more is saved - which is clearly to your advantage, because you have less loading times, and less work to generate data, ie. theoretically better battery life.
But do not be nervous. This is normal, and when / if your iPhone should run out of space, iOS will take care of it.
Thanks. This sounds convincing. Hopefully I will wait and delete my apps which are not needed.
You write that 246GB has been used out of 256GB, then there is still 10GB left. I have not even used 10GB yet on my iPhone, but what I want to say with it is that there is still plenty of space available, therefore the system has not started to clean up yet.
All the data in the system is data from all your apps. That data means that your apps run as they should, and have smaller load times.
But if you are worried as you say you are - then you can find big "test files" on the web that you can download. You do not need to use the files, but when the files download, the system will start maxing out the last space and iOS will be forced to start cleaning up. Remember to be connected to WiFi if you have a limited mobile data plan. I would not recommend it because it is not necessary, but it is an option. You can also turn it off and on again, it also cleans up the worst cache files.
You can also go to:
Settings -> General -> iPhone Storage
There you can review your apps and see if there are any apps you do not use that take up a lot of space.
You are welcome and it sounds like a great place to start with apps.
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