iPhone storage issues after 15.4 update

After the new ios 15.4 update, my iphone storage has gone for a toss. It reduced by 10 gb and this problem has occurred in all the phones in my home. My kids own iphone 12, they also have lost 10 gb each my hubby & I have also 10 gb from our phones 12 pro max. i dont know how to get our storage back, its all accumulated in the system data after the update and the data there is fluctuating.

i received another shock, when an additional 20 gb has also gone from my storage on the next day of updating my phone. The best part, the 20 gb is going and coming in a span of 24 hrs. But the 10gb has gone totally. And today im checking my phone every minute the additional 20 gb which has gone from my storage after the update has never come back. So i have lost a total of 30 gb after the ios 15.4 update. And my family members have lost 10 gb each .

so apple what is going on here. We buy phones for storage. So this new face mask update has put aBUG IN our phones which apple has to debug and give us back our rightful storage. Its not right. Ive already raised a complaint since March 15th but no measures have been taken yet and im asked to wait and to do the process manually. Why should i do it manually when by back up delete and restore when apple’s new software update has brought in this problem to our phones.


interestingly this new update had affected my iphone 11 & xs max, but the storage on-these old models got restored automatically without any fluctuations within 48 hours of the update.

why, now i know, coz the new update features will not work in the old models.

but the newer models that is iphone 12 & above have lost their storage by 10gb to 30 gb after 15.4 update, since the new update features are going to work on the models from iphone 12 & above.


so apple my question here is by now u know we all users have lost our storage massively after ur 15.4 update. So please remove the bug in ur new software update and get me back my storage.


this is not right, apple should fix this problem immediately. We pay a lumpsome to buy high storage phones and an update comes & meddles with the storage , it hurts.


so apple needs to remove this bug immediately from the 12 & above models.


Posted on Mar 20, 2022 5:37 AM

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May 3, 2022 9:00 PM in response to juliechand

Yeah seriously! Literally out of no where, my phone’s storage has skyrocketed with system data! I can’t download anything or do anything about it.


This literally became a problem like 5 hours ago and I’m posting this on May 3rd, 2022. I haven’t made any changes to my phone or anything. Just got on, and immediately started getting notifications about my storage being full. So, I go and check my storage and it is just completely full with SYSTEM DATA. Where did this come from?!?!?!

May 4, 2022 7:18 AM in response to stanalu

Yeah this is kind of ridiculous. Apple needs to fix it and fix it NOW!!!!


I walked from Android 4 years ago due to issues and now friends who are with Android said the battery life is dramatically better and a lot of the bugs that have plagued Android have been solved.


Apple wants loyalty they need to fix something that seems so fixable. This happened 2 updates ago..they didn't even fix it with the last one. Come on

May 17, 2022 10:49 PM in response to juliechand

After the new iOS 15.4 update, my iPhone storage has gone for a toss. It was reduced by 15/18GB and this problem has occurred. I own iPhone 12, they also have lost 15/18GB. I don't know how to get our storage back, it's all accumulated in the system data after the update, and the data there is fluctuating daily.


I thought it might be updated in the new iOS version 15.5 but still, it's not resolved, and this issue occurs after a new feature to unlock your phone with a face mask that comes with the newer iPhone 12 and later. We don't need this buggy feature and need the storage as it was earlier.


I need a quick reply, even if I raise this issue to support and ask you will get a call please schedule that. After scheduling a call at 6:30 PM IST, an executive told me to do a clean installation after taking phone back-up but that too long a procedure. Please help us and remove the buggy feature for INDIAN users.

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