How do I fix this or will I ever get my 200 G of storage?
Hi Slayer420L17,
You're conflating the amount of internal storage available on your iPhone (64 GB) with the amount of storage available for data and backups via your iCloud account (200 GB).
Your iPhone's storage capacity is nearly full - this is likely why it cannot process its content categories in the iPhone Storage view. There is no available space to write to the internal storage.
First, you should immediately perform a complete backup of your phone.
Back up iPhone - Apple Support
Next, you'll need to free up storage on your phone.
Use recommendations to optimize storage
In the Storage section of Settings, your device might offer recommendations for optimizing your storage. Tap Show All to see all the recommendations for your device.
Read the description of each recommendation, then tap Enable to turn it on or tap the recommendation to review the contents you can delete.
How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Your iCloud account's storage capacity is not an extension of your internal storage. It can be used to store copies of the data on your devices in the cloud.
Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
Hi Slayer420L17,
You're conflating the amount of internal storage available on your iPhone (64 GB) with the amount of storage available for data and backups via your iCloud account (200 GB).
Your iPhone's storage capacity is nearly full - this is likely why it cannot process its content categories in the iPhone Storage view. There is no available space to write to the internal storage.
First, you should immediately perform a complete backup of your phone.
Back up iPhone - Apple Support
Next, you'll need to free up storage on your phone.
Use recommendations to optimize storage
In the Storage section of Settings, your device might offer recommendations for optimizing your storage. Tap Show All to see all the recommendations for your device.
Read the description of each recommendation, then tap Enable to turn it on or tap the recommendation to review the contents you can delete.
How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
Your iCloud account's storage capacity is not an extension of your internal storage. It can be used to store copies of the data on your devices in the cloud.
Manage your iCloud storage - Apple Support
I’m having an issue when I tap on iPhone storage it says ‘63.4 gigs of 64 used’ & I pay for 200 gig storage too & nothing gets transferred. But the thing is no more information loads it just sits there buffering, even when I’m connected to Wi-Fi I want to figure out how to transfer my photos to a hard drive at some point
You cannot buy more storage for the phone. It will always have the amount it came with. You have bought space in Apple's synching service, iCloud. Check the link in blue above your name on this page.
To gain more space, you must delete photos, messages, apps, etc.. Be sure to save important photos and data to your computer or an external drive. This video may help...
Per the article that lead you here, iCloud+ storage is different than your phones native device storage. You cannot purchase more storage for any iPhone.
Consult with the apple support article below for tips on optimizing storage on your device.
How to check the storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
You can not increase the amount of internal storage in your phone.
iCloud storage is NOT the same thing as local storage.
I bought 200 G of storage but when I look at my iphone storage it doesn't say I have 200. When I click Icloud that's the only thing that says I have more storage but settings notifications keep popping up and saying I have no storage.
