iPhone doesn’t have enough space

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iPhone doesn’t have enough space

Hi Everyone

I have a pretty recent iPhone 12pro max that is only about 10 months old. Because it had something called ‘Other’ that was taking so much space, I backed up the phone and deleted everything hoping to restore and get back all my data, photos, contacts etc. Minutes after the backup, iTunes however would not let me restore it- apparently ‘my iphone doesnt have enough space’ yet I am using the latest versions of ios and itunes. Doesn’t sound right as the phone is ‘empty’ now and im restoring the same data there was in there.

Help please! Cannot afford losing the data especially photos in my phone.

Wal

iPhone 12 Pro Max

Posted on May 28, 2022 2:35 PM

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flef6

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May 28, 2022 2:41 PM in response to wallace125

Hello!

The "you don't have enough space" message is an indicator that the backup size of your iPhone is greater than the current available space. Therefore, your iPhone cannot have its data restored.

Here's some relevant websites to check:

If you can't update or restore your iPhone or iPod touch – Apple Support (AU)

Not enough free space to restore iphone b… - Apple Community

Back up and restore your iPhone or iPad to your Mac or to iCloud – Apple Support (UK)

Hope this helps!

-flef

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wallace125 Author

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May 28, 2022 2:47 PM in response to flef6

Thanks alot flef!

I just dont understand how that can be the case though because the data I am trying to backup is from the same phone, so should be smaller in size? Does that make sense? Sorry im not too tech savy but thanks for your response

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flef6

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May 28, 2022 3:01 PM in response to wallace125

To be honest, I cannot be quite sure as to why.

The only way this would make sense to me, is if PC or Mac backups stored additional info linked to your device, but then again, iPhone backups are compressed afterwards... So it still doesn't explain it.

I'm sorry that I couldn't help in any other way.

-flef

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iPhone doesn’t have enough space

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