iPhone 14.. ios 16.02 .. System Data storage

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iPhone 14.. ios 16.02 .. System Data storage

There is clearly an IOS 16 problem. I upgraded 3 days ago from iPhone 8 to brand new iPhone 14 .. from 64g to 128g .. not once did my iPhone 8 ever run out of space. I have to shut down the iphone 14 at least 4-5 times a day because system data gobbles all the space .. 97g of space! I've turned off background refresh, enabled app offloading, manually offloaded a bunch of apps. I use facebook, iMessage, safari, twitter and AP news app.

If Apple doesn't have a solution to this issue then I'll have to return it because this is ridiculous and unacceptable.

Posted on Sep 25, 2022 12:27 PM

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Rod Banner

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Oct 24, 2022 5:36 AM in response to lobsterghost1

Performing a backup after just instigating a new phone FROM a backup is not clever.

Anyone (like me) with heaps of apps and masses of photos knows this is not a quick or simple task. Also, if you're upgrading from an iPhone 13, getting your hands on the new iPhone 14 shows how tiny are the incremental differences. I reckon a lot of people will be sending them back unless there is a better way to resolve this problem.

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deggie

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Sep 25, 2022 12:29 PM in response to kar3n.kishi

Most likely when you transferred data from your old iPhone to to your new iPhone a file or files was corrupted and iOS is having a difficult time reading it. Usually this will be a photo or photos or a music/video file. Do a backup of your iPhone and then restore it from that backup.

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Sep 26, 2022 10:42 AM in response to lobsterghost1

I'm having the same issue on my iPhone 12 mini after updating to iOS 16. Storage was totally fine until I updated, then I started getting the "Storage is almost full" notification and it's all taken up by System Data.

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deggie

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Sep 26, 2022 10:45 AM in response to Mooreofjake

Sister was just here and she had the same problem on her iPhone SE. But she dropped it and cracked the screen and bough a new phone. When she did the Quick Setup and transferred all of her data the problem went away (she hadn't updated to iOS 16 on the SE). You can replicate this by doing a backup of your phone then restoring your iPhone from that backup.

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Brains

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Oct 6, 2022 7:48 PM in response to kar3n.kishi

Check macrumors, there are many iPhone 14 users with this problem. Apple support says something to do with iCloud and need to stay connected to Wi-Fi and plugged in power for up to 72 hours but this does not work . Most people find that his does not occur if Wi-Fi is turned off. Many found that if music and Apple TV app is deleted, it resolved the issue. Most have reinstalled music and Apple TV, and seems to be ok after reinstall. (Including me)

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kar3n.kishi Author

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Oct 24, 2022 9:42 AM in response to Rod Banner

Exactly my thought too. It's a bug that gobbles up whatever space is available (in my case 100gb) instead of having a threshhold like 5gb (which is a ton of space!) to swap in/out data. The iOS has a leak somewhere and Apple needs to fix it.

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deggie

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Oct 24, 2022 10:14 AM in response to kar3n.kishi

How big is it growing to? Many times that is a symptom of a file that is corrupted and iOS is having difficulties reading it. It is usually a photo, video or music file.

Update to iOS 16.1 today and see if that helps.

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Nov 28, 2022 11:53 AM in response to kar3n.kishi

I had 68gb of "System data" For me it was the podcast app. I uninstalled and it dropped down to 11.8gb of "system data". It's starting to trickle back up again but hopefully will not continue indefinitely

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kar3n.kishi Author

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Nov 28, 2022 12:16 PM in response to fjigsdslijgsdlkj

I deleted Facebook and Twitter .. problem solved.. and oddly have been so much more productive 😁

for sure apps are responsible for using system data to swap data in/out, possibly a common threshold variable changed? .. i will reiterate it's an iOS problem if the iOS is allowing any app to gobble system data without a base threshold and never releasing it until a forced powerdown/reboot

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deggie

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Sep 25, 2022 8:42 PM in response to kar3n.kishi

Was this a forced restart or just a restart?

But I didn't suggest a reboot I suggested you restore your iPhone from your backup: Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

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kar3n.kishi Author

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Sep 25, 2022 12:33 PM in response to kar3n.kishi

I've rebooted the phone twice today .. it's 12:30pm .. 126g used storage

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Answer 12

Sep 25, 2022 8:49 PM in response to kar3n.kishi

deggie gave you the correct advice. Something got corrupted in the transfer to your new phone. The right way to fix it is to backup your iPhone and restore it from backup.

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