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When purchased it was a 64gb XR I decided that since I’ll no longer be using a SIM card (updated to newer phone) I’d put in a 256gb sd card however the iPhone still limits me to 64gb of space. How can I make the iPhone recognize that there’s more space?
iPhone XR
iPhones don’t have an SD card slot at all. Where did you put an SD card?
iPhones don’t have an SD card slot at all. Where did you put an SD card?
You can not add storage space to an iPhone.
You cannot put a micro SD card in where the SIM card belongs. It doesn't work that way.
The 64 GB storage of your XR is fixed. It cannot be increased. It is not possible to add more storage to the iPhone.
There is not now or has never been a SD card slot in any iPhone.
By putting an SD card into the SIM card slot, all you are going to achieve is breaking your iPhone.
Superjughead wrote:
As stated in the comments I’ve no use for a SIM card so that’s where I put the sd card
Doing so will accomplish nothing, other than possibly destroying any connection points within the SIM cards slot.
There is no increased storage by forcing an SD card into the SIM card slot.
Superjughead wrote:
do u know of anyway to update the hardware to recognize the increase volume?
As above, there is no method to do so.
You seem to be having a difficult time understanding that you can put the SD card in the phone, but it will do nothing to increase the storage capacity on your phone. The storage will remain at 64 GB maximum SD....card or not.
The bottom line.......the SIM card slot is for one thing only.....a SIM card.
Superjughead wrote:
do u know of anyway to update the hardware to recognize the increase volume?
There is no way to do that. That’s a SIM card slot, not an SD card slot. You can not increase the internal storage on an iphone. The only way to get more storage is to buy a new phone with more storage from the factory.
do u know of anyway to update the hardware to recognize the increase volume?
We have already told you multiple times that it is not possible to increase the storage capacity on an iPhone.
Asking the same question over and over will not result in a different answer.
SowLancelot wrote:
Same issue but when I exchange sim cards between two phones the 256 vs. 64 storage switches as well. Is there a setting to adjust those?
If you have the same issue - that you tried to put an SD card in the SIM slot, then the answer is the same. All you will do is break the phone. Is that what you did?
If, however, you have a different issue, please consider starting your own thread. You will get more and better help.
As stated in the comments I’ve no use for a SIM card so that’s where I put the sd card
do u know of anyway to update the hardware to recognize the increase volume?
Same issue but when I exchange sim cards between two phones the 256 vs. 64 storage switches as well. Is there a setting to adjust those?
64gb to 256gb
