[Scroll to the end of this comment for most recent update/TLDR]
UPDATE: I am currently using a computer to update as was suggested. I downloaded iTunes on the computer and got everything set. It now says the software update is 8.01 GB—still double the size of my mother, sister’s, AND now my father’s file sizes (after I asked him later last night how big it said the size of the download was on his phone), but at least it doesn’t say almost 15 GB anymore…
Anyways, I was originally at “45 minutes remaining” a few minutes ago but it decreased down to “3 minutes remaining” just a minute ago. As I’m finishing typing this sentence, it has about 10 seconds left.
Okay, now it’s done downloading. I’m going to see what will happen next.
…Okay it’s about 1.5-2 hours later now. The update that I said had finished downloading actually never installed? So I had to redo all that again, which the backup took I think as long as the update… (it automatically started a backup every time I plugged my phone back (I have a touchy lightning cable) into the computer, so..).
TLDR/most recent update:
Long story short, I did finally get the iOS 18 update/“upgrade”, but I had to plug my phone into a computer, download iTunes on the computer, and wait over an hour for my phone to update.
Also, funny thing is the computer I was using was my mother’s and I had forgotten that it wasn’t able to turn on after a recent power outage so I had to fix THAT first lol…. Busy day…
why_must_this_happen wrote:
My phone has a total of 64 GB of storage.
I’ve offloaded nearly all my apps and also deleted a couple. My phone originally said the upgrade was 7.08 GB, and so did the 17.7 update, so I figured just skip the 17.7 and do the iOS 18, so I freed up the necessary space for 7.08 GB. It then said I had enough space for the 17.7, but not the 18. I decided to just do the 17.7 and then see if I could try to get iOS 18 after the update, and when my phone finished updating to 17.7, I checked the “upgrade to iOS 18” and the storage it said it needed CHANGED TO 14.71 GB. UM WHY????
Also, the update for 17.7 on my mother’s (iPhone 14 with 128 GB) and sister’s (iPhone 12 with 64 GB, same as mine) phones said the update was about 716 MB while the iOS 18 was about 4 GB.
My main question is why do both of those updates on my phone require more storage than theirs if it is the SAME UPDATE ROLLED OUT TO EVERYONE?? Even if it has something to do with all the stuff I have on my phone, it is all offloaded now, so …??? And, even regardless of THAT too, I don’t understand why it says iOS 18 is literally nearly 15 GB like what….????
My storage is now 53.87 GB and I literally have no idea what else to offload/delete.
