I have a ipod touch 5 gen and it's on ios8 and it says I have 1,503 photos and max capacity if I only have 14 photos??? Please help me!
iPod touch, iOS 8.0.2
with iOS 8.0.2 there was an error where all of your photos did not show, but they were taking up space on iOS devices. do you belong to any shared photo streams (photos>shared in the bottom middle)? if so, that is technically the number of photos on your device but the ones in shared don't consume space (or a significant amount) To make sure there aren't any hidden photos, plug your iPod into a computer and either iPhoto or image capture (mac) or window's default photo program will show you the true number
also keep in mind 3 more things:
1. go to settings>general>about to get some more info on your device AND settings>general>usage to see whats taking up what. 2. Apps like dropbox, one drive, whatsapp, all require their own space that will never show up in settings as taking up space. Check out your apps.
3. As a last resort, you may just have to wipe the iPod clean to indefinitely free up all your space. Apps you can always re-download in your purchase history in the App Store and music/photos you can always sync back over.
Connect the iPod to your computer and look at the storage used by the various categories as shown in the colored bargarph in iTunes.
Come back with the results.
An "other" larger than about 1 1/2 GB indicates corrupted files.
What is the Other on my iPhone and How to Remove It
What is "Other" and What Can I Do About It?
Next, usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.
To restore from backup see:
To restore to factory settings/new iPod see:
Ok it says I have 1.98 gb of "other". Why do I hove corrupted files? I did not add anything bad to my ipod.
Hey SplendaChan, 1.98G isn't bad, maybe a little high but not bad. Some "other" is just that, other data; background info for apps, legal crap you have to agree to, cookies, history info / data, data within apps, etc. you can never get rid of all the other. The more apps, music, books, photos, etc. you have on your device the more other you will gain, and the more likely your will get a corrupted file(s). It's just when it gets over 4-5G then you most likely have a corrupt file(s). Most common way this occurs, is something loads incorrectly or develops a glitch, gets pushed into other and loading process starts over and continues. It's nothing you have done, it just happens from time to time. Cleaning up you device from time to time helps, i.e. remove unused apps, close unused apps, clearing histories and cookies, keep your device current, etc., all will help. Good luck, Cheers.
But my ipod and itunes say I have over 7 gb of photos when I only have 13 photos! I am not in icloud sharing or anything like that.
it wont even let me recover from backup! it says i have no free space to recover from??
OMG GUYS! I USED IEXPLORER AND DELETED ALL OF MY PHOTOS USING THAT (I BACKED IT UP FIRST) AND NOW MY IPOD SAYS I HAVE 7.8 GB FREE! YAY!
For some reason, my ipod was still storing my deleted pics and videos!
Here is the link for anyone else with my problem!.
Hey SplendaChan, Glad you found a solution! Cheers.
I managed to get rid of the phantom usage. Restoring iPhone and resetting the phone settings/data do not work for me.
I had to move the Date on my phone earlier by 1,2,3 months and found the phantom photos in the Recently Deleted Folder. Next, I deleted the photos manually from the Recently Deleted Folder and the usage got freed up from my iPhone.
Hope this works for you
Why does it say I have no storage to take photos and I have 7.4 gb of photos if I only have 14 photos?
