iPhone 6 Plus 16GB with really 11,7 GB. I want a solution!!!!!!!!!!

i add my apps and i get ca. 7.4gb. plus the 1.4 maximum of ios9 it's 8.8, as it's stated in my iphone6. plus another 2.8 free the total storage is 11.6. apart from that, in the "settings"-> "information" i read 11.8gb capacity. i cnt figure out where.s the rest 4.4...

4.4 "missing" gb's in mine is too much, i think! regarding the fact that the ios9 is only ab 1.4. well, "info" says 11.8gb capacity. i add my apps and i get ca 7.4 from the used 8.8 and i guess that ios9 is included in that 8.8. plus another 2.8 free here is the 11.8. what ab the rest 4.4, which is tooooo much???

If you have a 16GB iPhone, the usable space has always been around 12GB, the reason for that is the different calculation of the storage capacity:

How OS X and iOS report storage capacity - Apple Support

And other devices have the same capacity issue:

size of usable space in base model iPhones following larger iOS 8 updates

Also check this:

This solved my question Solvedby Axeman1020 on Sep 25, 2014 10:13 PM

Manufactures measure using 1000 MB per GB, but the actual conversion is 1024 MB per GB.

They consider 1 KB to consist of 1000 bytes. A byte being 8 bits or 8 1's and 0's of actual information. As drives increase in size, this inaccurate form of measurement becomes more and more noticeable.

For example:

1GB is supposed to consist of 1,073,741,824 Bytes

a 1GB HDD consists of only 1,000,000,000 Bytes

1TB should consist of 1,099,511,627,776 Bytes

1TB HDD only contain 1,000,000,000,000 Bytes

That is 10% of the advertised space.

To calculate the actual space:

True size (64,000,000,000 Bytes) / Advertised size (68,719,476,736 Bytes) = .931

.931 * 64GB = 59.6GB

Now subtract about 2GB for the OS.

As for your 16GB iPhone 5:

True size (16,000,000,000 Bytes) / Advertised size (17,179,869,184 Bytes) = .931

.931 * 16GB = 14.9GB

Now subtract about 2GB for the OS.

copied from 64gb actual capacity

Where on earth did you hear that this is how it works? This is not true, iOS does not "reserve" any space for future updates. It never has and certainly does not now with iOS 9. Once an upgrade is finished any temporary work space used by the update process is freed and made available for general use.

iOS 9 updates require much less free space than previous releases (about 1.3GB vs around 4.5GB in 8.0). If your device still does not have enough free space to download and install the upgrade it will offer to delete installed apps until enough space is freed up to perform the update and once the upgrade is finished it will automatically reinstall the deleted apps from the app store.

Hi. I had the same problem and i just fixed deleting all the stuff i found in the system/downloads directory on the iphone. You can get to that folder by using some file manager for iphone. I used AnyTrans. Hope that helps. The iOS 9.1 then shows as 2,8 gb. I guess that's still better than having another 5 GB of Others on the list left out of all installation files and other things.

I have deleted several apps over the last few days. My iPhone shows 11.3 of data used with 371 mb available. Why is IOS taking up 4gb of data on my phone? I did not have storage problems until recently. I have about 100 pictures and less than 25 apps with 2gb of music. I never had this problem before on any other phone. My phone is running terrible and apps force close constantly. Please help!!

iOS doesn't take up 4GB, it has to do with how the space available is measured by the OS compared to drive manufacturer descriptions.

Do you have WhatsApp on your iPhone?

Regarding general hard drive and iPhone and what have you storage devices showing less than their manufacturer-stated capacity, the reason for the difference in the numbers is very, very simple. The reason has to do with marketing, and with simplicity in storage device manufacturers labeling their products. Here it is:

All computer devices are manufactured for, & operate using, the binary numbering system; i.e., the Base 2 numbering system; i.e., 1's and 0's. However, for simplicity's sake more than for any other reason I suppose, manufacturers *report and advertise* their storage devices' capacities in the "normal" everyday-use decimal numbering system; i.e., the Base 10 numbering system.

So when a memory storage manufacturer builds an iPhone's memory for 32GB, or a desktop or laptop hard drive for, say, 1TB, then the resulting Base 10/Base 2 storage capacity calculates out to, for the 32GB iPhone, as 32,000,000GB total stated Base 10 amount ÷ 1,048,576GB of similarly close Base 2 amount per Gigabyte = 30.517578125GB. For the 1TB hard drive, that'd be 1,000,000,000GB (Base 10) ÷ 1,048,576 (Base 2) = 953.67431640625GB real, actual storage space amount.

Partitioning and formatting reduces that "real, actual storage space amount" just a bit more.

So there it is..... Marketing, a difference in the Base 10 "human" numbering system and in the "computer" numbering system, and simplicity in labeling.

Kevin Kendall

Ol' tried & true & still good 7,1 2.4GHz white Macbook / 1TB HDD / 16GB RAM / Sierra beta4 with Siri (yayyy!!) / Windows 7 & 10 via VMWare 7

The capacity is telling you how much space you have when the ios operating system is installed. The original capacity is 16 but the ios system takes up some space.

I think you're right. it's almost a design to make you need to upgrade because you no longer have storage space you thought you had. it's criminal for a company that is so profitable to seek to enslave their customers. it seems that this has gotten much worse since Steve Jobs death.

Hi..

I'm user of iPhone 6 Plus and I need to update my phone and I didnot any single application in my not Facebook not what's app even but still my phone consume 11 CB somewhere I want to know whr it is used??? Because of that I can't capture pictures nor upgrade my ISO application. Plz do the needful

IOS uses some, apps use the rest. if 11.8 is not enough buy a phone with more storage space.

SteveD68 wrote:

I think you're right. it's almost a design to make you need to upgrade because you no longer have storage space you thought you had. it's criminal for a company that is so profitable to seek to enslave their customers. it seems that this has gotten much worse since Steve Jobs death.

Blaming that which you don't approve of on a dead man is very tacky

Agree with both your posts 100%.... Not sure why the Steve Jobs one was misconstrued!! Obviously someone didn't read it properly as it says nothing bad about him! Anyway, I'm looking at switching to Samsung or something now as my iPhone battery is terrible... The space issue is unacceptable. It was always 15gb with the 4 and I had loads of apps. Now with 11.8gb on the 6 I have hardly anything on it. It's definitely changed in the last few years as you said. I just wish I knew more about Android as I've heard they're not as simplistic as Apple re: getting to things but everyone who I know who has one says the battery is amazing and the 32gb memory obviously, think someone said they need more maintenance than Apple as you have to clear the internal memory's cache every few weeks or something. The other thing is cost, I pay £18 a month for my 6 with unlimited texts and calls and 2gb data and my son is added with his phone for only £12 extra and the same allowance, they want £36 if I upgrade to Samsung. So if I'm gonna pay double the price I need to know more about the androids and make sure it's worth it first. Any advice from anyone about the Samsung or other would be greatly appreciated :)

Thank you.

The best advice would be not to buy one that explodes or catches fire. It's very inconvenient when they do.