iOS 8.2 swallowing all available storage space

I have the same exact problem. I deleted half my apps, restart my phone I have a couple GBs available. A few minutes later I get the storage is almost full error and then subsequently down to 0 bytes. I can't check my email, my messenger apps. Obviously if my storage is 0 after deleting half my apps there is an issue here.

Please if you get a solution to this problem, inform me too.

This issue is making me crazy. I'm even thinking of getting a new phone.

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usually there's some cache that aren't typically removed for a long duration of time, try backing up via icloud and setting the iphone up as new

Here too. Trying the restore from backup route but of course I need help from the corporate help desk for corporate apps.

I'm having a similar problem with my two iPads - a 128 GB iPad4 and a 128 GB iPad Mini3, both running iOS8.1. I first noticed the problem yesterday, and spent some time trying to diagnose what was going on this morning. Whatever storage space I opened up by either deleting Apps or videos, the open storage space would slowly get mysteriously gobbled up between times when I would return to the Usage/Manage Usage screen, and within 30 minutes would count down to 0 bytes available. I opened up over 10GB in a couple of steps, and in both cases, the storage would slowly count down to 0. I even took a snapshot of the detailed usage of all my top Apps (everything using > ~300MB), and none of these top usage apps were increasing in used storage size. I also tried shutting down every app, re-booted a couple of time, and went back to the Usage screen to see what was going on. In one case, the open storage space appeared to get larger, but when I backed out of the detailed usage-by-app screen, the available storage space had quickly dropped back to zero.

Any assistance or suggestions of something to try would be welcome.

Same issue guys.

Apple, really?! I thought 8.2 was suppose to fix all the capacity issues. At this point we can't even backup/restore as iTunes yells its out if space. Please address it ASAP. Many people are being affected. My phone is now useless, since there's no cache to send emails/messages, take photos, etc.

Guys, whoever else having this issue, please Like LauranceMadill's original post so Apple pays attention to this.

I'm having the same issue!

The wipe and restore seemed to have fixed the issue but not without drama. The first iCloud backup was unusable and I had to revert to a 4 day old backup which luckily did work. I'm back to 7.4 GB used and 4.6 GB available after 24 hours.

Same issue here. Running iOS 8.1 on iPhone 5.

Having the same problem with the latest IOS 8.2 update. I had to remove all media files thinking it would solve the problem, alas no dice! Apple needs to sort this issue out soon, i am hoping. I have an IPhone 5s 16 gb.

same issues here on a 16gb 5s

I have this same problem :/ Every time I check my available storage the amount has decreased. I am considering just buying an Android phone at this point since Apple already forces me to keep it's proprietary apps (I think I should be able to delete any app except "settings" and "app store" as those allow me to reinstall any app and adjust functionality)...in any case my phone is slowly losing all it's storage space due to this problem with ios 8.2 and Apple's desire to never let me delete anything and to install new apps with software updates that it will never let me delete. :/ I am going to make my own thread about this and link back here because ugggh.

Hi!

my wife's iPad mini 2 had the same issue around 9GB of her space on iOS 8.2 was occupied with "other". I erased the iPad and restored it but it was all the same all over again, within a few hours the remaining space would fill up and the iPad would crash and have no space available anymore.

Now here is the weird thing that helped: I enrolled my wife's iPad in the beta test program. Once I did that, you can download a specific "profile" file that is only a few hundred kb in size. Once installed it triggers a reboot. and BOOM! After that reboot (without installing the beta) all "other" storage stuff was gone, suddenly more than 9GB were free on her iPad. I suspect that the installation of the "profile" triggered something (or the reboot following it) that freed up the phantom storage....

Anyhow, not sure if that helps anyone as getting this profile requires being invited to the iOS beta program and that is done by Apple....But it also means that there is a very easy and simple solution for everyone suffering from this on the horizon.

Cheers!!