steellogic
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Q: iTunes Match brings my phone down to 0 bytes from 1GB when I have wi-fi enabled.

So, ever since I enabled iTunes Match on my iPhone, I have been running into the issue of Match doing some downloading or other activity in the background that robs my phone's storage when I am connected to a wi-fi network, as a result I am forced to keep wi-fi off in settings.

I always maintain my storage around 600-1000mb, but when I connect my phone to a wi-fi network and start playing music that have already been downloaded on my phone, iTunes Match seems to be doing some background activity that brings my phone to 0 bytes and I get the storage almost full message within an hour. When that happens, I am forced to disable wi-fi, quit the music app and do a hard restart (hold down sleep/wake and home button) to retain my original storage.

Has anyone run into similar issues and is there a fix so that I can actually use my wi-fi with Match enabled?

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4

Posted on Jul 26, 2016 2:45 PM

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Q: iTunes Match brings my phone down to 0 bytes from 1GB when I have wi-fi enabled.

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  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jul 26, 2016 3:18 PM in response to steellogic
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    Jul 26, 2016 3:18 PM in response to steellogic

    I cannot say for sure since I don't use iTunes Match with my iPhone, but it is probably trying to make sure that the device's library matches the current state of the iCloud Music library. This might also include refreshing Genius data. Can you try freeing up more space so that you don't actually hit zero? It may be that if you allow the process to complete then the free space will return automatically, and you just need to find out exactly how much free space you need to keep available to allow it to refresh properly.

     

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