Running out of space on your iPhone 6/6Plus?

[L_W_Ward]

When I got my iPhone 6 Plus i decided to go for 16GB instead of 64GB becasue I was sick of duplicting things on multiple devices. Macbook, Nexus 7 and iPhone. I use the cloud for most things but today I decided to look at my storage usage (settings, general, usuage, storage) and noticed I had 1GB left. Shocked as I don't have many apps, all photos are on instagram/Flickr and my music is iTunes Match/Spotify I investidated and found 4GB of other. I tried resetting and restoring but the other category was still there. 

Long story short I decided to restore the phone and set up as new and its works with nearly 8GB free with my apps installed. Again this worked as most of my items were in the cloud so It only took a few mins to resync so I fully expect some people to say this isn't a solution. Its just an idea incase you really want that space on your phone. 

I believe the "other" was some previous update files which the phone didn't delete. Now I will do all my updates via the Macbook to be safe and it is always on me so it isn't a hassle. 

Hope this helps some people.

[Cleoriff]

Thanks for the heads up Liam. I am sure this will help other members

[Anonymous]

Cache?

[viridis]

I believe he paid by card.

[Anonymous]

Hi

The Other file is made up of iOS and 

Browser cache
Mail cache
Mail messages
Mail attachments
Safari's Reading List
iTunes Backups
Game data
Saved data files
Call history
Notes
Media
Voice memos

Source -> https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

One way to also reduce it is a restore via iTunes as you have performed. 
 

http://m.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Other-on-the-iPhone

[Toby]

Thanks for the tips Liam.

If anyone else finds any handy info, post away

[L_W_Ward]

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@Anonymous wrote:

Hi

The Other file is made up of iOS and 

Browser cache
Mail cache
Mail messages
Mail attachments
Safari's Reading List
iTunes Backups
Game data
Saved data files
Call history
Notes
Media
Voice memos

Source -> https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-5142

One way to also reduce it is a restore via iTunes as you have performed. 
 

http://m.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Other-on-the-iPhone

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Thanks for this. Does anyone know of an app that can clear these in one press of a button? 

[Anonymous]

Hi

There are paid for options but to be honest I won't use them because if they glitch and affect the iOS then I don't think one would be covered under warranty.

Usually my 'other' does not go above 2Gb.

I clean out old inputted data , use Dropbox and restore when required.

Look at http://support.digidna.net/hc/en-us/articles/203504083-The-Complete-Restore-Guide-to-Deleting-Unwant...