[Blindtlk] Serious problem with my iPhone 5S

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Sami, I've had the exact same issue on my 5S with the memory
capacity mysteriously decreasing over time. I don't know how to fix it
yet, but suspect it may need to be "defragged" somehow. I'll let you
know if I find the solution and would love advice from others who have
had their storage mysteriously disappear.
Best, Arielle

On 3/11/16, Sami Osborne via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So I'm having a pretty major problem with my iPhone 5S.  Don't
> worry, though.  This has nothing to do with the phone crashing or
> freezing, but rather a storage issue.
>
> The other afternoon, while I was charging my phone, it was first
> off due to the battery percentage being nearly 0%.  When the
> phone came back on, VoiceOver launched using a different voice
> than I use.  I normally use Alex, but that time it started up
> with Samantha, which I believe is the default rotor voice for
> American English.  This is the first part of the problem, since
> when the phone shut off automatically, it has always remained at
> Alex.  Anyway, I didn't know what else to do, so I decided to
> delete Alex and re-install him.  However, although the
> re-installation was successful, I got a message saying that the
> storage was almost full.  I believe that that's probably because
> the file for Alex is one of the biggest on the Iphone (869 M.G).
> and probably larger than any apps.  I deleted a few apps that I
> don't really use, but when I did that, it was still a lot less
> space than it was previously.  Before the deletion, my phone was
> at 0 bytes, and afterwords, it was only at 14 megabytes.  I'm
> really concerned because, even though I can use my phone, I'm
> afraid that I can't install any more apps.  So I have two
> questions for you guys: 1.  Is there any way to make it so that
> my phone is at its original storage space from when I deleted
> Alex? 2.  Is there any way to make it so that Alex is your
> default language and dialect as well as the default rotor
> language? If not, what can I do to change the voice from Samantha
> back to Alex in case this problem happens again? I thought I
> might have changed voices with the rotor before, but haven't
> realized how I did it.
>
> For the first question, I am considering backing up my phone to
> iTunes on my windows computer, but am worried that if I do that,
> I will loose all of my apps, music, and settings that I changed.
>
> I hope that you can help me to solve this rather frustrating
> issue.
>
> Thanks in advance and have a good weekend,
>
> Sami
>
> Pdds.  I appologize in advance for going off-topic, but I just
> received my grade for my first test for my college class as part
> of my blindness training that I took last week.  I got a 94.
>
> Thanks again.
>
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