[Blindtlk] Serious problem with my iPhone 5S

Sat Mar 12 21:50:52 UTC 2016

Arielle:

Are you running the latest iOS update? If not, your iPhone may have
downloaded it automatically. I've forgotten where in Settings this is but
you can usually find a place indicating the download and giving you the
opportunity to delete the download (you can always download/upgrade later).
This should give you a good gig back in terms of free memory. Again under
Settings general, I believe there's a "storage and iCloud" setting. If you
click on this and then storage, you can see what apps are taking up how much
space and get a good idea where space has gone.

Mike Freeman

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman via blindtlk
Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:36 AM
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Cc: Arielle Silverman
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Serious problem with my iPhone 5S

The troubling thing is that when I look at my usage, my apps can't possibly
add up to the amount of storage that's supposedly used. I only have about
half a gigabyte of photos, no videos and no music.
Each of my apps only uses 300 mb or less. It also seems like I had space
last week that's gone even though I've deleted all the videos I downloaded.
When videos are deleted, do they sit in some kind of trash can for a while?
Do I need to re-delete them to clear up space?
Arielle

On 3/12/16, Judy Jones via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Thank heavens for phones with SD cards.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lloyd Rasmussen via blindtlk
> Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:48 AM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Lloyd Rasmussen
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Serious problem with my iPhone 5S
>
> If you have BARD Mobile on your phone, remember that each 11-hour book 
> takes up 120 MB of space. Consider how many books or magazine issues 
> you need to have on the phone. Podcasts, video and pictures can take 
> up considerable space, also. Apps take up space, but for some of them, 
> their data is the biggest space user.
>
>
>
> Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, MD
> http://lras.home.sprynet.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Arielle Silverman via blindtlk
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2016 11:35 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Cc: Arielle Silverman
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Serious problem with my iPhone 5S
>
> 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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