[Blindtlk] Serious problem with my iPhone 5S

Sat Mar 12 21:57:13 UTC 2016

Yep, that's what I did, and it says nothing about an IOS update, it
just lists a bunch of apps that have half a gig or less each. The
amount of memory seems to be diminishing without any increase in the
amount of memory reportedly being used by the various apps in that
list.
Arielle

On 3/12/16, Mike Freeman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> 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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