[Blindtlk] Serious problem with my iPhone 5S

Sami Osborne ligne14 at verizon.net
Sat Mar 12 22:52:51 UTC 2016 

That's what I did as well.  One thing that I didn't mention in my 
first post was that my phone ended up at 0 bytes even after I 
deleted some apps.  Although this part of the problem is solved.  
What you can do Arielle is try to power off the phone and then 
power it back on.  When I did that, it now displayed as slightly 
more storage (14-19 megabytes).  I looked in the storage 
settings, just like Mike described.

Thanks,

Sami

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Arielle Silverman via blindtlk <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
To: Blind Talk Mailing List <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sat, 12 Mar 2016 13:57:13 -0800
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Serious problem with my iPhone 5S

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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