I just factory reset again, happy for 2 hours, from 10 gb to 3 gb now.. didn't do anything, only use whatsapp. could it be something to do with whatsapp?...

Whatsapps now have a new update. So if u wanna gamble and try just update now. They said in the update that they fixed the current problem. Anyways nothing to lose now to try

The culprit is Whatsapp, uninstall and re-install back

I remove whatsap, Fb and instagram, the free storage jumps from 2gb to 8.5gb... Walaoo.. So much.. But if check storage usage, those apps only use a few hundred mb only

Yea, the whatsapp update fixes issues taking a lot of storage space


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Ok so after I reset yesterday, my storage space went back to 7.3gb, then within 2 hours it went to 3gb, this morning wake up it goes to 0. Right before I update whatsapp, it went back to 7.1gb, after update whatsapp I'm now at 8.2 gb. Not sure if it will drop again, will report in later..

update 1: 2 hours passed, dropped 200mb, from 8.2 to 8.0, doesn't seem to solve the issue, maybe it drop much slower now compared to before..

update 2: ok so 24 hours passed, it didn't drop much, stops at 7.9gb now (I think it takes around 75mb to update whatsapp), but looks quite promising with the new update. will monitor another 24 hours and see how it goes..

This post has been edited by dikae: Mar 6 2016, 11:46 AM

Same here. Dropped 200mb in two hours

Mine also dropping, now 7.4gb left

Will update..

How come iOS can become this messy..

I thought was ios issue. Seems like not. It was whatapps. Please update it and your storage will be back to normal again.

Actually, back up to iTunes, then do a factory reset, then restore everything back again, then the others will reduce by quite a lot.

got this problem before. know what i did? sold my 16gb 6+ and get 6s 64gb.

problem solved.

The issue is, you did not put much thing in the phone, but somehow its full.. 64gb also will be just a waste if half of the storage occupied by "nothing"

Anyway, currently on mine the issue gone.. After a few days, still have 7gb free storage

that 'nothing' is actually your cache, history and some temporary stuff. but seriously, 16gb nowadays not enough. can consider getting bigger storage in the future
u dont wanna always clean up your phone every 2 weeks or so.

well i suppose the debuted best mobile system, iOS should be better in managing junk files than Android.. my android tablet has been close to 2 years, never full.. i've been using this for just around 5-6 months, already like that, how to use it for years then.. well, 16gb is not enough if i store things in here, but not the case here, i deleted most things but then again its full.. heck i just use this iphone for whatsapp, telephony and internet only, coz thats the only thing it can be used for (and not to forget to flash2 it around, showoff ).. LOL.. other things i do on my android devices..

but, that was last week, now it seems behaving.. maybe it was whatsapp and other app issues

Give credit where credit is due and by all means, bash until kingdom comes but please know the root cause before doing so, lest fools are deemed to be amongst us.

It was a WhatsApp issue this time. The timing of this thread and multiple threads sprouting up all over the interwebz all relate to that storage bug in WhatsApp, which has since been addressed.

yep, the purpose i open this thread is to seek advice about the root of the issue and how to solve it

same thing happened to me bro..the free storage sometimes go crazy at 300mb and at times no space at all even whatsapp messages cant come in..I restore using itunes and download latest update then the problem resolved

Hi to Sifu here
I am going to Reset my i phone because i always see storage full.
I want to reset my phone but ask for password. I had enter my password of my normal usual one but cannot.
What shall i do? Do i have to send to Apple Centre for Resting my Phone

Guys,
i have been encountering this full storage issue and tried to uninstall and reinstall whatapps did not solve this issue actually.
What i discovered was Telegram is the one eat up all the storage. i have deleted Telegram and the storage free up again.
however, i could not conclude the issue was definitely due to Telegram , i still monitoring the storage, so far so good....