A freakish trick could be the secret behind freeing up more storage space on your iPhone.
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Yes, that’s right, this is a somewhat magical trick unveiled by Reddit user, eavesdroppingyou.
Users should search for a film which was bigger than the space left on their phone, for instance, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (which clocks in at 6.84GB).
Upon trying to rent the large movie, your iPhone will inform you that you don’t have enough space to do so. Now, go to Settings General Storage & iCloud Usage to check the available storage space.
As any iPhone user will know, there is nothing more annoying than being told you can’t download a song or a take a photo because you don’t have enough storage space.
Confirm the storage space left in the device and then head to the iTunes Store.
With the amount of pictures we take and the other activities we conduct on our phones, it’s no wonder that even those with huge capacities on their phones face storage issues.
How? Some genius (thank you, eavesdroppingyou) shared the following advice on the Reddit iPhone forum and said advice has since been spreading like wildfire. Then it will give you the option to choose “OK” or “Settings” to remedy your problem. The trick works on any iPhone or iPad, and you don’t need a jailbroken device for it. Here’s how it works.
A YouTube user demonstrated how to do the trick.
This is a lifesaver, and it seems to actually work, based on comments in the Reddit thread.
This is because your iPhone will be quietly cleaning a number of your installed apps – removing data, cookies and in-app histories you no longer need. In this case, the iPhone has a wimpy 1.2 GB free.
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“This is an awesome tip! I just went from 800 MB to 4.9 GB free space”.
