I only use my 4s for apps and have 11.1 gb on it. being that I have a 16 gb this is why I don't download music and delete books that I read when I do read after reading them. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sieghard Weitzel To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 3:28 PM Subject: Automatic iOS 7 download and space considerations
Hello, Jonathan as always explains things like nobody else and I do agree that the automatic downloading of iOS 7 is maybe not something Apple should force on people even though it is also not new since they did the same with iOS 5 and iOS 6. Here is a point, though, which I wonder about: People mostly complain that on something like a 16 Gb phone this update takes up a lot of space and I would agree that it does. If you only have maybe 3 or 4 Gb free space and this is almost 3 Gb it doesn't leave you with much. If you use a 16 Gb phone but you don't really fill your device with music and only use storage space for some apps, maybe a few books or pictures, then you probably have at least 6 or 8 Gb free space in which case it's a mute point if half of that space is used up by the update since chances are you won't run out of space. If your phone is so full that maybe you only have 1 Gb free I wonder what happens then. I somehow doubt Apple randomly can delete stuff from your phone to make room for the update, it is my guess that if you went to Software Update in General Settings it would have an "Download and Install" option since it could not download the update and if you tried it you would be informed that there wasn't enough space. At that point you would have to take off (un-sync) some music, pictures, books or apps depending on what you have on your phone to fill it up should you want to install the update, afterwards you could resync that content. So, maybe this is something to remember next year as a work-around. If you have a 16 Gb device and don't want a new iOS update to download, simply make sure you fill your device with content and only leave maybe less than 2 Gb free for use, this way there is not enough space for the update to download and you are good to go. If you have 5, 6 or 8 Gb of free space or even more then having the just under 3 Gb download sitting on your device is a mute point. Should people have to do this? No, probably not, I think Apple should put something into the Settings which just as you can turn off automatic app updates allows you to turn off automatic iOS update downloads. They could even have this set to On by default since then it's up to each person who cares enough to not want this to turn it off. Regards, Sieghard a quarter or and have a smaller First, it is my understanding that this only downloads via is a point, though, regarding space. People complain that if they have . OK, -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing [email protected]. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
