Just upgraded to a new phone and my system data is taking up almost 200GB!? I’ve read online and tried to clear cache on apps but it’s reduced by a couple of MB only. There surely has to be something wrong here!? How can this phone take up more storage than my whole old phone!? Someone please help! I also can’t back up to iCloud as I’ve too much on my phone, hence why upgraded to such a big storage device!
iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 15
If you just got a new phone, you may be eligible for free temporary iCloud Storage:
Get temporary iCloud storage when you buy a new iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Or, you could upgrade your iCloud Storage for just one month.
Or you could back up your phone using a computer.
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
In your particular situation, I would recommend using a computer. Back up your phone. Restore it as new. Test it. If the problem is resolved, restore the back up. The advantage to doing it this way is that you get a clean, fresh copy of iOS installed on the device. That doesn't happen if you restore the do an erase and restore from the phone.
If you just got a new phone, you may be eligible for free temporary iCloud Storage:
Get temporary iCloud storage when you buy a new iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Or, you could upgrade your iCloud Storage for just one month.
Or you could back up your phone using a computer.
How to back up your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
In your particular situation, I would recommend using a computer. Back up your phone. Restore it as new. Test it. If the problem is resolved, restore the back up. The advantage to doing it this way is that you get a clean, fresh copy of iOS installed on the device. That doesn't happen if you restore the do an erase and restore from the phone.
I’ve just spent 4+ hours transferring my data from my old iPhone to my new one through the quick start option because I don’t have enough iCloud memory to back up my phone.Why is the solution to factory reset and start again? I don’t have enough memory to back up 256GB to my iCloud account. Is this another way for Apple to make me pay for more storage just to do a backup? It’s seemingly a common problem so surely there should be a known fix by this point?
try to factory reset and back up the phone before resetting.
System data storage
