wings10I Am Legend Premium Member join:2004-06-09 South Elgin, IL |
wings10
Premium Member
2014-Sep-18 9:23 am
iOS 8 4.5GB!What the heck!. I need 4.5GB for this OS? Forget about it. |
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Hall MVM join:2000-04-28 Germantown, OH |
Hall
MVM
2014-Sep-18 9:35 am
That can't be right, is it ? Did Apple forget that a big percentage of their users have devices with 8gb total ? -------- No, it's not.... The system update takes up about 1 GB of space, but iPhones and iPads require users have 4.6 GB of free space before they can download and install iOS 8. |
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darciliciousCyber Librarian Premium Member join:2001-01-02 Forest Grove, OR |
to wings10
Do it via iTunes to help with the space constraints. |
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wings10I Am Legend Premium Member join:2004-06-09 South Elgin, IL |
wings10
Premium Member
2014-Sep-18 10:11 am
Ok I just deleted some music to get it to 4.6GB of free space. I can put the muaic back on after. But I will wait since I will be going to the 6 next month anyway. Thanks I thought the iOS was going to be 4.5GB in size. I have a 16GB. |
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Mike Mod join:2000-09-17 Pittsburgh, PA ·Verizon FiOS
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to wings10
Been there, done that, was called wrong. » iPad Air's hilarious requirements for iOS 8You need to install it from a computer without having to erase everything. |
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wings10I Am Legend Premium Member join:2004-06-09 South Elgin, IL |
wings10
Premium Member
2014-Sep-18 10:27 am
I dont use itunes on the PC anymore to do stuff. I "cut" the cord with my iPhone and iPad connecting to a PC. I am not going to start taveling with a laptop again as well. |
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to wings10
I don't think that is accurate at all.
When I updated my 32GB iPad Air (WiFi + Cel) to iOS 8, it cited a necessary 3.6GB of free space. Naturally, I didn't have the space available but I tried to make it by deleting a few Apps and some books.
I was thinking there was no way I was going to be able to delete enough to make up the necessary space all the while checking free space. I don't think I made up the necessary free space but the install started and went to completion. |
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EliteKiss My Ass join:2002-10-03 New Haven, CT |
to wings10
So far, I've seen both a 4S and a 5, both running 7.1.2, unable to install iOS 8 OTA because "at least 4.6GB" is required. Does seem a bit... odd. |
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Mike Mod join:2000-09-17 Pittsburgh, PA |
Mike
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2014-Sep-18 3:12 pm
Not really.
Host, download, decompress. So it's 3+x the size. |
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Hall MVM join:2000-04-28 Germantown, OH |
Hall
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2014-Sep-18 3:21 pm
"unable to install iOS 8 OTA" |
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to wings10
Not if you update via iTunes. |
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RobNyc Premium Member join:2002-03-06 New York, NY |
RobNyc
Premium Member
2014-Sep-19 12:43 pm
Exactly Just updated my mother's 4s (16gb) over iTunes and my sister's 5 (32gb). Will wait a while to update my 5s though I'm enjoying my jailbreak tweaks |
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Hall MVM join:2000-04-28 Germantown, OH |
to wings10
As soon as I got home from work, my daughter asked me to update her iPhone. She told me she deleted "everything" in order to make room but still didn't have enough space. I told her not to worry about it... She said her friends all had to do the same and one of them took 18 hours to update (more like 17-1/2 hours to download and 1/2 to update - there's probably 2-3 iPhones at that house too, all downloading it separately).
I downloaded the IPSW file directly to our PC while she was at her friend's house and updated it when she got home in less than 30 minutes. |
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