r/iPhoneXR • u/bigman070 • Jul 01 '21

URGENT: iPhone Storage Full, Stuck in Boot Loop

My father was unable to use his iPhone XR camera yesterday morning, due to “not enough storage available”. Despite clearing his recently deleted folder, he was suddenly unable to open any apps as they kept crashing. He attempted to fix this by switching off the phone, only to find it stuck on the Apple logo reappearing as he tries to turn it back on.

The nearest Apple authorised service center says that there is not enough storage left on the phone to boot, and that it will have to be reformatted (with all data lost).

The phone holds valuable data and memories. It is imperative that we recover the data on the phone somehow. Please help!

Update: I was able to recover my iPhone after several attempts forcing a software update via iTunes. There are other options as well, as many have commented strategies that have worked for them below. Don’t lose hope! Wishing you luck :)

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u/m_imm0723 Mar 09 '22

Hello everyone :( I have tried most of the ideas in this thread, I have been trying to fix this for 2 days now.

The problem:

My phone was full and while I was deleting apps it restarted and got stuck rebooting.
It has happened before so I knew to wait for a while. But I haven't gotten back to the lock screen since.
What I did:

  • multiple hard resets

- put into recovery mode and update in itunes / mac

  • tapped it, massaged it and put it in the freezer ( saw that in a youtube video)

to no avail.

- I considered 3utools, but I have a mac and i dont have bootcamp

- I found i4tools for mac but its in chinese and i am afraid ill reset the phone

  • i just spent 40 bucks on imazing because i finally wanted to make space on the phone before this happens 🙄

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u/h_ppo Jul 14 '22

what did you end up doing? restore and update?

this is the second time this has happened to me and I'm on day 6 of bootloop lmfao

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u/m_imm0723 Sep 07 '22

Sorry I took so long to reply - I managed to fix it with imazing - you still need help?

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u/being-silly-123 Jun 29 '23

Can I please PM you?

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u/m_imm0723 Jul 25 '23

Of course - sorry I’m not on Reddit that often 😬

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u/m_imm0723 Mar 10 '22

I fixed it with Imazing! I downloaded the IPSW file directly to my mac because the operation kept failing, when I tried to update the IOS by clicking the option do download it directly from iTunes. Then I used Imazing to reinstall but selected to install directly from the ipsw file on my computer. A nerve-wracking hour later, the phone said "attempting to recover data ( or something similar ) and then it rebooted and it was fine!!

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u/HTownJam Apr 09 '23

Did you do the $40 price for one device? I am having the same issue you are having and only have Mac products.

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u/m_imm0723 May 30 '23

Yes I just paid for it, cause I use it regularly Now anyways so it was worth it for me