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You don't need the on board space if you upgrade through iTunes. It's a drag, considering OTA updates have been a big push since iOS 5, but it avoids the issue

You don't need the on board space if you upgrade through iTunes. It's a drag, considering OTA updates have been a big push since iOS 5, but it avoids the issue of trying to clear out 5 GB of space.

buro9 12y ago
And those of us on Linux who have no Mac or Windows PC? I haven't upgraded my iPod and iPad precisely because of the space issue. Looks like I won't be upgrading.
- jedberg 12y ago
  If you go into an Apple store they'll let you use their computers to do it.
  - buro9 12y ago
    I'm in London so this seems the easiest thing to do when I get the chance. The VM route feels a lot like yak-shaving.
- jeffreyparker 12y ago
  You could use VirtualBox and the free Windows VM images from http://www.modern.ie http://www.modern.ie
fro 12y ago
For many people who's phone is their sole device, this is asking the impossible.
- selectodude 12y ago
  We're talking about iPhones here. I would be shocked if anyone's iPhone was their sole computing device.
  - calvin_c 12y ago
    True, but Apple has advertised "PC-Free" as a selling point of iOS devices since they rebranded iCloud in 2011. Theoretically the device should function perfectly fine as your sole computing device. I suppose their solution to this problem though would to have a larger storage option.
  - soylentcola 12y ago
    Again with the anecdotes but a good friend of mine does exactly this. He's not a tech enthusiast and hasn't owned a computer since I've known him. His wife has an old laptop but he doesn't use it and isn't familiar with it. At some point in the past couple of years he wanted a smartphone after seeing all of us using ours for instant messaging, Instagram, etc. and he chose an iPhone specifically because they have a reputation of being user friendly for even the inexperienced user. His phone recently ran out of space due to the large number of photos he had taken so I advised him to hook it up to his wife's computer and use iTunes to back everything up. He looked at me like I had three eyes. Up until then he had never done this. Everything came over the air and he treated it as a standalone "appliance". I did my best to walk him through it and stress that he might want to get a Dropbox or Google Drive account for some level of redundant backup since his wife's laptop isn't what I'd call reliable. As far as I know he sort of glossed over when I got to that second part but at least he managed to get his phone working again. It had actually gotten to the point where things stopped working due to lack of available storage.

You don't need the on board space if you upgrade through iTunes. It's a drag, considering OTA updates have been a big push since iOS 5, but it avoids the issue of trying to clear out 5 GB of space.

buro9 12y ago

And those of us on Linux who have no Mac or Windows PC? I haven't upgraded my iPod and iPad precisely because of the space issue. Looks like I won't be upgrading.

jedberg 12y ago
If you go into an Apple store they'll let you use their computers to do it.
- buro9 12y ago
  I'm in London so this seems the easiest thing to do when I get the chance. The VM route feels a lot like yak-shaving.
jeffreyparker 12y ago
You could use VirtualBox and the free Windows VM images from http://www.modern.ie http://www.modern.ie

fro 12y ago

For many people who's phone is their sole device, this is asking the impossible.

selectodude 12y ago
We're talking about iPhones here. I would be shocked if anyone's iPhone was their sole computing device.
- calvin_c 12y ago
  True, but Apple has advertised "PC-Free" as a selling point of iOS devices since they rebranded iCloud in 2011. Theoretically the device should function perfectly fine as your sole computing device. I suppose their solution to this problem though would to have a larger storage option.
- soylentcola 12y ago
  Again with the anecdotes but a good friend of mine does exactly this. He's not a tech enthusiast and hasn't owned a computer since I've known him. His wife has an old laptop but he doesn't use it and isn't familiar with it. At some point in the past couple of years he wanted a smartphone after seeing all of us using ours for instant messaging, Instagram, etc. and he chose an iPhone specifically because they have a reputation of being user friendly for even the inexperienced user. His phone recently ran out of space due to the large number of photos he had taken so I advised him to hook it up to his wife's computer and use iTunes to back everything up. He looked at me like I had three eyes. Up until then he had never done this. Everything came over the air and he treated it as a standalone "appliance". I did my best to walk him through it and stress that he might want to get a Dropbox or Google Drive account for some level of redundant backup since his wife's laptop isn't what I'd call reliable. As far as I know he sort of glossed over when I got to that second part but at least he managed to get his phone working again. It had actually gotten to the point where things stopped working due to lack of available storage.