Iphone 5 16gb dosnt add up

[Ezra923]

My iphone says it has 1.5 gigs left but it dosnt look like it. I have 2.5 gigs of music, no photos and a few apps that all add up to like 3 gigs. Any ideas?

 

[TheAppleFairy]

Settings>General>About

Don't forget you don't start with 16Gb, you lose some from formatting and some from the Operating System.

Email?

 

[Mrbobb]

Oh boy, *somebody* made the mistake of pulling out the calculator.

My brand new 2TB HD gave me 1.8TB after formatting, BRAND NEW. LIERS!

 

[Ezra923]

I know i initially get 12gb but now it looks like i only have 7gb total thats not good at all lol

 

[onecoolazzgeek]

I know i initially get 12gb but now it looks like i only have 7gb total thats not good at all lol

Check the amount of apps you have open. Usually, your space gets taken up by the apps that are in standby. Mine got up to as much as 2-3GB at one point. Once I closed all my apps, I had my space back.

 

[Applejuiced]

Maybe some store employee opened up the box and stole a a few GB's out of your phone

 

[lordofthereef]

Plug into iTunes. Look at the storage graph. Take screenshot. Post here. The information you have given us thus far is virtually unusable.

 

[Ezra923]

I dont own a computer my very old mac finally gave up ill take it to the apple store its open 24/7 anyway thanks guys