I have a white iPhone 3G and it's labeled as 16GB but the capacity in iTunes only shows 6.9GB, would anyone like to enlighten me as to why?
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iPhone capacity?
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Ace134blue
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Does it say 6.9gb free? Go to your settings > general > about And it says Capacity and Available. If it does say 6.9 than you should restore and if that doesnt fix it than perhaps yours got labeled wrong.
My 16GB IP4 only shows up a capicity of 14GB on itunes, I think this is down to the megabyte/1000 equation and the fact that some of it is taken up by the OS.
Currently I only have 0.96GB free 😱
Currently I only have 0.96GB free 😱
Vegastouch
macrumors 603
Vegastouch
macrumors 603
Was just thinking maybe somebody juped you by putting on a different case that said it was 16gb. Other than that, i have no idea.
famoussasjohn
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Ace134blue
macrumors 6502a
Uhm, did it show more storage before you upgraded to 4.1? If it did, try restoring, if not take it to a store.
Restored it as a new phone (not from backup), and it still shows the exact same capacity. The back says [16GB]. That's it. No 3G(S) or anything like that... :l
SpaceKitty
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Applejuiced
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murdercitydevil
macrumors 68000
Yep. If you want to confirm it, input the serial number to http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php and see what it tells you.
M-5
macrumors 65816
You should really provide more information. Have you had this phone for a while, or did you just buy it? Did you buy it from Apple new or maybe refurbished? Did you buy it used? Where did you get this phone, and how long have you had it? Did it just recently start showing that amount of storage, or has it always showed that amount?
And in your original post, you said it was a 3G, and the backs of the iPhone cases won't say 3G or 3GS on them. The difference is that the 3GS backs have reflective letters.
wordoflife
macrumors 604
Check that the serial number from the "about" in settings match the serial number of the back of the phone.
Type in the serial number from the "about" in settings, and put it in here.
https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do
Type in the serial number from the "about" in settings, and put it in here.
https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do
Pillar
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