Need help with backing up iphone 4 to itunes? Storage almost full in iphone?

joe565

Hello

I need to do a back up and it's been ages since I done one. I signed unto itunes to do back up and its saying iphone cannot be synced because not enough free space is available?

I get a message on my iphone 4 saying 'Storage Almost Full' you can manage your storage in settings.

Have loads of photos, few videos which I need to back up and it's saying import so I'll do that now then delete them on my iphone and hopefully that will create more space? Importing these now to Windows Live Photo Gallery

Not sure where to back up contacts on iphone either?

Joe

grumbler

Don't know about iPhones, but my understanding is that backing up and synching are absolutely different things.
If after synching you delete something in the phone it will get deleted in the online account too.

If so, it has to be something different from synching.
Why can you not save the files to your computer or some external memory?

sunni

grumbler wrote: »

Don't know about iPhones, but my understanding is that backing up and synching are absolutely different things.
If after synching you delete something in the phone it will get deleted in the online account too.

If so, it has to be something different from synching.
Why can you not save the files to your computer or some external memory?

im sure someone can help

joe565

grumbler wrote: »

Don't know about iPhones, but my understanding is that backing up and synching are absolutely different things.
If after synching you delete something in the phone it will get deleted in the online account too.

If so, it has to be something different from synching.
Why can you not save the files to your computer or some external memory?

Didn't know they were different. I imported photos to windows live gallery in my laptop. Trying now to delete photos from my camera roll and it wont let me? Usage on my iphone for photos is 4.1GB so I need to delete photos?

grumbler

joe565 wrote: »

... Trying now to delete photos from my camera roll and it wont let me? Usage on my iphone for photos is 4.1GB so I need to delete photos?

If you really need help, post something more intelligible than just "it wont let me".

joe565

grumbler wrote: »

If you really need help, post something more intelligible than just "it wont let me".

lol ok I'm going into my photos on my iphone to delete photos which I've imported unto my laptop and when I select on photos to delete and tap on delete the phone just goes back to the main screen and I can't delete anything?