How can I free up space on my iPhone without losing my photos? I do have storage space.

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I need phone space as I'm at critical mass. I have an iCloud acct and am not sure if I have all I need in there.
 

islandestatesgirl

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I have a lot of trouble backing up to the cloud. When you delete off the phone, it deletes what is on the cloud. One thing really helped me was to reset the phone. I backed up first by locking the phone while it was plugged in on wifi. I deleted my content from the cloud before finishing my reset. Then I reset it and restored all the settings from my backup. That actually created space. Also, I find it easier to delete from the cloud then the phone & I think reinstalling everything just cleaned it up in general.
 

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I personally use Dropbox. I'm more confident with Dropbox than I have been with Apples cloud services. Once my pictures are uploaded to Dropbox, I verify this by logging in from a computer, I then go and delete them from my phone.