Q: my storage is full and its mostly the other section taking all the space what does that mean?
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Mar 10, 2016 9:00 AMby Kappy,Have you tried any troubleshooting?
Restart: Press On/Off button until the Slide to Power Off slider appears, select Slide to Power Off and, after It shuts down, press the On/Off button until the Apple logo appears.
Reset: Press the Home and On/Off buttons at the same time and hold them until the Apple logo appears (about 10-15 seconds).
Restore: Connect your iPhone to iTunes on your computer, backup, and then select Restore to Factory
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Mar 10, 2016 9:03 AMby elcpu,You "Other" is likely corrupted and the solution is to do a Restore as Allen said. For info / instructions check these articles:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201252
http://osxdaily.com/2013/07/24/remove-other-data-storage-iphone-ipad/
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Mar 10, 2016 9:04 AMby Demo,This might be of some help.
What is "Other" and What Can I Do About It?
This explains how to check storage and mentions "other" data, but unfortunately any information on how to get rid or it is not pensioned in the article.
Check your storage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch - Apple Support
In Apple's ideal dream world. "Other" is deleted automatically. What the article fails to state is that a corrupt sync or corrupt files can cause "other" to grow out of control and they don't offer a solution on how to deal with it.
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Mar 10, 2016 9:51 AMby javaliga,By any chance have you installed WhatsApp? From other posts, that app seems to be causing a lot of these kinds of storage problems (with "other" storage). Supposedly there is a new version that fixes this problem. (I don't know for sure. I don't use WhatsApp.) If you have WhatsApp installed, I would delete it before doing the backup/restore that has been already recommended.
