Each time I connect my iPad to iTunes, the OTHER section in the bar always goes up by a little bit. Now it is at 1.30 GB. I think it is because of corrupted files or somethine but not completely sure. Is there a way I can check for corrupted files on iPad? My iPad runs on iO.S. 4.3.5.
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"Other" includes data such as contact information and photos assigned to contacts, calendar events, Safari bookmarks/cookies/history, notes created with the Notes application, SMS messages, email stored locally or cached, and 3rd party application data created and stored by the application.
The more files that you have on your iPad like word processing, presentation and spreadsheet documents, the more "other" will increase over time. The more saved game data that you accumulate over time will build up the "other" space as well. I believe that magazine and newspaper subscriptions can also increase the "other" over time.
I sincerely doubt that you have corrupt files unless you are experiencing frequent app crashes and, that in and of itself still doesn't necessarily indicate corrupt files. If you have problems backing up and if the iPad hangs up when you sync, that is a better indication of corrupt files.
One way you can test a file to see if it is corrupt is if you try to open it and it crashes the app, that could indicate that the file is bad.
Maybe you just need to do a bit of maintenance.
Go to Settings > Safari and click Clear History and Clear Cache
You could also clear cookies but that would mean no websites would remember your log in details.
If you have other browser apps installed do the same with them. (Perfect Web Browser or Skyfire Browser for instance)
On the home screen double click the Home button (middle bottom)
Hold down one of the icons displayed on the bottom bar and minus signs will appear.
Click on those to clear them from memory...do the lot, it wont effect access to them again.
Click the Home button to return to normal conditions.
When you aren't going to be using the iPad for a while turn it completely off by holding down the Sleep button until the slider bar appears at the top of the screen and slide that across.
If things start to stick or act strangely try the iPad equivalent of a reboot by holding down the Sleep and Home buttons simultaneously ignoring the red slider that appears at the top, in about 10 seconds or so the iPad will reboot.
If it seizes up completely at some stage then use iTunes on your computer to Restore it factory settings. iTunes will then reinstall everything, assuming you've done a Sync recently to provide a backup.
I dont think you can get "corrupted files" on an I pad. Anyway, you may need to do a restore.
"Other" is where applications store user data, like documents and saved games.
How do I check for corrupted files in my iPad?
