Q: "Other" category in iPhone
This is about the storage on my 16GB iPhone 4S. iOS 5.1 if that makes a difference.
My phone is full, and I've been deleting pictures and apps to free it up. However, a big chunk of space is lost to the "Other" category. 2 gigs to be exact. I have tried deleting the cache/cookies/history on Safari, it removed 0.07 gb.
So I have two questions,
First of all, what is this 2 gigs of space for "other" being used for?
I have no tabs open on safari, and as I said, I cleared all temporary files. I also do not have a significant amount of calendar entires, 10 at the max. I have heard that it is the iOS, but my 16 gig iPhone shows up as 13.8 gig on iTunes, so I would assume that the missing 2.2 gig would be lost to the iOS, no?
And second, how can I recover this space?
I have heard restoring, but what kind of restore in specific? Can it be from backup, or must it be fully reset to new? I do not want to lose my text messages, so I'd rather not set up as new. Or is there another option?
Thanks in advance
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.0.1
Posted on Apr 11, 2012 4:06 PM