Do u guys know whats wrong?

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Do u guys know whats wrong?

okay, so me and my brother have our own iPods. we both have the iPod 4th generation 8GB. so he has 300 songs, 10 apps, and he still has 3.4GB left. well, i have 79 songs, 3 apps, and only have 272MB left. the last time i showed my brother, we connected my iPod to itunes and it showed that "Other" was taking up all of my space. my brother looked through my iPod and said that there was a glitch that was taking up all my space. so, we restored my iPod. i lost everything, but i got everything back. i lost the glitch too, but it came back after a few weeks. do u guys know what should i do? do u happen to know why this is happening to me? idk anyone else who has this problem with an iPod, iPhone, or iPad. plz plz plz help. 🙂 thnx guys

iPod touch, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Nov 24, 2012 3:03 PM

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Answer 1

lllaass

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Nov 24, 2012 3:06 PM in response to stefezio24

An "other" that large usually indicates that the "other" included corrupted files. Usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.

To restore from backup see:

iOS: How to back up

To restore to factory settings/new iPod see:

iTunes: Backing up, updating, and restoring iOS software

Also see this previous discussion:

How do I get rid of 10GB "other...: Apple Support Communities

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stefezio24 Author

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Nov 24, 2012 3:13 PM in response to lllaass

i didnt back up with my computer i resetted it and had nothing left. but idk how it came back.

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lllaass

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Nov 24, 2012 3:17 PM in response to stefezio24

Then backup and then restore from backup. See:

iOS: How to back up

If you restore from iTunes backup all your synced media like apps and music have to be in your iTunes library since synced media is not included in the backup.

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