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Q: What is "other" data on my iPhone?

I got an iPhone 4 just a week ago, but I already have 0.96gb of "other" data on it! I have an 8gb iPhone, so you can see how I don't want so much space to be used over whatever "other" might be. I 0.19gb of Photos, 0.77gb of Apps, and then the 0.96gb of "other". I have no music or videos on my phone. I looked up some things about "other" data already, like clearing safari history, deleting message conversations, and even saw that "other" could be damaged files. I deleted my messages, cleared my history and really have no files other than photos... so what could my problem be? Ever since I got my iPhone it has been like my baby, so I really want to take good care of it and make sure nothing is wrong or corrupted with it. Please help me if you can, it's greatly appreciated

iPhone 4, iOS 6.0.1

Posted on Nov 25, 2012 10:19 PM

by AnaMusic,Solvedanswer
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A:

Other is usually around 1 GB...

 

For what it contains... See this Discussion

 

https://discussions.apple.com/message/19958116

 

 

A  ' Large Other ' usually indicates Corrupt Data...

 

First Try a Restore from Backup... But... if the Large Other Persists, that is an Indicator of Corrupt Data in the Backup... Then a Restore as New is the way to go...

 

Details Here  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

Posted on Nov 25, 2012 10:29 PM

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  • by Vara Kasaraneni,Helpful

    Vara Kasaraneni Vara Kasaraneni Nov 25, 2012 10:21 PM in response to JoviLovesYou
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    Nov 25, 2012 10:21 PM in response to JoviLovesYou

    It might be because of bad segments copied back to phone when you use Restore option. May be my assumption is wrong too. Try taking a backup of all your data and use itunes to update. Dont restore but start new.

  • by AnaMusic,Solvedanswer

    AnaMusic AnaMusic Nov 25, 2012 10:29 PM in response to JoviLovesYou
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    Nov 25, 2012 10:29 PM in response to JoviLovesYou

    Other is usually around 1 GB...

     

    For what it contains... See this Discussion

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/message/19958116

     

     

    A  ' Large Other ' usually indicates Corrupt Data...

     

    First Try a Restore from Backup... But... if the Large Other Persists, that is an Indicator of Corrupt Data in the Backup... Then a Restore as New is the way to go...

     

    Details Here  >  http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414

  • by Jayfan34,

    Jayfan34 Jayfan34 Dec 16, 2013 2:39 PM in response to JoviLovesYou
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    Dec 16, 2013 2:39 PM in response to JoviLovesYou

    Another option that I believe I just found by accident.

     

    Have been having this problem for over a year and no number of resets or restores were fixing it.  During another space crunch I just noticed that all my girlfriends voice memos (which are recordings of her university classes) were being copied to my phone so I deselected them in iTunes.  To my surprise after my next sync the other was down from 6 GB to 258 MB.

     

    Looks like even though they are in your music library, Memos get synced as other data.

     

    Hope this helps somebody out there.