How do I edit this "other" and free up space on the iphone without restoring and replacing music, etc. I have tried restoring iphone from backup, to no avail. The "other" is still there...
iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.4
It sounds like you have some suspicious and/or corrupt apps.
You will need to restore the iPhone again, but this time restore as new. Then carefully and judiciously add back data, songs, apps that you know are not corrupt.
It sounds like you have some suspicious and/or corrupt apps.
You will need to restore the iPhone again, but this time restore as new. Then carefully and judiciously add back data, songs, apps that you know are not corrupt.
This means I will not be able to restore from backup at all, correct? So none of the photos, music, contacts, texts, etc will be placed back on the phone? This sounds like a tedious, frustrating process...
Correct, but ...
You can (and should) place the photos, music, ... back onto your iPhone manually.
Hopefully you can figure out what caused the malady in the first place and rid yourself of the cause.
Two more questions... What is the most likely source of the issue? And, is there another way to restore contacts and photos?
The issue source is likely a corrupt app. If you have an app or two that has not been widely used and reviewed, those are the places to look. If you haven't done the restore yet, you could also check Settings > General > About > Diagnostics & Usage > Diagnostic & Usage Data and see which app(s) are crashing a lot. That may help.
"Another way to restore contacts and photos"? That depends a lot on what source you're using for these. If, for example, you use iCloud, restoring contacts would be trivial - simply turn on Contacts in iCloud on your iPhone and you're done. The basic way is to use the iTunes tabs (e.g., Photos) and select what you want there.
Thanks a million... I'll let you know how it goes.
My iphone is showing over 8GB of "other" in storage. How do I edit/delete "other" to free up space?
