How to remove 3.5 gig of OTHER in iPhone 4?

[Shanezam203]

I tried to reformat my iPhone 4 back to factory ios 5.0.1 but I STILL have 3.5 gig of OTHER in yellow when I sync in iTunes. any idea what it is?

Thanks,

Shane

 

[Ohmster]

Not sure. When you say 'factory' did you actually restore as new, then again from backup?

 

[Rugaby]

The other isn't going to go away. That is system files, space for operations etc. every phone has it.

 

[Ohmster]

Yes, but isn't 3.5GB an anomaly? My 4S-jb 'Other' is 1.41GB which is substantially higher than it was pre jb.

 

[Rugaby]

Yes, but isn't 3.5GB an anomaly? My 4S-jb 'Other' is 1.41GB which is substantially higher than it was pre jb.

Depends on the phone and what is installed on it. My 3GS 8gb has 2.5 gb of other. Stock.
Depends in what iOS is running also.

 

[Shanezam203]

It hasn't always been here. I did a RESTORE back to factory 5.0.1 and then a restore from my backup but I have the 3.5 other again.

 

[Rugaby]

It hasn't always been here. I did a RESTORE back to factory 5.0.1 and then a restore from my backup but I have the 3.5 other again.

When did it show up?
Was it when you went to ios5 ?

 

[Shanezam203]

The last week or so, I've had ios 5 for a while.

 

[Rugaby]

The last week or so, I've had ios 5 for a while.

It didn't just show up. Had to be from something. Cloud? Upgrade? New programs? Something.

 

[Shanezam203]

Don't recall making changes to cloud, no. I got a few new apps, try deleting those? shouldn't they be taking space in apps and not other?

 

[Rugaby]

Don't recall making changes to cloud, no. I got a few new apps, try deleting those? shouldn't they be taking space in apps and not other?

I did a basic search online. Here is some links on how to remove or get around the "other".
This one explains what the other is.
http://m.lifehacker.com/5857996/ask-lh-whats-hogging-other-on-my-iphone
This is how to get rid of it.

http://www.ipodrepublic.com/iPhone/fixing-issue-other-files-iphone-memory/2010/03/31/

 

[Shanezam203]

thanks. why wouldn't doing a restore back to iTunes factory 5.0.1 delete it? maybe it does, but my restore has the 3.5gig somewhere in it.

strange audio is 6gig, photos 12, apps, 1 and OTHER is 3.9 now.

 

[Rugaby]

I have no idea. I don't fight mine. I just embrace it.

 

[Shanezam203]

smart man. thanks for the links above.

 

[Rugaby]

smart man. thanks for the links above.

No problem. Here to help.

 

[Bluewing]

that doesn't work on mine, nor has anything else i've searched. For now i just accept it

 

[Shanezam203]

still here, strange. wonder what it is if it isn't an app.

 

[VOLS34]

Maybe it's the OS. Seems like a bit more than usual but it takes up part of the capacity.

 

[Shanezam203]

yeah, maybe something with 5.x? I don't remember it in all other versions...

 

[Bluewing]

after trying everything possible, I gave up and restored as new