Ios6 automatically DL'ed onto my iphone 4 and is taking up too much space (I don't want to install).

How can I remove the ~2.2Gb of "other" data that I assume is ios6 install files?  I have no photos or music on my 8Gb phone and having a quarter of my phone full already with crap I don't want is frustrating.
Yesterday I actually downloaded and installed ios6, found out how crappy it was, and then reverted back to 5.1.1.  I want nothing to do with ios6, including the install files.
Thanks,
Alex

I am having this problem as well.... when iOS6 went live, my iPhone4 rebooted itself in the middle of the night (I was awake) and then automatically downloaded the ~2.5 GB iOS6 installer, which in Settings it says is downloaded and ready to install - but gives no way to say no or delete it. I also tried using iExplore but Apple doesn't put it as an App, it has some special hidden system folder that there's apparently no way to see except jailbreaking it.
Someone on Twitter said you have to restore... but if I do that I'll lose everything I've done since my last backup AND it will just auto-download again. I don't want iOS6 - Apple bricked my iPhone 3G with iOS4, but more importantly, I live in a city and use/rely on those public transportation directions and accurate maps - neither of which exist in that disaster than is iOS6.
This really ****** me off & inconviences me because it cuts my available space on my phone IN HALF. Not to mention I never agreed to it or wanted it. AND I have limited bandwidth / Comcast gets mad at me if I use too much. WTH

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