Cleaned, restored, other still up over 3 gig. What next?

I checked Other less than 2 weeks ago and it was at 1 gig. **All of a sudden** it went up over 4. I have tried most of what I've found here - PhoneClean, iExplorer, removed all music, photos, apps. After taking all photos, apps and music off my phone, Other actually got *bigger*.
I've got a 16G 4s running 6.1.3. Can't update to 7 yet. I've played around with it and I am one of those "lucky" few that can't read the new fonts due to my vision issues. All I want to do is nurse my 4s along for as long as I can.
Did a "erase all content and settings" and totally wiped my phone. Then restored from backup. No joy. Other is still over 3 gig.
Did the QuickClean using PhoneClean and removed everything. Did the "remove the f files" using iExplorer.
There is some discepancy between what I see on my phone (5.1GB), iExplorer (4.3 GB) and iTunes (3.76 GB) so not sure if maybe iTunes is misreporting.
Anybody out there have any idea what to do next??? Everything I've been able to find says when all else fails, do a restore. So is there something I'm missing?

Other is usually around 1 GB...
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
More Info Here...
maclife.com/how_remove_other_data_your_iphone
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