Help Deleting 'Other' Data on iPhone 4

So I recently noticed that anytime I'd try to take a photo on my iPhone 4, it'd say my storage was full, which makes no sense. I don't have many apps, have a lot of music but only 46 photos on my photo roll, and I'm constantly clearing history, and making sure apps are closed in the multitask bar. So, I decided to do a rare sync to iTunes, and it turns out I have over 6 GBs of 'Other' data. That takes roughly half the storage on my iPhone.
After reviewing various posts, I've seen plenty of explanations for what 'Other' constitutes, as well as plenty of solutions for what to do about it. Unfortunately, none of these have worked thus far. However, I'm not sure if I'm doing the restore from new method right, so if anybody could clarify these questions for me that'd be great:
Do I have to restore from new and then not restore from my back-up when prompted on iTunes? I've noticed after I restored the iPhone as new and then restored from the back-up (rather than set it up as a new iPhone) that it will show I have somewhere in the high 400 to low 500 GBs of Other. I'll clap and giggle like a schoolgirl, and then it'll skyrocket back to 6+ GBs as the sync takes place. My clapping and giggling will cease, frustrated grumbling commences.
So do I have to set it up as a brand new iPhone?
Does my back-up itself contain the corrupted data?
If I were to set it up as brand new, does that mean everything like my phone number, contacts, WiFi passwords, email set-up, etc. disappears?
Thanks for your help, really appreciated.
P.S. I have gotten the most recent software updates.

Your phone number is on your Sim card so no it would not be gone. Corrupt data does not go to the cloud. The only thing that the cloud saves are the specific things that you Checked in your set up and that's all that will be there.
I do not back up my phone to the cloud I only have the cloutd set to save specific things.
Again, look in set up under iCloud were you have signed your phone in as an Apple device and see what you've told it to save. I'm not sure exactly what data you have saved but that is one of the options that you have. Be sure you uncheck data.

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How much space is used by your Other? You may be able to reduce.
How Do I Get Rid Of The “Other” Data Stored On My iPad Or iPhone?
http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
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http://www.igeeksblog.com/how-to-remove-other-data-from-iphone/
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