How can i find out whats included in 'other' on my iPhone so i can free up space?

can someone help me find out how i can find out whats included in the 'other' categorie when i sync my iphone to my computer? its taking up about 6gb and i need to free that up.

You can't. That much other generally indicates corrupt data. Restore the phone.

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    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11212
2. Empty Trash.
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    Empty Trash. Restart.
4. Repair Disk
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
5. Disk space / Time Machine ?/ Local Snapshots
   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4878
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   http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409

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Regarding emails, on the computer, move emails from mailboxes in icloud to those on the device. That can also save a lot of space.
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