How to get rid of excessive other?

i used to have an iphone 4 16GB with a large amount of "other", at least 6GB. i backed it up to my computer then upgraded to the iphone 5 and when i restored it i still have 6.6GB of other. i'm not sure what this is or how i can fix it and i've tried almost everything. i only have five apps, 400 songs, 150 contacts, and 100 pictures. no videos. i'm not sure what i can do to get rid of all of this other. i keep trying to restore it but it keeps coming back. what can i do to fix this?

Contacts are designed to be synced to a supported application on the computer or a cloud service. Use the device as designed and saving contacts is a non-issue.

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