How to get rid of other stuff on my iphone

not quite sure how i did this but I have ended up with over 6.1 gb of orange "other" stuff on my iphone 3G. actually i do know what it is..it's my music that was on the phone but somehow turned to other (maybe when I moved my music folder away from my documents) now I have no music and this other stuff. I can reload my music but is there a way to remove the other stuff without resetting my phone??

Due to a failed/interrupted sync. You need to Restore in iTunes.

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