I have 4.2 gigs of "other" on my iPhone

I have 4.2 gigs of "other" on my iPhone (I see it when I sync with iTunes). What is in the "other" category and how can I reduce it?

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My "other" partition was up to 25G !!!! on my iphone 4S and I didn't want to restore my phone as I would loose important SMS and info on it and re-arrnage 1000 apps again.
I found this link and followed the steps
http://www.ipodrepublic.com/iphone/fixing-issue-other-files-iphone-memory/2010/0 3/31/#comment-47142
Using that program suggested was free too. I used it straight away after downloading it. I removed my files in
"media Folder". These 3 folders was where I found the solution.
- Music - all the "F" files
- ApplicationArchives - all the big stuff
- Recordings - all currupt M4a in there
Vola! My phone now has 25GB back!!!!! Other is just 26 killo bytes! yes Killo bytes!
Hope that helps
Cheers

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