I have 5.22 Gb of other data on my iPhone 5. What is this?

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I have a 16GB iphone 5. Currently it shows 5.22 Gb of other data. If I look at the usage stats on the phone it totals about 3gb? How do I get rid of this 'other ' data or is this the OS???
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Over-sized "other" often contains corrupted data or metadata and can be removed by restoring the phone with iTunes, first also restoring a backup but usually requires restoring as new, without restoring a backup (the backup usually contains the corrupted data).
Use iTunes to restore your iOS device to factory settings

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