IPhone 4 Sync Backup Creates Other Space

Ok I have been having this issue ever since I have gotten the iPhone 4. Its really irittating because my 4 is only 8GBs.
Everytime I connect my 4 to my computer, iTunes pops up and it syncs it and go throughs the steps of sync and backing up.
But when it does this, my other memory space goes up. Everytime I use my iPhone 4 then need to put mopre music or something it goes through that sycnhronization process and back up, which then makes my other space go up more. Now I only have 1.1GB of space left. I been having this problem and trying to figure out what is the problem. But when today I connect it I notice it goes up when backing up and all that. I have research alot of people have the same issue but its because of something else, or because they "Jailbreak It" which mines is not.
My iPhone 4 is on the latest ios5 which is 5.1.1. Can anyone help me figure this out. Because Apple hasn't address this little problem.
Much help please.

A simple search would have revealed the resolution and it has nothing to do with jailbreaking.
"Other" growing is normal, but it should only really be around 300mb to 1GB depending on the apps and what data they store. Anything larger than that may indicate corruption.
Start by restoring from backup, if it does not shrink "Other" restore as new.

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