My 'other' usage is 4.22 gb on my 16 gb iphone 4s. If I back up my iphone then restore it to factory settings, would that delete the 'other' data
Okay so I have a 16 gb iPhone 4s. Its pretty much full. In settings>general>usage it says 4.22 gb are "other". What is other? If I back up my iPhone to my Mac, can I restore my iphone to get rid of that data? Any positives/negatives to restoring? Thanks
Restoring the phone should remove a large amount of "other"
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