"Other" data still large

Hello,
I've been reading some threads on the "Other" storage problem that people are having with their iOS devices. I have an iPhone 5 with 16Gb of space and I could get the "Other" storage down from 2.67Gb to 2.22Gb by backing up the phone to the computer, restoring the phone to its original state, and recovering the back up from the last session (which was an option after restoring).
How do I further cut down this space?
Thank you.
Eduardo

Do NOT restore from backup. This just restores the corrupt data which is the cause of a large "other". Restore your phone as NEW and set up from scratch not using backup at all.

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wjosten wrote:
Other that large is corrupt data. Normally, a restore from backup fixes things.
So, I discovered something new about iTunes today. The "Restore from backup" context menu option that appears when you click your iOS device in the Devices tree on the left of iTunes, is different from the "Restore" button that you get on the Summary tab for your device.
"Restore from backup" just does an restore from backup. Whereas the Restore button does a restore and then restore from backup. Make sense? Hmm.
This distinctly different functionality is not clear to the user, indeed the advice I was given above was to "Restore from backup", which in this instance is not what is needed to clear out the "Other" data.
In summary, to fix my problem I:
- performed a complete Backup (from iOS Device context menu)
- performed a Restore (clicked Restore button on Summary tab)
- after device is reset with latest iOS software, chose latest backup
My other data shrank to 0.2Gb, and as an added bonus another 1.4 GB of other space was freed up from Apps and Video, even though I can't find anything missing, so I suspect there was other non-"Other" data that was cleared out by this procedure.
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So my iPhone 5 is a 16GB (or 13.3GB I believe, thanks apple) and it says I've used 3.37GB of this mysterious "other" data.
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I have gone and deleted my text messages and emails, since people say that the space is taken up mostly by SMS and MMS messaging, and I think that got me almost 1GB of space. I did this last night, before I plugged my phone into the computer and checked the "other" amount on iTunes. Is there an alternative to restoring my phone as new to delete this data? Can someone please tell me if there is, because I'm just getting fed up with having to constantly delete things off of my phone to open up more space.

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Hello brownielox,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iPhone, iPad, and iPod: Understanding capacity
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1867
Other: Everything else, such as contacts, calendars, messages, emails and their attachments, Safari Offline Reading List, settings, and other system resources.
iOS: "Not enough free space" alert when trying to sync
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
Resolution
Try disconnecting and reconnecting your device, then syncing again to solve this issue.
Orphaned files may remain on your iOS device if it is physically disconnected while syncing music, podcasts, videos, or photos. This can prevent iTunes from syncing the iOS device on subsequent sync sessions. When this happens, the Capacity indicator in iTunes may report a large amount of "Other" disk usage for the iOS device. To resolve this issue:
Turn off the music or photo sync option in iTunes for the device.
Click Apply to sync the changes to the device.
Turn the music and photo sync options for the device on again.
Click Apply again to try to sync the device to iTunes.
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Turn off the automatic syncing functions for the iOS device. To do this:
Select the iOS device from the iTunes window and click the Summary tab.
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Click Apply to sync the changes to the device.
Reduce the amount of data that is being synced to the device and resync the device. For example, if syncing your Music library exceeds the memory capacity of the device, choose "Selected playlists" to transfer rather than "All songs and playlists" under the Music tab in iTunes.
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I just restored my iPhone so i could get rid of my other data but all it did was increase my other data by .5 gbs. How do i get rid of the "other data"?

kmsammon wrote:
... How do i get rid of the "other data"?
You will Not be able to get rid of it entirely...
Other is usually around 1 GB...
A ' Large Other ' usually indicates Corrupt Data...
First Try a Restore from Backup...
But... if the Large Other Persists, that is an Indicator of Corrupt Data in the Backup...
Then a Restore as New is the way to go...
Details Here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
More Info Here...
maclife.com/how_remove_other_data_your_iphone

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don1217 wrote:
1) Since alot of video and photo, can plug in via ethernet or "cable/usb" vs. wireless to back up my main iMAC?
If I understand your question, depending on the signal strength, backing up over Wi-Fi can be rather slow. An Ethernet connection would be much faster, particularly for the first backup, which will the the largest. Backing up to a locally-connected disk will be faster still.
2) I do need and like to share other data shared vs. just TC to Time Machine Backup, reading this community input, can I confirm that best practice is to let TC have as much dedicated space as possible for Backup and mix partition to do 500GB per say for data on the TC?
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need wireless - how does iPhone and iPAD detect this device - do I need app or something to view shared drive stuff?
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3) Like to share and light backup for couple PC Win7 laptops just to get files back and forth or share things between family member - nothing intense - but can PC win7 laptops see the shared drive via IP setup or something like that?
A WIn7 computer will be able to see files on the drive(s) of a Time Capsule. I haven't tried that, but instructions are available.

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Thank you. Unfortunately I tried iMobie a while back, small insignificant gains. I really think restoring phone as new is draconian. I believe I have identified the culprit as syncing the phone to itunes on the computer. I don't do it often but sometimes when this happens it goes through the whole cycle of syncing genius data. I am pretty sure this is when the 'other' grows. For example last night it did it. After it finished my available space decreased by some 300 mob and I saw the other data had gone up from 2.1 gigs to 2.4 gigs. So I wanted to find out if this genius data sync can be stopped. I don't see what benefit or affect it has on my phone. And by preventing it is ther a possibility of reclaiming some of this 'other' data. I do understand other can creep up a bit what with cloud services, mails, messages etc but I am pretty certain genius sync is to blame.
My phone is 32gb so I would of been pretty stuffed if I had 16 gb version. Even so to lose this amount of data to 'other' is still pretty annoying. Having to avoid syncing to itunes in the future because of this is not sonething I want to do
Cheers
Wayne

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