"Other files" growing after failed sync

Hi!
I got an iPhone 4 32 GB and before iOS 5 my "Other" category was always somewhere
between .4 and .7 GB and my free space was below 4GB.
After installing iOS5 on it that values didn't change much.
However when I tried my first iCloud Backup, I had to cancel it because
it would have taken > 8 hours.
That's probably when my "Other" category went to 1.5 GB.
I tried every suggestion that I found:
- turn off and on
- restore from backup
- setup as new iPhone and restore from backup
- stop syncing music and video, add one more music and start syncing again
which will replace all the music.
- reduce the iCloud backup below 600 MB and let the backup complete
Nothing did show any drastic improvement.
I still have an old ipod touch 1GB which I sync sometimes.
This got really no Other files at all.
Today I tried to add another game for my son to it.
It started syncing and suddenly "Other" grew to about the amount the
new game would have taken.
The new game wasn't compatible with a 1G so it didn't show up
on the touch at the end of the sync but the Other space remained occupied.
That's why I think that unsuccessful sync's will end up in Other
and stay there forever.
I tried to look for anything obviuos with iPhone explorer but
since it is not JBen I'll be out of look to find the garbage.
I'd appreciate any help I could get except:
- setup as new iphone and DON'T restore a backup.
Regards ... Franz

If all your music is in iTunes, you could try restoring your iPod, this will erase the hard drive, reload the software and put it back to default settings: Restoring iPod to Factory Settings
Alternatively if your iPod is set to update automatically then try this:
1. Connect your iPod
2. Disable "Show Album art" in iTunes>Edit>Preferences>iPod.
3. Syncronise the iPod with iTunes. (Disconnecting and then reconnecting your iPod will do the trick)
4. Re-enable "Show Album Art" in iTunes>Edit>Preferences>iPod.
5. Syncronise the iPod again.

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