"Other" section in iPhone 5 grows larger every time the device is connected to computer

My phone's "other" section was getting unwieldy and I decided to opt for a fresh restore. After the initial bare bones setup, the other section starts at about 500 mb. I disconnect the phone from the computer and reconnect it. The other section seems to have gained 200 mb! I repeat this process several times and the size of the section continues to grow every time. The amount by which it increases has fallen, however. I repeat this about 15-20 times and the other section now sits at around 1 gb. I have the "automatically sync when connected" option off, and I am not making any changes for transfers to the phone in between connects/disconnects.
Now, I don't connect/disconnect my phone to the computer very often. But this is something very peculiar that I have noticed. What is mysteriously taking up those hundreds of mbs? This could be problematic because when I have restored from backups before, the other section seemed to be carried with it. I had already tried clearing caches, deleting texts, etc to try to get my previously larger other section to go down, but wasn't really able to dent it much. Hence, a fresh restore. Now I'm lucky that I don't have any precious app data that would be lost with a new setup. It's still inconvenient to have to put in my contacts and set everything back up.
Does anyone have similar experiences or know why this happens? I go under "usage" and see that it says "1.0 GB used." Since I haven't done anything to the phone, the sections of Calendars, Mail, Messages, etc are all "none" or neglible amounts in kb. So what's going on here? This junk data taking up space doesn't seem to be from isn't an app, texts, or emails.

Hello SmallyBiggs
See if anything shows up when looking at the usage on your iPhone; go to Settings > General > Usage and you will get a list of what is taking up space. If you cannot find what it is, restart your iPhone and test. If that does not work then restore your iPhone.
iPhone, iPad, and iPod: Understanding capacity
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1867
iTunes: Restoring iOS software
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
-Norm G.

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