"Other Storage" Has Vanished ?!?

I have read and seen many many topics on the support forums regarding "Other Storage" on iPhones and iPads and how to reduce this.
I have read this topic below fully and then purchased PHONE CLEAN which is linked below also.
What is "Other" and What Can I Do About It?
http://www.imobie.com/phoneclean/
Now since doing all this and cleaning out my phone it seems that i do not have any "Other Storage" at all and that its not showing.
My phone has worked fine all day and i have had no issues and all my data is still there also, I even have 15+ pictures in the camera roll and data in "Whats App" along with 50+ e-mails in my e-mail account and I'm guessing this should all contribute to put something into "Other Storage"
As you will see below my phone is plugged in and all fine but its not showing on the status bar at the bottom of iTunes.

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 about ‘Other’ in this Discussion
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19958116

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First - try deleting some Messages if you don't regularly clean them out. In my experience, eliminating that first often reduces the "Other" situation enough where your iCloud backups will start working again. Your backup file is probably enormous which is causing this problem with Notes.
If that doesn't work come on back and everyone will help you work on this.

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i am desperate now i have 21gb in other storage on ly lumia 920, Have tried the aps in the market place that fill you phne with junk then delete it. All nokia said was hard reset your phone THAT IS NOT A SOLUTION

If you are asking to minimize all these items from 1 to 13, what's the point of having a smartphone, especially one as good as the Lumia 920?
I have had my 920 for almost 10 months and have lots of apps, games, photos, and videos. I watch on-line videos and browse quite a bit every day, not to mention use news apps such the ones from NBC and BBC. I have never had to reset my phone. Any the Storage Check shows that my System Files are at 1.6 GB and my Other files are at 1.5 GB. So, clearly the 21 GB issue has some other causes.
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uehluap wrote:
@kaw203,
Sorry to hear that your Other storage has reached 21GB. I'm afraid there is nothing you can do except to hard reset your phone, re-install all your apps and re-do your settings and customization. Yes, I'm sure you have pressed the clear button in Storage checker, not that I will insult you with this question.
I'm afraid this is something you may have to repeat further down the road. In order to increase the time between hard resets you should minimize the following activities:
1) installing new apps to try and uninstalling them
2) installing any unnecessary apps
3) playing games
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5) uploading photos or documents to Skydrive
6) file transfer using bluetooth
7) copying large numbers of photos or music to your phone
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This is designed to be a user discussion area. To provide feedback directly to Apple you can go to http://www.apple.com/feedback/
There are a few applications out now that may be able to help you out. 1Password and LastPass are both password vault or lockers. They allow you to save passwords for applications and websites. That way you have a single password you use to keep the vault/locker secure and then all of your other passwords are stored for you so you don't have to write them down or try to remember them all.
https://agilebits.com/onepassword
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Empty the Trash if you haven't already done so. If you use iPhoto, empty its internal Trash first:
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