What is "other" listed on my iPhone 4S and why is it sucking up so much storage space?  How can I get rid of it?

How can I get rid of the huge "other" listed on my storage of my iPhone?  It's taking up huge gigs.  This phone is not even 60 days old!

This worked for me with iPhone 5:
Backup iPhone in iTunes
in iPhone>Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and Settings
in iTunes> Restore iPhone with previous Backup (point 1)
There is no need to reset the iPhone with iTunes and no need to manually resync apps and content.
You will have your "new" iPhone with all your apps, settings and media just like before
with only a mere 500 mb (0,5gb) of "other" memory.

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