What is "other" on my iPhone

When I sync my iPhone 4s, iTunes shows what is occupying the memory of the iPhone.  I understand Audio, Video, Photos, and Apps, but what is in the "Other" category, which on my iPhone takes up 2.58 GB?

Other indicates corrupted files. Restore as a new device will remove them. Backups contain the files so they just go back if you restore from backup. Starting over is how I eliminated the Other files on my iPhone
Hope that helps

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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.
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    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:
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    - 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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