Why is my "Other" so big?

Whenever I sync music it also adds to the "Other. If I add 12gb of music it adds 12 gb to my "Other" also. How do I fix this so I can put all of my music on my ipod touch 5g 32gb. I have tried restoring as new and from a backup and I can't fix this someone help!!!

What is the Other on my iPhone and How to Remove It
An "other" that large usually indicates that the "other" includes corrupted files.
First try:
"First you go settings/general/usage/music/then left swipe over music and press delete and you would think it deletes your music but it doesn't instead it deletes your other but make sure your ipod is connected to a computer while doing this"
as recommended by:
How do I get rid of "other" storage: Apple Support Communities
Next, usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up
To restore to factory settings/new iPod see:
iTunes: Restoring iOS software

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Hi,
I have recently noticed that my "other" section has steadily been increasing every time i sync my phone. I now have 3GB worth of "other" and have no idea what this could be.
I have wiped both my itunes and Iphone completly of music and no only the App remain ( of which i have 4GB)
I have no idea what is in this Other section and as it has never been any higher then 250MB i have never really paid it much attention.
Can someone please adcise what is classed as "other" and how i can empty this as it is taking up a large chunk of my memory.
Please note that i have had my iPhone 4s for 6 months and i only sync up playlists i do ot hold great quantities of music on my iTunes nore my Phone.

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rp0428 wrote:
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This is NO SUCH THING as a 'string pool' in Java. There is a CONSTANT pool and that pool can include STRING CONSTANTS.
It has NOTHING to do with immutability - it has to do with CONSTANTS.
Just because a string is immutable does NOT mean it is a CONSTANT. And just because two strings have the exact same sequence of characters does NOT mean they use values from the constant pool.
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In that sense the OPs question is valid, although the OP uses wrong wording.
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In Java we have primitive types (int, float, double...) and Object types (Integer, Float, Double).
The primitive types are consessons to C developers. Without primitive types you could not write simple equiations or comparisons (a = 2+3; if (a==5) ...). [autoboxing has not been there from the beginning...]
The String class is different, almost something of both. You create String literals as you do with primitives (String a = "aString") and you can concatinate strings with the '+' operator. Nevertheless each string is an object.
It should be common knowledge that strings should not be compared with '==' but because of the interning functionality this works surprisingly often.
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Hope this helps.
bye
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