"OTHER data" on iPhone, what is it?

[TLO201]

i recently plugged my phone into my itunes. and all of a sudden it has 7.50 gigs of other data that wasnt there last time i plugged it in... havent downloaded any new apps or anything like that its robbing me of my space. can anyone help me>? i have a 32g iphone and only have 3g left... thank you

 

[Just_Me_D]

Re: Help "OTHER data"

Go ahead and do a backup via iTunes to see if the other data clears itself. If not, try rebooting your device and/or doing am iCloud Backup as well, if applicable.

 

[seashell93]

Re: Help "OTHER data"

i recently plugged my phone into my itunes. and all of a sudden it has 7.50 gigs of other data that wasnt there last time i plugged it in... havent downloaded any new apps or anything like that its robbing me of my space. can anyone help me>? i have a 32g iphone and only have 3g left... thank you

This is a common question...do you keep your text messages from day to day? Emails? etc...that is part of Other, as well as album art for Music and sometimes the ios updates (red badge on Settings if you have one) Try turning phone off and back on once you've deleted a few of the previous mentioned things and see if it helped. I suggested this to a friend just yesterday and it freed up a lot!

Hope that helps!

 

[TLO201]

Re: Help "OTHER data"

im going to try that one now thank you

 

[TLO201]

Re: Help "OTHER data"

nope nothing.. still there ;/ anything else?

 

[seashell93]

Re: Help "OTHER data"

nope nothing.. still there ;/ anything else?

And you tried turning phone all the way off and back on?!

I jail broke mine, so my Other will always show 2.5ish, but I really can't think of anything else. How about clearing your cookies etc from Safari? All my other suggestions usually work...sorry I couldn't help more!


Sent from my sweet sassy iPhone

 

[yzjustdatguy]

Re: Help "OTHER data"

It could be a lot of things. Attached pictures in texts, emails, Application cache, safari cache etc. If you want to clear off some of the other space try this application called phoneclean. Its for windows and mac and it works pretty effectively

 

[anon(4698833)]

Re: Help "OTHER data"

It's spy software, they're tracking everything you do, and every picture you take is being put into a database. They make sure to save that stuff for government uploads...and if you delete that "other" storage, they will send the FBI to your house with thick gloves on, and if you don't know what that means, good luck!

 

[Deanig_12]

Im having the same issue :s never notice it till now when i connect my phone to itunes mine says 5gb other :s what on earth is this av only had my phone about a week i have 6 pictures no music andand 5 apps :s

 

[anon(4698833)]

Im having the same issue :s never notice it till now when i connect my phone to itunes mine says 5gb other :s what on earth is this av only had my phone about a week i have 6 pictures no music andand 5 apps :s

FBI will be knocking this weekend...prepare yourself.

 

[Deanig_12]

Seriously you stupidnor sumet? My phones brand new!!

 

[Deanig_12]

Ive fixed it all i did was reset my phone and its back to normal now

 

[finn5975]

I had 14GB of 'Other'. I deleted all texts, cleared out all safari data, no album art, did resets, etc. No luck. Finally restored as a new device and started over fresh. It went from 14GB to 0.3GB

As Sean stated, the FBI arrived 2 days later. My trial begins Tuesday.

 

[yzjustdatguy]

I had 14GB of 'Other'. I deleted all texts, cleared out all safari data, no album art, did resets, etc. No luck. Finally restored as a new device and started over fresh. It went from 14GB to 0.3GB

As Sean stated, the FBI arrived 2 days later. My trial begins Tuesday.

Tragic

 

[Deanig_12]

Why what have you done wrong? :s a dont get it

 

[finn5975]

Why what have you done wrong? :s a dont get it

I was just playin along with Sean's joke. Nothing wrong I'm just glad I got my 13GB of space back.

 

[Deanig_12]

Omg seriously -_- im not the britest bulb as am from the uk haha and i beleave you!!!! Lmao omg i feel so dubm ryt now

 

[anon(4698833)]

Omg seriously -_- im not the britest bulb as am from the uk haha and i beleave you!!!! Lmao omg i feel so dubm ryt now ����

This became apparent very quickly.

 

[Deanig_12]

Hahaha

 

[TLO201]

ok everyone so i figured it out.. with out having to restore. apples answer for everything. was in the mall figured let me go in and ask.. they were zero help and then continued to tell me how android has the same problems when i didnt ask.. but back to the topic. i downloaded iFile to my macbook pro connected my phone and went browsing around the phone.. came across a movie in cloud access that was 6.1gigs... which i didnt record on the day it said. i deleted it gave it a second and BOOM.. dropped all he other data. its at 1.6 gigs but ill take that.... just thought id share a different solution than erasing everything over and over..