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8GB of "other" ?
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Mail from the mail app counts toward other, as does notes. Try limiting Mail to downloading only 50 messages instead of 200 and limit your mail accounts to just a couple.
Here's the deal! When you try to sync to iTunes with limited space on your iPad and and some apps fail to sync to iTunes, The failed apps will be stored in a location of the iPad file system in .zip format. That location can build up with .zips Therefore taking up space and showing up as "other".
You can get rid of the hidden files showing up as "Other", but you need to be a little savvy and familiar with iPhone Explorer AKA iExplorer.
There are a few locations in the iPad filesystem that store hidden files that can be deleted that show up as "Other".
You can get rid of the hidden files showing up as "Other", but you need to be a little savvy and familiar with iPhone Explorer AKA iExplorer.
There are a few locations in the iPad filesystem that store hidden files that can be deleted that show up as "Other".
Mine grew quickly when I added a LOT of photos being synced from iPhoto. I have about 4GB of "other" that disappears when I remove the photos. I'm not sure what metadata is carrying over with these photos to create this "other" data, but that's what it appears to be on mine.
If you've had a sync get interrupted halfway through this can happen.
A reboot and resync might fix it. If not then doing a Restore and then rebuilding it from the backup should get rid of it. (I don't think this is the same thing as the "restore from backup" which I think won't get rid of it)
A reboot and resync might fix it. If not then doing a Restore and then rebuilding it from the backup should get rid of it. (I don't think this is the same thing as the "restore from backup" which I think won't get rid of it)
this same issue with a growing "Other" space exists on earlier iPad and iPhone too. lots of misc stuff is stored in there and sometimes it seems to grow unusually large. an earlier thread discussing it is here
try doing a restore, it should reduce it to reasonable size if Other becomes excessively large.
try doing a restore, it should reduce it to reasonable size if Other becomes excessively large.
I'm not 100% sure but I think that cydia and cydia tweaks take up space in the other category. This is of course you're on a jail broken iPad, but if not it may be notes and mail and such.
Any size increase by an app through collection (such as adding maps to a GPS app) will show as an increased app size.
I had the same problem with almost the same amount of 'other' a month back.
In my case, it happened when a couple of sync cycles got stuck in the last stage for a few hours, and I guess data got dumped in the 'other' section.
I tried everything, but ultimately, only a restore got rid of it. I restored from a backup, so that works too.
In my case, it happened when a couple of sync cycles got stuck in the last stage for a few hours, and I guess data got dumped in the 'other' section.
I tried everything, but ultimately, only a restore got rid of it. I restored from a backup, so that works too.