iPad 64 GB Wifi Has 6.2 GB Of "Other" in iTunes Capacity Bar? WTF?!

[123walter]

Ipad out of hand

You guys make me envious. MY other is 7GB. ANd my ipad is only 32!! Its a good thig that I rarely use it for videos anymore, I use the airplaying apps, with ubuntu(media tomb) and the media server. ut it still POs me. Yes my ipad is jailbroken. But still? I have millions of language files with every app, wonder if that would help much. Probably not. They arent that big. I just dont know. I checked out my cineplayer, Good reader, etc, none of them really have anything. Its caches, gotta be. Im gonna ssh this bear nd start wiping out caches.

 

[DaWeav]

Well, I think I found what I actually did to get rid of the other data, so it wasn't my removal of the Twitter app that did it. Here is what I did.

I plug my iPad into the computer and a second or two after the 'Sync in Progress' appeared on the iPad, I pull the cable connecting the iPad to the computer. Then when I plug the iPad back into the computer, iTunes magically reset the 'Other Data'. This procedure has worked twice for me now because I was pushing back up to 1Gb of other data and did this procedure which reset the Other Data back down to .38 again.

Your mileage may very, but it might be worth a try.

 

[123walter]

Unplug ipad?

Hey, tried it bro. I didnt get any change. Thanx anyway. It was worth a try. Tried getting rid of a few apps and unplugged it at various phases of sync. STill got 7.2GB of the dreaded OTHER! Thats a lot, you know? Whn you think you only got 32 anyway. Wonder how it woud be if I had bought a 64!?

 

[123walter]

Are all of your devices jailbroken? I had an issue like this and the “other “ was third party applications that aren’t apple approved. I believe if you install appsync, this will take care of it and categorize that info properly.

Best idea yet. I have no intention of doing a restore. I have everything jailbroken. Atv, iPhone, and iPad. I like unltd Internet tethering as much as I want(3GS). I accidentally messed up phone recently and jumped thru hoops(not that bad) but I have used pkgbackup and made backups of iPhone and iPad. Question...will I be able to use this to restore with? It's just so sketchy downgrading to 4.1 so I can use a decent untethered jb. Appsync sounds interesting. I just can't imagine 7.2 gb on 32. I only have mywi,winterboard, and 3G thing. Thanks for the input.

 

[saving107]

Well, I think I found what I actually did to get rid of the other data, so it wasn't my removal of the Twitter app that did it. Here is what I did.

I plug my iPad into the computer and a second or two after the 'Sync in Progress' appeared on the iPad, I pull the cable connecting the iPad to the computer. Then when I plug the iPad back into the computer, iTunes magically reset the 'Other Data'. This procedure has worked twice for me now because I was pushing back up to 1Gb of other data and did this procedure which reset the Other Data back down to .38 again.

Your mileage may very, but it might be worth a try.

Oh my god, this worked like a charm. I was currently at 1.02gb of Other, and 2 seconds after I clicked "Sync" in iTunes, I yanked the cord, then I plugged my iPad back in, now I am at .38gb of Other.

Thank you.

Now I wish I would have known this before I reset my iPad (and not restoring from a back-up) causing me to loose all of my game/app data.

 

[123walter]

Hey Skyehack.....

MAn I gotta 32gb ipad, wifi model and I got 7.2 gb of OTHER!! I would be dancing in the streets if I had yer problems<g>
Yes its true I have jailbroken everything I I own, But my iphone which is loaded with cydia aops has like 2 gb of OTHER. I have gone thru and tediously deleted language files, NO CHANGE. I have no intention of Floormatting' this thing or even less of RESTORING. All I have on it is cydia, ifile. Thats all, . My iphone has MYwi, 3g, BackupPKG, Winterboard. Tons of stuff. I dont thing jailbreaking has anything to do with it. I tried even going back to an old backup, no change. I use Cinex, which plays avi files, and they arent listed on your itune stuff. I had dropbox, and I THOUGHT, thats got to be it. NO. I unlinked. No change. In fact it went up .1. Im open fer suggestions..

 

[DaWeav]

Oh my god, this worked like a charm. I was currently at 1.02gb of Other, and 2 seconds after I clicked "Sync" in iTunes, I yanked the cord, then I plugged my iPad back in, now I am at .38gb of Other.

Thank you.

Cool. I'm glad to see that procedure works for someone else and wasn't just a fluke on my iPad. I'm using iTunes on Windows and a non-jailbroken 4.2.1 iPad and it has worked every time so far.

 

[123walter]

Reasons to own ipad

Weird, I'm on 3.2.2 and those files show up in my app section. To test, I've deleted them and re-added them and my app section decreased and increased, not my other

I like yer "saying" except theres a better reason to won a wifi. I get my internet FREE. I have mywi on my iphone(3gs) and I intend to tether as long as I can

 

[123walter]

Could it be dropbox?

I think my problem is related to the fact that I use dropbox. I am a subscriber, and have most of my 50gb used up. The only thing is iphone also uses it and doesnt seem to be affected, but I guess ipad allows more of it to be stored on hand, or something. I dunno. Gonna get the new ipad this summer anyway.<g> Let my son worry with it.
RESTORE....yes im sure that will work, but aint that like admitting defeat? I cant help but get a feeling like Im giving up when I do this. It is MY LAST RESORT. But yeah Im sure it works. I was just hoping for something a little more creative. Thanks guys, gals.

 

[No ice please]

Are you guys jailbroken? If you are it could be themes and other apps. As I don't think that Cydia related apps are categorised as iTunes apps.