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Why is my "other" bar at 6GB!
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When my 32GB is freshly restored it has exactly 838mb of other storage, that was alittle over a month ago. Over time it'll build up, now I'm 1.83GB of other. Not that I keep a constant tab over it, but when I feel it gets way too high I'll restore and put my apps/contacts back on it. But one of the reasons I got a 32gig is so I wouldn't have to worry about space that often.
As far as what the data is? I'm not exactly sure, app caches would be counted under App Data, and texts, emails, and notes don't take up much data. Other is just that, other system junk I guess.
As far as what the data is? I'm not exactly sure, app caches would be counted under App Data, and texts, emails, and notes don't take up much data. Other is just that, other system junk I guess.
It's most likely caches and system junks. Your mms photos from the messaging app count as "others" as well
If you had an iOS 6 version under 6.1, there was a bug that even if you deleted the picture from the messaging app, the picture was still stored on your phone
The only way to remove these files legitly is to restore and start brand new. If you restore from backup, it'll restore these files
On the other hand, if you're jailbroken, you can access your phone's file system like on a windows and just delete those mms .jpg files and what not
If you had an iOS 6 version under 6.1, there was a bug that even if you deleted the picture from the messaging app, the picture was still stored on your phone
The only way to remove these files legitly is to restore and start brand new. If you restore from backup, it'll restore these files
On the other hand, if you're jailbroken, you can access your phone's file system like on a windows and just delete those mms .jpg files and what not
You would need to jailbreak but it is stored in /var/mobile/Library/SMS/Attachments
Attachments is the folder where all the mms pictures are stored
Are you jailbroken?
For the most part, "other" is not something you can delete. iOS is just bad at cleaning up junk files. Like, it should be deleting them but it doesn't properly delete them and over time, it builds up
Unless your music are showing up at other for some reason. If you suspect that, unsync and resync your music library
Yes, I was going to suggest using iCleaner if you were jailbroken 
It's very good at removing caches and the like
It's very good at removing caches and the like