IPhone Question: what is all that "other" stuff?

[Jalapeñomel]

I'm trying to free up some space for a sync, and I have like a crapton of stuff in the "other" section.  What is it and how do I get rid of it?

[Deleted]

Usually operating files, app files etc.

[kristie]

Text messages, I found about 3 gb hiding in there

[Jalapeñomel]

Oct 29, 2013 10:10:52 GMT -5 Loco Coco said:

I had this problem! Like 80% of my phone was "other." I couldn't take videos, only store like 20 pictures at a time. It was pissing me off.

I googled, and something is probably fucked up/corrupted. I reset my phone and I have SO much more space now. Like right now I have something like 200 pictures and a ton of videos and its still not full.

So try to reboot it. I'll try to find the link to what I did.

If I reset it to factory settings, will I lose everything?

[Jalapeñomel]

Oct 29, 2013 10:10:48 GMT -5 kristie said:

Text messages, I found about 3 gb hiding in there

Sheesh!!  Do I have to delete them individually?

[kristie]

I just deleted whole conversations. The one with my best friend and DH freed up about 2gb. But that was every photo and message we had sent over a very long period of time.