What is the "other" shown in the iPhone capacity bar?

[monkeysrock0622]

Sorry if there was already a thread for this. I was just doing a sync and I had some videos and when I synced the phone there were no videos on it and there was about 2.55 gbs of "other" instead of video....can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? Thanks

[asuandy]

Originally Posted by monkeysrock0622

Sorry if there was already a thread for this. I was just doing a sync and I had some videos and when I synced the phone there were no videos on it and there was about 2.55 gbs of "other" instead of video....can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? Thanks

I think "other" is Contacts, iCal stuff, and cover art

[princess_80854]

I believe it includes email attachments as well.

[gcvt]

And the OS, right?

[xSoNiCcRaCkErSx]

No, this is caused by disconnecting the iPhone prematurely before you pressed the disconnect button on the computer. SOLUTION: The only way you can solve it is by restoring it. Remember never remove the iPhone from the plug before its PROPERLY disconnected and says its okay to unplug it. Calenders and contacts wouldn't take up 2.55 gbs anyways.

[Martlet]

Not sure you need to restore to remove the "Other" for every case.

I noticed 300mb of "Other" after a sync once (I sync several times a day, and don't pay much attention to the capacity bar normally).

I just resynced and it went away (I think it was actually supposed to be "Music" but was showing as other the first time I synced... I had just changed some playlists around and had synced about 300mb of new music to it).

It may just be that "Other" is anything new you just sent to the iPhone, and that it places it in the proper category the next time you sync.

So before you go do a full restore, eject the iPhone, remove it from the dock, dock it again, and sync again. If multiple syncs don't clean up the "Other" catagory, then do a restore. But trying the sync first might save you some time.

[brinky]

I had this after trying to do a mod to add some custom ringtones. The mod didn't go so well and I ended up having to do a restore. Not really big deal, just a huge pain in the arse.

[Thatguy]

Originally Posted by gcvt

And the OS, right?

If I am noy mistaken, the OS space is simply deducted from the 4 or 8 gigs, so the "capacity" in iTunes ends up being about 3.3 or 7.3 gigs

[iHuman]

You don't need to restore, as I also had this problem. I sometimes have an issue with iTunes recognizing the iPhone, and it pops up with the "other" thing a few times. I simply ejected it and plugged it back in. If that doesn't work, restart iTunes, that should take care of it.

[Brandon!]

I would imagine since iTunes syncs everything on the phone every time you connect it, the problem should resolve itself... right? 2.55GB is quite a big of space though.