''Other'' Stuff on iTunes in iPhone

[KoA]

So my iPhone is synced - At the moment I have no music videos etc..I'm about to add some.

However, I look at the little graph they show in the bottom.
"19.5 MB Photos"
"888.7 MB Apps"
"4.69 GB Other"
"9.06GB Free"

Can someone tell me how I can check what the ''others'' are, or what classifies as other

[Miro89]

SSH into your iphone and find out.

from what i know the "other" are the files that are needed to run your iphone and the firmware.

[KoA]

But i've never seen it with 4GB in itunes, its not like I just first saw it. It was always a relatively small number.

If you add those up, thats 14.83 GB
I always thought the other 1.2gb or so is used as firmware or so...

Now, I could ssh, but where would I look?

[Miro89]

i have ssh-ed into my iphone and found out that games, preference lists, bookmarks, album artwork, playlists, firmware,notes, settings, contacts and files for running the iphone's system are all in the category "others". and sry for that first answer. LOL!

[Megan28]

Hi all...

Im new to this forum - and have this exact problem with my iphone...

Can someone please tell me what SSH means and how I can do this?

Thanks Megan

[blkcadi]

You picked a thread that is about a year old, that tells me that you searched for answers, Nice Job.
What your asking is a pretty complex question but really pretty easy once you get the basics.
Searching for your answers will be the key to learning. Also you will find a ton of vids on You Tube on how to do it.
Windows and Macs use different programs for this and it can be done with a USB connection or Wifi. Here is a Vid I found real quick, it's about doing it on old firmware but the concept is the same.
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhFUj3uxCVA&feature=channel]YouTube - How To Use SSH On 2.2.1/3.0 iPhone,iPhone 3G,3GS,iPod Touch 1st & 2nd Gen[/ame]

[G-baby158]

I had this the other day, before i plugged in my phone i had all my music ect on there, then plugged phone in and it came up with the 4GB "other", though well thats werid so unplugged my phone plugged it in again and it was fine, werid, very werid.