What is the "other memory"?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Lounge' started by Aurora, May 12, 2009.

  1. Aurora

    Aurora Well-Known Member

    In iTunes, there is a section of the iPhone labeled the "other memory" that takes up a significant amount of space (around half a gb on my device). Does anyone know what this is and how to reduce the size of it?
     
  2. looman9635

    looman9635 Well-Known Member

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    i think it is the os so i doubt you can reduce it
     
  3. Kamazar

    Kamazar Well-Known Member

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    It's the junk that makes the device run, like the guy above me said, the OS, system preferences, the graphics, sound effects, all that good stuff. All devices have a small chunk of their memory taken.
     
  4. Aurora

    Aurora Well-Known Member

    The memory in that section seems to shrink to 300mb sometimes and expand to like 800mb other times though, any reason behind this?
     
  5. yourofl10

    yourofl10 Well-Known Member

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    OS, etc.... and also itunes dosent recongize apps right away it takes a couple secs to refresh everything so like it might be 1Gb "other" but then it well decrease to like 700mb "apps" and 300 mb "other" which is the 1Gb of "other" reconized as 700mb of "apps"
     
  6. LBG

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    Sometimes I get all 3GBs of my Apps which show as 'other' memory. It's weird the way it changes all the time. I would be nice if their was a native app or settings menu where you could view your memory capacity bar (like in iTunes), your battery in more detail (i.e - percentage) and other statistics such as CPU speed etc. There are some paid apps on the app store, but they don't look too good. Maybe Apple will include something like it in their 3.0 update. One thing that I am looking forward to is the ability to search your whole device for things. No more scrolling through 9 pages of apps to find one app!
     
  7. yourofl10

    yourofl10 Well-Known Member

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    Free Memory is pretty good for 99 cents imo
     
  8. worldcup1100

    worldcup1100 Well-Known Member

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    Or jailbreak for free...
     
  9. yourofl10

    yourofl10 Well-Known Member

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    Haha rather pay 99 cents and support a dev imo.
    Anyways, 35 e-mails wow! Thats alot. Dont get that many on mine :mad:
     
  10. starjimstar

    starjimstar Well-Known Member

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    Happy Birthday yourofl10! Though I wouldn't send you an email for the occasion. Maybe that's because you're mad all the time and don't make sense.

    I recommend iStat.
     
  11. yourofl10

    yourofl10 Well-Known Member

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    It's not my birthday but thanks anyways! lol
     
  12. brewstermax

    brewstermax Well-Known Member

    Tap Tap songs go in the Other. So TTR addicts usually have a larger Other.
     
  13. worldcup1100

    worldcup1100 Well-Known Member

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    Ya, me too if that was your only reason for JB'ing, but I was just pointing out another option...:rolleyes:
     
  14. brewstermax

    brewstermax Well-Known Member

    No, I don't think that's what he was saying. You can get an SBSettings toggle for processes, numerical battery, and all that stuff, with jailbreak. I don't think he was saying to do it to get the app for free.
     
  15. Crypton

    Crypton Well-Known Member

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    Yep. And stuff you have in Apps like Air Sharing lands there too.
    EDIT: And I guess the saved videos from Peggle, also.
     
  16. Benegesserit

    Benegesserit Well-Known Member

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    I don't think anyone cares to get an email from a complete stranger regarding their holiday.

    +1 for Free Memory
     

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