Hello,
Just want to ask what's your remaining free memory after a reboot. And then, after running your favorite app killer. Mine's 27MB after a fresh restart and then after killing unused task it goes up to 70. I use autokiller to kill tasks (which is funny because i have to manually kill apps, not automatically)
Also, what's your setting for AutoKiller?
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I too have the problem,any fix ?
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RAM neq Internal Memory
My RAM is about 12 % full after reboot and then fills up as I use the phone. This is all right. Killing (force shutdown) tasks, also automatically with "task killers", in order to free RAM is generally not useful in any way. Only misbehaving tasks should be killed (you don't need a task killer for this).
The Internal Memory is a kind of internal SD card, where the files needed by the actual Android operating system among others reside. If this internal memory becomes too full, the phone becomes slow and can even stop functioning. Normally there is a warning before it gets too full. I have 36.2 MB free internal memory, at about 25 MB there is a warning for low memory. To free internal memory you can uninstall applications, clean the caches of particularly the browser, youtube player, market etc. With a rooted phone there are a few more possibilities.
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Hi
I have a second HTC Hero which runs Android 1.5. The phone says there is 980KB memory left. However, when I go to Task Manager to kill apps to help with the memory, it says there is 91MB left. I cannot use the phone much and cannot open up messages to read or send texts.
How can I check what is causing the memory problem on the phone itself? I assume what is on the SD card does not affect the internal memory?
Everytime i used a taskkiller on 1.5 i ended up with a phone that would crap out on memory. Could uninstall everything and it still would say not enough memory. Did a factory reset en left the taskkiller out.. no more problems. Some how 1.5 seems not able to let the used memory go when killed by a taskkiller... meaning memory runs out that was my problem at least..
hth
How can you kill apps without a Task Killer though?
You don't have to. Android does this fine by itself
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Two questions:
1 What method and how does Android kill tasks without a task manager?
2 Are there any bits and pieces I can remove from the Android operating system but then reinstall them if necessary - things that are stored on the phone?
Memory as in RAM or memory as in phone storage memory?
Those are different things.
Task killers clear up RAM, phone memory is cleared by uninstalling applications.
If it indeed is RAM you are talking about, I don't know why it would do that.
The internal taskkiller has a minimum, and it is above 980kb.
Could some one help me out in deleting the unimportant folders and files frm phone memory.
in my advace task killer it shows very less space free i.e around 220mb
could some one guide me this context.
thanks
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Firstly, task managers are a bad idea on android.. Its linux based so manages its memory quite well.if you must use something to catch rogue apps that ready to much cpu then try watchdog lite...
Second your taskmanager is showing you free memory not disk space..
220mb is lot of unused and wasted memory that you've paid for, and not use! Its designed to be used to store processes that you use a lot, to keep ready to use. In other words it makes them work faster..
Thirdly deleting folders will not free up memory, but disk space.
The streak has 2gb of internal storage space, plus the ,usually, 16gb of sdcard..
if you use a filemanager it will show you what storage space you have.
My X10s internal storage memory is getting low, like 75MB, what do I do to remedy this, and what's causing it.
it's normal.. Android fills the memory - upto a preset threshold.. so when the "user" calls for a frequently used app, it's likely to already be in memory, allowing it to launch it more quickly..
If you're having problems with the phone getting slow, then suggest something like Task Manager to kill apps that you don't need to be held in memory - BUT only use it to kill apps that don't automatically restart, otherwise you'll only end up fighting with your phone, and using more battery!
No , I mean the internal storage memory, not the RAM, it's getting low. And I'm not sure why.
Ah.. I see.. well the obvious answer is that you've got a lot of apps on there.. ?
If it's not that, then could be a crappy app that's storing stuff on the phone, rather than the SD card...
Try clearing the caches of EVERY APP and UTILITY. I do it every night before I go to bed.
How much internal memory should I have free for normal phone operation? Right now I have 80/278M. Is that enough or am I using too much? How much free memory can I have on stock SGA without any apps installed?
Just checked again. Now I have 57/278M. It's just getting lower during normal operation.
It depends on what applications are running. Just use taskiller to kill unecessary apps to have more free ram.
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Yes I know, I am killing apps and freeing memory all the time. I just wanted to know should I be concerned with the amount of memory left or not? At what time will my phone slow down because of the amount of free memory? Are there any recomendations regarding the necessary amount of free memory for SGA to work properly?
Task manager shows 806 mb of used memory and only 211 mb free. Have a brand new flyer and installed a few apps. Any idea how to free up more internal memory?
If you're comfortable with it, going to a custom ROM will almost always improve memory usage and system speed. I recommend leedroid.
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Task manager shows 806 mb of used memory and only 211 mb free. Have a brand new flyer and installed a few apps. Any idea how to free up more internal memory?
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That is a very reasonable usage of RAM memory, its not application storage.
Linux and Android attempt to maximize memory usage while keeping a certain amount free for program loading and switching. It's normal for Android to keep RAM about 75% full and intentional. That way when one of your app bits needs to run, its already in fast memory and does not need to be loaded. So you can kill apps all you want and android will just happily keep reloading them in the background and refilling that memory. That's why task killers generally ware not needed and can often slow things down by unnecessarily killing tasks that the OS will just start up again.