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try to reboot your phone to see if it gives you any problem. I had over 70 apps in my phone and it was working. The problem happened when I rebooted the phone.
Perhaps nothing will happen to your phone...maybe there are other factors involved, like the size of the apps, type of apps...I don't know... only thing I know is that I know what to do when it happens again to me...
rsbenedict
Member
It may have something to do with the size of each program and the amount of space left to add apps.
ajones7279
Lurker
You don't have to believe me lol.
Mrniceguy
Well-Known Member
apps to sd my friend... i havent used it personally but it would prob be worth taking a look at...
does apps to sd fix this issue idk
lee_herman
Lurker
I'm also having issues with too many apps. I'm currently at the limit. If I add one more, and restart, I get no connection and other apps start to crash. Remove one (any one, not just the one I just added) and things are OK again. I have plenty of room left on the internal memory and the SD card.
How do we get someone from the Android development to weigh in on this?
How do we get someone from the Android development to weigh in on this?
lee_herman
Lurker
Kronium, I'm not sure to what Sprint update you are referring. I have the latest firmware.
And yes, I have about 70 apps.
And yes, I have about 70 apps.
Yeah, the firmware update Sprint released last week. If you have it, then it didn't fix the problem. :
Apps2SD doesn't fix the problem either.
Mrniceguy
Well-Known Member
Yeah, the firmware update Sprint released last week. If you have it, then it didn't fix the problem. :
Apps2SD doesn't fix the problem either.
dang... i was looking into apps to sd too...
according to the apps manager i use i have 89 apps and still going strong...
im on freshrom fwiw
mobilehavoc
Well-Known Member
While I truly feel the frustration of having a limit...I really think this issue if it truly exists will only have an impact on a very small subset of users. I consider myself a power user and I only have 40-50 apps max on my phone. I had an iPhone before and while you can have 1,000,000 on your phone at once it's a complete waste since I hardly used more than 20 except the first time I launched them. The limit, if it exists sucks, but people need to chill out.
Are you really using all 70+ apps at once? Especially the ones that are free, it's very easy to uninstall them and install them when you need them. Just my 2 cents.
Are you really using all 70+ apps at once? Especially the ones that are free, it's very easy to uninstall them and install them when you need them. Just my 2 cents.
@lyskar
your being way to harsh about the hero.
It's apparent to me that this 70 app limit is obviously a glitch.
it's not done on purpose.
eventually maybe sprint will figure out whats wrong with it and fix it.
but I can tell you that I'm sure they aren't doing this on purpose
your being way to harsh about the hero.
It's apparent to me that this 70 app limit is obviously a glitch.
it's not done on purpose.
eventually maybe sprint will figure out whats wrong with it and fix it.
but I can tell you that I'm sure they aren't doing this on purpose
lee_herman
Lurker
I'm glad that there is continued confirmation of the app limit. I sent a request for support to HTC, but got a useless automated reply about the issue.
Who do we complain to, and when will HTC/Sprint start to acknowledge that this issue exists? (I guess they're concerned about market loss to Verizon Droid).
Who do we complain to, and when will HTC/Sprint start to acknowledge that this issue exists? (I guess they're concerned about market loss to Verizon Droid).
I've had a G1 and a myTouch. I didn't have this issue on either of those phones. I have it on my Sprint Hero though.
Yes I use 70+ apps. Especially since I have games on my phone for my children. Come on, one of the selling point of the Hero is the thousands of downloadable apps. Now we find out that you can only install 70 of those? We need to chill out? If you have less than 70 apps on your phone, you're not even close to utilizing its full potential. THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE.
Anyway, an HTC rep, via email, confirmed and escalated the issue. I'll update here when I receive a new response.
I totally agree. I didn't realize how 70 apps really isn't that much...especially when you consider that all of my Camera Zoom FX add-ons each count as an app. That camera app and all the add-ons are eating up around 25% of my app limit, I think. Also, each Locale add-on counts as an app. Got Better Keyboard? Each skin counts as its own app. (I just uninstalled Better Keyboard and Locale for now. I can't afford to run them.)
Anyway, I'm glad that HTC is acknowledging the issue and escalating. I don't think this was an issue with the GSM version of the Hero. Wonder what's causing it? I may try to run adb logcat when I get home tonight just to satisfy my curiosity.
Hello all, my phone was a little sluggish so I rebooted to give it a fresh face. only to have it be all F***ed up when it starts up! Since this has happened to me twice now I decided to google my problems (hero has no signal and everything force closes after reboot) and eventually found my way here. I was about to do a hard reset since I cannot even goto my settings page to do a factory reset. whew!
I have uninstalled alot of my apps (I had more then 100 including preinstalled ones) and then restarted my phone. AND ITS WORKS, THANK YOU!
I am so pissed that there is a limit to how many apps I can have, even if it is a glitch. WTF no developer has ever noticed this/had more then 70 apps installed?
I'd like to say that having more then 70 apps was normal use for me. I had 7 news apps, lots of picture related apps, like 25 games and fun/random apps, and the rest were apps like compass, skymap, layer, etc; normal apps that I didn't use often but needed. Its frustrating that I have to pick and choose which apps I want cause I dont want to be stuck having to download an app when I need it because of a stupid glitch.
And to the guy who said to just reinstall the app when you need it...you're a moron. Go return your smart phone and get a flip phone; and remember to put your helmet on.
Since this has happened to me twice now I decided to google my problems (hero has no signal and everything force closes after reboot) and eventually found my way here. I was about to do a hard reset since I cannot even goto my settings page to do a factory reset. whew!I have uninstalled alot of my apps (I had more then 100 including preinstalled ones) and then restarted my phone. AND ITS WORKS, THANK YOU!
I am so pissed that there is a limit to how many apps I can have, even if it is a glitch. WTF no developer has ever noticed this/had more then 70 apps installed?
I'd like to say that having more then 70 apps was normal use for me. I had 7 news apps, lots of picture related apps, like 25 games and fun/random apps, and the rest were apps like compass, skymap, layer, etc; normal apps that I didn't use often but needed. Its frustrating that I have to pick and choose which apps I want cause I dont want to be stuck having to download an app when I need it because of a stupid glitch.
And to the guy who said to just reinstall the app when you need it...you're a moron. Go return your smart phone and get a flip phone; and remember to put your helmet on.
lldsandsll
Well-Known Member
way to make a lasting impression
besides the problem of force close and all the screw ups mentioned in this forum, my phone is also constantly changing apps icons and names after rebooting the phone...anybody with this issue as well?
Not sure if it is Android or Sense, but the Sprint Hero's software is very, very unstable...and is getting slower every day as well...I am about to smash this damn phone!
Not sure if it is Android or Sense, but the Sprint Hero's software is very, very unstable...and is getting slower every day as well...I am about to smash this damn phone!
You all need to calm down and stop blaming htc
I have no doubt watsoever that they're trying to fix the issue
But it's not as simple as that
What would the number of apps downloaded have to do with the phone creating theese problems?
Do any of you know?
Well I doubt htc does either.
But don't think they aren't working on it
I have no doubt watsoever that they're trying to fix the issue
But it's not as simple as that
What would the number of apps downloaded have to do with the phone creating theese problems?
Do any of you know?
Well I doubt htc does either.
But don't think they aren't working on it
Not so sure they'd be investing time to fix this on Android 1.5 when they're currently working on 2.1. We'll see if someone at HTC has the sense to test 2.1 for the bug before it's released.