Help it was bound to happen: low memory warning!

[MDbandit]

this is why you do not need a task killer. the OS knows how much memory it needs to run the apps you already have. this is a perfect example.

now you may be able to "fool" the OS by force closing some apps that are sitting in RAM. this will increase your "bucket" of memory which may let you install an app, but remember if you do these types of things you will only cause issues down the road.. lagg, error messages, etc.(because you are fooling the OS in thinking you have given it additional memory which in fact you did.. you only force closed).

best to either uninstall an app or two you dont really use.. im sure you have one or two that gets used RARELY if at all.. ROOT and then you can move apps to SD.. or wait for 2.2....

im rooted
how can i move apps to SD?
and i have the factory card that came with the phone. is that class 2? fast enough?

 

[Tre Lawrence]

I thought this was pretty interesting...

Android 2.2 Apps2SD: Not what you were expecting

Interesting indeed. I didn't know this.

 

[WaSTeLaNd]

I thought this was pretty interesting...

Android 2.2 Apps2SD: Not what you were expecting

It says none of the 50,000 plus apps have the feature... that sucks but wont a simple update by the developer solve this?

 

[EarlyMon]

It says none of the 50,000 plus apps have the feature... that sucks but wont a simple update by the developer solve this?

Yep. I'm imagining the fun of zillions of users updating tons of apps.

Maybe someone will write an app to automate it.

 

[cabbie]

ive noticed plenty of app updates that enable apps2sd

 

[dr g]

I ran into this today, I don't think I have that many apps ... lessee ...
90 apps. wow i didn't realize i had that many!

 

[Vincent Law]

this is why you do not need a task killer. the OS knows how much memory it needs to run the apps you already have. this is a perfect example.

now you may be able to "fool" the OS by force closing some apps that are sitting in RAM. this will increase your "bucket" of memory which may let you install an app, but remember if you do these types of things you will only cause issues down the road.. lagg, error messages, etc.(because you are fooling the OS in thinking you have given it additional memory which in fact you did.. you only force closed).

best to either uninstall an app or two you dont really use.. im sure you have one or two that gets used RARELY if at all.. ROOT and then you can move apps to SD.. or wait for 2.2....

Uh, what? All of this is incorrect.

The ROM area where apps are installed is not related to the RAM area where apps run/cache. Task Killer will free up RAM, not ROM. You will not be able to install more apps to that area by just killing them from running.

 

[AdamC]

Yeah I've noticed a bunch of my apps updating with the release notes including, "Added move app to sdcard (android 2.2 users)"

 

[emac]

I just counted... I have 110 apps. I didn't think it was that many though, now I see people making fun of people for having 73 apps. But my phone is still running fine so what's the problem?

 

[EarlyMon]

I just counted... I have 110 apps. I didn't think it was that many though, now I see people making fun of people for having 73 apps. But my phone is still running fine so what's the problem?

The problem is you don't have enough apps.

I recommend ChaCha Droid - seriously.

And if you don't have the Rotary Dialer - it's just not even a phone.

And only an idiot would walk around unstrapped - meaning - no Tricorder.

But - don't take my advice, I'm only walking around with a paltry 105.

 

[cabbie]

took me 4 months to do it. what got me there was the yahoo messenger videochat add-on which takes up around 23 megs of internal memory :O had to do some pruning of my apps. When I looked at internal storage, I had about 35 megs left.

 

[Thefoodman52]

Cool story bro!

Also, watch your thread, mods are gonna move it to tips and tricks or support and troubleshooting.

 

[Babbit]

took me 4 months to do it. what got me there was the yahoo messenger videochat add-on which takes up around 23 megs of internal memory :O had to do some pruning of my apps. When I looked at internal storage, I had about 35 megs left.

That's one of the weaknesses of Android compared with other phone OS's. Unless you root, even moving apps to SD card still keeps data on the internal memory, so you run out of room pretty quickly.

 

[cabbie]

Cool story bro!

Also, watch your thread, mods are gonna move it to tips and tricks or support and troubleshooting.

thanks broseph! fistbump! JAGERBOMBS!

Babbit, I was under the impression that the native apps2sd in froyo worked the same as the older apps2sd for rooted users...as in it only stores around half the app on the sd card. Is that not accurate?

Other android phones (incredible, etc) have a ton more internal memory than Evo but I dont know if thats just storage for sideloaded files or able to be used for system storage like apps

 

[vgsantiago]

took me 4 months to do it. what got me there was the yahoo messenger videochat add-on which takes up around 23 megs of internal memory :O had to do some pruning of my apps. When I looked at internal storage, I had about 35 megs left.

Did you happen to also install the latest HTC widgets that are now available? I did and noticed Dice and I believe 'coin flip' by themselves took up almost 36mb!! Uninstalled, was down to 69mb now back up over 100mb.

 

[redninja]

Did you happen to also install the latest HTC widgets that are now available? I did and noticed Dice and I believe 'coin flip' by themselves took up almost 36mb!! Uninstalled, was down to 69mb now back up over 100mb.

wow, thats ridiculous, esp for a phone thats memory starved out the box...

 

[AndroidSPCS]

Why does the yahoo app require 23mb? That seems like a lot of code as most apps are under 1mb.

Angry birds takes up 12mb which is another reason I avoid it.

 

[cabbie]

the yahoo app is only a few megs.

its the 'video chat addon' which is a separate apk that takes up 23 megs. its necessary in the sort of way that the TTS Speech Synthesizer is to be there so a number of apps can utilize it.

i will look into the coin flip

 

[cabbie]

i used root explorer to delete htc_ime keyboard. rebooting now, heres to hoping it doesnt go into FC schizophrenia

 

[cabbie]

it deleted both the normal keyboard and the htc_ime keyboard. oopsy viva la swype!

 

[Rylando]

That's craziness. I have 330Mb of free memory left on my phone.

 

[scudder]

That's one of the weaknesses of Android compared with other phone OS's. Unless you root, even moving apps to SD card still keeps data on the internal memory, so you run out of room pretty quickly.

When rooting, what happens: do you simply have access to MORE than the allotted memory for installing apps on the stock/unrooted phone OR are you talking about RECLAIMED memory from deleting the Sprint CrAPPs like Nascar, Football, etc.??

One of the ONLY things that is a disappointment with this phone is the available memory to install apps

 

[thelobster]

i got low memory the second week i owned it...sucks cause it prevents other apps from auto installing.

 

[Chaco]

read this

What Should I Do When My Android Runs Out of Space for Apps?

 

[cabbie]

ah crap. can anyone host the com.htc.navipanel.cardockactivity file for the evo? i also need to find that new car panel apk that was released for the droid but works on evo.