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Root Memory question

Fuzzy13

Fuzzy13

Extreme Android User
So when i first turn my phone on and everything settles down i close out all unnecessary garbage that i don't need at the moment. At that point I'll check my memory and I'll have around 220mb free. It will stay like this for an hour or two. Then thought the day, a span of 4 hours or so, it starts dropping and will usually settle around 160mb ish. From which i can close out anything that's running and I'll never get back up to the original 220. No where close actually unless i reboot my phone.

My question is why does it do this? Does that drop in mb affect my battery usage? Is there anyway of getting back close to 200mb free without rebooting? Does it matter?

This might be a nooibish question but I've always wondered and it kinda bothers me, partly cause I'm ocd and i keep my phone is impeccable working order.
 
Interesting. So it actually reboots your phone or cleans up everything with out rebooting? Reason i ask is cause rebooting the phone normal cleans up everything anyway.
 
would be nice if you could prioritize your apps so Android could keep the apps you use most often in memory instead of filling it up with apps that are rarely used. at least thats what seems to happen to me, so, even tho gingerbread is suppose to manage memory better, I seem to always be using the task killer in Go Launcher to free up a little ram.
 
I used to use Fast Reboot. It seemed to work great at first, but a while later my phone would always act ******ed. Now I just manually kill Facebook and Phandroid (irony) after using them and it runs beautifully. These are the only 2 memory hogs I noticed.
 
SquirrelNuts said:
I used to use Fast Reboot. It seemed to work great at first, but a while later my phone would always act ******ed. Now I just manually kill Facebook and Phandroid (irony) after using them and it runs beautifully. These are the only 2 memory hogs I noticed.
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Lol... Did it really just block out 'mentally impared'? That's funny...
 
SquirrelNuts said:
I used to use Fast Reboot. It seemed to work great at first, but a while later my phone would always act ******ed. Now I just manually kill Facebook and Phandroid (irony) after using them and it runs beautifully. These are the only 2 memory hogs I noticed.
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Same here.. I set up a widget with titanium back up to freeze or unfreeze them.. Recently went to tapatalk instead of phandroid.. Normally 2.99 but free on getjar (legal place to get some paid apps free).. Took a bit of getting used to but with notifications off it doesn't stay in memory.. I still use fast reboot time to time though..
 
Hey look. I almost spent a whole week experimenting the ram availability and came to a realty nice conclusion.

For an iPhone smoothish experience without having to close apps, you want to do the following.; ( this is my preferred method)

All you need are , Gemini application manager , Gemini task killer widget , ram memory booster .

With this 3 you'll not have to do actual Manuel app killing.

Functions ;

Gemini app manager = disable auto start apps. ( apps that may auto start by themselves). So you select any given app to NOT run automatically to prevent apps running unnecessarily .

Gemini Task killer widget *optional* = just like fast reboot, but you only need to shake the phone to clear up memory .

RAM memory booster (if I recall) = it AUTO kills. yes, auto kills running apps on the background whenever your Memory capacity reaches to as low as 30%. So lets say if you have tons of apps open and the memory reaches to 30% , the app will initiate a total termination. Freeing your phone at will automatically. Now , I haven't use it as of now because I'm using Rom toolbox currently . But yea I have tested and it work , at least me . Cheers ~~
 
Fuzzy13 said:
I've read that before but i went back and re read it again. My question is it more useful NOT to kill apps and let your memory get to 100mb or just Kill the damn apps and keep your memory around 180mb? I'm still missing the "bad" of killing apps.
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If you kill an app it is just going to load up again in the background. This uses up CPU cycles and causes your battery to drain faster. Having programs resident in memory is a good thing since it allows them to load back up faster (this does not use any more battery). CPU usage is what you need to keep tabs on. A runaway app will eat up your CPU and drain the battery faster.
 
Jeyd02 said:
Hey look. I almost spent a whole week experimenting the ram availability and came to a realty nice conclusion.

For an iPhone smoothish experience without having to close apps, you want to do the following.; ( this is my preferred method)

All you need are , Gemini application manager , Gemini task killer widget , ram memory booster .

With this 3 you'll not have to do actual Manuel app killing.

Functions ;

Gemini app manager = disable auto start apps. ( apps that may auto start by themselves). So you select any given app to NOT run automatically to prevent apps running unnecessarily .

Gemini Task killer widget *optional* = just like fast reboot, but you only need to shake the phone to clear up memory .

RAM memory booster (if I recall) = it AUTO kills. yes, auto kills running apps on the background whenever your Memory capacity reaches to as low as 30%. So lets say if you have tons of apps open and the memory reaches to 30% , the app will initiate a total termination. Freeing your phone at will automatically. Now , I haven't use it as of now because I'm using Rom toolbox currently . But yea I have tested and it work , at least me . Cheers ~~
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Android already does this same type of thing by design.
 
Well i took your advice and deleted all of my ocd app killing apps. I let my phone operate as normal and didn't kill a single app for 2 days. Wow. Needless to say my battery life went from barely 10 to 12 on a single charge to over 20 hours. Thus is with a normal battery too. Now i wasn't using my phone that much during these 2 days but that's the longest a single charge has gone for me. And the phone never got sluggish or anything during this period either.

So basically to sum it all up, don't kill apps. Your battery will thank you.
 
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