Help Suddenly memory is always maxed out.

[The_Superhoo]

Havent had this problem until recently, and havent changed anything or started running a new widget, but my Maxx gets REALLY slow all the time now, and the memory is maxxed out, force restarting all kinds of apps. I look at the running apps list; it typically shows 700 or 800 used, but if I look at the list of apps running, I cant get anywhere NEAR that amount of memory.

I've tried clearing the cache, it didnt help. (dont know that it would, just always try that) I also try restarting the phone, which helps in the short term, but if I'm using it, it quickly becomes an issue again.

anyone else having this problem? Wondering if an app update or updates is causing the problem.

 

[Admack]

You can use an app that gives a more detailed list of memory usage to see what's using up memory.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mem.usage&hl=en

 

[The_Superhoo]

Figured out the problem. When I updated it to ICS, I didnt re-freeze all the useless crap that runs in the background. In particular, I think the MOG app was killing my memory.

Froze it, and a bunch of others, and I'm blazing again. Phew.

 

[Dreamliner]

How did you 'freeze' them? There is a lot of useless stuff I'd like to kill as well.

 

[carracerz14]

You can disable the bloat by going to apps and hitting disable. In order to freeze you need to be rooted and use titanium backup.

As for mog using your memory, I doubt that's the cause. I use mog everyday and have no memory problems. Heck, I don't have one problem with my phone that comes to mind.

 

[razrclive]

Have you factory reset your phone after the ICS update?