OK, so, relatively recently, I've noticed my RAZR MAXX just running slow. When I checked "apps" and looked at what was "running," that little indicator at the bottom of the screen which indicates RAM "used" and "free" was hovering dangerously close to the not-very-much left free line. Out of a total of 840 MB, I had less than 100 free.
I was running slow again this morning, so I checked it. It had about 100 MB free. I turned the phone off and on again (first line of defense for any issue) and, on reboot, I was back up to about 300 MB free, and the phone is much less laggy in its current state.
My question: What the heck was using all that RAM? Sure, there were a few more apps open before the reboot, but not enough to account for 200 MB.
My other question: Does this mean I should use a Task Killer? I used to use one in the olden days (back on my OG Droid), but everyone convinced me that Android was designed to run with apps just doing their thing in the background, and Task Killers were unnecessary.
(My third question: Am I right to assume that the laggy behavior is related to the not-much-RAM available situation in the first place? Or is there something else going on here?)
Thanks for any advice you can give.
I was running slow again this morning, so I checked it. It had about 100 MB free. I turned the phone off and on again (first line of defense for any issue) and, on reboot, I was back up to about 300 MB free, and the phone is much less laggy in its current state.
My question: What the heck was using all that RAM? Sure, there were a few more apps open before the reboot, but not enough to account for 200 MB.
My other question: Does this mean I should use a Task Killer? I used to use one in the olden days (back on my OG Droid), but everyone convinced me that Android was designed to run with apps just doing their thing in the background, and Task Killers were unnecessary.
(My third question: Am I right to assume that the laggy behavior is related to the not-much-RAM available situation in the first place? Or is there something else going on here?)
Thanks for any advice you can give.