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Anyone knows why is my Note 4 Settings app using so much memory while I go into Application Manager? (Android 4.4.4)
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Tap on the Settings entry and it will expand to show details of the main process and the running service, which may suggest a reason.
The Application Manager is owned by Settings.
This is a quirk of system monitoring - the monitoring app itself can skew results.
For a better look at what's running and what's simply cached I recommend "SystemPanelLite Task Manager"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.systempanel
If you long press an app you'll get a menu choice to go to the Process Control Panel - aka your Application Manager.
Not sure what results you'll see as I have a different phone but a good thing to try is a reboot, leave the phone set or just use normally for 20 minutes - stay out of settings and quick settings, let the phone settle out its startup processes - and then check with System Panel.
The results will of course be skewed by the existence of System Panel running but your information will be more accessible and somewhat less mysterious.
This is a quirk of system monitoring - the monitoring app itself can skew results.
For a better look at what's running and what's simply cached I recommend "SystemPanelLite Task Manager"
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.systempanel
If you long press an app you'll get a menu choice to go to the Process Control Panel - aka your Application Manager.
Not sure what results you'll see as I have a different phone but a good thing to try is a reboot, leave the phone set or just use normally for 20 minutes - stay out of settings and quick settings, let the phone settle out its startup processes - and then check with System Panel.
The results will of course be skewed by the existence of System Panel running but your information will be more accessible and somewhat less mysterious.
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Hi EarlyMon. Thanks for recommending that 'System Panel' app for me, it's really good. Although it showed many apps after i restarted the phone no apps used more than 20MB of RAM. Until I've opened Settings-->Application Manager tab ... I think I have too many apps and Android is loading and checking sizes of them all at the same time. Which is really stupido :-(
386MB to check what apps is installed is a BIT much.
386MB to check what apps is installed is a BIT much.
I agree, at least now you know what's up with that.
The actual memory use is really model dependent rather than strictly an Android thing.
My wife and I have the same HTC model - I have a ton of apps, she doesn't.
Her settings jump to 60 MB when going into the app manager, mine goes to about 140.
Hopefully yours will get some sort of update to dial that back - it's pretty extreme.
The actual memory use is really model dependent rather than strictly an Android thing.
My wife and I have the same HTC model - I have a ton of apps, she doesn't.
Her settings jump to 60 MB when going into the app manager, mine goes to about 140.
Hopefully yours will get some sort of update to dial that back - it's pretty extreme.