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Originally Posted by Frisco
Yes. And I'm not sure what the advantage of that is; I tested it by simply browsing the web for a while, backing out via hitting the back arrow, then checking the cache.
Then cleared the cache, browsed the exact same news pages (CNN and CBS News), killed the browser on the last page by hitting the home button, then checked the cache and it was within a few kilos of the same size as when backing out.
So, the cache stores it all and needs to be cleared irrespective of how the browser is exited. My question is similar to yours; what advantage is there in backing out of the browser? There may be one, but it is not reducing the cache size (which would seem obvious anyway, but I did want to be sure and tested it, this being a phone device and not my laptop computer).
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With the browser the main reason to back out is that the cpu does not continue to run as it does when you simply hit the home button. When you close out on a static page (like the google homepage) the memory is set free a little more quickly than with other pages. Pages that have flash and constant updating tend to remain open for a while longer in the memory.
These have been my findings at any rate. I am sure that someone will come along to argue with everything I just said shortly.
