loiczzr

is there such a thing ? looking at all the running service in the background (199 mb..) that I dont need it will free up memory, also the cached processes is using a lots of memory, anyway I can prevent some of those ?

marctronixx

Hi,

Android manages memory much different than computers. you should familiar yourself with this thread. if you want to remove apps permanently, you should look into rooting. there is a forum dedicated to rooting also.

wake69

Msconfig is purely a windows command, are you kidding? Also regedit is Soooo much better for disabling start up items

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loiczzr

I know msconfig is win base pc, was just looking for something similar. As far as editing the registry, not everybody want or have the knowledge to do so.

Back to my concerns, the memory will go down quite a bit on my phone, and sometimes it will hang a little before opening an app (like tel navy or a game) when I go and free up some memory then it open them up without delay. In the cached processed some programs that I'm not using at all are there and eating up memory for nothing.

wake69

If you have a major problem with this then root. As a standard user you have absolutely no control over this. But that is for another discussion. Before root I had no issues with my evo 4g or 3d. Maybe you should look into your apps. The bloatware is there and without root there is nothing you can do

jean15paul

Read this: RAM: What it is, how it's used, and why you shouldn't care | Android Central

(basically the same info that others have shared, but it's very well written.)

Nate12

Hey guys I just bought the 3d and I noticed typically I would have around 300megs of ram free but now I noticed it's staying around 200 even after a reboot. Any ideas how to raise it back up? Thanks

EarlyMon

A large store of free ram simply means you're wasting silicon.

Are you having some sort of performance issues?

skimo281

I've had a couple Android phones but I've yet to get the hang of them. I keep reading about how amazing the operating systems can be but I always fall sort of getting probably less than half of what my phone is capable of. I've had the EVO 3d for two days now and with moderate usage I have to plug my phone in after three and a half hours. I've disabled everything minus 3g when It's in use and nothing seems to help.

Is there a way to auto close certain apps once you exit them so they dont run in the background. I use the task manager it came with but that doesn't seem to help much either. Any tips would be appreciated, for this problem and tips to get the most out of the phone in general.

Last edited by skimo281; December 8th, 2011 at 05:11 PM.

dgrobe2112

i dont use any auto killer on the Evo3d.. i did.. and it killed the battery.. i use juice defender so it turns things off when the phone is sleeping.. so you know.. texting alot will kill the battery.. turning off and on antennas

jj14x

Go to menu, settings, about, battery, battery use.
That should tell you what is using the battery.
Here's what I do. I turned auto-brightness off and set it to be a low setting (approx 15% or so) - for indoor use, that is enough (for me). I use wifi when I'm at home or office. 3G does drain more battery. (4G will use even more). I leave GPS on, but close off Bluetooth when I'm not using it.
With these settings, my phone lasts me over a day easily (with reasonable use)

There are task killers available, but honestly, you don't need those. Once you exit an app, even though it is "alive", it is not doing anything. Apps like pandora of course are designed to run in the background, so those will such your battery up. But most of the apps will be dormant in the background and will not have any noticeable impact on battery life. killing and restarting (when needed) will probably take more battery life than just leaving it running in the background.

marctronixx

great posts JJ.

merged the thread with this great thread which speaks about taskers and how Android manages. Also @skimo if you want any more info on the 3D please visit the sticky threads at the top of this forum for more information.

tuz

Updating Facebook and HBO and Maps, all give "Insufficient Storage Available" on my EVO 3D, with the latest updates. In the "Manage Apps" utility it says I have 285 MB free (actually when I first open it it shows around 100MB and then as it loads it goes all the way up to 285), so what is wrong and how do I fix this???

Rush

Having too many large applications installed will give that storage error. You should move most applications to your phone SD card partition for more space on the phone. However, if you've done so already and is still getting the same error message, then you might wanna consider "resetting" the device and only installed applications (starting with the largest ones first) that you need and use on a regular.

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DragonSlayer95

Exactly you should avoid large apps that isn't compatible with move to sd unless it's a need, or internal space will vanish rather quickly

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EarlyMon

Could also be the /data area filling up with cruft. That's happening now after nearly two years on the Shift, with only a few basic apps installed - no more room to update Maps.

My choices there are to backup, factory data reset and restore - or root and clean caches through recovery.

The market / store isn't afraid of leaving temp files behind (apk and bak) in the dalvik cache, and they can add up over time.

RichKessler

So I deleted 67MB in this folder, and another 30 or so fome other folders. However, on my 'Apps' screen my internal storage still sits a 436MB free out of 740MB. Any ideas on why that number has not moved at all?

DonB

I think I recall reading somewhere that folder was related to launcher Pro Icons, that's all I recall

Also after deleting have you tried rebooting and then checking again to see if that number has changed.

After a little more research here is what I found:

The folder "LazyList" is simply a cache folder for images viewed from one app or another. Look at the name...it's probably just there to make it easier for apps to use one consolidated cache instead of each one creating and using their own. However, it does not appear to be needed, or cleared with any sort of cache clearing.

http://commons.apache.org/collections/apidocs/org/apache/commons/collections/list/LazyList.html

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RichKessler

I restarted, yes. Right now it's at 415MB free. Weird. I've even gone and removed a large number of my image files. I'll never understand how that number gets to where it is at any given moment