Help 100% CPU Usage?

[curtl]

Is this normal? I don't know Android, I'm a Palm Pre guy, but my son's S that we got him for Christmas has been locking up, so I tried looking into his phone.

We installed one of the Task Manager apps, and killed some processes, and in looking at the System Info tab, I saw that the total processes were adding up to 100%, with the kernel task seeming to take up what the other two categories of tasks didn't, with the free percentage listed as 0%.

So, is that the way it is supposed to be? His battery life isn't that bad, well, at least compared to what I'm used to with the Pre.

Sorry if this is a newbie question, but I've tried searching and just did't find anything that addressed the cpu usage.

Thanks!

 

[curtl]

I forgot to mention that he's been having some problems with lockups that are so bad he has to remove the battery...

 

[sonicbluemustang]

What kind of apps has he installed and how many? You know you can only install so much xxx. You can also consider a hard reset. Thats when it resets it to factory state like out of the box. yes he'll loose all his po.. pics

 

[curtl]

He doesn't have a lot of apps installed. He mostly justs texts, you know, like 6000+ a month or something!

We killed off everything running in the background except for the basic stuff, but the CPU was still showing 0% available.

 

[apinkel]

Sounds like you've got a task manager that doesn't work correctly with the optimus. Go to settings-->about phone-->battery use. If you've got apps using 100% cpu the battery stats should show Android System with very high battery use.

 

[Ma}{imus]

Is this normal? I don't know Android, I'm a Palm Pre guy, but my son's S that we got him for Christmas has been locking up, so I tried looking into his phone.

We installed one of the Task Manager apps, and killed some processes, and in looking at the System Info tab, I saw that the total processes were adding up to 100%, with the kernel task seeming to take up what the other two categories of tasks didn't, with the free percentage listed as 0%.

So, is that the way it is supposed to be? His battery life isn't that bad, well, at least compared to what I'm used to with the Pre.

Sorry if this is a newbie question, but I've tried searching and just did't find anything that addressed the cpu usage.

Thanks!

I'd steer clear from the task killers. That can exacerbate your issues. Out of curiosity, is your son's Optimus still using the stock SD card? Surprisingly, that could be causing much of your pain. You might try this and see if that helps.

 

[sonicbluemustang]

He mostly justs texts, you know, like 6000+ a month or something!

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Have you deleted all those text threads and internet cachs n what not?