Free Program Memory problems in XDA Mini

[Anonymous]

Does anyone experience the free program memory problems in XDA Mini? In my case, after a day of usage, the memory reduce to 14 mb, when doing a soft reset, the free program memory go up to 24 mb, means I need to soft reset every days? :cry:

Note: normally I use the phone, Pocket Informant (calendar, contacts) and sms only. :P :P :P

[skagen]

Instead of doing soft reset, just go into:
Settings - System - Memory - (Running Programs tab).

You'll probably find a lot of open programs there. Close them.

Seems to be a major design fault in the Windows Mobile OS. But then again this is product from Microsoft we are talking about - not exactly a shock that they would, without hesitation, release software with such a major failing.

[mhtay]

I think what IvorNeo 2 means is that even without any active programs, the storage/program memory will become very low over time. This has happened to me as well. With only Activesync and Batmon 2 active, memory level fell to sub-500K level and phone needed a soft-reset to regain functionality. Phone was not in use at the time (charging).

There are some other threads discussing how to free up memory, but I haven't come across any fixes for this particular bug (yet).

[Mfatfet]

i have the same problem

in my s100 , the memory reduce to 19 mb,after 2 or 3 days when doing a soft reset, the free program memory go up to 27 mb

mhtay

There are some other threads discussing how to free up memory, but I haven't come across any fixes for this particular bug (yet).


Very nice , if someone can solve this bug

Regards

[Xilicon]

For me there are are 3 reasons why memory starts to decline:

Activesync eats up about 3MB each time you sync up and though it returns some when you kill the app it does not return the entire amount

html cache files when I surf with the device - gotta empty these along with the cookies...etc

duplicate processes and notification ques that pile up when you soft-reset the device. Over time these tiny bytes add up.

There's no fix for the main culprit of the memory loss - Activesync, maybe newer versions won't be so bad.

[MITX]

the same problem to me, I`m nor sure if it`s beacuse of aactive sync

[ianpac]

This happens to my girlfriend's Mini and she does not browse nor does she use Activesync. Also I installed a program to get rid of the duplicate ques. In theory then she should not lose memory but she still does. It is just how Windows works....when you use programs you never get back 100% of the memory upon closing. Soft resets are just a necessary evil with Windows.

[zerimar]

The latest version of SKTools has an additional neat feature to free-up RAM.

[shoonari]

sk tools very useful program :)
but even this one works not so good as a soft reset.

[rustoss]

Or with 64 mb RAM you can use oxios memory
http://www.oxios.com/memory/
be sure your programm memory less than 21mb while trying to free your memory up.

[zerimar]

I have quite a lot of programs installed, most of them in Storage and TT5.x in SD card. Most DLL's also in Storage. I set my Prog Storage memory to 6.5-7 MB and I have over 30 MB for programs after applying SKTools FreeUp RAM utility.

[elio]

Or with 64 mb RAM you can use oxios memory
http://www.oxios.com/memory/
be sure your programm memory less than 21mb while trying to free your memory up.

Isn't this a smartphone software? Will it work on wm5?

[rustoss]

find out!
for magician good solution

[thormdac]

@rustoss,

does this little applet close the running processes automatically once exitted?

thanx

[rustoss]

hibernate.exe emulate filling memory till 90% & then system trying to clean possible RAM by itself i think so, i know exactly this action do the SKtools's freeupRAM, noone prog or process cannot be terminated by both.
closeapps.exe can!

[MocciJ]

a question about the topic: Rustoss do u have posted any prog here? because I'm not seeing it if it is :(

MocciJ

[rustoss]

No, just put