[Q]Memory Usage

[ShadowIXI]

Whats the deal with the RAM usage on the Diamond. Its getting to be a joke sometimes. After using the phone for 2 to 3 days, i have to switch it off just so the memory usage can drop back to around 60%. Its seems after using the music player, picture viewer and anyother apps the phone decides that it does not want to release the memory after they have been closed PROPERLY and doesnt even allow me a facility to release manually.

Am i missing something here ? Before anyone asks - yes i have closed programs properly and there is nothing running in the background (that i can see) but the usage jumps from 60% to 80% causing noticable lag.

Any help appriciated.

[ganxta]

use a taskmanager and free the ram. i get with it 35% free ram (72 megs). you can close cprog and sip.

[MasterSlayer]

I use FreeUP Ram from SKTools but it´s not really good.
Normally i´ve got 60% used RAM and after using the Prog 57 % :) .

But I think that 40 % free RAM are enough?

[ganxta]

whoops i mean i got 35% in used memory. the rest is free. sorry. sk tools is ok but doesnt help much. with the taskman you can close cprog. it seems to be the cache or something. if i had start a program. the cprog task gets bigger and bigger. i can close it without any error. and have a lot of ram. was sip or something is i dont know. i closed it too and no error.

[ShadowIXI]

Ok those points seem fair however my problem is that i cant actually see cprog or sip in my task manager. Im using the default one. Their are (apparently) no programs running....

[Bliblub]

Which taskmanager do you use ganxta?

[webwizzard]

Ther is no "SIP" running.
Only SIPGT_app.exe
Is it the same?

[TRiKi®]

Ok those points seem fair however my problem is that i cant actually see cprog or sip in my task manager. Im using the default one. Their are (apparently) no programs running....

Both are not programs running; they are process running. So you can see them changing from menu > view > "application" to menu > view > "process" (sorry if the path is not correct, but my task manager is in spanish.

Then (viewing "process") you could see cprog and sip, but you won´t be able to close them. You only can close programs running, not process.

[ShadowIXI]

Yep i understand its a process but thats the problem im having i guess, i cant actually get to the process list. The task manager only has two options (not including the About) - "Stop All But Selected" & "Memory" - When i navigate to memory there isnt much i can do - its just a break down of whats in use.

So i guess i either need a new Task manager or can someone point me to which menu or program i need to access to get to the processes.

Task manager Info -
The version is: 2.1 Task manager for Pocket PC (Build 34563)

ROM -
1.93.405.1 WWE (The original from HTC)

[ShadowIXI]

Never mind I have found a really cool Task Manager tool - much more comprehensive than the crappy one provided with the phone. You can get it from: http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm - pretty nifty tool.

So back on topic - WHAT is CPROG? It’s taking huge memory space so I’m reluctant to close it. If I can get any real information on the process, that would help me make a more informed decision whether to kill it or not.

Thanks for your help so far guys!

Edit:

Cprog is actually related to the phone portion of the PDA so its best to keep it running lol. You can close it but you'll find that when you want to make calls etc, it will run it self.

[TRiKi®]

Never mind I have found a really cool Task Manager tool - much more comprehensive than the crappy one provided with the phone. You can get it from: http://www.dotfred.net/TaskMgr.htm - pretty nifty tool.

So back on topic - WHAT is CPROG? It’s taking huge memory space so I’m reluctant to close it. If I can get any real information on the process, that would help me make a more informed decision whether to kill it or not.

Thanks for your help so far guys!

Edit:

Cprog is actually related to the phone portion of the PDA so its best to keep it running lol. You can close it but you'll find that when you want to make calls etc, it will run it self.

Thanks for the tool.

About Cprog... exactly; it´s is related to phone. If you close cprog process, the phone still be working but WM will not show the signal icon at the taskbar (you will be able to make an receive calls).
Everytime you make a call, cprog will be loaded in memory again.

[yohnd]

With no programs running, how much memory should be being used? Mine says about 37% with no programs running. I have the Sprint CDMA version. I'm trying to figure out how to get the most battery life, so I'm trying everything I can.

[fhal]

Wow! Mine uses around 60% of the memory! When I start it up, It's around 50-55%, and after a bit of usage, it goes up to 60. After like many apps launched, and properly killed, it's around 64-68%. When I start feeling some lags, a soft reset cleans it back to to 50-55...

Of course, no program is running when I check this.

Any best practice in mind to maintain it as low as possible?

[SedyMrak]

Wow! Mine uses around 60% of the memory! When I start it up, It's around 50-55%, and after a bit of usage, it goes up to 60. After like many apps launched, and properly killed, it's around 64-68%. When I start feeling some lags, a soft reset cleans it back to to 50-55...

Of course, no program is running when I check this.

Any best practice in mind to maintain it as low as possible?

My Diamond shows after fresh start around 52% too,and after usage it goes upt to 70% :eek:
When I tried to stop cprog process, memory gone back to 51% but I was unable to recieve call, the phone doesn't show incoming call,even when caller hear ringing in his phone :(

[ironi]

i have a similar problem on my verizon touch pro. it has the same amount of ram as the diamond, so cprog.exe eating up 11mb of ram is a big deal to me. anyway, i disabled the dialer skin using the advanced configuration tool. the dialer looks ugly, but it's only eating 1.5mb of ram now.

[Davey101]

i have a similar problem on my verizon touch pro. it has the same amount of ram as the diamond, so cprog.exe eating up 11mb of ram is a big deal to me. anyway, i disabled the dialer skin using the advanced configuration tool. the dialer looks ugly, but it's only eating 1.5mb of ram now.

The grey is ugly isn't it? Fortunately it can be skinned, see my sig. :)

[ironi]

thanks, cool stuff. if i get some time, i'll play with this in photoshop. maybe something that matches the verizon tf3d a bit better.