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[Xperia Arc General] garymontague:
Hi all,

I've had this phone for a few days now and love it. However I find I have very little RAM available.

I have on average around 30-40mb of ram available and the phone sometimes slows down quite a bit. I've ad a look at the running apps and the main culprit was SPB Shell launcher which was using around 50mb. I have since stopped using this but I am still only getting around 40-50mb remaining (with timescape disabled) and again a sluggish phone at times.

How is everyone else's?

I am thinking of doing a factory reset and start afresh to see what app may be causing the problem.

Any other suggestions or is this normal with this phone?

Thanks for your replies.
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
I have the same. I thought it was down to having over a thousand contacts all duplicated in exchange and google.

I have 130m of internal space available. Is there any way of re assigning it as you can in windows mobile?
[Xperia Arc General] zhengwei88:
My Average Free ram @150 MB
[Xperia Arc General] dragunov:
135 - 140ΜΒ here.

Have been checking with Advanced Task Killer (ofcourse NOT automatically set to kill everything, but fully manually every now and then), and noticed that there were times when the phone just left plenty of unnecessary apps wondering around in the background. Apps that are not the "always-on" by android system. So I kill EVERYTHING else except from:

1) Clock

2) TrackID

3) LiveWare

4) Media Sharing

5) Maps

6) Hanashi (WTF is that?!? it ALWAYS comes back by system.)

7) Setup wizard

(What remains always active by system also depends on the widgets you have, e.g. I have TrackID widget, you might not have it, so you wont need it.)

and have even noticed better battery performance...

EG, during nightime, I left the phone untouched (not used ATK), and when I woke up, I had a 12-13% battery drop, while the other day, after a fresh cleaning before sleeping, got around 4-5% drop. Both times with same conditions...
[Xperia Arc General] dk_iceman:
I have about 140 free and nerver under 100
[Xperia Arc General] ransflyer:
What to you recommend to stop the unused processes from re starting again?
[Xperia Arc General] Retrosid:
Try Advanced Task Killer
[Xperia Arc General] tom_mac24:
Yeah I have about 150mb free.

And can I say coming from the x10, this phone is rediculously smooth. I love it!
[Xperia Arc General] george232:
Can we expect more free RAM once it's rooted/a custom fw is available?
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
This obsession about RAM needs to stop!!!!! 2.3 manages memory very well and you shouldn't be having any issues with the phone, unless you start messing with it (task killing the wrong things for example).. My phone is running really smoothly.
[Xperia Arc General] garymontague:
The reason I asked is that my phone does not run smoothly at times but very laggy and some items (contacts, emails etc) can take an age to load (well not an age but seconds but it feels like an age :))

I was just wondering if this was the norm or not.
[Xperia Arc General] dragunov:
Yeap, 2.3 handles RAM almos perfectly. EG, if you open as many apps as you want and just leave them in the background, when you try to launch a HUGE game (eg Asphalt 6), the system will free as much RAM as required for the game to run smoothly.

BUT, I have noticed that some apps are left idle without me usng them (and without being system triggered apps, which when closed, are not resprang), and are not automatically closed by system. I tested leaving overnight the phone without killing anything after a days usage (with more than 15 apps in the background), and while being at 15% when left at night (around 01:00 am), it was off in the morning (7:30 am).

Then I did a fresh reset to the device, noticed what apps are automatically opened by system, and protected them (unchecked them) from Advanced Task Killer (which was set to manual), so that it will not shut them down when I click the "kill all" button. Next night, I killed all non-system apps (that do not restart if you do no action), and left the phone overnight again to see if there is any difference. Battery dropped around 5%.

I did this twice under same conditions (same time gap, BT open etc.), and results were almost the same +/- 2%.

So IMHO, if you use a task killer app wisely, you could manage to get better battery performance when the phone is idle, but you will NOT get better performance (smoother UI etc.)

Again, all these IMHO.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
@dragunov - completely agree with everything you're saying.. it's the difference between knowing what you're doing and blindly killing tasks because someone said it helps!!!

for the OP - would suggest figuring out what it is you've got running that's causing the lag cos it's not the phone hardware/ OS that's at fault - This is the only drawback of Android vs iPhone -the QA of the apps on the market doesn't pick up this sort of problem.
[Xperia Arc General] garymontague:
Thanks, thats what I intend to do. A factory reset and the re-install gradually my apps to see which ones are the problems.

When I first got the phone I loaded it up with apps so it will now be difficult to retrace so a fresh start is what I will do.
[Xperia Arc General] garymontague:
A quick update. I have done a factory reset and although the phone is smoother I still only have 40-50mb free (only app I installed was swype).

Can I just ask what free ram other users have?

Thanks
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Right now.. 60Mb.
[Xperia Arc General] kiyu727:
I had about 150 out of the box while taskkiller always said about 5 apps running background (not installed by me).

Now yesterday my arc froze while browsing the web and rebootet itself (screen was scary, single pixles loosing light while some were still on till everything was off).

Now that was the only time the arc did that and afterwards task killer now (after killing apps) only shows 2 or 3 apps running background and up to 195MB free RAM which is cool but scary at the same time ...

Still can recieve phone calls though and everything works ... well Im happy for more RAM :D

Oh yeah, got swype on my whitelist.
[Xperia Arc General] MJ_QaT:
Honestly I don't understand the need for more ram?

having 60mb is similar to having 200mb, it's all about applications reserving their spots, once they needed they'll kick in, otherwise they stay idle ( talking about system apps and well developed applications )

even if you have 60mb you still can run games that require 100mb... smoothly

the lag some face is due to background application using the processor
[Xperia Arc General] Jason Black:
I usese autokiller memory optimizer. See unlike the other appear that kill everything, autokiller mo just optimizes the Android system so you wont have to go hunting for those apps.

Sent from my CM 7 Monster Evol.
[Xperia Arc General] im_iceman:
Doesn't matter how many times we say it people just won't get it!!..

Spare memory is WASTED memory.. this is ANDROID/ Linux.. this is NOT MS Windows... it's DIFFERENT!!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jvle:
Sorry if there's a post on this already, but I've tried searching and I can't find any kind of answer.

I'm a total newbie when it comes to modding my phone, but I have the alpha 1 of CM7 flashed on my epic. I was already having a few problems with the proximity sensor when it was stock (my face would bring up the keypad and dial numbers while I was in the middle of a conversation.... I could see the screen lighting up mid-convo for some reason) but it seems almost worse now that I've flashed. My calls will disconnect even though I have service, and this happens almost daily. The screen also can't sense when I take my face away from the phone, so the screen is still black when I want to end a call... I usually have to slide the keyboard open and shut in order to end the call.

Is anyone else having this kind of problem? Or does anyone know if there is a way to... I dunno, recalibrate the proximity sensor or anything? Any help at all would be fantastic. (:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unknown Zone:
I would reflash back to stock EC05 and see if the issue continues with the prox. Most of the time a reflash stock will fix the problem. I know you said you had the issue with stock but did you reflash stock to see if it went away. If you still have the issue w/EC05 you just might have a bad prox. If you have TEP just take it in to a sprint store its free, if not it will be $35, make sure it has EC05 software when taking it in or else they will laugh at you and tell you it is the cooked rom you are running which it very well could be.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jvle:
Haha ok thanks, I'll try flashing back to stock and hope it fixes itself... And thanks for reminding me to go back to EC05 if I take it to a sprint store, I def would've forgotten to change it back lol.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keith5039756827:
Cm7 is in alpha and I have the same problem.

Hopefully the beta will fix this

Syndicate rom works the best for ec05 that I've used.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slsmag:
Hi,

Gtab running VEGAn 5.11 with kernel very 2.6.32.9 - dirty (and using the great VLTlauncher)...

[edit: and Android Froyo 2.2]

I like this combo a lot, but am I using the best/fastest kernel for this set up?

Thanks,

- michael
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bso44:
Don't know about Vegan but I'm running Calkulin's ROM with Clemsyn's #9 kernel and I love it.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] peurifoyd:
I have the same setup and am also curious. Will you re post or PM me if you find out?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slsmag:
Subscribe to the thread and the system will copy you on all responses!

Forgot to mention - I'm running Android Froyo (2.2) so Clemsyn kernel v9 (which is for Gingerbread) is probably not relevant to this set-up.

Thanks,

- Michael
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagantek:
Just as a note, Clemsyn has a v9 kernel for both. I'm running his Froyo v9 in VEGAntab 5.1.1 and it fixed the sleep issue i was having.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] roebeet:
Honestly, I don't think anyone has done a direct comparison between the two. Clem's and pershoot's have difference - tmk, perhsoot's is using a newer base, and his also breaks various things into modules (like CIFS). Wheras Clem's does not.

I usually link both, and let the user decide which they prefer.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pershoot:
my kernel does not break any modules.

it is required to push the modules which correspond to the kernel release to the system, if one wants to use them (i.e. TUN, FUSE, CIFS, etc.). this is standard with any kernel release where there are extraneous modules, for use.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slsmag:
Thanks Pershoot and Roebeet

(and pagantek for clarifying clemsyn v9 f/froyo)

Thanks!

Not trying to start a 'which is best' thread...

More interested in a 'which kernel works best with which ROM' conversation, hopefully listing the pros and cons of each.

- michael
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pagantek:
Mad props to you both, :D

I had to read it a couple of times, but thought the same thing as you, pershoot, at first :P

Anywho, I think your best bet is to just pour through the tons of documentation that they have written and find out what is best for your needs, and experiment. The thing that sold me on this device is how hard it is to kill it. Bricked? NVFLASH for the win. :cool: Heck, last night something went very very wrong with my TwoTapsX and although it took a bit of time, I'm back up and running with VEGAn-Tab 5.1.1, as I wanted mouse support. I wouldn't have been able to do that without the tremendous writeups provided.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archangel:
Which one of your kernals stops the wifi from shutting off when the tab sleeps? I am using the one 040511 and it still disscinnets wifi when it sleeps?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archangel:
Is that the wifi disconecting when the tab sleeps problem?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pershoot:
neither of them do that, if you have wifi set to never sleep (wifi policy). if you are working with the stock froyo rom, the rom itself could have issues when in sleep and keeping wifi on.

when the tab deep sleeps (hours), it will hibernate the wifi in certain scenarios. as soon as you wake it, the wifi will resume.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archangel:
Ok be cuase i have your kernal installed with cauklins rom and wifi is set to never sleep and after a while,,,maybe an hour or so wifi disconnects and i have to go in an manually add it because it says my previously used signal is out of range?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pershoot:
no idea. dont run that rom.

it runs well on cm7, even with hibernating wifi.

on tnt lite (when i used to run that), used to also work ok under the above conditions.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Archangel:
Thank you is there any kernal that just plain keeps it on regardless of the rom? Why is it so hard to keep on for the gtab?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pershoot:
no there is not.

the tab is entering deep sleep, and hibernating.

the stock froyo rom has a hard time dealing with this (only recently semi-fixed by TnT).
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dgstan:
When dealing with my Alarm Clock issues with deep sleep (preventing my clock's time from updating and obviously preventing the alarm from going off), I ran across "Load Monitor". It's a free app that can be set up to prevent the gTab from ever going into deep sleep.

I don't know if this would solve your WiFi issues or not, nor do I know what impact "Load Monitor" has on battery life.

BTW - I had my own WiFi issues where I couldn't pick up an IP address after sleep. I tried setting up a static IP through the stock settings and that never worked. However, I D/L "WiFi Static" and used that to set up the IP address and haven't had any other problems.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slsmag:
PLEASE try to keep threads 'on-topic'.

If a side issue pops up here (like solutons to the sleep/wifi situation) that you want to discuss - START A NEW TOPIC about it...

It will make it MUCH easier for others with the same interest to find, learn from and maybe even solve your problem (while also making it less difficult for those who want information on the stated topic - in this case, GTab KERNELS - to find what they are looking for).

Thanks!

- michael

* crusading to limit 'thread hijacking' * ;)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Weeeman:
Btw im interested in battery life and performance but not oc.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayman121985:
Is there an easy way to switch between roms on my evo? There is two roms I like and would like to hop back and fourth between them...but I may can only flash one at a time...any ideas? I think I saw a program called rom manager? Maybe that will allow me to do that?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAKISTER:
ROM Manager, it is. A blessing.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rvoisine4:
You could use rom manager. Backup the roms you want to use and when you want to switch use the restore option in rom manager.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] madflasher:
yes. use nandroid back-up and easily flash between whatever it is you wish.

wether it be clockwork mod or amon ra!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] archervanadin:
K this might be a stupid question, but with Rom manager you can easily switch back and forth between roms, i understand that fact, but can you flash files with Rom manager? I usually have to reboot into recovery and then flash a certain file and reboot.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rayman121985:
I just bought clockwork premium! WOOHOO!

Right now I am running a sense rom...lets say I get rom manager to install Cyanogen rom...will it erase all my apps ect? Or when I switch between the roms will it save everything as is?

THANKS!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jstalford:
You wouldn't want to just keep flashing the ROMs over and over, you would want to create nandroid backups of each and then just restore which ever one you are in the mood for. You can do this with Rom Manager or Amon Ra. That way, when you switch, it will restore with all your apps and data that were on the phone when you created the backup.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jeffm922:
you can use rom manager to do all that stuff, but i definitly reccommend booting into recovery, doing a backup of the roms you like, then when you want to switch roms, boot into recovery again, and just use the restore feature, this way u can switch between to two roms without have to reflash and reset them up, all ur doing is restoring the backup
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JAKISTER:
Use Titanium back up for ur apps then back up ur ROM via ROM Manager which will bring you into recovery and do the rest. So now u got ur apps backed up for any ROM u decide to use.
[General Questions and Answers] royiby:
Hello,

i created a widget that uses a service with wakelock to update and parse data from an xml and update the widget's ui so that items would rotate every few seconds (standard news feed widget).

the problem is that the ui stops updating after a few hours although the data keeps updating.

here's the code i am using to update the ui

mUpdateTimeTask = null;
mUpdateTimeTask = new Runnable()
{
public void run()
{
if(which_item+1 < Widget_titles.length)
which_item++;
else
which_item = 0;

if(Widget_which_item_ed != null)
{
Widget_which_item_ed.putInt("WIDGET_WHICH_ITEM", which_item);
Widget_which_item_ed.commit();
}
else
{
Widget_which_item = context.getSharedPreferences("WIDGET_WHICH_ITEM", Context.MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE);
Widget_which_item_ed = Widget_which_item.edit();

Widget_which_item_ed.putInt("WIDGET_WHICH_ITEM", which_item);
Widget_which_item_ed.commit();
}

updateViews.setTextViewText(R.id.WidgetText, Widget_titles[which_item]);
updateViews.setTextViewText(R.id.WidgetPostTime, rightNow.get(Calendar.MONTH)+"/"+rightNow.get(Calendar.DATE)+"/"+rightNow.get(Calendar.YEAR));
manager = AppWidgetManager.getInstance(context);
manager.updateAppWidget(WidgetId, updateViews);

mHandler.removeCallbacks(mUpdateTimeTask);
mHandler.postDelayed(this, widget_interval * 1000);
}
};

mHandler.postDelayed(mUpdateTimeTask, widget_interval * 1000);
Log.i(TAG, "sliding update handler was configed");

i am really stuck and could really use help

Edit:

i managed to go around this problem by implementing the BroadCastReciever for the screen on/off intents as shown in a tutorial i found (i can't post it here - the forum won't let me-sorry)

and therefore the amount of time that the widget needs to run is much smaller.
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
Share screenies of your rockin IDEOS U8150 ^^

Personalized 'Cyanoman' CM6 Mod/Port
[Android Themes] cal2011:
yeh looks pretty cool , havent tried cm6 waiting for gingerman , dont wanna nag and ask how long lol , i like froyoman and andro-id but,

i dont know how to take screen shots, is it with sdk? willing to learn

r u a developer ? so whats king rat mean hahahahaha :D
[Android Themes] homen3:
:O

what's your icons?
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
You guys have U8150's??

rooted ph + ShootMe app = screenies ^^

icons are in Anitque CM theme for adw launcher ;)

Check out version 2 :cool:

PS - Not a dev. just a modder...

Rat = my initials ^^

King = I rule (take a knee) :p
[Android Themes] homen3:
Mine :D

http://t.co/fGXm9FB

http://t.co/mAobTtn

(i hope you can see them)
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
^^ nice

ps - can't u upload them as attachments via xda app or tapatalk maybe??

save ppl click click clicking :lol:

what ROM u runnin?? ;)
[Android Themes] cal2011:
King Rat max respect but like maximus i never kneel hahahaha

Try and give the rockin screenies a go , hope it works

Using Cyanoman_v1_FINAL ,light grid pro live w/p,honeycomb clocks, tron ,matrix, digitalsoul themes

I couldnt get themes working on froyoman and andro-id, adw launcher works fine though, does anyone know why?

King Rat what cm6 mod r u using -(ALPHA-0.12) or -(ALPHA-0.11)

and how does it go

how do i change status bar to black in cyanomod settings or adw launcher settings
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
CM 6.1.1 here

prefer it to Froyoman

under ui settings> notifications> status bar> colours...

nice pics ^^

Sent from my IDEOS
[Android Themes] cal2011:
Some fresh screenies , cmon support the screenies ^^ :D:D

Dronix
[Android Themes] cal2011:
Kenya Stock , cooked up hahaha :D:D:D

Multi-touch o/c u/c
[Android Themes] Trekker56:
I'm using Dronix 0.3 as well. 729 is unstable, so use 691 and get 4.9 MFLOPs.

Will post screens soon.

And am also going to try CM6.
[Android Themes] cal2011:
Good work trekker

i only get the 5.1 runnin no extra apps and no sim in continually changin reception and 3g :D
[Android Themes] Trekker56:
Here's mine

Dronix 0.3
[Android Themes] cal2011:
Nice trekker , update your post with your wallpaper , i wouldnt mind gettin it

Heres poweramp and DJstudio , gotta love mixin 2 different tracks at different speeds, only multi-touch dont work, wish i had a tablet lol :D
[Android Themes] saajorgeb:
FUSIONideos can be set 710MHz! :) perfectly stable

and here are my screenies :D
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
5.2 :OMG:

Pic 1: un4tun8ly 10 - 15 mins stability only @ 748 MHz :sigh:

Pic 2: My day to day business ^^

Pic 3: Froyoman ROM with FusionIDEOS Kernel [stable at 729 MHz OC & 30 MHz UC]

PS - Keep em comin :cool:
[Android Themes] jsteelio:
FusionIdeos 1.9.7 screenies

View attachment 572810View attachment 572797View attachment 572798

ROM: FusionIdeos 1.9.7

Widgets used:

Minimalistic Text

Widgetsoid

Beautiful Widgets
[Android Themes] cal2011:
Big SHOUT OUT to the whole screenie community hahahahaha

Keep the personalized themes comin

Keep the screenie dream alive hahaha :):D , more later, maybe
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
Due to lack of real estate ^^ I'm trialling the minimalist approach :D

Pic 1: Homie ;)

Pic 2: App drawer :D

Pic 3: Hidden dock :cool:
[Android Themes] cal2011:
HAPPY EASTER screenies :D

I been waitin for new cyanoman , decided to give new fusion 1.9.8 a go

It wouldnt let me boot the 748 kernel, so usin 691

I like it , fast enough , 4.8 mflops was my highest with no apps installed :):D
[Android Themes] saajorgeb:
i based this off the new sidekick 4G :D here is the dock if ya want:P
[Android Themes] dsmenzies:
Running Gingerman v2 - stock theme.
[Android Themes] cal2011:
Nice pics the docks look cool

Dsmenzies,

I liked gingermanv2 as well, i notice you have wifi on so cant see the 3g or 2g, does it show on yours ?, it didnt on mine so i dont know if it was working, i also notice you have no reception i think , mine still said full reception with no sim in phone , i also set my themes up and couldnt get shootme app to work :)
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
Thread Hi-Jack!!! :mad: ;)
[Android Themes] veer1238:
:rolleyes::rolleyes::D
[Android Themes] dsmenzies:
I didn't actually check the things you mentioned, but to get my screenies I used the Official Huawei PC Suite "HiSuite" which I downloaded from huaweidevice.com --> Support.

I loved GingermanV2 but I didn't want to use it as my everyday because there are still a few things to fix.
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
The MatriX has you!!

:D ;) :cool:
[Android Themes] Trekker56:
Is this Dronix 0.4?
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
Yep ^^ it's as quick as CM6 v2 [minus the GPS/Radio bug]
[Android Themes] saajorgeb:
another sidekick looking one:)
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
Gingerman v4 ^^

:D :cool: ;)
[Android Themes] saajorgeb:
honeycomb!!!

this is my cm7 v4 honeycomb style! and i made a custom dock for it since i couldn't find any i liked:P here it is if ya want!
[Android Themes] veer1238:
GREETINGS EVERY ONE, LOVE TO HAVE YOUR OWN THEME!!!? TO REQUEST PLEASE CLICK HERE

sincere apologies to thread authors for off the topic post!:o BUT I have no section for posting thread as we dont have our very own sub-thread on xda!:(:(:(

Thanks
[Android Themes] nitro-ale:
this thread could be more usefull with more info about your home screens
[Android Themes] King_Rat:
O_o and reveal our secrets!? :p