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[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jayjay:
In my experience this doesn't work at all on the Hero. Just yesterday, I was down to 29 megs of memory left (as calculated by TaskPanel) after using a lot of programs and not closing them. The lag was infuriating.

I killed all the progs I deemed expendable and the phone went back to its snappy old self. After the killing spree I had 79 megs of memory left. Some programs were left running, since they are on my ignore-list. Such as Babbler...

For me, I think it can be concluded that

1. The Hero doesn't manage memory very well by itself (in terms of reclaiming memory as needed by the operating system).

2. Killing unnecessary tasks immediately (within 5 seconds) alleviates the lag problem and makes the phone as snappy as can be (which isn't totally fluid, but maybe 95% fluid).

This is just my experience. I am glad if letting the phone do its stuff works for you, but for me, the lag is noticeable. But I'm a lagoholic: Yesterday I turned off autosync and re-enabled it at least 10 times to see if the UI was smoother without it. Even though I have no idea why, turning off the autosync feature made the UI smoother, to the point that I could tell whether autosync was on or not just from scrolling lists and flipping desktop screens...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Adam_S:
The Hero won't manage the memory, that's Androids job, and that is the OS, so I think your first point doesn't really fit.

Killing some apps will solve the problem as you are basically stopping what they are doing in their tracks. Continually doing so will diminish the phone's performance in the long run requiring reboots thereafter. Instead, let the phone sort itself out, and the lag should go.

I suppose its all about being patient with some of the apps that could do with some optimisations.

I presume you mean autosync for the Google services? How much data do you have, and how often do you change it?

I'm still keen to see what the official release of the new ROM update will be like. Only that has the best chance to improve performance for all.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jayjay:
I meant "the hero" as in my phone, which is obviously running Android. I could've expressed myself better.

I'm unsure of what you mean by "continually doing so will diminish the phone's performance"? Are you referring to the phone being better at cleaning than me, so if I kill stuff manually, I will end up with a lower net-gain in performance than I would if I let the phone have its way?

I'm not killing touchflo or other essential services. I'm killing, for instance, Android Market or Browser, since I probably won't need to look at them for a while. Killing both raises the amount of free memory from 31M to 44M, significantly reducing lag. How would continually doing that lead to diminished performance requiring reboots?

My experience indicates the phone will not sort it out by itself. Unless having patience means waiting several days, which I'm really not that inclined to do. Why wouldn't Android clean up straight away, why would there be some arbitrary delay of, say, 12 hours or more? I've tried letting the phone sort itself out that long and more, without success...

I'd be very interested in hearing actual experiences by you or someone else. Have you tried this? Are we talking minutes, hours, days before the lag should go?

Not much at all. I only sync calendars with maybe one or two items added per day.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Adam_S:
What I'm finding and others are telling me is that if you keep killing processes, eventually it makes no difference and the phone slowly grinds to a halt where it needs a reboot. I think its the way that Android deals with "processes" which seem to be unconventional. Manually killing them isn't as graceful as Android doing it itself. Someone mentioned it was something to do with handling state that Android does. I haven't looked into that though.

You don't have to wait hours, only seconds perhaps a minute tops. If you phone is still lagging, I'm suspecting it could be an application you have installed. I installed one of the soundboards from the market once just for a laugh, and that caused all sorts of weird lag problems and hanging. Won't do that again.

I think the big question is really how much lag people are really having. I'm suspecting that one mans torture is some others liveable lag. Not sure a good way to measure it to compare.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] joemax:
Well all I know is I never use task killers, have a stock Orange ROM, stopped using Peep (logged out of Twitter and use Twidroid), don't use the People widget... and my Hero is as fluid and lag free as fluid thing.

Phone app nor People app are sluggish... moving around Home screens is fast and responsive.

Dunno, I just let it do its thing and it seems to work - flippy weather clock and all :)

Was getting pevved at the slow downs until I tried out the Twitter thing. Now its a dream (excuse the pun) to use.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
All this talk of Android doing things has be a little confused; aren't we basically talking about a Linux platform here? It certainly looks like one to me... ;)

Now Android apps are written in a Java-like language, so the question is probably better related to whatever is managing the garbage collection, and how good a job it's doing?

I started by playing the killall games for a while, but it got tedious, so I stopped, and since then I've only rarely noticed any lag. And I'm regularly syncing mail, SMS & calendars, twitter, etc. I leave all apps as they are.

Also, the new ROM - imminent from HTC, already here from MoDaCo - apparently gets rid of lag almost completely, so perhaps this will become a non-issue. I've yet to try it, prob will stick it on tonight.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Adam_S:
What I heard is that because it is a phone with less mem etc than a desktop machine, Android handles the garbage collection and will close processes when memory is needed. Instead of just killing the process it will actually save the state of the process first so if its requested it can start the process again in the same state... again, this is just something I heard but it does make sense considering the circumstance.

Yea, hopefully this new ROM will end the whole debate anyway.. :) Bring it on!! :)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
This "killing" processes and starting them in the same state is not an Android thing, in general: it's a UNIX (e.g. Linux) thing called "swapping". The process is not killed at all, and the entire thing should be quite invisible to the user, *barring some delay* :)

Linux does occasionally really kill processes in dire memory shortage (the OOM killer), but I don't believe that applies here.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pmos69:
Android has it's own mechanism for killing processes to obtain memory.

It's called lowmemorykiller
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Adam_S:
Do you know anymore about what it actually does?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
which sounds rather like the standard Linux oomkiller, no? I wonder what it does differently. I don't expect it would have anything to do with saving state, as that's just normal swapping.

In Linux, the oomkiller is only firing under extreme conditions, where there is a danger of not enough memory being left for vital core system processes to run. It's not a general memory cleanup mechanis, since the normal UNIX VM system handles that (without killing anything).
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pmos69:
Swaping is not saving state. Swap is virtual memory. Memory pages not actively used are paged out to swap, and recovered when they need to be accessed. This happens for memory used by active processes.

Sending memory pages to swap does not kill processes.

OOM and lowmemorykiller kill processes.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pmos69:
Here's some info: http://swcai.blogspot.com/2009/02/lowmemorykiller-in-android.html
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] cdmackay:
yes, I know how swapping works, thanks :)

and ta for the link...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jayjay:
Ok, I'm going to partly recant my rants about killing stuff to make the Hero snappier. It *did* improve things on the stock rom, but today I flashed my device with Modacos 1.5 rom (for better and for worse) and now I see how it is supposed to work.

Everything is supersnappy. On par with how responsive the jesus phone is. I fired up advanced task manager and saw that it had about 20 megs free. A bit later the free amount of memory was 30 megs.

All the while this was happening, the Hero never skipped a beat. So out of the box, something was definitely wrong with my Hero. Don't know what you are experiencing with your phones, but with a phone that's working this well, there's really no need to kill anything. It's actually like getting a whole new phone...

I didn't believe swapping *was* enabled on the stock rom though. I must've read and possibly misinterpreted some reference to enabling swap on the hero somewhere... on some forum.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] felikz:
shiatsch!

why does my hero gets all the time slower, the more it is not rebooted?! i kill from time to time some apps with taskmanager but it gets slower..
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] modano:
Hello,

I have looked everywhere but can not find any setting for it, and i have upgraded to the latest stock htc rom but still same issue:

Sometimes, only sometimes, when I get a new text/sms message the phone beeps about it, but sometimes it just flashes the green light and no sound. When I turn the display on, it takes a second and then! the beep! for a new text/sms is played. It is very annoying, as I can go hours without knowing I actually have a new message.

Anyone else have this issue? anyone know the solution?

thanks in advance,

modano
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] jay22098:
yea it happens to me too, duno y tho. Sometimes mine vibrate with no sound and the vibration doesn't stop either, just keeps going.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] chs4:
HTC released a hotfix, go check their website.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure General] el saxo:
I had this problem and found a post on this forum which fixed it:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=3981433&postcount=7

The advanced config tool is knocking around somewhere, should come up easily in a search, hope that helps... :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] andrijaster:
When i fastboot my magic and apply update zip, after rebooting i stuck on the logo screen. I repeat procedure on several ways because i have sd card reader but nothing happened.Plz i desparatly need help.

Thank you.
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] pdagenius:
Start by reading the "Sticky" posts at the top of this forum :)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] andrijaster:
buti didnt found any answers on my question can i fix this??
[myTouch 3G, Magic Android Development] bcrook:
We will need more details than that to help. Your phone is likely fine as flashing a rom doesn't really risk breaking anything.

Which recovery are you using?

Which ROM are you trying to flash?

Which magic do you have?

What OS are you running?
[General Questions and Answers] grahamkdt:
Hi guys... I've had TF3D2 on my device for a while now, but my 'Stock' tab is still empty. Where do I find the codes to view currencies, company stock values, etc.

I've searched Google and keep coming up blank. Bentley Motors, for instance doesn't seem to exist (I work there, so it would be nice to see how we're doing!), also Sterling to Euro and Sterling to USD rates would be very helpful.

Can anyone point this 'finance' virgin in the right direction? Cheers :o
[G1 General] avivsharon:
hi can someone know where i can download flash player?

and instractions for the install

ty
[G1 General] gnunixguy:
FlashPlayer is Hero only, so unless you're installing that, good luck.
[G1 General] DirectMatrix:
These are my favorite threads lol.....:eek:

AND, you posted in the wrong section BTW...this is the developer forum.....
[G1 General] supremeteam256:
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

You can download flash there. But if you want it for your phone is a different story.:D
[G1 General] AdrianK:
XD

I don't really get why everyone loves the Hero browser anyway, I pushed the google one back..
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] wilbur-force:
nope - im not selling - or linked to any website ......

Just spotted that SPB mobile shell 3.0 is currently included in the Handango 25% off 'sale' .... works out just under £17 for us Brits (US site also has the sale).

Been using the trial for a couple of weeks and like it :cool:

sorry if this breaches any posting rules - just trying on to pass on a deal :o
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] l3it3r:
SPB Mobile Shell 3 and Kinoma Play are two 'premium' applications that I highly recommended.
[Advantage X7510 General] bohunk49:
My keyboard was destroyed and am looking for a replacement. Will the keyboard for the x7501 work with the x7510? I see some available on ebay. Also, thanks to NeilM and Tadeusz for their comments. I've learned much just by reading them.
[Advantage X7510 General] NeilM:
Sorry for the late reply- I've stopped using my X7510 now as I have a new Tosh TG01 which is a bit more pocketable!

In short, the answer is no- the connector is the same but the IRQ's are different so a lot of keystrokes come out incorrectly.
[Advantage X7510 General] johnripper:
you can use the keyboard from x7500-7501 but you need the keyboard.dll from an x7500 rom.

ask cmonex to send you tis dll.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Hey I am tryin to hard spl my x1a and I just cant do it I get error 246 device not responding... the program can find which version i have but when I update i get this error

anyone had this problem b4 and can help me out?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spikegotti:
if u are running vista, run the app as admin
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
I did it and the same even restarted the phone hmm
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rambalu80:
Don't know what that error is. but make sure you close all applications and windows before you run the RUU.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
I did and also tried on a different computer windows 7 powered same thing.. is there anyway to do it manually? what if I put on xd and rename it to kovsimg ? and flash it via xd

Checked also with 2 USB cables it's not USB cable issue. any fix?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rambalu80:
I had some trouble with mine too for a couple of days. i didn't get any error codes and twice, my laptop just restarted itself with a Windows blue screen error. I don't know what fixed it but the next evening, I tried just once and it went through without any issues. Only different things I did were:

1. Flashed from a folder created on the desktop screen on my laptop

2. Shut down all other applications and windows that were open
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rambalu80:
Are you able to run activesync? I did read that you tried different computers too, did you get the same error?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Everything is fine with active sync and all that stuff... So right know I have no idea why it is like that :/
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nyokki:
remove youre memorystick ?

that whas my problem al the time :P
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Thanks I just tried that however same result :/

is it possible they something in the stock rom that is causing it ? since it's a brand new replacment.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Anyone pleasE?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ring-bearer:
Have you tried messing with the "allow usb connections" setting in the WM Device Center? Turn it OFF (yes off) then try, then turn it on and try. That was messing me up when I flashed stock ROM. Good luck. Let me know.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] patt2k:
Hard Reset did the job thanks everyone
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kazuki1:
hello, i am thinking of buying an xperia x1, but before i do i have a question.

i heard the phone lags alot, will flashing in a different rom for the phone make the phone not lag?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ibeQuint:
most custom rom's are extremely smooth.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] orelsi:
I am using the newset update from SE on a Generic ROM. No issues here.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kazuki1:
thank you! this phone looks like one of the best winmo phones out there, and to top it off it was made by sony ericsson, which is in my opinion, one of the best phone makers!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Redtabs:
sorry guys..just curios..why my device information show that storage size is only 266.36mb? is it normal??
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rudegar:
In my settings->memory

I have

total: 281.71MB

In Use: 210.29MB

free: 71.42MB
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Redtabs:
strange? what is the original size of storage device actualy? not 512mb?
[Touch 3G General] sercio:
Hello.

My Jade recently begun to fail establishing a GPS connection. No kind of navigation software works neither as simple apps which try to use GPS. I tryed HTC GPS Tool and I was able to open the GPS port at COM2 with 57600 baudrate. But I still dont get any valid GPS signal somehow.

BTW I used QuickGPS and downloaded the newest valid "files" to prevent this issue.

Any help suggestet?

Thanks in advanche!

Sercio

EDIT:

Problem seems to be Quick GPS. For some reason it does not "update" correct so my current GPS values are not correct :S Is there any chance I can reinstall Quick GPS?
[Touch 3G General] keltong:
I thought it should be COM4?
[Touch 3G General] sercio:
Its defeniticly QuickGPS... everytime I try to uptade it says "error connecting.. try again later!"
[Touch 3G General] XxAndrexX:
I never used the QuickGPS and I get the signal every time without problems.
[Touch 3G General] sercio:
no software on my phone can find the GPS device... somethings seriously wrong :(
[Touch 3G General] azahidi:
If that's the case, it could be a hardware default, your GPS chip is faulty. Should send to service centre for repair, claim your warranty.
[Touch 3G General] azahidi:
If that's the case, it could be a hardware fault, your GPS chip is faulty. Should send to service centre for repair, claim your warranty.
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JC_Miller:
i am wondering what the minimum and maximum frequency should be for open overclocker for maximum performance.

also what are some good root apps for performance and speed, thanks
[Hero, G2 Touch Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JC_Miller:
i have an unlocked htc hero that i am using on at&t my data connection is fine on wi-fi but when i turn wi-fi off i cannot connect to the internet etc...

also my wireless controls are all set correctly, my mobile network option is ticked and im just not sure what the problem is thanks.
[General Topics] rahlquist:
Anyone aware of any shopper club card apps for WM like they have on Iphone? For example http://lifehacker.com/5278532/cardstar-creates-scanner+friendly-bonus-cards-on-iphones

Any ideas?
[S740, S743 General] hamannas:
hi, i looked in this forum, but didnt found the answer, so can anybody tell me how to view sim contats? i just cant seem to find them?

thanks

Oh and by the way is there anything similar on s740 like TF3D on diamond? somekind of configuration tool?
[S740, S743 General] Torque77:
What do you mean you can't seem to find them? Sim contacts are shown together with Outlook contacts.
[S740, S743 General] hamannas:
well when i press contacts button, there are no contacts. or when i launch sim manager, its empty.
[S740, S743 General] davi5:
Settings->Phone->Call Options->Show SIM Contacts.

See if it works.
[General Questions and Answers] MikesDroid:
I looked around and cant really seem to find any info on this. I am running TPC series ROM on my Tilt w/ 6.5 and after installing the latest Skyfire version, as soon as it opens it will just close right away. I just hard reset the phone and installed Skyfire and it's the same thing. Anybody have any ideas? I would really like to use this browser.

thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] Farmer Ted:
You need to roll back to an earlier version of Skyfire. The newest one(s) doesn't work on 6.5. I had the same issue, but fortunately someone posted the previous version in the Raphael Software forum. If you can't find it on the skyfire website (or don't have the cab anymore), just try searching in that forum.
[General Questions and Answers] MikesDroid:
Okay cool, thanks Ted! I appreciate the info. I should have a couple of older versions laying around, I'll give them a try :D
[General Questions and Answers] mwcostello:
Do you know if this issue has been fed back to Skyfire? :)
[General Questions and Answers] MikesDroid:
I posted about it on their forum here: http://support.skyfire.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=4760
[General Questions and Answers] mwcostello:
Excellent. I really like the skyfire browser...hope they fix this soon
[General Questions and Answers] MikesDroid:
Me too. I'll keep this thread updated with a response from them (if)
[myTouch 3G, Magic Themes and Wallpapers] dthadamaja:
here you go guys, if you havent heard, this should work on 32b.

http://rapidshare.com/files/267403510/buuf3910.zip

If anything you can just visit the original thread here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=3188821#post3188821

Enjoy
[myTouch 3G, Magic Themes and Wallpapers] geahboi:
i've also had luck with just about every theme in the dream themes section and i run 3.9.10 as well. shouldn't have any issues as it doesnt seem that the theme template changes too much each update.
[Touch HD General] jorgenask:
Hello!

When i select .mp4 videofiles in explorer on my touch HD it runs it in "photo and video" (not sure about the translation).

Is it possible to tweak it so that it runs the files in mediaplayer ?

thanks :)
[Touch HD General] PoisonWolf:
TC,

I am not sure if I'm right, my phone is charging right now (turned off) but I believe this can be adjusted through something like Resco Explorer (I'm sure I've seen it there). I am not sure if the default File Explorer is able to do this.

Cheers.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] cleytongabiatti:
Friends, I'm from Brazil, need help, I bought an HTC Touch Pro 2 and came ROM in English(US) , someone could help me translate for Portuguese Brazilian.

I am very grateful to anyone who can help me in translation.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fab985:
you have to flash a Portuguese Brazilian Rom

if you don't find it

you have a huge work to do

i think the better way is to cook a rom using as base a Portuguese Rom

EDIT i've made a cab with registry key to change manila language only

install it then softreset
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Marcus Tavares:
You can get a PORT ROM at: http://xda.caspersworld.co.uk/

Remember it is not from Brasil. It is from Portugal.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] HeavyComponent:
How do I turn on the LCD light to flash constantly? I'm so use to this with all my phones. I tried everything and can't seem to find it.

Also guys, how do I change the back ground to black? I want EVERYTHING to be plan black. When I put the background black it still navy blue!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] josh_prayyforplagues:
Ive been wondering the same thing, too. [regarding the backround.] With the LED light, are you talking about having it constantly blink for messages? because there's a setting that you can change to allow the LED light to blink for X amount of time...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] HeavyComponent:
Yeah to make it blink! I want it to blink while their is no message and where their is a message.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] josh_prayyforplagues:
hmmm. the setting i found is to make the LED blink longer or shorter FOR the message.. im not sure if itll do it without the message. that might a RegEdit.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] HeavyComponent:
What's the setting you found? My LCD doesn't blink at all.