Hi,
I was wondering.
I am a hardcore gamer on android. Currently I am on Froyomod 2.5 and very pleased.
However, some games require a lot memory.
Is there app which allow me to increase the maximum available memory for just a short period of time with one flick of a switch?
I mean all services could be killed like the dailer or messaging when I game.
Then when I am done gaming I flick the switch again and the services are back on.
Which easy to use app can do that?
EJ
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Actually, sort of yeah...
See my sig for supercharging your phone... use AMM to slide up all the levels except the first one.
The dialer won't get killed tho because it has a higher priority than any app that you're running and it's in the same OOM grouping
In addition what zeppelinrox says, Luca is bringing the 2.6 release this week with improved memorymanager. Mebe this will give u more power for gaming.
zeppelinrox said:
Actually, sort of yeah...
See my sig for supercharging your phone... use AMM to slide up all the levels except the first one.
The dialer won't get killed tho because it has a higher priority than any app that you're running and it's in the same OOM grouping
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Thankz Zeppelin it works very good.
Easely 70mb free!!!!
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Hello,
I have a new, stock ROM Aria from AT&T. With a fresh boot, i run the task killer and i have a nice 178mb of free ram. But as the day goes on it gets lower and lower, 150, 115, 80, 25 free. What is eating it up? Cache?
Thanks!
-sp00nix
sp00nix said:
Hello,
I have a new, stock ROM Aria from AT&T. With a fresh boot, i run the task killer and i have a nice 178mb of free ram. But as the day goes on it gets lower and lower, 150, 115, 80, 25 free. What is eating it up? Cache?
Thanks!
-sp00nix
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did you kill the tasks that keep opening by themselves...or ones you've used but arent using at the moment?
i run atk a few times a day
dh4645 said:
did you kill the tasks that keep opening by themselves...or ones you've used but arent using at the moment?
i run atk a few times a day
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i set it to autokill on sleep, theres only 1 app running which is the advanced task killer. When you manually kill them with the widget it reports the memory usage.
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i set it to autokill on sleep, theres only 1 app running which is the advanced task killer. When you manually kill them with the widget it reports the memory usage.
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hey thanks i didnt even know that was a setting.
sorry i dont know the answer to your original Q
dh4645 said:
hey thanks i didnt even know that was a setting.
sorry i dont know the answer to your original Q
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It's cool, you learned something
Something i remembered, on my Archos 5 Advanced task kill reports on value and its built in task manager reports another, usually higher. Maybe this is a similar case. Ill try another piece of software.
Not a good idea to use a task killer as it'll actually wear our battery down faster. Anyways unused RAM is wasted RAM.
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Idk about all that. My battery is much happier keeping apps under control that are data hungry.
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sp00nix said:
Idk about all that. My battery is much happier keeping apps under control that are data hungry.
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depends on frequency of kill and what you are killing really
Hey everyone,
First time android user and absolutely loving it so far!
I was wondering how vigilant I need to be in killing off background apps? Coming from the iPhone, its a very different approach. I am just wondering if too many apps running has a negative effect on speed and battery life. How adept is the OS at killing off apps that I haven't opened in a while?
Thanks so much for the input. I am loving my Atrix!!
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Starting with Froyo, Android became much more efficient with managing memory. I do not run a task manager on my DX, never kill any background processes, and my phone runs great all day long.
I only use task killer to make sure I don't have any constant data streaming while I'm not using the phone.
Thanks for the input. I will have to read up on froyo and multitasking efficiency. On the same note, can anyone recommend a battery indicator replacement? Is there a way to show a percentage using the stock one?
Thanks again.
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joelszs said:
Thanks for the input. I will have to read up on froyo and multitasking efficiency. On the same note, can anyone recommend a battery indicator replacement? Is there a way to show a percentage using the stock one?
Thanks again.
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I use Circle Battery Widget from the Market. Works great.
Joe
joelszs said:
Thanks for the input. I will have to read up on froyo and multitasking efficiency. On the same note, can anyone recommend a battery indicator replacement? Is there a way to show a percentage using the stock one?
Thanks again.
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Circle battery widget works
https://market.android.com/details?...oid.CircleBatteryWidget&feature=search_result
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I only use task killer to make sure I don't have any constant data streaming while I'm not using the phone.
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Good point I forgot about. Since Verizon is still on unlimited data (for now), I never pay any attention to what runs in the background.
I too am new and did find one app that allowed multi-tasking, kinda like the windows version of alt-tab and also kill it it too. Very simple but sees be great so far. Called TaskSwitcher. I hold down the Search button and it brings all the "windows" in the background, can go to them or hold it down and kill them. Really impressed!
Meh, with this ophone, you don't really need to worry about background tasks slowing you down.
I used one to make sure there wasn't something big in the background draining the battery but other than that, it hardly ever slows down.
How come my phone always has to load when I exit to my dock screen, I'm on official gingerbread update, does this happen to u guys?
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Yea it happens to alot of people
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There could be a memory leak on the latest GB update That uses too much processing power.
Try to limit your widgets on your homescreens or if you're rooted, try dc13's ROM (Ti-X Speedy) which I am currently using. no "loading" time. Only using 3 homescreens with widgets.
Yeah this really makes me angry. But the widget thing might be correct...
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I talked to sprint last night and they said you need 60mb of free memory on the phone
This is a very common and incredably battery killing bug that came along with the new update. Its annoying me that I can't get my phone to last more than 5 hours on standby.
I am having this same issue on my wife's shift. I just bought it for her on Friday. Debating returning it for something else. She's driving me nuts about it. Is this happening to everyone with the update or just some phones? And has sprint/HTC acknowledged it and/or said they are working on a fix?
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HTC set Android's memory settings to be *far* too aggressive on the lastest update. Load up the app "AutoKiller Memory Optimizer" and you can see this for yourself. These settings are what tells the OS when to start killing off background apps as free memory decreases.
Even without root, the app allows you to see what the settings are. With root, you can use the app to adjust the settings back to something more normal (personally, I like the settings from CM7). I'll be doing this the next time I try the rooted OTA.
x99percent said:
HTC set Android's memory settings to be *far* too aggressive on the lastest update. Load up the app "AutoKiller Memory Optimizer" and you can see this for yourself. These settings are what tells the OS when to start killing off background apps as free memory decreases.
Even without root, the app allows you to see what the settings are. With root, you can use the app to adjust the settings back to something more normal (personally, I like the settings from CM7). I'll be doing this the next time I try the rooted OTA.
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What would be an optimal setting for the latest Sense update? What are the settings for CM7? Care to share?
Thanks...
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What would be an optimal setting for the latest Sense update? What are the settings for CM7? Care to share?
Thanks...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14996200&postcount=125
x99percent said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14996200&postcount=125
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Unfortunately that requires root
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14996200&postcount=125
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This worked great for me thanks. Of course I'm not rooted and i could only change the last three numbers but no more white htc screen or loading screen when I exit an app
Thanks again
Autokill memory optimizer change seems successful
I have been seeing this same problem, and am not rooted either. Since setting the last three numbers to 24, 28, 32 earlier today I have not yet seen Sense restart. Will post a follow-up if things change.
dorito234 said:
I have been seeing this same problem, and am not rooted either. Since setting the last three numbers to 24, 28, 32 earlier today I have not yet seen Sense restart. Will post a follow-up if things change.
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It will still happen if you run some memory-intensive apps (e.g. games). HTC's original settings were kind of ridiculous, IMO.
What were the original htc settings anyway?
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Ever since I updated to ei22 my available RAM is virtually gone and its killing my battery. My battery usage meter says 78% of the drainage is due to the android system. I have tried doing a hard reset, using a third party app killer, using a different launcher, nothing helps.
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I recently switched to launcher pro and it has helped battery life signifantly but system ram is still being hogged.
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I'm running the ACS ICS V4 rom. I have the same issue with android system eating up ram... but it has hurt my battery life at least not that i can tell.
You can give Cynanogenmod7 a try, it hardly uses any. It still has minor issues, but well worth a look.
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Im starting to think gingerbread is just larger compared to ec05. Im,getting waay better battery life and performance from launcher pro.
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Get Memory Booster Lite from the Market. It has a great task killer and you can see what apps keep loading so you can freeze or uninstall them. The stock task killer is worthless.
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Full memory doesn't kill battery, but flushing it and refilling it does. If you keep trying to free memory the system will just keep trying to fill it up again. It's how gingerbread works, keeping the most recently run apps in ram so it doesn't waste battery reloading them again. It should clear memory when you need it for something else. As far as the battery meter is concerned, they reworked the code in Gingerbread, so you can't compare usage to Froyo. It's possible your battery usage is coming from some app or widget you installed that's syncing all the time. The app killer is probably wasting more battery than it's saving.
I'm on ei22, with some bloat removed and fuju tweaks I can free up 210mb of ram
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alextjen said:
Ever since I updated to ei22 my available RAM is virtually gone and its killing my battery. My battery usage meter says 78% of the drainage is due to the android system. I have tried doing a hard reset, using a third party app killer, using a different launcher, nothing helps.
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I recently switched to launcher pro and it has helped battery life significantly but system ram is still being hogged.
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If you want to keep more ram free, use the V6 script. The V6 script will lower the ceiling of ram allowed for tasks rather than flushing it constantly and allowing it to refill- like a task killer does. Using a task killer will only kill your battery faster.
Also, this has been said in other words already , keeping tasks in ram does not kill your battery. Once a task is loaded into ram it takes no additional juice to hold it there.
+1 on the v6script I can get my ram down to 125mb. In the task manager & 80mb in the running services.
mjben said:
If you want to keep more ram free, use the V6 script. The V6 script will lower the ceiling of ram allowed for tasks rather than flushing it constantly and allowing it to refill- like a task killer does. Using a task killer will only kill your battery faster.
Also, this has been said in other words already , keeping tasks in ram does not kill your battery. Once a task is loaded into ram it takes no additional juice to hold it there.
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Where can I find the v6 script, do I need,clockwork mod and be rooted?
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Yeah you'll need root (I think) and you can find it in a search or look for the how to run v6 supercharger on gbking's youtube channel. Its real simple
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Yes, you need Root, and Busybox... Most ROMs have this built in... Adrenaline Shot is nice too... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236779, you can use both in conjunction(junction whats that function) and your phone runs sweet smooth like butter.
Hello everyone, I am sharing something that worked for me.
This is for rooted users only.
I had noticed that multi-tasking was not all too great on the S3 at times, if I had to switch back to a heavy game after replying to a message for example I would have to reload the whole game and not be able to just resume playing, similarily I would have to reload pages in Dolphin browser after returning to it if I had switched to something else.
Today I rooted my phone, was playing around with Vm Heapsizes but I ended up just restoring the default value until I tried out this application called
"Ram Manager Pro" on the Playstore.
There is a setting within the app called "Hard Multitasking" using this I am able to switch between all of my tasks flawlessly (So far!) I switched between games and heavy browser pages, and nothing has been closed by itself, I was able to resume gaming right away and there were no page refreshes with the browser!
Also Check the option "keep Launcher in memory" to help prevent touchwiz redraws!
Also I am sure this has been said before, but toning down the animations or switching them off in developer options makes the phone snappier, and so does unchecking the ripple effect for the lock screen,
Hope I have helped, I am infinitely more pleased with my phone now.:good:
more of an advertisement for RAM Manager than a tip. Nevertheless i will try it out !
MoonBlade said:
more of an advertisement for ROM Manager than a tip. Nevertheless i will try it out !
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RAM manager.
RAM=Random Access Memory
ROM= Read Only Memory
Know the difference.
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why not just use supercharger??
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RAM manager.
RAM=Random Access Memory
ROM= Read Only Memory
Know the difference.
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Er.. i've been here long enuf to knw the difference. just a spelling mistake .. :|
Not advertising, noob here.
You can check out my post/thread history and you would know I'm a guy with a new S3 who has problems with HDMI out and had a lot of questions about rooting and ROMs lol, However I will try to find out what Vm heapsize the program uses so that we can manually set it ourselves without having to buy the program.
Any ideas on how to do so?
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You can check out my post/thread history and you would know I'm a guy with a new S3 who has problems with HDMI out and had a lot of questions about rooting and ROMs lol, However I will try to find out what Vm heapsize the program uses so that we can manually set it ourselves without having to buy the program.
Any ideas on how to do so?
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tried using pimp my ROM? or ROM toolbox?
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nice one thanks