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Best Practices for cleanup of files and general maintenance

Hello guys, I though it would be a good idea to list some of the best practices as far as cleaning up old files and general smartphone maintenance for the Dash and others.
So who wants to kick it off

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hmm besides the usual free memory button that i love to use.. my usual reg tweaks that i have done usually fix some stuff.. but i dont know too much else.. it isnt like you can defrag the b$%ch lol.

1. Free Memory
2. Celetask
3. SkTools --a must have
4. Restart (soft reset)
then Repeat lol!

Sktools - run auto clean then free ram
free memory
clear temp
reboot

The best way to clean all the crap up is to brew your own lite ROM. I just finished an Excalibur ROM based on the latest 20279 core. The homescreen looks like the S740 and the new dialer and comm manager are sweet! It works pretty well so far, but I wanna wait until tomorrow at least to release it to do some early beta testin...

looking forward to it !!!!!!!

Excellent post so far, I also use SK Tools and I have found it to be indispensable, with all the add/remove applications registries are updated and sometimes not re-updated when the applications are deleted. I suppose the best way would be to reflash your unit and load up all the apps you know you will use but that maybe a bit on the extreme side. I'm currently working on a list of all my apps and registration codes to quickly upload them to my unit just in case.
Here is the url for SK Tools http://www.s-k-tools.com/
I also personally love CeleTask not only as a quick launcher but a good tool overall

Can someone elaborate on their use of Celetask besides the "Free Memory" function.

Quick Tip for Celetask Status Bar
How to put the status bar to top?
Edit the Registry value HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CeleTask\Flag, add the original value by 1 (e.g. 502 to 503)
enjoy

Anyone care to give a step by step on using SKTools? How, for example, does one autoclean? How else do you guys use it? I have version v. 3.1.9 installed, and also have SKTools Lite available, though not installed.

uansari1 said:
Anyone care to give a step by step on using SKTools? How, for example, does one autoclean? How else do you guys use it? I have version v. 3.1.9 installed, and also have SKTools Lite available, though not installed.
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Auto Clean! should be in your start menu.

Nope... The only thing added to my Start Menu is SKTools. Within SKTools, I get to a screen where I can select various tools such as Clean, Optimize, Tune Up, etc...

uansari1 said:
Nope... The only thing added to my Start Menu is SKTools. Within SKTools, I get to a screen where I can select various tools such as Clean, Optimize, Tune Up, etc...
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Oh i send you PM

Thanks man... I replied with a quick question.

Sk Tools
-Programs startup sequence management (device dependent)-
Hey can someone explain if there is a particular order that would be most beneficial

blackjack2 said:
Sk Tools
-Programs startup sequence management (device dependent)-
Hey can someone explain if there is a particular order that would be most beneficial
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SK Tools is the best program to clean up files, etc...

MikeD215 said:
.. it isnt like you can defrag the b$%ch lol.
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Or can you?
Chainfire said:
WMRegOptimizer - v0.1, October 6, 2008
This small tool was originally inspired by this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432966
About
WMRegOptimizer is a small tool that tries to optimize registry access - "defrag" it, if you will. It doesn't perfectly defrag it, but it goes a long way. This results in somewhat faster registry access for applications where this is the bottle-neck.
So this speeds up my device?
Not really. It lowers latency for certain system calls, which may result in some things being a bit faster. It doesn't magically make your device faster, but it may be more responsive in some situations.
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Here's original thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=433736

system optimizer.

Ok Peeps ,
Just wondering if there is a program to use , which cleans , optimizes, etc etc the pocket pc..
Likewise you run say Norton, Glarys, on your desktop, is there one application to help the HD run smooth..
What do you use ?
Neil

SkTools and/or MemMaid

yes, I´m using SKTools as well
Liquizen said:
Ok Peeps ,
Just wondering if there is a program to use , which cleans , optimizes, etc etc the pocket pc..
Likewise you run say Norton, Glarys, on your desktop, is there one application to help the HD run smooth..
What do you use ?
Neil
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Happy user of Memmaid

I'm a keen user of memaid, but there is also pocket mechanic.

I use pocket mechanic, a usefull program with a lot of different funcions like:
Fragmentation
Scan Disk
Free ram
Outlook cleanup
Card benchmark
Find duplicate files
registry cleanup
uninstaller

kokkie said:
Happy user of Memmaid
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+1 I've used memmaid on my last 3 devices. Its a great app!

hi peeps, where can I find memmaid? where can I download it?
Thanks

http://www.dinarsoft.com/memmaid/

A SKtools or pocket mechanic free?

I know that SKtools is not free but a goodie.

Hyden121 said:
A SKtools or pocket mechanic free?
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Neither nore... But I used them both in iPAQ Times. Now I am using SK-Tools. The reasons for that are:
a really good support
more tweaking possibilities
faster than the versions of PocketMechanic I know (around about one year ago)
really effective
available in many languages

Using Memmaid 2.1 atm.
Works great, though somehow my HD hangs if the "used" memory reaches over 56% ....
But that's offtopic.
Memmaid works great!

memmaid!
got it free and it works brilliantly

cleartemp is supplied on dutty's ROMs. Been using that to clear up cache's and unrequired files etc.

I use/prefer pocket mechanic i find sktools ok but like with notification que and reg clean it doesn't do it automatically just gives you a list of keys and you pick each to delete ect. pocket mechanic scans and offers to delete duplicates automatically, fix broken keys automatically or lets you manually edit or delete them

Optimize program
You can use MindSoft Mobile Utilities www.pocketmindsoft.com

Mutiple programs won't stay open on my Tilt 2

I've had my Tilt 2 for several weeks now and for some reason, I cannot seem to have more than one app open at the same time. As soon as I open a second program, it kills whatever else was running.
Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? I have Auto Kill disabled...
Help!?

It also happens with my Hermes and Raphael..
My Hermes (Dopod 838 pro) running official WM6 ROM
My Raphael (HTC Touch Pro) running stock WM6.1 ROM (Version 1.9)
It's a big problem, I can't keep my Twitter,downloader, and Messenger app to run at the background..

silverfoxx said:
I've had my Tilt 2 for several weeks now and for some reason, I cannot seem to have more than one app open at the same time. As soon as I open a second program, it kills whatever else was running.
Does anyone else have this problem or know how to fix it? I have Auto Kill disabled...
Help!?
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So let's say you open File Explorer. You press the Windows button. Now you open Word Mobile and make a new document. Now press the Windows button and go to Home. It still says you closed everything in the HTC Task Manager?
If so, that's weird... looks like you bought yourself an iPhone with a keyboard!

For some unknown reason Windows Mobile 6.x will only run a maximum of 32 processes at one time no matter how much RAM is free. This includes all the basic phone etc that's running.
Clever eh ?
That's some amazing forward thinking Microsoft did. It obviously didn't occur to them that someone might come along and release a device with a faster processor and a load of RAM.
Find yourself a process manager program, not the HTC taskmanager. While typing this I had a quick look and I am running 28.

As I recall, WinMo will close apps if it runs low on memory so the first thing I would do is reboot the phone and bring up task manager and see how much free memory you have left. Then keep watching memory as you do what you normally do with the phone. It's not how WinMo is supposed to act by default and my phone doesn't act that way so it's either an app, how you use it or a hardware fault.

markgamber said:
As I recall, WinMo will close apps if it runs low on memory so the first thing I would do is reboot the phone and bring up task manager and see how much free memory you have left. Then keep watching memory as you do what you normally do with the phone. It's not how WinMo is supposed to act by default and my phone doesn't act that way so it's either an app, how you use it or a hardware fault.
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Lots of threads on this, and no, it's NOT memory. It's processes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=575663
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=600210
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=600356

Is there any solution to break this limit?
dik23 said:
For some unknown reason Windows Mobile 6.x will only run a maximum of 32 processes at one time no matter how much RAM is free. This includes all the basic phone etc that's running.
Clever eh ?
That's some amazing forward thinking Microsoft did. It obviously didn't occur to them that someone might come along and release a device with a faster processor and a load of RAM.
Find yourself a process manager program, not the HTC taskmanager. While typing this I had a quick look and I am running 28.
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Is there any solution to break this limit (32 processes)..

Not seen one. If you do plz give me a shout ! Don't even know if it'd be possible. To me it seems like it could be a Kernel level issue.

How can I see all running processes?

blowy666 said:
How can I see all running processes?
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install dotfred's taskmanager.

I use everapp.. http://www.modaco.com/content/pocke...app-v0-2-application-persistence-under-wm6-x/
it installs a service which runs when u boot up ur phone and u just add w/e programs u want to everapp and it'll keep them running in the bg..great for opera 10 which never stays open for me

try everapp, http://www.modaco.com/content/pocke...app-v0-2-application-persistence-under-wm6-x/

Hi i have tried on Omnia Pro B7610 to avoid auto-closing of apps but the result is not satisfactorie, as everapp is also stopped and besides i cant launch the app (excel or word) from the shorcut after the taskmanager autoclose these. If you have some usefull information regarding this issue i will appreciate it.

wm6.5 eat RAM

Hi all, after install WM6.5, it seem the RAM is always on high consumption. even I cancel the running program, the ram still not back to lower ratio. I have tried install some FreeRam program for WM6.1 but it seems doesn't work on WM6.5, anyone have new freeRAM program for WM6.5?

HTCAddicts.com's CleanRAM works fine in WM 6.5 (www.htcaddicts.com)

Hi,
Unfortunatly it does not work as the only thing it is doing is closing and restarting apps.
You can do this manually with pretty same results.
But the problem of WM6.5 or HTC Sense or whatever I don't know is Memory Leak concerning GUI handling. Take a look a gwes.exe memory consumption at start and then at the end of a regular use day with all apps closed. GWES.EXE will take twice memory than it took when you soft resetted.
And I think nobody has find a way yet to get rid of this problem.
Regards,
Thomas

tlefeuvre said:
Hi,
Unfortunatly it does not work as the only thing it is doing is closing and restarting apps.
You can do this manually with pretty same results.
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Regards,
Thomas
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oh, I did mean to use cleanRAM manually (actually, mode 3) ... guess you're technically right, tho

Thanks! I think use this better than nothing. About the final solution, it may need to wait the HTC update ROM to settle this problem.... so sad!!

try to make the shared memory smaller
this problem is caused by the shared memory.
HKLM/ Software /HTC / Resloader
look for that registry setting and recalculate it to half. that might solve your ram issues. I had to do it with my Kaiser running M2D. Fixed my problem when I set it to 3mb (1024 x 3 = 3mb.) You need to make sure that the math is correct so that you are not wasting any sectors. 1mb increments works well.
I would reserve at least 10mb for TF3D as opposed to the 3mb for M2D.
Use this at your own risk and make sure you backup first, in case you will have to do a hard reset.
also, in order to see actual memory usage for processes you should use the MS task manager, not the DF TaskManager. MS gives you accurate readings, while DF lets you close processes.
I just tried setting it to zero. no harmfull efects.

thanks for your advise, I don't know how to caclulate this but task manager could help. may I ask when can I found the task manager?

Tilt2 has slowed down!

I know there's a thread about how to increase the speed of my Tilt2 by freeing up memory but I can't find it now. I've searched for it and can't seem to find it. As of right now I have a total of 187.07MB of program memory and 167.82MB is in use leaving me with only 19.31MB free. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to free up memory being used when there are no programs currently running.

okcboi said:
I know there's a thread about how to increase the speed of my Tilt2 by freeing up memory but I can't find it now. I've searched for it and can't seem to find it. As of right now I have a total of 187.07MB of program memory and 167.82MB is in use leaving me with only 19.31MB free. Can someone point me in the right direction on how to free up memory being used when there are no programs currently running.
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There's actually just two simple .cab files you can run on your phone that will make a big difference in the memory management on the TP2, with or without programs running. I've attached both below, just copy them to your phone, run them from there, and you should see a noticible difference in the amount of available RAM you have, whether you're running stuff or not

sirphunkee said:
There's actually just two simple .cab files you can run on your phone that will make a big difference in the memory management on the TP2, with or without programs running. I've attached both below, just copy them to your phone, run them from there, and you should see a noticible difference in the amount of available RAM you have, whether you're running stuff or not
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Thanks, so I can run them both at the same time? I thought I read somewhere about how to really close Opera cause it doesn't really close when you exit out of it, do you know where I can find that as well?
Once again thanks for the two .cab files Sirphunkee.

okcboi said:
Thanks, so I can run them both at the same time? I thought I read somewhere about how to really close Opera cause it doesn't really close when you exit out of it, do you know where I can find that as well?
Once again thanks for the two .cab files Sirphunkee.
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No prob! You actually just run each of those cabs once, one right after the other, and they make registry changes that just stay in effect after that (they're not like programs that you would have to run every time you power the phone on).
As for Opera...what version are you running, just the stock 9.5 that came with the phone? There is a manual registry tweak (I haven't seen any cabs for it) that's supposed to make it close when you hit the "x", but they don't seem to work 100% for everybody. I'd actually recommend just going and downloading the free Opera10 beta that is avaible now...it's an improvement over 9.5, and has the ability built-in to completely close it from within the app.

check out cleanram as well:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=85285
Some people have problems with resetting the UI (the phone will freeze after a couple days), I haven't experience issues, but if you do, just use the 1st option, not the 2nd or 3rd as they reset the UI.