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Siemens Sx66 And "phantom Missing Memory"

Please forgive me if this post has a "newbie" feel to it, but I was actually referred to this site from another site, because this site is said to have the "tech wizards" regarding pocket pcs. I have a pocket pc phone that is doing something that no one on the other site can quite figure out. The phone I have is an Siemen SX66. It seems to be only using HALF of the amount of RAM allocated to it. When I go to start->settings->(then click "systems" tab at bottom), then click the "device information", "then click Hardware" tab, the line that says "RAM size" says "128 mb". But when I go to start->settings->(then click the "systems" tab at bottom), then click the "memory" icon (which is where you can actually change the allocation of the memory on your unit), at the top, it says "total main memory 61.79 mb" and it's allocating half of that to programs, and the other half to storage.
So in the hardware section it's reporting that I have the 128 megs of RAM that I'm supposed to, but in the memory section where memory is allocated out to the unit, it's reporting that I only have 62 megs of RAM to allocate. Because of this, the unit runs unstably and many programs fill the memory before they can finish running. I have no idea how this could be possible. Is there a firmware update that could fix this, and if so, where can I get it? Is there an adjustment on the unit I can make, and if so, how do I do it. ANY help regarding this would be greatly appreciated!

Gastro Man said:
Please forgive me if this post has a "newbie" feel to it, but I was actually referred to this site from another site, because this site is said to have the "tech wizards" regarding pocket pcs. I have a pocket pc phone that is doing something that no one on the other site can quite figure out. The phone I have is an Siemen SX66. It seems to be only using HALF of the amount of RAM allocated to it. When I go to start->settings->(then click "systems" tab at bottom), then click the "device information", "then click Hardware" tab, the line that says "RAM size" says "128 mb". But when I go to start->settings->(then click the "systems" tab at bottom), then click the "memory" icon (which is where you can actually change the allocation of the memory on your unit), at the top, it says "total main memory 61.79 mb" and it's allocating half of that to programs, and the other half to storage.
So in the hardware section it's reporting that I have the 128 megs of RAM that I'm supposed to, but in the memory section where memory is allocated out to the unit, it's reporting that I only have 62 megs of RAM to allocate. Because of this, the unit runs unstably and many programs fill the memory before they can finish running. I have no idea how this could be possible. Is there a firmware update that could fix this, and if so, where can I get it? Is there an adjustment on the unit I can make, and if so, how do I do it. ANY help regarding this would be greatly appreciated!
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actually what your talking about isn't a fault it's normal with Wm 2003. as it dynamically adjust total memory allocation to accomodate when saving within main memory that's why most of my applications i installed to the "STORAGE" folder or to "Storage Card" so as to keep as little in main memory as possible. Alot of this though was resolved recently with the new Helmi Wm 6 rom as memory allocation works diffrently. and he's made program memory like 100mb or so. and let storage be mainly on SD card. which in effect speeds up the device as far as wm6 was concerned. but in reality you can't change the settings for this without modifying the rom and reflashing the modified rom to change inital and total allocation i don't believe.

Need Help. How do I get to the Internal Storage area

OK, I got my Sprint TP2 yesterday and was playing around with it. I installed my SD card that had some files on it and when I tapped on one document file by mistake it "unzipped" it to the internal storage completely filling it.
I've looked all over but cannot seem to locate the internal storage memeory on the phone.
HELP!
Thanks in Advance.

OK, never mind. But.....
OK, after I opened it back up today I started looking at it like my old PDA and found the file and deleted it.
But..
I'd like to free up more internal memory as it shows I only have 158MB free. And only 59MB free for program memory. I'll be getting a 16GB card soon to replace my 2GB I have but I'd like to have more internal memory.
What programs/files can I delete safely from my Sprint TP2 to free up more space?

JohnMcD348 said:
I'd like to free up more internal memory as it shows I only have 158MB free. And only 59MB free for program memory. I'll be getting a 16GB card soon to replace my 2GB I have but I'd like to have more internal memory.
What programs/files can I delete safely from my Sprint TP2 to free up more space?
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158MB of "Storage" memory is actually quite a bit -- it's 60% open/empty. Considering that a lot of applications are less than a 1 MB, and a huge one is 5MB -- you still have room to install dozens directly to the device. To minimize use of Storage, install as many apps as possible to your card. And, wherever possible, configure settings on apps to store their data to the card...and set the camera to save to the card, etc. Even a 2GB card is a lot of space -- unless you're carrying full-length, high-quality movies.
Program memory gets filled up by stuff that's currently running, so deleting installed programs won't free up more of that -- unless these programs run automatically/all-the-time.

MCbrian said:
158MB of "Storage" memory is actually quite a bit -- it's 60% open/empty. Considering that a lot of applications are less than a 1 MB, and a huge one is 5MB -- you still have room to install dozens directly to the device. To minimize use of Storage, install as many apps as possible to your card. And, wherever possible, configure settings on apps to store their data to the card...and set the camera to save to the card, etc. Even a 2GB card is a lot of space -- unless you're carrying full-length, high-quality movies.
Program memory gets filled up by stuff that's currently running, so deleting installed programs won't free up more of that -- unless these programs run automatically/all-the-time.
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Yeah, if you have 158MB storage free on the phone right now, be sure to take a screenshot if it so you can look back later and remember "back when" you had still had that much free space
MCBrian is right, moving stuff to your memory card is the best way to free up space on the phone's memory and keep it from filling up unneccesarily. Like he said, first change the camera settings to always save to the card, otherwise that will always eat into your available on-board storage, and quickly. I would also suggest going into the current album of pics on the phone, deleting anything you don't want to save, and move whatever you do want to save into a "pics" folder on your card (HTC's photo album can include pics saved there as well). Same for music...store any and all of it on the card, not the phone's memory. The one caveat with that is that the HTC music player (the music tab in touchflo) doesn't always find music on the card, not for me anyway, but I never liked that player anyway.
Managing my memory that way has given me enough space that even with dozens of programs on the phone, all of them installed to the phone's memory, I still have 95MB free space for programs on there. In fact, I still have a fair amount of junk (stuff I tried but don't use, etc) in there that I need to go clear out. Installing some of your programs to the memory card can help too, but if you're careful you can keep enough storage memory on there available to be able to avoid ever needing to do that (and the hassle that comes with trying to figure out which programs are ok with being installed on the card, as well as managing/maintaining separate install locations).
If you're going to start using file explorer to dig around in your directories, I highly recommend you first install File Explorer Extension. It simply adds a lot of the stock destop file explorer functionality that's missing in the mobile version ("open with>" in the context menu, for example!)...makes a HUGE difference in ease of use when digging through your file structure. I attachted it below, "fexploreext v2.05.CAB"
For keeping your RAM ("running" memory) from growing too fast, I also suggest running the other 2 cabs I have attached below (SSK TP2 Dynamic Resource Proxy.cab and nopushinternet.cab), they make a big difference in the active memory management on the TP2, you'll probably see a noticable difference right after soft-reset.

Thanks for those CABs. I'm pretty good at managing the storage on things like this, I just couldn' find the files/folder on the newer phone using the options available in WinMo6+. I've been using an Axim for years runnign WinMo5 and earlier versions. Storage cards are pretty easy for me as I'm use to running stuff between the Main/CF/SD cards that I had on the Axim. I just have alot to learn about the newer 6.1 OS. Probably, by the time I get used to 6.1, Sprint will come out with 6.5(6,7,whatever) and I'll get to relearn everything all over again.
If there are any other programs you'd recommend to help me out I'd greatly appreciate it.

JohnMcD348 said:
Thanks for those CABs. I'm pretty good at managing the storage on things like this, I just couldn' find the files/folder on the newer phone using the options available in WinMo6+. I've been using an Axim for years runnign WinMo5 and earlier versions. Storage cards are pretty easy for me as I'm use to running stuff between the Main/CF/SD cards that I had on the Axim. I just have alot to learn about the newer 6.1 OS. Probably, by the time I get used to 6.1, Sprint will come out with 6.5(6,7,whatever) and I'll get to relearn everything all over again.
If there are any other programs you'd recommend to help me out I'd greatly appreciate it.
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Well the file structure is obviously still pretty much the same windows-standard, just some locations moved around. The bad news is that none of the programs installed by default in the stock rom are removable through the normal remove programs dialog, or any 3rd-party app I've seen. However you can just go perform the same steps manually by deleting any folders matching the program/publisher's name in these locations:
<root>/program files
<root>/application data
<root>/windows/start menu
...and then searching in the registry to delete any keys in there for the program as well. You'll need a registry editor to do that, I've attached my favorite free one, PHM Regedit...just search your registry by the name of the program you're removing. If you're not familiar with messing around in the registry, there's guides available here, let me know if you need me to point you in that direction. And, as always, be SURE to make a backup copy of your registry (PHM can handle that for you) before making any changes.
Here's a couple of other utilites I've found useful:
Advanced_Configuration_Tool_v3.3.cab -Gives you acccess to all sorts of advanced UI and system configuration options, a favorite and often-referenced tool here at xda.
Extra Camera Modes.cab -unlocks some capture modes that the TP2 camera is capable of, but aren't enabled from the factory on US models. New modes include MMS video, Burst, Sport, and geotagged images
SDK certs.cab -windows authentification certifcates necessary for installing many hacks/apps/cabs/etc that are available here
DivXPlayer_PPC.cab -a lean, mean .avi player from the people who came up with DivX (the codec standard, not the movie rental crap lol). I rip my DVD's at home to ~700MB DivX files, save them on my memory card, and use this app to play them...it gives far better performance and quality than any of the other players I've tried.

Very Much appreciated.
Now, I seem to have another probelm and I don't know if it's my unfamiliarirty with the newer Sync Center or am I just doing something wrong, or if it's an issue with the programs I've got.
I'm new to both Win7 and WinMo6+(and touch flo, etc). Up to now I had XP(w/ ActiveSync) and my WinMo5 Axim.
I can't seem to get my programs installed onto my TP2. I use a prgram for work called Tarascon. It's a medical reference program. I tried to install it yesterday and I never got the repsonse on the TP2 to request permission to install it. Today, I tried to install SOTI's Pocket Controller and this time I did get the request and I installed it to the device but I can't find it anywhere on it. It didn't install an Icon on the device and I've looked through every place I could think and can't even find an installation file for it. I didn't get an install error or failure notice and my memory size dcreased 2MB so something happened.

Glad to help
Since I don't really know anything about the medical reference software you're using, my first suggestion would be to check with the publisher and make sure that the version you have is compatible with Win7 and WM6.x...often software that worked on WM5 won't work just right on 6.
As for SOTI Pocket Controller, the latest version available on the site should be compatible with your setup. When you install it, are you doing that by running a .exe file on your PC and then letting Mobile Device Center (the new generation of ActiveSync) handle the install from there? It might be advisable to just moving the .cab file for the program straight to your phone (device memory or storage card is fine), and run it from there to install...bypasses the MDC, and ends up doing the same thing in the long run. In fact, it might be worth trying the same thing (running the .cab straight from your phone) with the medial software you've got.

It might just be that I'm using Ver4 and it doesn't want to run right with the newer install setup(MDC).
It worked fine when I installed it on my Axim(WinMo5) and using WinXP(ActiveSync).
Another odd thing, every time I plug in my TP2 and MDC starts to Sync, I get the request from Win7 for the Tarascon program to initialize. So that tells me something, somewhere set a pointer to my TP2 to update the program. I think.

Amazon Fire Tv Low memory issue guide for newbies?

Okay, so I've owned my fire tv for about a month now, and I'm getting a low memory pop-up (currently have 607 mb left). I've cleared the cache, uninstalled apps, deleted some tv shows, and movies. I've tried to find a step-by-step tutorial pertaining to the unrooted installation of XBMC on how to move the thumbnails, and have came up empty. This is surprising considering the abundance of information out there in regards to the fire tv. I think that their should be a guide to help other newbies understand how to avoid the "Low memory issue." Right now there is nothing, the only thing I could find was something about changing the path sub of the thumbnails to nas or bignas1 (which does not require root) but there is no clear info on how to put your thumbnails in there or take them out. Anyways, if someone could make a simple guide for other novices' explaining the procedure that would be cool, Thanks!!!

Changing your thumbnail path to an external USB drive requires root. Anything involving an external USB drive requires root.
You can change your thumbnail path to a network share or NAS without needing root though.
Some other things to consider:
Are you using an advancedsettings.xml file to change your cachememberbuffersize setting? If you have cachememberbuffersize set to 0 in your advancedsettings.xml file, that defaults all cache to the local hard drive and you don't use RAM at all for cache. Most people don't realize that when you set that to 0, you're using hard drive space and ignoring RAM. That 0 setting was meant to help on devices with limited RAM but excess HD space. On the FireTV that 0 setting can have a big impact on storage since the HD space is limited. I don't recommend that setting on FireTV. If anything you should use a set value instead of zero, so you keep your cache in RAM, but still have a set limit so the device doesn't use up all the RAM for cache and crash itself. That won't use any HD space for cache. I've never had any cache or buffer issues with that config.
More info on cachememberbuffersize: http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Modify_the_video_cache
Also.... are you using any plugins that are set to download movies/TV/music while streaming? Some plugins, like Icefilms, are set by default to download the video in the background while you're streaming. That can use up a large chunk of storage, if not all of it. Go to the plugin configuration page for each plugin and check to see if anything is downloading in the background. I've seen Icefilms do this frequently.
You can also reduce the size of your thumbnails in most plugins. Again, go to the plugin config for each of your plugins and see if you can change the thumbnail/metadata size to a lower quality.
I don't believe there's a noob guide for this. But there are some apps available that will help with clearing space. I use the XBMCHub Maintenance Tool. That has options for clearing all your current thumbnails, as well as deleting old plugin packages which can also clear space.
Hope that helps.

KCFish said:
Some other things to consider:
Are you using an advancedsettings.xml file to change your cachememberbuffersize setting? If you have cachememberbuffersize set to 0 in your advancedsettings.xml file, that defaults all cache to the local hard drive and you don't use RAM at all for cache. Most people don't realize that when you set that to 0, you're using hard drive space and ignoring RAM. That 0 setting was meant to help on devices with limited RAM but excess HD space. On the FireTV that 0 setting can have a big impact on storage since the HD space is limited. I don't recommend that setting on FireTV. If anything you should use a set value instead of zero, so you keep your cache in RAM, but still have a set limit so the device doesn't use up all the RAM for cache and crash itself. That won't use any HD space for cache. I've never had any cache or buffer issues with that config.
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I was totally unaware of this and am looking into doing this utilizing advanced settings. Can you let me know what you set the cache settings to. Are you using all three options in HOW-TO:Modify the video cache?
advancedsettings.xml - Cache settings
1 - Choose what to buffer→ Thinking of using "2 Only buffer true internet filesystems (streams) (http, etc.)" as I only stream from addons.
2- Increasing the cache→ Not sure what number to set for cache to avoid caching to my hard drive.
3- Increase the fill-rate of the cache→ Not sure what to set the fill-rate to.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thumbnails are the pictures/posters/screenshots that come up as icons for every movie, TV show, show episode, and posted video that you browse/check out/click on INFO, whether you play it or not, and they are saved in Storage Data, taking up Available Internal Space, and do not disappear/get erased on their own. Their continued existence is the reason KODI slows down over time, and can lock up completely if remedial measures aren’t taken. The Caches and Packages and Thumbnails (NOTICE THE ORDER) need to be cleaned out when the FTVS begins to noticeably slow, or at some point to prevent the slowing, hence my recommendation regarding weekly or monthly maintenance. 5 minutes maintenance once or twice a month should not be too much to do to keep FTVS/ KODI operating properly.
RAW MAINTENANCE PROGRAM: To clear Avail Space and Data /Thumbnails
Install Raw Maintenance program in order to clear out the cache/packages/thumbnails, IN THAT ORDER, to keep the FTVS/KODI running smoothly. Open the NOISSUE repo, scroll to and select the Maintenancerepo.rawmaintenance.zip > back out and select “Install from zip file” > scroll up to Install from Repo and select > scroll to RawMediaKodi and select > back out and select Program Addon > select RawMaintenance and install > then back out to Services > scroll to and select RawMaintenance Services and install > back out to the KODI menu bar.
Then go to Programs on the KODI main page menu bar, click on Program Addons, scroll to the RAW MAINTENANCE addon, click, scroll to the MAINTENANCE (orange triangle) icon, click, and you will see icons for Clear Cache, Delete Thumbnails, and Purge Packages. PAY ATTENTION HERE!!! Click on the each of the icons Cache/Packages/Thumbnails, IN THAT ORDER, (left/right/center order, NOT the left-center-right order displayed on the screen), and click on the OK that comes up each time, then use the BACKUP BUTTON (upper left one in the two rows of three buttons, the bent sideways arrow) four times out to the KODI main page and click down to the POWER BUTTON on the main KODI screen below the menu bar in the lower left corner (circle with a vertical hash mark half into it) and select, then click on the EXIT box that comes up above the menu bar. KODI will close and take you back to the FTVS main screen or the Manage Installed Apps section, depending on how you entered KODI. You can click on the KODI icon to re-enter, but if you return through the Manage Installed Apps way, you will see the Avail Space and Data amounts have reset to about 4GB and less than 1GB, respectively.

Thorn in my side
I keep clearing cache packages and thumbnails I also try new build on fire tv and my RAM is getting worse. I believe that what I'm cleaning isn't deleting it getting stuck someplace and I've tried to find it in my file directory and esee file manager I've downloaded apps to try and clean it with those but I'm stuck in can't seem to think of any other places to look. ANY SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE GREAT.

RAM? Dont touch ram. Android 5.x.x and above is more than capable of managing it on its own.
Some people are playing around with disabling AFTV launcher, when they don't use it (understand, that you are disabling settings, and the launcher grid with it - so have another method of launching apps ready - or you will have to resort to adb commands as a last fallback - to get it back). - I don't.
As for diskspace -
1. don't touch Kodis advancedsettings.xml undless you know what you are doing. I know what I am doing, and I still havent changed the default caching behavior in there.
2. Moving Kodis image cache to an external drive should only be necessary if you have a large collection of movies/shows on a local server/drive (and with large I am talking 300+ items), that you always want to have indexed in Kodi.
3. If thats not the case, use Raw maintenance once in a while - and you will be fine.
To see whats filling up the Firetv besides Kodi, use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rjhartsoftware.storageanalyzer (you need a mouse (mouse emulator) to effectively use it).
edit you can use
adb shell dumpsys meminfo
to see whats taking up memory at any specific time - but ram "cleaners" arent the solution, imho.

Other folder problem M8s

Hello, I am using my M8s like 6 months and there are other folders and they are increasing .I don't know what are these folders and where they are. I can't install anything Is there a way to delete them or Just wait marshmallow update to move app data to SD Card.

Try the app "Disk Usage", its a great one that graphically and intuitively will show you what files are taking up the most space. If you don't know what they are, come back here and ask before deleting them.
Is the phone modified (root, custom recovery, etc.)? If so, sometimes folks leave their TWRP backups on the phone, which take up a huge amount of space (possibly 4GB or more for each backup) which can easily account for big storage usage in the "Other" category.
Other than that, what is taking up all the space depends a lot on how you use your phone.

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Try the app "Disk Usage", its a great one that graphically and intuitively will show you what files are taking up the most space. If you don't know what they are, come back here and ask before deleting them.
Is the phone modified (root, custom recovery, etc.)? If so, sometimes folks leave their TWRP backups on the phone, which take up a huge amount of space (possibly 4GB or more for each backup) which can easily account for big storage usage in the "Other" category.
Other than that, what is taking up all the space depends a lot on how you use your phone.
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I tried that app but still can't find the files
No, It's not rooted

gsozcan97 said:
I tried that app but still can't find the files
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That doesn't tell me much, that enables me to help you.
With the app, you can see what files are taking up the most space, are there large files or folders that don't look familiar to you? Maybe post a screenshot of the Disk Usage app. Although we might have to drill down to other folders to see their contents, so 1 screenshot alone might not be enough.
I can't just give you a blanket answer of how to clear up storage space, since it completely depends on how you use your phone. It can be videos or photos you took, stuff you downloaded, content for games (which take up lots of storage), OTA update files, or any number of other things.

Adaptable storage

Ok, so Big Red left out YET ANOTHER nice MM feature. But guess what? We can put it back in! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3309709
I did this, and in page 6, there's also another link to partition your sd card to have both! The number used in the command line....'mixed xx' refers to the percent of public, not emulated storage. Just sharing what I found. Not a pro, but have dabbled some, and read A LOT before doing so. "Disclaimers" Sorry if in the wrong thread.

Damn sd card problem of virtual, automatic removal still throws a wrench in the system.