My phone had been running pretty great for 14 days now without incident (in the past I was getting reboots) but then a few days ago I started getting more and more frequent launcher restarts. I checked running apps and memory was at 120MB. I restarted and with the same exact apps/services running I had 322MB. So the question becomes where the hell did the 200MB go? Seems like a memory leak to me but have no clue what could have caused it. An update can't come soon enough for this otherwise fantastic phone.
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just the way it is. I experience the same thing and i show around 130 mb of free ram all the time. I just let the phone do its thing though. I'll reboot once every 2 weeks or so. I dont think your free ram level is abnormal, i see it all the time. Yes a reboot increases it to 300 mb. But it shortly goes back down. I would ignore it.
I will notice that when i get down to around 100 mb free, i'll just go about my browsing or whatever and half hour later it corrected itself showing 190 mb free, all identical apps still running.
Its the mystery of linus. Ram is shared in ways that make it extremely difficult to tally free ram. Thats why i just ignore it. And yes i get launcher closes, along with overly aggressive task killing by the OS. I personally think its a bug google may fix.
mobilehavoc said:
My phone had been running pretty great for 14 days now without incident (in the past I was getting reboots) but then a few days ago I started getting more and more frequent launcher restarts. I checked running apps and memory was at 120MB. I restarted and with the same exact apps/services running I had 322MB. So the question becomes where the hell did the 200MB go? Seems like a memory leak to me but have no clue what could have caused it. An update can't come soon enough for this otherwise fantastic phone.
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Galaxy Nexus keeps apps in memory, it never has 'a lot of free memory' if it has been running for a while. It clears memory when an application needs it and that's it. There's no 'memory leak' of that sort in Android, but there might be something off with one of those applications that might end up hijacking so much memory.
As for launcher restarts, this has never happened to me and I'm thinking that some application, that you have running, causes this.
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Galaxy Nexus keeps apps in memory, it never has 'a lot of free memory' if it has been running for a while. It clears memory when an application needs it and that's it. There's no 'memory leak' of that sort in Android, but there might be something off with one of those applications that might end up hijacking so much memory.
As for launcher restarts, this has never happened to me and I'm thinking that some application, that you have running, causes this.
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I don't care how much memory is free. I just can't stand the launcher restarts which are directly related to low memory because the system has to dump the launcher process from ram to make space for other processes. I've seen it on many phones. Apart from the launcher restarts the phone is fine.
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mobilehavoc said:
I don't care how much memory is free. I just can't stand the launcher restarts which are directly related to low memory because the system has to dump the launcher process from ram to make space for other processes. I've seen it on many phones. Apart from the launcher restarts the phone is fine.
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what launcher are you using?
i don't think is normal that ur launcher restarts...maybe some crap app cause it
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what launcher are you using?
i don't think is normal that ur launcher restarts...maybe some crap app cause it
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I'm using Nova right now but it happens with Stock launcher too. Its definitely some app that's causing it but I have no idea what it could be.
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mobilehavoc said:
I'm using Nova right now but it happens with Stock launcher too. Its definitely some app that's causing it but I have no idea what it could be.
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Well without reboot most I've had my phone up is 6 days. My free memory was just over 300MB so I'd almost think it's some app you are running too because why am I not seeing any leak? Are you running Nova Prime or just the freebie?
We have had a similar thread before. OP in there was amazed that some of us had 300+mb free and he had 120. Turns out it android 4.0.1 was the culprit. Are you still stock or 4.0.1?
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killyouridols said:
We have had a similar thread before. OP in there was amazed that some of us had 300+mb free and he had 120. Turns out it android 4.0.1 was the culprit. Are you still stock or 4.0.1?
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I'm on 4.0.2 stock. My guess is .3 and later fix the issue but I'm too lazy to wipe the phone and flash a rom. I'll have to wait, it just sucks that the update is taking so long to push
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In the world of real operating systems, free memory is wasted memory. Why bother releasing memory if there's nothing to replace it with?
If you are low on memory it's a good thing in Android, because that means that many apps are pre loaded in the RAM so they can start quicker.
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Everyone is forgetting that he's getting launcher closes, which i get as well.
RogerPodacter said:
Everyone is forgetting that he's getting launcher closes, which i get as well.
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Thank you. There's a definite memory leak. Its been a day of hard use after reboot but my memory is still at times 300mb free or more. Before I rebooted it never got higher than 120. I'm hoping the app that caused it has been fixed with all the recent updates.
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Right now I have anywhere between 60MB and 100MB of RAM free and zero launcher redraws. So your phone being 'low' on ram isn't what your problem is.
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times_infinity said:
Right now I have anywhere between 60MB and 100MB of RAM free and zero launcher redraws. So your phone being 'low' on ram isn't what your problem is.
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What are you using to see free memory? Its reported differently in different places. Go to settings Apps and Running. What does it say there? I have 300MB but it shows 100 or less in many apps. The number in the place I told you to look is how much memory is usable for user programs since it removes the kernel and running services. THIS number for me was 120MB which means all apps only had 120MB to run that weren't services. So what does yours say?
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From settings > apps > running now I have between 100 and 150.
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From settings > apps > running now I have between 100 and 150.
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wow. And no launcher restarts? That's interesting? What rom are you on? I'm stock 4.0.2.
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The memory is a red herring. If your launcher is restarting frequently there's something going on, but memory may not be a part of it. Perhaps it's a misplaced pointer reference or a widget that's causing the launcher to reload to resync or maybe it really is a memory problem. Either way, focusing on the memory probably won't get you any closer to the root of the issue but uninstalling suspect apps or widgets may.
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wow. And no launcher restarts? That's interesting? What rom are you on? I'm stock 4.0.2.
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AOKP. usually if I restart I get one or two launcher redraws. But that's about it.
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times_infinity said:
AOKP. usually if I restart I get one or two launcher redraws. But that's about it.
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Yeah I think this is a 4.0.2 issue for sure. I'm hoping a new release will help.
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Lately I've noticed my battery life draining fast. So when I check my RAM usage its always around 1 GB at any given time. Is something wrong here? Ive removed most bloatware apps, I have no Widgets running and maybe 5 apps I downloaded. Nor am I running any live wallpaper. Just seems like a lot of RAM for not doing much with my phone..
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With cellphone for some reason (I forgot) the ram use is good
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My RAMs seem high. Just want to know what they are and why they are so high.
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Are you really asking what RAM is?
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shakim24 said:
My RAMs seem high. Just want to know what they are and why they are so high.
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RAM = Random Access Memory
When they told you your phone comes with 2GBs of memory, they were referring to the RAM. RAM is the memory your phone uses to run things temporarily, such as apps. The more RAM you have the better usually, since you can do more things at once without bogging yourself down.
What you probably mean by your RAM being high is probably the amount of RAM you're using at any given time. If it's always high, that probably means something's running in the background using it all up.
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RAM = Random Access Memory
When they told you your phone comes with 2GBs of memory, they were referring to the RAM. RAM is the memory your phone uses to run things temporarily, such as apps. The more RAM you have the better usually, since you can do more things at once without bogging yourself down.
What you probably mean by your RAM being high is probably the amount of RAM you're using at any given time. If it's always high, that probably means something's running in the background using it all up.
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To further add to this, you really shouldn't worry about high RAM usage as well. The only time you should worry is when your phone begins to lag heavily. Otherwise, the Android OS itself is very efficient and will usually manage your RAM closing off apps that have been cached if it requires more memory to run a new process.
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To further add to this, you really shouldn't worry about high RAM usage as well. The only time you should worry is when your phone begins to lag heavily. Otherwise, the Android OS itself is very efficient and will usually manage your RAM closing off apps that have been cached if it requires more memory to run a new process.
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Appreciate the help.
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I suddenly got today and my usage is 300 mb out of 1gig
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MoonMaster345 said:
I suddenly got today and my usage is 300 mb out of 1gig
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You're going to need to provide more information. Are you stock, rooted, etc...? If rooted, what rom are you running? I haven't heard of this, so I'm not thinking it's terribly common.
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I suddenly got today and my usage is 300 mb out of 1gig
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Did your app actually get installed?
I've seen that message and the Space it is referring to is not storage in internal memory, but rather to the home screen(s) being fully occupied by icons.
Right right... I'm on chilly's 2.18
Its weird because this has never happened to me at all, actually I can install other apps just not power amp...
And I deleted the app and scanned for skeletons with SDMaid
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I have empty home screens as well , apparently it's just poweramp
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MoonMaster345 said:
I have empty home screens as well , apparently it's just poweramp
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i used to get this...i think i cleared market data...did you use luckpatcher or similar app to "disable adds" then uninstalled poweramp? also if u did use luckypatcher ...just open it and clear the applied patches before reinstalling poweramp...if not the case clear dalvik and cache
Experience taught me this one. Use ur file manager to go into luckypatcher dir. Delete the max. power . blah blah part whatever power amp comes on. Reboot phone clear dalvic n cache. That's if u used luckypatcher. If not just pull battery after clearing just dalvic. I hate power amp. Gone mad way better.
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So I have previously installed a bad ass launcher after like 5 hours I began to notice my RAM was being used more than normal. It will be 1.4 out of my 1.75gb of ram on the phone. I deleted it hit "clear memory" and problem seemed to be gone. Until now it seems something else is chewing up my RAM and I have no idea what because I cant find an app to tell me. Looked under "application manager" to see what's up and everything seems fine there. I dont have alot of applications installed. Only 1 game COD-zombies. Can anyone help me out?
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Hold down the home button, select the pie/memory icon and look at active apps.
RAM manager pro works awesome. Right away noticed difference especially on the option to play hard on memory games like real boxing.
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Settings>Application Manager>Running. Shows everything that's running and eating up ram. Don't forget to click the cached process as it has its own list of things using up ram.
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