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[Q] RAM Questions

So I read how the Droid Charge had 512 MB of RAM. However, my phone only sees 349 MB of it. On top of that, ~260 MB of it is used all the time, with no way to clear it. I have also been getting quite a few Low Memory Warnings and random reboots.
So my question is, is there any way I can get back the ~200MB that the phone doesn't see? Or if not, clear up the ~260MB thats being constantly used?

You can't get back more than the 350 available. It is used by low level drivers and processes. You can make the low memory crap stop though. Download auto memory manager from the market and set it to aggressive. You wont ever get that warning again because your phone will more appropriately kill background processes. Eventually once you do some reading on the android memory system you can set your auto memory settings Individually for how you use your phone. But the aggressive setting should take care of your problem in the mean time.
This is assuming you are rooted. Also look up the v6 supercharger script and follow the instructions to have your launcher operate better. HARDTOKILL launched is what you should use, not bulletproof, and you will know what I mean after you read the thread about it.

[Q] Do apps moved on sd worsen battery life?

I was wondering if the fact that an app is moved on sd can worsen battery life, due to mandatory access and "calls" to files stored on a device (sd) that is supposed to use more power than the internal flash......

you may have a right about that because apps that are stored in sd take more time to load(that means more power) than in internal storage but until now i have all my apps in sd and i haven't noticed such a thing yet

I would say the battery drain will be unnoticeable if that is really true. Moreover, we don't really have a choice due to the tiny size of our internal flash, we still need to move apps to the SD somehow.

[Q] Low Memory Warnings. Anyone Else?

Anyone here gotten low memory warnings? I've seen them pop up three times in as many days. I'm usually running a few active tasks with some push services in the background, but nothing that should be consuming massive amounts of RAM. Anytime this happens, by the time I get to the settings menu to check the running apps the used/free indicator is sitting at about the midway point. I'm thinking of using a desktop widget to give me quick access to the memory usage and task list but while I search for one that will actually be hepful I figured I should poke the community to see if anyone else has seen this.

Never seen such messages here.
To monitor free RAM and what's running use a simple app like Task Manager.

Do you kill most of the cached apps? If not, one of those may be keeping memory hogged. (top right when you're in Running Apps menu under settings). Don't kill all of them, but things like media, Google search and apps can be killed.
Does it mean the RAM memory or the internal SDmemory? I've never seen the warning, but it could be referring to too little free mamory space.

ShadowLea said:
Do you kill most of the cached apps? If not, one of those may be keeping memory hogged. (top right when you're in Running Apps menu under settings). Don't kill all of them, but things like media, Google search and apps can be killed.
Does it mean the RAM memory or the internal SDmemory? I've never seen the warning, but it could be referring to too little free mamory space.
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It means RAM... have plenty of actual storage space. As for killing processs, I tend not to worry about that since Android is supposed to take care of them for me. Cached apps *should* be cleared when RAM gets low. I'm wondering if the low memory warning is being triggered before the system has time to reclaim resources. In other words, the threshold is reached, android starts to kill cached threads but it takes longer than it should so the warning pops up before the cleaning process completes. This would explain why the RAM shows around 50% usage right after I see the message. Well, if no one else is seeing anything like this it could just be some combination of processes I'm running that are holding on to things longer than they should.

Memory Card Battery Consumption

Can I save battery and resources by not using a memory card? Unmounting the memory card on settings is the same as removing the memory card from the slot in terms of power consumption?

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Can I save battery and resources by not using a memory card? Unmounting the memory card on settings is the same as removing the memory card from the slot in terms of power consumption?
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Hey,
You can save battery by closing all background apps and reducing screen brightness or disabling data services
Click Thank if you find my post as useful

The SD Card doesn't do much in terms of anything battery hungry. Unmounting it won't give a noticeable battery increase and you won't be able to use it, so any benefits would be negligible
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Thanks for the replies. I managed to find how much the SD Card consumes from wikipedia. Since I'm not using my phone for multimedia purposes and all of my files are stored on my phone, I'll just keep it unmounted. I'll just leave it inside the slot in case I need to backup something. :good:

Low free space left notification

Hello,
Is there a way to get rid of the notification that keeps on coming when internal storage is used at more than 75%? It really pisses me off and I can't find a way to discard it permanently...
Thanks
edit: I don't want to remove anything nor to clear any cache or so. I just find that 75% threshold stupid and would like to either increase it to 90% or so, or simply discard this alert permanently...