Android L - taking 1.2GB RAM - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

why does it takes 1.2 gb ram when i was with 4.4.4 it used only 600mb of ram with apps on
i barely have apps, i have 9.63 gb of space left, nfc off, low brightness.

It only uses about 600mb of ram -
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And 113 of that was the settings i was looking at to screen shot
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reboot more often, your phone will run better and will thank you.

simms22 said:
reboot more often, your phone will run better and will thank you.
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How and why does reboot help? Not a loaded question or sarcasm.

KyraOfFire said:
How and why does reboot help? Not a loaded question or sarcasm.
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it clears some caches and clears your ram from being held for one thing or another. i reboot every day, and my n5 always runs great.

simms22 said:
it clears some caches and clears your ram from being held for one thing or another. i reboot every day, and my n5 always runs great.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try.

simms22 said:
it clears some caches and clears your ram from being held for one thing or another. i reboot every day, and my n5 always runs great.
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you shouldn't have to reboot everyday. I suspect this is similar the memory leak issue that some users are experiencing. yes reboot does help, but it still comes back which isn't the solution.

Do you use Google Music? That app caches a lot. If you want to know what takes up your storage, download DiskUsage from the Play store. I always see Google Music taking up a lot of space. Then I just clear cache in the Google Music app.

rogerchew said:
you shouldn't have to reboot everyday. I suspect this is similar the memory leak issue that some users are experiencing. yes reboot does help, but it still comes back which isn't the solution.
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its been like that since the very first android. and ive been rebooting once a day since oct 18th, 2008. if you dont want to reboot, dont. but your phone will be happier.

This is definitely a bug. I hope Google will fix this asap.
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[Q] Nexus S slows, seems I/O issue

Hi!
My i9023 continuously slowing down for about two months. I re-flashed the latest stock rom (4.1.2, I9023XXKI1, JZ054K) 2 days ago but it is still slow, sometimes if I press "home" from the stock dialer it takes 10-15 seconds (!) to get back to home screen (stock launcher, no widgets). There's only 7 apps installed, a clean, fresh system. I installed quadrant, run full benchmark with these results:
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There's only one difference between my i9023 and others - I/O speed. Seems like internal memory issue, but it is integrated to the motherboard...Does anyone have a similar problem? Any workarounds?
imitto said:
Hi!
My i9023 continuously slowing down for about two months. I re-flashed the latest stock rom (4.1.2, I9023XXKI1, JZ054K) 2 days ago but it is still slow, sometimes if I press "home" from the stock dialer it takes 10-15 seconds (!) to get back to home screen (stock launcher, no widgets). There's only 7 apps installed, a clean, fresh system. I installed quadrant, run full benchmark with these results:
There's only one difference between my i9023 and others - I/O speed. Seems like internal memory issue, but it is integrated to the motherboard...Does anyone have a similar problem? Any workarounds?
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Is your SD partition or internal partition full?
polobunny said:
Is your SD partition or internal partition full?
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360 MB free on internal memory, 10.9 GB free on SD partition. Sometimes it works like a new one, but sometimes it takes 20-30 seconds to open a picture made with the stock camera app.
Installed apps:
Viber
Chomp sms
Facebook
NFS most wanted
+ stock Google apps
Not so much...
Got same problem, dunno why :/ 4.1.2 stock rom.
EDIT: I've found this http://bernaerts.dyndns.org/android/244-android-nexus-s-speedup
Maybe it will help.

[Q] Full screen popup ads

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Hi there. Recently, ads that look like the image above have been popping up insistently on my phone. Every single time i pick it up after an interval, the ad pops up and takes up the whole screen, unless i click "no, thanks" or "Back" or "Home" it won't go away.
I'm getting very frustrated and i have uninstalled about 90% of my apps. I installed cleanmaster to clean my system cache to get rid of any unwanted files and i run it all the time. I've also tried all the ad blockers/detectors on the play store but they cannot detect any sign of malicious software.
Any advice? I would really hate to do a factory reset but i would like to know the cause of the problem, if it's an app. What's the point of having an android if i can't install any apps?!
Any ideas on how i can get to the root of the problem? It's frustrating as f***.
what happens if you press the recents button? does it show any app or just not respond?
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beaver2233 said:
what happens if you press the recents button? does it show any app or just not respond?
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It opens a webpage. One of those annoying "contest" websites where you are asked to do quizzes or enter your number to win a prize.
Hi,
clpw said:
I'm getting very frustrated and i have uninstalled about 90% of my apps.
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And what about the other 10%? Check all your apps...
Have you rebooted after uninstalled the others?
clpw said:
What's the point of having an android if i can't install any apps?!
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Hum... It's on your side, not Android... You obviously downloaded something...
It's an app for sure, but we cant help you unless you show us the list of your remaining apps.
When you find it, just uninstall it. No need to clear cash or anything, it wont make a difference anyway. And if you got it from google play, you should report it since it is against their guidelines. https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2479847?hl=en
If it is not from the play store e.g. some pirate app, I dont feel sorry for you... If it's a legitimate app from outside the playstore you should raise your concern with the developer.

Instagram killing battery

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I've had my phone ever since 4.4, this only started happening recently. Instagram is always at the top of the list now. I used to get 4-6 SOT now I only get 1-2 hours. Anyone else having this annoying problem?
I sometimes get it, a restart fixes it. Though it can be annoying because you won't notice that it's doing it until you realize your battery is going down faster than normal.
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I sometimes get it, a restart fixes it. Though it can be annoying because you won't notice that it's doing it until you realize your battery is going down faster than normal.
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I think it stated happening ever since the last update on instagram not really sure though
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OptimusVDarwin said:
I think it stated happening ever since the last update on instagram not really sure though
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Pretty sure it's been the last few updates since it happened on my n4 too before the n5 came out.
OptimusVDarwin said:
View attachment 2622802 I've had my phone ever since 4.4, this only started happening recently. Instagram is always at the top of the list now. I used to get 4-6 SOT now I only get 1-2 hours. Anyone else having this annoying problem?
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Do you use the camera inside Instagram? If so, then stop using it.
Try clearing cache/data of instagram and reinstall it after a reboot.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ttery-bug-on-Nexus-5/articleshow/31554885.cms
The problem is that when a camera app like the one that allows users to click pictures or Skype is used, it continues to run in the background and uses CPU cycles. This not only leads to the battery drain but the phone also heats up.
Instagram uses the camera.
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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ttery-bug-on-Nexus-5/articleshow/31554885.cms
The problem is that when a camera app like the one that allows users to click pictures or Skype is used, it continues to run in the background and uses CPU cycles. This not only leads to the battery drain but the phone also heats up.
Instagram uses the camera.
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Exactly what I'm facing ?
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I am experiencing the same problem.
It doesn't seem that the latest update to Instagram has helped things.
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use daily, dont have this issue.
dont use the in program camera ever though

Battery Drain Help?

I am on SlimKat 5.0 with latest stable Trinity Kernel. Will link a kind person that offered to help me. Any suggestions on how to fix this drain would be great though! I'm not sure how to read BBS screens.
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I am on SlimKat 5.0 with latest stable Trinity Kernel. Will link a kind person that offered to help me. Any suggestions on how to fix this drain would be great though! I'm not sure how to read BBS screens.
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Set location mode to Device only, report back.
Aerowinder said:
Set location mode to Device only, report back.
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Yea, not a lot to go on. Really doesn't look out of the ordinary
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jd1639 said:
Yea, not a lot to go on. Really doesn't look out of the ordinary
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Crap...it just occurred to me that I think I plugged in for a few minutes when I got home. Before taking these...
Not exactly a valid sample. I'll come back tomorrow.
liquid150 said:
Crap...it just occurred to me that I think I plugged in for a few minutes when I got home. Before taking these...
Not exactly a valid sample. I'll come back tomorrow.
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looks like google play services is getting you, its the nlpcollectotwakelock and nlpwakelock. try using the disable service app to stop those wakelocks coming from google play services.
liquid150 said:
Crap...it just occurred to me that I think I plugged in for a few minutes when I got home. Before taking these...
Not exactly a valid sample. I'll come back tomorrow.
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Yep the screen shots aren't showing anything out of the ordinary, the gms wake aka goole play services is at 6m for 2h30m, if you're using Google now then it's normal.
Post new screen shots after a whole day of use and will take it from there.
Okay, so I believe I have this figured out.
I recently switched ROMs and I know some of the newest gapps have been draining battery badly. Also, I think those updates in combination with using "battery saving" location while at work was draining the battery more than I am accustomed to.
I work next to an airport and the radar messes with signal I believe.

how do I find the app behind the wakelock ?

currently my S20FE 5G is running a rooted stock based custom rom that has a few OneUI 4 elements in it somewhere, no idea what those actually are.
I'm getting some steep battery drain but otherwise I'm quite happy with the rom and want to keep it.
I've got a partial wakelock called VK_WakeLock, it's keeping the phone from sleeping when the screen is off. I searched for a while and can't find a method that would help me find the app that's causing it or even better the specific service or process.
if we know the name of a wakelock is there any terminal commands or apps that could lead me to a package / process name ?
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What's accessing the internet when that happens?
blackhawk said:
What's accessing the internet when that happens?
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I have background data off, I have a firewall that keeps the majority of apps without internet. most of my user apps (which aren't involved) don't do background stuff, so basically I've got no idea right now.
3mel said:
I have background data off, I have a firewall that keeps the majority of apps without internet. most of my user apps (which aren't involved) don't do background stuff, so basically I've got no idea right now.
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Try temporarily disabling Google play Services at night. It's a blood sucker, day and night.
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Try temporarily disabling Google play Services at night. It's a blood sucker, day and night.
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it hasn't been a battery drain for me previously, if it was an update that brought this effect the internet would be full of posts regarding it. as it stands their are only a handful of search results for VK_WakeLock.
3mel said:
it hasn't been a battery drain for me previously, if it was an update that brought this effect the internet would be full of posts regarding it. as it stands their are only a handful of search results for VK_WakeLock.
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Well you know how I feel about updates...
You can try making sure all system apps are updated or roll them back to their factory load versions.
Clear system cache. Clear system app caches or data.
Find the root cause. You need to ID that apk responsible for your mystery name.
or
Factory reset and hope that gets it.
This is why I don't update. Cleaning up an update mess is time consuming.

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