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[Q] "Maps" is taking too much of RAM consistantly ..

Hi
Whenever I open the "running" apps , google maps is taking 20mb or more of RAM ... Is there anyway of making it close ? preferably without using task killers ? is it normal to work continiously like this even if I do not use it from the last power on ?
Thanks

You can force close it by going into all apps --> maps --> force close. Note that the service will reopen when you open maps again.
Not exactly sure why the maps service likes to stay running, mine uses around 7mb of RAM, though theres more cached if i've recently used maps.

Or use root uninstaller and uninstall it.
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Yeah, it's a memory hog. So, I uninstalled mines using Titanium Backup and just use the web based Google Maps.

What happens when i free ram ?????!!

Each time i free the ram , i cant receive whatsapp messeges (until i re open whtsapp) even widgets stop (hd widget the clock freezes on the time i free the ram until i reopen hd widget) on samsungs it doesnt hellllllp plz
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khäled.M said:
Each time i free the ram , i cant receive whatsapp messeges (until i re open whtsapp) even widgets stop (hd widget the clock freezes on the time i free the ram until i reopen hd widget) on samsungs it doesnt hellllllp plz
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How are you freeing the RAM? I don't personally use whatsapp but I know some instant messaging apps (such as Touch) use a dedicated service for push notifications. By "killing all" you might be killing a service which is running in the background and notifying you when you receive messages.
When whatsapp is working - if you go to Settings > Apps > Running, is there a whatsapp entry listed?

"what happens when I free ram" - You kill all the background apps and free their resources.
This means that stuff like whatsapp and clocks might stop working untill they are restarted.
Most decent task killers have a feature to 'protect' apps of your choice, which means these tasks wont be killed (and, obviously, wont give you their ram usage back).

But on samsung mobiles it doesnt
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Not sure why it wouldn't be the same with Samsung phones, but I mean really, this phone has a whole gigabyte of RAM. I think without killing tasks the phone can still handle itself
Tapatalked from my HTC One S running CM10

JN3141 said:
Not sure why it wouldn't be the same with Samsung phones, but I mean really, this phone has a whole gigabyte of RAM. I think without killing tasks the phone can still handle itself
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1GB is nothing
My TF101 is constantly out of memory haha, the S is not far behind :silly:

Well maybe cuz I'm on cyanogenmod, I have like 400+ mb of RAM at pretty much all times, and that's plenty for me
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[IDEA] Block all apps from auto running, notification center

hey xda'rs
i am thinking about a concept, of an app that can block all apps from auto running and has a notification center, why?
okay in my samsung galaxy s2 i have a problem which is whenever my phone connects to the internet it starts freezing heating up and so, so i have installed autostarts gemini app manager and lbe security in order to block them " like facebook, maps, gmail, outlook, twitter and etc.."
but the problem is some of them are being blocked and some of them starts.
for the blocked apps i won't able to receive notifications unless i open the app, and for non blocked apps the will start whenever i onnect the power open the camera or in so ridiculous sates.
what am thinking if some on can modify android policy, by creating an app to block all those apps, and it have a notification center that will keep you notified with what is happening.
you see in IOS or wp8 " i think they have this policy" so their os is running smoothly despite how tons of apps you have.
in my s2 the ram is 60 mb free!!! it is somthing kills me!!
so what do you think guys? is it possible?!!

Delete my post please
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Not wanting to sing Free ram is wasted ram song again. anyhoo you can use greenify to hibernate apps (not kill , killing is bad real bad)

chris_marsh said:
Not wanting to sing Free ram is wasted ram song again. anyhoo you can use greenify to hibernate apps (not kill , killing is bad real bad)
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iam using greenify, but still it doesn't help me!

Greenify is great to Hibernate user apps and also you can use Rom toolbox to advance freeze any app
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[Q] Ram problem

Hiii
I'm having problem with "deasapearing ram" Every 2-3 days i've to restart phone completly becouse when i check in working apps settings i've like 40-80 free ram. in use is about 780-820 mb. it does not add up to 1gb anyway. So when i have so little ram to use apps are force to close, mx player, some ****ty family guy app even chrome is closing down. apps like app killer are not helping tehy free like about 10-60 mb. anyone noticed something like me, any advice?

I think it is the phone, I have the same problem :/

NewTimesTube said:
I think it is the phone, I have the same problem :/
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yeah, but this **** doesn't happen to all m2. i hope this is software problem not hardware.

im not facing this problem, maybe reflash the stock firmware resolve the problem

batoem said:
im not facing this problem, maybe reflash the stock firmware resolve the problem
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i did it already through pc companion suite. no help at all.

Maybe root and uninstall bloatware can help you with this situation

this problem probaly because of too many background apps
and one more thing .. linux based OS , ram always been used everytime
you can disable some apps like google maps or integrated apps that u dont use

I have the similar problem with my RAM. As 1st, RAM is always at 70% usage.
How can i disable some applications permanently so they do not run by themselves? I dont want to unninstal them, just disable them, is it possible and if it is can u please tell me how to do it in few short steps.
Second thing, beside other apps i have installed Facebook, WhatsApp and CleanMaster app. Every time i go Settings -> Aplications -> Running Aplications, there are these 3 apps always running. I dont know whats causing them to be opened at all times. I think if i open Facebook (for example) even once, it stays up and running in background even if i remove it from that Dock Menu Tab by sliding it a side.
Is there anything i can do to make this stop, and save some of my RAM free?
Thanks in advance

4.3 is the worst from all versions in terms of memory handling. On top of that it comes very heavy on memory foot-print right after booting up.
After booting up your phone has about 300 - 350 Mb left to work with. Open your Navigation app and your browser, and the memory of your phone is "done". The happy apps reshuffling starts, causing screen lag and app start-up delay.
When a phone app with1 mB in size was considered big, and 5 mB of RAM consumption enormous, than shuffling things around was no prob. Now shuffle a 240 mB Navi app out of the memory, and replace it with that 70 mB home launcher when you are done. Takes the same time and is the same, right? And users have no clue how memory is used, right? And if so many complain about memory handling? But still, Many will tell us "unused RAM is wasted RAM".
What can you do?
- Root your pone and remove all apps you don't need, diligently and consequently
- Greenify user apps, in particular those which you do not need always.
- Rethink if you need to be on Viber, Whatsapp and Skype constanly. If not, greenify.
- Access Facebook from a browser, ditto for other functions and apps where a website is availabe and mostly does the same
- When installing a new app always go for the smaller one that just does what you need to do. Not the one with all the function that you could need, and not the one with more eye candy.

certain apps on android are a no-no. For example, facebook (from what I've heard) and skype use lots of resources and slow down the phone. You should disable or uninstall any app that isn't of use to you. To check the RAM usage of apps and disable them, go to settings -> apps, running will show you current apps, and if you go in all apps you can scroll through them and disable unneeded apps.

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Second thing, beside other apps i have installed Facebook, WhatsApp and CleanMaster app. Every time i go Settings -> Aplications -> Running Aplications, there are these 3 apps always running. I dont know whats causing them to be opened at all times. I think if i open Facebook (for example) even once, it stays up and running in background even if i remove it from that Dock Menu Tab by sliding it a side.
Is there anything i can do to make this stop, and save some of my RAM free?
Thanks in advance
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Search for an app that lets you manage startup apps on boot. Another way is Greenify, as it unloads apps from memory.
BTW. Cleanmaster is redundant in my eyes.

Thank you very much, this helped a lot.

i've disabled around 15 apps, some sony crap and stuff what i know what it is and i don't use. still the same.

bad RAM management

Hello all!
My Mate 7 (MT7-L09) has tremendous difficulties with multitasking. It is unable to keep more than 2 apps running, one in the foreground and one in the background. Out of the 2gb RAM available, about 500 to 750 MB are free for app use. But another problem is that those 500-750 MB's are never used and every app that I switch to from the multitasking view has to reload time and time again. Sometimes, my phone is even unable to run a music (streaming) app in the background or when the screen is off.
Does anyone else have this problem and/or know how to improve the situation?
I have a clean install of B522 installed with no root and minimal apps. "Performance" mode is always enabled and I do not have any malicious apps draining my RAM. Using the stock launcher with little costumization.
Thanks in advance!