How much Available Memory do Y'all Usually Have?

[jsh1120]

Gents,

You should know by now that these threads are never ever ever going to die. As more new users purchase android devices they'll be constantly renewed. And it doesn't help that sources like Laptop Magazine in their review of great apps for Android phones put ATK at the top of the list and complain that a task killer isn't included in the stock phone.

Nevertheless, it's true that rogue apps and/or massive amounts of cached data can create problems for the android o/s. So it's not unreasonable to ask how much free memory one has from time to time.

But in doing so one has to keep in mind that if you have 30mg free, starting another application will, in all likelihood, only add say 4mg to the active apps. So while it may "feel" like there should be more free memory, that's simply a misreading of what's important.

 

[jsh1120]

I'm running somewhere around 100-110M free, but I use a memory utility to clear unused crud once I've dropped back to the main screen.

Hate to tell you, but if you need any of that "crud" again, you'll be burning up cpu cycles to load it.

 

[adrynalyne]

Im at 100-135mb free without using a task killer.

Mind you, this is on the DI.

On the Moto Droid, 35-40 is perfectly acceptable and normal.

 

[Backnblack]

I found it, thats sd card and phone storage. Not available memory.

I'm talking about under phone memory not storage. :icon_ banana:

 

[adrynalyne]

Say what you will, I assure you, its not memory. HTC only put 512mb of ram in the machine.

 

[anjen]

I'm running somewhere around 100-110M free, but I use a memory utility to clear unused crud once I've dropped back to the main screen.

Hate to tell you, but if you need any of that "crud" again, you'll be burning up cpu cycles to load it.

Understood. I still like to run lean unless I'm using something. Granted, I'm an utter newb on the Droid, so things will probably change as I get more familiar.

 

[Backnblack]

Say what you will, I assure you, its not memory. HTC only put 512mb of ram in the machine.

I know what they placed in the phone, I'm just stating what it says....
Like I said, 2nd day with the DI here.

If thats the wrong place to look, please say where to look

 

[adrynalyne]

settings, applications, running services. Check the bottom.

 

[Backnblack]

settings, applications, running services. Check the bottom.

Ahh, 208 Free.

Thanks

 

[BLeClair12]

I've got a question regarding available memory...I'm new to the forums, and only on my third day with my Moto Droid (and have already gotten plenty of great advice here)...

For the last couple of days, I've been running Advanced Task Killer and sitting comfortably at around 100-113 or so Megs free with all apps (minus killer) killed. Now, suddenly, this morning, with nothing at all running (and no changes made since last night), I'm down to around 48-58 with everything killed. Is this normal and is there any reason for it?

I'm new to the whole Android system but I love this phone and I want to make sure it's running to it's best ability for as long as I can allow it to.

 

[immobile]

I've always been stuck at *6.24 GB on Internal and
On my 16 GB pre-installed SD, I only have 11.9 GB, which I haven't figured out yet because I haven't moved anything over to it yet...

 

[takeshi]

I'm new to the whole Android system but I love this phone and I want to make sure it's running to it's best ability for as long as I can allow it to.

You should ditch the task killer then.

 

[OneTenderRebel]

I have great peace of mind by not worrying about task killers or memory. Just trust the phone and the OS to do the right thing for you. If you are getting low memory it might be time to uninstall the fart apps and the light saber app......... ok keep the light saber app but ditch the ones you don't use

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