- I used to close every app and check how much memory I had. It usually was 300-400 mb of memory, which I thought was pretty bad considering there is 1gb of total memory.
Then 2 days ago, it says I have almost 600 when I have an app or two open. I close all of them and I have almost 750 (impressive), and every page on my browser scrolls smoothly. There was no update that caused this because the last update was a few weeks ago...Any ideas as to why it's so good now? I'm asking cause I'd like to keep it this way. I love my playbook alot more now that it works 10 times better05-06-12 06:11 PMLike 0 - I used to close every app and check how much memory I had. It usually was 300-400 mb of memory, which I thought was pretty bad considering there is 1gb of total memory.
Then 2 days ago, it says I have almost 600 when I have an app or two open. I close all of them and I have almost 750 (impressive), and every page on my browser scrolls smoothly. There was no update that caused this because the last update was a few weeks ago...Any ideas as to why it's so good now? I'm asking cause I'd like to keep it this way. I love my playbook alot more now that it works 10 times better05-06-12 07:20 PMLike 0 - Have you stopped using Android Apps? Have you deleted apps/files? Did you change how long you left it on between rebooting and use? Did you clear the browser cache or cookies? Did you look at an excessive number of BB10 videos, thus making your PlayBook jealous? Did you expose your PlayBook to any sort of radiation? Did you change the way you reboot (power button off/power button on, Shut Down button/power button on, Reboot button, battery dies/power button on, Reboot button, Hard reset, etc)? Just spitballing here, I'm not sure how many of these would actually help, but they all could.jamesharmeling likes this.05-06-12 07:30 PMLike 1
- I meant to type *650, not 750, but yes here's a picture of the memory while having CrackBerry open in the browser. And yes I deleted a couple of Android apps so maybe that is part of the solution. Does having different apps installed but not running actually make a difference?05-06-12 07:52 PMLike 0
- Maybe the Android apps are what did it. While I'm not sure what the source is I've heard that they run in the background.05-06-12 07:57 PMLike 0
- 750!? Hmmm idk I'm sorry but can you please post a screenshot of that. Click to view quoted image
Sent from my BlackBerry 9670 using Tapatalk05-06-12 08:03 PMLike 0 - When you force close the Android runtime (yes this can be done) You should have around 650-670 MB of RAM available. The Android runtime takes about 150-175 MB of RAM and once that's closed you gain that RAM. The disadvantage to doing this is that once you open an Android app, you have to wait quite some time because it has to reinitialize the runtime.Yoox_II and tonyron227 like this.05-06-12 08:03 PMLike 2
- To test, I just uninstalled all of my Android apps. The memory was around 335mb, then after uninstalling it was around 350mb. Then I rebooted, and with nothing open it was around 600mb. With two browser tabs and App World open, it went to 500mb. I guess Android doesn't have good memory management.05-06-12 08:12 PMLike 0
- To test, I just uninstalled all of my Android apps. The memory was around 335mb, then after uninstalling it was around 350mb. Then I rebooted, and with nothing open it was around 600mb. With two browser tabs and App World open, it went to 500mb. I guess Android doesn't have good memory management.
What exactly is "android runtime"? Is it something more than having an android app open?05-06-12 08:21 PMLike 0 -
To close the Android runtime, I basically open a whole bunch of native apps. I start off with the three PIM apps, messages, contacts calendar. Fire up the browser, open some web pages, then since I kept my apps in stock order, I proceed to open up App World, pictures, music, videos, etc. usually I go around 12-15 applications then the android runtime closes itself, or rather the OS kills it. Once you're done this, close all your open apps and check your RAM. You should notice it is in the mid to high 600s range. Try to open an android app now and you'll see exactly how long it takes to reinitialize the runtime, hence why RIM kept the runtime constantly running in the background so android applications load up quickly. As a side note, another Crackberry member mentioned he opened up 15 or so tabs in the browser before the runtime closed, although I haven't tried this myself although that seems pretty viable especially if the web pages all have a lot of javascript or flash elements.05-06-12 08:40 PMLike 3 -
- diegoneiRetired Mod & AmbassadorWhen you force close the Android runtime (yes this can be done) You should have around 650-670 MB of RAM available. The Android runtime takes about 150-175 MB of RAM and once that's closed you gain that RAM. The disadvantage to doing this is that once you open an Android app, you have to wait quite some time because it has to reinitialize the runtime.
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EDIT: Just having it close the apps didn't work. Getting a error notification due to lack of memory did.
Open as much stuff as you can, not just big apps, get the small ones in too.
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05-06-12 08:51 PMLike 0 - How is that done? Killing the Android Player?
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Let me try... Dead Space, Spiderman and NFS should be enough...
EDIT: Just having it close the apps didn't work. Getting a error notification due to lack of memory did.
Open as much stuff as you can, not just big apps, get the small ones in too.
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@Yoox, You're welcome05-06-12 09:27 PMLike 0 -
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- Thanks for sharing the Android Runtime trick! There should definitely be an app to do this. I wonder if the tools are available. One thing I think still sucks is that even if you have no android apps, the runtime still runs after a reboot, but once you foreclose I'm assuming it wouldn't come back if you don't have any android apps to runkennyliu likes this.05-06-12 11:18 PMLike 1
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