[Yaceka]

For the past 2 weeks I've been keeping tabs on my playbook's "free memory" (aka available RAM) in the settings menu. The only reason I began to check was because my playbook would constantly force-close my applications (browser, podcasts and messages mainly). It turned out I only had 80mb of available RAM.

Since I've been keeping tabs on it I've noticed I've getting constant memory leaks and I keep restarting the playbook after 2-3 days because it gets to sub-100mb with no apps running. It's reminding me of problems I had with my older blackberries, where you had to constantly do battery pulls to keep it functioning. I don't know why this is happening and I'm wondering if it's been happening to anyone else?

If anyone is wondering I'm running the most current OS available, 2.0.1.

[peter9477]

Do you run Android apps at all? I believe there are still issues with it in this area.

[Fenrir26]

I have noticed it a little as well but not nearly as bad as the old BB phones. It does seem to happen a lot if I am using Android apps more, if I stay out of them the free memory without anything open doesn't normally dip below 500 MB, it wont recover all the free memory from a fresh boot but its only about 20 MB lost after a days use.

[kbz1960]

Well here is mine. Never really checked before.

[app_Developer]

Well here is mine. Never really checked before.

I see that free number gradually drift downward between reboots.

(totally normal for a beta OS, so not a complaint just an observation. This is part of the debugging process)

[kbz1960]

I see that free number gradually drift downward between reboots.

(totally normal for a beta OS, so not a complaint just an observation. This is part of the debugging process)

Yep a updating we go........when RIM is ready.

[Yaceka]

Now I'm worried. I keep going down to sub-100mb after only 2-3 days. Would it be a certain app on my playbook causing this? I thought the apps don't integrate the same way that they do on BBOS (which had similar problems on older models). I don't use any android apps (all my apps are native). Here's what I have on my playbook. If anything pops out as something with a known problem, can someone tell me?

-All the included apps (kobo, slacker, browser, etc)

Apps:
-News
-GeeReader
-InstaPhoto
-Poynt
-Cineplex
-Crackberry
-Box
-Wikipedia

Games:
-Cut the Rope
-Plants Vs. Zombies
-Angry Birds
-Angry Birds Seasons
-Angry Birds Rio
-Angry Birds Space
-PewPew
-PewPew 2
-Dead Space
-Dillo Hills
-Uno
-Run in Crowd
-Bejeweled 2
-Machinarium
-Starfront: Collision
-Great Little War Game
-ToFu
-ToFu 2
-Bix
-DoodleRun
-Burn the City
-Need for Speed: Undercover
-Doodle Blast
-Bubble Birds
-ImmorTall
-Tetris
-Popcorn Rush Free
-TunnelTilt
-Billy's Hill
-Doodle Shapes Free
-Fruits and Ninja Free
-Free Solitaire
-Sketch W Friends Free
-Nyan Cat (don't ask...)
-Don't Stop Now
-Brain Cube HD Free

Holy! That took forever to write, but can anyone help? Is there a way to do a hard reset and not lose my paid apps? I had to do that for my computer recently when performance went down, but I'm not sure if it's the same with QNX.

Hmmm...

[app_Developer]

@yaceka, are you sure none of those apps are Android? I think a couple of those are Android, yes? (edit: I could be wrong)

[arielp]

after reboot i got 500-550 MB of free

[samab]

Now I'm worried. I keep going down to sub-100mb after only 2-3 days. Would it be a certain app on my playbook causing this? I thought the apps don't integrate the same way that they do on BBOS (which had similar problems on older models). I don't use any android apps (all my apps are native). Here's what I have on my playbook. If anything pops out as something with a known problem, can someone tell me?

It is probably one specific app in your long list of apps that is leaking.

[kbz1960]

Yaceka. You can hold the power, + and - buttons until it restarts. You will lose nothing.

[Wright_PC]

You can see the memory usage of individual apps with the Native SDK. It is a free download from RIM

[canuck_67]

I have gotten into a habit of restarting my bb and pb when i plug hem in at the end of the day. Might be a bit of overkill, but it works wonders on keeping my stuff working well the next day.