How to Increase BlackBerry's File free memory

[RayzrShrp]

Does that go for the weird subfolders on my SD card as well?

Have a directory structure like this:

Blackberry
-ringtones
-music
-videos
-audio
My Audio
My Music
My Videos
My Ringtones

[JeffH]

Yes. If the sub-folders under Blackberry are deleted, the bb media app will recreate them the next time it's run.

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[danpass]

now I know why this was hard to find (at least thru search) .... it's not a sticky.

[Reed McLay]

Our key resource is the CrackBerry 101 Memory Post. Adam included the link at the end of the post for further discussion.

It has no need to be stuck, besides that is a nuisance issue with the WAP Browser. Every time you open a sub-forum, you have to pgdn through all the stickies.

I keep it in my subscribed threads, usually open in a second browser tab so it is at my finger tips for a referral.

The way it works, every time it is posted in response to a question, 3 more guests will see it too. That is ratio of non posting to posting visitors, over 40,000 times per month.

[GBaldwin]

So I've had my blackberry for 2 weeks now, and my file free memory keeps getting full. Even if I delete my e-mails, text message, call logs it still gets full. I've deleted a few apps and that helped free up some space, but the only solution I've found is taking my battery out and putting it back in. I've done this 3 times so far and it helps a lot. Is there any way I can get the space without being required to take my battery out every so often? I have all my music and ring tones on my SD card, so I can't figure out what's taking up the space.

[SevereDeceit]

After Stoner's help my Berry memory issues are a thing of the past. This is a must if you want to get rid of this idiotic problem so many new BlackBerry owners face. It sounds like a lot, but it's not. Man up and hook your Berry up to Desktop Manager and get rolling. Then get on with the fun of having of owning a BlackBerry.

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[JeffH]

Did you read the first post in this thread? Click First, and start with #1. That's everything you need to know.

[shorynot]

I just read stoners post regarding freeing up memory on my phone, i installed the software on my phone and deleted the preloaded languages along with the other applications that i didnt need. After the software ran and my phone rebooted. And now, when my phone restarted everything is back to factory settings..all my profiles returned to the original factory defaults. And when looking at my applications under option i only have 3 things

Blackberry 4.2 core applications
Blackberry 4.2 system software
Browser
Home

Opera mini was deleted and aim was deleted along with some games. Did i bypass a step and mess anything up on my phone. I have a massive amount of free memory now. But i wasnt expecting to have to "re-personalize" my phone all over again. Any hints cbers?

[cfein07]

My crack just got really upset with me today and proceeded to delete all my messages and open bbm conversations, so I looked through this forum and deleted a few applications and also finally put in my media card.

Right now, my amount of files free is 7,117,636. Is this normal? Good? Bad? Will my poor little pearl freak out at me again anytime soon?

Thanks!

[yarbleck65]

being a crackberry noob and something of a geek, stoners advice was one of the first things i did to my phone before i started downloading a bunch of apps. right after following the steps he outlined my file free memory was over 30Mb before i started installing all the apps i wanted.

Thank you Stoner

[Reed McLay]

Originally Posted by shorynot

I just read stoners post regarding freeing up memory on my phone, i installed the software on my phone and deleted the preloaded languages along with the other applications that i didnt need. After the software ran and my phone rebooted. And now, when my phone restarted everything is back to factory settings..all my profiles returned to the original factory defaults. And when looking at my applications under option i only have 3 things

Blackberry 4.2 core applications
Blackberry 4.2 system software
Browser
Home

Opera mini was deleted and aim was deleted along with some games. Did i bypass a step and mess anything up on my phone. I have a massive amount of free memory now. But i wasnt expecting to have to "re-personalize" my phone all over again. Any hints cbers?

Thank you for the feedback.

Applications that are OTA only exit in device memory. Applications that are installed from Application Manager are carried forward.

I have updated the post with a caution for future users.

[Reed McLay]

Originally Posted by cfein07

My crack just got really upset with me today and proceeded to delete all my messages and open bbm conversations, so I looked through this forum and deleted a few applications and also finally put in my media card.

Right now, my amount of files free is 7,117,636. Is this normal? Good? Bad? Will my poor little pearl freak out at me again anytime soon?

Thanks!

7 Mb is well into the problem level.

After a fresh start, I would like to see about 20 Mb of free space. That will provide plenty of workspace for the OS.

[Reed McLay]

Device Data Preservation

The Advanced ... button in Application Loader presents you with a couple of options.

Unselecting both options will force a clean start rebuild. That is desirable in many cases to insure a clean restore from a known good backup.

Deleting all installed Applications will result in loosing programs installed OTA.

Select this option to keep your Device installed applications.

[tomvb2000]

Originally Posted by Stoner

Applications that are OTA only exit in device memory. Applications that are installed from Application Manager are carried forward.

I think that's also true if you've done a backup with DM after an OTA install. It seems the backup registers all apps with AM since they appear in the app list afterwards.

[yarbleck65]

Stoner, have you done anything with the newest OS out there? I installed it yesterday but I have lost BB maps. The string to look for in the LBS.alx file isn't there to edit. If you know of a fix, please pin me or let me know if/when you post it.

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