Dramatically Improve your Storm in a Few Simple Steps - Page 11

cbrvnm · #**151** 01-08-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ds650

Ive had my memory down to 2.4mb & as high as 33mb. I couldnt tell any difference in performance. Its ok being really low at times & its a lousy device when its high sometimes. who knows

I know what you mean. I have also noticed this. For some reason the more memory that I have, the slower it runs, but the less I have the better it gets. My mb are usually between 20-30, and it works fine, the higher it goes, the more it lags.

agough05 · #**152** 01-08-2009, 11:02 PM

Has anyone else asked whether or not you guys are closing out the programs when you are done? If you hit the blackberry key and then hit close you won't have to pull your battery and you won't notice your memory dropping. How has this not been mentioned?

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Kundigt · #**153** 01-08-2009, 11:39 PM

For all the deletion of applications and removing core components should be done through the Desktop Manager CD. Install that and in the update application section make sure all the languages are removed, uncheck Tasks if you don't use it, Memo pad pretty much everything that will slow it down.

Then you can load most anything you want. I have the Visual Voice Mail, CB, Viigo, Googlemaps, Aerize alerts, with three email accounts and slot of calendar use.

This thing runs like a champ. 35-49 mg app running the memory cleaner couple time a day, NO battery pulls. Imo if you don't have the mem cleaner as an icon then your bb prolly isn't up to snuff

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korp · #**154** 01-09-2009, 02:58 PM

What is the highest memory people have? I'm at about 43mg.

Kundigt · #**155** 01-09-2009, 03:26 PM

Highest I have had is 49 I heard someone say they had 70 something. I like to have at least a couple cool apps.

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Bear75 · #**156** 01-09-2009, 10:55 PM

OK, so I did all the app consolidating, battery removal, etc. gained a ton of memory. The only diiference I see... there is now a lag time between clicking an app and actaully getting it.

Bullitt1668 · #**157** 01-10-2009, 12:01 AM

I kinda did the opposite when I first go my BB storm (first bb ever)... i really don't like folders so i moved every thing i wanted to to my home page... 25 apps on my home page... like this i was runny 34.1 on app memory, but after doing just a bat pull i went up to 47.8 app memory! one thing i do all the time is close every app after using it... i got used to this after owning a dell x51v pda.

one question... it was said to do this for a week... wat? a batery pull? wat happens after a week?

Thx!

Bullitt

P.S. .75 here... I'm not sure how to update to .85, vz tells me there is not such thing!

tnolanjstone · #**158** 01-14-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SWA69

I have 60MB free. =)

Exactly where do you find out your avail memory

LFO · #**159** 01-15-2009, 10:38 AM

This has been a great thread! I lurk here quite a bit, but haven't posted much (any?) since I'm not the guru most of you are.

A few things I took from the thread that might be a good synopsis for some:

1) Reducing the number of icons on the home page does free up memory. In my case I had 29 meg free after pulling the battery. I then moved my icons so that only 8 showed on the home page. I battery pulled and then had 37.1 meg free.

2) Switching options/mobile network to 1XEV *dramatically* improved browser performance. Pictures load easily 10x faster. No kidding, no exaggeration.

3) Using the memory cleaner freed up my memory from 37.1 to 37.7 meg

4) Removing Blackberry Messenger, Japanese and Korean font sets, Visual Voice Mail freed up memory from 37.7 meg to 41.9 meg. This is not as much as I expected, but is better than a hit in the head.

I don't understand why everyone is so bent on having as much available memory as possible. If I understood the post by the moderator earlier in this thread, as long as you have about 12 (so I'll call it 15) meg free everything is good. Am I missing something? I mean, the reason I got the Storm is so I could use applications and applications eat up memory! I'm thinking a good rule of thumb is to keep memory at 15 meg and all will be good.

So there you have it. Hopefully someone finds this useful! For the record, the Storm is the best phone / Blackberry I've had. For me it is my 3rd blackberry and 7th or so phone.

-Kevin

Now for a question. I can't get the browser to close. At least it is always in my task switching list. I've tried everything but it always stays in memory. Can someone post how to close the browser so that it isn't taking up resources?

Sebastianraven · #**160** 01-16-2009, 12:02 PM

I've done everthing listed and I'm still having a few issues with messages.

After doing an update, my SMS box is so fast. I click and swipe through like nothing. After a day's worth of usage its sooooo sluggish. I have to wait 3-5 seconds for the message to open.

Mnymaker · #**161** 01-18-2009, 08:14 PM

Well I didn't do the icons to a folder thing yet but I did do the battery pull and it took my Application Memory from 9.6mb to 39.6mb

Now lets hope that helps my performance.

sofly · #**162** 01-19-2009, 02:47 AM

um...i did this, and I can't seem to find any of my apps that I downloaded AFTER the organization...

lol...this sounds really dumb, but where are the apps I downloaded (this is after I deleted Games, Applications, etc)...

Hiddenshutter · #**163** 01-19-2009, 10:01 AM

When I put my sounds on vibrate, all incoming calls will vibrate except the phone numbers to which I have given customized ring tones. They still ring when the BB is on vibrate. Is there a fix for this?

Hiddenshutter · #**164** 01-19-2009, 10:28 AM

Regarding speed, earlier posts are correct. I connected with my computer and removed the applications I do not use such as foreign languages, VZ navigator, BB messenger, etc. My speed went from 33 to 49.8 without pulling the battery. Remarkable.