for the past couple of weeks i have noticed an increased occurence of the hour glass and and it is now to the point where I can't really take it anymore. kind of at a loss here.
This is normally caused from a memory issue.
Do you have a memory card in your BB?
If not I'd highly reccomend using/getting one.
Which os are you working on? You can use
your desktop manager to update to the latest one.
Also if you go into your browser, click your BB/menu
button, choose options, then cache operations
and clear that out completely.
Also if you have an excessive amount of emails
and or text messages you might want to weed
through those.
Saw the twitter berry comment and that reminded
me, how many 3rd party apps do you have loaded?
If you have too many that will start to bog you
down too.
Check your file free in Options > Status. If it's at, or less than 12 XXX XXX, then that is why you are getting frequent hourglassing. Your BB is low on resources. If it hasn't already done so, it will start to delete your messages and emails to create more memory for itself.
running the latest os, or at least i think so, 4.5.0.77
no twitterberry
frequently clear cache and delete emails/txts
free is 33mb
third party apps are fb, myspace, opera, jive, berry411, google maps, bbalerts, youmail, vz nav but i close them all when not using, although jive and bbalerts are always running
i also have a few others installed that i never use like gmail, google search, and some shortcuts to websites
Even if the facebook app is closed it could still have a problem?? just wanted to know. Thanks
Just facebook being installed can cause issues, seriously. Some people report no issues at all - I had trouble with FB, since going the bookmark way a few months I have been a happy camper
Last edited by Tremortality; 03-28-09 at 11:22 AM.
damn i kinda like the fb app but i guess maybe ill uninstall it and see how it goes. the only good thing about it is getting the alerts right away so i dont have to unnecessarily log onto fb any more than i already have to.
Check your file free in Options > Status. If it's at, or less than 12 XXX XXX, then that is why you are getting frequent hourglassing. Your BB is low on resources. If it hasn't already done so, it will start to delete your messages and emails to create more memory for itself.
Hello, newbie on the block - I have been following along with this with the same hour glass problem. When I checked my File Free it is 0 - How do I change that? I do have a memory card and not to many other apps.
Hello, newbie on the block - I have been following along with this with the same hour glass problem. When I checked my File Free it is 0 - How do I change that? I do have a memory card and not to many other apps.
Thanks ,
Here are some tips to help fix the issue.....
1. Delete all texts or unneeded texts and emails. People who save hundreds of texts will eventually have memory related issues.
2. Make sure you close all apps properly (menu>close) as well as move all media (ringtones, pictures, video etc) to a media card - if you dont have a media card its a good idea to get one to keep the pictures, ringtones off the device memory.
3. Clear your browser cache (browser>options>cache operations) as well as the event log........On your keypad hold down the alt key and type lglg and clear the event log (ignore the warning).
4. If you have too many themes or applications maybe cut down on a few you dont use. Facebook would be the first place I would go for an app that needed to be deleted.
Also check what applications are running hold alt & hit esc (button right of the trackball) it will show you 5 of them. (phone, messages, bbm, home screen, browser) anything else in there is running and you should look into..
After you complete many of these if not all - pull the battery with the phone on, wait 30 seconds, replace, when you boot back up check your new file free memory size.
This thread below will help you if you want to do even more memory optimization.
facebook came with the phone and it's one of those you can't delete. They probably pay blackberry a good bit of money to include facebook and make it like that.
Unless you click on the icon when you first install the OS just hide it.. it is a browser shortcut to download the application and doesn't use up any memory nor do anything... If you installed the app.. Remove it using DM and hide the icon...
Originally Posted by glen107wood
if it is not there because you deleted it, then just do a battery pull and the icon should go away.
Icon will not go away, that is a carrier pushed shortcut... you just need to hide it...
Also its a conspiracy between blackberry and facebook.. They are forcing you to use a free community website...
