[BingCherry]

18181658 Bytes free
83623936 Bytes total


Does this mean that my BB is almost full and won't work right anymore? I have a 1g card in and everything but a few pics is on the card. So how come this is so low? (if it is... I may be reading this wrong) Should I be concerned?

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[benzworm]

just do a battery pull and it will go back up...


its just available memory for the os to run on....

[uncheels23]

That's a good file free number just don't get under 12xxxxxxbytes free then you will have problems

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[latingeo]

I learned this to ALSO help clear memory ALT LGLG, then clear the logs.

[amazinglygraceless]

I'm curious as to what apps do you have installed, what themes,
do you keep emails and text messages.

18mb free on a device that comes with 96mb installed
seems quite low to me.

[uncheels23]

Ya I just realized that as well. Most people are running over 40 mb with apps. Do you have a media card ?

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[BingCherry]

I have a 1g card that I'm *pretty sure* I have all my ringtones and screen savers/pics saved to (except for a few). Not positive though. I'd never used one of those before and it seemed simple. Maybe I got it wrongly set up? Hmm.

I have 9 themes.
Viigo, CB launcher button, a purchased flashlight app, my local news button, and google and yahoo updater buttons.
That's all I can see.
Oh, I have about 30 emails, no texts, no mms.

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[amazinglygraceless]

9 themes? That is where most of your
memory has gone. Themes have notoriously large footprints.

Personally I never keep more than 2 at a time on my device,
and memory is the reason why.

To test that theory, check your memory then uninstall any 3, reboot
your BB and check your memory again.

[49ways]

In lieu of a battery pull, try this:

Soft reset: press alt+right shift+del

Double soft reset: press alt+right shift+del, when the screen turns white, press alt+right shift+del again.

These are deemed to be safer than a battery pull. JeffH can explain why.

[BingCherry]

Ok. So far I've deleted 3 or 4 themes. I did not know they were huge. :-0
Then did the soft reset.
Now my stuff says:

33159048 Bytes free
83623936 Bytes total

Better. Maybe its just themes?
Whew! My daughter says I always think technology is farther advanced than it is. LOL
That's just because I'm amazed at what "they" can do these days- and that, just in the last 5 years or so!

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[amazinglygraceless]

Good deal! Definitely the themes, but I wanted you to see
the effect for yourself.

And I hear ya on the tech issue

[BingCherry]

Ok. So now I'm down to 3 themes. I can't make myself get rid of just 1 more. Haha (I love all 3 and rotate them frequently)

Here is what I've got now:
34946592 Bytes free

Is that still too low for what is on my phone? Does "device memory" mean my memory card or my BB memory?

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[amazinglygraceless]

No, you are good. You picked up an additional 16mb.

Device memory is the BB memory which is completely
independent of the memory card.

[fatboy97]

Might want to look at the Blackberry 101 series... they have a good one on freeing up memory: How to Free Up Memory on your BlackBerry Smartphone | CrackBerry.com

[BingCherry]

Thanks all! Love this site. :-D

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