what is a memory leak?
- a memory leak is where your application memory dwindles over time. to look for a memory leak i would do a battery pull to reset the device, go to options > memory and look at the application memory. Now wait maybe a few hours to even a day, recheck your application memory and if it is far less than what you saw before then that is considered a memory leak.03-12-09 03:26 PMLike 0
- So what's bad about memory leaks in the long run.....other than the obvious
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com03-12-09 03:34 PMLike 0 - Memory leak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ... application/phone uses memory, and keeps it, not really knowing it still has it, until you don't have any free memory left. Not necessarily bad other than not having any more memory left (phone gets slow and locks...)
It's like the guy that grabs the free bagels from the table in the office, puts them on his desk and forgets about them, and ends up throwing them away and no one eats them. (haha I know a guy like this)03-12-09 03:35 PMLike 0 - a memory leak is where your application memory dwindles over time. to look for a memory leak i would do a battery pull to reset the device, go to options > memory and look at the application memory. Now wait maybe a few hours to even a day, recheck your application memory and if it is far less than what you saw before then that is considered a memory leak.03-12-09 03:46 PMLike 0
- The first half about the slowdowns has pretty much already been exploded, and I'm curious as to what you have to offer up as proof for the errors bit. Unless you want to refine what you meant to say.03-12-09 03:48 PMLike 0
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- How would you like me to prove 'possibly errors' - would you like me to install an app on my Storm that's known to 'leak' and then post screen shots.
I'm not going to debate this point with someone who just posts 'wrong' and 'prove it' without any qualification.
Should I have qualified this with - in my 16 years experience as a software developer...? or IMO (in my opinion).
03-12-09 03:54 PMLike 0 - I have... Numerous times. Feel free to run a search for any of the 2-3 dozen times I explained this before just giving up.
And to bbsean:
In traditional software development, what you described would be true, but BB's run with a JVM as the OS in effect. So traditional memory management theories/practices/wisdom goes out the window.03-12-09 04:01 PMLike 0 - Haha wow, didn't mean to start an argument
Thanks for the info. Other than it being the storm (I don't mean that negatively) I haven't noticed it being slow. I have been downloading and deleting tons of useless apps just to test them out the past few days. I'll keep an eye on the memory usage and maybe I can get a better idea. Since upgrading to .109 one week ago I haven't had a crash or done a battery pull one though. Pretty legit if I do say so myself03-12-09 04:10 PMLike 0 - Don't worry about it. I respect a genuine quest for knowledge and understanding, but I also get tired of people spreading the same bad info over and over again. I don't blame them for it, since most of them don't even know it's bad info, but it doesn't mean I'm not going to tell them they're wrong.03-12-09 04:18 PMLike 0
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I know what the concept is on a programming level03-12-09 05:52 PMLike 0 - Well, the aszholery aside, that actually is a pretty damn funny site. I'm going to have to remember it.03-12-09 05:56 PMLike 0
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Thanks for making my day03-12-09 06:12 PMLike 0 -
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