Low on memory

[Captain brick]

I have a task Manager Widget to show memory usage/availability and it always shows 'yellow' as in 'almost red, out of memory'

I don't have alot of apps like some of you guys talk about. All are on the SD card that can be moved (Apps2SD).

Is there a cache setting or something I can do to keep available memory low so when I'm web surfing or using Pandora, it won't lag?

Like everyone, I love this device. I just need to work out the kinks.

[woer]

What Android does is group programs into five categories. As more memory is needed, it kills off cached programs based on the category. In other words, it frees memory as it needs it. Trying to clean out the cache is just going to slow launching those programs later. It's not the reason Pandora is lagging for you.


That aside, you could try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276, the supercharger script. You can customize the size of memory given to each of those five categories I mentioned before, one being the amount of free memory it tries to keep available. It also has a feature, "Fast Engine Flush", to free up cached memory; it turns out the amount of free memory you see in task managers is not necessarily free but a particular type of cached memory, and what it does is make it truely free. You could try that before running Pandora to see if it makes a difference.

[Captain brick]

I've scanned it over, a wealth of information.

Thanks

[1776]

Does your Apps2SD put your apps on the actual physical external SD card or is it putting them into the SGP's internal "SD Card" as Task Manager does?

[brosko]

Originally Posted by 1776

Does your Apps2SD put your apps on the actual physical external SD card or is it putting them into the SGP's internal "SD Card" as Task Manager does?

ya good question! it would be nice to be able to put apps on the actual external sd card

[steinburger1109]

It goes on the internal SD card

[brosko]

Can you put apps on the external sd card?

[steinburger1109]

Never tried, am sure there must be a way, don't know of one.

[1776]

Originally Posted by steinburger1109

It goes on the internal SD card

Then there is no reason to use Apps2SD as the built in Task Manager has this function.

[steinburger1109]

I've never seen any reason to move them at all.

[brosko]

what about to free up storage on the internal memory? tha would be a good reason to want to put the apps on an external sd card i think? or no?

[Blackdog]

If you ROOT, you can get them to the external microsd. Otherwise internal.
(why the heck do they call it internal microSD anyway? Makes no logical sense)

[steinburger1109]

First of all, I can undrestand that other people might want to, I've never seen the issue. I never plan on having more than 5.5GB of apps...

Second, all of the things I've seen move to internal SD. What apps have you seen that do otherwise, Blackdog? Just wondering, not claiming you wrong, btw.

Third. They call it the SD card because the "USB Storage" or "Internal Memory" section is usually reserved for apps and apps only. The SD Card partition (which is an actual, physical SD Card inside the player, I believe) can be utilized for app storage or media of any variety.