I'm constantly dealing with steadily evaporating memory. This phone is still a bit too high maintenance. When things start getting hairy, as they always seem to eventually do, I go back and review all apps sorted by size and delete another one I think I can live without, or remove one and look for a smaller one or one that can move to external memory. Even so, it is a weekly occurance.
I'm not interested in rooting yet...not until I'm more comfortable with the phone and while 2.3 might be just around the corner. Reinstalling everything when an update comes is also in the high maintenance category for me.
I'm down to about 20Mb of memory with about 70 "downloaded" apps, though some of them are quite a few are basic needed apps...perhaps, updates, like "Market", "Maps", and "Voice Search."
I've learned some stuff (through research and trial and error) but I'm still not satisfied.
1. Delete old chat threads and reduced the number stored per thread from 200 to 20.
2. Delete the cache...sometimes going after specifically hungry programs like Market but this is a very temporary solution and just helpful to get out of an immediate bind (like when texts can't be received.)
3. Read the "real" size vs. the advertised size. For example, I like Handscent, but the actual size in memory was almost twice what it says on the download page. I switched to the smaller GoSMS.
Now for the questions.
1. What is the easiest way to figure out how much "real" internal memory programs are using?
2. Do some programs leave remnants when you uninstall them...like used to happen in Windows?
Any other tips that won't require too much work when a maintenance release rolls along?
I'm not interested in rooting yet...not until I'm more comfortable with the phone and while 2.3 might be just around the corner. Reinstalling everything when an update comes is also in the high maintenance category for me.
I'm down to about 20Mb of memory with about 70 "downloaded" apps, though some of them are quite a few are basic needed apps...perhaps, updates, like "Market", "Maps", and "Voice Search."
I've learned some stuff (through research and trial and error) but I'm still not satisfied.
1. Delete old chat threads and reduced the number stored per thread from 200 to 20.
2. Delete the cache...sometimes going after specifically hungry programs like Market but this is a very temporary solution and just helpful to get out of an immediate bind (like when texts can't be received.)
3. Read the "real" size vs. the advertised size. For example, I like Handscent, but the actual size in memory was almost twice what it says on the download page. I switched to the smaller GoSMS.
Now for the questions.
1. What is the easiest way to figure out how much "real" internal memory programs are using?
2. Do some programs leave remnants when you uninstall them...like used to happen in Windows?
Any other tips that won't require too much work when a maintenance release rolls along?