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1. cynic-al - Member

   My Desire loves to launch apps all by itself.

   Dolphin and (any other browser I've tried) eats memory - currently 70MB.

   Consequently browsing can be a slow pita. I have an app killer which makes shutting apps down easy but it appears to have given us doing so by itself.

   Any tips?

   Posted 4 months ago #
2. cruzheckler - Member

   root and custom rom has made my desire faster, more reliable, with far better battery life.If i had fllowed the instructions to the letter it would have been painless

   Posted 4 months ago #
3. cynic-al - Member

   Cool ta...how much of a pita was it and do you have a link?

   Posted 4 months ago #
4. sadexpunk - Member

   as with most things like this, afterwards you think "that wasnt as hard as i thought it would be" but at the time it can be a bit of a faff if its all new to you. well worth doing tho.

   have a look here

   Posted 4 months ago #
5. Cougar - Member

   I have an app killer

   I'd hazard that's likely to be your problem. Uninstall it and see how you fare. You do not know more about Android memory management than Android does.

   do you have a link?

   Also, search the forum, there's been two or three threads discussing exactly this recently, some good advice to be had.

   Posted 4 months ago #
6. druidh - Member

   I have Desire too. I used to use an App Killer, but when my phone was off being fixed they wiped everything. I've not bothered installing one this time and I'm sure it is better for it. This also means I have no idea what is running. I also decided just to use the standard browser. I'm not aware of the phone slowing down at all.

   Posted 4 months ago #
7. TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR - Member

   I had an app killer after a mate rattled my ear about putting one on. Within a day I'd got rid of it as it was a PITA. I do run Juice Defender though.

   Posted 4 months ago #
8. cynic-al - Member

   Interesting...I don't see how app killers don't help when it starts a dozen apps all by itself taking memory down to 120MB but no harm trying...

   Posted 4 months ago #
9. cruzheckler - Member

   if you update to android 2.3 then you will be fine

   Posted 4 months ago #
10. cruzheckler - Member

    http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/rooting-an-htc-desire-low-storage-space-issue

    Posted 4 months ago #
11. Cougar - Member

    I don't see how app killers don't help

    
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    You do not know more about Android memory management than Android does.

    Android isn't Windows, memory isn't 'used' in the same way. Background tasks don't tie up resources in the same manner, and unused memory is wasted memory. If it's running out, Android will take steps to recover what it needs.

    I could wax lyrical about this for a while but I CBA so, just trust me, task killers generally cause more problems than they solve. If you genuinely need a task killer to stop a broken app, the problem there is you've got a broken app.

    You do not need a task killer on Android. As he's found, STR's mate is wrong.

    Posted 4 months ago #
12. cynic-al - Member

    OK so why does my browser speed up when I kill apps and more memory becomes available?

    Posted 4 months ago #

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