Fun Stuff > CLIKC
Android
LTK:
I think my phone is about due for a reformat. The back button no longer works in the browser 60% of the time, the keyboard takes forever to show up, internet browsing applications crash semi-regularly, and everything is just slow. I hope a fresh star will improve things.
lepetitfromage:
I have yet another silly problem. When I first got my phone, I could switch back and forth between apps with no problem and the app I would return to would be right where I left it. Now, when I return, the apps all restart. What did I do? :-(
Method of Madness:
I don't have quite that extreme, but when I'm listening to something in the music player, if I pause it for more than a few minutes, the track will reset. Not a big deal for a song, but kind of annoying when I listen to audiobooks with 30+ minute chapters.
LTK:
--- Quote from: lepetitfromage on 01 Jul 2014, 19:44 ---I have yet another silly problem. When I first got my phone, I could switch back and forth between apps with no problem and the app I would return to would be right where I left it. Now, when I return, the apps all restart. What did I do? :-(
--- End quote ---
Maybe you're running out of RAM. If an application needs more memory than is currently available, it might terminate a background program in order to make room for it. You can check your RAM usage by going into Settings > Apps > Running, at least on my Android version.
Ah, I just looked at my own RAM usage and it's almost maxed out. That could explain a few of the problems I've been having. Out of the ~700 MB it says there is total (the phone is supposed to have 1 GB RAM) about a quarter is shown to be used by running applications. The rest is used by hidden processes, apparently, and I only have around 60 MB left. Restarting my phone puts that back up to 200, so maybe that'll help things. Remember to reboot regularly, people!
Edit: yep, back button works again, everything is way more responsive. Reformatting can wait until another day.
lepetitfromage:
Ahh. That makes sense. I'm seeing apps running that I haven't used in weeks (Vine, Amazon, NFL Mobile??? Gonna delete that last one lol)
I've stopped some of them previously and they start back up again. A quick Google search leads me to people recommending a "task killer" app. Is it safe to say that this is the best way to get those pesky returning apps to stop returning? Does anyone have experience with one of these?
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version