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There may be nothing annoying on a BlackBerry than when the device is leaking memory. This means that some application is slowly eating free memory, which slows down processor speed considerably. Not only that, but once you have no memory left your device could start deleting call logs, calendar events, and emails without even prompting you. So what can you do about it? You can figure out the warning signs and pull your battery, or you can get an application which monitors your memory usage. That’s Memory Eye.
After installing Memory Eye, you can access it through the Options menu. This means the application, which tries to keep your memory usage low, doesn’t use a ton of memory itself with an icon and big interface. It’s just a menu item with some text options.
Depending on how much device memory you use, you can set your threshold. If, for example, you keep 20MB free, you could have Memory Eye warn you when memory hits 5MB. The notification can be a color LED or a vibration. Once you see your LED flashing, you can open up the program and perform a full reset — just like pulling the battery but without pulling the battery. You can also reset the device at any time from the options menu.
If you’re having problems with applications that leak memory, you can get Memory Eye for just $2.95 at the BBGeeks Store. It has a version for the Storm, and a version for OS 4.3 and above.
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4 Comments ↓
Well, you really can’t STOP memory leaks with any program, only minimize their effects.
Me, I use QuickPull, and via its scheduling ability I have my BlackBerry smartphones each do a reboot in the middle of the night while I’m sleeping. Only downside I’ve found is on the Storm, when it reboots even when docked it doesn’t come back up in bedside mode with the big clock displayed. :(
Sounds intriguing, but it’s a shame there isn’t a trial version; i’d like to see if this is really useful before paying even the $3.
This sounds nice, but is there a way to track which application is causing the memory leak in the first place?
there is a trial, I just downloaded it. I think it’s a 2-day trial.
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