Comments on: MalWare G1 App Warning http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/?utm_campaign=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=blog The T-Mobile Smartphone Community Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:19:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Chistopher http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/comment-page-1/#comment-52116 Chistopher Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:20:01 +0000 http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/#comment-52116 Bratag, the developer behind Snap Photo, StickyNotes and others, wrote a tiny program available free called 'Memory for Lemmings' which is basically a joke program making fun of all the worthless memory management programs out there. In a nutshell, Memory for Lemmings makes a 'suggestion' to the OS for a check of memory that can be freed up - a check the OS makes regularly on its own, this just forces another check. So the OS checks and usually finds few kb and frees it. Memory for Lemmings then reports "31kb memory cleared - everyone dance!" The joke of course, the reference to Lemmings and dancing for joy over such an insignificant gain. Anyway, point is that's about the limit of memory management capability - a 'suggestion' that the OS should run another check. But since it does often anyway, there is never much to to cleared, nothing significant. By design, Android/Linux do a very good job of memory management and dosen't need any extra help. It's already in there, so to speak. So there really nothing add-on apps can or should do. Best thing to do on a G1 to keep it running snappy is keep memory over 20-25MB by clearing out caches and not installing too many apps. And limit the number of running widgets. Bratag, the developer behind Snap Photo, StickyNotes and others, wrote a tiny program available free called ‘Memory for Lemmings’ which is basically a joke program making fun of all the worthless memory management programs out there. In a nutshell, Memory for Lemmings makes a ’suggestion’ to the OS for a check of memory that can be freed up – a check the OS makes regularly on its own, this just forces another check. So the OS checks and usually finds few kb and frees it. Memory for Lemmings then reports “31kb memory cleared – everyone dance!” The joke of course, the reference to Lemmings and dancing for joy over such an insignificant gain.

Anyway, point is that’s about the limit of memory management capability – a ’suggestion’ that the OS should run another check. But since it does often anyway, there is never much to to cleared, nothing significant. By design, Android/Linux do a very good job of memory management and dosen’t need any extra help. It’s already in there, so to speak. So there really nothing add-on apps can or should do. Best thing to do on a G1 to keep it running snappy is keep memory over 20-25MB by clearing out caches and not installing too many apps. And limit the number of running widgets.

]]> By: Ermac http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/comment-page-1/#comment-23890 Ermac Wed, 28 Jan 2009 15:19:11 +0000 http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/#comment-23890 So thass why my pics show sometimes in thumbnail view? So thass why my pics show sometimes in thumbnail view?

]]> By: derrick http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/comment-page-1/#comment-23496 derrick Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:46:28 +0000 http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/#comment-23496 i know, i was just bs'n lol.....but i am trying to wait to see what other phones tmo has to offer soon, and not talking about the shadow 2 :P i know, i was just bs’n lol…..but i am trying to wait to see what other phones tmo has to offer soon, and not talking about the shadow 2 :P

]]> By: dom2684 http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/comment-page-1/#comment-23454 dom2684 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:36:56 +0000 http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/#comment-23454 this can happen to a winmo phone as well derrick this can happen to a winmo phone as well derrick

]]> By: Tremendo Slap http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/comment-page-1/#comment-23325 Tremendo Slap Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:09:50 +0000 http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/#comment-23325 But will it calculate my tips...? But will it calculate my tips…?

]]> By: OctoberRiot http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/comment-page-1/#comment-23276 OctoberRiot Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:42:59 +0000 http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/#comment-23276 What i think is funny is that the Memory for Lemmings app does the same exact thing...nothing...and people argue over whats better. well i shouldnt say nothing, just nothing helpful. What i think is funny is that the Memory for Lemmings app does the same exact thing…nothing…and people argue over whats better. well i shouldnt say nothing, just nothing helpful.

]]> By: derrick http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/comment-page-1/#comment-23265 derrick Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:45:46 +0000 http://www.allshadow.com/2009/01/25/malware-g1-app-warning/#comment-23265 i always knew there was something about this phone that would cause a problem like this, thanks god i didn't get it right away i always knew there was something about this phone that would cause a problem like this, thanks god i didn’t get it right away

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