Memory Hog

@dawnald (85129)
Shingle Springs, California
February 24, 2013 9:45pm CST
I guess that the next smartphone I get will have to have more memory. If nothing else, it will need more memory so that after I install the darn Facebook app, there is room for anything else. Most of the android apps on my phone are 5 or 6 megabites, and most of them can be installed on the SG card too. This darn thing is 20 megs all by itself and as soon as I log in, it's another 7 or 8 megs. Can only be installed on the phone, not the SG card. So I am constantly running into memory problems. Stupid Facebook app...
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14 responses
@artemeis (4194)
• China
25 Feb 13
To advise you accurately I believe you will need to state the brand and model of your smartphone to help you out on this one. Also, a mention of which version of the Android OS is your phone using will do a great deal for you.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
I wasn't really looking for advice, I was whining. But it's an LG Optimus S. NO idea what version of the Android OS or where to go look for it.
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@artemeis (4194)
• China
25 Feb 13
Go to your phone's Settings = About Phone = Version Information Since you are in US it helps disclosing which carrier you are with here.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
25 Feb 13
@ artemis. Here yu are again, helping someone else. so kind @dawn. Artemis helped me with my avi
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@AmbiePam (84651)
• United States
25 Feb 13
I laugh at everyone with apps. Why? Because I don't even text, let alone have apps. I am still in 1990, my friend.
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@AmbiePam (84651)
• United States
25 Feb 13
They are in my DVD player!
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
Say hi to the Golden Girls for me...
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
25 Feb 13
heres a laugh for you I have not got a smartphone nor a facebook app nor do I have android apps nor really know what they are or an SG card so I would be lost for sure all I know is the smart phones are getting smarter than I am lol
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
Thanks, but feel free to whine about something else then, since this is basically a whining discussion...
@celticeagle (157593)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Feb 13
I wonder if there is any way to get around that. Just one more reason I am glad I don't have a cell phone.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
If it were just a cell phone, but no, this is a mini computer...
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@celticeagle (157593)
• Boise, Idaho
25 Feb 13
Oh, that's why they are so 'smart'.
• United States
3 Mar 13
As soon as you log in? That kind of makes me think twice of getting an android myself. I think I would be satisfied with an android if I just use Facebook in their web browser. How many of those extra apps do you use though? If it were me, I probably would take out apps I'm not using to improve performance. Damn phones are just like a computer. The less applications the better they work.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
4 Mar 13
I did delete the maps app, and it wanted to come right back. Anyway, if you get an android with more memory than mine, I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
4 Mar 13
http://www.techlicious.com/tip/whats-draining-your-android-battery/
• United States
4 Mar 13
Love the article link you posted. I think I will end up with an android only because a small screen just isn't cutting it for me anymore for my eyesight. Did you turn off the phone and back on when it wanted to come back?
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@bjc66bjc (6730)
• United States
25 Feb 13
hi dawn, I wonder if others have even given it any thought about how much memory FB and other apps use up..Even tho I don't have a smartphone but I do know people with one.. it is definately something to be aware of....
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
Probably not until they got the dreaded "phone storage is low" message...
@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
25 Feb 13
Two days ago I deleted my Facebook account, regrets? absolutely NONE, best thing I did, I wish I had done it sooner. I only have a basic phone, I am not up with the technology and all the gadgets and apps that are available. I just have my mobile on me when I am in the car in case I break down, it has a camera and I can text and that's all I need.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Feb 13
Well then Mister, you are OFF my friends list (on FB)!!! jk I"m not a huge fan of Facebook, not really, but that's where pretty much all my out of town family have chosen to be.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
25 Feb 13
I have an ipad and iphone and I love photos of my new grandchildren and also love to have all my music on them. So I am forever deleting this program and that, to get more room for the photos and the music. Plus I have the novel I am writing through icloud, I do not know about android phones, but it sure is frustrating when I have to take something else to put more room for something else.
@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
25 Feb 13
That sucks. I have the FAcebook apps on my iphone and ipad, but only use the one on my laptop and I have a lot of memory on that -so far.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
Yes it is. At least on the android, I can move all the photos, etc. to the memory card, but not the Facebook app.
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@BarBaraPrz (45226)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
25 Feb 13
Stupid Facebook.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
Yup, they think they own the planet or something...
@cotruelove (1016)
• Denver, Colorado
25 Feb 13
Hello Dawn, Thanks for the discussion. So far I have avoided the smart phone, but I do have Kindle Fire which uses Android. I noticed there was a specific app for Facebook specifically for Android at least from Amazon. Perhaps there is one for your device also. Since like a phone, Kindle Fire uses WIFI and has limited storage, it is limited also in how much it will handle. I did notice that the newest version of Fire allows for a larger capacity storage, lol...for a higher price. I'm not sure how much space the Facebook app for Android requires, but I'm sure it isn't as much as the full version on my desktop computer and I do not even try to play any of the games within Facebook on my Kindle Fire. I prefer the Android apps designed for Android devices. Hope you get some resolution to the problem.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
This is an android app that I'm whining about. I could just delete it and use Facebook from the web browser, and that would eliminate the memory problems.
• Denver, Colorado
25 Feb 13
that doesn't surprise me. When I talked to my husband after posting this he said I wasn't using the app, I was doing it from the web instead for exactly the reason you stated. Tells you how much I know about the storage the app eats. I'd eliminate the memory problem too, and obviously, my hubby did it for me!
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
25 Feb 13
What you need is a compressor to compress the 20megs of space that fb uses into something more manageable. To get this compressor that was especially designed for fb users you need to download the app called N.U.T.S. Now selct preferences and go to SEEDS. Then go to tools and press the delete button. There you are! Problem solved as everything has now been deleted from your smartphone so there is now room for FB. FB you note, has now expanded to 20 megs all by itself. Problem solved. Call on me if you need help again.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Feb 13
ummmm, you're pulling my leg, right?
@artemeis (4194)
• China
27 Feb 13
You are funny. Anyway, I hope that you are not using "ancient" or "old" cellphones because they can be health hazards. I posted a discussion for it and I think it might be interesting info for yourself. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2749736.aspx
@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
25 Feb 13
Who? Mois?
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 Feb 13
I don't really know anything about the facebook mobile app as I am the person that will typically get onto facebook from the internet as opposed to using a mobile app. However, one of the things that my friend and I discovered when it came to smartphones is that you really need to pay attention to the other things that are running in the background. Though we'd never told her phone to keep several apps running at all time but there were a number of apps that were always running in the background.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Feb 13
the mobile app is useful for when you can't get there through a browser, but there's a downside to everything.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
26 Feb 13
And it doesn't stop there... The app keeps getting updated for 'bug fixes' which you know surely takes more memory. As long as it doesn't take up my, I mean my kid's angry birds.
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Feb 13
Yup, every upgrade pretty much makes it worse... The last one keeps asking me if I want to find friends. I say no to it at least once a day.
@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
27 Feb 13
I guess. It doesn't even have a "don't ask again" option, it's either "yes" or "later"...
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
27 Feb 13
Haha! Does it think you need more friends?!
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@alberello (4752)
• Italy
26 Feb 13
Well, the same problem, I reflected on smartfone I had before. Unfortunately there were applications that were unable to be installed on the SD card external memory. But now I have a phone that has more mass storage, so that I can install a variety of applications (including Facebook) simultaneously. Even when I was in store too many sms appeared an error message saying "low memory". To me it made ??me come to the exhaustion, nervous!
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@dawnald (85129)
• Shingle Springs, California
26 Feb 13
I tend to go for the free phones, but I will remember to look for more memory next time.