Managing your BB Memory - Lost Call Logs and SMS - Page 2 - BlackBerryForums.com : Your Number One BlackBerry Community

strugs · 06-24-2008, 10:40 AM

Wirelessly posted

The only media on the device are the preloaded ringtones.

foner · **OS:** 4.6.0.150

Hmm...

Sith_Apprentice · 06-25-2008, 11:31 AM

For the record, not sure what OS version opened this up, but 4.5.0 allows you to set the Device Memory limit to 5mb, and the Reserved Picture memory to 0mb.

John Clark · 06-25-2008, 11:43 AM

I think that's been like that for quite some time....4.2 even, I think.

Sith_Apprentice · 06-25-2008, 11:57 AM

Could have sworn 4.2.2 has only 15, and 12mb. Could be wrong, its been known to happen more than once.

John Clark · 06-25-2008, 12:12 PM

Wirelessly posted (BB 11020)

Might have been. Mine is set to 5MB and I don't remember changing it to that.

bigbody300 · 07-02-2008, 08:26 PM

Great post - thanks!

TheLongIsland · 07-08-2008, 10:28 PM

good advice

flower40 · 07-09-2008, 01:53 PM

I have done all of the steps to free up memory, I have a memory card with all of my media on it, and I still only have 8 MB of memory. What else could be taking up so much memory and how do I clear it out?? Please help!

strugs · 07-10-2008, 01:15 AM

I called Bell Mobility tech support yesterday and they advised me that this is the "memory leak issue" that is plaguing a lot of Blackberry Pearl models and a small number of 8830 models. They claim it is a BB programming issue, and said that RIM is looking into a solution but do not know when a fix will be available....

In the meantime, I just have to remember to pull out the battery to reste it on a daily basis. Pretty lame to have to do this on a brand new device...

JSanders · 07-10-2008, 01:52 AM

strugs... Bell Mobility is goofy. The memory leak issue affects ANY BB running OS 4.2+, any model.

@flower40 -- You would need to look at your third party applications and database sizes to determine what is left to do. Look at Options > Status > Menu > Database Sizes and see what is there... what are the three largest KB sizes listed, the number after the "/"?

06011007 · 07-11-2008, 11:43 PM

thanks for your sharing

Tsukimi · 07-15-2008, 01:36 PM

Wow all these threads are so so helpful!

DeoreDX · 07-15-2008, 01:46 PM

Strange, mind just deleted the call logs and I have over 25 megs free on my phone. All MMS and SMS are still there though.

brianruf · 07-22-2008, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Clark

The only time you'll get email to repopulate from the BES is when you activate a new device. It will populate as per how the Admins have it setup. If you wipe the device and reactivate the same device you'll get no emails. If you activate a new device you'll get a certain amount of emails. If having messages on the device is important then it might be wise to make frequent backups using desktop manager.

As far as memory goes, I would be carefull about anything less than 15Mb. Just do a battery pull once a week and you should be fine.

This metric is very helpful. I went "application crazy" with my curve and started experiencing this problem, but I didn't know how much to free up.

7.5 free. 7.5 to go!

Thanks!

NickfromIL · 07-22-2008, 08:54 PM

Remember that regularly pulling the battery will help recover lost memory. I do at least one a week.

gjminer · 08-07-2008, 01:58 PM

Horizon Wireless or do you mean Verizon wireless ?

jsconyers · 08-07-2008, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gjminer

Horizon Wireless or do you mean Verizon wireless ?

HorizonWirelessOnline.com - Horizon Wireless, The World’s Cellular Repair Center ß

They are a sponsor and a valued member of this forum.

NickfromIL · 08-07-2008, 02:01 PM

Horizon Wireless is a sponsor here, and they are great

HorizonWirelessOnline.com - Horizon Wireless, The World’s Cellular Repair Center ß