[oakie]

figured i'd try this out to see how awful the memory leak is, to see if the upgrade is worth it to you on this factor alone. OS 4.5.0.46 on a T-Mobile 8320. All diagnostic and reporting programs removed, i.e. battery log, quincy. this is not at all scientific or indicative of what you should expect. this is only what i observed on my device with the following atmosphere. for entertainment purposes only.

removed items:
task list
bb messenger
faves icons
sample video
dimension icon theme
dimension theme
event log cleared and turned off
BrickBreaker

installed:
jivetalk
bblight (activated @ 2250)
Google Maps 2.0.2
Bubble Popper

remaining memory open after install and settings changes(in bytes): 25439112


(taken at 14 minutes after recording began)



progress log:

Time Bytes Free Uptime Usage during snapshot
2208 25439112 3671s (charging, UMA call in progress, BT headset connected)
2222 25439108 4512s (charging, UMA call in progress, BT headset connected)
2232 25439412 5136s (UMA call in progress, BT headset connected)
2234 25439376 5240s (charging, UMA call in progress, BT headset connected)
2240 24773772 5636s (charging, BT Off, Wifi On)
2244 24513764 5883s (charging, BT Off, Wifi On, Event Log Cleared and turned off)
2257 24238116 6619s (charging, BT Off, Wifi On, BBLight Activated)
2338 24003052 9121s (BT Off, Wifi On, BBLight On... rec'd 1 email read and delete)
2348 23850736 9691s (BT Off, Wifi On, BBLight On, put into standby and woken up twice)
0027 24469700 12049s (BT Off, Wifi On, BBLight On) *Played with my ringtone settings
0750 25045296 (BT Off, Wifi On, BBLight On) *left on charger overnight, new seidio battery.

[justajason]

You should cover your IMEI as soon as possible. The information youve provided is great, just want you to protect yourself...

[flash24]

Thanks for the info

[betterlate1]

In 50 minutes you lost a meg?
If you had run a control test exactly the same with the previous OS we'd have something to point at.
Still nice job. Thanks.

[oakie]

Originally Posted by justajason

You should cover your IMEI as soon as possible. The information youve provided is great, just want you to protect yourself...

good call. wasnt even looking at it. thanks.

[oakie]

Originally Posted by betterlate1

In 50 minutes you lost a meg?
If you had run a control test exactly the same with the previous OS we'd have something to point at.
Still nice job. Thanks.

like i said, it's not scientific in any way.

all i have for a control is my own experience with 4.2.2.180. i didnt lose memory with it, but if i did, it was so minute that it was unnoticeable... i reset about weekly due to various things, but never due to lack of memory. i always had 28.5MB whenever i opened up the help page on the previous OS.

[oakie]

if anyone has an idea, notion, or knowledge of where the leak may be, your input is especially welcome as i can turn things on or off to see if it helps.

[oakie]

simply going in and out of standby mode seems to sap the crap out of it.

[oakie]

the audio is completely different. much more bass heavy than compared to 4.2.2.180's audio settings... almost sounds muffled.



edit: turned off "audio boost". seems it now affects the ringers and/or they changed the default eq for audio boost.

[sartwell]

Well after reading all the post and putting it off for a week, I made the plunge and installed 4.5.0.33 rel. 48. So far so good. The only thing I can't check out is sms and mms out of verizon network. I don't know anybody out of network. I did see my first html email, it's much better than all the links.


Sorry, I'm still new to the board and see I put this in the wrong place.

[stealthx32]

Originally Posted by oakie

if anyone has an idea, notion, or knowledge of where the leak may be, your input is especially welcome as i can turn things on or off to see if it helps.

I ran Google maps (w/ BT GPS) for a 250 mile trip, and dropped from 22 MB down to 13 MB. And it never recovered.

Opera Mini also seems leaky too.

Want to give those a try?

[[IFC]Area51]

Originally Posted by oakie

the audio is completely different. much more bass heavy than compared to 4.2.2.180's audio settings... almost sounds muffled.



edit: turned off "audio boost". seems it now affects the ringers and/or they changed the default eq for audio boost.

4.5.0 OS's version audio is richer in bass. In my opinion, i like the audio sound better on 4.5.0., 4.2.2 sound has to much treble and makes your speaker crackle.

[Jason Mark]

I agree with your assesment of the audio...as far as memory leak, I had very little when I was running .46 to the point it was virtually non-existant... I also have zero now as well...

[oakie]

Originally Posted by JasonHDD

I agree with your assesment of the audio...as far as memory leak, I had very little when I was running .46 to the point it was virtually non-existant... I also have zero now as well...

with my config, i'm not seeing a memory leak. yeah, programs may take up memory here and there, but they seem to be releasing it in a timely manner.

unfortunately, i had to reset the device a couple of times for software updates/installs (docs to go, google maps) so i abandoned this little project. i'll probably restart the project once things slow down for me this afternoon.

but from what i can see, there is no (significant) memory leak with 4.5.0.46... but i'm sure some apps built for 4.2.2.xxx being used on 4.5OS may not be optimized and thus have its own memory leak. bu those that do seem to be improperly blaming the OS instead of properly troubleshooting the issue. (Viigo on 4.5, for example)

you just have to wait until the apps you use daily are optimized for the new OS... some just universally are, while most arent. just like any other operating system, some legacy devices/drivers/apps will not work properly on a new release.

[oakie]

Originally Posted by stealthx32

I ran Google maps (w/ BT GPS) for a 250 mile trip, and dropped from 22 MB down to 13 MB. And it never recovered.

Opera Mini also seems leaky too.

Want to give those a try?

OEM programs, not third party apps. some people believe there is a memory leak in the operating system, and i'd like to try and find it so i can minimize its impact since i'm choosing to run this OS release daily, so stability is important to me.

simple logic already tells me there will be various issues running legacy code on the new OS.