Better Memory Management

sudermatt · #1 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 06:34 PM

I came from a wm3003 6600 where i could define how much memory was used for storage and how much was used for Programs.

I could easily have 4 or 5 apps running at once....and regularly did....

But i can't with this device....2 is about the max....NOT ENOUGH!

Meanwhile I have 110 megs of un-used memory.

Anyone know how to untap some of that valuable memorealestate?

Keir333 · #2 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 06:38 PM

wm3003, huh? Are you from the future???

**xweaponx** · #3 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 07:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Keir333

wm3003, huh? Are you from the future???

I am sure you are kidding... as I guess he meant WM2003.

I use Pocket Plus 4.0 which as today plug-in icons to tell me how much memory I have for programs, installments, etc. If you are looking for better management in order to run more apps... well... the Mogul/PPC6800 has limited ROM to start with. Most use a true close program to close apps after using in order to keep a fresh supply of memory readily available. You will likely max out ROM memory pretty quick with 2-3 apps open and then try starting WMP.

If you have 110MB of memory, that is the RAM for installments and cannot (yet; hopefully in the future) be used to for ROM use.

Keir333 · #4 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 07:22 PM

um, yeah...I was kidding. I knew what he meant.

Sorry for the sarcasm.

No idea about the memory management

leetsauce · #5 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 08:31 PM

What ROM version are you running?

jph8tr · #6 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 08:40 PM

WM2003 and before used a different architecture than WM5/6 devices. With WM5/6 you have separate RAM and Storage space that cannot be redefined. The problem you (us) have is that HTC should have given us 128mb of RAM instead of the paltry 64mb.

verizonguy · #7 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by xweaponx

the Mogul/PPC6800 has limited ROM to start with. Most use a true close program to close apps after using in order to keep a fresh supply of memory readily available. You will likely max out ROM memory pretty quick with 2-3 apps open and then try starting WMP.

If you have 110MB of memory, that is the RAM for installments and cannot (yet; hopefully in the future) be used to for ROM use.

You have it backwards. ROM is the physical flash storage, short for Read Only Memory. RAM is the dynamic allocatable memory used for running programs and stands for Random Access Memory.

The Titan has 256 MB of ROM, and 64 MB of RAM. ROM isn't really the right term for the NAND flash memory used for storage on pocket pc devices as it is not all read only, but meh.

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I came from a wm3003 6600 where i could define how much memory was used for storage and how much was used for Programs.

I could easily have 4 or 5 apps running at once....and regularly did....

But i can't with this device....2 is about the max....NOT ENOUGH!

There is a problem with most titan roms for management of shared memory allocation and I've been testing a fix that appears to be working well.

For those rom makers that want to experiment with the fix, take the smem.dll module from the 2.14 Alltel ROM (without dependencies) and the drivers from the 2.17 Sprint ROM and then run G'Reloc.

**xweaponx** · #8 (**permalink**) 12-19-2007, 11:33 PM

Thanks verizonguy for the correction!