Free RAM on Mini Pro!??

[ppgsk17]

As per specification Mini Pro is having 512MB RAM but actual RAM which is shown in the phone is nearly 335~340MB.

Also hardly I get more than 100MB of free RAM and when apps like Opera Mobile and some games are used then after closing app the phone refresh itself(like resetting with all icons goes and comes on again). This is not observed with Opera Mini.

Whats the exact cause?

Any solution available to this?

[uliwooly-wooly]

try a different launcher, like launcher pro, or gingerbread launcher. this is an issue with SE launcher.

[uliwooly-wooly]

regarding the RAM

you should read this

http://talk.sonyericsson.com/message/98067#98067

[ppgsk17]

I didn't get that, can you plz explain more?

[ppgsk17]

I am not complaining about 335~340MB of RAM, I want to solve that refreshing of phone issue!

[Shawhifox · Accepted solution]

Ok, to understand the cause you need to know what a launcher is. Android uses an app to manage the different desktops, widgets, and the list of apps you have installed on the phone when you press the menu icon. This app can be replaced, so you can change the way you manage and organize your screen and icons, and these apps are called launchers.

The launcher is normally in memory, and when you close an app you return to it. Games and Opera mobile need a high quantity of RAM, and since you aren't using the launcher, Android closes it to free memory and focuse in the app or game you are using. When you close them, Android need to execute again the launcher and put all the data needed to use it on memory, that's why you see it refreshing the icons. It's opening the launcher again.

Opera mini is a lighweight version of the Opera mobile, uses a fewer memory, so that's why Android doesn't close the launcher when you are using it.

[uliwooly-wooly]

you can use launchers like this

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fede.launcher&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImN...