After months of struggling with low RAM (in which CellPhoneSoft came up with RAMblow) on the Nokia N97 and N97 mini, we now have firmware for most N97 product codes that has more free RAM and handles memory much better. Still, the appearance of RAMblow, screenshotted, linked and detailed below, may help anyone trying to clear extra RAM for a big game, for those whom the new firmware has not yet been released and for those with other devices with RAM problems.
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I am glad to say I will never need this app for my i8910 😊
Beware this page https://store3.esellerate.net/store/checkout/CustomLayout.aspx?s=STR8503463196&pc=&page=SinglePageTrialDownload.htm takes an age to download on the N97c - froze the unit up first time and needed a reboot (N97c with new firmware) - eventually it loaded and got going - hope it's more eeficient with RAM management once onboard!! BTW it's �3.31
I imagine that page is designed for desktop browsers... But yes, clumsy page encoding for it to be that un-portable....
I am so pleased that I chose not to go for the 8910 now that Nokia seem to be issuing forth a stream of gifts, none of which are any use on the 8910.
actually most of nokia's so-called 'gifts' seem to work out quite nicely on the i8910, thanks for asking. (with ram to spare, if i might add)
LOL Samsung owners are easy to bait. If they keep repeating themselves enough, it is possible that they may eventually convince themselves. Insecure.
"Quite nicely" AKA "a bit ropey".
I am running several apps including reply to this using opera and downloading ovi racing from ovi store on my i8910. i currently have 78mb of free RAM. In 2010 this app shouldn't need to exist
If you say so "Unregistered". Quite nicely means I can run 50 tasks on my phone, including some juicy goodies from the Ovi store, which also runs fine on my i8910. Get back to me when Nokia can give you enough optimisation of poor hardware to do that.
And "poor hardware" aka N97. That was completely unnecessary but I'm throwing it in, just for you.
yade wrote:I am running several apps including reply to this using opera and downloading ovi racing from ovi store on my i8910. i currently have 78mb of free RAM. In 2010 this app shouldn't need to exist
Does Ovi Racing work? All I get on my i8910 (Italian firmware) are interference patterns.
What firmware are you using to get 78mb free RAM? Mine starts nowhere near that and currently I am playing a balancing act with 18mb :con?
to get that much free ram on the i8910 you'd probably have to run a cooked firmware
Nokia should probably bundle this in the firmwares itself with all its RAM crippled phones like the E72 in the name of cost cutting ... The iPhone may have ten thousand fart apps, but it will never have an app like this..
What the heck are you i8910 HD owners doing to your phones? Mine boots up with almost 150MB free RAM! Or am I misunderstanding something here?
Really happy with this.
Cellphonesofts Swiss Manager Pro was also quite good, but kept closing apps on me (even when set to system app).
This keeps RAM really high, even after taking pictures (after which RAM useally drops 5-8MB (why is that??)).
RAMblow gets a lot of this back, which is needed for fun- but memory-hog-apps (like Coreplayer).
Steve, somehow you always seem to have more free RAM on boot on your phones than others. For instance, after the recent firmware on the n97 mini, you mentioned that it boots up with around 55MB if you dont have the homescreen widgets. Mine boots with 48 MB.
I guess you dont install apps of your phone? Probably minuscule...
My i8910 also starts with around 155mb of ram on boot up. Been running for around 6 days without switching off and running around 6 apps and still it sits at 118mb.
Think maybe some are talking about the 'C' drive?
I have only 3 applications on C, but the memory is full. Ramblow says 59.41 MB free and the native File Manager says C:Phone Memory free: 6.8 MB!
I had to delete Quickoffice because the message Memory Full poped up constantly. I cannot see how this application can help. It closes running applications, but that's it. Or perhaps I am not using it in the right way, in this case let me know if there is something different to do than Clean up.
I am fed up with the memory problems. Every time I reboot my 5800 because of this, I have to spend to much time to set up correctly the phone, re enter the podcasts, and so on. I there is nothing new from Symbian quickly, I will get a Nexus
John C wrote:My i8910 also starts with around 155mb of ram on boot up. Been running for around 6 days without switching off and running around 6 apps and still it sits at 118mb.
Think maybe some are talking about the 'C' drive?
You're right, I'm on the wrong tack. My problem is the C drive. It starts with only 40.48Mb (That's from DeviceInfo) and unfortunately programs such as Ovi Maps insist on loading onto it rather than mass memory or memory card. Hence I'm currently down to 18Mb.
RAM starts with 254 I've had no problems there (i8910).
Support@CPS wrote:Yes, you are mixing two different things:(1) RAM, also called runtime memory: space in which active programs are running. This is what RAMblow cleans up, to make sure you can start up other programs.
(2) Drive C, also called phone memory: space where data are permanently stored, including installed programs. RAMblow has nothing to do with this item, file managers serve for that purpose.
If your problem is surely the little space on Drive C, then you need to uninstall applications, or delete some other data (like messages, images, video, etc.).
(1) RAM - As above but having 250Mb or so there is no problem here.
(2) Drive C - As above, the phone memory. This is where the Samsung has problems because this memory starts at only about 40Mb and rapidly fills (I'm currently operating on 15Mb). Only certain data and programs are installed here, generally those such as Ovi Maps or Messaging that do not give an option as to where to store them. Another memory hog is the Quick Office upgrade. Certainly using file managers can help but a lot of this memory seems taken up by various System files that I would not risk deleting.
(3) Drive E - Also known as Mass Memory. This is where most programs can be installed and data stored. Starting with 16GB I'm not expecting any problems here!
So in summary it looks like Ramblow does not solve the i8910 memory problem. Rather judicious use of the small Drive C memory is the only way.
Support@CPS wrote:Drive E: is the memory card itself on most S60 devices!