After a fresh soft reset my memory bar on ILauncher reports 30.2Mb free. After some mild use (load some progs and close them using magicbutton), the memory will report anything from between 22Mb to 27Mb. In 'Start->Settings->System->Memory->Running Applications', nothing is running.

How do I recover the missing Mb without re-setting again? Is this just poor programming on behalf of the software writers?

A ROM flushing utility similar to RAM flushing utilities available for PC would be great, if anyone's listening!

My guess is this may be due to caching. If you re-open one of those programs that you stopped, I think you'll find it opens quicker than it did the first time because some components of the program may still be in memory. I know that with any version of windows on the PC, there is just some memory that's not made available again until you reboot. I'm thinking this is true for the pocket pc as well.

Peace,
-Duke

It really doesnt matter because after you open another program. The program cached first would be gone and replaced with the new program. It is not like the programs would stack in cache. You will always have a healthy 22-27 MB. I was worried about it too but since it didnt really affect the performance that much nor did I need so much RAM, I just didnt care. Also, having no programs opened and having one program opened, you may find that the Ram may be very similar if not the same because the program you opened will be occupying cache. However, I dont think cache is the totally right word to use but its something of that sort.

Dell Axim x51v A00
Intel(R) PXA270 624MHz
64MB Ram
256MB Rom
Rom Version: A06 (12190500)
Windows Mobile 5.0
OS 5.1.70 (Build 14410.1.1.3)
ThinkOutside Bluetooth Stowaway Keyboard + Travel Mouse
A-Data 2 GB SD 150x

You are perfectly fine... The resources are being consummed by resident .dll and resource files that are stored in memory and stay there until a bigger program/file comes around and takes their place. Unfortunately, when that happesn, that program may also leave a resident in your memory... So you will always have the same issue...

I personally, don't worry about it until my memory is really low, then a simple soft-reset give me back my memory... One soft-reset a day is as healthy as eatin one apple a day...

**Xalos**

[QUOTE=ck_9] Is this just poor programming on behalf of the software writers?
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As many have said, this is a caching issue to a certain extent, however in some cases... yes it is poor programming.

For example: SplashPhoto. I run SpashPhoto, check out a few pictures, then I close it (w/ magicbutton or Wisbar). If I wait a minute or two, then go into Memmaid and check out the running processes... there is spashphoto.exe, happily humming along, taking up 1/2 MB ram.

So, yes it's ppor programming, and no it isn't.

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