BB Bold and the annoying hour clock!
I just got this phone and I think it's going back soon. I can't do much multitasking on this phone. If I'm running three or more applications (slacker, BB IM, and the Facebook app) just to name a few, the phone would freeze up and show that annoying clock for several minutes (it took 6+ minutes just a moment ago for it to get out of this and continue playing songs) Is this how blackberry's are? This is my first blackberry and this is very annoying to me. Do you guys have this problem too?
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First off, which Bold do you have, 9000 or 9700?
Every BB device which was launched AFTER the BB Bold 9000 and Storm 9530 has 4x - 10x the free Application Memory (generally), which is what actually runs the active apps on the device.
Go into Options>Memory and look at Application Memory
On My Storm 9530, I typically have 5 - 20 MB free. On my wife's Tour 9630 (launched about 6 months after the Storm) it ranges between 50 MB and 110 MB which, needless to say, makes a HUGE difference when multitasking.
Application memory diminishes as more and more apps are opened and closed, until the device finally gives up and stalls out or resets. Any time you see that figure drop below 15 MB, expect problems to happen.
I highly recomme...
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Every BB device which was launched AFTER the BB Bold 9000 and Storm 9530 has 4x - 10x the free Application Memory (generally), which is what actually runs the active apps on the device.
Go into Options>Memory and look at Application Memory
On My Storm 9530, I typically have 5 - 20 MB free. On my wife's Tour 9630 (launched about 6 months after the Storm) it ranges between 50 MB and 110 MB which, needless to say, makes a HUGE difference when multitasking.
Application memory diminishes as more and more apps are opened and closed, until the device finally gives up and stalls out or resets. Any time you see that figure drop below 15 MB, expect problems to happen.
I highly recomme...
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I got the 9000. I don't like the 9700 because is too small and it feels cheap. I'm really not happy with BlackBerry right now. 👀 I kept hearing how great BB was and now that I have one, meh.....
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🤣 Ha Ha beach- I can't believe you went the obviously inferior 9000! Oh well there's always the verzon forum you can troll later 🙂
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I had several models before I gave up. And each time I had dropped calls, and poor battery life.
I used to blame AT&T Cellular until I bought an unlocked phone, then I noticed that my reception got way better.
I avoid Blackberry at all costs now.
I used to blame AT&T Cellular until I bought an unlocked phone, then I noticed that my reception got way better.
I avoid Blackberry at all costs now.
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I just checked I have 4.5MB of application memory 😲 I use the quickpull (which doesn't work if the phone is frozen, because you cant get to it) what I do is atl-right cap- delt and it resets it, but still it takes like 5 minutes to come back up. 👿
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the 9700 has twice the application memory and the 5.0 operating system is much more efficient. The 9700 is the nicest blackberry on the market. Take your 9000 back and try the 9700. If you still have problems and don't like it then take it back and get a crappy windows mobile device or wait for something Android.
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BeachSlapped said:
I just checked I have 4.5MB of application memory 😲 I use the quickpull (which doesn't work if the phone is frozen, because you cant get to it) what I do is atl-right cap- delt and it resets it, but still it takes like 5 minutes to come back up. 👿
I set mine to reset at 3:00 AM every single day and warn me when memory drops below 3 MB. I only have to do a "low-memory" reset once or twice a week.
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I've been having this same problem too. It's the FB application that takes too much memory. The only work around (that I've noticed) if you're going to run the FB application, run it alone. The moment you start using another application with FB, forget it.. Crash!
Does anyone know if this is something that RIM could address with OS 5.0? Maybe giving us more memory for applications?
Does anyone know if this is something that RIM could address with OS 5.0? Maybe giving us more memory for applications?
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