I've heard of the low memory causing problems, but not fragmented.  Do you
have more information on that?

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Mike

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On Wed, 10 May 2006 10:35:33 -0400 Sam Kamens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>My experience is that there are usually 2 reasons for crashes on the 650.
>
>The first is an app that really has a bug.  If you were happy going
>along before this started, and didn't install any new apps, then this is
>not likely the culprit.
>
>The second is low available memory.  Because of our friend the NVFS
>(non-volatile file system) on the 650's, the Treo copies data back and
>forth between the stored area and what's called the "DbCache" -
>basically working memory that it needs to use to access the data.  When
>the device gets low on memory, or when the DbCache gets fragmented, it
>can fail to copy the data that's needed, and that often causes a reset.
>
>This can happen asynchronously to other apps if you're using background
>apps that the Treo tries to start while you're doing something else.
>
>Even if you haven't added new apps, if you've added additional data
>items or files to the Treo, that could reduce the amount of available
>memory and cause crashes.
>
>Is there something on your device that you could remove to free up space?
>
>An alternative to consider is Resco Locker (RLock), which locks certain
>apps into the cache.  I used it to lock the apps I use the most, and
>which do the most background stuff (ChatterEmail, TakePhone, and
>Verichat).  Once I did that, my incidence of resets went way down.
>
>YMMV, of course, but it might be worth looking into...
>
>Sam



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