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Cellular Phone Forum / Country Specific / UK Group / February 2008N73 Memory Problem
Got hold of a second-hand N73 just before Christmas, up to now it's been great, but now I keep getting a load of "low memory" or "memory full" errors. It came with a few apps installed which the previous owner must have put on there and since putting in a 1gb memory card I've put a couple on myself (installed to the card). I'm sure when I got it, there was at least 8mb free memory, but now on checking it's showing memory in use as 42mb, free memory 142kb, with 7kb Calender, 45kb contacts and 30kb messages. I make a few calls, send texts and use Opera Mini, Yahoo Go and very occasionally google maps pretty much nothing else. So where could all the memory have gone?  SignatureSean Black > Got hold of a second-hand N73 just before Christmas, up to now it's been > great, but now I keep getting a load of "low memory" or "memory full" [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > occasionally google maps pretty much nothing else. So where could all the > memory have gone? First step is to hold down the menu button to see what apps are running. Then fire up file explorer and delete anything unneeded in the phone memory, images, sounds whatever. >> Got hold of a second-hand N73 just before Christmas, up to now it's been >> great, but now I keep getting a load of "low memory" or "memory full" [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >Then fire up file explorer and delete anything unneeded in the phone memory, >images, sounds whatever. Thanks for your help. By the menu button ,do you mean the one on the far left, next to the "1" and "4" keys and above the text editor button? If so when I hold it down it only comes up with one box with "standby" in it, nothing else. There's pretty much no images or sounds anywhere on the phone, as I'd already moved everything to the memory card. Which is why I can't understand where all the phone memory has gone. SignatureSean Black > By the menu button ,do you mean the one on the far left, next to the "1" > and "4" keys and above the text editor button? If so when I hold it down > it only comes up with one box with "standby" in it, nothing else. OK, at least there are no other apps running, if they were they would appear there. > There's pretty much no images or sounds anywhere on the phone, as I'd > already moved everything to the memory card. Which is why I can't > understand where all the phone memory has gone. >> By the menu button ,do you mean the one on the far left, next to the "1" >> and "4" keys and above the text editor button? If so when I hold it down >> it only comes up with one box with "standby" in it, nothing else. > >OK, at least there are no other apps running, if they were they would appear >there. No, that's the weird thing. No matter what I delete, in a week or so, I'm back to getting the memory warnings again. Makes me wonder if there might be a memory leak or something on one of the apps I use. SignatureSean Black >>> By the menu button ,do you mean the one on the far left, next to the "1" >>> and "4" keys and above the text editor button? If so when I hold it down [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > back to getting the memory warnings again. Makes me wonder if there might > be a memory leak or something on one of the apps I use. 1. What apps are on the phone? 2. What firmware is on the phone (type *#0000# at the main screen)? The N73 early firmware was always nicking memory, then I upgraded my firmware and the problem has went away (My Current N73 FW v4.0736.3.2.1). I'd recommend installing Epocware's Handy Taskman as this will tell you all the hidden apps which are really running in the background. Personally I'd upgrade the firmware and install all new apps to the internal memory rather than the external memory card. Makes the apps run faster if installed to the internal memory. I posted a guide to upgrading and maintaining a N73 on my vox blog, I'd direct you to the exact link, but work PC denies access to vox. SignatureGerry (The MOTH) S60 3rd Edition: gerrymoth.vox.com N800 OS2008: gerrymoth.wordpress.com >>>> By the menu button ,do you mean the one on the far left, next to the "1" >>>> and "4" keys and above the text editor button? If so when I hold it down [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >1. What apps are on the phone? Yahoo Go, Sky Anytime, Opera Mini, Google Maps, Yell.com (all ones I installed myself to the memory card to save phone memory). Already installed when I got it are Flash Player, 3-D Tones, Anti-Virus, Modem, Skype, SlingPlayer, MSN Messenger, Radio, RealPayer. Also a handful of games also installed to the memory card. >2. What firmware is on the phone (type *#0000# at the main screen)? I get V.3.0638.0.0.1 31-10-2006 RM-733 Nokia N73(54.01) >The N73 early firmware was always nicking memory, then I upgraded my >firmware and the problem has went away (My Current N73 FW v4.0736.3.2.1). That could be the answer then. When I first got the phone I used some application on the Nokia site that supposedly checked the firmware and updated where necessary, which obviously did a great job! :-) >I'd recommend installing Epocware's Handy Taskman as this will tell you all >the hidden apps which are really running in the background. I'll have a look for that. >Personally I'd upgrade the firmware and install all new apps to the internal >memory rather than the external memory card. Makes the apps run faster if >installed to the internal memory. I'll give that a try too. >I posted a guide to upgrading and maintaining a N73 on my vox blog, I'd >direct you to the exact link, but work PC denies access to vox. Thanks for your help. I'll take a look at your blog, it seems like a firmware upgrade should be my first port of call. SignatureSean Black >>>>> By the menu button ,do you mean the one on the far left, next to the >>>>> "1" [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] > Thanks for your help. I'll take a look at your blog, it seems like a > firmware upgrade should be my first port of call. When I first got my N73 I installed to internal & external, but it quickly screwed my phone up. After reading a few helpful guides on the internet I realised its best to install on the internal memory if you can. Its a pain I know, I've been down to 1.3MB of internal memory before, so I have to restrict myself to the apps i really need and use. All others are stored in zip files on the memory card if I ever need to install and use. 1. Flash to latest FW 2. Install to internal memory only (limited the number of apps) 3. Clear Cache regularily from Built-in browser and Opera Mobile if you have it. 4. Keep SMS/MMS/Email on the phone memory, but deleted or backup regularily. I recently did a reset of my phone and only installed the apps I use regularily which include: Opera Mobile Nokia Internet Radio Player Google Mail Google Maps LCG Slick (Messenger for MSN/Yahoo/AIM/ICQ/GTalk) LCG X-plore (Powerful File Manager) Sky Anytime Shazam ID Jaiku Shozu Yell.com Widsets YouTube Handy Taskman Handy Clock SplashID (Password Store) Y-Browser (Another useful File Manager) Zip Manager v1.0 Barcode Reader Screenshot v3.0 MobileSigner More than enough for mobile enjoyment. Feel free to email me if you need help to upgrade or install any apps. SignatureGerry (The MOTH) S60 3rd Edition: gerrymoth.vox.com N800 OS2008: gerrymoth.wordpress.com A pointer to the latest firmware would be handy, all I can find on the Nokia site is the automatic updater, which obviously didn't do much before. I did try finding it on your vox blog, couldn't seem to see it anywhere though. Cheers. SignatureSean Black >A pointer to the latest firmware would be handy, all I can find on the >Nokia site is the automatic updater, which obviously didn't do much before. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Cheers. How to upgrade the N73 http://www.freewebs.com/gerrymoth/updaten73.htm My mobile was a 3 branded N73 which I had to rebrand to the generic version before I could upgrade to the latest firmware. Its an easy process (you just change the product code using NSS), only thing I would say is be careful of the USB cable with the N73 its a bit flacky, so just don't go near it or touch it while its upgrading using the Nokia Software Updater. I've upgraded my N73 about 4 times over the last year or so. 3UK Product Code: 0541479 Euro1 Music Edition Product Code: 0537289 Nokia Firmware checker http://www.nokia.co.uk/link?cid=EDITORIAL_799358 SignatureGerry (The MOTH) S60 3rd Edition: gerrymoth.vox.com N800 OS2008: gerrymoth.wordpress.com >How to upgrade the N73 >http://www.freewebs.com/gerrymoth/updaten73.htm [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >Nokia Firmware checker >http://www.nokia.co.uk/link?cid=EDITORIAL_799358 Nice one, thanks. SignatureSean Black >>A pointer to the latest firmware would be handy, all I can find on the >>Nokia site is the automatic updater, which obviously didn't do much before. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >Nokia Firmware checker >http://www.nokia.co.uk/link?cid=EDITORIAL_799358 Well, I finally seem to have got to the bottom of the problem. On checking the memory after each application use, I found that Yahoo Go was the culprit. Ended up deleting it completely, which freed up a massive 40mb memory on my phone and re-downloaded and reinstalled it and I'll keep an eye on it from now on. It does seem to have a slightly different layout and different options in it now, so I may have had an old version before, hopefully if I have got a newer version, it may have had some memory problems ironed out. SignatureSean Black >>>A pointer to the latest firmware would be handy, all I can find on the >>>Nokia site is the automatic updater, which obviously didn't do much [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > hopefully if I have got a newer version, it may have had some memory > problems ironed out. YahooGo is crap, I've had no end of trouble installing and trying to run it on various N73 and N95's. For what it can do, you'd probably be better off using the web browser. Sean: Did you upgrade your N73? SignatureGerry (The MOTH) S60 3rd Edition: gerrymoth.vox.com N800 OS2008: gerrymoth.wordpress.com >>>>A pointer to the latest firmware would be handy, all I can find on the >>>>Nokia site is the automatic updater, which obviously didn't do much [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] >on various N73 and N95's. For what it can do, you'd probably be better off >using the web browser. I'm beginning to think the same way, there's got to be something wrong somewhere if it's hoarding that amount of memory. >Sean: Did you upgrade your N73? Not as yet, I've got all the relevant stuff downloaded to my pc, ready to go, it's just a matter of finding some spare time to sit and do it :-) SignatureSean Black |
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