Apps and memory usage

[gowanis]

does hitting the home button close the app you are running, thus freeing the memory? or does it remain resident?

could there be memory leaks causing the phone to get slower and slower?

 

[markgamber]

does hitting the home button close the app you are running, thus freeing the memory? or does it remain resident?

could there be memory leaks causing the phone to get slower and slower?

Allegedly the app is closed when you hit the home button. Practically, it wouldn't surprise me if it's actually cached but practically closed. As far as leaks, in theory there aren't any but since there's nothing you could do about it if there were, it doesn't much matter.

 

[gowanis]

Allegedly the app is closed when you hit the home button. Practically, it wouldn't surprise me if it's actually cached but practically closed. As far as leaks, in theory there aren't any but since there's nothing you could do about it if there were, it doesn't much matter.

if there are leaks, i suppose you could reboot your phone more often.

 

[rotobadger]

I do know holding down the home button for about 8-10 seconds will close any program currently running. I will do this sometimes when my mail server is not responding and I don't want it to keep running and suck battery life.

 

[thomasfxlt]

There are definite issues with leaking memory apps and other apps that don't like it. Super Monkey Ball routinely requires a reboot before playing if other apps have been in use.