Available memory decreases over time

[Elusive]

Hello,

I noticed that under ICS, the available memory decreases over time. After about 10-15 days of use without reboot, the available memory goes from approx 150Mb to 70Mb. It is not my applications that are taking the RAM but it rather seems that it is the OS itself that is using it.

Under the Settings>apps>running> the first portion of the memory (OS I presume) keeps taking more space. Then after 10-15 days, the phone slows down and becomes jerky. After a reboot, everything goes back to normal.

I can't remember if it was the same under GB. Anyone experiencing this?

[mahdz]

Yes this happens,thats why they recommend daily reboots (i wonder if iphones require this much TLC).

This problem has been compounded by eating the icecream sandwich (its bad for you and your phone compared to GB:smileylaugh:)

Miss the simple phones of yesteryears! Have really high hopes for 4.0.4!

[#3]

Android it's like a Windows XP/Vista/7. If it works longer it will be slower because there will be running a lot of applications in memory. But I don't must to reebot my Xperia Neo V with ICS because I don't using 3rd applications and I only using original apps so I don't have decreases of memory. One thing what you can do: use Task Killers and uninstall apps which you doesn't use(they can works in memory and you can't know that)

I hope I help you a little

[Elusive]

Thanks for you replies guys. This isn't so great to have to reboot every so often. There must be a memory leak somewhere.

Invar, even if I close an app, there is still a bunch of memory that's taken by the OS that doesn't get released. It's ok that apps take RAM so that they load faster when I need them, but when the OS takes up all the RAM, then the apps have little RAM to play with and it becomes laggy.

I definitely won't be rebooting every day. I like my phone to just work and forget about it. In my case, I can probably wait about 10 days until it starts becoming laggy again.

Yea, I do miss phones of yesterday where they just worked (I'm thinking dumb phones, BB). Android is cool, we just need the bugs to be fixed. I hope 4.0.4 fixes that.