Hey everyone!
I'm hoping I can get some sort of collaborative effort to figure out which desktop widget/status bar applet is "misbehaving" and creating a memory leak on my tablet. Since I don't have multiple tablets, and since testing every widget/applet individually is a pain, I'm hoping you guys can help me figure it out. Plus, this can help serve as a reference for future use.
Symptoms:
Whenever a program consumes too much memory (I'm assuming this--I only see this behavior when I open mutilple instances of microB or mutiple pages in digia@web), everything on the desktop disappears and the applets (advanced power, etc.) disappear & revert to the original applets.
I'm typically running:
Desktop Widgets:
- Personal Launcher
- mgCal
- HomeDisk Free
Applets in the status bar:
- Large Statusbar Clock
- Advanced Backlight Control
- Advanced Power
- "Graph Plugin" (forgot the name)
- Webmail Notifier
It would be great if people could chime in indicating that they use (ex.: Personal Launcher) as well, and they have/have never experienced the symptoms described above.
Whoops, I guess this has already been answered here.
It seems:
1) Large Statusbar Clock -- fixed by disabling alarms (Configure -- untick Enable Alarms)
causes the symptoms described above. Maybe this thread can still be useful in pinpoint some other applications, though? (and I already spent the time writing it -- it would be a waste not to post it ).
OS Version: 5.2008.43-7
Large Statusbar Clock Version: 0.7-7
I'm figuring it *wasn't* Large Statusbar Clock (I removed it from the applet bar -- didn't uninstall it, though, but the problem persists). Since there doesn't seem to be many people experiencing this problem, I guess I'll have to do the old tried-and-true method of removing things one by one.
The solution: disable alarms (Configure -- untick Enable Alarms).
alephito was right. It seems that even in the latest version, the alarms don't quite work properly. It's pretty strange that the problem persisted even after removing it from the status bar (not uninstalling or doing a reboot). I just ended up uninstalling, reinstalling, and unchecked "Enable Alarms" (note that I didn't check the status of the problem right after I reinstalled Large Status Bar clock -- so the uninstall and reinstall may just have been good enough).
I just "torture tested" my n810 (opened 4 tabs in digia@web and 1 page microB at the same time), and I didn't get any of the "crashing symptoms" described above. I could never do this before, so I'll assume the problem is solved (for now, at least).
OS Version: 5.2008.43-7
Large Statusbar Clock Version: 0.7-7
I'm figuring it *wasn't* Large Statusbar Clock (I removed it from the applet bar -- didn't uninstall it, though, but the problem persists). Since there doesn't seem to be many people experiencing this problem, I guess I'll have to do the old tried-and-true method of removing things one by one.
I do also have regular crashes every 3-4 days. No large clock either. I believe it is memory related.
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