[juicy kicks]

Thanks...I know that post #14 has nothing to do with losing memory...I had asked what the application switch was. Someone had mentioned that too many application switches would cause a memory leak, thus I wanted to know what it was so that I don't do it.

For some odd reason, my pc and mac won't detect the external memory card when connected.

[JSanders]

Media card not recognized? - BlackBerryFAQ.com

Check out the FAQs here, most of your questions should be answered.

[juicy kicks]

Thanks! All my files were saved on the SD card but I format the card just in case. My BB recognizes the SD card, but it's my computers that aren't picking it up. Before on my Pearl, opening My Computer, I would see a icon link for Removable Drive, now I don't. I've tried a bunch of things, but comp is just not recognizing it

[JSanders]

Try changing the drive letter on your PC... if you have another drive on e: or f:, move that to another letter like m:

[Thatzmister2u]

Originally Posted by juicy kicks

Thanks! All my files were saved on the SD card but I format the card just in case. My BB recognizes the SD card, but it's my computers that aren't picking it up. Before on my Pearl, opening My Computer, I would see a icon link for Removable Drive, now I don't. I've tried a bunch of things, but comp is just not recognizing it

Menu>options>advance options>Media Card>Enable Mass Storage Mode = (Yes)

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[juicy kicks]

thanks! computer will recognize if i took the sd card out and stuck it in the memory card adapter, it just won't recognize otherwise. My setting have always been with all that stuff on and stuff...oh well....can't change drive names cuz i'm on work computer and all the drives are linked to the server.

But thanks for all the help!!! I really appreciate it! ;)

[DyMndSkiR]

Can you un-map network drives? I have had several computers that had a similar problem.


If a network drive is created as the next available drive in the list, such as you have A, C, D, and E as hard drive and cd-rom drives, if you made F a network drive, removable drives wouldn't be recognized and assigned a drive letter. No idea what causes it, but I have had that issue several times.

If you can, try to un-map your network drives and then hook up your BB with the SD card in it. See if that helps.

May not, but it's worth a shot.

[Mark Rejhon]

Originally Posted by ricpac

the application switch is much like the alt-tab (windows) and command-tab (mac); for our BBs, you have two options:

1. press and hold ALT, press the ESC key then use your trackball to cycle through the apps (highlight the app you wish to open and release the ALT key)

2. set up either your left or right convenience keys to be the app switcher; you can do it right off Options under Screen/Keyboard

There's a third method. Press ENDCALL followed by the application key shortcut or application icon.

ENDCALL+"L" -- switch to Calendar without interrupting current app

ENDCALL+"A" -- switch to Addressbook without interrupting current app

Personally, I have no problems with plenty of third party applications, since I have configured the camera to save to my memory card. Having even a cheap $20 MicroSD memory card makes a big difference, once you reconfigure the camera to save to memory card by default. Nothing else gobbles memory as quickly, and other memory leaks by other software are minor or nonexistent that I can run all the applications I want simultaneously (within bounds of reasonableness -- the most I've ran at once was 10 with no problems). I do have the latest Curve OS, though.

[PeaceOut]

Does BB have something like windows task manager which tells it what programs are running and much memory it's using?
If not...that'd be a great tool.

So if I'm getting this right...my call logs and emails will be erased if I'm running out of memory or when an application needs more memory? Most phones save a certain amount of call logs, like the last 10 or so...is there a setting for this?
Also if you click on the menu on a phone number on the Phone application, you can select history and it'll give you all the calls make with that number. Is there a way to save (archive) this information on the microsd?

[Thatzmister2u]

1.) It won't tell you the amount of memory used by and application but you can see what's running by pressing "alt + esc" keeping holding alt and you can scroll the list with the trackball.

2.) Yes, the device will erase call logs and messages when low on memory. It does this to protect the memory needed to maintain the OS. To avoid this problem see:

How do I free up memory on my device? - BlackBerryFAQ.com

It only keeps the last ten calls. If you hit menu on the entry you can get a history for that number. If you wish to see all call logs go into the message folder and hit "Alt + P".

Last there is no way to save call history to the SD.

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