Free up memory
Periodically double click the home button and close all the apps in the recently used dock. Then power off and then back on the iPod. This frees up memory. The 4G only has 256 MB of memory.
Memory is different than storage.
Showing posts with label memory. Show all posts
Showing posts with label memory. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
iPod touch won't boot after memory issue
I've spent the evening diagnosing my daughter's 32G 4th gen iPod touch. She was getting very sluggish performance and syncs. I took a look and she had under 200MB free. The vast bulk of the memory was being held in apps, according to iTunes (I never could get Settings->General->Usage to finish for me). She has very few apps on the iPod, but I suspected that tumblr was the culprit since it downloads so many images.
I removed tumblr via iTunes and found out that my guess was right. But then I saw that the supposedly freed memory (over 20GB!!) was filling the "Other" bar. I read that excess Other memory could be cleared up by doing a restore, so I disconnected the iPod, did another sync to get a fresh backup, and then tried to restore. iTunes told me that it could not restore because there wasn't enough memory on the iPod. At the same time, the iPod rebooted but never got off the screen with the Apple.
At this point, I can get rid of the Apple screen by holding down both the power and home keys to reset, and after the reset, I hold just the power button. The Apple appears briefly and then it shuts off.
I can also get into DFU mode connected to iTunes on our iMac. I understand that if I go forward with that, I wipe everything on the iPod, a fresh version of iOS gets installed, and then we can do a restore from the last good backup I did - hopefully without reinstalling all of that Other memory.
So, after that lengthy explanation.... Is the clean start my only hope with this thing? If I took it to my Apple Store, might they be able to get it working without the factory reset? Any ideas?
I then need to present the options to my daughter before proceeding. One thing is clear: No more tumblr on the iPod.
Thanks in advance!
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Ipod touch memory
I checked my iPod recently and it told me i have 1.7 giga byte of memory left even though i cleared my photo roll most of the way and i have 50 videos and 35 pics.
I have around 12 giga bytes of apps. Do i have to sync to the computer again? Or is it really low? Thanks for any good answers!!!
Monday, April 15, 2013
memory is still wrong.....
my itouch says it has 0 bytes of memory, even though i know i should have at least 2 or 3 gb left. i have shut down many times, charged, and have waited a few days. i gave also researched and saw that several people had a problem with the usage saying other with an unknown source, which i dont have. icant download anything, please help
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
How to increase ram memory
Hi,
I need help to increase my ram memory on my 4g ipod
I installed memory status and it say the total memory is 249MB
There some in the wired section (OS usage), a bit for active (applications running), a bit for "inactive", for "other" and for "free"...
I have only 40MB free and a week ago i had like 120MB
The "Other" sections is occupying 95MB and there are a lot of "mobile" user processes running which i have no idea what they are
I need help so that i can increase my ram..."other" is using a lot but i don't know how to reduce it because i don't know what that is
I didn't find very relevant info but the system status website is http://www.techet.net/sysstat/help.html
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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