Too many apps installed? Phone is borked, and reports no cellphone connectivity

[ja2038]

I am an Android n00b. There, I've said it. So I've been exploring the market on my new Hero, and I've installed a lot of apps.

Still, the Smart Monitor app tells me:

System RO: Available 16 MB of 170
User Cache RW: Available 127 MB of 130
User Data RW: Available 68 MB of 159
SD Card RW: Available 356 MB of 1883

Is 16Mb of System too little or a lot?

Well, right now, if I install other apps, it seems as though on reboot, the system comes up and:

1. It reports no cell connectivity (0 bars, actually bars with an x floating on top of the bars.)
2. Many many processes die and need a force close

And the system acts pretty borked. Doing much of anything causes a process to die.

If I uninstall the last few apps, and reboot, the system recovers. Reinstall the apps, repeat borkness, uninstall, works okay.

I don't know what I am seeing. Is it just that I've reached some system limit?

If so, what are the ways I can fix this?

1. Uninstall apps I don't need
2. Buy a phone with more available memory
3. Wait till a root method becomes available and then get a firmware that moves apps to the SD Card
4. Find an Android App (akin to a PalmOS launcher) that manages memory better?
5. Find some sort of Task killer that keeps unwanted tasks from launching at boot and kills the promptly?
6. Collect underpants?

Am I misinterpreting what I am seeing? Did I break something else that is being seen now as all these apps dying?

Is this an HTC problem, an Android problem, a problem I caused, or? And what other forums might have more information?

Thank you,

Jerry

[Zebedee]

More than likely you've downloaded an app that itself is causing probs. Could be because it's for older software / newer software / different phone (some are phone specific).

Delete the apps one by one and you may find the culprate.

16MB is enough for the phone. Issues are normally at about the 4MB area.
Widgets slow the phones down more than apps.

[thacounty]

I had the same problem. I am pretty sure it was a certain app I had installed. I never found out which one it was and hard reset the phone. Left a few apps off I didn't need and it was one of them thank goodness haha.

[steveb2506]

I'm currently experiencing the exact same issue. I installed several apps one day, but did not experience any problems until I rebooted my phone a couple of days later. At that point I experienced all of the issues you described. I un-installed those apps and my problem went away. At first I thought I pinned it down to a single app causing it, but it appears to be the quantity installed and not a specific app causing my issue (unless there is an app causing the qty issue).

Have you found a resolution to this issue yet? Perhaps we could compare our installed apps?

[mnjparks]

I have had this problem twice already and had to hard reset my phone. at first i though it was dolphin home but then had the same problem with dxTop. so im not sure whats going on. it seems as though when i get alot of apps downloaded and get everything just the way i want it and then restart my phone and take the battery out then restart it it, it happens.

[mnjparks]

i did read somewhere that you should download everything slowly and not all at once. download a few things then wait a few days then download more. sounds weird to me.