A few problems
 

I have had my N900 for about 6 weeks now, all has been great so far. I am running the latest firmware from Nokia, and recently I have seen my device run slower and slower!! This morning, I had to use the power button to turn my alarm off. I pressed the Off button, which then was highlighted but the alarm still sounded. It done this for both alarms (as I need two to get up in the morning =P).

The handset now seems to be running rather slow, and I am wondered if there is anything that I can do to "clean it up" somewhat? I am going through my App Manager this second to uninstall all Apps that I don't use, which I hope will help out.

Any ideas welcome though, I'm no expert that's for sure!!

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how many root space you got?which tasks are running?more info please

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19.07 GB free on the handset.
13.90 GB free on the memory card.
1.64 GB free for installable applications.

As for tasks that I am running, I always have just desktop widgets open, and the only one I have added is a Countdown timer.

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jeah looking in the options from your phone is not really usefull it shows only a few infos.do you got the extras devel kalogue installed?and when jes then download conky.its a app which shows you everythink about your device.your cpu and ram usage and how many space is in your root fs .

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I will download and install Conky.. and then let you know the results. Give me 5 minutes!!

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Got Conky. Thanks for the heads up on it. I have attached a screen-shot of the outcome. Wow my CPU is high!!

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If you open Conky, does hildon-home always use 90-100% of the CPU?

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As soon as I open Conky, it's total CPU is on less than 2%, then goes right up. hildon-home is on 94-96 at the moment.

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hmm your root space is ok but your swap eam usage and your cpu are very high.what kind of widgets do you use?you must know that widgets like foreca weather or something are the whole time running and downloading what can kill your cpu.first i would download the cpumem-applet its very usefull because it shows your alltime your cpu and memory usage.please uninstall everything you dont really need and be carefull with the extras devel apps.i know they are very ineresting but they can slowdown your phone

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The only added widget is one contact, and also a countdown application that only updates the time when I am on that home screen... which is rarely. I have gone through my apps list, and uninstalled a fair few applications and themes, which I never use. But I will go through and remove some more in a minute aswell.

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Is there anything I can do to lower the Swap and RAM usage?

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so after you uninstall some crap:) try this:first install rootsh from extras devel.then go to the x terminal and type ."sudo gainroot" and then "apt-get install pymaemo-optify"after that xterminal shows your install cache which is useless and you can erease so type after all "apt-get clean"or when it doesnt work"apt-get remove"try this first and then restart your phone and look with conky what your cpu usage now is

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oh jes and clean your browser cache too.when it all doesnt help there is only one think left but try these methods first

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Thanks for your help so far, it is sounding pretty good to me!! I am just gonna do these few things and see what happens!!

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Okay, I have done all of that. I have now also removed a few more applications and it's looking pretty good so far!!

Device CPU - 7%
RAM Usage - 58%
Swap Usage - 6%

Can only be a good thing, right?

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jes its much better.your ram usage is standard linux works a bit different then windows its always at 50 percent. when it next time slow down then repeat the whole work.and dont forget that if you install a app and then uninstall it sometimes somethink be left in your phone so be sure that you need what you install.

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Ah that's all good then, glad it has sorted it out!! I will make sure I run those lines everytime I uninstall anything, that should keep on top of it!! Thanks for all your help, to everyone who has put input in!!