Why I deleted Contacts On Ovi
by subacati
Somethings are best left alone. …
I've had a wierd 'virus' on my phone for a while now. Everytime I reboot my phone or switch it off and on again, some hidden program keeps opening a data connection and starts downloading something.
I tried to figure out what by using taskman to examine the apps running in the background, but nothing showed up other than the usuall system functions.
much to my annoyance, my phone kept running out of ram.
It got so bad that I couldn't even open some images that I'd opened before because this phantom app that was running invisibly in the background was using too much ram.
Unable to find this phantom, I began deleting one suspect after another. I ruled out all the java apps as I'd set them all to autostart = not allowed. Finally, after deleting Contacts On Ovi, the mysterious phantom vanished. The available ram went back up to 21 from 19 and nothing is mysteriously trying to download who knows what in the background anymore.
Considering that Contacts On Ovi never worked in the first place, I'd say I've lost nothing! :yes:.
This is the second piece of software from Nokia that I've had to get rid of due to it's interference with my other apps. :insane:. The first time it was Nokia's push email client that kept starting up and messing with my data connection. That program was terminated very abruptly as it kept blocking Operamini, thus preventing me from getting on line in the first place. :irked:.
Now I know that others are using this same software and they are quite pleased with it. But it doesn't work well on my phone so I'll rather stick with what works for me thanks. :yes:.
So next time you think you have a virus, consider the possibility that it's really an official piece of software that's just a tad bit over zealous. :lol:.
subacati 
My RAM dropped from its usual 21 to 19 but I never thought what it could be.I synchronise my phone once in a while with Ovi [contacts and calendar] also my ShoZu has some download times that I switched off totally but my RAM stays on 19.Ideas?
Not without a complete program list. I know most of the RAM usage on these things.I'm not a fan of Contacts on Ovi myself. Nokia Messaging on the other hand is very useful (I have it set to manually start only) especially as they'll soon be adding instant messaging into the program.
Contacts On Ovi seems to have some kind of 'stealth' mode that allows it to run invisibly. It doesn't show up anywhere. But as soon as I deleted it, the problem vanished. :left:.I've got Shozu, but I hardly ever use it. When I do launch Shozu, it take quite some time to get it to do what I want it to do. Mostly I upload the occasional file with Operamini. For multiple uploads, I either use Mobiexplorer or PaderSyncftp. :up:.Nokia Messaging doesn't provide any extra functionality that I find usefull. If it's usefull to you, then that's great. But it doesn't help me much. :up:.
Does the new version show any usefull improvements over the old one?
SMS Preview runs in the background but that only accounts for dropping RAM to around 20. I installed the new version of Skyfire last night. The very first run dropped me to 400kb RAM. Was fine after that but I had to reboot as the RAM wouldn't go back up. :insane:
It's quicker, both in regular use and startup. That's about it.