java.lang.OutOfMemoryError "Force close" error in applications - N12 UMay (2.3.4)

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Download "Words with Friends Free" from Market
2. Play a move in a game and submit, skip advertisement
3. Go "back" to game list and enter another game.  Force Close message will 
appear and OOME will show in logcat

OR

1. Download "Words with Friends Free" from Market
2. Open Words with Friends and open a game where you have a wildcard tile
3. Place wildcard tile onto board in game.  Force Close message will appear and 
OOME will show in logcat

OR

Other applications will also fail at different points, also showing OOME in 
logs.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Expect application to perform requested action.  Applications consistently 
crashing.  Example application (Words with Friends Free) was working on older 
(06) kernel and N11 combo.

What is your device, RootFS, Multiboot and kernel versions?
Nokia N900, Multiboot, power46-wl1 kernel + 2.6.28.NIT.07_rc3 kernel, N12 UMay 
(2.3.4)

What was installation method?
Fresh install, power kernel + nitdroid-installer + N12 untar to eMMC + dpkg 
NITDroid kernel.

Please provide any additional information below.
Logcat log provided from "Words with Friends Free" crash.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by chris%al...@gtempaccount.com on 9 May 2011 at 1:22

Attachments:

• logcat2.txt

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Have tried enabling swap also with no luck, in default.prop:
persist.swap.swappiness=1

Original comment by chris%al...@gtempaccount.com on 9 May 2011 at 1:27

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Work for me. Ob both devices - N12/N900 and CM6/G1.

Original comment by alexey.r...@gmail.com on 9 May 2011 at 6:25

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This has now been reproduced on two devices, both N12/07rc3/N900.  Memory usage 
is full each time, also tried setting persist.swap.swappiness=60, however 
executing 'free' shows the swap size at 0.  Memory shows as close to full 
(~4000 free).

Original comment by chris%al...@gtempaccount.com on 10 May 2011 at 2:21

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I have basically identical issue on a Droid X, kernel 2.6.32.9-g55626e1, Apex 
1.4.1

Original comment by ThugThra...@gmail.com on 14 May 2011 at 11:25

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Fixed:

1. Boot into Maemo
2. Open X-Term (Ctrl+X)
3. Run 'vi /home/system/build.prop'
4. Press i to change to edit/insert mode
5. At the end of the file, add the following line:
dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m
6. Press 'esc', write ':wq'
7. Boot back into Nitdroid and you should be sweet

Original comment by ch...@alphastara.com.au on 27 Nov 2011 at 1:17