Could having too many apps slow the Droid?

[danagudo]

My Droid often sticks/hangs up or just moves slowly. I've download dozens of apps, very few of which are running. Could having too many apps slow the Droid? What's a reasonable number (probably in terms of space not actually the number of apps.,) and where can I see what all the apps are taking in the way of space?
thanks,
Dan

 

[Big Cam]

No, as it's been pointed put hundreds of times, apps won't cause your phone to slow down.
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...-not-worry-about-apps-running-background.html

How many are we talking here?

I've heard of people with 60+ and no slow down at all.

 

[danagudo]

thanks for your quick and encouraging reply, but it's discouraging in the sense that I don't know how to avoid the frequent hangups or slowdowns. Any thoughts on that? Or must I just wait and hope that the OTAs will gradually fix that? The camera is especially quirky, but often I just can't move from one screen to another.
Thanks,

 

[cereal killer]

A simple thing as 1 bad app can be the cause of the slowdowns. I would list all your apps/widgets you have on your device so people can help you troubleshoot.

It's a wide open playing field right now as to what is causing your issue.

edit: I'm going to move thread to general discussions area. It's a better place for this problem.

Sit tight help is on the way : )

 

[BayouFlyFisher]

A simple thing as 1 bad app can be the cause of the slowdowns. I would list all your apps/widgets you have on your device so people can help you troubleshoot.

It's a wide open playing field right now as to what is causing your issue.

edit: I'm going to move thread to general discussions area. It's a better place for this problem.

Sit tight help is on the way : )

Good advice above. Mine started getting laggy and experienced some force closes and it turned out to be an interference between Launcher2 and Swype. I could have Launcher2 running and Swype activated at the same time. Stopped using Launcher2 and presto, no problems.

 

[Droidster163]

I somtimes experience the same problems. I have about 65-70 apps so far.

 

[bigthinker]

Yes, it's not the amount of applications loaded onto your phone but the one or two bad ones causing the slooowwwww down....List em...We will help you diagnose.:motdroidhoriz: