Data gets scrambled and the reaction speed lowers

Nov 24, 2005 08:57 GMT  ·  By

Experts warned that the latest generation mobile devices, like smartphones, will get slower in time. But they have also offered a solution for this problem. Defragging.

These kinds of devices use microdrives, on which data is recorded and rerecorded. In time, data gets scrambled through the memory, resulting in a slower menu navigation and file access.

A solution would be a Windows program that would read all the files and rewrite them in continuous streams, in order to ease access to the data. But mobile handsets manufacturers don't offer such a defragging solution.

In theory, the storing space of a mobile phone could be defragged by connecting it to a PC and then using Windows's defragging software. But as producers don't give software and instructions for mobile defragging, there is always the risk of losing all the stored data.

For now, alternatives do exist, but not dedicated applications for mobile memories defragging. As an example, for the Symbian operating system, found in Nokia smartphones (and not only), the Stacker application is available. The Software developed by SymbianWare is intended only for Nokia 9200 handsets. Stacker has the ability to compact the contacts database by defragging, removing unused blocks in its files.