Htc incredible low on memory, storage

A lot of people have been reporting memory issues with their htc droid incredibles.  The phone is running slow, throwing errors left and right, and the battery lasts maybe two hours. 

I believe this is due to the recent Facebook update for android, and the htc people application that comes with the sense ui. What happens is the facebook application tries to sync all of your contact info from facebook, even when your phone is supposed to be sleeping.  Then something gets messed up in the people app, which holds your contacts, and an exorbant amount of memory is used up. To the point that you're phone can barely function.

The solution to this is to delete or opt out of sync with your facebook profile. Then delete your bloated contacts application.  As I learned the hard way, make sure your contacts have been synched with google before deleting. They may not have even though you thought sync was turned on.  A hard reset is not necessary as some have mentioned.

I asked the Verizon Rep about this when we went to the store to transfer contacts from an old phone back on to the incredible. He said he hadn't heard of the issue. Somehow I got the feeling I wasn't the first person he had told that to.

Best Android Apps

Here are a few of the Android apps that I use on my droid:

Apps

NFL mobile (Verizon only) - Watch what is currently on NFL network live! Free!
Terminal Emulator (Root Users) - Good free terminal for entering commands
Pandora - Streaming radio based on your favorites
Overclock widget (Root)- allows you to set your CPU based on whether your phone is awake or asleep
Tesla LED - mototorch replacement that works with 2.2
Handcent SMS - Unleashes all of the options you could dream up for texting.
Wireless Tether (root) - share your 3g connection with wifi devices
ADW Launcher - Homescreen replacement that gets rid of the laggy 2.2 homescreen that is slow loading icons sometimes. Also allows for 4 items on dock, and 5 homescreens.

Games

iCommando - decent sniping game
Hockey Nations 2010 - Overpriced hockey game, but you might be into it. Nice graphics, gameplay gets old.
Raging thunder lite - Haven't tried the full version.
Amtalee lite - 3d puzzle game
Abduction - Papi jump, but with a cow.
Craigs Race - Awesome game, be sure to calibrate your tilt sensor. Buy the full version for 2 faster cars
Radiant lite - like space invaders/asteroid mixed together
2 player reactor - great game for killing time with someone. See who can touch the screen when it turns white faster etc...
Emulators - There are currently emulators for ps1, game boy advance, super nintendo, nintendo, and most likely sega (haven't seen sega myself). The lite versions of each allow you to play games, just not save them. So you can try them out and see if that's your thing.


Widgets

Power widget - quicker than quick settings
Weather - not weather channel, this comes with your phone and shows you a 24 hour forecast, along with a weekly forecast.