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Summary This article applies to the following: BlackBerry® smartphones based on Java® technology

Details BlackBerry smartphone logs events related to Garbage Collection (GC) in the Event Log. The following table explains these events in more detail: Event  Description  +GC(R) RAM GC: Free unused RAM objects +GC(F) Full GC : Free unused RAM and flash objects +GC(P) Persistent GC Free unused RAM and flash objects Purge persistent objects +GC(T) Thorough GC Free unused RAM and flash objects Flush RAM sections to flash Purge persistent objects +GC(E) Emergency GC Free unused RAM and flash objects Purge persistent objects -GC End of GC statistics xGC Cancelled GC Keyboard event or radio event caused an interrubtible GC to stop (GC) Pre-emptive GC STCG Suggested Thorough GC Java code has requested that a thorough GC be performed Usually triggered by the Low Memory Manager (LMM) Note: Holding the Alt key and pressing LGLG on the BlackBerry smartphone displays the Event Log. The Event Log can also be downloaded to a computer using the JavaLoader tool. This tool is located in the BIN folder of the BlackBerry® Java Development Environment (BlackBerry JDE) installation path. For example, javaloader -u eventlog > c:\eventlog.txt will download the Event Log of the BlackBerry smartphone as eventlog.txt.