diff --git a/rootdir/init.lowmem.rc b/rootdir/init.lowmem.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c080546b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rootdir/init.lowmem.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Adjustments to the out-of-memory killer, for devices that are
+# tight on memory.  These should not be used if not needed, as they
+# can result in more paging.
+
+on early-boot
+
+    setprop ro.FOREGROUND_APP_MEM 1536
+    setprop ro.VISIBLE_APP_MEM 2048
+    setprop ro.PERCEPTIBLE_APP_MEM 2048
+    setprop ro.HEAVY_WEIGHT_APP_MEM 2048
+    setprop ro.SECONDARY_SERVER_MEM 4096
+    setprop ro.BACKUP_APP_MEM 4096
+    setprop ro.HOME_APP_MEM 4096
+    setprop ro.HIDDEN_APP_MEM 5120
+    setprop ro.EMPTY_APP_MEM 6144
+
+on boot
+
+    write /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree 1536,2048,3072,4096,5120,6144
diff --git a/rootdir/init.rc b/rootdir/init.rc
index 0d20dd4cb..d2ee6d581 100644
--- a/rootdir/init.rc
+++ b/rootdir/init.rc
@@ -179,32 +179,35 @@ on boot
 # killed by the kernel.  These are used in ActivityManagerService.
     setprop ro.FOREGROUND_APP_ADJ 0
     setprop ro.VISIBLE_APP_ADJ 1
-    setprop ro.SECONDARY_SERVER_ADJ 2
-    setprop ro.BACKUP_APP_ADJ 2
-    setprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ 4
+    setprop ro.PERCEPTIBLE_APP_ADJ 2
+    setprop ro.HEAVY_WEIGHT_APP_ADJ 3
+    setprop ro.SECONDARY_SERVER_ADJ 4
+    setprop ro.BACKUP_APP_ADJ 5
+    setprop ro.HOME_APP_ADJ 6
     setprop ro.HIDDEN_APP_MIN_ADJ 7
-    setprop ro.CONTENT_PROVIDER_ADJ 14
     setprop ro.EMPTY_APP_ADJ 15
 
 # Define the memory thresholds at which the above process classes will
 # be killed.  These numbers are in pages (4k).
-    setprop ro.FOREGROUND_APP_MEM 1536
-    setprop ro.VISIBLE_APP_MEM 2048
-    setprop ro.SECONDARY_SERVER_MEM 4096
-    setprop ro.BACKUP_APP_MEM 4096
-    setprop ro.HOME_APP_MEM 4096
-    setprop ro.HIDDEN_APP_MEM 5120
-    setprop ro.CONTENT_PROVIDER_MEM 5632
-    setprop ro.EMPTY_APP_MEM 6144
+    setprop ro.FOREGROUND_APP_MEM 2048
+    setprop ro.VISIBLE_APP_MEM 3072
+    setprop ro.PERCEPTIBLE_APP_MEM 4096
+    setprop ro.HEAVY_WEIGHT_APP_MEM 4096
+    setprop ro.SECONDARY_SERVER_MEM 6144
+    setprop ro.BACKUP_APP_MEM 6144
+    setprop ro.HOME_APP_MEM 6144
+    setprop ro.HIDDEN_APP_MEM 7168
+    setprop ro.EMPTY_APP_MEM 8192
 
 # Write value must be consistent with the above properties.
-# Note that the driver only supports 6 slots, so we have HOME_APP at the
-# same memory level as services.
-    write /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj 0,1,2,7,14,15
+# Note that the driver only supports 6 slots, so we have combined some of
+# the classes into the same memory level; the associated processes of higher
+# classes will still be killed first.
+    write /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/adj 0,1,2,4,7,15
 
     write /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory 1
     write /proc/sys/vm/min_free_order_shift 4
-    write /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree 1536,2048,4096,5120,5632,6144
+    write /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree 2048,3072,4096,6144,7168,8192
 
     # Set init its forked children's oom_adj.
     write /proc/1/oom_adj -16