So... the task manager shows 800 mb of ram.. i thought our phones had 1 gig ram ?
Can someone please advise me if the missing 200 is used for sense or something?
That's allocated for the os, I believe.......its the same with the Atrix.
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makes sense
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makes sense
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pun intended?
The kernel needs some space to use for itself and tables, etc.
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it's just like a computers motherboard with ON BOARD VIDEO a portion becomes dedicated for video
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It's been really weird, but in the pull down "quick settings" the free memory will show something like
Total memory: 803mb
Used: 695 Free: 108
Which seems very low.
But if I look at running processes in settings/applications, I get 284 used, 432 available.
So, the questions are:
1. Are these two "memory" values refering to the same thing? They do not add up to the same total.
2. Which one really indicates system resources - I get Sense restarts whenever the quick settings value goes below about 125 - and I don't even know why this should be happening.
3. isn't this phone supposed to have 1gb of ram?
One thing i'm sure about...it is not the app space remaining.
Anyone have any insight?
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I should point out that tapping on the memory in quick settings takes you to the running process screen.
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i have the same question..
in notifications, it says:
total: 803
Used: 538
free: 265
is this normal? or what is it that is using all that memory?
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I should point out that tapping on the memory in quick settings takes you to the running process screen.
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No... It takes you to the new built in "task manager" app, which is very different for some reason.
I wanna know this as well.... Im kinda paranoid about RAM and thought that 1gb was more than enough, but the htc task manager really dissapoints me when i see what i have free (160-180 average) but i have over 400 free in the stock android process manager.
Which one is more accurate? And why are they so different?
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mike21pr said:
I wanna know this as well.... Im kinda paranoid about RAM and thought that 1gb was more than enough, but the htc task manager really dissapoints me when i see what i have free (160-180 average) but i have over 400 free in the stock android process manager.
Which one is more accurate? And why are they so different?
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Not sure why these are so inconsistent, but I'm much more leaning towards the built-in Android version through the setting menu.
chubaan said:
i have the same question..
in notifications, it says:
total: 803
Used: 538
free: 265
is this normal? or what is it that is using all that memory?
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HTC sense UI , really tho that's why the Samsung galaxy s 2 kick ass on benchmarks , because sense takes a lot RAM , you didn't think this nice looking animations weren't doing anything to your device right ? Is been like that since the EVO days will need to get used to it now
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Ahaa.. that makes sense, that sense is using it of course.. you have a point ..
jgalan14 said:
HTC sense UI , really tho that's why the Samsung galaxy s 2 kick add on benchmarks , because sense takes a lot RAM , you didn't think this nice looking animations weren't doing anything to your device right ? Is been like that since the EVO days will need to get used to it now
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Anyone knows if Samsung has plans to release updated version of international SGSIII with 2GB RAM like they are doing with US/Japan version?
1GB is not nearly enough for heavy multitasking...
Heavy multitasking?
Whatever do you actually use that
Require such hardware for a phone?
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Anyone knows if Samsung has plans to release updated version of international SGSIII with 2GB RAM like they are doing with US/Japan version?
1GB is not nearly enough for heavy multitasking...
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Lol, but last year 1G of RAM was more than enough. Where getting crazy. Duel-Core, and 1G of RAM was perfect, and still is. Quad-Core, and 1G of RAM is Over kill. Just trollin' it up. I'm sticking with Duel-Core until the next Nexus. If Google releases a Quad-Core, then I'll get a GSIII. But as of now, I'm enjoying the "Basic" Duel-Core with 1G of RAM.
Edit: Sig is from my ROM, running a port. Has a XE build prop.
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Heavy multitasking?
Whatever do you actually use that
Require such hardware for a phone?
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I'll be using my phone as a dock for work. That means that I'll need browser that keeps tabs (at least 5 of them) and MS OFfice opened with gmail, exchange, gtalk and occasionally gallery
I can watch my p0rn and play gameloft games and Tapatalk together on 1GB ram
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I can watch my p0rn and play gameloft games and Tapatalk together on 1GB ram
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Ahem*Clears throat*,actually you can *cough cough*.
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Anyone knows if Samsung has plans to release updated version of international SGSIII with 2GB RAM like they are doing with US/Japan version?
1GB is not nearly enough for heavy multitasking...
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Completely agree. 1GB of RAM is NOT enough for power multitasking. I will be waiting for 2GB version too. I am currently working with SWAP Partition in order to "FIX" low memory issues... i hope with SGS3 no more.
i hate when folk are like "DUH WHAT DO YOU NEED TWO GIG OF RAM FOR?"
what difference does it make what its for, we want it ok?
why wouldnt we want it?
its like saying what do you want a ferrarri for when you have a volvo in the drive?
or asking what do you want a million dollars for when you only need ten for your lunch?
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Very unlikely... But what do u want to do with ur phone that u say 1 GB is nor enough.
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I think it may be 2GB RAM on GSM GSIII but probably near the end of the year.
I'm upgrading from a Galaxy Fit, which has less than 200MB usable RAM; so I think I'll be happy with only 1GB RAM.
So I noticed that the lte shows less ram then the 3D anyone know why this is? Thought lte had more
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If it is like in the computer world I would guess more of it is going to the GPU or other components in the phone.
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So I noticed that the lte shows less ram then the 3D anyone know why this is? Thought lte had more
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Though it says that there is so much of the RAM being "used" in reality only a portion is actually being used. There are many programs that are dormit in memory waiting for you to execute them, by remaining dormit in memory they can run much faster, its in a way caching.
Now if you want to control that, download AutoKiller Memory from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5ycy5hdXRva2lsbGVyIl0.) and you can adjust the way the Kernel manages the dormit apps and free physical memory. Please read the help and the Dev's website for more understanding of the tool and the way Android manages the RAM.
Yeah, it's probably allotted for something else.
I noticed this with the Sense 4 ROMS for the 3D. All of a sudden had like 200mb total of missing RAM by flashing the ROM.
I just upgraded to EVO LTE and is very nice its fast quick beautiful screen very smooth but can't figure out what's is using my ram I'm using 400 and have mabe 270 left to used but when I combine those it doesnt equal 1gb of ram
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htc sense use ram also i don't know how much but it's alot. Don't worry about the ram cause the system will end whatever you have open and not using to make more ram.
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Alright thanks
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I think the gpu probably uses some too which might be why it didn't add up to 1024mb
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I think the gpu probably uses some too which might be why it didn't add up to 1024mb
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Possibly, but when I add my used and unused ram together I only come up with
660 which is way short or 1gb ram
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Possibly, but when I add my used and unused ram together I only come up with
660 which is way short or 1gb ram
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I think I remember the EVO 3d with more ram. Like 720 something.
Well, there are plenty of hidden system settings. The number that you see in Task Manager or Settings is how much RAM that can be used for anything. The ram you do not see available is being used by things that are UNABLE to be removed from RAM because they are essential to the system running. That is the reason why we see nothing close to 1GB.same thing goes for computers, you can either see Installed Memory or you can see Usable Memory. Installed Memory on LTevo would be 1GB and Usable Memory on Stock would be around 670MB(IIRC) for me.
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I see now it makes more sense now
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I noticed this also, coming from the EVO 3d (also with 1gb of ram) vs the 4gLTE. IIRC the 3d shows 804mb total vs 680mb. I figured it had to do with the 3d running gingerbread/sense 3.5 vs the 4gLTE running ICS/sense 4.0. My friend who has a galaxy nexus also with 1gb of ram, shows around the same amount of ram in the task manager.. either way I am absolutely amazed with this phone, not one issue or hiccup so far..
It is advertised as having 2 GB. I was reading something about the HTC One a while ago where somebody theorized that 512 MB is put aside for video. Is this the case with the Max?
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It is advertised as having 2 GB. I was reading something about the HTC One a while ago where somebody theorized that 512 MB is put aside for video. Is this the case with the Max?
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Some is auto used for system.
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As far as i know for all devices using the Snapdragon 600, 512 MB of RAM is reserved / utilized for he GPU.