why is it that my galaxy tab only showing 748 mb ram total in task manager, i thought it should be 1Gig? any idea.
egozum said:
why is it that my galaxy tab only showing 748 mb ram total in task manager, i thought it should be 1Gig? any idea.
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This is normal, it has 1gb. It shows 748mb in task manager because the rest is reserved for graphics card.
poisike said:
This is normal, it has 1gb. It shows 748mb in task manager because the rest is reserved for graphics card.
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Oki doki, thank's for your reply
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hey guys,
I did find some threads about my questions but i was still confused.
i used to have to iphone 3gs which had 256mb ram..
so no matter even if i filled my 3gs full 16gb it still had 256mb ram to work with,..
so my question is when i am installing apps in htc aria am i using up free rom or ram???
and how do i install live wallpapers? is it just a gif file or u u have to install them just like an app ?
Thanks
ahm12 said:
hey guys,
I did find some threads about my questions but i was still confused.
i used to have to iphone 3gs which had 256mb ram..
so no matter even if i filled my 3gs full 16gb it still had 256mb ram to work with,..
so my question is when i am installing apps in htc aria am i using up free rom or ram???
and how do i install live wallpapers? is it just a gif file or u u have to install them just like an app ?
Thanks
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internal memory != ram
sd card memory != ram
in other words, when you install apps they are not taking up your RAM, they are taking up your internal memory, and if you have it configured they are taking up your sd card memory.
what ROM are you running?
They are typically apk files...you can find them all over the market. But i don't think stock allows LWPs.
ahm12 said:
hey guys,
I did find some threads about my questions but i was still confused.
i used to have to iphone 3gs which had 256mb ram..
so no matter even if i filled my 3gs full 16gb it still had 256mb ram to work with,..
Thanks
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to break down the previous post, Your aria works the exact same way as your iphone in regards to internal storage/memory usage.
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i m running liberated froyo 008..
with this rom installed i get roughly 160 mb free internal storage.
does that mean my phone has 160 mb ram to work with or in the background i do have 384 mb ram??
what i am not able to understand is, in iphone 3gs there is a separate dedicated 256 mb ram to process application, while 16gb internal memory is separate which has nothing to do with ram.
while in aria its look like internal memory and ram are not different is that true??
because installing more apps is just slowing it down..
i know i can install apps on sd card, but when 5 or 6 apps are running in the backgorund aria starts lagging i have to use task manager to kill tasks which makes it lag free..
ahm12 said:
i m running liberated froyo 008..
with this rom installed i get roughly 160 mb free internal storage.
does that mean my phone has 160 mb ram to work with or in the background i do have 384 mb ram??
what i am not able to understand is, in iphone 3gs there is a separate dedicated 256 mb ram to process application, while 16gb internal memory is separate which has nothing to do with ram.
while in aria its look like internal memory and ram are not different is that true??
because installing more apps is just slowing it down..
i know i can install apps on sd card, but when 5 or 6 apps are running in the backgorund aria starts lagging i have to use task manager to kill tasks which makes it lag free..
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No. internal memory is different from system ram. The aria has very little internal memory, which is where your apps go, this is what you're seeing. The system has its own separate ram.
EDIT: you can see internal memory by going into your application manager. You can see your system memory by going into your running services settings.
EDIT 2: The more apps you install the higher chance you have of having more apps running, which does use system memory.
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Task killers are generally bad. Search for task managers like watchdog lite. You can run a benchmark test such as Quadrant Standard to check your phone's performance. I'm running CM7 overclocked at 806 and my score ranges from 990-1040, just to give you a reference range.
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drblack2013 said:
Task killers are generally bad. Search for task managers like watchdog lite. You can run a benchmark test such as Quadrant Standard to check your phone's performance. I'm running CM7 overclocked at 806 and my score ranges from 990-1040, just to give you a reference range.
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Did the benchmark programs get updated to support 2.3? if they didn't, your scores are probably not accurate.
Quadrant Standard is Gingerbread compatible per the dev.
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hey... i have bought the phone recently.... im using "advanced task killer" to kill applications but it starts after few minutes.... is there some good solution for this problem....
also.... can you tell me after purchasig the phone how much internal memory and sd card memory you got... which applictions where pre installed.. etc.....
Do NOT use task killers...
then what to do.... ??? applications run on the background..... eats ram..... what you do...???? plz.. give some tips.....
navin.shah said:
then what to do.... ??? applications run on the background..... eats ram..... what you do...???? plz.. give some tips.....
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Task killers are temporary. They will just kill and the task runs again. The best sol. is using a Custom rom
navin.shah said:
then what to do.... ??? applications run on the background..... eats ram..... what you do...???? plz.. give some tips.....
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Nothing. RAM is there to be used. Plus the background tasks except for system consume about zero CPU and power. This is not iPhone.
If you insist on using "something", go download Watchdog Lite, configure the threshold to 80% or more, polling to 1 minute. It will notify you if some task starts to eat your CPU consistently.
doktornotor said:
Nothing. RAM is there to be used. Plus the background tasks except for system consume about zero CPU and power. This is not iPhone.
If you insist on using "something", go download Watchdog Lite, configure the threshold to 80% or more, polling to 1 minute. It will notify you if some task starts to eat your CPU consistently.
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Android is not Windows or iOS... Android is linux-like so it's not important if there are 200 or 20 MB of RAM free, it won't be slower... Apps remain opened to download notifications or just to be faster when you will re-open them...
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You don't need task killer
Hello,
Someone know why any Task Killer show wrong free memory other than the Running Process of the phone itself?
I suspect you may be referring to the fact that the SGS2 shares it's main memory with the GPU, resulting in the total ram available to android being lower than the advertised 1Gb. Don't worry, that's normal.
If not, you'll have to provide some more details on your question.
Also, Task Killers are generally considered to be very bad news.
Google around, or read this: http://lifehacker.com/5650894/andro...ed-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them If you want more information.
Basically, they can cause all manner of pain and on a modern device like the SGS2, they're completely unnecessary.
As far as i know it's hard disk manufacturer rate there drivers similar to RAM
Actual:
1MB = 1024Bytes
1GB = 1024MB = 1024 X 1024 = 1,048,576 Bytes
Manufacturer size:
1MB = 1000Bytes
1GB = 1000MB
So
1,000,000 / 1,048,576 = 953.67MB
In the device itself under Running process it shows free and used ram
the sum of those numbers are 724MB(Used: 230MB Free: 494MB)
Android System info shows:
Max: 838MB Free: 507MB
Quick System info pro:
Total: 839MB Free: 508MB Idle: 254MB
Smart System info:
Total: 838MB Free:432MB
All above checked one after the other
There is any common sense?
About the task killers can I use Memory Booster instead? or it's unnecessary?
Hmm.. this!
Android phones do not need task killers, android is based on linux and linux manages memory very well in comparison to say Windows, if it leaves something open it is doing so because it is better for it to be left open, if android then needs more memory it will close applications on its own. If you start to use any task killers you will close apps when they don't need to be closed and if you or android have to re-open them it will use more cpu power and therefore more battery.
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Hey, guys!
Im bit "noob" whit android devices becouse this is my first android phone. I allways have been use nokia's phones ( cuz im from Finland ) but the latest nokia phones have been bit disappointment for me. So I bought DEFY. So about task killers. I have used many of those and I have been thinking why my device have been so slow and laggy.. so I googled what is the best task killer and I found that android actually don't need task killer/manager. And then I uninstall my task killer (TasKiller) and reboot my phone and now its not laggy or slow at all!
So I would say don't use any of task killers or managers.
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mi3x said:
Hmm.. this!
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This is not answering my question , i read what undave posted.
I ask about memory booster and about RAM Issue
With the exception of some which mess with swappyness, most memory boosters generally work exactly the same way as a task killer.
Seriously, you have a smartphone with 1Gb of ram, you really don't need to do anything to optimise memory usage. Android really is very good at this all by itself.
Regarding the available ram: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=980958
Why if writes 1 GB of RAM on my phone writes 835 MB maximum in task manager?
android_888 said:
Why if writes 1 GB of RAM on my phone writes 835 MB maximum in task manager?
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Hey.
Thats coz' android system uses piece of RAM and task manager shows you only aviable memory.
Sorry, for my bad english
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noticed this awhile ago and wanted to see what you guys thought
on the task manager app, it says i have slightly more than 800 MB total
now i know the phone is supposed to have 1GB, but is 200 taken up by the system leaving 800 for the user? Not to mention that my phone usually has 200 - 300 free at any given time (bloat removed)
koszor said:
noticed this awhile ago and wanted to see what you guys thought
on the task manager app, it says i have slightly more than 800 MB total
now i know the phone is supposed to have 1GB, but is 200 taken up by the system leaving 800 for the user? Not to mention that my phone usually has 200 - 300 free at any given time (bloat removed)
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That's exactly what it means, the system takes up ~200mb leaving the rest for the user.
What app do you guys use to measure free memory?
My task manager always says like ~200... but when I go to the list of 'running apps' in the OS It says I have closer to 400-500mb free. (assuming cached applications aren't included in the later number.)
Yeah, you should have 325 - 425 mbs free most of the time. If I drop below 325 I tap on Fast Reboot and I'm back up to around 400mb.
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Cool just verifying, still much much more than my fascinate haha
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jbh00jh said:
Yeah, you should have 325 - 425 mbs free most of the time. If I drop below 325 I tap on Fast Reboot and I'm back up to around 400mb.
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where, in the manage applications one or the task manager in the start bar? i idle around like 130-140 in the task manager lol
System does hog like 200 MB of RAM. Generally have 300-400 MB of RAM if I have nothing running, otherwise 100-200 which is fine. If I notice any slowdown I just kill running apps w/ go launcher ex and all is well.
jayochs said:
where, in the manage applications one or the task manager in the start bar? i idle around like 130-140 in the task manager lol
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same here. I use system panel and my phone never shows more than 150mb of free ram unless I just did a kill all. Really need root to clean sense out a bit.
Hi
When I go to Settings > Apps > Running Apps, I notice, every time, that my Xperia sola isn't showing the maximum value of my RAM (which is supposed to be nearly 500MB ). It shows almost 390MB ONLY. Then there's 110MB missing!! Where are these lost MBs?? And how can I release my device to reach all of my 500MB RAM??
Thanks.
JohnHK said:
Hi
When I go to Settings > Apps > Running Apps, I notice, every time, that my Xperia sola isn't showing the maximum value of my RAM (which is supposed to be nearly 500MB ). It shows almost 390MB ONLY. Then there's 110MB missing!! Where are these lost MBs?? And how can I release my device to reach all of my 500MB RAM??
Thanks.
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Youre phone only has 500MB RAM you don't expect it to use some of it do you?
What exactly do you see used and free?
Missing RAM are for a part of the hardware
ChikeD said:
Youre phone only has 500MB RAM you don't expect it to use some of it do you?
What exactly do you see used and free?
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Hey, I see 291MB USED and 100MB FREE if I enter Settings > Apps > Running Apps. You can calculate easily 291+100=391. Then my device shows ONLY 391MB, not 500MB. I hope you now understand what I'm talking about.
JohnHK said:
Hey, I see 291MB USED and 100MB FREE if I enter Settings > Apps > Running Apps. You can calculate easily 291+100=391. Then my device shows ONLY 391MB, not 500MB. I hope you now understand what I'm talking about.
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Like @Info4Geek said, some memory used by the system, for XP it's almost 200MB.
ChikeD said:
Like @Info4Geek said, some memory used by the system, for XP it's almost 200MB.
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And don't forget GPU also take ram as part of their VRAM.
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