Since a few weeks my S is really slow and unstable, i only have about 40 mb free ram. There are hardly any apps running. The launcher redraws every time I use an app and I also get a memory error when using the camera from time to time.
Any ideas what's causing this?
Running ICS
ICS is really eating a lot of ram.. I end up having 60mb :-S
GB on my Xperia U is a lot smoother
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same here.. ****ed up software from Sony, hope they bring out a fix really soon it's very annoying :crying:
yes, but not for this, I have 280-350 mb of ram free, when I conect for first step has 420 mb free, reflash your xperia, root it and delete more apps unusables.
cheers
There is a problem with ram on this phone,I've deleted most system applications( hdmi,wappush,usbotg,mtp vpn,backup,email,exchange,tts,and really more....) only 80 apps( system and downloaded) left.
the maximum remaining ram i could get is 320MB
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I also have some concerns regarding the memory management on the XS. I owned a htc evo 3d (same amount of ram) and, even with the hungry Sense interface, I used to have around 400 mb of free ram.
Right now, with my rooted and cleaned XS I have just 80 mb of free ram...
martieb said:
Since a few weeks my S is really slow and unstable, i only have about 40 mb free ram. There are hardly any apps running. The launcher redraws every time I use an app and I also get a memory error when using the camera from time to time.
Any ideas what's causing this?
Running ICS
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What rom do you have? BL unlockable? rooted? how did you root it?
gm007 said:
There is a problem with ram on this phone,I've deleted most system applications( hdmi,wappush,usbotg,mtp vpn,backup,email,exchange,tts,and really more....) only 80 apps( system and downloaded) left.
the maximum remaining ram i could get is 320MB
I am using MIUI that means no Timescape and blalabla
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i checked my friend's GSIII, in comparison they have only 30 or 40 MB more free ram
Car any body tried app named Ram booster from play store . This helps of getting 200-250 free always
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How epic to see people rage about ram on android..
The mostly common thing people should do...
Search and read..
Android isnt windows..
Its like this:
You play Battlefield 3 on your pc but your diagrams says: Gpu(graphical proces unit) usage 60%.
So your card is not working optimum.. So what should we do now? I have an idea! Lets bring out an patch!
*Next day releasing patch like a boss*
(not)
You start the game and guess what!?
It needs to be updated. So thats done, you start the game and its now 100%! Wow what an improvement! And it has higher fps!
Thats the idea of the android memory management. Its just for us to not to rage because its `slow`.
Short:
More memory for system is better, more space.
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How epic to see people rage about ram on android..
The mostly common thing people should do...
Search and read..
Android isnt windows..
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Efe, thank you for your post but: 1. I am not a noob and 2. I wrote the very same things tens of times to people asking for killing apps manually.
I just wanted to underline the difference between two devices with identical amount of ram. I wouldn't complain about the ram management in the XS if it wasn't for the home redraw, which I never experienced on the evo.
(sorry for bringing up againg this aged topic)
Efe64 said:
How epic to see people rage about ram on android..
The mostly common thing people should do...
Search and read..
Android isnt windows..
Its like this:
You play Battlefield 3 on your pc but your diagrams says: Gpu(graphical proces unit) usage 60%.
So your card is not working optimum.. So what should we do now? I have an idea! Lets bring out an patch!
*Next day releasing patch like a boss*
(not)
You start the game and guess what!?
It needs to be updated. So thats done, you start the game and its now 100%! Wow what an improvement! And it has higher fps!
Thats the idea of the android memory management. Its just for us to not to rage because its `slow`.
Short:
More memory for system is better, more space.
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Yes, I understand that you are like the pro-master-hero of android, but the problem here is that the ram IS FULL! And the phone HANGS!
I've heard that when you need ram, the android system kills apps that you aren't using to free-up some space, but actually my phone doesn't do that, it just becomes really slow untill I kill manually some applications from the apps/running tab.
What can I do to fix that?
(I run ICS)
Use a RAM cleaner, like from the app "Airdroid"
Lol scavenger digging.
Anyway in those last two years I learned that android is more ram-hungry than, say, Windows xp.
So with 512mb there is very little you can do but save money for something with more ram.
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Hello Guys, i have a freaky problem, i see a lot of screen with Android 2.2.1 Custom Rom, with a Score over 1.300.
I have just 1.000 +/- but never 1.300 how can i tune my Rom for over 1.300 Score in Quadrant?
I use MIUI Froyo from Trip with Launcher Pro Plus, i killed all processes and delete all Apps what i dont need, what is wrong?
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Hello Guys, i have a freaky problem, i see a lot of screen with Android 2.2.1 Custom Rom, with a Score over 1.300.
I have just 1.000 +/- but never 1.300 how can i tune my Rom for over 1.300 Score in Quadrant?
I use MIUI Froyo from Trip with Launcher Pro Plus, i killed all processes and delete all Apps what i dont need, what is wrong?
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Don't expect much and it doesn't matter
Higher score doesnt always means that yo device is faster
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Higher score doesnt always means that yo device is faster
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oh wow i thought it does ,and yea my quadrant runs 1300 , when i do it 2nd time
always ignore the first results on those benchmark apps
but i agree that people need to stop obsessing with these things, data2sd could give you high scores but the phone would lag so, if you can cheat it doesn't mean anything.
I used data 2 sd, and got a quadrant score of 2600, but phone started to lag. don't worry about the score, i mean, once you've seen yours get that high, the novelty wears off
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I agree. Have achieved 2839 with data2sd and 1603 without, but you have to spend 5 minutes changing all your settings about to get this plus it burns through your battery. No one would actually use the phone like that. And you have to keep lots of memery free so either few apps installed or all on SD and it takes ages for them to appear again on reboot.
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And you don't really notice any difference actually using phone so bit pointless.
I only use quadrant now to compare between roms that are both set to my personal preferences to compare performance.
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I agree that benchmark scores are not important in everyday use and that u can have great scores and laggy phone, BUT his question stil stands.
Why does he get low scores at same setup that most people have graet score?
Nevermind the benefits of high scores, what is the reason?
3 things....
1) he needs to close useless apps ...
2) move quadrant to sd card (with app2sd)
3) run benchmark 2 times ... 2nd result should be around 1300 on custom roms ...
if you got still really bad performance, maybe your sd card is slow/"old"
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Chuck Norris.-
KingCifer said:
3 things....
1) he needs to close useless apps ...
2) move quadrant to sd card (with app2sd)
3) run benchmark 2 times ... 2nd result should be around 1300 on custom roms ...
if you got still really bad performance, maybe your sd card is slow/"old"
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1. i have A LOT of running apps, widgets
2. i do not use app2sd and data2sd
3. i do run quadrant 2 times
4. my SD is stock class 2
on Wolf's CM 6 my score (Quadrant advanced) is from 1350 to 1550
_
and another strange thing is:
my work mate have x10. we bought it from the same operator. he bought it 2 months after i did.
We both, at the same time, installed same custom ROM (Wolf's CM 6). We followed the exact same procedure (after SD format and repair via PC Companion) and without any exta apps (only Quadrant) instaled i have much better Quadrant scores, he has some issues that i dont have, my battery lasts almost twice longer.
Strange, is'nt it?
But, on the other way, he has BMW M5 and I have Mazda 2, so I think this is fair.
it all depends on how you did your initial charge for battery. did you use it right away, or charge it right away for 5+ hours? ask your mate what he did
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As far as I understand electonics, battery condition can have influence on battery life, but not on benchmark scores when both of batterys are completly full and on the same setup.
So my HTC has 808mb ram, i thought they said 1GB?
and i am using 508mb atm.. with nothing on, fresh out of the box .
play a simple game + 1 app+ internet= 120mb left?
thats like my iphone 3gs?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1137613&highlight=800+MB+memory
Search: 800 MB memory
didnt want to say thanks ia ccidentely hitted,
well your in luck,,
i was wondering i am using >500mb
out of the box? which mean 300 over whats running nothing?
its not much different than my iphone also haven't had lots of mem available
runeazn said:
didnt want to say thanks ia ccidentely hitted,
well your in luck,,
i was wondering i am using >500mb
out of the box? which mean 300 over whats running nothing?
its not much different than my iphone also haven't had lots of mem available
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The memory you're talking about here is called RAM, or random access memory. The "300 that's running nothing" is used by the processor to complete tasks. I think that the more you have available, the quicker new tasks will be executed.
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runeazn said:
So my HTC has 808mb ram, i thought they said 1GB?
and i am using 508mb atm.. with nothing on, fresh out of the box .
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didnt want to say thanks ia ccidentely hitted,
well your in luck,,
i was wondering i am using >500mb
out of the box? which mean 300 over whats running nothing?
its not much different than my iphone also haven't had lots of mem available
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That's about right. HTC sense is a big resource hog for all the eye-candy. Once some AOSP roms come out all that bloat will be removed and the memory will be available. Also some people swear by task-killers to free RAM but many sources say that those are actually worse for efficiency/battery life. Android is supposed to use more RAM and use it efficiently. As far as task-killers go, that's up to the individual user I guess and therefore I won't go into it any further.
BTW, thanks for the "thanks" I guess, even though it was unintentional.
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Haha, I resisted the urge to do something similar.
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Hahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahah
heh
hahahahhaahahahahahah
do some research on memory allocation between file systems and operating systems.
heathmcabee said:
Hahahahahahahhahahahahahhahahahahahahah
heh
hahahahhaahahahahahah
do some research on memory allocation between file systems and operating systems.
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hahahahaahhaahahahha oh I DO ****ING NOW ABOUT THAT,
THE damned part is i have as much ram left as on my iphone 3gs and thats just bad.. ~120mb with doing nothing. played 1 game and opened 1 app and 2 tabs internet..
Sounds like something is off if you seriously have your phone fresh out of the box and you're having RAM that low.
I have open Internet (Aurora), Plants v Zombies, Root Explorer, Market, Gmail, Twin Pic, and all the other stuff that's always running (I don't use any task killers), and I still have 229MB free.
They all show the same amount of RAM total, but there shouldn't be anything running you down that low. I find myself hard-pressed to get below 200MB regardless of what I run.
Download a task manager (a real one, not the built-in one) and check out what's eating up so much RAM.
Harfainx said:
Sounds like something is off if you seriously have your phone fresh out of the box and you're having RAM that low.
I have open Internet (Aurora), Plants v Zombies, Root Explorer, Market, Gmail, Twin Pic, and all the other stuff that's always running (I don't use any task killers), and I still have 229MB free.
They all show the same amount of RAM total, but there shouldn't be anything running you down that low. I find myself hard-pressed to get below 200MB regardless of what I run.
Download a task manager (a real one, not the built-in one) and check out what's eating up so much RAM.
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the culprit was, not me but All apps that i have, that are on the phone were opened, which 50% i never have touched..
now i got ~350mb free is that normal with nothing on and all killable task killed?
also the task manager say that ^^
but something else says i got 500mb free? the running apps tab @ applications.
350mb is good.
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downlaoded task manager says ~350mb
built in ~290mb
running apps at the applciaiton tab says ~550mb lol?
runeazn said:
hahahahaahhaahahahha oh I DO ****ING NOW ABOUT THAT,
THE damned part is i have as much ram left as on my iphone 3gs and thats just bad.. ~120mb with doing nothing. played 1 game and opened 1 app and 2 tabs internet..
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Modern operating systems use as much RAM as possible in an intelligent manner. Empty RAM is useless RAM.
Leathal said:
Modern operating systems use as much RAM as possible in an intelligent manner. Empty RAM is useless RAM.
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You sure 290mb is.normal
Leathal said:
Modern operating systems use as much RAM as possible in an intelligent manner. Empty RAM is useless RAM.
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Ding ding ding! That is the first intelligent thought that I have read in this thread. It also happens to be the right answer.
817 MB of RAM. I assume the OS has 200MB reserved. On boot up, it says about 550MB in use and 267 Free. Whats chomping up the memory? Right now built in task manager says only "Internet" browser is open and using 70MB. But only 150MB Free. Wheres all the memory going?
Also, is video memory dedicated ot shared? Thanks in advance.
Bro we're running sense. Mac OS probably uses less resources.
Although ur task manager has no active apps, there still are cached apps. Android does this automatically so the apps u used recently will launch faster. This has nothing to do with sense. Although, sense ui and process do take up a lot of active and cached memory. I would not worry that you don't have enough memory. As son as you launch an app that requires more memory android will clear active and cached processes until it has enough to run your request.
You also don't see system or hidden processes that are using memory in the task manager...
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It's sense man. It is the HEAVIEST manufacturer skin out there period. If you want more free resources you can always temp root and debloat/de-sense. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367591 has what you need. Not sure what temp root he has there. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373471 the temp root in this thread lasts a long time, unless you reboot then it will be gone. Good luck!
Shahaed said:
Bro we're running sense. Mac OS probably uses less resources.
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LOL +1
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Shahaed said:
Bro we're running sense. Mac OS probably uses less resources.
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That made me LOL for real!
New to htc, coming from og Droid
Use the clean tool in the dev section. Disabling all the bloatware and especially sense has increased my available memory tremendously. As I write this reply, my total free memory is 383mb with a few small things running. Previously, with the internet and a few apps open I was seeing closer to 150mb. All the crap that comes preloaded really bogs down the phone.
For what its worth, my quadrant score went from 2100 avg to 2500 avg.
kaptinkangaru said:
New to htc, coming from og Droid
Use the clean tool in the dev section. Disabling all the bloatware and especially sense has increased my available memory tremendously. As I write this reply, my total free memory is 383mb with a few small things running. Previously, with the internet and a few apps open I was seeing closer to 150mb. All the crap that comes preloaded really bogs down the phone.
For what its worth, my quadrant score went from 2100 avg to 2500 avg.
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CleanTOOL!!!! F T W ! ! ! ! ! !
Yea... IM at work.... Bored... Pissed off... Tired of the boss' bull****...
Ineed to have fun... So I started trolling today
We need full root I'm going through withdrawals
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Yea... IM at work.... Bored... Pissed off... Tired of the boss' bull****...
Ineed to have fun... So I started trolling today
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Did you make sure to have a bowl of trolli O's?
As others said its definitely sense 3.5 thats probably taking up about 100mb with all 3d **** and widgets, hell ADW2 takes up about 45mb. Android klls processes as it needs it
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yeah after clean tool with adw or go launcher ive still got like 300mb of ram left
I know everyone keeps saying its a sense thing but I have my doubt about that. I have an stock rezound ( no debloating no desensing). I have 124 apps installed. I always have no less then 320mb of free ram every time I have checked. I would say yes sense does use about 150-200 mb of the ram. But if your using an ADW, Go Launcher, or whatever launcher you use and you use a lot of widgets I would say your not really saving much. But as others have said I wouldn't worry about it cause android will manage your ram as needed.
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I know everyone keeps saying its a sense thing but I have my doubt about that. I have an stock rezound ( no debloating no desensing). I have 124 apps installed. I always have no less then 320mb of free ram every time I have checked. I would say yes sense does use about 150-200 mb of the ram. But if your using an ADW, Go Launcher, or whatever launcher you use and you use a lot of widgets I would say your not really saving much. But as others have said I wouldn't worry about it cause android will manage your ram as needed.
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I have anywhere from 450 MB -500 MB of RAM free upon boot w/ all widgets loaded etc. If I have a ton of apps open I have like 200-250 free at all times. Debloated and Desensed.
Thanks for all the replies. I totally forgot about Sense. But I'm not complaining, it runs smooth and fast always. The bloatware is more of an annoyance than anything. I dont use 3/4th of the crap they threw in there. As for root, I'm waiting for the perm root. I like to reboot every now and then as it clears out some garbage memory that sometimes causes problems....like cached js in the browsers. You can clear cache in settings, but I bet it dont clear whats in RAM.
I know it has its own graphics processor, but does anyone know if it shares the RAM or has its own dedicated memory chipset?
zetsumeikuro said:
I have anywhere from 450 MB -500 MB of RAM free upon boot w/ all widgets loaded etc. If I have a ton of apps open I have like 200-250 free at all times.
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How the hell u get so much free RAM? You must NOT be running a VZW Rom.
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How the hell u get so much free RAM? You must NOT be running a VZW Rom.
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S-ON Rezound just like the rest of you guys. Debloat and Desense, I have 400-500 MB of RAM on boot, with my normal usage 200-300 ish and I do have quite a few things open at the same time. As you can see w/ the SS' plain ol VZW ROM.
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I know everyone keeps saying its a sense thing but I have my doubt about that. I have an stock rezound ( no debloating no desensing). I have 124 apps installed. I always have no less then 320mb of free ram every time I have checked. I would say yes sense does use about 150-200 mb of the ram. But if your using an ADW, Go Launcher, or whatever launcher you use and you use a lot of widgets I would say your not really saving much. But as others have said I wouldn't worry about it cause android will manage your ram as needed.
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Same here I never have less then 332 and after killing via htc task manger I have 440.
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brando56894 said:
As others said its definitely sense 3.5 thats probably taking up about 100mb with all 3d **** and widgets, hell ADW2 takes up about 45mb. Android klls processes as it needs it
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sense barely approaches 60mb for me. Its all in what you use. Adw uses about 45, android pro widgets for my calender and contacts uses 15mb, hd widgets uses 15mb...
I have no problems with a stripped version of sense where you freeze or uninstall the parts you don't use.
I only use adw because of the choice in customizations, not because it runs faster. It doesn't for me. Scrolling wallpaper is jerky.
So... I have been struggling to get rid of home screen lag on this device. I am now down to about 5 Widgets and only 2 home screens populated and I still have to consistently wait for the home screen to populate. Sometimes it takes 6-7 seconds, which Is really annoying. Anyway I downloaded memory booster to keep the ram cleaned up, and it indicates that I only have 768mb, not the advertised 1gb. On my xyboard it indicates the correct amount... did I get a bad device or has anyone else noticed this too? In my experience 768 just isn't enough to get a snappy experience in ics so I am pretty worried about this.
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I think we may only have 768MB but I cannot find any proof of it, and no one else has been able to provide any proof...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1506603&highlight=1gb
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The Samsung Captivate only has 384MB of real system RAM. NOT the 512MB it was said to have.
.....and the Infuse had 452 Avail......
My unlocked note has 800mb free while my att note has 768mb free..not to mention my unlocked note gets way better battery life and doesn't lag. I wanted to stay with the att version but too many issues. Unlike my skyrocket which was flawless. Maybe att needs to push out an update for the note to smooth it out.
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That's a big let down... great that att took an awesome device and completely gimped it. Sigh.
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Well it seems that the note does have 1gb of ram but 300mb of that is inactive?? How do we activate it!!!! lol If you download and install quadrant and look at the information tab all the way at the bottom it has ram information and this is what it says. if it really is inactive im not happy because we need all the ram we can get, i sure it would help out with the lag.
I think you need to hard reset your device. I am using the stock launcher and have no lag whatsoever. Yes it is 768mb but that's enough. I froze all my non needed apps BTW.
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So... I have been struggling to get rid of home screen lag on this device. I am now down to about 5 Widgets and only 2 home screens populated and I still have to consistently wait for the home screen to populate. Sometimes it takes 6-7 seconds, which Is really annoying. Anyway I downloaded memory booster to keep the ram cleaned up, and it indicates that I only have 768mb, not the advertised 1gb. On my xyboard it indicates the correct amount... did I get a bad device or has anyone else noticed this too? In my experience 768 just isn't enough to get a snappy experience in ics so I am pretty worried about this.
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The missing ram is used by the system core.u can fix the lag by using a cpu app and set min speed to 500mhz at boot.
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The missing ram is used by the system core.u can fix the lag by using a cpu app and set min speed to 500mhz at boot.
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Where is the proof though?
We have 1gb. My ateix showed the same thing
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256K is used as video ram and system stuffs. All smat phones are using a portion of the ram for system. Galaxy S has 512K ram but only 377K is used for apps.
Edit: K->M
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I think odds are that 256mb is being used by the gpu. There is no such thing as the kernal 'hiding' ram. Unfortunate thought that the gpu doesnt have its own discrete memory.
I have a sensation with the revolution HD rom. In gingerbread it was absolutely the fastest GUI I have ever used on an android device. In ICS, though, its slower. 768mb of ram just isnt enough to take advantage of android. Again, sigh.
I, also, have frozen more apps than I have seen anyone else post yet. Still consistently sitting at about 560-600mb used.
It does have 1gb of RAM but the OS uses the other 200-something. Even my skyrocket and hercules had the same amount. if you use CM then it frees up some more space. Also, how is 700mb+ ram not enough? o-o I've NEVER seen mine go over 550 used out of the total available, no matter how many apps I'm running. I also read that in Android/Linux, the ram that isn't used is useless so the more ram it uses the better (I may be wrong on that?)
Not to jack this thread; but really where is the proof?! Just because someone says it does, does not mean it does... I do not know if it does or does not have 1GB of RAM but I think we all want to know...
Here is some proof that the Samsung Captivate really only has 384MB of traditional RAM...
http://sean-the-electrofreak.blogspot.com/2010/12/mystery-solved-how-samsung-pulls-off.html
I have been looking for something like this regarding the Note...
According to what I have read... the way linux/android uses memory is nothing like windows... as long as there is enough to run the program... everything is fine... not like in windows where things run better with more memory free...
My guess on your lag is that you have something in the background eating up cpu cycles...
Maybe watchdog might give you some more information?
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I have zero lag with TW launcher, but considerable lag with launcher pro plus.
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loudog3114 said:
In ICS, though, its slower. 768mb of ram just isnt enough to take advantage of android. Again, sigh.
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The Galaxy Nexus reports 768mb of RAM, and it runs ICS just fine.
rignfool said:
According to what I have read... the way linux/android uses memory is nothing like windows... as long as there is enough to run the program... everything is fine... not like in windows where things run better with more memory free...
My guess on your lag is that you have something in the background eating up cpu cycles...
Maybe watchdog might give you some more information?
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This guy here is correct. In android the more RAM won't speed up performance of the OS. Android is not designed like windows. Killing apps will increase battery life, but not performance.
The note DOES have 1gb or ram. A portion of it is inactive UNTIL the point you use up all your available 732mb of RAM (which is no easy task considering how the OS closes inactive apps in exchange for another). This is probably done so that the OS is not wasting hardware resources for no reason.
So in all, RAM itself is not the reason your phone has performance issues. Their may be a particular app causing a cpu problem. I would also consider maybe using a higher clock speed maybe? Although I have not done so myself and my note runs great.
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Last month, i've posted my nexus 5x was upgraded to 4GB RAM on XDA.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/4gb-ram-upgraded-nexus-5x-t3588743
Not sure you guys know it already or not, a 4GB RAM upgraded Nexus 6P has been made in China last month, this 6P came with the bootloop which the same issue in 5X.
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For your reference, here is the link to the original post :highfive:
https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5085912273
Huh?
TokedUp said:
Huh?
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what?
TokedUp said:
Huh?
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He got his RAM chip switched out for a 4GB one. Just buy the new chip, solder off the 3GB one and reball the 4GB onto the motherboard.
tauio111 said:
He got his RAM chip switched out for a 4GB one. Just buy the new chip, solder off the 3GB one and reball the 4GB onto the motherboard.
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but i remember he replaced the cpu as well
lol all that for an extra gb of ram? What a waste of time
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lol all that for an extra gb of ram? What a waste of time
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nah, he fixed this bootloop nexus 6p and upgraded to 4gb ram at the same time.
Good to know... some may do it if they have the back cover off to replace the battery, etc.
Cathair2906 said:
nah, he fixed this bootloop nexus 6p and upgraded to 4gb ram at the same time.
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lol considering android has piss poor ram management, you wouldn't notice any benefit anyway.
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lol considering android has piss poor ram management, you wouldn't notice any benefit anyway.
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The ram management is actually very good. Ram management can differ from rom and kernel and what apps you use. Saying ram management is bad for Android in general is kind of stupid because that is very far from the truth.
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The ram management is actually very good. Ram management can differ from rom and kernel and what apps you use. Saying ram management is bad for Android in general is kind of stupid because that is very far from the truth.
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It really isn't man...
Why do you think phones are coming out with more and more ram? 6 to 8 gigs now..
Why do you think other os's can get by with 1 to 2 gb?
It is pretty commonly known it has bad ram management. Ask devs themselves if you don't believe me. Stuff gets closed after being in the background for mere minutes.
It is very poor actually, potentially the worst part of android imo.
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It really isn't man...
Why do you think phones are coming out with more and more ram? 6 to 8 gigs now..
Why do you think other os's can get by with 1 to 2 gb?
It is pretty commonly known it has bad ram management. Ask devs themselves if you don't believe me. Stuff gets closed after being in the background for mere minutes.
It is very poor actually, potentially the worst part of android imo.
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While that's partly true I still stand by my point as it isn't the case with the whole android os. Some phones do have bad ram management and need lots of ram. However some phones I have used like ones with 1gb of ram have run very smooth and I've checked ram management from lots of phones and the majority of them are very smooth and have great ram management. I'm not sure if the ram management problem you are talking is from old versions of Android and how old the info you are getting is but it could very likely be improved with new os and kernel updates.
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While that's partly true I still stand by my point as it isn't the case with the whole android os. Some phones do have bad ram management and need lots of ram. However some phones I have used like ones with 1gb of ram have run very smooth and I've checked ram management from lots of phones and the majority of them are very smooth and have great ram management.
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Nah man it's an android os issue...
Watch speed tests with other os's. The pixel for example even gets destroyed by phones on other os's.
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That being said, supposedly android O is supposed to be fixing that. Stopping apps being able to go crazy in the background chewing up resources
Also how would it be older versions or old info? I'm on the same phone you are.
Yup an 1gb RAM Android device is a crap and slow phone as hell... I'm a fan of android but we have to say the truth, android RAM management isn't nearly to be the best, for example you can install and run Windows 7 even Windows 10 on a 512 MB of RAM and runs pretty well. And a Android device needs at least 2gb to run decently and you'll see some redraws some times.
But I'm happy with my Angler (best phone that I but every) and will buy the Pixel 2, Android rules ?
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DorianX said:
Yup an 1gb RAM Android device is a crap and slow phone as hell... I'm a fan of android but we have to say the truth, android RAM management isn't nearly to be the best, for example you can install and run Windows 7 even Windows 10 on a 512 MB of RAM and runs pretty well. And a Android device needs at least 2gb to run decently and you'll see some redraws some times.
But I'm happy with my Angler (best phone that I but every) and will buy the Pixel 2, Android rules
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It's awesome for sure. I love it but would still like to see improvements. I feel like it's time they took performance more seriously.
Though I know how it works on here. If I'm critical in any way people don't want to hear it. Things don't get better if you act like they're perfect.
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It really isn't man...
Why do you think phones are coming out with more and more ram? 6 to 8 gigs now..
Why do you think other os's can get by with 1 to 2 gb?
It is pretty commonly known it has bad ram management. Ask devs themselves if you don't believe me. Stuff gets closed after being in the background for mere minutes.
It is very poor actually, potentially the worst part of android imo.
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I assume you are talking about IOS since it's the only relevant major OS rival.
Now here is the question; can apps and Android run better than IOS even with the same Ram size? in theory yes if only Android was installed into one brand and apps are optimized for that brand devices like what is happening with Apple Iphone. The simple truth is that an app developed for 1 brand will always run smoother and faster than the ones developed for multiple brands and devices.
So the major issue isn't how much ram you need because Android can run smoothly with 1G of ram but as long there are updates to apps and those apps aren't specifically optimized for that device you wont get the same smooth performance you felt when you first used your device. The other point i would like to add is that you will always need more ram whether it's Android or IOS because of the nature of development and hardware power needed for better visual performance.
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I assume you are talking about IOS since it's the only relevant major OS rival.
Now here is the question; can apps and Android run better than IOS even with the same Ram size? in theory yes if only Android was installed into one brand and apps are optimized for that brand devices like what is happening with Apple Iphone. The simple truth is that an app developed for 1 brand will always run smoother and faster than the ones developed for multiple brands and devices.
So the major issue isn't how much ram you need because Android can run smoothly with 1G of ram but as long there are updates to apps and those apps aren't specifically optimized for that device you wont get the same smooth performance you felt when you first used your device. The other point i would like to add is that you will always need more ram whether it's Android or IOS because of the nature of development and hardware power needed for better visual performance.
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Has zero to do with how it performs, and IOS yes but others as well. I love android and ios, both for different reasons.
What I am talking about is ram management. It closes apps randomly in the background, often within a few seconds. I hate coming right back to an app or game to find it closed.
Android phones with 4-6gb still have this issue, and it is a huge one.
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Has zero to do with how it performs, and IOS yes but others as well. I love android and ios, both for different reasons.
What I am talking about is ram management. It closes apps randomly in the background, often within a few seconds. I hate coming right back to an app or game to find it closed.
Android phones with 4-6gb still have this issue, and it is a huge one.
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I see, but the reason that some apps are being killed isn't random it's because of battery optimization which started with the introduction of Dose in Marshmallow and now a little improved on Nougat and will continue on with Android O. If you go to the battery section in settings and check your apps you will see most of them are optimised if you want certain apps to not be closed simply select don't optomise and they will not be closed but all of this will be on the expense of your battery life.
This article will further explain: http://www.androidbeat.com/2017/03/how-to-stop-android-apps-killed-marshmallow-nougat/
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I see, but the reason that some apps are being killed isn't random it's because of battery optimization which started with the introduction of Dose in Marshmallow and now a little improved on Nougat and will continue on with Android O. If you go to the battery section in settings and check your apps you will see most of them are optimised if you want certain apps to not be closed simply select don't optomise and they will not be closed but all of this will be on the expense of your battery life.
This article will further explain: http://www.androidbeat.com/2017/03/how-to-stop-android-apps-killed-marshmallow-nougat/
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I know all about this..
Been using Android since 2008. Even on the pixel it's still an issue, watch speed tests yourself. Closing an app you literally just had open has nothing to do with battery life or optimisation.
It lets background apps devour ram with nothing to reign them in, while apps that you just opened and use much less ram get closed instantly. It does not allocate it how it should.
O will be fixing that anyway no doubt, from what I've read at least.
he just fixed my bootloop issue by replace my cpu