Even when i open my phone i have 160 free ram out of 340 ram without any program running!is there a way to free up more ram?
P.S. sorry for bad english!
Change the rom u're using =)
I Prefer GB roms because they're faster than ICS
You can use a program, which will be manage your RAM. I use ES Manager. When my phone is lagging, i click on widget with this program, and i have clear unuseful apps from RAM.
160 mb free ram not enough? Then u sure never feel the 50 mb free ram from low end devices don't u?
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What device are you using
When I'm killing tasks on my Xperia Ray and I see 160 mb free on RAM, I start dancing in circles:silly:.
Is your phone still laggy with this much free RAM, or why are you asking this
Jamaikanos said:
Even when i open my phone i have 160 free ram out of 340 ram without any program running!is there a way to free up more ram?
P.S. sorry for bad english!
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Free ram is a wasted ram
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^^Exactly.
Even if ram is 160mb, your phone should be quite smooth. Free ram only plays an important role in benchmarks, and benchmarks don't mean anything. Real experience and performance is very important. However, if you want to free more ram, remove unnecessary system apps, using init.d scripts, build.prop tweaks, custom kernel, better adreno drivers etc. After doing all this, I always get 200mb+ free ram in stock ics.
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My question is how do I get more of that RAM for use? Flash 10.1 is taking up quite a bit of memory (for example, when watching video from hulu), and will often crash because it runs out of RAM to use. I remember seeing some kernels that give more RAM to the user. Unfortunately, Nero V3, which I am using, only allows the user 304 MB of RAM and with other background services, the realistic amount free ram is about 180 MB. Can I shut off services or do anyone have recommendation on which kernel gives the most RAM?
I think some of Eugenes kernels allows for a *bit* more memory (maybe 20 mb more). Just look him up on his website.
You could try a more aggressive scheduler using OCLF.
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i use GingerClone and i get tons of RAM free.
i have 176 free right now, and i play dungeon defenders, which takes like 300 or something not sure though.
Suggestion:
try using a task killer, it'll free memory, then use the program you want, it'll give more ram?
How much free ram memory xperia mini have ?
And does it have 512mb total ram or something like 418mb ?
Story is the Xperia has 512M of RAM, but 177M or so of RAM are taken up by the O/S. Leaving something along the lines of 335M free for other apps.
I don't know why all the programs that report memory don't show the memory reserved by the O/S.
Would be interested in knowing if such an app exists.
Mike
can u post screenshot of ram memory status ? so if i'am understand u, xperia have 335mb free ram with stock rom ? thats cool
Sejk97 said:
can u post screenshot of ram memory status ? so if i'am understand u, xperia have 335mb free ram with stock rom ? thats cool
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That's the theoretical amount of memory, when I run max kill, I end up with 191MB.
If you go by the utilities they show you total memory its 335mb
Mike
ok, than it have 355mb ram not 512mb is 191mb of ram enought to run hd games ?
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ok, than it have 355mb ram not 512mb is 191mb of ram enought to run hd games ?
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It's truly 512MB RAM, but the operating system (Android) also occupies RAM, for example in panamamike's case, the OS uses 191MB for its running so the amount of RAM left for other programs is about 512 - 191 = 355MB RAM.
I haven't tried any HD games but you can watch these videos :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tf5SpYnvII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wNx6ZnUgvM
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It's truly 512MB RAM, but the operating system (Android) also occupies RAM, for example in panamamike's case, the OS uses 191MB for its running so the amount of RAM left for other programs is about 512 - 191 = 355MB RAM.
I haven't tried any HD games but you can watch these videos :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tf5SpYnvII
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wNx6ZnUgvM
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Actually, the math goes like this.
512MB total - 177MB [Hidden by Android for system] - (166-170MB) [Android O/S apps] 22MB [Kernel] approx 143MB available to the user. Max Kill, kills some of the Android O/S stuff, but it starts right back up automatically. I don't know enough to determine if I can really turn some of that stuff off, but ATM I'm just letting it go.
Also note, if we could root the phone, there are applications that SE has installed as part of the O/S that could be removed to free up more memory.
It's a bit disheartening to see such little memory truly available. I don't know what typical HD games need to run.
Mike
i don't understand, if system hide 177mb ram for system, why he(system) double use ram memory ? 1. 177mb and 2. 166-177mb(for os and apps) why ?
never mind, thast cool phone..
Most apps/games store the big files /data on yer sdcard. The app needs to have this feature implemented.
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I'm running dagr8s alpha 2 ics rom. And I know that it has lower ram than the gb roms. But lately I have been running Tasker (amazing app btw) numbers and it keeps notifying me that I have low ram and it might not work properly. I go to applications in settings and check my ram and it says I only have 98mb free. I end all tasks and clear ram and then still I have like 120-130 free. I'm afraid that this is a too low amount. And wanted your opinions on what I should do. Is this enough should I just ignore the warnings will Tasker still run fine? How can I get more ram? Are any of you also experiencing low ram?
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Taller uses ram also. I run trebuchet launcher on alpha 2 and have no real issues. If it gets slow you can hold home and clear things out. Running a lot of widgets still affect ram also.
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If you go to developer options in settings at the bottom and select the background processes and set it to 3 processes at most that helps alot...also if u change ur dalvik heap to 64 that also helps a ton...DO NOT and I repeat do not set it below 64 as u will soft brick your phone
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You must understand how Android uses memory, it loads your frequentlyused programs into ram so when you go to use them, they open much faster than if they would if they had to open "fresh" each time.the lmk (low memory killer) should take care of everything if you ate currently using a process that uses a lot of memory it will kill off apps as it needs to.
Put simply: FREE RAM IS WASTED RAM.
Have a marine navigation program "Navionics USA EAST" that wouldn't open in ICS(leak and Saurom) unless I cleared RAM. No issue onstock GB, and runs fine on sgh-i777 ICS? Tried debloating leak, but didn't help much. Will try limiting running programs when back on ICS.
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Free Ram is wasted ram. Never thought about it like that. I understand but i would still like some free ram just so its available for other apps i open. I did use the task manager to kill running apps and clear ram and it didnt free up that much ram that is why i was worried.
Ill try limiting background proccess to .
Also how do i set dalvik heap to 64? And what exactly does this accomplish?
Thanks for the replies guys.
Yes set it to 3 processes at most. Task manaher killers r just crap dnt use them
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Welcome to ICS. This is exactly why I DONT like ICS - the memory footprint is huge just for ICS alone.
Free ram is not entirely wasted ram.
Let me explain.
So, my phone RAM is completely (or nearly) filled and I open a new app. There is now a long delay as Android goes to work closing app(s) down and doing garbage collection to free up memory for the new app I just tried to open but it only frees up enough for the one app I just opened.
And now, every app I go to open is going to have this long delay.
What you really want is about 80% ram usage - enough that there is free ram to open new apps without Android having to scurry around to free up a bunch of memory.
I dont know if there is a way to force a certain amount of ram to be free but imo, thats what youd really want.
I only have 6 user apps on my phone and Im running stock GB so even if I opened everything at once, there would be plenty of ram to have them open all at once (Go Launcher, Blue Skies (paid), Battery Power Widget, System Tuner Pro, BeyondPod, & Audible).
It's called "minfree memory," what you want is an app that will allow you to modify those values. Back when I had a Captivate, I used an app called AutoKiller for that purpose. I haven't needed it on the Note though. You can find it in the Android market.
Is it possible for apps to crash when the phone doesnt have enough free memory (RAM)?
-Once you go NOTE, you'd say 4 inches a Joke
How much RAM do you guys have available when running GB. The phone only sees 767Mb of RAM out of the 1Gb is that normal?
yea i think thats normal because the phone system uses some of that ram to make the phone work. Like if you ever had a sd card or an ipod that was say an 8gb ipod you actually only have like 7.66gb free.
But yeah I would like more ram availabe so the phone can load apps quickly and wont have to waste time closing stuff. I dont think free ram is wasted ram
As said before, Android uses ram differently since it based upon Linux. If the entire ROM runs around 600-800mB and most of it gets loaded into RAM, this will leave you with 400-200mB free RAM but the entire OS is already loaded and ready to go! Once you load a RAM intensive application, Android/Linux kernel will free space for that application.
I believe GPU consumes an excess of RAM to handle this beast's resolution/size.
I have to go back to GB. Delay in apps opening is getting old compared to i777 daily driver.
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Thanks for the info, guys.
After using my phone for a while I noticed the RAM is getting smaller, I've used supercharger but the RAM is still the same, and some of my apps is getting force closed. Why is that?
-sorry for the question if it's very noob. thanks.
You don't get more RAM. You can't get more RAM than hardware allows.
Android itself uses part of the RAM, apps use other part, everything over is free.
Supercharger only changes the minfree amounts, that is when Android starts closing apps to free up RAM.
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You don't get more RAM. You can't get more RAM than hardware allows.
Android itself uses part of the RAM, apps use other part, everything over is free.
Supercharger only changes the minfree amounts, that is when Android starts closing apps to free up RAM.
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But the supercharger offers engine flush which frees RAM and cache apps? but my phone still lags after a while.
rerenznz said:
After using my phone for a while I noticed the RAM is getting smaller, I've used supercharger but the RAM is still the same, and some of my apps is getting force closed. Why is that?
-sorry for the question if it's very noob. thanks.
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You should then bulletproof only the apps that you dont want to be closed by v6, i.e. widgetlocker/sms apps/etc. That way, it'll free up ram w/out closing necessary apps. It does not increase your maximum ram but it manages it efficiently.
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But the supercharger offers engine flush which frees RAM and cache apps? but my phone still lags after a while.
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Be careful when using mod of that kind, you will surely get a lot of FC's if you are not familiar with it.
Try to un-install or freeze apps you don't frequently use or as mentioned earlier by bulletproofing apps you don't want to FC.
When i first open my phone i have 180 free ram without any program opened but after ~1 day when i close all the opened programs the free ram is only 120
How i can solve it?
PS:sorry for bad English!
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just reboot your phone you should be fine
then kill unwanted apps
i wanted to know an another way not by rebooting my phone!
PS:sorry for bad English!
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The ram is being used and therefore the OS is using it. The only way to clear it 100% is to reboot. You can also use apps to clear the RAM, it will help a little, but it's not the same as rebooting. I'd suggest just rebooting every morning.
if you're interested in the application: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatbytes.fastreboot&hl=en
Jamaikanos said:
When i first open my phone i have 180 free ram without any program opened but after ~1 day when i close all the opened programs the free ram is only 120
How i can solve it?
PS:sorry for bad English!
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This seems like normal behavior, as you use your phone some of the ram gets used up as a cache that helps your phone respond faster to open and closing recently used apps, your launcher etc. You can change the way the android memory manager works with certain apps or the ever popular V6 supercharger script. If you want to see how much of the ram is being used by the cache: under system settings->manage apps->running you can toggle the view to see how much of your ram is being used by cache by tapping on the bar free ram bar at the bottom of the screen.
Dude, 120mb of free ram out of 300, that isn't bad at all!
Add more ram! with so little ram a task killer would help for when you want to clear out the ram yourself.