Help to choose right rom for low ram usage - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

i want to install a rom that saves the ram usage
because at normal state my ram usage is 670 out of 832
and thats causes :
1- auto restarting apps when i use return button ( eg. am now opening firefox downloading somth , i used return button to check on my facebook notification , and get back to firefox browser i found it restart my download and reloads my pages )
2- Playing a game like subway surfers and phone rangs for a call , so i finished the call then return to the game , found the app restarts and i start a new game .
so S3 cant save the session of my work and restart it if he needs to clear ram .
else S2 was stable and saves sessions and dont reload them when am back to use them .
please solve me this prob am annoyed and afraid to use samsung phones furtherwards .

What rom you using.

stock one i use JB4.1.2
Samsung S3

yasser86 said:
stock one i use JB4.1.2
Samsung S3
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worst offender of them all, stock murders ram and multitasking
try one those roms based on stock(the real one)jelly bean
steer clear from touchwiz
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High Ram Usage Issue

Hello
Yes, yes I know i'm a noob...but one that need help.. So please Help me and i proomise i'll thank
I got my Samsung Galasy S II GT-I900G about a month ago, I've been turning it off every night so that It can charge. Like a week ago for some reason I didnt and in the middle of the next day the RAM got to about 560MB/0.91GB and then after a while it got stuck while i was sending an SMS. I had to take the battery out and and turn it on for it to start working again. I'm not that much of a hardcore gamer or phone user. I dont know why my phone would do this. I have deleted all my apps and still the same problem so its definetly not a leaky app. It gets stuck and then i have to take the battery out !
My phone has 2.3.4 android version
If you need any other information, let me know and i'll post it... But PLEASE help me.
I'm desperate here
My Phone:
Model Number:GTI900G
Android version: 2.3.4
Kernel Version: [email protected]#2
Build Number: GINGERBREAK.JPKH8
Awesomenessof96 said:
Hello
Yes, yes I know i'm a noob...but one that need help.. So please Help me and i proomise i'll thank
I got my Samsung Galasy S II GT-I900G about a month ago, I've been turning it off every night so that It can charge. Like a week ago for some reason I didnt and in the middle of the next day the RAM got to about 560MB/0.91GB and then after a while it got stuck while i was sending an SMS. I had to take the battery out and and turn it on for it to start working again. I'm not that much of a hardcore gamer or phone user. I dont know why my phone would do this. I have deleted all my apps and still the same problem so its definetly not a leaky app. It gets stuck and then i have to take the battery out !
My phone has 2.3.4 android version
If you need any other information, let me know and i'll post it... But PLEASE help me.
I'm desperate here
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I just have the i9100 not the g. So i dont know whats the difference in phones. Is your phone rooted? Are u using a 3rd party sms app?
looks like an iphone but powered by android baby!!!!
Try to figure out wich apps are actually using all this Ram with some tools found on the market.
After that you could delete those apps, or freeze it (with anttek for example)
If this doesn't work, perhaps flash another Kernel :/
Different processor
androidkid311 said:
I just have the i9100 not the g. So i dont know whats the difference in phones. Is your phone rooted? Are u using a 3rd party sms app?
looks like an iphone but powered by android baby!!!!
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Try Androis Assistant from market
i use the stock active applications widget. You can check ram and 'clear memory' to remove cached processes. or reach it buy holding down the menu button and selecting task manager
From what i figured out i think this is not only active running ram, but includes applications you have used since your phone was turned on...not drawing any power,,,just in limbo (cached) until you need them again. Thus they start up faster and don;t consume extra power when starting up again.
settings- applications- running-- shows active background apps and you can see how much ram they need. hit the menu button again you can selected 'cached'. This will show cached apps.
Your phone should not slow down with 500-600 ram useage considering most of it is cached ram. Ram not being used is wasted ram on an android device
My s2 fluctuates between 280 and 570 ram used and is still equally zippy
If it happens again you might want to flash a different kernal or you have a dodgy app i suspect
If i am mistaken please correct me
@androidkid311: Thanks for your reply .. and No my phone isn't rooted, and I have yet to update it... and Right now my phone is free of any apps except for the system ones...
@staik: Thank you for replying... Could you please tell me about an app that will help me monitor my ram usage?? and all my apps are already deleted...other then system apps.. I cant use anttek cause my phone isnt rooted :/
@MistahBungle: haha Thanks
@umarian: Thanks for your response , i'll try it and get right back to you...
@IronMit: Thank you for such an explanatory response . I use task manager to close active apps and clear memory about 20-30 times a day... and when i turn my phone on i go into the running applications and stop all the useless apps like google maps and social hub and stuff... does nothing to help.
Right now there are no apps on my phone except for the system apps ! and i know i think the same unused ram is wasted ram but it freezes my phone so :/
How do you flash a kernel anyways?? Sorry if i'm being unbearably stupid but....gotta learn right??
Thank you everyone for your response....though my problem is yet to be solved
How do you flash a kernel anyways?? Sorry if i'm being unbearably stupid but....gotta learn right??
Same as firmware flash kernel in ODIN via PDA instructions with kernels .
or if you have CWM and root some are CWM flashable
like
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357020
jje
You have to root to flash another kernel...I dont want to root my phone just yet...In case nothing works and I have to take the phone back... Rooting it would void my warranty :/
You can always flash a stock Samsung firmware with a different kernel or even flash a stock kernel .
Neither of which require root .
Kernel does not require CWM or Root to flash via ODIN .
jje

[Q] lag on samsung galaxy s3?

Hello everyone! I have a huge problem on my samsung galaxy s3. IT HAS LAG. it is very slow. when I switch pages or when I play. please help me.
(do I need to delete all my apps ?)
murvanidze said:
Hello everyone! I have a huge problem on my samsung galaxy s3. IT HAS LAG. it is very slow. when I switch pages or when I play. please help me.
(do I need to delete all my apps ?)
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every phone will have a lag. don't bother too much about that. stop all the unwanted processes in the background. delete unwanted apps.if rooted, try a custom kernel. :good:
Did you touch the developer settings?
sriram231092 said:
every phone will have a lag.
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Not the S3, it won't be "very slow"
Maybe try to clean cache (there are plenty of apps for cache clean on Play store), then go to developer options enable it and disable all animations.
Then, try some different launchers (like Nova, Apex) if you have rooted phone try to disable some unnecessary bloatware.
If it's won't help make a backup and try to do factory reset
If your phone is rooted, try locking your phone into maximum CPU frequency with System Tuner. It happened to me once that my Galaxy S3's CPU somehow locked into 800 MHz ignoring my configuration that specified a permanent 1400 MHz clock, in this case I switched to another frequency governor and it magically became fast like a factory reset iPhone.
Also, try rebooting your phone. Sometimes one or two CPU cores will go offline (probably something to do with temperature since it usually happens after driving with Waze on a hot day), and you have to reboot it so that your dual core CPU returns to being a quad core.
what i meant was, the phone might lag one time or the other.
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please let me know if i'm wrong and CLICK thanks if i help
SRIRAM
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Glebun said:
Did you touch the developer settings?
Not the S3, it won't be "very slow"
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NO I didn't I downloaded something called mobile care and used it a couple of times it helped a little bit but the page switching isn't smooth at it should be and games lag (my phone is not rooted)
has it been like that from day one? return it to vendor if you're not satisfied
Glebun said:
has it been like that from day one? return it to vendor if you're not satisfied
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no at first it was great but than something happened and I don't know what. will system overwrite help ?
it can

[Q] [HELP] how to speed up S3(i9300)

My phone is running on official cm10.1 and i have noticed that when i play contract killer 2 or any other games with awesome graphics the game lags and my phone become unresponsive not just in this rom but in other roms too please suggest what should i do..thanks in advance
factory reset, clear cache,reset app preferences ., delete unwanted ,apps.modify your phone to keep apps in memory. turn off animations, limit background processes flash an aosp rom with a custom kernel that supports overclocking . overclock cpu and gpu. just try not to BRICK . good luck
Thnx...
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mahir1010 said:
My phone is running on official cm10.1 and i have noticed that when i play contract killer 2 or any other games with awesome graphics the game lags and my phone become unresponsive not just in this rom but in other roms too please suggest what should i do..thanks in advance
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[Q] What's the optimal rom for a 4.0 ?

Hi there,
Yesterday i succesfully rooted and installed CyanogenMod 10.2 on my Galaxy Player (YP-G1) \o/
At start, with no app launched, the experience seems smooth, but then i noticed that about 310 Mo of memory was used, it left me with only 50 Mo. With the the samsung stock rom, it used 100-150 Mo less.
So as soon as i start something, memory gets full and the device becomes sluggish.
I'm trying to remove some default apps but i've got the feeling that it's because of android 4.3
So...
1) It is possible to even use 4.3 with so few memory available ?
2) If not, what's the best rom for a galaxy player ? With "best" i mean one that is smooth/fast/low memory usage.
To be more specific: what's the memory usage of, say, android 2 vs 4 ?
Synchronyme said:
Hi there,
Yesterday i succesfully rooted and installed CyanogenMod 10.2 on my Galaxy Player (YP-G1) \o/
At start, with no app launched, the experience seems smooth, but then i noticed that about 310 Mo of memory was used, it left me with only 50 Mo. With the the samsung stock rom, it used 100-150 Mo less.
So as soon as i start something, memory gets full and the device becomes sluggish.
I'm trying to remove some default apps but i've got the feeling that it's because of android 4.3
So...
1) It is possible to even use 4.3 with so few memory available ?
2) If not, what's the best rom for a galaxy player ? With "best" i mean one that is smooth/fast/low memory usage.
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CM10.1 and CM10.2 are a lot more ram intensive than any of the stock based roms out there. You can use Greenify https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en to freeze apps that are using the most ram. Also you can use All-in-One Toolbox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=imoblife.toolbox.full&hl=en to freeze apps from even starting up until you access them. The best method I found was using Auto Memory Manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lim.android.automemman&hl=en with Clean Master https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cleanmaster.mguard&hl=en. I'd set AMM with 10 40 60 120 140 160, and had CM clear ram when 95% of it was used when you turn off the screen. Make sure you allow both to be kept alive by the other. This gave me available ram of 100-120 most of the time. Good luck.
The best rom for our player is a highly subjective topic. For me, I believe the best rom is REDD from iJimanic. It is just a modified version of the stock rom, but it benefits from slightly better ram management, along with no weird issues. However, I will say it doesn't have the best battery life (it's better than stock though).
The memory usage really depends on the device. For instance, on our device CM10.1 uses about 270-310mb, but on my brothers T-mobile GS2 it was using about 350-400mb. Our devices on the other hand are limited in the fact that they have 512mb.
Synchronyme said:
Hi there,
Yesterday i succesfully rooted and installed CyanogenMod 10.2 on my Galaxy Player (YP-G1) \o/
At start, with no app launched, the experience seems smooth, but then i noticed that about 310 Mo of memory was used, it left me with only 50 Mo. With the the samsung stock rom, it used 100-150 Mo less.
So as soon as i start something, memory gets full and the device becomes sluggish.
I'm trying to remove some default apps but i've got the feeling that it's because of android 4.3
So...
1) It is possible to even use 4.3 with so few memory available ?
2) If not, what's the best rom for a galaxy player ? With "best" i mean one that is smooth/fast/low memory usage.
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You can use 4.3 with very low memory. Android will temporarily stop background processes when your active apps need more ram.
I personally use App Quarantine to freeze applications and system apps that I don't need, take a look at your list of running and cached applications.
You will also want to reduce your MinFree value to 25-50MB, this will keep more apps active when you run low on memory and also prevent the continuous app stop/start.

Samsung s3 too slow

Hi, are now few days that my Samsung S3 in signature has became too slow.
Many times lags when i call a program and then another.
I'm sure that it is not doing apps updates when slowing.
Further my phone is rooted and is overclocked.
Do you know some suggestion?
Which app can i use to test its performance?
Thank you for your attention! !
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Hi, i repeat my question because i didn't solve my issues. .
My phone continues to lag and sometimes restarts...
I made a Dalvik and no full reset hoping to solve but i still have the same problems.
It's enervating to work in this way and please save my phone that my rage will take me to launch somewhere..
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I would put a stock based ROM on fone such as neatrom. Don't over clock and no custom kernel. Stock kernel is more stable. Hope that helps
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Or put a 4.4.2 ROM on your phone for fast speed without need to overclock
Thank you for reply.
I'm looking for something to test or solve my issue. I tried through Cleanmaster app and i cleaned many useless data in my phone. I have a doubt if my issues started when i tried Directory Bind app.
Until about one month ago my stock fw worked fine then i noticed lags, etc.
Today in the morning or sometimes my phone comes to work fine but i noticed for example that when the phone searches cell data network it slows much.
I think that the cause is the memory available that is always only less than 10%.
That i don't understand is that until few time ago my memory was not a problem and was sufficient and system phone worked properly, now not yet.
For now i prefer not to change the rom because i know well this i have installed and i have a good familiarity finding everything in menus fastly...a time ago fastly...
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I'd update to 4.3 if I were you using a custom rom. Once done. If you have chosen a stock based 4.3 ROM. Tap on builder number 7 times in settings/ about phone. You will see a new thing called developers options go into that and scroll down to background processes change it to 4 and your phone won't lag.
Ok. But in this case don't I force the closing of apps? And the forced closing doesn't deactive some useful app that is better to stay in memory (i.e. Facebook, Whatsapp, Viber, Skype, etc.)?
When you say to change to 4 value you mean the active processes? True?
I have not been prone to install custom roms because i prefer i.e. S-Voice feature with double tap of my home button and i think that lags and others issues often are caused by installed apps.
It would be better first to find what to slow the system and then to consider the o.s. replacement.
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try disabling the bloatware and uninstalling the useless apps? When I just got my S3, I installed all the messaging apps - Whatsapp, WeChat, Line etc as many of my friends are using those. It caused severe lag and battery drain.
Sounds like you maybe have a virus/malware? Btw CleanMaster is the biggest scam. It only clears certain things and it runs more background processes than it saves.
Hope this helps,
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@revilionz
I have already uninstalled and freezed many preinstalled apps through Titanium.
But anyway i think to have too apps installed into phone. But i have always had these too apps.
I changed the Kernel to Siyah because stock Kernel caused lags and i.e intelligent stand-by sensor came back to work only when i installed the Siyah.
Since few days i have again the same issue but now with Siyah Kernel..
@aarongillion63
I installed Avg antivirus and now instead i have CM Security. The system seems cleaned about viruses.
I installed Clean Master and for me that i don't know where i can free space in phone the app has been a godsend...
Now i can see processes in memory but i.e. if i want to uninstall or freeze Google Play Services then the system asks me to reload it.
I read somewhere if you try to remove processes or uninstall apps anyway the system will load each others to fill ram memory..
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S3 slow or restarts and turns off unexpectedly
I tried to do a deep clean (not the most deep) and then to install 4.3 stock firmware but although the lags has gone away i still have some restarts or unexpected turns off of phone.
Sometimes i note for example that the sounds of keybord even if i disabled they come back!
Or when i use S-Voice app through double press home button the audio feedback comes back active although i deactived it!
i add that i restored some app and data by Titanium Backup..

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