Hello everyone,
I don't know if there is any mention of this problem anywhere or it's been a common issue for Huawei devices, so please link me to the thread if there is.
So my Mediapad M5 has 4GB of RAM. Normally after a restart, there is about 2.5GB of free RAM presented. But after a couple of days of average usage, the free RAM starting to decrease. This is expected of course, but when the RAM decrease to about 500MB, the tablet becomes unusable. Apps couldn't be opened, current running apps constantly restarted and lagged. I tried to use the Tablet management app (come with EMUI) to optimise the system, but the problem still exists,and the RAM is still at 5-600MB.
I also tried to close all of the services in the Running services from the Developer option, but still, the "System processes" still took like 3.5GB of RAM, and with no other services or app running (not of I aware and the setting displayed), like in the screenshot I took:
drive.google.com/file/d/1ix27K_GjOahWLr-09U5Lfizn2vXbf_fE/view?usp=sharing
(Sorry I can't parse the image here, but here is the Google drive link)
I also tried to reset the tablet and install only some apps to test it, including Rotation manager, Netflix and VLC, and use them at normal rate. After a couple of days, like 4 days, the problem arises, and the only solution for me is to restart the device.
I also tried the option to Manually/Automatically manage apps launching in the Battery manager, but the problem still persists.
Is there any option that I haven't known of or haven't tried? The device works great until it's running out of RAM, and it seems like it don't know how to release them. Or maybe there is a leakage problem, I don't know.
Thank for reading! Have a nice day.
Editted: I'm in EMUI 9, Android 9, non-rootted
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I have a Huawei Ascend G300 running Gingerbread. I've noticed a strange problem involving the memory.
The other day, my launcher kept restarting every time I pressed the home button. So I checked the running services and very few things were running. When I looked at the memory bar at the bottom however, it said 57mb used/1mb free. This device has 512mb of RAM supposedly, so something is obviously wrong here.
Since then, I have been checking the RAM usage bar in running services more often, and adding the used and free values together. From this I've noticed that the amount of total RAM varies wildly, I've seen values between 220 and 350. My RAM seems to just disappear and reappear randomly.
Does anyone know why my RAM could be disappearing like this?
Hi,
Is there any way to prevent specific apps from being killed? This phone have 3 gb of ram and I am using about 10 apps (not games) and they stay in ram but allmost allways contact app, dailer app are killed and they are reloading when i lunch them, this is sick for phone with 3gb of ram... I would like to have them allways in memory and dont wait for reload. Is there any way to do this?
Tapatapatap Z2
That is because of the way the android system manages the ram, therefore it is normal.
However, I do think that there are some apps that allow you to lock apps into the ram. I am not sure whether they will be helpful though
i've been tryin to solve the same problem, i hate the way android kill the apps, it's to aggressive even in 3 gb of ram device like Z2 or Oneplus One. but i don't think there's a way to fix this bro, the only thing u can try is, use stock android OS (like what nexus series used) even it won't solve the problem, at least the multitasking will much better
Hi everyone, I'm running fully stock latest nougat software, and I seem to have an issue with the phones ram management, using the dev check app I see that even when there are no apps running I only get around 1500 megabytes of ram available out of 3780, which seems inappropriate, since this phone is running pure Android. Would be nice to know if anyone else is having the same issue, and if so, are there any suggestions on how to solve it
Same, my RAM is filled up to 2.7-3.2 GB usually, with not too many apps installed. But I guess it just caches a lot and frees those caches once you actually need the ram
HelloMoto777 said:
Hi everyone, I'm running fully stock latest nougat software, and I seem to have an issue with the phones ram management, using the dev check app I see that even when there are no apps running I only get around 1500 megabytes of ram available out of 3780, which seems inappropriate, since this phone is running pure Android. Would be nice to know if anyone else is having the same issue, and if so, are there any suggestions on how to solve it
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I have motor z with unlocked bootloader, stock rom 7.0, added some app , now used ram indicated in settings are 1.8 from 3.7 . It's litlle high , but the reffernce ia for last 3 hours. Not in real time.
This is fairly normal with Android, and linux in general. MOst of your RAM usage is coming from caching.
To get a better feel for this, you would want to go to developers options > running services.
If we take mine for example:
Settings > RAM says 2.3GB in a 3 hour period.
If I look in that developer option:
1.5GB is dedicated to the System
865MB for APPS
Which gives me 1.3GB Free
If I move over to the Cached portion I see that 872MB is being used for cached processes.
Android os taking almost 1 gb of RAM
Is that normal !?
And if not is there a solution?
Seems alright
Mines a little better. about 600MB for OS and and 100MB for System.
I find the phone CAN be very sluggish as well. I think it has to do with the memory as well. Sometimes I start an app (ie. Google voice or ES file manager) and it pops up instantly. Sometimes it pops up but the screen is blank and it literally sits for maybe 5 seconds before anything happens. The camera can be worse. Sometimes even opening the app drawer gives a lag. Android Auto is just always slow. I've found that if I use an app killer and clear out some memory the phone becomes more responsive. Yes, the OS should automatically do this, but it doesnt seem to do a very good job. If I'm starting an app thats not in memory, it should make no difference whether the memory is empty or the OS needs to kill something to make room. Maybe the process of clearing out space in memory has some lag.
My next phone will definately need to have more than 2GB ram. I would switch phones in a heartbeat but I like the smaller form factor and nearly all other phones in the world are bigger.
Regarding facebook, I did this with my older phone because of how bad FB is, there is a "facebook lite" app you can get which is designed for lesser phones. It runs much better but it is more limited.
I'm waiting for a usable nougat rom to try. hopefully that will help
Remove Facebook. Remove Messenger.
Enjoy 150-600MB free RAM throughout your experience.
After nougat I am actually usually hovering around 300-500MB of free RAM at any given time of my day.
Get rid of these two disgusting apps and your phone will be so much better.
I also use FB, but only through the actual Chrome browser, and not the app.
I use 4 messengers - Viber, Skype, Telegram and Hangouts. Their ram and battery usage altogether is LESS Than just the facebook bloatware.
I've attached some screens.
try my
i manage to free up to 1gb free ram with few tweaks and mods to framework on my cooked rom
https://forum.xda-developers.com/z5-compact/development/rom-stock-z5c32-3-0-376r2dau-t3570248
as for fb
use this one
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/app-facebook-chat-enabler-t2934179
Give this a try:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.lite&hl=en
doesnt seem to have any bloat.
You prob have to sideload it
eng3 said:
Mines a little better. about 600MB for OS and and 100MB for System.
*** Yes, the OS should automatically do this, but it doesnt seem to do a very good job. If I'm starting an app thats not in memory, it should make no difference whether the memory is empty or the OS needs to kill something to make room. Maybe the process of clearing out space in memory has some lag.
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I'm waiting for a usable nougat rom to try. hopefully that will help
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You can try to flash AndroPlus kernel + Kernel Adiutor app. I am currently on that build and it's working flawlessly - make sure you tweak the CPU and IO governors and the LMK (minfrees) to your liking. See what works best for you. Note that light LMK settings will make your phone fast after a reboot but slow as hell as time goes by. I have found that Moderate works best (implied anyway) for a good balance between multitasking and free memory
EDIT: This is for stock Nougat.
Solved: Chromecast app takes everything. Probably because of screwed up DRM.
Device: Android TV box : Mi box 3 International version . Oreo (including second update) 8GB internal
I keep getting "storage space running out" messages. BUT I have only 3 apps installed. Even a factory reset doesn't help. The device does show the actual space available 2.6GB and a few hours later just randomly reverts to "storage space running out"
Problem is that the OS really thinks there is no space, as many functions stop working...
Apps I have : kodi , xplore2 , SonyLiv. The sonyliv app is very recent, so should be ok.
These problems started well after upgrading to Oreo
disk mapping apps also report 0 Free space. But they fail to show where the space is being used.
Cache use is about 40 - 150 MB
What to do ?
Solved: Chromecast app was the culprit. Taking over 3GB . I guess this happens because I screwed up the DRM when I had tried upgrading to nougat beta...
offtopic: Many times (more than coincidence) after asking some question, I stumble upon the solution. This happens so many times. "mom where is my bag" , *turns around to find it staring at me. Tooooo many times!! these are not coincidences! Answer me Universe !!