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More ram usage

When I exit all tasks I find only 350 mb free...? I'm currently on aokp unofficial build jb... Is there any problem with more ram usage.
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I just noticed I have less free ram than u
Don't worry though, it's not gonna break ur phone or anything
It will probably make ur phone slower if u have low ram
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OK, Let's see how low you can bring your RAMs

Who can have the most anemic RAM reading?
Any ROM counts! Post a screen shot and good luck.
PLACES:
1- wardoc22 = 341MB
2- MRhodes23 = 423MB
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Lol... WTH people. Nothing!
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Only 521mb for me and that's after closing all ram processes. Good job!
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touchwiz only or does aosp count?

ziggy46 said:
touchwiz only or does aosp count?
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Haha, I was thinking the same thing, maybe make the OP a little more clear, and make it more fun with contest by posting the top scores and such...

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Does cm10 based roms count? xD

wardoc22 said:
Does cm10 based roms count? xD
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Lol... Holy smokes "341"! beautiful.
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485 JB rom

Stumbled across this thread and took a look... I was shocked!
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408

Mine running stock t-mo firmware. rooted. bolt-ware removed. 329 MB

abrarabbu said:
Mine running stock t-mo firmware. rooted. bolt-ware removed. 329 MB
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Pffftt...that's nothing to brag about...
My galaxy player had only 342MB available for use.
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abrarabbu said:
Mine running stock t-mo firmware. rooted. bolt-ware removed. 329 MB
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How many processes are you running? I froze all my bloat that I don't use plus system tuner and I only get 403mb.
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Drathstalker v2 faux kernel
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Hey guys any tips for lowering ram mine is almost all used
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Guys I don't think you guys should be worrying about ram usage. Unless your phone is noticeably slow because of low ram usage, you won't gain any benefits from lowering your ram usage.

wardoc22 said:
Guys I don't think you guys should be worrying about ram usage. Unless your phone is noticeably slow because of low ram usage, you won't gain any benefits from lowering your ram usage.
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Really I thought it saved a lot of battery!?
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egren58 said:
Really I thought it saved a lot of battery!?
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Unless the process that is taking up the ram is actively running in the background, then yes.
Otherwise, inactive ram takes up the same amount of power as active ram.
Clearing your memory isn't a very good idea. Unless the program that clears your memory is specific on what type of process it ends, the system would just have to load up that process you just ended which also results in higher CPU usage, and a slower system.
If you are worried about your battery life, check to see what process is actively running in your background and end any that you don't need as these are just taking up your CPU time.
Correct me if I'm wrong haha.

wardoc22 said:
Unless the process that is taking up the ram is actively running in the background, then yes.
Otherwise, inactive ram takes up the same amount of power as active ram.
Clearing your memory isn't a very good idea. Unless the program that clears your memory is specific on what type of process it ends, the system would just have to load up that process you just ended which also results in higher CPU usage, and a slower system.
Correct me if I'm wrong haha.
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You aren't. Watch what you ram does after you clear it out, it builds back up which is causing the CPUs to work, when before (if they were inactive) would just sit their doing no harm. It causes the CPUs to work to bring things back to light instead of just recovering what was covered (so to say) there about 100 threads on this for each phone and even more through out the world of RAM management.
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Galaxy nexus short on ram?

Do most people enable zram? I'm having a few issues with apps being killed while in the background that aren't supposed to such as Pandora and maps. I'm running slim bean and lean kernel. Thanks for any help!
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650mb of ram isn't enough now days, the 976mb in my nexus 7 barely is, zram is slow though. You need a full 1200-2048mb to run good now days
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IRX120 said:
650mb of ram isn't enough now days, You need a full 1200-2048mb to run good now days
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True word
mdbowman said:
Do most people enable zram? I'm having a few issues with apps being killed while in the background that aren't supposed to such as Pandora and maps. I'm running slim bean and lean kernel. Thanks for any help!
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Try this V6 Supercharger script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
Helped me a lot on RAM management
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mdbowman said:
Do most people enable zram? I'm having a few issues with apps being killed while in the background that aren't supposed to such as Pandora and maps. I'm running slim bean and lean kernel. Thanks for any help!
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Flash turbo boost mod if u want more RAM
650 is enuf for me though

sherlock said:
True word
Try this V6 Supercharger script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
Helped me a lot on RAM management
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OH MY GOD! Thanks for recommending this (even though I'm not the OP) All my 4.2 lag was fixed, litteraly!

Massive RAM usage

Does anyone know how to fix the massive RAM usage on the Galaxy Pro Tab 10.1?
My Tab is stock unrooted. Without me doing anything it uses 1.2 or more GB of RAM.

Welcome to touchwiz world
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BLueBLaze100 said:
Welcome to touchwiz world
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That was a pretty funny comment haha

Keep in mind touchwiz uses a ton but android is made to keep things in ram.
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Why do you worry about it? Unused RAM in Android is wasted RAM. Let OS manage it, you don't need to pay attention.

PaRaNoidNeM said:
Does anyone know how to fix the massive RAM usage on the Galaxy Pro Tab 10.1?
My Tab is stock unrooted. Without me doing anything it uses 1.2 or more GB of RAM.
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This is not a "problem."
PaRaNoidNeM said:
BLueBLaze100 said:
Welcome to touchwiz world
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That was a pretty funny comment haha
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But inaccurate. It has more to do with how Android manages memory, not with the TouchWiz skin.
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Keep in mind touchwiz uses a ton but android is made to keep things in ram.
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+1 Android intentionally keeps commonly used code and apps in memory to save battery. Keeping apps in memory is more processor efficient than repeatedly dumping and loading them which increases load on the processor, and processor usage makes the difference in battery performance, not how much memory is being used.
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Why do you wary about it? Unused RAM in Android is wasted RAM. Let OS manage it, you don't need to pay attention.
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+1 Task killers and other apps that promise to manage memory are worthless.
A good resource on memory management in the Android world:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=904023

CafeKampuchia said:
This is not a "problem."
But inaccurate. It has more to do with how Android manages memory, not with the TouchWiz skin.
+1 Android intentionally keeps commonly used code and apps in memory to save battery. Keeping apps in memory is more processor efficient than repeatedly dumping and loading them which increases load on the processor, and processor usage makes the difference in battery performance, not how much memory is being used.
+1 Task killers and other apps that promise to manage memory are worthless.
A good resource on memory management in the Android world:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=904023
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Excellent post. I usually get to respond to these so thanks for beating me to the punch with very good information.

I know Android does a good job managing RAM and that other task managers are worth using.
I did think that using most of the RAM would slow down the tablet.
Thanks to all of you for explaining it to me, I really appreciate it! Now I'm more confident about having only 2GB of RAM.
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Also, there are some apps which are using RAM that I don't use, haven't used, and haven't opened. I was wondering how to get them to stop using RAM because there's no point for them to use my RAM when I don't use the app.
Most are stock Samsung apps.
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PaRaNoidNeM said:
Also, there are some apps which are using RAM that I don't use, haven't used, and haven't opened. I was wondering how to get them to stop using RAM because there's no point for them to use my RAM when I don't use the app.
Most are stock Samsung apps.
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settings-applications.....disable those apps that you are not using

RAM Usage

I'm just curious, does anyone else have unusually high RAM usage? I'm rooted and on SkyDragon, using SkyDragon kernel. My RAM is always between 1.9Gb and 2.3Gb. I have no idea why though because when I look through the running apps, there's not much there, not enough to make it that high anyway.
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H4rryTipp3r said:
I'm just curious, does anyone else have unusually high RAM usage? I'm rooted and on SkyDragon, using SkyDragon kernel. My RAM is always between 1.9Gb and 2.3Gb. I have no idea why though because when I look through the running apps, there's not much there, not enough to make it that high anyway.
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This would probably be a good question in the skydragon thread. I use Android Tuner Pro to monitor and running stock / rooted i am averaging 953mb.

H4rryTipp3r said:
I'm just curious, does anyone else have unusually high RAM usage? I'm rooted and on SkyDragon, using SkyDragon kernel. My RAM is always between 1.9Gb and 2.3Gb. I have no idea why though because when I look through the running apps, there's not much there, not enough to make it that high anyway.
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When they say you have 3gb of ram you don't. Kit Kat uses most of it
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BACARDILIMON said:
When they say you have 3gb of ram you don't. Kit Kat uses most of it
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Oh, I know that. But it still seems unusually high.
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1.5-2.0 used here. 1.9-2.0 is before closing all recent apps, 1.5 after.

High RAM usage is GOOD!!! Unused ram is WASTED ram.

Please post questions in the Q&A thread
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I'm rooted with SkyDragon kernel and upon a reboot, RAM is 1.5GB free, but as the day wears on, it drops to between 400-600MB free, usually around 500MB free and closes other apps as needed to maintain that 500MB free.
It was the same before I rooted or flashed the new kernel, just seems the way that Android is running the RAM on its phones nowadays.