How to do with the lack of RAM? - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Dunno for your, but for me it's hell. After boot's over, i have about 100mb of RAM avalaible and as it gets around 40mb, phone gets very laggy (like, call starts 2minutes after pressing call button...)
That happens quickly of course, since most apps use around 20mb (browser much more)... After that, only thing to do is reboot... And that take some time! And it can takesSo is there a way to "improve" that?

What I have started doing in my routine is when I am done using an app instead of just pressing the home button I press the back button until I am all the way out of the app. Also I don't use a task manager anymore since it seemed to hurt my phone more then help.
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I'm on doomlord kernel v14 with zRAM activated and Xperia s rom and when I'm not listening to music the ram free is around 200mb if you can I recommend you to flash that Rom doesn't has lot of internal apps and when flashing the firmware it gets a lot of internal memory free
Other would be that you buy ram manager pro from market its a very helpful app when to ram managing is related
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RAM Manager seems to hzve no effect...
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Jmayorga96 said:
I'm on doomlord kernel v14 with zRAM activated and Xperia s rom and when I'm not listening to music the ram free is around 200mb if you can I recommend you to flash that Rom doesn't has lot of internal apps and when flashing the firmware it gets a lot of internal memory free
Other would be that you buy ram manager pro from market its a very helpful app when to ram managing is related
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Do they have a CDMA version avaliable? And if so, what's the link? (For the rom of course)

kojinmalia said:
Dunno for your, but for me it's hell. After boot's over, i have about 100mb of RAM avalaible and as it gets around 40mb, phone gets very laggy (like, call starts 2minutes after pressing call button...)
That happens quickly of course, since most apps use around 20mb (browser much more)... After that, only thing to do is reboot... And that take some time! And it can takesSo is there a way to "improve" that?
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I use the v6 spercharger script and I have an average of 180mb free ( not when playing games)...try it just search the forum

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Do they have a CDMA version avaliable? And if so, what's the link? (For the rom of course)
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Ups that Rom is only for GSM buy try that app or v6 supercharger script both helps a lot
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I use v6 supercharger and titanium backup to move most of my apps to sdcard. I usually hover around 190-200mb free. And that is with all gameloft games, shadowgun, and about a total of 40+ games. I am also on stock Verizon rom with all bloat deleted via titanium. No lag anywhere. Everything is silky smooth.
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Try doing a clean flash and delete all the stock crap apps, then try with Ram manager, on my play i feel that supercharger is not helping in games, niether on battery life, i will try using zram from doomkernel.
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How do I enable the zram? I have the DooMKernel already installed.
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Im searching onto that XD

beez1717 said:
How do I enable the zram? I have the DooMKernel already installed.
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here u have file to enable zram (flash it):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25610363&postcount=2226

Try using auto memory manager
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i think about your problem with ram
(every method need root, some recovery too)
U can make swap file/partition if u have enough fast sdcard (i heard that min. is class 4, but more=better). Partition can be created using recovery i think (I never need this). Swap file can be created using a-swapper or Swapper for Root - I've newer used it too

Why the hell do so many people ***** about the lack of this and that? You had to known what you were getting into BEFORE you bought the damn thing! If not your just a retard and should sell your phone and buy something you'll be happy with or just deal with it
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yes flashing custom kernel is a good option to aid in that aspect.

thatsupnow said:
Why the hell do so many people ***** about the lack of this and that? You had to known what you were getting into BEFORE you bought the damn thing! If not your just a retard and should sell your phone and buy something you'll be happy with or just deal with it
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I switched from an OG droid so having 512 mb of ram is a dream in my opinion. Lol. I appreciate what I have and that is a sweet gaming phone that cost me $35 because I got the phone free and only had to pay the CA tax on the full unsubsidized price of the phone. I love my phone to death! Sure I could do with more ram but it works just fine for me as is ^_^
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beez1717 said:
I switched from an OG droid so having 512 mb of ram is a dream in my opinion. Lol. I appreciate what I have and that is a sweet gaming phone that cost me $35 because I got the phone free and only had to pay the CA tax on the full unsubsidized price of the phone. I love my phone to death! Sure I could do with more ram but it works just fine for me as is ^_^
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Exactly! Its not the absolute best but it is great none the less, it just seems like alot of people get the thing then come straight here to ***** about what it doesn't have. Makes me wonder where their mind was when they bought it or got it on contract
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V6 supercharge helps.
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kojinmalia said:
Dunno for your, but for me it's hell. After boot's over, i have about 100mb of RAM avalaible and as it gets around 40mb, phone gets very laggy (like, call starts 2minutes after pressing call button...)
That happens quickly of course, since most apps use around 20mb (browser much more)... After that, only thing to do is reboot... And that take some time! And it can takesSo is there a way to "improve" that?
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have tried to use the true ancestor rom?? I use the version 1.4b, and I have alrederor of 250 mb of free ram with facebook, and browser active player reaches 200 mb!!

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[Q] Defy's RAM. HELP !?

Im really worried about my defy's RAM. My defy uses only 204/477mb RAM when every apps is closed ?! What could be reason for that ?
I really need help !
Thanks in advance!
you can flash cm7. in CM free memory about 300 and more mb
seems a bit high, but i wouldnt worry about that. you probably have a lot of system apps running, which you cant kill or uninstall until you root your device. mine uis using 160MB average, but i uninstalled every system app that i dont use.
zakoo2 said:
seems a bit high, but i wouldnt worry about that. you probably have a lot of system apps running, which you cant kill or uninstall until you root your device. mine uis using 160MB average, but i uninstalled every system app that i dont use.
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I only have stock system apps... hmmm.....
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My system apps use only 149 mb memory. I still should have more free RAM.... hmmmm...
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Motodefyuser said:
My system apps use only 149 mb memory. I still should have more free RAM.... hmmmm...
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I count that something 320mb free RAM is normal on defy.
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What ROM are you running?
When I was running motorola firmware the absolute maximum RAM I could have free was 207MB.
Under CM7 I honestly haven't noticed, because it's never been a problem unlike moto firmware (which would slow to a crawl with anything less than 90MB free).
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What ROM are you running?
When I was running motorola firmware the absolute maximum RAM I could have free was 207MB.
Under CM7 I honestly haven't noticed, because it's never been a problem unlike moto firmware (which would slow to a crawl with anything less than 90MB free).
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Im using defy stock 2.2.2
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Dont worry about how much free RAM you have, Android will shut down things sat resident in RAM to free up resources when needed.
MrBelter said:
Dont worry about how much free RAM you have, Android will shut down things sat resident in RAM to free up resources when needed.
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Try to Install CM7
MrBelter said:
Dont worry about how much free RAM you have, Android will shut down things sat resident in RAM to free up resources when needed.
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I know that. But just wondering what is using that RAM...
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MrBelter said:
Dont worry about how much free RAM you have, Android will shut down things sat resident in RAM to free up resources when needed.
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But the useless crap residing in your virtual memory will still be eating up the battery. Wouldnt it?!
ryan8r said:
But the useless crap residing in your virtual memory will still be eating up the battery. Wouldnt it?!
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Yea, I think so too. And I want answers coz' my defy goes stuck and laggy too often...
Motodefyuser said:
Yea, I think so too. And I want answers coz' my defy goes stuck and laggy too often...
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install cm7, then your defy don´t lag again
Julian
juli9797 said:
install cm7, then your defy don´t lag again
Julian
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I really want but I am to "noob" to install custom ROM yet... : / Maybe in future..
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[Q] Some questions

I've been reading this forum for about a week or so. I was wondering what that "partition" means. I have cm 7.2 but haven't done that.
Other question is that when I use SetCPU to overclock my gio then when I reach to about 900 MHz, my Gio freezes and I have to take out my battery to reboot. It happens always I try to overclock.
If you need more information then ask
P.S. I have Galaxy Gio S5660 CM 7.2 RC-1 Patch 4
Partition is a part wich you can create via an program on computr to crrate a partitioon on your sd card..
Then data and caches can be moved there using root acces and special app..
So you get more internal memory free.
Only thing; it slows down apps because of the cache and data is moved where it isnt normally.
Thats why im not using it any more
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So it isn't necessary?
Jyrx said:
So it isn't necessary?
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Well if you run out of memory it is, I got 40 MB free, all apps on Sd, data and cache on intrnal.
Howeverrrr you can delete some apps in /system wich frees up space, I got rid of all unneeded CM7 apps.
I dont need it to run cm7 with much apps and games
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Can you make a list for me what apps to delete?
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Im using an app called system app remover, can be found free if you seatch google....
You can set assist for it, wich gives green, red or yellow colors, what users thought about removing it.
I only remove green ones, back up them, and yellow ones If I know what app it is, like google search or voice dialer wich I both dont use.
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You can use Simple2Ext with CM7.2 i am also using it. It will make your internal memory free i managed to get 172mb free from 178mb total.
First you have to make an ext4 partition from the pc by putting the sdcard in the sdcard reader. remember NEVER use the phone or usb cable to make the partition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cygl0qZnbaM
This video will help you make it and afterwards you can follow the instructions of enabling simple2ext from the CM 7.2 thread.
and you dont have to use SetCPU to overclock. Just go to cyanogenmod settings and then go into performance, there you can set the minimum and maximum speed. Different models of gio can clock sometimes higher sometimes lower.
Well yes I know about cm being able to overclock from settings but the problem is freezing. It freezes even when I overclock from settings. And ty for the material on partition.
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Jyrx said:
Well yes I know about cm being able to overclock from settings but the problem is freezing. It freezes even when I overclock from settings. And ty for the material on partition.
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Freezing must be because your gio wont support that much overclock, try something lower than that. and welcome you can always press the thanks button
Jyrx said:
So it isn't necessary?
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It totally depends upon your needs. If you do need some apps but can't have them because of space issues then sd-ext partition would definitely help you. Otherwise, you don't really need it. I went as high as 107 apps installed and still had 57MB or so free. Also, the slowing down of apps is not noticeable (not talking about games etc.)
You should define your needs first and then proceed. Plus, you can always undo that so no harm in trying.
Leesalman said:
Freezing must be because your gio wont support that much overclock, try something lower than that. and welcome you can always press the thanks button
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Try installing a different kernel......
Maybe theres a problem with the kernel
Here is cyanogen kernel, maybe that helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1386173
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Nah, he already has CM installed. That must be hardware problem.
From what I read that other users post our Gio vary in hardware part - somebody says their CPU runs smooth at 950 MHz, and somebody says "hey, mine freezes at 845 MHz".
So it's just a matter of experiments that would allow you to find maximum stable frequency (just like in a world of "big computers" - different chips could be OC'ed to different frequency even if they were initially labelled the same)
As for external SD partition... I certainly recommend SD class 6 as minimal to do this (and 10 would be much better). I think internal memory is something around 10 class (that are my observations, no tests neither official publications to back this up).
To find out what SD class is read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Digital#Speed_Class_Rating

[Q] How much free memory do you have?

I´m just curious here, how much memory do you have free on your phone?
Mine are 148 MB free ROM and 281 MB free RAM.
Does this in anyway correlate to how fast games run?
Bring me some of your numbers! =)
the xperia play has a total of 380 MB ROM , its enough for lots of apps , and if its not , you can always move your apps to SD Card and free some space
silmes said:
I´m just curious here, how much memory do you have free on your phone?
Mine are 148 MB free ROM and 281 MB free RAM.
Does this in anyway correlate to how fast games run?
Bring me some of your numbers! =)
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More space make more speed.. if u want mor, just push your app to SDCARD..
On ics beta i have ~150m RAM
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Nxmate said:
On ics beta i have ~150m RAM
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That´s interesting. My numbers in the first post is on 4.0.2.A.0.42. I have removed apps that I deem unneccesary and want to make gaming run as speedy as possible.
I wonder if the new update will use more or less RAM than before, or if it even will be a difference?
Click the link in my signature to add more internal memory on your phones. I have about 275MB free on my internal memory now btw.
I have 52MB free
345MiB woot
86mb free. It looks like I need ti move more apps to sd.
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internal total 380mb..247mb free..use link2sd 2ext with 0.96gb total...598 free and about 180mb ram free..
About 20mb
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It's this bad
How do you guys have plenty of memory? I'm unrooted but even if I was I don't see how I could bring about drastic changes.
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anbu187 said:
Click the link in my signature to add more internal memory on your phones. I have about 275MB free on my internal memory now btw.
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Can't see anything in your sig on xda app?
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KindaUndisputed said:
It's this bad
How do you guys have plenty of memory? I'm unrooted but even if I was I don't see how I could bring about drastic changes.
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If you´re rooted you can bring about drastic changes in the memory-area, turn off stuff running in the background eating RAM-memory etc.
I have used titanium backup and deleted a lot of system apps that I don´t use. I use my phone for: Telephoning, Messaging, Surfing, Gaming (emulator), and Google Maps. Nothing more.
KindaUndisputed said:
It's this bad
How do you guys have plenty of memory? I'm unrooted but even if I was I don't see how I could bring about drastic changes.
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All I can tell you do is root and remove system apps. That frees up a lot of space. Also put everything on the sd card.
Only 150 ram on ics beta
SirDeadly said:
Only 150 ram on ics beta
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Is that it ? how the hell are we supposed to run games like Shadowgun and GTA 3 on Ice Cream Sandwich with that much free RAM ?!
sufy1000 said:
Is that it ? how the hell are we supposed to run games like Shadowgun and GTA 3 on Ice Cream Sandwich with that much free RAM ?!
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You must have a misunderstood concept of free RAM. Actually, the less free RAM you have, the faster your apps get. This free RAM is consumed by cached processes invisible to anything else that is not a system app. You can go to the Free RAM screen, press Menu and select Show Cached Processes to see your true free RAM. The more cached RAM there is, the faster it gets. I remember someone here at these forums actually posted the difference between "free" and free RAM, can't remember though. The Xperia Play can run BOTH of them at the same time, just like an iPhone 4S, especially if you are supercharged.
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320 could be 360 if I flash the 40mb increase. No apps on SD
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Also using Link2sd with a 2ext 1gb partition(575mb used/443mb free). Internal memory's at 201mb free. RAM is ~200(240 on boot, settles around 202).
-Stock R800x 2.3.3 rooted w/o vzw's bloatware. Ive got zeppelinrox's v6 Supercharger update9 r7 running with option 6 and bulletproof important apps. SetCPU stock speeds, just some profiles. Dalvik linked to sd as well.
I've gotta say it took some tweaking, but this phone is SNAPPY. All thanx to the devs here at xda. Lots of love fellas!

System memory

I've been curious about this for quite some time now. Our phone has 768mb of total ram space. I've noticed AOSP roms allow 602mb to be used and Sense gives 573mb. Is it possible to substitute system memory for ram enabling more free ram for our device?
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eriknors said:
I've been curious about this for quite some time now. Our phone has 768mb of total ram space. I've noticed AOSP roms allow 602mb to be used and Sense gives 573mb. Is it possible to substitute system memory for ram enabling more free ram for our device?
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Substitute system memory for ram? You mean like a pagefile on windoze? Or just freeing up more ram? Not really following what you mean.
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Ok I know "x" amount of ram is required to run a rom. What I wanna know is can any of that be transferred into say the system memory so that instead of having only 573mb of 768mb we could have something like say 625mb of our 768mb? I guess I should of clarified earlier.
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eriknors said:
Ok I know "x" amount of ram is required to run a rom. What I wanna know is can any of that be transferred into say the system memory so that instead of having only 573mb of 768mb we could have something like say 625mb of our 768mb? I guess I should of clarified earlier.
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Like for example, virtual memory in windows, it uses the hard drive to hold running processes, though it may be slower....it works....sort of lol
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Like for example, virtual memory in windows, it uses the hard drive to hold running processes, though it may be slower....it works....sort of lol
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Yes like vm in windows. So it wouldn't speed up our phones if this was done? That is what I was trying to accomplish by all of this in the first place. I figured if I was able to make the RAM larger in size overall that would in turn allow bigger apps to run smoother. I know there's a lot more at play like processor speed and kernel but its just a thought
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eriknors said:
Yes like vm in windows. So it wouldn't speed up our phones if this was done? That is what I was trying to accomplish by all of this in the first place. I figured if I was able to make the RAM larger in size overall that would in turn allow bigger apps to run smoother. I know there's a lot more at play like processor speed and kernel but its just a thought
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I'm not saying it will run slower, I don't have the knowledge to tell you if it would improve things or not. Just making it easier to understand
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Haven't really looked at it, but it depends on whether we use up all the RAM often, and I don't think we do.
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I think NO.. we can only adjust CPU frequency though
My knowledge of linux is very limited, but I think that you are thinking of it too much like Windows. In Windows more free ram means better performance. That is because Windows doesn't kill processes that aren't being used when ram is needed, instead it uses vm to allow the program to run.Android will kill processes that aren't in use if additional ram is needed so vm is not necessary. This means that performance isn't really effected by free ram.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here.
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cstone1991 said:
My knowledge of linux is very limited, but I think that you are thinking of it too much like Windows. In Windows more free ram means better performance. That is because Windows doesn't kill processes that aren't being used when ram is needed, instead it uses vm to allow the program to run.Android will kill processes that aren't in use if additional ram is needed so vm is not necessary. This means that performance isn't really effected by free ram.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here.
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I also thought the other way before. But after some googling I also found that linux is something like that.
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cstone1991 said:
My knowledge of linux is very limited, but I think that you are thinking of it too much like Windows. In Windows more free ram means better performance. That is because Windows doesn't kill processes that aren't being used when ram is needed, instead it uses vm to allow the program to run.Android will kill processes that aren't in use if additional ram is needed so vm is not necessary. This means that performance isn't really effected by free ram.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong here.
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After a crash course in Linux over the past couple days I've learned that u r right my friend. I guess I was to caught up in thinking it was like windows.
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eriknors said:
After a crash course in Linux over the past couple days I've learned that u r right my friend. I guess I was to caught up in thinking it was like windows.
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No worries. I think most people here think the same way because most of us use Windows. I wouldn't have known differently if I hadn't read it previously on here. That's the same reason why task killers are bad.
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Android puts background processes that arent running in the foreground in cache memory, that way it's not eating up ram like if it was still running but since its in the cache, if you open the program though it will still come up quickly since it is cached, only certain programs that are frequently used are like that though...
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[Q] increase RAM capacity

Hello frnds,
Is there any way to increase the available RAM on our phone, means we have got around 700mb available whereas its actual announced capacity is 1Gb,
In a latest Xperia, Xperia C, being the same 1GB, its showing around 900Mb..!
Don't ask why to bother about 200Mb, because it does matter a lot for me
Thanks in advance.. :good:
Try to use this app: RAM Expander
bluechip850 said:
Hello frnds,
Is there any way to increase the available RAM on our phone, means we have got around 700mb available whereas its actual announced capacity is 1Gb,
In a latest Xperia, Xperia C, being the same 1GB, its showing around 900Mb..!
Don't ask why to bother about 200Mb, because it does matter a lot for me
Thanks in advance.. :good:
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De-bloating is your solution to this issue!
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Dont do anything like ram expander. That works fine but decreses the life of sd card.
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You need to do some reading on RAM. Unused RAM is wasted RAM.
As for why you're "missing" some of it, blame it on Android and the GPU.
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De-bloating is your solution to this issue!
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but that does only free a little, and i have done that, but my point is regarding the actual available memory..
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but that does only free a little, and i have done that, but my point is regarding the actual available memory..
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Add some memory managment-init.d scripts then!
Anyone got a performance boost by using any of the swap creating apps out there? I tried a few apps but all of them eventually led to my device slow down and lag to no end!
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skyend said:
Anyone got a performance boost by using any of the swap creating apps out there? I tried a few apps but all of them eventually led to my device slow down and lag to no end!
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Try play aspart 8 .and than notice these aaps works
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hope
I hope to find a solution
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I hope to find a solution
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An solution is an kernel editing to resize ram.
its only solution.

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