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free ram on galaxy note 2

hiya, a bit of a random question, but could someone please tell me how much free ram they have on their note 2 on average? (should be checkable in the task manager if the note 2 still has one) i know it has 2gb total ram, but im curious to see how much of that ram is already used and how much i will actually have to play around with.
i know some of you will argue that 'free ram is wasted ram' and 'it doesnt matter since android will auto kill off background apps to give your current app more ram', but to me, these arguments are meaningless/irrelevent. on my current galaxy note, the ram management doesnt suit my usage style. everytime i open the browser, switch out of it and load another app, then re open the browser, all tabs have to reload, which is a sign to me that all the memory used by the browser has been dumped. vice versa as well, as occasionally i will switch out of a game to send a message and then when i switch back to the game, i find out that the memory used by the game has been dumped as well and i have now lost my progress in said game.
TLDR version: basically, what i wanna know is if i were to purchase the note 2 as an upgrade for my note, can i expect to be able to multitask between an app or three without it dumping the memory used by the previous app.

you will have about 1.75gb of ram

Hell Guardian said:
you will have about 1.75gb of ram
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im assuming not all of that will be free. ie. on my galaxy note n7000, theres 800mb of the 1gb listed as usable, but on average, only 100-200mb of that is free.

1.75gb free at boot
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Souai said:
im assuming not all of that will be free. ie. on my galaxy note n7000, theres 800mb of the 1gb listed as usable, but on average, only 100-200mb of that is free.
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1.75 available to the user, of that about 1.25 free after boot.
I have updated from note 1 to 2 only because of ram, believe me, now works nice and like note 1 should have been, the biggest improvement.

ram is the only thing i am hating galaxy s3 for, if rams is all good on note 2, i will buy
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Ram is actually very impressive better than my wifes s3
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1.75GB after the reboot
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goo to devep option and click DONT KEEP ACTIVITY should always use less ram

mrej201 said:
goo to devep option and click DONT KEEP ACTIVITY should always use less ram
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But this defeats the benefits of having 2gb of ram.
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The best ram management is having a program like rom toolbox or fast reboot and configuring android to start to kill apps when they have less than 250mb available.
It will kill when the phone hits the line of possible struggle, so it will be always fast and snappy, and you will have about 1gb of apps in memory to open it fast.

mancuk29 said:
Ram is actually very impressive better than my wifes s3
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wow, i am really jealous, s3 uses almost same amount of ram but the remaiming is just like 150-200mb, really laggy
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I have free ram around 1200
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Hi guys, just got mine today and I absolutely love it! I'm coming from a S2.. so this is my first note... When I saw this thread. .I got curious and have been checking my ram.. surprisingly contrary to all the parts above except for the op.. I always see that my ram is used to the extent of 1.55 gigs all the time Is this something I should be concerned about? My phone actually froze a couple of times as well. It could be that since its so new I'm on it continuously and therefore so little ram is available... Please let me know your thoughts..
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mancuk29 said:
Ram is actually very impressive better than my wifes s3
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hmm, wow, thats exactly what i was after. thanks!

while on the topic of ram I'm curious if the LTE models have less ram available to them vs the standard hspa model? I wouldnt think there would be much difference, but maybe some

americasteam said:
But this defeats the benefits of having 2gb of ram.
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Certainly does! I really don't understand why some people chase free RAM as it is only of any use whilst it is being used.
Coming from a Note 1, with only 1GB of memory, I notice a massive difference in multitasking performance because the OS isn't having to kill tasks in order to launch new ones, meaning switching between them is so much faster.
Android does a very good job of managing available memory, so let it do its job.
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Dave
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With the note 2 I never had to go to the task manager and manually free the ram (except before launching benchmarks). It just works lol.
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CreepyDroid said:
With the note 2 I never had to go to the task manager and manually free the ram (except before launching benchmarks). It just works lol.
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Oh noes now Apple will sue your a**! they have that term patented! you better hide boy :silly:

After a day of use from a reboot, I still have between 1Gb and 800Mb of free RAM, without deliberately shutting anything down or changing any developer settings from stock.

Samsung GS4 3GB of RAM :P

Alot of people are hating...for me this is sick!!! what u guys think???
http://www.androidauthority.com/galaxy-s4-other-2013-samsung-smartphones-pack-3gb-ram-120434/

In hope its true I can't wait for the S4 either way
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budde2 said:
In hope its true I can't wait for the S4 either way
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pretty sure its true+ exynos 5450 2Ghz Quad Core+ the new 13MP camera samsung is working on it...
lol sick already killing the next iCrap 6 hahahahaahhahaahhaahah

I think 4 gb of ram should be the minimum.
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I thought they already announced that a gs4 won't come out next year, I mean people that bought the S3 would be disappointed, especially if their locked into a contract. Not to say that I wouldn't mind paying full price. Plus 2gigs of ram is not bad, most phones are still playing catch up with the S3, just look at the iphone hahaha

There must be some feature that eats a ton of ram for them to put 3gigs
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Se7enLogic said:
There must be some feature that eats a ton of ram for them to put 3gigs
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we all know they gonna drop alot of heavy features...but those make companies jealous and hard to catch up...thats what makes Galaxy line unique

ionthedemon said:
I thought they already announced that a gs4 won't come out next year, I mean people that bought the S3 would be disappointed, especially if their locked into a contract. Not to say that I wouldn't mind paying full price. Plus 2gigs of ram is not bad, most phones are still playing catch up with the S3, just look at the iphone hahaha
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There are trusted source rumors of a slightly revamped s3 starting to float around with only a few changes...like quadcore, additional ram and more mp camera...
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yoniinfante said:
pretty sure its true+ exynos 5450 2Ghz Quad Core+ the new 13MP camera samsung is working on it...
lol sick already killing the next iCrap 6 hahahahaahhahaahhaahah
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Hah, prepare to be disappointed.
I'm gonna guess it'll just be a minor upgrade...
1.8Ghz Tegra 4/Exynos CPU
Standard 8MP camera
2 or 3GB of RAM
4.8" or 5" 720p SAMOLED++ screen, can't say whether they'll use PenTile or not.

One thing it should have is at least 2GB ddr3 maybe even a 128GB storage model, I'm sure the iphone6 will use these parts and Sammy may as well to, since they wIll be the first to produce them in a mobile chip

It needs a usb port on the top and bottom too.
That would be awesome.
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Of course people in the HTC camp are gonna hate. Samsung pulls out all the stops. Bring on the 3GB!

They need to do away with ex_sdcard... what's more external than dropbox? add 32 gb of internal and your good.

Well they probably will make it into quad core since the note 2 will come with the exynos chip. They finally support lte. I would still wait for the next galaxy though.

Blasphemy! A new phone coming out that's faster than my phone?! Omg

6in screen with 4gb would be nice.

deuce_sfx said:
They need to do away with ex_sdcard... what's more external than dropbox? add 32 gb of internal and your good.
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Ah the eternal debate. I like expandable storage that doesn't rely on a good connection to access my stuff. Hey freeza, how are you liking the s3 so far?

Hope its true I'll be having an update about that time
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metalfan78 said:
Ah the eternal debate. I like expandable storage that doesn't rely on a good connection to access my stuff. Hey freeza, how are you liking the s3 so far?
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I like external storage too. They just need to find a better way to utilize it when having large internal storage as well.
Oh, and this is easily the best phone I've owned. I say that about almost every phone I get, but I was just kidding myself if I ever said it with the EVO 3D and EVO 4G. I haven't had one issue with this phone since I bought it. I would have had to already return any HTC phone for some reason or another and I did with the EVO 3D, 4G, and LTE. 3D had screen separation issues, 4G developed a random spot, and the LTE had a weird lighting problem towards the bottom that looked like a string of LEDs were at the bottom of my screen.

I have the evo lte and was thinking about switching to the sg3, I'm not really a fan of the hardware button though. I can't decide that's why I wanted your opinion, I've used your stuff since the original evo.

[Q] Please answer this hypothetical question for me (upgrade related)

- You want to upgrade from Xperia Play to a faster phone.
- You DON'T MIND that it will be touch screen-only.
- It must be an Android phone.
- You don't want to pay much so you're OK with let's say a dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM
- Compatibility is important, so you want most of your current Android apps (that work on XPlay) to be compatible with your new phone.
- Should have a decent camera, at least 8Mpx - but this is not SO important.
- "Sony Xperia" line is EXCLUDED (I had some bad xperience with Xperia P)
Which current phone would you choose?

Depends by what you mean by not paying much. The Nexus 4 is relatively cheap isn't it? Taking into account it's specs, it's quite a bargain.

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Depends by what you mean by not paying much. The Nexus 4 is relatively cheap isn't it? Taking into account it's specs, it's quite a bargain.
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I would agree with you on that.. you want great specs at a good price, Nexus 4 is the way to go.

Galaxy Nexus or Motorola Razr MAXX or LG Nexus

UndisputedGuy said:
Depends by what you mean by not paying much. The Nexus 4 is relatively cheap isn't it? Taking into account it's specs, it's quite a bargain.
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Only bad thing about the nexus I'd no micro SD slot which is a bummer 16gb just isn't enough for some but for its price its the best phone around
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ILikeTheWayYouMove2 said:
Only bad thing about the nexus I'd no micro SD slot which is a bummer 16gb just isn't enough for some but for its price its the best phone around
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Im in the same position as you i hate it when I see either or on an android device. Hopefully Samsung would release sg4 with microsd and 32gb of internal storage.

Get a Galaxy Nexus or LG Nexus 4. (This is my answer to every question about which Android phone to get.)

eksasol said:
Get a Galaxy Nexus or LG Nexus 4. (This is my answer to every question about which Android phone to get.)
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No that didnt answer my question. I want both a micro sd slot and 32gb of internal storage.

Actually I was suggesting the OP.
In your case, beside 32GB S3, the Sony ZL looks compelling, 16 internal but you can use 64 sd. http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_zl-5203.php
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eksasol said:
Actually I was suggesting the OP.
In your case, beside 32GB S3, the Sony ZL looks compelling, 16 internal but you can use 64 sd. http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_zl-5203.php
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Yea I agree even though you don't want an xperia device this phone looks amazing I would push you tword it
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Go for the HTC Sensation

Samsung started dishing out s3s with 32gb internal storage option. Hopefully it will come to the states. I have 3 reasons to go with Samsung removable battery (expandable/upgradable), alot of internal storage (32gb), and a removable sd slot. Now thats a beastly phone.

eksasol said:
Get a Galaxy Nexus or LG Nexus 4. (This is my answer to every question about which Android phone to get.)
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Lol mine too

How to free up ram?

Is there anyway we can do to free up ram our device? Im using the gsm versiin not verizon.
Right now the free memory ram is 300 something, can we get more by rooting the device or something like that?
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banboy said:
Is there anyway we can do to free up ram our device? Im using the gsm versiin not verizon.
Right now the free memory ram is 300 something, can we get more by rooting the device or something like that?
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300 free.... more than enough.
you can set background process limit from developer options

Turn your phone off, instant 1GB free

Pirateghost said:
Turn your phone off, instant 1GB free
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Beat me to it... Ahahahaha
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ram expander

Do you guys experience any difference to using ram expander?
I've got total of 10gb ram running and I notice a smoother run.
Any input would be appreciated to see if its only my brain telling me its making a difference :cyclops:

What?
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Ram expander is an app.
Search for it on play store. Though you will need a rooted device

10 GB ram??

Yeah I don't get it tbh. We have 2.71GB of ram and it never reaches the limit so why would you think 10GB is needed. But in all honesty I don't think its going to make much of a difference.
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DeBoX said:
10 GB ram??
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Yeah I just put an extra 7gb on top cause ive got spare storage on my sd card.

transelite said:
Do you guys experience any difference to using ram expander?
I've got total of 10gb ram running and I notice a smoother run.
Any input would be appreciated to see if its only my brain telling me its making a difference :cyclops:
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I didn't install it on any of my recent devices, I think there's no need, but I did install on a three year old mid range phone that I was always having trouble with. It really does seem to work on that old device.
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