My XMD become too slow need help - Sony Xperia M

Hi all
My Xperia m dual become too slow sometime in such way that I can't even text properly and it become normal when I restart my phone
Why it is happening so
Is there any alternative solution except restarting??:banghead:
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This is something to do with RAM. The longer you used your phone, the more RAM is consumed. Now don't blame Sony for bad RAM management, all Android kinda suffer the same... except higher ends have more RAM which helps those phone snappy.
IPhone on the other hand can literally outperform 2 or 3GB RAM Android smartphone, why? It's because Android chose to use a 'garbage collection' solution for memory management. Well it's not something bad if you have enough free RAM and is actually quite an efficient memory solution, but as the RAM usage increases, the performance drops dramatically and thus explains you're Xperia M to lag. IPhone uses another solution for memory management which is far more efficient as compared to Android's. There's more info found here : http://www.phonearena.com/news/Why-...and-iOS-gets-by-with-1GB-of-the-stuff_id62901
Hopefully you are rooted, so I suggest this apps to you: Greenify( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en ) and this RAM booster ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.rambooster )

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How to make more RAM available to the user?

Hello @ all,
as you might know we have only 343MB of RAM available to the user on our Arcs, but we have a total of 512MB RAM.
I did some research and found out that the most phones with 512MB RAM have 370-400MB or even more RAM out of the 512MB available to the user.
I know that there is something reserved for the system, but normally it's less.
But sometimes I'd really like to have a few MB more RAM available when I do multitasking or a lot of stuff is running.
So the question is if we can unlock more RAM for us and an even better user experience? And if yes, how to do it.
Regards,
Flo
May be a mix from a swap partition and the supercharger script is the right for you
The supercharge script optimize the memory management of android
Already have SuperCharger V6 installed.
Does a really great job and fixed the problem with LauncherPro Plus redrawing often.
But still I'd like to have more RAM available...
For example the X10 with 384MB has ~280MB available, so we should have ~410MB available on the Arc. And not just 60MB more...
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Flo95 said:
Hello @ all,
as you might know we have only 343MB of RAM available to the user on our Arcs, but we have a total of 512MB RAM.
I did some research and found out that the most phones with 512MB RAM have 370-400MB or even more RAM out of the 512MB available to the user.
I know that there is something reserved for the system, but normally it's less.
But sometimes I'd really like to have a few MB more RAM available when I do multitasking or a lot of stuff is running.
So the question is if we can unlock more RAM for us and an even better user experience? And if yes, how to do it.
Regards,
Flo
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No you can not unlock the RAM or ROM for further use, you however can optimize it by using external scripts and the reason for 343 megs being available is because around 150-170(approx) megs of RAM is being used by the graphics (GPU).... u did not account for that now did u... . Now maybe just maybe u can use a custom made kernel to squeeze some more juice out of the RAM...but no major RAM increase
Ah, okay.
But somehow it's possible.
Today I saw a review of a custom ROM on youtube for an Evo 3D...
And other phones with the same GPU have less memory reserved.
E.g. Desire HD, Desire Z
Strange that SE reserves that much
Flo95 said:
Ah, okay.
But somehow it's possible.
Today I saw a review of a custom ROM on youtube for an Evo 3D...
And other phones with the same GPU have less memory reserved.
E.g. Desire HD, Desire Z
Strange that SE reserves that much
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Your phone reserves memory for hardware, camera for example. It works the same way as reserved memory for integrated graphics on computers. We have HD recording in the arc now that has to come from somewhere, and just where would that place be?........the RAM. SE has tried very hard to squeeze in some very good features into the arc and that's why I guess they made a trade off with the RAM, and all these features require RAM and its not a luxury that SE has to reserve all that RAM but a necessity so we users can enjoy some great HD recording and amazing resolution.
One more thing even though the Desire HD and Xperia Arc do share the same processor (MSM8255 SnapDragon) the HTC Desire HD has 768 MB RAM and 1.5 GB of internal flash memory data storage and the Desire Z on the other hand uses a MSM7230 SnapDragon even though the GPU is the same the processors differ the MSM8255 is 1GHz and the MSM7230 is 800MHZ and in the overall equation of memory reserving other than the GPU the CPU has its part to play too and a very imp one...hope ur getting the idea and the GPU in the MSM8255 is a marked improvement over the GPU the 'Z' has. Now even though HD does have lesser memory reserved its not that big a difference. However on the arc, the camera is way much better than on the HD (camera-->RAM) so SE has used some more memory for better features.
I think everybody want to have more ram and more ram
but only thing that we can do is tweaking our system again and again.
I´am for example using the supercharger v6 option 4 and a swap partition and its great to see some improfment
I am looking for tweaks all the days but i am not so good in android so it need time
Ok, then.
If it has to be like that...
Just want to get the optimum out of my Arc.
Maybe a dev will come with a kernel that unlocks just a little bit more with keeping all the features
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[Q] Increase RAM and performace on Nitro HD

HI
I want to increase my RAM because 1GB ram is not enough for some new games like Cypress Inheritance and as you know nitro HD has only 774MB available memory on stock ICS
I have been searched XDA and found these topics:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1864732
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934360
but these methods are for Sony Ericsson XPERIA phones
I will be grateful if someone could provide a way to increase ram amount on our NitroHD
nss007 said:
HI
I want to increase my RAM because 1GB ram is not enough for some new games like Cypress Inheritance and as you know nitro HD has only 774MB available memory on stock ICS
I have been searched XDA and found these topics:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1864732
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934360
but these methods are for Sony Ericsson XPERIA phones
I will be grateful if someone could provide a way to increase ram amount on our NitroHD
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http://bit.ly/FxlyM
Seriously though, my assumption would be that the topics referenced aren't device specific. All you're really doing in either is setting up a swap space on the SD card that is used as if it is RAM.
can anyone confirm this method working on p930 and which one is better ?
I messed with various swap scripts and swapper configs back in my days on the G1, EVO 4G and even a little on the EVO 3D. It almost always ended up causing stability issues and laggy performance. It also wears out your SD card 10x faster than normal. Swap space just isn't anywhere near as fast as real RAM, no matter how you tweak it. It is only in very rare circumstances that you will notice any gains by using it.
Your best bet is to find the ROM that leaves as much free RAM as possible and run with it.

How much free RAM do you guys have?

Is that normal? How much free RAM do you guys have?
doesn't look like it, but mine is the same. I believe it is the lollipop memory leak issue...so as usual we just have to wait it out
Sucks that just as we are finally seeing 3 Gig of RAM we end up in the same situation as when we had 2Gig ?
I have not upgraded to to 2015 Flagship Standard yet but ...
I was hoping to START at the beginning of Boot Up with about
1.7 -2 GIGs of free RAM for Tasking etc.
I think " upgrading" to Lollipop on many Devices could create more problems than it solves - right ?
And the supposed Wifi Calling and VoLTE are not going to work
because they are Carrier Specific Software which must come directly from your Service Provider.
Free RAM is UNUSED/WASTED RAM! Understand? The more software/applications that are pushed into RAM the better because it is available to do whatever it needs to do without having to go and search for it and place into RAM! If and when you need more RAM for something new, say like opening another application...then Android will move out of RAM whatever is not being used and replace it with the new software. If your phone had 10GB of RAM it would still look nearly full. This is a GOOD thing. It's all still available for use when needed. Remember that RAM is always the fastest part of your phone. Of course the more RAM you have the more applications you can have open at any one time without any lag/stutter. But for now 3GB of RAM is quite good for a cell phone on Android.
XxKINGxX2580 said:
Is that normal? How much free RAM do you guys have?
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Is that a built-in app showing you that?
DanRyb said:
Is that a built-in app showing you that?
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Yes. it's called Smart Manager.
XxKINGxX2580 said:
Yes. it's called Smart Manager.
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I just found it a few hours ago but thanks for replying LOL. This is my first Samsung that I'm using TouchWiz in years haha.
jaseman said:
Free RAM is UNUSED/WASTED RAM! Understand? The more software/applications that are pushed into RAM the better because it is available to do whatever it needs to do without having to go and search for it and place into RAM! If and when you need more RAM for something new, say like opening another application...then Android will move out of RAM whatever is not being used and replace it with the new software. If your phone had 10GB of RAM it would still look nearly full. This is a GOOD thing. It's all still available for use when needed. Remember that RAM is always the fastest part of your phone. Of course the more RAM you have the more applications you can have open at any one time without any lag/stutter. But for now 3GB of RAM is quite good for a cell phone on Android.
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This right here, folks.
jaseman said:
Free RAM is UNUSED/WASTED RAM! Understand? The more software/applications that are pushed into RAM the better because it is available to do whatever it needs to do without having to go and search for it and place into RAM! If and when you need more RAM for something new, say like opening another application...then Android will move out of RAM whatever is not being used and replace it with the new software. If your phone had 10GB of RAM it would still look nearly full. This is a GOOD thing. It's all still available for use when needed. Remember that RAM is always the fastest part of your phone. Of course the more RAM you have the more applications you can have open at any one time without any lag/stutter. But for now 3GB of RAM is quite good for a cell phone on Android.
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Come on... I have Galaxy S4 now (going for S6 today). The S4 comes with 1.8GB usable memory but when it reaches arount 1.5 GB it starts lagging, and by lagging I mean a lot! The fact is that when the device has less RAM it gets laggy and it works better when it has more free memory.
Anyway the higher memory usage is probably of how Lollipop works - it preloads the entire app in the RAM instead of loading it from the flash. It is meant to speed up loading but it takes more memory and I can argue for the effect.
once there are some custom roms, this "issue" will be addressed.
until then, you just have to deal with it

How much free RAM do you have?

Hi everyone,
Been using my G4 for just over a week now and have noticed that the free RAM drops significantly after some use (just a few hours), on average I have about 80% RAM used meaning that I have around 550MB free, now I haven't noticed any slow downs/lags but am just curious, how much free RAM do you have and what kind of user are you? Lets gather some facts. I am a relatively light user, probably have less third party apps than the amount of apps preloaded (Google + LG).
Note: I am running the latest version of LG's stock MM, no root.
ShinOrochiX said:
Hi everyone,
Been using my G4 for just over a week now and have noticed that the free RAM drops significantly after some use (just a few hours), on average I have about 80% RAM used meaning that I have around 550MB free, now I haven't noticed any slow downs/lags but am just curious, how much free RAM do you have and what kind of user are you? Lets gather some facts. I am a relatively light user, probably have less third party apps than the amount of apps preloaded (Google + LG).
Note: I am running the latest version of LG's stock MM, no root.
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Android is dicfrent than windowz android manages ram on its own if it runs low itll clear itself to make room for the new i run about the same. All these task killers waste battery now. Its ok leave it be. Ever since kk adroid handles much better
Yes using RAM in modern Linux systems and in Android means that the operating system pre caches things to actually speed up your device.
You had to went away from the idea of having as much free RAM as possible. Having unused RAM is actually a waste of resources isn't it? Why not using that free resources when not needed? Well and the result is a more or less intelligent handling of RAM usage where you will see high RAM usage.
So if you have less free amount of RAM it means all is fine :laugh: :victory:
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I also would like to point that apps like Messenger used around 80mb in my S4 Mini (with 1.5GB) and the same version of the app uses around 150 in this phone. So android is doing its good work using the memory efficiently so you have the best efficiency when switching apps and so.
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I was reading this article which pretty much explained everything RAM related. I used to own the OnePlus X which also had 3GB of RAM and with that I had around 1.5GB free, with the G4 I have less than half that . Then again the OPX pretty much ran on AOSP android with is feature-less.
anytime enough.You run out ram? Your device freezing?
kabirjedi said:
anytime enough.You run out ram? Your device freezing?
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No my device doesn't freeze, I get occasional stutters/lags but these are minor. So it is not really a major issue, I was just curious. It is all about the balance, AOSP=fastest performance but least features, custom UIs=slower performance but much more features, for me the features and UI presentation are most important, I can slightly compromise on performance, AOSP is just plain boring, nothing about the UI appeals to me.

anybody else getting serious lag and ram being used up

I know unused ram is wasted ram, but I'm constantly at 90% ram and it's causing the phone to lag and stutter to the point its unusable unless I reboot then I'm good. Just wanted to see if anybody was going through the same thing or if I have a rouge app up to something.
I've noticed that myself.. That is why I have debloated my phone without root. I have also notice the biggest user of the ram is the Android OS 1.3 Gb.
Joe199799 said:
I know unused ram is wasted ram, but I'm constantly at 90% ram and it's causing the phone to lag and stutter to the point its unusable unless I reboot then I'm good. Just wanted to see if anybody was going through the same thing or if I have a rouge app up to something.
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Same here. It's a typical LG thing. Their Android mods are slick and lovely, but they're far from lightweight.
I moved from a Sony XZ1 Compact to a G7, and it is generally a significantly slower, laggier experience. With the Sony it would generally use less than 2gb of RAM at the outset. I could come back to an app a week later and it'd still be open. With this G7 I think it's rare to see it under 3gb consumption, and every time I open the camera I'm evicted most other apps from memory.
Then there's the lag! I thought a years newer flagship tech would have minimized the LG lag experience, but no.
Also no, at least for T-Mobile uS G7, no root, no AOSP and official device trees. I am made of regret, definitely never another LG, and Sony for me from here on out.
This phone has given me the least amount of issues with lag and freezes out of any phone I've had. I do a lot of gaming on here and rarely have an issue. I try to install as much as possible on my SD card, I don't know if that would make a difference with RAM usage, and I don't leave a bunch of apps running in the background.

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