So I noticed on my task killer the most available memory I've seen was like 140. I'd have thought it would be at least double that. Can any one explain this
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There are only 256MB of RAM available to Android at the moment!
OrionBG said:
There are only 256MB of RAM available to Android at the moment!
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EDIT: hmmm nevermind... Quick System Info is reporting 245mb's of ram total?
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I know its supposed to have 512mb.
But the app manager program I'm using shows 326.
I'm not complaining, phone is plenty fast but I'm Rom crazy and I'm just making sure I didn't mess something up.
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Trev420 said:
I know its supposed to have 512mb.
But the app manager program I'm using shows 326.
I'm not complaining, phone is plenty fast but I'm Rom crazy and I'm just making sure I didn't mess something up.
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I believe the rest is dedicated to the software and free is 326. I could be wrong ..
I read somewhere that only Froyo can utilize 512 and up.
512mb on device
frankwhitten said:
I read somewhere that only Froyo can utilize 512 and up.
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This
The current .29 kernel has a memory limitation.
Froyo comes with .32 "himem" kernel so when we get froyo you utilize all your ram
i am showing 1.16GB available for application storage.. it this the same?
ROM and RAM are different. When people speak of memory its generally referring to RAM. ROM is the storage space used for apps.
JIT and the .32 kernel would be so nice on this phone.
So does this mean we are not using all the RAM available on the phone!? That's stupid!
I agree.
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nealpatel said:
So does this mean we are not using all the RAM available on the phone!? That's stupid!
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Unless u run android 2.2, you will not use max 512MB ram capacity. If u installed lag fix, u can use 326MB out of 512MB. Without lagfix, u can only use 256MB out of 512MB!
There is only a bit over 300 mb app ram. The rest is graphivs ram. You won't see 512 ram in froyo because normal apps can't use the graphics memory. Laughable considering the sad shape which is gaming on android.
But hey, you got sims 3!
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Does froyo recognize the full 512mb of ram, if so does this lend itself to better performance
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no
it recognizes 340 something or 380 something
What's that other space used for? Why isn't it available?
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In the leaked tmo froyo there is 304 available. The rest of it I believe is used for video/graphic procesing and other core processes.
Spokenblurb said:
Does froyo recognize the full 512mb of ram, if so does this lend itself to better performance
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Not the whole 512 but I'm using Eugenes Unofficial TMO 2.2 Froyo and it is a good amount faster, especially browsing.
jeremiah_mn said:
In the leaked tmo froyo there is 304 available. The rest of it I believe is used for video/graphic procesing and other core processes.
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+1, there are dedicated allocation of ram to certain system needs whether there running or not.
Friends don't let friends flash drunk...
Ok maybe it is a dumb question, Ive read an made some search.
I flashed CM7 ROM 2.3.4 and this kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982148
And I have only 326 MB ram. Why?
Thats about right. Stock is around there and custom kernels push it to around 341 depending.
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I thought Vibrant had 512 MB ram.?
It does. The rest of it is devoted to the GPU.
Sneaky advertising. I've seen many company's do it.
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PabxH said:
I thought Vibrant had 512 MB ram.?
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late to the party, aren't we? this has been discussed many times already as to why there is the 512MB ram discrepancy.
geoffcorey said:
late to the party, aren't we? this has been discussed many times already as to why there is the 512MB ram discrepancy.
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Sure I'm late but still, thank you for your answers! Its all clear now.
The tech specs of the evo are set at 512mb of RAM however my phone only has a total of of 385mb of ram. Is this typical?
That doesn't take into account the OS. Which as you know is loaded into ram on boot.
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thedudejdog said:
That doesn't take into account the OS. Which as you know is loaded into ram on boot.
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was not aware of that, thank you for the quick response. doesn't really matter haven't run into any memory problems just thought it was weird. Thanks again
Just checked Memory and saw that Android OS is using 0.96 GB and Android system 697 MB RAM. Is this normal?
ondoin said:
Just checked Memory and saw that Android OS is using 0.96 GB and Android system 697 MB RAM. Is this normal?
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Yes, it's normal.
It should use as much as possible.
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sale 83 said:
It should use as much as possible.
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Like he said
free ram is waste of money