Right now the max ram I have free is about ~400, I'm wondering if I can get up to ~600!!?
My ROM is smooth ROM and faux kernel... Any suggestions?
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more ram
i get 522 - 550 by using dx toolbox.
what is the advantage of having 600mb free ram??
I have a nexus 4, which if you know has 2 gbs of ram. Never runs out although my nexus 7's ram drops quickly. More ram means snappier system... Just wanted suggestions on this
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Android manages memory differently than a computer. An oft repeated mantra that holds true in this case is ”free ram is wasted ram.” Killing processes simply for the sake of increasing free ram is counterintuitive and only serves to reduce system efficiency.
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Here you go: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39768124#post39768124
Back in there day, there used to be a company that you could send your device to, they would desolder your memory and throw in a bigger/faster chip.
Dont know if they still do or the name.
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Honestly 2 GB should be mandatory. Its what a couple extra dollars to the consumers...
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najaboy said:
Android manages memory differently than a computer. An oft repeated mantra that holds true in this case is ”free ram is wasted ram.” Killing processes simply for the sake of increasing free ram is counterintuitive and only serves to reduce system efficiency.
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This is correct. You are wasting your time worrying about whether you have 400 or 600 MB free. If you are completely running out and experiencing huge lags, then it's time to worry.
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What does everyone have for free RAM? I have between 320 - 400. Is this normal/average? Running rooted stock.
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woundedworld said:
What does everyone have for free RAM? I have between 320 - 400. Is this normal/average? Running rooted stock.
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That's about it.
You don't have to worry about free ram, JB will take care of itself
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As said, dont worry about the free memory, JB will manage it fine.
Dont use a task killer either for memory management, only to kill problem apps, and if an app is repeatedly a problem app, then uninstall it.
With Android, you are better off with apps in memory as they will launch/run quicker, free memory is wasted memory.
I agree with these post, don't worry about free ram. As long as a particular app isn't causing problems by taking up too much theres no need to really worry about memory. Unused memory is basically resources not being used.
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Ive fou d i allways have about +100mb more on stock rom than i do in any ther rom.
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Hmm true to all above, but for those of us trying to maximize battery life..
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omi__ said:
Hmm true to all above, but for those of us trying to maximize battery life..
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Empty RAM uses electricity, and RAM used as cache is as static as empty RAM. It's not as if the system is turning off power to the modules that are unused. You'll see a negligible impact (if any) from having more free.
Edit: In fact, you may see the opposite if you aggressively free memory due to increased flash memory usage.
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Cool, thanks for all of the info. I just wanted a point of reference, nothing was wrong.
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I bought the nexus 4 8gb. too small i know buts thats what i can afford.
any way can some one explaine why the storage capacitiy is only 6 gb?
thats a real let down.
AW: [Q] A math problem with the storage size?!
It's because the system takes about 2GB of storage. So no "math problem" but some irritating advertisement.
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This is no different than any other device. The same is true for any other android device and yes even the iPhone. The system ROM will always require a small portion of available space
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As above plus have you ever seen a HDD that was advertised as e.g 500gb and actually had that 500 as usable space
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MattSkeet said:
As above plus have you ever seen a HDD that was advertised as e.g 500gb and actually had that 500 as usable space
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<pedantic>Every 500GB HDD I've seen has at least 500GB of user-addressable space. Though not 500GiB.</pedantic>
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This is no different than any other device. The same is true for any other android device and yes even the iPhone. The system ROM will always require a small portion of available space
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No. On the iPhone the nand is larger than what is advertised. If you buy a 16GB phone there is a 20GB+ nand in there so that the user can access the 16GB that was advertised.
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Where did you get this? There was a 20+ NAND built in but I could only use 14 in my 16 gig version.
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MarcPlusTwo said:
Where did you get this? There was a 20+ NAND built in but I could only use 14 in my 16 gig version.
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I am talking about the iPhone 5/4/4S
Users that use iDevices get the full space as advertised, probably because it costs more anyways.
Android devices are cheaper so they couldn't care much about delivering whats advertised.
Any how, you shouldn't have any issues with an 8GB N4.
Considering DropBox (You can get 18GB of Dropbox space for as little as $5. I've personally bought it from here http://www.ebay.ca/itm/160943243088?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
I don't play games on my phone so that wont waste space either.
I just have about a gig of music on my phone.
Is memory leak problem solved in android 4.3?
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Which memory leak?
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is there an issue? no problem here. are you sure that its not just one of your apps? a badly written app could potentially "leak" memory.
Ram used to take 1gb of memory... N I used to reboot to clear it off
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I have not experienced it on 4.2.2 or 4.3, though I run stock.
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ntn359 said:
Ram used to take 1gb of memory... N I used to reboot to clear it off
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i have never had ram take 1gb. i usually have between 1250-1550 free. right now i have 1327mb free ram. seems like you might need to take some time to take control of your apps. if you have root, greenify(app) will help, autostarts works well too. if you dont control your apps, they start controlling you and your device. personally, id rather be the one thats in control
I now have 0.94 GB RAM free but what does it matter? You have 2 gigs of RAM and its still running buttery smooth.
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The N4 never had a memory leak. Don't worry about how much free ram you have, free ram is wasted ram and using it uses no extra power
So this has been really pissing me off lately... Both "android.process.acore" and "Contacts Storage" have each been taking up over 250mb or RAM all the time, resulting in heavy lag and very fast battery drain. Please help!
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I highly doubt this use up enough ram to slow your device down, I mean we have 2gbs and I almost always have over 1 gb free. Also there's no way having them in the ram uses any more battery as ram uses the same amount of power whether it's full or empty.
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jrudyk said:
So this has been really pissing me off lately... Both "android.process.acore" and "Contacts Storage" have each been taking up over 250mb or RAM all the time, resulting in heavy lag and very fast battery drain. Please help!
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Isn't it just a ROM-related derp that it displays the RAM usage incorrectly?
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I highly doubt this use up enough ram to slow your device down, I mean we have 2gbs and I almost always have over 1 gb free. Also there's no way having them in the ram uses any more battery as ram uses the same amount of power whether it's full or empty.
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When this problem occurs, I'm down to about 500mb of usable RAM, which is basically unusable.
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I upgraded from the galaxy nexus to the g2 and what I can't figure out is what is using all the ran on the g2 I have the same apps on the g2 as I did on my gnex but on the g2 uses almost a gig of ram where as the gnex only used half of that with all the same apps the only difference is the ROM and kernel could it be one of them using all the ram
i can see many more differences between these two devices lol. resolution being the most obvious one.
ill try explain with an example. u have a small house and feel comfortable there. then on top of that u build a 4x bigger house. and you would still live only in the small house. wouldnt it be better to use parts of the bigger house aswell ?
and not only the house grew but you as well.
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That's what I sorta figured
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That's what I sorta figured just wasn't sure
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yeah, nothing to worry about. 1gb used ram is pretty standard now.
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Unused ram is wasted ram
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The LG has 2GB of RAM, if your device uses 1.9GB, then start worrying. If it uses only half or 1.5GB, it is a good thing.
U know,g2 has a much better gpu,processor and resolution etc and does and handles everything better(while sacrificing ram usage)
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