I was a Note 2 user and decided to switch to the new Note 3 the 3G version. After 2 days usage I ran into a strange problem, my device starts booting with a 1.7GB or ram used out of 2.66. After opening two or three applications (facebook , chrome, twitter) I end up with a 2.3GB ram. My device stops to responds afterwards randomly and I have to end task anything to gain control again, no touch screen responds. Sometimes the device also shows lag in shfting between menus and I check the Ram usage to find out I'm running out of Ram. I never faced any problems with RAM usage in Note 2 and never had the hassle to empty my Ram. I need to know if some program is sucking my RAM to death, how can I find out this? Is this a normal practice that Ram usage is like that? I checked my Note 2 and found that it starts with only 400MB usage!!.
Try closing all your tabs manually on any browsers you've used. Usually speeds up my Note 3, I've had 30-40 windows open before, seems they have upped the tab limit.
still same problem
I have no tabs open, the mobile starts to stop responding randomly... I'm feeling frustrated , can you give me names of programs that can show me the RAM usage?
Please post your current ram usage just after restarting the phone
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Nothing to worry man. My current ram usage= 2.45/2.66. Still no hint of lag what so ever. IT will remain like this.
Lag and Lag
sohebq said:
Nothing to worry man. My current ram usage= 2.45/2.66. Still no hint of lag what so ever. IT will remain like this.
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I'm facing stops and lags whenever I reach this number, my Old phone used to comsume less RAM. The phone randomly stops responding and I have to end the process to gain control again. I happens with any program( not a certain program causing this problem)
Does this mean the phone is faulty and I have to replace?
Are there any test that you recommend?
I thinK i faced this problem after the latest OTA update
2.66? I have 2.38 only...
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2.66? I have 2.38 only...
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because your phones model is sm-n9005 and this model has 2.38 free ram and the system use only about 1 gig
but in sm-n900 model the free ram is 2.66 but the system use about 1.3 of it
so actually both of them are the same
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I was a Note 2 user and decided to switch to the new Note 3 the 3G version. After 2 days usage I ran into a strange problem, my device starts booting with a 1.7GB or ram used out of 2.66. After opening two or three applications (facebook , chrome, twitter) I end up with a 2.3GB ram. My device stops to responds afterwards randomly and I have to end task anything to gain control again, no touch screen responds. Sometimes the device also shows lag in shfting between menus and I check the Ram usage to find out I'm running out of Ram. I never faced any problems with RAM usage in Note 2 and never had the hassle to empty my Ram. I need to know if some program is sucking my RAM to death, how can I find out this? Is this a normal practice that Ram usage is like that? I checked my Note 2 and found that it starts with only 400MB usage!!.
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try factory reset and it will be ok
Why factory reset...it has been working only for a couple of days
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Why factory reset...it has been working only for a couple of days
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You will have to remove the bloat then or you can go to setting and check "Don't keep the activities". THis will not fill the ram at all but then if you minimize an app, it will be closed. This is the logic of android. The high ram usage is due to apps being stayed in the memory.
I also used note 2 for a year and I agree it wasn't the same. More ram means samsung has added more ram hungry apps.
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because your phones model is sm-n9005 and this model has 2.38 free ram and the system use only about 1 gig
but in sm-n900 model the free ram is 2.66 but the system use about 1.3 of it
so actually both of them are the same
try factory reset and it will be ok
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677mb/2380mb after restart
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strange case
Why am I facing that problem
The system becomes unstable after reaching 2.48 out of 2.66 usage
I need to know what is draining my memory
When I do a clear memory
I get 1.66 out of 2.66
Then without even touching the phone my ram usage starts rising till 2.1 gbs
Am I completely ruined?
Is there a solution
go to development option and scroll down and click dont keep activity
I did what you have recommended but still my device stops reponding
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Yep it's firmware issue, which firmware you on..?
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what are your ram usage?
Mine is currently hovering at 1.44GB with 375MB
To check, long hold Home --> task manager ->
1.25 with 568 available
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I usually have 1 GB with 850 MB free. I uninstalled a lot of bloat though and I reboot the phone sometimes to clear the ram, it only takes like 30 seconds for a full reboot.
Not sure of the efficacy of this thread, it will vary throughout usage. Mine varies between 100-600ish.
My S4 with 800 free still isn't as buttery.
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I usually have 1 GB with 850 MB free. I uninstalled a lot of bloat though and I reboot the phone sometimes to clear the ram, it only takes like 30 seconds for a full reboot.
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Is 30 seconds a close estimate, or just a guess? I booted one up in the Verizon store today, and it started in about 10 seconds.
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Is 30 seconds a close estimate, or just a guess? I booted one up in the Verizon store today, and it started in about 10 seconds.
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I said reboot though! It takes a bit longer than 10 seconds. But yes it was a close estimate.
Mine is around a gig used, but similar to others, I froze a lot of bloat after rooting. The apps that I have and don't care for it running when I'm not actively using it (I.e. Facebook), I used greenify to further limit unwanted background processes.
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Here's a pro tip. In the widgets section there is a built in ram "cleaner". Put it on one of your home pages and press "clear ram". NOw I wish this thing has 3GB of ram.
Hey guys.... There has been a serious decrease in battery power and also the phone uses about 2Gb ram almost all the time. .. & I don't have that much apps installed... is my phone a faulty one or is this the case with everyone... Is it a software problem...Please reply
Mines Note 3 N9000 Exynos version
On reboot you should have about .9 - 1.1 used depending on apps. After a day or use without clearing the memory ~2gb is normal. As for the battery problems there are many threads regarding battery life. Do a search you may be able to identify your problem.
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Ram is there to be used not to be free. so it's not a problem don't worry. it keeps some apps in ram so when you open it it opens fast.
And I recommend you not to use ram cleaner apps. when there's not enough ram LMK will kill some apps so don't worry about ram,
About battery life, yeah it sucks after MJ7 update. I think they fixed it in ML1 update. if you don't want to install custom roms wait till you get the update.
But now I'm on CRISKELO-Rom NOTE III-N900 V05 + halaszk-UNIVERSAL5420 kernel and my battery is good.
also, CRISKELO-Rom is optimized and have more free memory, the developer removed some bloatwares.
Can anyone of you download advance task killer from the android market/Google Play. Download and could you check how many memory do you have? When I bought my note, I had only 40% of memory available on my phone, which means about 800 MB, and I couldn't take advantage the rest of the 2+GB memory because phone has couple hundred apps preinstalled... Now I started clearing and un installing all these unnecessary apps and now I have about 1.6 GB memory available on my phone, and as a result of that I was able to get two days battery every day. Basically I can't finish my battery in one day regardless of the usage, which is really good....
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Can anyone of you download advance task killer from the android market/Google Play. Download and could you check how many memory do you have? When I bought my note, I had only 40% of memory available on my phone, which means about 800 MB, and I couldn't take advantage the rest of the 2+GB memory because phone has couple hundred apps preinstalled... Now I started clearing and un installing all these unnecessary apps and now I have about 1.6 GB memory available on my phone, and as a result of that I was able to get two days battery every day. Basically I can't finish my battery in one day regardless of the usage, which is really good....
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Zip aligning the apps should give you more RAM as well. but yeah, hibernating with greenify and freezing apps really cleans the used RAM footprint up and gives you much improved battery.
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Can anyone of you download advance task killer from the android market/Google Play. Download and could you check how many memory do you have? When I bought my note, I had only 40% of memory available on my phone, which means about 800 MB, and I couldn't take advantage the rest of the 2+GB memory because phone has couple hundred apps preinstalled... Now I started clearing and un installing all these unnecessary apps and now I have about 1.6 GB memory available on my phone, and as a result of that I was able to get two days battery every day. Basically I can't finish my battery in one day regardless of the usage, which is really good....
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Don't worry about it, in Android free memory is wasted memory. This is how the sistem works... and it works well.
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Don't worry about it, in Android free memory is wasted memory. This is how the sistem works... and it works well.
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That's true to an extent. However when you have apps sitting in the memory using it all up then other apps will be automatically killed and this will cause redraws and extra time loading the app again. This happened on the 2gb version of the G3 which had a lot of launcher redraws because of all the bloatware. It's still best to get rid of bloatware so it doesn't reside in the RAM and cause apps you actually use to get killed.
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Can anyone of you download advance task killer from the android market/Google Play. Download and could you check how many memory do you have? When I bought my note, I had only 40% of memory available on my phone, which means about 800 MB, and I couldn't take advantage the rest of the 2+GB memory because phone has couple hundred apps preinstalled... Now I started clearing and un installing all these unnecessary apps and now I have about 1.6 GB memory available on my phone, and as a result of that I was able to get two days battery every day. Basically I can't finish my battery in one day regardless of the usage, which is really good....
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My freshly restarted note 4 shows 2.1 used out of available 2.7. There is an extreme amount of bloat and note specific apps running in TW that cannot be easily killed if at all.
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Antutu widget has the memory cleaner. I use only before games like Galaxy on Fire 2 HD, or if I run a benchmark. But debloated android you should leave alone memory unless you need many ram for specific app. Cleaning memory will consume your battery as CPU work harder reloading everything.
Note 4 debloated has much memory requirments. Android design handles that and it works good debloated. Android RAM is never should be in your mind as it works on PC.
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Antutu widget has the memory cleaner. I use only before games like Galaxy on Fire 2 HD, or if I run a benchmark. But debloated android you should leave alone memory unless you need many ram for specific app. Cleaning memory will consume your battery as CPU work harder reloading everything.
Note 4 debloated has much memory requirments. Android design handles that and it works good debloated. Android RAM is never should be in your mind as it works on PC.
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"Cleaning memory will consume your battery as CPU work harder reloading everything" Actually my experience tells me different than what you're saying. When I bought my note 4 my battery was very bad, I could't use it even one day, but now and after I compulutely removed all bul..... apps my phone gives me Two days normal usage or a day of crazy usage.......
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"Cleaning memory will consume your battery as CPU work harder reloading everything" Actually my experience tells me different than what you're saying. When I bought my note 4 my battery was very bad, I could't use it even one day, but now and after I compulutely removed all bul..... apps my phone gives me Two days normal usage or a day of crazy usage.......
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That is so good. I am receiving 24 hour but with 1x mobile here in Phillipines that is good. Very much demand user I am being. Note 3 I only have 12 hour.
But I am referring to cleaning memory on debloated the device. On bloated device cleaning memory is helpful
I notice after back from work about half day, with heavy usage but still I check the RAM only used about 1,5 GB to 2 GB, but the phone performance become sluggish, I watched using mx player or BSplayer the frame rate is horrible when I play the game I have noticeable lag. I don't know what is the causes because my old note 2 is never have a problem like this.
My note 3 still using latest 4.4.2 update and note 3 type SM-N900, unroot, no heating problem,no battery problem.
Any advice?
Backup data and factory reset.
Check your process stats in developers options to see if anything has been using more processing power than it should.
You shouldnt worry about ram, android is pretty efficient with managing this.
The most resource hungry are FB, and yeah 75% most of the time is facebooking. But it shouldn't causes that problem. Like the RAM is full while I check still normal. Note 3 ram is unoptimized than note 2? I curious as hell.
I even conclude if I often uploading image and often scroll down and you know when scrool down it's need processing power, while note 3 is fast but maybe takes too much RAM while note 2 slower hence don't eat too much ram.
Tried clearing the RAM when it happens? Long press home, hit the pie graph, clear the RAM.
Yes, 'RAM management' , etcetera etcetera. Rubbish. Android doesn't close apps, it leaves them running in the background. Those still use RAM when you're not using them, which slows down the device.
Clearly the RAM when the device starts lagging has solved lag and slowdowns for years.
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Just got a new s6 edge+ and absolutely blown away with the phone as a whole.
Only problem/issue is the RAM usage. I'm a light user for 90% of the day and i have barely any apps installed, yet the RAM is always above 50% even when all apps are closed and i 'clean' the RAM. Average RAM usage is 75%. 3GB?!?
Is this normal to all other users? My thought are that it could be a false reading. Or that it could be dummy using RAM and reassigns it to wherever needs it when any high usage apps run.
I am a UK user and the only update applied was a carrier pushed update. (E.g. i havent done any updates myself or messed around with the phone).
Attached is a screenshot of my kernal and baseband versions for anyone interest.
Any thoughts would be appreciated, thanks, Zack.
I see the same on my SM-G9827 phone.It opens around 30 apps in background.If you clean them regularly it kills the battery.Its better to leave them like that.I am getting 6 hours SOT with 3 % left if i leave them as it it.
Ram is ment to be used. To make apps open fast when you need them. A lot of free ram does not make your phone faster AFAIK. So keep those apps running and enjoy a fast phone!
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Joakim_Aronsson said:
Ram is ment to be used. To make apps open fast when you need them. A lot of free ram does not make your phone faster AFAIK. So keep those apps running and enjoy a fast phone!
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I agree.
RAM is meant to be used, you've got 4GB of it. The OS has been optimised to kill any processes that haven't been used if memory is filling up. Forget about saving RAM and focus on enjoying the device.