RAM - Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

How much RAM do you guys typically have available? I don't seem to have much at all. Only like .3-.4, however battery life seems fine and the phone is very fast. Idk.
The only applications on right now are gmail, weather, and go sms pro.

About 200 or 300mb

How to Clear Memory like other Samsung devices like S4 or note3 etc ?

Seems like anywhere from 400-500. There is a TON running.

489 mb free
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Yea same, seems to be around 300-400 if you open a few apps you will notice the first app you had gets booted from memory and has to reload
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1gb around
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Even when clearing RAM I have about 500 - 600 MB free...
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How much free RAM should I have?

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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[Q] High RAM usage?

Anyone know what is stored in the RAM? Ive checked in my apps and the running and cached apps only amount to around 250mb.. My total ram usage is around 700/800. What else is the ram used up by?
Use this app and find out.
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Besides apps you are running remember the OS itself aka "Android" uses system ram. That's why when you see phones running "sense" on top of the OS your memory is much lower. AOSP is much slimmer and uses very little resources.
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Mem leak in 4.3 ?

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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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

Major RAM issues! Please help

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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[Q] How Much...

How much free space do yall have?
All I have a like 60 photos, a few 30 sec videos and i only have like 9GBs free.
1 original rom backup and 1 aosp rom backup.
Well how big are the ROM back ups? Mine were in the 3gb plus range on my Note II. I haven't rooted this yet.
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I got a little over 2gb left.

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