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desire s ram and cpu usage.

So i just rooted the phone and installed the virtuous unity rom. When i installed the rom i assumed it would take care of the ram and cpu problems which is why i didn't really care much. But since it didn't solve the problem, i'm starting to wonder where the hell all the cpu and ram power is going. On idle i only have about 150mb of ram available and my cpu is 50% in use. Is this normal? Can anything be done about it?
It's also very noticeable.

Strange.
Are you controlling the running services and application-tasks manually ?
I usually have around 400MB free ram and cpu usage is just on the normal range, and an ordinary task manager does the job.

dan-fish said:
It's also very noticeable.
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is your phone running slowly? 150Mb is loads or RAM, have you ever run out?
custom roms tend to make more use of RAM for caches and to improve performance etc....especially if you try sense 3.0 based rom which by nature will be larger.

How did you manage to get 400mb!?!?!?!?! What rom are you running?
It does lag quite a bit at times which seems to go away after the use of a task killer but i don't use task killers anymore as i failed to see the point in them.
also why does the phone claim to have 768mb when i can only see about 611mb. Is there some memory reserved for the os or something?

dan-fish said:
How did you manage to get 400mb!?!?!?!?! What rom are you running?
It does lag quite a bit at times which seems to go away after the use of a task killer but i don't use task killers anymore as i failed to see the point in them.
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You can't get 400Mb that must be a typo! unless you've created a Senseless ROM.
Even when I kill ever process that runs using the the fast reboot market app I still get less than 350Mb!

I have over 400MB free, stock ROM, Settings take nearly 18MB, so my guess is about 418MB free. Based on stock app manager. I have lots of apps, 3G Watchdog running and five full home screens. I had very same situation on previous DS. How much do you have?
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i can't believe my eyes here.....

I just tested it again and there was 440MB (458MB w/o Settings) and about 150MB used. But I'm OT, sorry.
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With LBC MOD i get
Total memory: 612MB
Used: 424MB
Free: 188MB

Running Virtuous Unity too, atm have 100mb free RAM. Can't say I think th phone is running slow though....
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chris5s said:
Running Virtuous Unity too, atm have 100mb free RAM. Can't say I think th phone is running slow though....
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Sure not! Tried both roms and they work really FAST!
so the ram available is okay, but the 50% CPU is a problem i guess(i dont have a program to check that)
If you fell that your phone is slow even after wipe and flashing a new rom it might be a hardware issue.

Numline1 said:
I just tested it again and there was 440MB (458MB w/o Settings) and about 150MB used. But I'm OT, sorry.
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Are you sure that you're not getting the and free and in use figures muddled?
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Check image in attachment.
That's the memory when i kill all unnecessary crap running.
With the needed apps running it varies let's say 350-380MB.
Using stock rom ( europe )

:O WOW, maybe is time for me to back to stock!, joking but wow...well, looking in that screen ( on settings) i get
185 MB used and 405 MB free

ben_pyett said:
Are you sure that you're not getting the and free and in use figures muddled?
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100% sure
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RAM memory

What app is best for free ram memory?
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FMR Memory cleaner is great and its free
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thanks, really does what you say

Memory IS RAM.
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The one that comes with android

Why do you want to free up RAM? Android manages its memory perfectly well as it is. It's built from the ground up to manage its own memory, and you killing apps and freeing memory screws with it. Android (as well as most UNIX-like systems) go at the same speed whether they have 2 or 200MB of free memory.

Thanks for answer
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AutoKiller free from market
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645539 this has helped me.
thou some geek would help us find proper settings for our gtab?
i have been using strict and agressive preset.

benisman89 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645539 this has helped me.
thou some geek would help us find proper settings for our gtab?
i have been using strict and agressive preset.
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Android manages memory on its own. These types of programs only do 2 things. 1) eat battery life. 2) Slow down Android as it reloads Apps that were pointless closed.

GldRush98 said:
Android manages memory on its own. These types of programs only do 2 things. 1) eat battery life. 2) Slow down Android as it reloads Apps that were pointless closed.
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Did you try it?
Begause the app say it tweaks android systems inner memory management routines... root needed
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Memory Optimizers?!?

are those memory optimizers taskmanagers booster and apps like this recommended for my SGS3? do they really work better than the clean memory button on androids task manager?
is it worth it to install apps like this? I noticed that since using the gotaskmanager Ex when running many apps it crashes and does like fast restart or something like that.
opinion and suggestions pls
thanks
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use lmk along with the thunderbolt script by pikachu001
i choose 100 mb on my samsung galaxy gio, so what it does it when you have less than 100mb free memory left, it automatically kills unused background processes, but you need root

alkspo said:
use lmk along with the thunderbolt script by pikachu001
i choose 100 mb on my samsung galaxy gio, so what it does it when you have less than 100mb free memory left, it automatically kills unused background processes, but you need root
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damn! all good apps need root..any app similar to yours? and one more thing are the task killers like gotaskmanager worth it?
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patriotaki said:
damn! all good apps need root..any app similar to yours? and one more thing are the task killers like gotaskmanager worth it?
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Why don't you just root it?
I rooted mine the first boot...
There is an app that resets the flash counter and you don't lose warranty!
After you root it search supercharger script and get it running mate...
Your S3 WILL fly after that!

ROOT that sucker!!!
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nfsmw_gr said:
Why don't you just root it?
I rooted mine the first boot...
There is an app that resets the flash counter and you don't lose warranty!
After you root it search supercharger script and get it running mate...
Your S3 WILL fly after that!
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jizz omg! can u PM me a tutorial for all that because im new and noob
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For this of tasks root is a must.
Another interesting app (need root too) it's autokiller memory optimizer.

killian32 said:
For this of tasks root is a must.
Another interesting app (need root too) it's autokiller memory optimizer.
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hmm those battery life fixers working when phone is rooted? I think I will rooot my phone
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Thats right bro' if you use Zeppelinrox v6 supercharger you will amaze on how fast will become your phone. For instance, you can set wich apps will stay open (like phone, sms, media and so on) so when want to use it it will open always fast, instantly! And that apply to your homescreen launcher too!
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More RAM consumed in ICS

Ever since I upgraded to ICS, RAM consumption is high in my atrix2. It used to have free RAM around 300 to 350 MB but now in ICS the fee RAM is always around 150 to 200 MB.
I am having same apps which I used to have on GB. Nothing changed on my phone. Can anybody advice me whats wrong with my phone?
Ex. Games like Temple Run are little bit sluggish in ICS whereas it was running smoothly in GB even though I had some apps in the background. Now in ICS it is sluggish even though there no other apps running in the background.
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asdf20 said:
Ever since I upgraded to ICS, RAM consumption is high in my atrix2. It used to have free RAM around 300 to 350 MB but now in ICS the fee RAM is always around 150 to 200 MB.
I am having same apps which I used to have on GB. Nothing changed on my phone. Can anybody advice me whats wrong with my phone?
Ex. Games like Temple Run are little bit sluggish in ICS whereas it was running smoothly in GB even though I had some apps in the background. Now in ICS it is sluggish even though there no other apps running in the background.
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ics certainly consumes more ram..nothing wrong with your phone..i have not experienced any game lag
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devilhunter47 said:
ics certainly consumes more ram..nothing wrong with your phone..i have not experienced any game lag
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We used to have task manager in GB but that's now vanished in ICS.
Can you suggest me any good task manager?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882626
[Q] ICS update eating up the RAM
Please read, and search.
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Apex_Strider said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1882626
[Q] ICS update eating up the RAM
Please read, and search.
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Thanks but that does not provide me any solution.... it just explains the reason for more RAM consumption... I am currently facing lags in games...any suggestion?
Also can you suggest me any good task manager?
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asdf20 said:
Thanks but that does not provide me any solution.... it just explains the reason for more RAM consumption... I am currently facing lags in games...any suggestion?
Also can you suggest me any good task manager?
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Android has its own task manager, which is quite sufficient. What people don't seem to understand about RAM, is that it is meant to be used, not the other way around. Android, like Mac OS and Ubuntu, wants to use all the RAM it can, because that's how it was designed to work. There are settings (in Android we call them "minfree" settings) to tell the system how much RAM to leave free and available, but the rest is designed to fill up as fast as possible and stay that way.
Android can manage memory rather well (and the settings are still there to tweak if you just have to touch stuff) and having up to 300 percent more RAM makes a huge difference. There will be a few times where killing off a handful of tasks will speed things up, but overall you'll get the best performance out of your phone or tablet if you stop worrying about it and let Android be Android. If you need to live on the edge (and I know a lot of you guys do) root and hack your phone with some amazing custom ROM that has everything tweaked and allows you to travel forward in time -- I'm right there with ya, 'cause it's fun as hell.
But don't worry about how many apps are running on your phone, or about using widgets that tell you these things, because it just doesn't matter anymore.
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Long press home button, it will appear. Swipe to close apps.

Try with debugging mode enabled along with force GPU rendering from settings...

Task managers/killers are completely useless in android.The only use of task killers is when a rogue app keeps running in background consuming lots of CPU cycles.
After the ics update my phone too was a bit slow but then I factory reset it & then wiped the cache partition. I don't know what did the trick but it works great now.
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Go to development, background applications, at most 4.
This way lag will stop.
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Samsung's Ram Usage Madness

I think it is normal ram usage for apps until the find out m8 uses only 1/10 it.You can see in screenshot what i want to say.For example whatsapp is using 122 mb ram for m8 same app is using 40 mb ram.I do not understand this.Ok touchwiz is using less ram but why the other applications usage is so high.The other example is spotify .(174 mb) Also greenify using 62 mb ram but for m8 it is only consuming 5 mb ram.
I am using audax 22.3 lollipop with civz kernel.I removed or frozen apps that i do not use and greenified some of them.
Maybe the problem for battery is this situation.Kitkat's ram management was better.

'Ang about, you are running a non-Samsung rom and you blame the memory usage in the device and not the ROM?

garyfunk said:
'Ang about, you are running a non-Samsung rom and you blame the memory usage in the device and not the ROM?
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You are right but if you are using stock rom and your usage is lower please report it.I used stock it is same.Is it lollipop problem or system problem i do not know.
Please report your usage different roms and kernels so we maybe find out why.

Stock lollipop
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God I hate that "cookie something" font so how come the ram usage of third party apps are different on stock vs. unofficial roms?

maderos said:
Stock lollipop
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Your programs also consumes high ram except whatsapp(i surprised).
Amir 75 said:
God I hate that "cookie something" font so how come the ram usage of third party apps are different on stock vs. unofficial roms?
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It is irrelevant but i hate it too )
Sometimes my ram usage decreasing but it is still too high. I envy htc s ram management...