Is ram availability on this phone based on time or physical availability?
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What do you mean time? Ram is a physical limitation. But since sense is hogging up quite a bit atm, we might be able to squeeze a bit more free ram in the future.but 1gb is fixed.
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ethantarheels123 said:
What do you mean time? Ram is a physical limitation. But since sense is hogging up quite a bit atm, we might be able to squeeze a bit more free ram in the future.but 1gb is fixed.
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I know it's physical but some of my apps don't hold their spot after time vs availability of free resources.
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Apps only get dumped from the RAM by the OS when the OS runs out of RAM to use.
So just time wouldn't affect an app getting dumped from the memory. Your problem is probably stemming from an app that continuously is using up more and more RAM.
rohan32 said:
Apps only get dumped from the RAM by the OS when the OS runs out of RAM to use.
So just time wouldn't affect an app getting dumped from the memory. Your problem is probably stemming from an app that continuously is using up more and more RAM.
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Actually, Sense also kills apps after a certain time limit (around 10-15 minutes) even if there is sufficient RAM. So, to answer the OP's question, YES, the physical limit of RAM as well as the arbitrary HTC Sense "time limit" will both kill a back-grounded app.
You can test this yourself easily. Reboot phone. Load two apps, then make note of your RAM usage. (You should still have a fair amount left with only two apps open.) Let phone sleep. Open phone 15 minutes later, verify RAM is roughly the same as you left it, use recent apps key to select an app, and boom, one or both apps will reload. :-(
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rohan32 said:
Apps only get dumped from the RAM by the OS when the OS runs out of RAM to use.
So just time wouldn't affect an app getting dumped from the memory. Your problem is probably stemming from an app that continuously is using up more and more RAM.
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not true. the OS will dump an app if its been idle in the background for too long even if there is a sufficient amount of free memory. I post a similar thread about it the other day.
I have noticed that I am constantly using 1.2 gigs of ram. I was just wondering if this was normal. I see some lag when it gets up there and constantly have to clear them ram.
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johnnilsson said:
I have noticed that I am constantly using 1.2 gigs of ram. I was just wondering if this was normal. I see some lag when it gets up there and constantly have to clear them ram.
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how many apps do u have? my phone at most goes to about 900mb
i sometimes have slow down w/ 780mb ram. only occasional though.
Im wondering if Supercharger script works for us. That helped with lag a lot on my last phone but that phone was crap. I run at 600 or 700 on startup.
Anyone think this is normal? I seem to get launcher redraws.
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Mine only shows 543 used. I am all stock.
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Damian2013 said:
Anyone think this is normal? I seem to get launcher redraws.
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go to the phones main settings, apps, running.. look at whats eating your ram.
Its normal for me
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I used to have around 800mb used. Nothing is eating my RAM in the settings.
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Its there to be used. The longer its on, the more you'll see it fill up - particularly if you're installing more apps that run.
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Damian2013 said:
Anyone think this is normal? I seem to get launcher redraws.
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Hi mate,
Normal RAM usage in Stock is around 1GB
Keep in mind, more RAM usage(<1.5GB), better would be your smartphone's performance.
Do not keep cleaning your RAM again and again
Do not install any battery sucker apps!
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Damian2013 said:
Anyone think this is normal? I seem to get launcher redraws.
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If using franco t33, go back to r32.
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Hi mate,
Do not keep cleaning your RAM again and again
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I have a terrible habit of this.
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Damian2013 said:
Anyone think this is normal? I seem to get launcher redraws.
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are you stock unrooted?
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I have a terrible habit of this.
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are you stock unrooted?
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Hi mate,
Please change your habit.
It's okay if you do it on low end devices and install task managers
But do not use it on devices having RAM > 1GB
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If using franco t33, go back to r32.
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I'm on 32 and PA beta 4.
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Back to normal. Weird.
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Normal is around 500mb.Look your apps running un background.
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Back to normal. Weird.
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Did you restart your phone?
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What I don't get is that 4.4 was supposed to drastically improve RAM usage, yet my Moto X which is still on 4.2.2 consistently has more free RAM available at any given time. Even if I do an end all in system panel, my X has 200mb more free RAM than the N5. It's not really a problem (I don't get redraws on my N5 but I do get tons of them on my N7), but I just don't understand it considering 4.4 was supposed to reduce the operating system's memory footprint.
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What I don't get is that 4.4 was supposed to drastically improve RAM usage, yet my Moto X which is still on 4.2.2 consistently has more free RAM available at any given time. Even if I do an end all in system panel, my X has 200mb more free RAM than the N5. It's not really a problem (I don't get redraws on my N5 but I do get tons of them on my N7), but I just don't understand it considering 4.4 was supposed to reduce the operating system's memory footprint.
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Android 4.4 does what its doing, on lower end devices or people who make roms can call ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice() to activate kitkats ram saving feature ensuring it will not exceed that 512MB hard limit because the Nexus 5 is a flag ship device like the moto x it does not need to call the lowramdevice API google has added in Android 4.4 kitkat so thats why sometimes the ram usage is high.
There is another simple way to check your ram go to developer options then process stats if it says its normal then its normal don't worry about a thing.
The beauty of android is that it will optimize its memory itself you do not need to tap that multitask button and swype all those cards away as it manages its own memory for example
As in this game vector the OS realizes that it needs more ram... Fine android optimized the memory and suspended some apps if you look at the graph you see the dip slightly rose indicating more ram that can be used
1GB used is norml for me, too: Stock + Rooted
You can use apps like Android Tuner to view which apps are consuming what amount of RAM exactly.
Attached is a screenshot of my Nexus 5 after closing all apps in the Android task switcher.
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Android 4.4 does what its doing, on lower end devices or people who make roms can call ActivityManager.isLowRamDevice() to activate kitkats ram saving feature ensuring it will not exceed that 512MB hard limit because the Nexus 5 is a flag ship device like the moto x it does not need to call the lowramdevice API google has added in Android 4.4 kitkat so thats why sometimes the ram usage is high.
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Ahhh, so it's an on demand thing. Thanks bud, that clears up some confusion.
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1GB used is norml for me, too: Stock + Rooted
You can use apps like Android Tuner to view which apps are consuming what amount of RAM exactly.
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Process stats in developer options will show it too, and it will only display the ones that you can force close
I was asking about that too. So after all of this, why my previous nexus 4 with same apps was running nice and smooth with more free ram than nexus5? they have the same amount of ram, same cpu manufacturer (yeah different models but.. )... so what about it? I'm talking about both the nexi with stock rooted rom.
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I have flashed the android lollipop build LRX21O in my nexus 5 .
But it seems that the system is using 1.1 - 1.2 gb of ram, even though I am not using it, leaving only half of the ram for applications.
I noticed some lag also when the system is using around 1.2gb of ram.
so, please tell me is it a bug that is causing this ...???
And am I the only one facing this problem... ???
This is my current situation. Screenshot your situation.
Petty good here
I'm using about over 500mb of ram. Try a reflash?
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I noticed it happens after some time. It takes hours to increase RAM consumption. After you reboot your phone, it will be okay for few hours but later on you will find that usage of RAM by system is over 1 Gb and causes restarts of apps. Everyday reboot as a temporary solution
guys .. i wanted to ask you something if what is the most effective way to decrease my ram usage cause it almost reaches 700 mb .. please help ..
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memae008 said:
guys .. i wanted to ask you something if what is the most effective way to decrease my ram usage cause it almost reaches 700 mb .. please help ..
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If you're rooted, you can use Greenify to hibernate apps that you want accessible, but not necessarily running in the background.
Samsung's TouchWiz is a heavy ROM, and there's probably a lot of features that are running that you don't use. Turn them off in settings, hibernate them with Greenify, or disable them entirely in your app manager.
Other than that, just leave it be. Apps that you use frequently you want to keep running in the background, and yes, taking up RAM. This way they quickly load. Apps running in the background don't drain your battery significantly, but loading them up every time you want to use them because you've killed them with a task manager does.
Don't obsess over RAM usage. RAM is there to be used.
thanks sir ..
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Dont know