Frequent lag and stutters on the 3XL - Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion

This is my 2nd pixel 3 xl, the first one had lag in lockscreen and some choppy animations when going from app to another. My replacement is better but not by much, there's still stutter here and there. Specially when pulling the most recent apps.
I'm very disappointed in this phone, I really tried to like it but at this price point this is really annoying. Looks like google did very sloppy work optimising this phone, specially that it comes with the snapdragon 845.
Google will probably release an update, but there's no guarantee that this will be fixed.
Anyone else experience these issues ?
Update:
So I picked up the iPhone XS today and installed all my google apps and managed to sync all my contacts. The difference in my experience when it comes to fluidity between the 3 XL and the XS is night and day. Everything runs so smooth without any hiccups. I’ve also noticed the screen is better to look at as it has a more pleasing colour temperature. I’m keeping the XL to see what the December update is going to address but for now, the iPhone is just in a different league.

Yes, I have occurences of lags here and there. I reboot my phone every morning to hopefully clean things out but it doesn't seem to help.

garyHal said:
Yes, I have occurences of lags here and there. I reboot my phone every morning to hopefully clean things out but it doesn't seem to help.
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I've been doing the same, rebooting my phone here and there.

Glad to see someone else have something similar. Sorry for being mean. It's just when Ive made my threads or post about these it looked as it was dusted under a rug, noone would answer. This is my second XL and I think it's slower than my first. Buttons on the side work better tho. Even before I bought the phone I had concerns. Looked to me like Google made a half as$ product. It's also very interesting as I'm ok with all physical aspects of the phone, even okay with new gesture setup, I actually love it, it works for my use but speeds, snappyness and transitions those piss me off
Returning this one soon and ordered a new one with black Friday discount.
I'm sucking everything up for this. Camera, love it.

I run a custom kernel and the phone runs great! So, we know Google is working on the memory leaks and will release a fix soon, maybe even in a week.
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Waiting for the day OnePlus makes a pixel phone ?

virtyx said:
Waiting for the day Google buys out OnePlus ?
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Fixed it for you.
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Waiting for the day Google buys out OnePlus ?
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Fixed!

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Fixed it for you.
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Fixed!
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thjey can seriously learn a thing or two from OP.

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thjey can seriously learn a thing or two from OP.
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For sure! As for the double post XDA didn't show my post even minutes after I typed and submitted it RIP.

My 3XL is starting to do the same thing. It stutters and lags switching between apps and using the lock screen. Good to see I'm not the only having this issue and hopefully it's something they'll address with a hot fix.

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Nodrod said:
My 3XL is starting to do the same thing. It stutters and lags switching between apps and using the lock screen. Good to see I'm not the only having this issue and hopefully it's something they'll address with a hot fix.
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Looking forward to that update . I’ve seen some on reddit having the same issue.

I was also experiencing this issue. I rooted and changed the CPU Governor to performance and I haven't had the issue since so it's definitely something that is easily fixable

Mine lags, stutters, and becomes completely unresponsive at times. I think it is all due to Ram management. Things just completely crash as it's trying to clear everything out. I really hope they fix this. I didn't have this problem on my 2xl with the same amount of ram so it's surprising
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Nodrod said:
My 3XL is starting to do the same thing. It stutters and lags switching between apps and using the lock screen. Good to see I'm not the only having this issue and hopefully it's something they'll address with a hot fix.
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I was also experiencing this issue. I rooted and changed the CPU Governor to performance and I haven't had the issue since so it's definitely something that is easily fixable
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Good to hear but does the battery take a hit at performance ?

malek777 said:
Good to hear but does the battery take a hit at performance ?
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definitely
it makes all cores run at maximum.... not recommended can cause over-heating, etc

Mine with stock kernel + Magisk 17.3 seems to run out of memory a few times a day, requiring a reboot.
This is even after multiple reinstalls of Android with full format of sdcard.
Logcat attached.
Code:
11-26 10:19:23.718 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Killing because cache 154232kB is below limit 221184kB for oom_adj 900
11-26 10:19:23.718 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Free memory is -452kB below reserved
11-26 10:19:23.718 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Unable to free enough memory (pages to free=80753, pages freed=0)
11-26 10:19:23.719 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Killing because cache 155376kB is below limit 221184kB for oom_adj 900
11-26 10:19:23.719 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Free memory is -1808kB below reserved
11-26 10:19:23.719 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Unable to free enough memory (pages to free=81092, pages freed=0)
11-26 10:19:23.720 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Killing because cache 153804kB is below limit 221184kB for oom_adj 900
11-26 10:19:23.720 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Free memory is -164kB below reserved
11-26 10:19:23.720 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Unable to free enough memory (pages to free=80681, pages freed=0)
11-26 10:19:23.723 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Killing because cache 150856kB is below limit 221184kB for oom_adj 900
11-26 10:19:23.723 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Free memory is 2488kB above reserved
11-26 10:19:23.723 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Unable to free enough memory (pages to free=80018, pages freed=0)
11-26 10:19:23.734 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Killing because cache 147676kB is below limit 221184kB for oom_adj 900
11-26 10:19:23.734 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Free memory is 4412kB above reserved
11-26 10:19:23.734 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Unable to free enough memory (pages to free=79537, pages freed=0)
11-26 10:19:23.735 8111 8111 I android.tasker: The ClassLoaderContext is a special shared library.
11-26 10:19:23.746 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Killing because cache 152720kB is below limit 221184kB for oom_adj 900
11-26 10:19:23.746 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Free memory is -256kB below reserved
11-26 10:19:23.746 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Unable to free enough memory (pages to free=80704, pages freed=0)
11-26 10:19:23.747 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Killing because cache 151736kB is below limit 221184kB for oom_adj 900
11-26 10:19:23.747 840 840 I lowmemorykiller: Free memory is 248kB above reserved

smallsmx301 said:
Mine lags, stutters, and becomes completely unresponsive at times. I think it is all due to Ram management. Things just completely crash as it's trying to clear everything out. I really hope they fix this. I didn't have this problem on my 2xl with the same amount of ram so it's surprising
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Same here, my 2XL didn’t suffer from the same issues or at least very were minor.
What’s surprising is that when the 3XL reviews came out , most reviewers agreed that the 3XL had the smoothest experience of all android phones. They either had no software issues or they actually didn’t use the phone long enough ?

malek777 said:
Good to hear but does the battery take a hit at performance ?
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Overall battery life is about 4.5hrs of screen time on ~15 hour off the charger. Usually end the day with about 30% left. Haven't had any overheating issues though at all. Phone hasn't even gotten warm yet for me. That could be due to the multitasking bug though

Mine stutters from time to time. Restarting once a day usually solves it. Really hope fixes are coming on Monday with the security patch.
This is embarrassing for Google and especially at this price point.

It seems that the only time I had it really slow and steering was when I was trying to root it and, maybe, something got messed up. Once I ran the Google full factory 'reset' it was back to being fast and fluid again. I'm sorry that you're having so many issues with this particular phone. I do have all the animations turned off in the developer options, so that might be a reason why my phone may seem fluid and fast?

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Low Available Memory

When my phone just started it is about 180, then it dropped to 90 after extensive use (20ish minutes).
That is even after using advanced task killer...
Anyone else experiencing this?
That's still plenty o' memory.
Keep in mind that there's a lot of folks getting good performance out of Droids, Milestones, etc, that have half the RAM (256) to start with, and hover around 20-30mb free in normal operation.
I was curious about this myself and was going to make a thread about it soon. Regardless of if it's enough free memory, I'm still a little confused as to where all my memory is going. When I close everything with TasKiller, I can get to about 175 MB of RAM free. I have a friend with an EVO that always gets well over 200 MB free, and I imagine that the HTC Sense UI would use a lot more memory than Launcher Pro (which is what I'm using)... but I could be wrong.
I can hit about 230 free after killing all tasks. I uninstalled all the ATT apps not sure if that had anything to do with it. I also use Touchwiz with only 2 Widgets accross 2 home screens.
maybe its android 2.1 that has a cap on the memory
Guys, a little piece of advice if you're new to Android. Don't sweat memory usage, if it's above 40mb free you're generally doing just fine.
And those apps that are using memory aren't using much if any CPU cycles or power, most are just cached in case you need them, and are wiped out of the cache if something else needs the memory.
On the other hand, if you're killing a lot of background tasks by reflex, those tasks are taking MORE time and power to reload again if they're no longer cached, plus there's the overhead of the Task Killer. It's especially bad if you have a Task Killer set to auto-kill apps, even more overhead as the task killer has to remain active to sniff for things to auto-kill.
Task Killers are the devil, and they're like crack. Just walk away.
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maybe its android 2.1 that has a cap on the memory
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Thats what some people are saying. They said we should see more avail RAM when the 2.2 update comes out. Or if someone can do some kernel wizardry.
The specs on the box do not mention any amount of RAM. I would be unhappy if ATT only put in 256! I didn't look through the manual maybe it says in there.
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Thats what some people are saying. They said we should see more avail RAM when the 2.2 update comes out. Or if someone can do some kernel wizardry.
The specs on the box do not mention any amount of RAM. I would be unhappy if ATT only put in 256! I didn't look through the manual maybe it says in there.
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im going to look into this more cause thats strange but i dont think you should worry much about the ram cause like it was said before if u have 40mb free ur still good
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maybe its android 2.1 that has a cap on the memory
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Indeed that seems to be the case, many threads about the issue can be found elsewhere on xda or google. Also this technical article from google: developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.htm (I can't post links yet)
yep ur right says more mem support at near bottom http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.html
2.6.32 kernel upgrade
HIGHMEM support for RAM >256MB
so it seems cause of the kernel
Well that's interesting. So you're saying that no matter what, right now we're only accessing 256 MB of RAM? I hadn't heard that before about 2.1, but that would be cool if our RAM essentially doubled in 2.2 (along with the massive CPU speed gains seen).
Again, it's not so much being worried that I'm going to run out of memory. It's simply a discussion on what people think we should be seeing. I'm certain that I don't have enough running to use 300 MB of RAM, which is why the question was raised. So I think we have our answer now and can rest easy waiting for 2.2.
As for the task killers... I honestly am more worried about CPU cycles for things I've left in the background than RAM. I've noticed my phone basically hang for a few seconds every so often, and I can only assume that something in the background is causing it. I'm going to turn off auto kill and not kill tasks manually for a while and see if there is any difference during use.
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im going to look into this more cause thats strange but i dont think you should worry much about the ram cause like it was said before if u have 40mb free ur still good
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40? No. 40mb of free RAM is unacceptable with todays smartphones on the market. I own a Captivate as well as a Nexus One and my Nexus consistently has 200-250 avail RAM. However when they first released the phone they only released it with 256 avail making my phone normally read about 120- 130 avail RAM. Now its been opened up to the 512(unless it had already been rooted) and it is much quicker than before. I'm wondering if something similar has been done with this phone.
well if it does have more than 256 mb it will be able to recognize rest in 2.2 as you said about ur nexus one maybe its just that the software on the captivate thats showing less you never know just gotta wait till some dev figures it out hopefully not to long
My phone is reporting 325mb of RAM, so I'm not sure if this is the same kernel limitation. I would appreciate if anyone could enlighten me as to whether or not the full 512 I was under the impression this phone possessed will be available under 2.2.
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My phone is reporting 325mb of RAM, so I'm not sure if this is the same kernel limitation. I would appreciate if anyone could enlighten me as to whether or not the full 512 I was under the impression this phone possessed will be available under 2.2.
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That's exactly the limitation being talked about. Yes, 512 will be available after 2.2.
Until then, don't worry about it. Don't install a task killer, they just waste your time worrying about it. The OS has built in levels of memory where it starts to kill off different types of apps from background idle, all the way up to foreground active if entirely necessary. It WILL kill the extra apps if you need the memory.
I have been running ATK constantly since I got my Captivate a couple days ago. Not really concerned with memory usage as much as battery life. So far I get one full day of use before recharge, but I expect that to go up once I stop turning on the screen every few minutes to play with it. Can auto task killing negatively affect battery life?

[Q] Froyo 2.2 - where is all the memory?

I had read that Eclair could only access 256MB of the Cappy's system memory and that Froyo was going to be able to access all 512MB.
But I'm still seeing 80MB free after flashing to Froyo same as 2.1.
And the problem of diminishing memory is still occurring after the phone has been sitting idle overnight I'll wake it and have like 60MB free or once even worse w/ 25MB free.
Using Ultimate Juice, Adv.Task Killer And Titanium Backup(froze many unnecessary apps), but still horrible memory management on the part of Android. I was hoping Froyo was going to be better.
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I had read that Eclair could only access 256MB of the Cappy's system memory and that Froyo was going to be able to access all 512MB.
But I'm still seeing 80MB free after flashing to Froyo same as 2.1.
And the problem of diminishing memory is still occurring after the phone has been sitting idle overnight I'll wake it and have like 60MB free or once even worse w/ 25MB free.
Using Ultimate Juice, Adv.Task Killer And Titanium Backup(froze many unnecessary apps), but still horrible memory management on the part of Android. I was hoping Froyo was going to be better.
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That was a test release, and it was a bad buggy one at that. I wouldn't put too much value in it. I would also expect that we will have more than one "official" Froyo release as it continues to get tweaked.
I was seeing 304 Mb TOTAL, of which < 130Mb was available in task manager. More than 256Mb, but still not the 512Mb expected in 2.2.
Yeah, about 300 is available with Eclair, not 256.
Let's get over it. You will NEVER see all 512MB in Galaxy S. Samsung happens to count the shared video memory (128MB) as the total RAM which technically is correct but that video memory will never be counted by OS because you can't load programs into it.
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Let's get over it. You will NEVER see all 512MB in Galaxy S. Samsung happens to count the shared video memory (128MB) as the total RAM which technically is correct but that video memory will never be counted by OS because you can't load programs into it.
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we are seeing 304 mb then we should be seeing 384 mb
tjsooley said:
we are seeing 304 mb then we should be seeing 384 mb
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Other things also need ram such as the cellular radio.
And os.
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This thread in the I9000 forum goes into detail.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792512&highlight=512mb
Basically theres a rather large "blackhole" of ram that is reserved for an unknown purpose. Some say graphics, some even say its a bad part of the chip that Samsung covers up. Nobody knows for certain. HIGHMEM support is supposedly already enabled even in 2.1 builds. Our only hope is that Samsung gets their act together and fixes it.
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This thread in the I9000 forum goes into detail.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=792512&highlight=512mb
Our only hope is that Samsung gets their act together and fixes it.
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Oh I hope not!
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[POLL] RAM consumption test request

It looks like KJ3 ROM on captivate uses more RAM that KH3. To confirm this can I reuest guys to post their RAM usage for KH, KI and all KJ versions. Please use TaskManager to clear memory and note the base RAM......it may not be accurate but will give an idea. In my experience KH3 runs around 170 MB and KJ3 is at 230 MB.
Thanks for any input
im on a kj3 rom using about 230 myself.
RAM in android is SUPPOSED to be used... free RAM is wasted RAM.
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RAM in android is SUPPOSED to be used... free RAM is wasted RAM.
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only true if the ram is taken by cache not some unknow process/bloatware.
erbsmokah said:
im on a kj3 rom using about 230 myself.
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Thanks, erbsmokah for your input.
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RAM in android is SUPPOSED to be used... free RAM is wasted RAM.
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Yes, but if you follow peoples comments on KJ3, like I am doing, KJ3 is using a much larger RAM amount, AND when further customized by adding apps, live wallpapers etc, is actually SLOWING the phone considerably. This making the phone real sluggish........which is new for a android ROM......??
EDIT: would you mind sharing your ROM and RAM?
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only true if the ram is taken by cache not some unknow process/bloatware.
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I agree with this especially on the KJ3......Something is different in what is running in the background, and I hope I can investigate if this turns out to be true for other people.
I agree and went back to fatsy ki rom and it stays faster longer without lag.
I also monitor free ram and once it gets below 40, it lags badly, over 50 it flies.
I think this phone really needed 1 gig like the gs2
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electroau said:
I think this phone really needed 1 gig like the gs2
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+1, if the captivate had more ram, I'd still be using it.
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+1, if the captivate had more ram, I'd still be using it.
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+1 I myself am willing to agree..........if this RAM usage is a consensus on KJ3 then maybe the cappy is reaching its last usable ROM update? This is important to know......
EDIT: Of course, since this a leak release, then ATT/Samsung are fooling around with this build........., and maybe come back to normal on next leak ?? As a captivate owner, I would like to know what life my phone has as a "advanced" device........
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Yes, but if you follow peoples comments on KJ3, like I am doing, KJ3 is using a much larger RAM amount, AND when further customized by adding apps, live wallpapers etc, is actually SLOWING the phone considerably. This making the phone real sluggish........which is new for a android ROM......??
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Fusion x beta kj3 267mb Ram used ATM. But no lag whatsoever.
If you find that the ram does get bogged down just on this firmware version then perhaps the lmk settings in the kernel aren't as aggressive, which would be easily fixed by SOURCE CODE.
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Fusion x beta kj3 267mb Ram used ATM. But no lag whatsoever.
If you find that the ram does get bogged down just on this firmware version then perhaps the lmk settings in the kernel aren't as aggressive, which would be easily fixed by SOURCE CODE.
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Point well taken........
But due you expect LMK to let ~100 MB slip by? It seems a little too much, since the limit on cappy is about 370 (usable). I would think we so much consumption LMK would kick in earlier?????
My KJ3 is using 227 MB. Free memory is ~50 MB. It lags significantly at times. However, I used Auto Memory Manager and set the Android internal task killer to "aggressive" and it keeps ~100 MB free an there is not lag at all now. I haven't noticed (yet) that apps get killed prematurely, which could be an issue with this setting. I'm using the Samurai 1.2 kernel overclocked to 1.252 GHz (no Voodoo lag fix). Other than the occasional black screen on the Gallery, my Captivate has been running pretty fast and seems to have as good a battery life as I remember ever having.
Edit #1: I don't think Auto Memory Manager is needed with Samurai 1.2. This kernel is tweaked already. I set Auto Memory Manager back to default settings, uninstalled it, then re-installed the kernel.
Here's another tip, move all of your apps from the internal SD card to phone memory. Having them on the SD card cause significant lag, crashing, and rebooting for me.
Edit #2: I switched to Pinnacle 1.3 with the latest Boog's kernel, and my KH3 is using 329 MB (the same as KJ3 I was using before (I must have made a typo above when I claimed 227 MB on KJ3 (I verified this before I switched to KH3/Pinnacle)). What governs how much RAM is used? Does it really make any difference? Free memory makes a huge difference in lag, however.
On latest MIUI and i have ~200 MBs of free memory!
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Surely not that much... M on miui too n the lowest I get is 80,otherwise I am up there at 130ish... But then I have a crapload of services in the background. But yes, I do get 200 when I clear memory.
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Leaky Ram

Hey Guys,
I am relatively new to the world of Android being an IOS man until I took the plunge and got this cracking little Nexus.
One thing I have come across is how I seem to be losing RAM over about a period of an hour or so. On a restart my RAM reads about 1.3gb free. After some time it goes to 900mb free. I have APPs like Advanced Task Manager freeing up RAM every hour but thought that someone may have come up with a software tweak or solution that may stem the flow.
I am running a rooted with standard ROM and ElementalX Kernel.
Cheers
Jason
jasonst165 said:
Hey Guys,
I am relatively new to the world of Android being an IOS man until I took the plunge and got this cracking little Nexus.
One thing I have come across is how I seem to be losing RAM over about a period of an hour or so. On a restart my RAM reads about 1.3gb free. After some time it goes to 900mb free. I have APPs like Advanced Task Manager freeing up RAM every hour but thought that someone may have come up with a software tweak or solution that may stem the flow.
I am running a rooted with standard ROM and ElementalX Kernel.
Cheers
Jason
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using apps that use ram to then try free it up try remove these type of apps and check after a few hours
jasonst165 said:
Hey Guys,
I am relatively new to the world of Android being an IOS man until I took the plunge and got this cracking little Nexus.
One thing I have come across is how I seem to be losing RAM over about a period of an hour or so. On a restart my RAM reads about 1.3gb free. After some time it goes to 900mb free. I have APPs like Advanced Task Manager freeing up RAM every hour but thought that someone may have come up with a software tweak or solution that may stem the flow.
I am running a rooted with standard ROM and ElementalX Kernel.
Cheers
Jason
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Thats not a issue , not in android the less free ram you have the better.. if you search google you'll know and also dont use any app killer.
There's really no need to use apps to free up ram. We got 2gb of ram
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Free ram is wasted ram, don't use any stupid task killers and forget about it
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So remove those APPs and it runs better with less RAM.
The revers of what Im used to :silly:
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So remove those APPs and it runs better with less RAM.
The revers of what Im used to :silly:
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You could check RAM usage on iOS? (Genuine question, not a poke at Apple )
Always let android handle itself. I have used android since the HTC G1 and android keeps getting better and better managing itself. Don't use apps that help with the android system. They make it harder for the managing to do what it has to do. Let android do it.
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A memory leak is when a single app (or multiple apps) leak into memory. This would mean if you look in RAM, app1 is using 10MB. Then an hour later app1 is using 40MB, then an hour later, app1 is using 100MB. Its only a leak if the particular app is grabbing more memory and never releasing it.
What is described here is just RAM being used, which as already covered by everyone else, is a good thing
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As posted, let Android manage the RAM. It has become quite the mature operating system over the past few years. It will know when to remove an app from RAM when it needs to free some up.
As a general point of why you basically want less free RAM: RAM uses the same amount of power whether you have 2gb free or 1 byte free. The entire stick is powered on. When you cold-boot an app, it spins up the CPU to do what it needs to do to load it into memory (compile it in the case of a JIT compiler, etc). After you do what you want to do in that app, it's fine to keep in RAM. Again, that RAM is going to either be useful, or sit there empty, doing nothing. The advantage happens when/if you want to access that app in the future. If you offloaded it, the CPU has to spin up again (which uses power) and load it into memory. If it's still in memory, it just looks at the pointers in memory and addresses it. And this is where Android has matured and knows how to handle itself: when you leave all your apps open, open another one, and reach your RAM limit, Android knows which app to offload. I don't know the exact formula, but I'm betting time last accessed is a huge (heck, it could be the only; I simply don't know) factor.
And as @rootSU mentioned, this is all assuming normal behavior. If you do actually have a memory leak, that is bad, but you are describing normal RAM usage.

High android memory usage, is this normal?

I have an Unlocked bootloader, latest v33 kernel, and build 253, my androidOS sometimes goes high to 1.0gb usage, is this normal?
Yup
mr_negative16 said:
I have an Unlocked bootloader, latest v33 kernel, and build 253, my androidOS sometimes goes high to 1.0gb usage, is this normal?
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Yes its normal.My Z5 now have 900mb in Android OS.
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Thanks to both of you
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Thanks to both of you
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Everyone should know this by now, DO NOT USE ram cleaning apps, they are USELESS. Leave android to deal with the memory management, android is rather good at it . Ram cleaning apps just waste battery and cause instability. Higher memory usage is better because it means more things are cached in the ram for faster overall performance. Just ignore the memory usage.
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Everyone should know this by now, DO NOT USE ram cleaning apps, they are USELESS. Leave android to deal with the memory management, android is rather good at it . Ram cleaning apps just waste battery and cause instability. Higher memory usage is better because it means more things are cached in the ram for faster overall performance. Just ignore the memory usage.
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Is it true that if you use greenify, and it hibernated facebook ( for example), will it waste more battery to open facrbook?
Just bought the phone yesterday. I got lots of ram used too...
Dont worry about used ram.Android Os by self use Ram memory,fill and clean by OS needs.
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mr_negative16 said:
Is it true that if you use greenify, and it hibernated facebook ( for example), will it waste more battery to open facrbook?
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Greenify is an exception, it works fine
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Vengeance66 said:
Just bought the phone yesterday. I got lots of ram used too...
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Don't bother about it,its normal.

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