Bionic Total amount of Ram

[Timmaaay4]

1st off this thing is a huge upgrade vs OG Droid.
How much Ram Total do you guys have i added both what is being used 332MB and Free 334MB for a total of 666MB or Ram. So my question is, is there some not showing for Webtop or did i just get some cheap DDr 2 ram that is over 334MB of Ram short. I know it is a crap shoot when it comes to Ram and Hard Drives but come on i am missing 1/4 of what it supposedly has. would love to here how much everyone else has.

 

[rushmore]

Webtop is taking a few hundred megs and the gpu take about 50. Seems Webtop takes about 2.4gb of flash storage as well.

It is a big fat leech if you do not use Webtop.

 

[HadouGhost]

the bionic does the same thing the atrix does. Technically in your hand using it as a smartphone its only utilizing 512mb of ram. the full 1gig doesnt kick in until you use the webtop app. they like to tote that its 1gig, and it is, but they dont tell you exactly how the 1gig works.

 

[Yeah Droidzzz]

In "Storage Settings" I see:

Application Storage:
Available Space: 3.53 GB

Internal Storage:
Total Space: 8.0 GB
Available: 7.99 GB

SD Card:
Total Space: 14.89 GB
Available: 14.89 GB

*Looks like roughly 16 GB for internal, and a bit under 15 for the SD card*

 

[dguy]

the bionic does the same thing the atrix does. Technically in your hand using it as a smartphone its only utilizing 512mb of ram. the full 1gig doesnt kick in until you use the webtop app. they like to tote that its 1gig, and it is, but they dont tell you exactly how the 1gig works.

This is incorrect. The Android OS has full access to the 1GB of RAM on both the Atrix and the Bionic. There are many applications that can verify this including just about every task manager there is.

 

[thatguy188]

So now somebody has to come up with a way of how to remove all this Webtop crap to free it up I sure as heck will never use it.

 

[Timmaaay4]

In "Storage Settings" I see:

Application Storage:
Available Space: 3.53 GB

Internal Storage:
Total Space: 8.0 GB
Available: 7.99 GB

SD Card:
Total Space: 14.89 GB
Available: 14.89 GB

*Looks like roughly 16 GB for internal, and a bit under 15 for the SD card*

go under manage apps
then running

 

[Yeah Droidzzz]

go under manage apps
then running

Oh, I see what you mean. I have 355 MB used, 341 MB free. Sorry for my confusion.

 

[Timmaaay4]

no problem you are under 700 as well

 

[Vehtemas]

This is incorrect. The Android OS has full access to the 1GB of RAM on both the Atrix and the Bionic. There are many applications that can verify this including just about every task manager there is.

I saw this somewhere as well.

However, I don't remember what it is...

Ah well, I am very pleased with the performance on my phone

 

[xmr405o]

This is incorrect. The Android OS has full access to the 1GB of RAM on both the Atrix and the Bionic. There are many applications that can verify this including just about every task manager there is.

Yeah that was a rumor that wasn't true. I believe the Atrix and the Bionic allocate about 250-300mb to the OS. It keeps or at least tries to keep the main OS RAM sufficient to avoid crashing.

 

[Vehtemas]

Yeah that was a rumor that wasn't true. I believe the Atrix and the Bionic allocate about 250-300mb to the OS. It keeps or at least tries to keep the main OS RAM sufficient to avoid crashing.

This would make sense and also correlate to what I see when I look at the Manage Apps>Running Apps screen.

 

[HadouGhost]

This is incorrect. The Android OS has full access to the 1GB of RAM on both the Atrix and the Bionic. There are many applications that can verify this including just about every task manager there is.

Really now? Well all of the stuff i've researched must be wrong then. hm. ohwell.

in my honest opinion 512 of atleast the DDR2 ram which is whats in the Droid 3, will be sufficient enough for these generation oh phones. youre not gonna choke up 512 of ram unless youre multi tasking like a freakin hero.

 

[rushmore]

Really now? Well all of the stuff i've researched must be wrong then. hm. ohwell.

in my honest opinion 512 of atleast the DDR2 ram which is whats in the Droid 3, will be sufficient enough for these generation oh phones. youre not gonna choke up 512 of ram unless youre multi tasking like a freakin hero.

Good point, since the apps do not account for all the RAM. If allocated for a core function the ram would be invisible to the memory address checking (hence only adding up to 700mb). Webtop and the GPU appear to have it on reserve.

 

[xmr405o]

Really now? Well all of the stuff i've researched must be wrong then. hm. ohwell.

in my honest opinion 512 of atleast the DDR2 ram which is whats in the Droid 3, will be sufficient enough for these generation oh phones. youre not gonna choke up 512 of ram unless youre multi tasking like a freakin hero.

I dont disagree with 512mb being sufficient because the d3 is plenty fast too! DDR2 is great!

Off Topic- I could have sworn your Screen name was just 'Ghost where did Hadou come from. haha.

 

[Vehtemas]

Really now? Well all of the stuff i've researched must be wrong then. hm. ohwell.

in my honest opinion 512 of atleast the DDR2 ram which is whats in the Droid 3, will be sufficient enough for these generation oh phones. youre not gonna choke up 512 of ram unless youre multi tasking like a freakin hero.

My phone has exactly 377 MB used and 293 MB free, adding up to 670 MB. I have checked every two hours for the past 2 days and it is always CLOSE to if not exactly this total.

It seems like the rest of the 1GB is stored for the OS/Webtop allocation since there is no System marked as taking RAM.

Overall I am fine with this, I like how the OS has RAM allocated to it so that it will always run smooth

 

[Timmaaay4]

mine is always adds up to the same amount to. yes the phone is supper fast with no lag for now,but my concern is not now but in a year when who knows what is out there. hopefully someone can get the extra 300mb of ram free at some point.
it does make my fell better that no one seems to have more than 700mb and that the other 300 is just hanging out somewhere on my phone vs not being there but would still love to check somehow.