I'm a big fan of regularly clearing the RAM of my phone in task manager which usually takes the amount of free RAM to about 400MB. But all of a sudden it's started only having about 660MB free. I looked in active applications and there's nothing there. Can anybody suggest a reason as to why so much RAM is being used? Thanks in advance
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RAM issues
- Thread starter Lukeyy96
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sherlock5545
Android Expert
Android works better when RAM is being used. Free space is just wasted, let the OS manage it, you don't need to bother. Clearing RAM isn't necessary. It's not Windows, which gets slow once the RAM is filled. If the memory is close to get full, Android automatically shuts the recently less used app on memory.
rushmore
Extreme Android User
400mb or 660mb is fine for Android. It loads stuff up, regardless. Even the 2gb version gets loaded more than the 1gb version. Why? Because Android can. Not that it should, but that is how it was designed.
The real hardware constraint is actual I/O speed of the device and if single or dual channel throughput. Memory management on Android is different than Windows, so not an apple to apple convention.
The real hardware constraint is actual I/O speed of the device and if single or dual channel throughput. Memory management on Android is different than Windows, so not an apple to apple convention.
Rolo42
Android Enthusiast
Why? Unused RAM is wasted RAM. I hope you don't do this on your PC as well.
SUroot
Extreme Android User
Yes. By "clean" we're talking dish washer, right? Leaving in a wash basin is bad
rushmore
Extreme Android User
Due to the evil Windows design of memory management in the past, it is more than undertood why there is a common assumption of not enough ram. Not to mention some accuracy as well, since devices with funky low ram and poor allocation design DO have problems: G1, DX2 are two examples alone.
Seems anything above 1gb ram could be argued (for most cases) as perhaps too much and anything below 512mb as too little. That said, the more database, spreadsheet apps and 3D games start getting released, 2GB could be the standard down the road, for tablets anyway.
Seems anything above 1gb ram could be argued (for most cases) as perhaps too much and anything below 512mb as too little. That said, the more database, spreadsheet apps and 3D games start getting released, 2GB could be the standard down the road, for tablets anyway.