RAM Upgrade?

[heptagram]

Greetings!

I would like to know whether it is possible to upgrade the RAM of a GT-I9300 device, and where...

Thank you for your responses!

 

[BynoUK]

Far as I'm aware the asnswer is nope!

 

[svim]

Far as I'm aware the asnswer is nope!

Yeah, unless you're really good with a soldering iron and adept with reading schematics adding physical RAM to your S3 isn't a viable option. About the best you can do to kinda/sorta 'add' RAM is to root your phone. That will allow you to add a different, more efficient ROM than the stock Android ROM or at the very least allow you to disable or remove a lot of the often unnecessary Samsung cruft. While your phone will still have the same amount of RAM as always you'll notice better overall responsiveness and an increase in battery life.

 

[heptagram]

Could you, please, recommend a ROM?

Sincerely,
heptagram.

 

[svim]

There's an over-abundance of sources online for this topic. At the bottom of this board there's some really good rooting/ROM info organized by S3 models. Your GT-I9300 is the 'International' model isn't it?
(International) Galaxy S3 - All Things Root - Android Forums
I found this site to be really helpful too:
Galaxy S3 ROMs | GalaxyS3Root.com
Also, the Android Central site has a lot of pertinent stuff:
How to Root Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

 

[heptagram]

Yes, it's the international version. I am getting the sense that the US version is much better with the 2GB RAM! It's suffocating to have such a powerful device with 1GB only... Real bottleneck!

I will have to like it as it is.

 

[funkylogik]

Tbh there isnt much of a performance difference between the US and international s3 (the US ones are only dual core).
Im a heavy user and have never felt the need for more ram (although more is always better).
Where (in what situations) do you feel that youre lacking in ram mate?

 

[heptagram]

Most of the times it works slow, for example when pressing the home button, etc.

I shudder at the thought that the device uses about 700MB RAM out of 831MB (~84% usage), which is not even the 1GB that it is marketed with.

Anyway, I like it as it is.

 

[BynoUK]

If you're running stock then Touchwiz is a likely resource hog there bud. After rooting mine and running Slimkat it was like having a new phone (plus I much prefer a more vanilla android)

 

[sizzlingtycoon]

Hi, though am new here too, but have been following other such forums for a long time. I would suggest you to google this, "Dirty Unicorns Rom v8.1".
You might not understand, i guess, for am taking you to be newbie here, but trust me you'll definitely find it helpful.
Also if you can manage to get your device rooted, there are many tutorials which will help you gain some ram, one of which is by "Partitioning the SD-card and adding it to the RAM.
Google helps all, coz it isn't any rationalist

 

[funkylogik]

Theres a common saying in android mate "unused ram is wasted ram"... having your ram 95% used shouldnt slow anything down.. it should actually speed up opening commonly used and cached apps.
Lag in the home button could be caused by u using the stock (touchwiz) launcher (homescreen ui) which is very laggy (try a launcher app like Nova instead) or if you have the home button set to double-tap for s-voice, then its waiting for that second tap before it returns to home.
As the others have said though, researching and putting on a custom aosp kitkat rom wil REALLY speed up the phone mate. All that samsung shit bogs the phone down :thumbup: