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SD Maid Effectiveness And Android's RAM

charlington

Well-Known Member
Hi. Is Android App SD Maid Very effective on the tasks it claims to do like purely cleaning up the phone?

Does it mean that the higher the Android's RAM the faster the phones speed in connection to tasks by phone applications and Wi-fi internet connection?
 
I use SD Maid Pro.

SD Maid Pro searches out trash that is sitting on memory and gives you the option to delete it or leave it alone.

It is highly unlikely that there would be a speed improvement by running SD Maid Pro.

The single most likely cause of performance problems ...

Temporary data is stored in the Cache Partition and it can become corrupted over time and really slow things down.

Periodically do a Wipe Cache Partition that deletes temporary data and does not touch permanent data, settings, or apps that you added.

... Thom
 
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1. SD Maid does not clean out RAM. You've got RAM confused with the memory.
2. SD Maid only cleans out the trash in your memory. Basically stuff consuming memory that shouldn't be there.
3. It doesn't speed up the phone by freeing RAM or memory. That's more of a side effect, since when apps open, they don't have to sort through their old cached data to see which are still relevant. Each app has a particular temp storage size that it keeps for cached data, which it checks every time it opens. If there's none, then it will load faster. The main idea for SD Maid is to clean out the stuff you don't need to tidy up the place. Any speed difference will be negligible mostly, and purely a side effect. Be wary however since SD Maid may also clean out stuff you saved offline. For example, it deletes YouTube videos set offline. You need to make excemptions in-app for some.
4. Think of it as a messy desk. You'll not necessarily work faster if you clean it out, but it does make things easier to find.
 
@chanchan05 , Thanks for the information, is there a known effective Android App that can clean up RAM and free it for fast execution of tasks?


Times when I am on a strong WI-FI hotspot I find my phone very slow in navigation to web pages and downloads, as compared to other adjacent android phones I have been wondering if this has to do with RAM, Times I have kept factory resetting my phone but after sometimes I still experience the issue. My phone is rooted & I uninstalled some system App in an attempt to increase WI-FI connectivity speed, However I installed many other from Google play store. Kindly clarify the issue and advise on what I can do to boost WI-FI connectivity
 
The Android model is Lenovo A1000

I can not find the clear answer with Google.

What is normally done is you enter Recovery Mode and from the menu select Wipe Cache. It may run for up to 10 minutes.

CAUTION - The same menu will have an entry for Factory Data Reset and that will wipe all data, settings, and apps that you added.

The safest thing I can recommend is to ask the person/store you bought it from how to do it or contact Lenovo.

... Thom
 
It's not RAM. You're not supposed to clean out RAM. The way Android is designed is to use up as much RAM as possible so that it can go faster and save battery. If you clean out RAM, Android will just repopulate RAM. My phone is running on 80% RAM used up and it doesn't lag.

Your phone is slow, because it's basically slow to begin with. It's got a low end CPU. Sure it's quad core, but it's designed for efficiency, not power. Your phone is using a 2 year old chipset, that even back then was considered entry level (read that as low performance). So basically it's going to be slower than most phones you see today. From what I can find, despite being quad core A7, it's slower than the dual core A9 on a Galaxy S2, which is already 5 years old. Hence, you're seeing that your phone is slow, because it actually is slow in the first placr.
 
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@ chanchan05 , Thanks for the information, in short you mean there is no way I can tweak the connectivity speed? it's not normally that slow but at times it is too slow that it doesn't navigation to different web pages.

I'm not good in tech knowledge on Android specs one should really look for when purchasing a phone when you really want to give speed priority.
I think in future I will consult you for advise when I decide to get another model whose speed is higher than this Lenovo A1000, I will look at models available in my country then I can send you the model names for speed based on CPU.
 
That app may or may not do a decent job of some of its other functions, but it also includes a "task killer", and the reasons why these are a bad thing are so well understood that they really shouldn't need repeating.
FREE UP RAM MEMORY
With our Android cleaner you can recover and free up RAM memory by killing unnecessary running tasks. It stops unused and hidden apps from using valuable system resources that could be better used by important apps.
Which in reality means "this app will conflict with your OS's own RAM management, use up more system resources and increase power drain". I really wonder whether the people who write these things don't understand Linux RAM management themselves, and so believe that this is helpful, or whether they are deliberately producing things they know are counter-productive because they've seen that there is a market for them?
 
Hi,
Thanks for the info
After installing this app
I see the only difference is that my internet became more stable over data connection
 
Hi,
Thanks for the info
After installing this app
I see the only difference is that my internet became more stable over data connection
Initially it won't be apparent. But over time your phone will slow down. Most of those complaining that their Androids slow down after a few months are those that use such task killer apps. I've used a Note 2 for 3 years which never slowed down despits having a lot of customizations done. And yet people keep on saying that Androids slow down over time. They don't.
 
@ chanchan05 , In regard to the initial speed issue I have been experiencing above, I have come across the following two androids phones in market here, based on the specs at GSMARENA.COM are they ideal for speed?
The phone models are:


Lenovo K5 Note - 5.5”

HTC Desire 728 Ultra – 5.5”
 
@ chanchan05 , In regard to the initial speed issue I have been experiencing above, I have come across the following two androids phones in market here, based on the specs at GSMARENA.COM are they ideal for speed?
The phone models are:


Lenovo K5 Note - 5.5”

HTC Desire 728 Ultra – 5.5”
Those two phones are using the same CPU type, cortex A53 octacores. The Lenovo however is clocked higher at 1.8Ghz compared to 1.3Ghz on the HTC. As for the phone speed, both are mid range devices whose speeds should do fine. Gaming may not be as good as on higher end devices but they should be ok. The A53 is still designed for efficiency, instead of power, but it's fast enough to be used as the power efficient cores on the Galaxy S6. Haven't found exact benchmarks for that CPU, but if I were to hazard a guess, the Lenovo should be more powerful than a Galaxy S4 in raw computing, maybe closer to an S5. The HTC will be slightly less powerful than that, but I don't think they'd be too noticeable.
 
The benchmark results for the Lenovo are crazily high, but it would generate lot of heat.
 
Those two phones are using the same CPU type, cortex A53 octacores. The Lenovo however is clocked higher at 1.8Ghz compared to 1.3Ghz on the HTC. As for the phone speed, both are mid range devices whose speeds should do fine. Gaming may not be as good as on higher end devices but they should be ok. The A53 is still designed for efficiency, instead of power, but it's fast enough to be used as the power efficient cores on the Galaxy S6. Haven't found exact benchmarks for that CPU, but if I were to hazard a guess, the Lenovo should be more powerful than a Galaxy S4 in raw computing, maybe closer to an S5. The HTC will be slightly less powerful than that, but I don't think they'd be too noticeable.
Those two phones are using the same CPU type, cortex A53 octacores. The Lenovo however is clocked higher at 1.8Ghz compared to 1.3Ghz on the HTC. As for the phone speed, both are mid range devices whose speeds should do fine. Gaming may not be as good as on higher end devices but they should be ok. The A53 is still designed for efficiency, instead of power, but it's fast enough to be used as the power efficient cores on the Galaxy S6. Haven't found exact benchmarks for that CPU, but if I were to hazard a guess, the Lenovo should be more powerful than a Galaxy S4 in raw computing, maybe closer to an S5. The HTC will be slightly less powerful than that, but I don't think they'd be too noticeable.

@chanchan05 for the info, the two phone models I mentioned above, they are costing $200 here, you say their speeds are in mid range in terms of connectivity and gaming. I thought I'd seen a good choice but seems not.

Please suggest to me phone model(s) pocket friendly (price) , widely available in the market, dual sim, good connectivity and good speed.
 
I think the first question to answer is ... when do you plan to replace the phone you are about to buy?

If the answer is next year then that is one approach.
If the answer is five years then that is another ... the absolute top of the line.

Some carriers are selling phones on a contract where you pay an interest free amount each month for 24 months. This makes the higher priced phones more within reach to many.

... Thom
 
Mid range is fine. You'll have to shell out more for better performance. I don't think you can find much. You can take a look at Huawei Mate 7 or P8 (last year's flagships) as to how much they cost. They'll have comparable performance to an S6. I can't remember what Oppo phones are identical to the OnePlus models though. Those are pretty low priced for good performance. Those are the cheapest I know with good performance near to todays's flagships.

The LG G4 is also a good choice if still available. Relatively cheaper but can perform as good as an S6. There's a number of bugs related to it though. An HTC One M9 is also ok if accessible.

Personally though, the Lenovo you mentioned is worth the money (just make sure it has OTG support if you need it). It's good enough for most tasks if you can't afford to go for the flagships of this year or last year.

I'm just luckier that I can afford flagships when I get new phones via my carrier contract (Previously had a Note 2 before getting the S7 Edge).
 
Mid range is fine. You'll have to shell out more for better performance. I don't think you can find much. You can take a look at Huawei Mate 7 or P8 (last year's flagships) as to how much they cost. They'll have comparable performance to an S6. I can't remember what Oppo phones are identical to the OnePlus models though. Those are pretty low priced for good performance. Those are the cheapest I know with good performance near to todays's flagships.

The LG G4 is also a good choice if still available. Relatively cheaper but can perform as good as an S6. There's a number of bugs related to it though. An HTC One M9 is also ok if accessible.

Personally though, the Lenovo you mentioned is worth the money (just make sure it has OTG support if you need it). It's good enough for most tasks if you can't afford to go for the flagships of this year or last year.

I'm just luckier that I can afford flagships when I get new phones via my carrier contract (Previously had a Note 2 before getting the S7 Edge).


Kindly clarify, what you mean by OTG support?

I guess you mean that Lenovo K5 Note is not that bad in terms of speed,

I may have to consider it for now. Does the OS matter much in regard to speed? I understand that this Lenovo K5 Note is Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Whereas Android version 6 are available.

In my country there are two very common and very famous android models by names INFINIX and TECNO, which happen to have very great and high attractive specs, they have a low price ranging $100- 150 I have been wondering if these phone models are from a major manufacturer and if they are really internationally recognized?
 
I seemed to have missed it ... did you find out how to do a Wipe Cache Partition on your current phone?

If performance was acceptable when you originally got the phone and is now unacceptable it seems highly likely that this could make it acceptable again without purchasing a new phone.

... Thom
 
Kindly clarify, what you mean by OTG support?

I guess you mean that Lenovo K5 Note is not that bad in terms of speed,

I may have to consider it for now. Does the OS matter much in regard to speed? I understand that this Lenovo K5 Note is Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Whereas Android version 6 are available.

In my country there are two very common and very famous android models by names INFINIX and TECNO, which happen to have very great and high attractive specs, they have a low price ranging $100- 150 I have been wondering if these phone models are from a major manufacturer and if they are really internationally recognized?
No. First time I've ever heard of both brands and they don't appear on GSMArena.
 
from android phone what are the steps to follow in order to Wipe Cache Partition?

Go to Settings > Storage > internal storage , scroll down to the cache, select it and the OS will give you the option of clearing the cache. I've tried this on two phones, one with Marshmallow and one with Lollipop and it worked on both.
 
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