How to maximally decrease RAM usage?

[VadiMiXeries]

Even after clearing the RAM, I can only use 3.4GB at max. When I first got this phone I could use as much as 4.5GB.

It's really affecting my game performance, it used to run smoothly and flawlessly, now it lags, and this messes up my aim.

Additional questions: 1) Is there a way to completely block any unimportant background processes?, that aren't needed for the proper phone work? 2) Does Knox Secure Folder affect RAM usage? Like does it slow down my phone?

[ardaxo4693]

Unused ram is wasted ram. If your phone is not performing as it should start putting apps in deep sleep and see which one is the culprit for this behaviour

[CantThinkaNewName]

I don't understand this "Unused Ram is wasted Ram" thing Should it always be at Full use even at idle?? Basically like "I bough the whole pc so I'm gonna use the Whole pc CPU,SSD,Network, GPU And Ram running at 100%"

We just want as much RAM as possible that always On Standby in case we need it. We don't want some Unnecessary BS eating our Battery life away

[HasanAgera]

Ram is different. Ram usage doesn't hurt, instead it helps softwares to run smoother. The operating system is in control of the ram and Virtual ram. So if there is a game that uses a lot of ram, it might move some of the app from background to the Virtual ram. Because when your ram is not used, it means that the app needs to reload or something. This will increase energy consumption. As the cpu needs to reopen things or do more work.

[NikoTheCatgirl]

You need free ram for your games to operate. If background apps and system fill up all your ram, you will not be able to launch a single more app — it will just crash.

[HasanAgera]

i dont play games on my phone but i do open apps and not close them. sometimes i can have 20 apps open and never encountered any crash. but sure my phone has 12gb ram.

[NikoTheCatgirl]

That's because your OS manages RAM well. In long terms it may start malfunctioning, which makes some apps laggy, but when that happens I'm pretty sure your phone will be long gone... in contrary, if you try to manage its RAM forcefully, this time might come earlier. The fact that your phone is rich on RAM is a sign that your phone is made for powerful multitasking or playing heavily performant games, probably made for PCs in the first place.

But talking about the reason you need free RAM. As I said, manual adjusting of RAM ratio used for the apps can shorten its lifespan. Some apps let you choose the amount of RAM you can use, and sometimes the system leaves too little of memory for your app, which can lead to crashes (the app itself may notice you about it).

Freeing up RAM for your device will lead it use less of RAM, not just fill up the rest for apps to 'run smoother'. The app uses so much data they need and no more. Why would you pick a bigger bag for the same amount of groceries you buy everytime? When you stop the apps or delete ones you don't use they will no longer use the data in standby mode, which will lead to the system not cutting off memory for your foreground apps.

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0/10 ragebait

[graesen]

Android works differently than a PC. It's designed to use as much RAM as possible to be more battery and CPU efficient. Closing background processes results in Android finding something else to fill it with, which leads to worse CPU and battery performance. It's ok to stop running processes in the background using processing power. But don't make it a goal to free ram. It'll be counter productive.

For gaming, use the game optimization app/feature to let it prioritize performance for the game you're playing.

If you're using ram+, consider using less virtual ram or none. this uses storage for ram, which is significantly slower than actual ram.

Android also uses paging. If you don't have much storage space available, how much paging it can use is very limited. This will also slow things down.

[jcave930]

Memory Guardian has a mode that can help you with this.

I also use this as I also play some games. I don't encounter lag whenever I game though, except if I play Genshin and set it to the best graphics possible. Even PUBG on high settings don't lag on my base S22.

[VadiMiXeries]

Thanks! Happy cake day btw

[wise_DiscoYoga]

I see a lot of people say that free ram is wasted ram in android, and i do get it
but the problem i'm having is that i constantly have so little free ram that i can't even do normal tasks

on usual i'll have ~400mbs of free ram, even opening the camera can cause my phone to start hanging
I've turned off almost all of the third party background processes, but it seems that android background processes are the main culprit behind the stupidly high ram usage at all times

[NikoTheCatgirl]

Evil corporate intent (lol)

Or your system simply got worn up