Nexus 4 - Ram question

[Snothy]

I just bought my nexus 4 like 4 days ago, my last phone was Samsung Galaxy Ace. So Nexus 4 has 2 GB ram, but when i do heavy multitasking, then i close the apps it went from 500ram used to 700, next day to 900 and next day to 1.3gb ram used without any apps running. I rebooted it and now its barely using 400 with facebook and skype running. Why does this happen?

 

[Aquila]

RAM: What it is, how it's used, and why you shouldn't care | Android Central

 

[PcNy]

RAM: What it is, how it's used, and why you shouldn't care | Android Central

I don't think closing apps in mutlitasking pane works the same way as task killers do.
Am I wrong?

 

[Aquila]

Right, that's more akin to closing a window than to force stopping a process.

XT1060. Through spacetime.

 

[anon(847090)]

I will say this again. "Unused RAM is wasted RAM." used ram will never degrade performance or use battery.

In-fact it improves performance and save battery a bit.

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I don't think closing apps in mutlitasking pane works the same way as task killers do.
Am I wrong?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI4ZEhlsX-Y

 

[PcNy]

I will say this again. "Unused RAM is wasted RAM." used ram will never degrade performance or use battery.

In-fact it improves performance and save battery a bit.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI4ZEhlsX-Y

So I should not swipe close apps in recent apps tab ?

 

[anon(847090)]

So I should not swipe close apps in recent apps tab ?

its up to you. don't close regularly used app.

 

[fernandezhjr]

So I should not swipe close apps in recent apps tab ?

The recent apps menu is just temporary shortcuts created for quickly toggling between apps. Swiping them out does not upload them from memory.

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[PcNy]

The recent apps menu is just temporary shortcuts created for quickly toggling between apps. Swiping them out does not upload them from memory.

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but in video, it does?

 

[anon(847090)]

The recent apps menu is just temporary shortcuts created for quickly toggling between apps. Swiping them out does not upload them from memory.

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you are wrong.. check the video i posted

 

[fernandezhjr]

you are wrong.. check the video i posted

I can swipe away an app from the recent menus and then go check in my Watchdog app and memory is still allocated to the app I swiped away. I have to forcefully stop it.

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[anon(847090)]

I can swipe away an app from the recent menus and then go check in my Watchdog app and memory is still allocated to the app I swiped away. I have to forcefully stop it.

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seriously i wouldn't use task manager. that's the worst you can install on a Nexus with lot of negative side effects.
if you are rooted use Greenify. best app ever..

back to your point. like mentioned in the video some app clear it from the memory after closing from recent list
but some app(service apps) will have some footprint even after closing apps (Task killer will have a big negative effects on these kind of apps.)

 

[fernandezhjr]

Ok, this article makes sense. I have noticed different behavior with different apps. Notably, some apps do close out, while others remain in the background and some switch to services.

http://www.howtogeek.com/169549/wha...ipe-an-android-app-from-the-recent-apps-list/

The video appears to explain it the same. Not all apps are completely closed. And he mentions the switching to services. I notice some apps just stay in the background. Also, at the end of the video he states swiping them "pretty much" frees all memory. From what I see, it is less than what he implies, but I'm sure this would be dependent on what type of apps one typically runs.

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[fernandezhjr]

seriously i wouldn't use task manager. that's the worst you can install on a Nexus with lot of negative side effects.
if you are rooted use Greenify. best app ever..

back to your point. like mentioned in the video some app clear it from the memory after closing from recent list
but some app(service apps) will have some footprint even after closing apps (Task killer will have a big negative effects on these kind of apps.)

Watchdog is not a typical task manager. It monitors for misbehaving apps and alerts me when one is misbehaving so I can forcefully close it. It rarely happens, but it does happen.

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[mrsmumbles]

I notice battery improvement when I swipe away recently used apps. Not using N4, but with my two other phones right now. I've been doing that for a month or so and it does seem to help.

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