Nexus RAM!!!

[Nuuq]

OK, just got my Galaxy Nexus and I have noticed that it only shows 700mb of ram?! Why is that? 300mb in spare for os is bit too much...

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[anon(847090)]

apps uses RAM too. so the RAm used is whole system and not just the OS.

unused RAM is wasted RAM.

 

[Nuuq]

So it is ok that phone shows total of 700mb? Half used and half free.

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[PWC Realtor]

OS and core functions use up that 300 or so megs. I run about 500 MB free with normal use and the apps I use running.

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[Nuuq]

So when you go settings>apps>running, then you combine free+used ram, how much it shows?

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[15israellai]

Around 700 as well.
Don't worry, android manages RAM well and 700MB is mostly sufficient. The rest is for the system. It'll run fine.

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[anon(847090)]

even if it says 1 Gb RAM it wont be having 1024 mb. it will be less just like hard disk when you buy a 120 gb the formatted would be a less.

so 700 free sounds about right. like mentioned above starting with ICS Android manages RAM and memory better.