What is your free memory like?

[zazazi]

Hello, my free memory is always between 650 and 750MB. The maximum after optimization is 1.1GB. Is this OK?

 

[bandofbrothers2112]

In regards to Ram I go with the thought that unused / free Ram is wasted Ram / memory.

Personally I leave it alone to self manage itself.

 

[Ecm]

In regards to Ram I go with the thought that unused / free Ram is wasted Ram / memory.

Personally I leave it alone to self manage itself.

Mine is exactly the same. 2.4 of 4 GB free. And yes, as long as at least .5 GB is free, all is good.

 

[amyf27]

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[wunderbar]

yep, definitely do not try to manage this. You won't be better at it than the OS.

 

[Zendroid1]

Would you rather have 2gb ram sitting there doing nothing or have 3.9/4 actually doing something, like optimizing what you have open and running, regardless of the number of things it's operating? It's not like that last .1 will disappear when you do more things. It will simply reallocate resources as you change your setup/usage.

In summary, let it do its thing like the others have said.

 

[Almeuit]

To be honest .. I have no clue. Android handles RAM fine so I never worry about what is free and what isn't.

 

[TFBisquit]

Hello, my free memory is always between 650 and 750MB. The maximum after optimization is 1.1GB. Is this OK?

I have 1GB free and after optimization it's 1.5GB free. I've seen 1.8GB free after a reboot.

Quite frankly, the less free ram you have, the more that is running in the background. So while 650MB seems low, you probably have plenty running in the background using it. It will be cleared when you need it for something else though.

 

[edubb256]

Hello, my free memory is always between 650 and 750MB. The maximum after optimization is 1.1GB. Is this OK?

If your objective is fast performance, you were probably better off before optimization because after optimization you have more memory that is not doing anything. The more that is kept in memory, the less often Android has to reload. At the risk of beating a dead horse, you should not try to optimize memory.

 

[clg82]

In regards to Ram I go with the thought that unused / free Ram is wasted Ram / memory.

Personally I leave it alone to self manage itself.

I don't mean to jack your thread but whenever I click on "memory" under "settings>device maintenance" I don't see any type of buttons to "clean now" etc....am I missing something here? What happened to the "device maintenance" screen that everyone else is seeing?

 

[Ecm]

I don't mean to jack your thread but whenever I click on "memory" under "settings>device maintenance" I don't see any type of buttons to "clean now" etc....am I missing something here? What happened to the "device maintenance" screen that everyone else is seeing?

If you go to Settings > Device Maintenance, and let the process run you should see an "Optimize" below the reading. Tap that.

 

[clg82]

when I select "device maintenance" it shows 4 selections "battery, performance mode, storage, and memory......no other buttons

 

[BratPAQ]

when I select "device maintenance" it shows 4 selections "battery, performance mode, storage, and memory......no other buttons

Let it finish scanning then the button will show.

 

[o4liberty]

That sounds low I have almost half.

 

[BratPAQ]

I have 1GB free and after optimization it's 1.5GB free. I've seen 1.8GB free after a reboot.

Quite frankly, the less free ram you have, the more that is running in the background. So while 650MB seems low, you probably have plenty running in the background using it. It will be cleared when you need it for something else though.

If you are concerned about apps running in the background, then put it to sleep. Putting it to sleep will stop the apps running in the background but won't unload them from memory. It won't consume battery when it's sleeping. Although you wouldn't get updates from those apps.

 

[clg82]

Let it finish scanning then the button will show. //uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170711/f826623d93662dd85420a7bb60d7f74b.jpg

how long does that generally take? Have had that open for 10 minutes now and still nothing.

 

[BratPAQ]

how long does that generally take? Have had that open for 10 minutes now and still nothing.

It should be quick. Less than 10 seconds.

 

[clg82]

It should be quick. Less than 10 seconds.

not sure why mine isn't doing it, just shows four selections, battery, performance mode, storage and memory.....no buttons or round circle like the above at all

 

[Suntan]

Reboot your phone every once in a while and then move on to worry about something more important in your life.

 

[TFBisquit]

You can tap on the individual buttons also.