I have a S22 phone and like everyone knows it has a horrible battery. I ve read a post saying that there s no use in having RAM plus activated. What exactly are the pros and cons of deactivating it and if it improves the battery?

  • faikp9@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    It is recommended to keep the feature enabled for optimal performance. Ram Plus feature enables the loading of background services and small applications, thereby freeing up RAM space for resource-intensive tasks. Disabling the feature will result in the loading of all background services and applications onto the physical RAM, potentially slowing down the system.

    • ccaymmud@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That’s not true.

      1. That’s not even how operating systems work. What you’ve just described is what someone with no knowledge of OS would think happen in memory management.
      2. Ram Plus will 100% slow down your phone.
        1. the ssd speed is REALLY slow compared to the ram speed it’s not even funny. When you use SSD as ram, your whole system is as good as the slowest speed of the memory.
        2. When you use Ram Plus, your memory is mapped twice. your app will look for data at the virtual memory space address, that address will be linked to the actual memory address (i.e. storage or RAM), then it’ll be loaded up from the different addresses, and recombined, before served up as something recalled from RAM. THERE IS NO WAY TO GET A PERFORMANCE GAIN.
      • jtjvalenz@alien.topBEnglish
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        10 months ago

        I turned the RAM Plus on on my Tab S7 FE because it’s a bit laggy (I think the 4GB of RAM may be the reason) and I’ve seen an improvement. Do you think it’s only my perception? I also have read that it damages the storage, so should I turn it off?

        • ccaymmud@alien.topBEnglish
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          10 months ago

          For devices below 6gb of ram, RAM Plus should help.

          At 4GB your device would go into swapping, and that is even more computationally expensive than RAM Plus.

          • jtjvalenz@alien.topBEnglish
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            10 months ago

            Thanks. I don’t think the Tab S7 FE us a lower end device, that’s why I can’t comprehend its 4GB of RAM gif

            • ccaymmud@alien.topBEnglish
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              10 months ago

              S7> 865 5G+ chipset 8 GB RAM, S7 FE> 778G chipset 4GB RAM

              S7 FE is definitely a lower end device.

              Sure there’s also the A series that’s lower, but it doesn’t change the fact that the FE series of devices are considered lower end devices provided as copium for those who cannot afford the high end ones.

              • jtjvalenz@alien.topBEnglish
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                10 months ago

                I get your point, but the S7 FE is a midrange tablet. Using your logic, every Samsung phone would be a lower end device if it’s not the S23 Ultra.

                • ccaymmud@alien.topBEnglish
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                  10 months ago

                  Mid-range IS a lower range. It’s not the lowest end, but any device in the range is still a lower-end device.

                  After all, there IS only 1 flagship in a fleet of ships. The S series used to be called a flagship series, but nowadays, everyone knows that the Ultra and the other S series phones have a feature disparity. Can one call the S series flagship phones when they don’t have all the bells and whistles, surely not.