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For questions regarding operating memory (RAM) in an Android device. Please do not use this tag for questions concerning storage space and disk usage, use the "internal-storage" tag instead.
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Is there a way to perform a memdump of an android device?
Since Android uses Linux as kernel /dev/kmem exists. It's a virtual character device file that is an image of the main memory of the computer.
You can simply dump it with
cat /dev/kmem > file
but o …
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Does Android hide some amount of RAM from the User?
A prominent example is the Samsung Galaxy S, which is advertised with 512MB RAM. But only 300 something are actually available for the OS. I believe the other part is used for the (powerful) GPU. … But I am not sure if it's because of the "crappy" stock ROM of the SGS or because of the RAM difference. …
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How RAM usage effects battery drain?
I doubt that there is a direct correlation between battery consumption and RAM usage. The hardware doesn't know which RAM cells contain 'used' data and which not. … They definitely won't drain more battery if they just idle around and consume some RAM. …
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Why does "Google Services" take up increasing RAM and spawn new services over time?
The ActivityManger does it's job pretty good on my Galaxy S with only 329 MB RAM available to the system. I never needed no task killer. …
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Why do I see less memory on my Asus tablet then specified?
An part of the RAM is reserved - often for the GPU - and not useable by the dalvik VM and Apps. This is not uncommon: Samsungs Galaxy S has also 512MB but only 334MB are useable by Apps. …
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