VIRTUAL RAM: Quickly Explained

VIRTUAL RAM? Extended RAM? RAM Extension? What are they???

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[YourLazyLawnDeveloper]

It actually common on Linux world. Android uses Linux kernel which is usually provided by manufacturers. "Extended RAM" just uses the ZRAM that generates a single swap file loaded on a specific system directory. Now, when it comes to support, it really depends on the manufacturers. And "Extended RAM" defeats the purpose for budget to mid tier phones, and you we're right that it will consumes more battery & storage, as the chipset or the CPU would bottleneck the system if pushing too hard on the "Extended RAM" capacity, so i recommend disabling it or set it into minimum (2GB or 4GB)

[mystic.saurav]

I've used 12 GB of extended RAM on One Plus Phone, and trust me it does work and you instantly feel the difference once the phone restarts with the extended RAM. However, i turned it off because of excessive battery consumption- It was too much! My battery was getting drained to 20% within 6-7 hours of moderate usage!

[sgcvelasco]

Take a tequila shot every time Miguel says 'RAM" 😂

[AUniqueKindofWeird]

Supposedly, Virtual RAM is more beneficial for devices with smaller amounts of RAM. (4GB or lower)
But on devices with 6GB/8GB of RAM or higher, it's useless. And in some cases, actually IMPEDES performance.

This mainly applies to Samsung phones/tablets. RAM Plus is somewhat polarizing for a lot of people who have one, the other, or both.
Some say it's actually pretty useful, while others say it makes everything run slower than if it wasn't on.

[InquisitiveUniverse]

Bro's script was written by Chat GPT

[MehLife]

others say that it's better to turn off this function for gaming

[christophersings]

I got a new phone yesterday as my black view a 100 wasn't really doing the trick for me so i bought a phone on Amazon for £85 and it came with 6gb of ram and ram expansion of 12gb so 18gb in total so i added all my stiff storage space is 128gb when was done with everything i went max and did the 12gb ram improvement this phone is hella fast i had 20 tabs open to check it didn't slow down at all so it is really working i still have 50% storage so ive got all my music photos so i think it actually works definitely recommend

[hansuuuuuua]

it's better to disable it if you have 6 or 8gb of ram

[eldave]

Thank you for the info. I have a Redmi Note 11 pro + 5G with 8 gb ram and extension of 5 virtual ram.

[gidousama]

Kinda remind me of that old toyota car that have 2nd oil tank storage, if your first fuel gone empty, just switch to the second tank.
Which beg the question, why they discontinued that?

[kerrystephens]

So if i drag it all the way to the right it'll improve my gaming performance?

[voiceadvicetech]

This is correct but You also need faster storage for better performance. i.e. UFS 3.1 storage Virtual ram Would Be Faster than UFS 3.0 Virtual ram. ✌️

[_karthiku_]

Excuse me tell me that extending ram can help device for gaming or not does it hurt phone and heating

[pur.ple.do.t]

I bought a cheap phone with 3GB RAM and a promise of additional 3GB extended RAM. The heck. This technology is nothing but a gimmick. A scam! Virtual RAM dont work!

[priit]

While it may improve multitasking, singletasking apps or games that see much more ram available to them now and actually start using it over the actual ram limit, grind to a horrible halt with extended ram enabled, so your entire phone freezes over and you need to hard reboot it. Like when you have 4GB(actual)+4GB(extended) RAM and some game decides to start using 6GB RAM, it's game over, while with just having 4GB available, it would run normally.

[danielletildamoro]

Before, Miguel's looks don't match the way he speaks, even his movements looks forced or awkward. Hence, he sounded and felt a bit boring to watch.

But now, I can see a big improvement. He looks great and the looks & voice match his movements well and don't look as forced and awkward anymore.

Yey.

[theunknown]

Can personal computers 🤔 also be extended without physical upgrade?

[guroramelg.]

I've got my Infinix Zero 30 4G 8GB RAM/256GB ROM and I turned on my mem fusion of 8GB and one thing that I have noticed was that whenever I'm on a video call in messenger and click the back button and open another app will cause my phone a constant lag like really lag considering my phone is 8GB of RAM. Should I turn this RAM expansion?

[LONKALUKSV]

Got the Moto edge 50 ultra and it already has 16gb ram. So I'm going to test the 16gb ram boost. See how it hurts the battery if at all or makes it even faster.

[JamesSmith-ixjd]

They should have called it swap memory without trying to invent new names for old things.