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Better RAM management

(Topic created: 09-07-2026 05:43 AM)
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trewardtx
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Good morning Samsung

Is there anyway we can get BETTER RAM management implemented into our phone? Especially if prices are going up and we have to pay that difference for it. 

I've been a loyal Samsung knight since before the Noe originally can out back to the first galaxy phones and the main problem that has always been is proper RAM management. 

We should not have to optimize our phone every 2 hours because our RAM usage is sitting at 8.9gb or 70% used. This was the main problem with Touchwiz and for a while its been with One UI. 

I should not have to download another app to clear cache to unused apps I'm not using or restart my phone twice a day. 

PLEASE pass this to the engineering core or development to see if something other than the consumer downloading an app to make it right because that shouldn't have to happen.

Please give this some consideration because its literally getting worse and not being solved by just adding more RAM.

Devices:
Almost every Note
S25 ultra
S26 ultra (purchased at the time of writing this)
Fold 7 ultra
Galaxy watch Ultra 1
Galaxy watch Ultra 2
Galaxy watch 7 (x2)

And many more including old watches, tablets, tv's, monitors and appliances 
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LongHiker
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RAM is not like storage. Unused RAM is wasted RAM. You want to use RAM as much as possible. As long as the usage stays under 80% you have no problem.
trewardtx
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The problem with this theory is that the more RAM you use the slower and less productive your device becomes.

Case in point: I don't know if you remember how bad touchwiz use to be when a high amount of RAM was used over the entire system. Or try using AI when you RAM usage is at 9 out of 12 gb used. How long it takes for a website to load or you to switch in between apps. And its not like it corrects itself. It stay like that and gradually increases.

My point is what is the purpose of promoting these new devices to be able to multi-task when usage ability slows down when RAM becomes a main bottleneck to this systems responsiveness?

Explaining the difference between RAM and storage isn't necessary to me. I'm a tech person who also has Samsung SSD's (external and internal ie nvme) as well as plenty of micro sd's (which are irrelevant to me without the use of an adaptor now because they were bought specifically for my phones and the new phones dont support the ability to insert a micro sd.) I also bought that Samsung 360 camera back in the day. I'm a Samsung tech guy through in and out. My wallet wouldn't tell you otherwise.

I'm just asking for a better solution than leaving to the consumer to download an app to "free" RAM and less than 15 minutes later the same problem persists.
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Betamonke
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LongHiker is right, but there is an initiative by Google for Android 17 app requirements that punishes developers for having unoptimized apps.

https://www.theverge.com/tech/985679/google-play-android-17-memory-limit
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OGarDJ
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I shut off all the AI stuff to get my ram usage down to 5 or 5.5 gbs. It's usually sitting around 8 on 25U, but my 21U stays under 5 with all the same apps. Good Guardian has come in handy as well.
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