The storage of an OPPO A16 has often been a problem, for many years smartphones have not necessarily been equipped with a large enough amount of internal storage or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. However, for some time, the volume problem has been solved, now people are starting to focus on the RAM component, this other kind of memory is almost as essential as the internal memory of your mobile phone. We will precisely in this article, help you in the event that you have questions on this topic.

In this article, you will find out how to check the RAM memory of your OPPO A16? To do this, we will first explain to you what the interest of your mobile phone's RAM is, then, how to know the RAM of your OPPO A16 , and, finally, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your mobile phone.

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What is the point of RAM on an OPPO A16?

We therefore start this guide by showing you briefly what is and what is the use of RAM on an OPPO A16. This acronym actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it allows store the data that the processor needs over a short period of time. For example, it will give you the possibility of running different applications at the same time, it is therefore the one that will store all the data necessary to keep applications in the background. In the event that you play greedy games that require a lot of resources and calculations on the processor side, it is the RAM that will take over and allow the processor to have all the files available.

A high amount of RAM memory will therefore be important to have decent performance on your OPPO A16. Nevertheless, it's a bit like everything, after a certain volume your processor will not be powerful enough to exploit it and you will therefore have unused memory. It is therefore necessary to find the right ratio processor power / amount of RAM. This year, high-end smartphones are equipped with 8 to 10 GB of RAM, which is huge!

How to know the RAM of your OPPO A16?

We now move on to the verification part, which probably interests you the most, and, to do this, we are now going to show you how to know everything about the RAM of your OPPO A16. To do this, first of all, we will explain to you how to know the amount of RAM present on your mobile phone, then, how to know where you are with its use.

How to check the amount of RAM installed on your OPPO A16?

We therefore start with the technique to find out the amount of RAM equipped on your OPPO A16. As you will therefore have realized, the greater the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to carry out tasks, let others run in the background of the task without feeling any latency or slowdown. There are two ways to access this data:

  • Simply from the "Settings" of your OPPO A16
    • Go to the "Settings" of your mobile phone
    • Find the menu "Device maintenance" or "Device Optimization", depending on the Android version installed on your OPPO A16, this may be significantly different, however, this is the menu in which you can monitor the consumption of the various critical points of your mobile phone (battery, memory alive, storage…)
    • Now that you are in this menu, you will need to identify the "Memory" indicator and observe the maximum volume displayed, this is the amount of RAM equipped on your OPPO A16
  • Thanks to CPU-Z
    • Download and install CPU-Z , a small application that will allow you to have a large amount of details on your phone
    • Launch the application
    • Go to the section "Device"
    • You will find the amount of RAM installed on your OPPO A16 in the section "Total RAM"

How to check the RAM usage of your OPPO A16?

To find out the RAM usage of your OPPO A16 and to know in the event that it saturates or in the event that you still have the margin, there are also two options which are almost identical to those which we have just explained to you just before. This is a test that can be interesting to understand why your OPPO A16 makes you feel latency. Let's go:

  • Through the configurations of your mobile phone
    • Go to the "Settings" of your mobile phone
    • In the "Device maintenance" menu, identify the "Memory" indicator
    • You will have a ratio as well as a progress bar that gives you the amount of memory used
  • With CPU-Z
    • Open CPU-Z
    • Go to the tab "Device"
    • In "Available RAM" you will see the amount of RAM available on your OPPO A16, as well as a percentage to simplify your interpretation

In the event that you notice that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having many applications open, it is probably necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also clear the cache of your OPPO A16 to free up space and improve your performance.

Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on an OPPO A16?

In the event that you identify that your RAM is often full, it is absolutely legitimate to ask yourself if it is possible to increase the amount of RAM on your OPPO A16 ? However on Phone this operation is impossible… You will consequently have to better manage your uses, close the applications which you do not use, or switch to a more powerful mobile phone.

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