The storage of an Oppo A8 has often been a problem, for many years phones have not always been equipped with a large enough internal storage volume or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. Having said that, for some time now the volume problem has been solved, now people are starting to take an interest in the RAM component, this other type of memory is almost as important as the internal memory of your mobile phone. We will precisely in this guide, help you if you ever have questions on this topic.
In this guide you will learn how to check the RAM memory of Oppo A8? To do this, we will first show you what the RAM of your mobile phone is used for, then, how to know the RAM of your Oppo A8 , and, to conclude, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your mobile phone.
What is the interest of RAM on an Oppo A8?
We therefore start this article by teaching you quickly what is and what is the RAM on an Oppo A8 for. This nomanclature actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it allows store the data that the processor needs in the short term. Among other things, it will allow you to run different applications at the same time, it is this which will therefore keep in memory all the essential data to keep applications in the background. In the event that you play greedy games which require a lot of resources and computation on the side of the processor, it is the RAM that will take over and allow the processor to have all the data at hand.
A high amount of RAM memory will therefore be essential to have high performance on your Oppo A8. That said, it's a bit like everything, after a certain volume your processor will not be powerful enough to use it and you will therefore have unused memory. We will therefore have to find the right compromise between processor power and the amount of RAM. At the moment, the most powerful phones are equipped with 8 to 10 GB of RAM which is huge!
How to know the RAM of your Oppo A8?
We now move on to the verification part, which surely interests you the most, and, in this context, we will now show you how to find out everything about the RAM of your Oppo A8. To do this, to begin with, we will show you how to know the amount of RAM installed 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 A8?
We therefore start with the technique to find out the amount of RAM built into your Oppo A8. As you will have understood, the greater the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to perform tasks, letting others run in the background without noticing any latency or slowing down. There are two solutions to access this data:
- Directly from the “Settings” of your Oppo A8
- Go to the "Settings" of your mobile phone
- Locate the menu "Device maintenance" or “Device optimization”, depending on the Android version installed on your Oppo A8 this may vary, however this is the menu in which you can analyze the consumption of the various critical points of your mobile phone (battery, RAM , storage… )
- Once in this menu, you should locate the “Memory” indicator and see the maximum volume displayed, this is the amount of RAM with your Oppo A8.
- By using CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , small application that allows you to consult a large amount of data on your device
- Launch the application
- Go to the top tab "Device"
- You will find the amount of RAM installed on your Oppo A8 in the section "Total RAM"
How to check the RAM usage of Oppo A8?
To find out the RAM usage of your Oppo A8 and to know if it ever saturates or if you ever still have room, there are also two options which are almost the same as those we have just explained to you beforehand. This is a test which can be interesting to understand the reason why your Oppo A8 causes you to experience latencies. Let's go:
- Through the settings 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
- Using CPU-Z
- Open CPU-Z
- Go to the tab "Device"
- In "Available RAM" you will find out the amount of RAM available on your Oppo A8, as well as a percentage to make it easier for you to interpret it.
In the event that you notice that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having a lot of applications that work, it is surely necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also clear the cache of your Oppo A8 to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on an Oppo A8?
In the event that you realize that your RAM is often full, it is quite legitimate to ask yourself if you can increase the amount of RAM on your Oppo A8 ? Unfortunately on Smartphone 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.
If you ever want a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Oppo A8, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Oppo A8.
