The storage of a Samsung Galaxy A8 has always been a problem, for many years phones have not necessarily been equipped with a sufficient amount of internal storage or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. That said, in recent years, the volume problem has been solved, now people are starting to take an interest in the subject of RAM, this other kind of memory is almost as essential as the internal memory of your smartphone. We are going to help you today if you have any questions on this subject.
In this guide you will see how to check the RAM memory of its Samsung Galaxy A8? To do this, we will first show you what the RAM of your smartphone is used for, then, how to know the RAM of your Samsung Galaxy A8 , and, finally, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your smartphone.
What is the RAM memory for on a Samsung Galaxy A8?
We therefore start this article by teaching you quickly what is and what is the RAM on a Samsung Galaxy A8. This acronym actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it offers the possibility of store data that the processor needs in the short term. It will, for example, allow you to run different applications simultaneously, 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 calculation on the side of the processor, 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 high performance on your Samsung Galaxy A8. However, 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. It will therefore be necessary to find the right compromise between processor power and the amount of RAM. At the moment, high-end phones are equipped with 8 to 10 GB of RAM which is huge!
How to know the RAM of your Samsung Galaxy A8?
We now move on to the control part, which probably interests you the most, and, in this context, we will now show you how to know everything about the RAM of your Samsung Galaxy A8. To do this, first of all, we will show you how to know the amount of RAM installed on your smartphone, then, how to know where you are with its use.
How to check the amount of RAM installed on your Samsung Galaxy A8?
We start with the procedure to find out the amount of RAM built into your Samsung Galaxy A8. As you will have realized, the greater the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to accomplish tasks, letting others run at the bottom of the task without noticing any latency or slowing down. There are two solutions to access this data:
- Quite simply from the “Settings” of your Samsung Galaxy A8
- Go to the "Settings" of your smartphone
- Locate the menu "Device maintenance" or “Device optimization”, depending on the Android version installed on your Samsung Galaxy A8, this may change, however this is the menu in which you can analyze the consumption of the various critical points of your smartphone (battery, RAM, storage …)
- Now that you are in this menu, you will need to locate the “Memory” indicator and see the maximum volume displayed, this is the amount of RAM with which your Samsung Galaxy A8 is equipped.
- Passing by CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , a small application that will allow you to consult a lot of data on your device
- Open the application
- Go to the top tab "Device"
- You will get the amount of RAM installed on your Samsung Galaxy A8 in the section "Total RAM"
How to control the RAM usage of your Samsung Galaxy A8?
For know the RAM usage of your Samsung Galaxy A8 and to know if it saturates or if you still have the margin, there are also two possibilities which are almost identical to those which we have just presented to you in the previous part. It is a test which can be enriching to understand why your Samsung Galaxy A8 makes you feel latencies. Let's go:
- Going through your smartphone settings
- Go to the "Settings" of your smartphone
- 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
- Thanks to CPU-Z
- Open CPU-Z
- Go to the tab "Device"
- In "Available RAM" you will find out the amount of RAM available on your Samsung Galaxy A8, as well as a percentage to simplify its interpretation
In the event that you notice that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having a lot of active applications, it is probably necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also clear the cache of your Samsung Galaxy A8 to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Samsung Galaxy A8?
In the event that you notice that your RAM is regularly full, it makes a lot of sense to ask yourself if you can increase the amount of RAM on your Samsung Galaxy A8 ? However on Phone this operation is impossible… You will therefore have to better manage your uses, close the applications that you do not use, or switch to a more powerful smartphone.
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