The storage of a Samsung Galaxy S8 has always been a worry, for many years phones have not necessarily been equipped with a large enough internal storage volume or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. Despite everything, in recent years, the problem of volume has been resolved, now people are starting to look into the subject of RAM, this other type of memory is almost as important as the internal memory of your phone. We will precisely today help you if you ever have any questions on this topic.
In this guide, you will discover how to check the RAM memory of its Samsung Galaxy S8? To do this, we will first show you what your phone's RAM is used for, then, how to know the RAM of your Samsung Galaxy S8 , and, to conclude, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your phone.
What is RAM on a Samsung Galaxy S8 for?
We therefore start this article by explaining to you quickly what is and what is the function of the RAM on a Samsung Galaxy S8. This acronym actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it allows store the data that the processor needs in the short term. It will, among other things, give you the possibility of running several applications simultaneously, it is this which will therefore keep in memory all the data necessary 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 files available.
A high amount of RAM memory will therefore be necessary to have decent performance on your Samsung Galaxy S8. Despite everything, 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 is therefore necessary to find the right pair of processor power / amount of RAM. This year, the high-end phones are equipped with 8 to 10 GB of RAM which is huge!
How to know the RAM of your Samsung Galaxy S8?
We now move on to the verification part, which surely interests you the most, and, in this context, we will now present you how to know everything about the RAM of your Samsung Galaxy S8. To do this, first of all, we will show you how to know the amount of RAM installed on your phone, then, how to know where you are with its use.
How to check the amount of RAM installed on your Samsung Galaxy S8?
We therefore begin with the procedure to find out the amount of RAM equipped on your Samsung Galaxy S8. You will therefore have assimilated it, the higher the RAM volume, the more the processor will be able to perform tasks, letting others run at the bottom of the task without noticing any latency or slowing down. There are two methods to access this data:
- Directly from the “Settings” of your Samsung Galaxy S8
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- Locate the menu "Device maintenance" or “Device optimization”, depending on the Android version installed on your Samsung Galaxy S8, this may be significantly different, however, this is the menu in which you will be able to monitor the consumption of the various critical points of your phone (battery, RAM, storage, etc.)
- 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 equipped on your Samsung Galaxy S8
- By using CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , a small application that will allow you to obtain a lot of information on your phone
- Launch the application
- Go to the top tab "Device"
- You will find the amount of RAM installed on your Samsung Galaxy S8 in the section "Total RAM"
How to check the RAM usage of your Samsung Galaxy S8?
For know the RAM usage of your Samsung Galaxy S8 and to know if ever it saturates or if ever you still have the margin, there are also two methods which are almost identical to those which we have just discovered beforehand. This is a test that can be interesting to understand the reason why your Samsung Galaxy S8 is making you feel latencies. Let's go:
- By going through the configurations of your phone
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- In the "Device maintenance" menu, locate 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 discover the amount of RAM available on your Samsung Galaxy S8, as well as a percentage to simplify the interpretation
In the event that you notice that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having many active applications, it is surely necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also clear the cache of your Samsung Galaxy S8 to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Samsung Galaxy S8?
In the event that you identify that your RAM is often full, it is absolutely legitimate to ask yourself if you can increase the amount of RAM on your Samsung Galaxy S8 ? Unfortunately 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 phone.
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