Storage of a Samsung XCover 4 has always been a problem, for many years mobile phones were not always provided with sufficient internal storage volume or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. However, in recent years the volume problem has been solved, now people are starting to look at the RAM shutter, this other type of memory is almost as important as the internal memory of your smartphone. We will precisely today help you in the event that you have questions on this subject.
In this article you will learn how to check the RAM memory of its Samsung XCover 4? To do this, we will first explain to you what is the interest of the RAM of your smartphone, then, how to know the RAM of your Samsung XCover 4 , and, to conclude, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your smartphone.
What is the RAM memory for on a Samsung XCover 4?
We start this article by quickly explaining to you what is and what is the function of the RAM on a Samsung XCover 4. This acronym actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it will allow you to store data that the processor needs in the short term. In particular, it will allow you to run several applications at the same time, 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 data at hand.
A high amount of RAM memory will be essential to have high performance on your Samsung XCover 4. However, it's a bit like everything, after a certain volume your processor will not be powerful enough to use it and you will suddenly have unused memory. It will therefore be necessary to find the right pair of processor power / amount of RAM. At the moment, high-end phones have 8-10 GB of RAM which is huge!
How to know the RAM of your Samsung XCover 4?
We now move on to the control part, which certainly interests you the most, and, to do this, we will now reveal you how to find out everything about the RAM of your Samsung XCover 4. To do this, first, we will explain how to know the amount of RAM present on your smartphone, then, how to know where you are with its use.
How to check the amount of RAM installed on your Samsung XCover 4?
We start suddenly by the process to know the amount of RAM integrated in your Samsung XCover 4. You will have assimilated it suddenly, the higher the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to perform tasks, to let some run. others in the background of the task without suffering from latency or slowing down. There are two methods to access this data:
- Directly from the “Settings” of your Samsung XCover 4
- Go to the "Settings" of your smartphone
- Find the menu "Device maintenance" or “Device optimization”, depending on the Android version installed on your Samsung XCover 4, this may change, however this is the menu in which you will be able to analyze the consumption of the various critical points of your smartphone (battery, RAM, storage… )
- Now that you are in this menu, you will have to locate the “Memory” indicator and observe the maximum volume displayed, this is the amount of RAM with which your Samsung XCover 4 is equipped.
- Using CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , small application that allows you to obtain a lot of data on your device
- Open the application
- Go to the section "Device"
- You will find the amount of RAM installed on your Samsung XCover 4 in the section "Total RAM"
How to check the RAM usage of Samsung XCover 4?
To find out the RAM usage of your Samsung XCover 4 and know in the event that it saturates or in the event that you 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 why your Samsung XCover 4 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
- With 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 XCover 4, 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 running, you should certainly close background applications that saturate it. You can also clear the cache of your Samsung XCover 4 to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Samsung XCover 4?
In the event that you realize that your RAM is regularly full, it is quite legitimate to ask yourself if it is possible to increase the amount of RAM on your Samsung XCover 4 ? However on Smartphone this opportunity is impossible… You will have to suddenly better manage your uses, close the applications that you do not use, or switch to a more powerful smartphone.
If you are looking for a maximum of tutorials to become the absolute master of the Samsung XCover 4, we invite you to browse the other tutorials in the category: Samsung X Cover 4.
