The storage of a Sony Xperia 1 IV has always been a problem, for many years mobile phones have not necessarily been equipped with a large enough amount of internal storage or an SD slot to increase the capacity of this last. However, for a few years the volume problem has been solved, now people are starting to look into the subject of RAM, this other kind of memory is almost as essential as the internal memory of your phone. We are going precisely in this guide, to help you if you ever have questions on this subject.
In this guide you will see how to check the RAM memory of your Sony Xperia 1 IV? In this context, we will first show you what the use of your phone's RAM is, then, how to know the RAM of your Sony Xperia 1 IV , and, to conclude, if it is conceivable to increase the volume of RAM memory on your phone.
What is the RAM used for on a Sony Xperia 1 IV?
We therefore begin this article by briefly teaching you what is and what is the use of the RAM on a Sony Xperia 1 IV. This term actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it will allow you to store data that the processor needs in the short term. Among other things, it will give you the possibility of running several applications at the same time, it is therefore what 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 calculation on the processor side, it is the RAM that will take over and allow the processor to have all the files available.
A significant amount of RAM memory will therefore be important to have high performance on your Sony Xperia 1 IV. However, 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 will therefore be necessary to find the right compromise between processor power and amount of RAM. At the moment, high-end cell phones have 8 to 10 GB of RAM, which is more than many PCs!
How to know the RAM of your Sony Xperia 1 IV?
We now move on to the control part, which probably interests you the most, and for this we will now present how to know everything about the RAM of your Sony Xperia 1 IV. In this context, first, 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 Sony Xperia 1 IV?
We therefore start with the procedure to find out the amount of RAM integrated in your Sony Xperia 1 IV. You will therefore have assimilated it, the higher the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to carry out tasks, let others run in the background without feeling latency or slowing down. There are two ways to access this data:
- Simply from the "Settings" of your Sony Xperia 1 IV
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- Find the menu "Device maintenance" or "Device optimization", depending on the Android version installed on your Sony Xperia 1 IV, this may be significantly different, however this is the menu in which you can analyze the consumption of the various critical points of your phone (battery , RAM, storage, etc.)
- Once 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 Sony Xperia 1 IV is equipped.
- By using CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , a small application that will allow you to obtain a lot of information on your smartphone
- Open the application
- Go to the section "Device"
- You will find the amount of RAM installed on your Sony Xperia 1 IV in the section "Total RAM"
How to check the RAM usage of your Sony Xperia 1 IV?
To find out the RAM usage of your Sony Xperia 1 IV and to know if ever it saturates or if ever you still have some margin, there are also two options which are almost the same as those we have just shown you beforehand. This is a test that can be interesting to understand the reason why your Sony Xperia 1 IV makes you feel latencies. Let's go:
- Going through your phone settings
- Go to the "Settings" of your 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 see the amount of RAM available on your Sony Xperia 1 IV, as well as a percentage to make it easier for you to interpret
In the event that you realize 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 empty the cache of your Sony Xperia 1 IV to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Sony Xperia 1 IV?
In the event that you realize that your RAM is regularly full, it is completely legitimate to ask yourself if it is possible to increase the amount of RAM on your Sony Xperia 1 IV ? Alas on the phone, this opportunity is impossible... You will therefore have to better manage your uses, close the applications you are not using, or switch to a more powerful phone.
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