The storage of a Sony Xperia 5 has often been a problem, for many years mobile phones have not always been equipped with a sufficient amount of internal storage or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. . However, for some time now the volume problem has been fixed, 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 mobile phone. We will precisely in this guide, help you in the event that you have questions on this topic.
In this article, you will find out how to check the RAM memory of your Sony Xperia 5? To do this, we will first explain to you what is the interest of the RAM of your mobile phone, then, how to know the RAM of your Sony Xperia 5 , and, finally, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your mobile phone.
How useful is the RAM on a Sony Xperia 5?
We start this guide by quickly showing you what is and what is the function of the RAM on a Sony Xperia 5. This acronym actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it will allow you to store the data that the processor needs in the short term. It will, for example, allow you to run 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 be necessary to have high performance on your Sony Xperia 5. 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. We must therefore find the right pair of processor power / amount of RAM. At the moment, high-end phones are equipped with 8-10 GB of RAM which is more important than many PCs!
How to know the RAM of your Sony Xperia 5?
We now move on to the verification part, which probably interests you the most, and to do this, we are now going to reveal to you how to find out everything about the RAM of your Sony Xperia 5. To do this, first, we will explain how to know the amount of RAM present on your mobile phone, then, how to know where you are with its use.
How to check the amount of RAM installed on your Sony Xperia 5?
We start suddenly with the technique to know the amount of RAM integrated in your Sony Xperia 5. As you will have understood, the higher the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to accomplish tasks, leaving some running. others in the background without feeling any latency or slowdown. There are two alternatives to access this data:
- Quite simply from the “Settings” of your Sony Xperia 5
- Go to the "Settings" of your mobile phone
- Locate the menu "Device maintenance" or “Device optimization”, depending on the Android version installed on your Sony Xperia 5, this may change, however this is the menu in which you can analyze the consumption of the various critical points of your mobile phone (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 Sony Xperia 5 is equipped.
- Using CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , a small application that will allow you to obtain a lot of information on your smartphone
- Launch the application
- Go to the top tab "Device"
- You will get the amount of RAM installed on your Sony Xperia 5 in the section "Total RAM"
How to check the RAM usage of your Sony Xperia 5?
To find out the RAM usage of your Sony Xperia 5 and know in the event that it saturates or in the event that you still have room, there are also two alternatives which are almost identical to those we have just seen beforehand. It is a test which can be enriching to understand the reason why your Sony Xperia 5 makes you feel latencies. Let's go:
- Through the configurations 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
- 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 Sony Xperia 5, as well as a percentage to simplify the interpretation
In the event that you realize that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having many applications that work, it is probably necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also clear the cache of your Sony Xperia 5 to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Sony Xperia 5?
In the event that you notice 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 5 ? Unfortunately on Phone this opportunity is impossible… You will therefore have to better manage your uses, close applications that you do not use, or switch to a more powerful mobile phone.
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