The storage of a Xiaomi 12 has always been a concern, for many years the phones have not always been equipped with sufficient internal storage volume or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. However, for some time now the volume problem has been solved, now people are starting to be interested in the subject of RAM, this other kind of memory is almost as important as the internal memory of your mobile phone. We are going precisely today, to help you if you ever have any questions on this subject.

In this guide, you will discover how to check the RAM memory of your Xiaomi 12? For this, we will first show you what is the interest of the RAM of your mobile phone, then, how to know the RAM of your Xiaomi 12 , and, finally, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your mobile phone.

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What is the point of RAM on a Xiaomi 12?

We therefore start this guide by explaining to you quickly what is and what is the function of the RAM on a Xiaomi 12. This term actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it will allow you to store the data that the processor needs over a short period of time. In particular, it will give you the possibility of running several applications at the same time, it is therefore the one that will store all the data necessary to keep applications in the background. If you ever play greedy games that require a lot of resources and calculations on the processor side, it is the RAM that will take over and allow the processor to have all the data available.

A significant amount of RAM memory will therefore be necessary to have high performance on your Xiaomi 12. 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 pair of processor power / amount of RAM. This year, the most powerful Smartphones are equipped with 8 to 10 GB of RAM which is more important than many PCs!

How to know the RAM of your Xiaomi 12?

We now move on to the verification part, which probably interests you the most, and, for this, we will now present to you how to know everything about the RAM of your Xiaomi 12. To do this, first, we will show you 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 Xiaomi 12?

We therefore start with the technique to find out the amount of RAM equipped on your Xiaomi 12. You will therefore have understood, the higher the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to perform tasks, let others run in the background without experiencing latency or slowdown. There are two alternatives to access this data:

  • Directly from the "Settings" of your Xiaomi 12
    • Go to the "Settings" of your mobile phone
    • Find the menu "Device maintenance" or "Device optimization", depending on the Android version installed on your Xiaomi 12 this may vary, however this is the menu in which you will be able to observe the consumption of the various critical points of your mobile phone (battery, RAM, storage… )
    • Once in this menu, you will need to locate the "Memory" indicator and observe the maximum volume displayed, this is the amount of RAM equipped on your Xiaomi 12
  • By using CPU-Z
    • Download and install CPU-Z , a small application that offers the possibility of consulting a large quantity of details on your mobile phone
    • Open the application
    • Go to the section "Device"
    • You will find the amount of RAM installed on your Xiaomi 12 in the section "Total RAM"

How to control the RAM usage of your Xiaomi 12?

To know the RAM usage of your Xiaomi 12 and to know if it ever saturates or if you ever still have some margin, there are also two possibilities which are almost identical to those we have just discovered in the previous part. This is a test that can be interesting to understand the reason why your Xiaomi 12 makes you feel latencies. Let's go:

  • Through the settings 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
  • Using CPU-Z
    • Open CPU-Z
    • Go to the tab "Device"
    • In "Available RAM" you will discover the amount of RAM available on your Xiaomi 12, as well as a percentage to make it easier for you to interpret it

If you ever realize that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having a lot of applications open, it is probably necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also empty the cache of your Xiaomi 12 to free up space and improve your performance.

Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Xiaomi 12?

If you ever notice that your RAM is often full, it only makes sense to ask yourself if you can increase the amount of RAM on your Xiaomi 12 ? Unfortunately on Smartphones, this opportunity is impossible… You will therefore need to better manage your uses, close applications that you do not use, or switch to a more powerful mobile phone.

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