The storage of a Xiaomi Poco M5 has always been a problem, for many years the phones have not always been equipped with a large enough internal storage volume or an SD slot to increase the capacity of the latter. That said, for a few years the volume problem has been solved, now people are starting to look into the subject of RAM, this other type of memory is almost as essential as the internal memory of your phone. We are going precisely in this guide, to help you in the event that you have questions on this subject.
In this guide you will learn how to check the RAM memory of your Xiaomi Poco M5? To do this, we will first explain what your phone's RAM is used for, then, how to know the RAM of your Xiaomi Poco M5 , and, to conclude, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your phone.
What is the use of RAM on a Xiaomi Poco M5?
So we start this tutorial by teaching you quickly what is and what is the RAM for on a Xiaomi Poco M5. This term actually comes from the English "Random Access Memory", it will allow you to store the data that the processor needs in the short term. Among other things, it will give you the possibility of running different applications simultaneously, it is therefore the one that will store all the essential data in memory to keep applications running in the background. If you 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 files at your fingertips.
A high amount of RAM memory will therefore be essential to have decent performance on your Xiaomi Poco M5. That said, 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. This year, high-end mobile phones are equipped with 8 to 10 GB of RAM, which is huge!
How to know the RAM of your Xiaomi Poco M5?
We now move on to the verification part, which probably interests you the most, and, in this context, we are now going to reveal to you how to know everything about the RAM of your Xiaomi Poco M5. To do this, first, we will explain how to know the amount of RAM present on your phone, then, how to know where you are with its use.
How to check the amount of RAM installed on your Xiaomi Poco M5?
We therefore start with the technique to find out the amount of RAM equipped on your Xiaomi Poco M5. As you will have realized, the higher the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to perform tasks, let others run in the background of the task without feeling latency or slowing down. There are two alternatives to access this data:
- Directly from the "Settings" of your Xiaomi Poco M5
- Go to the "Settings" of your phone
- Locate the menu "Device maintenance" or "Device optimization", depending on the Android version installed on your Xiaomi Poco M5 this may vary, however this is the menu in which you can analyze the consumption of the different critical points of your phone (battery, RAM , storage… )
- Once in this menu, you will have to locate the "Memory" indicator and see the maximum volume displayed, this is the amount of RAM equipped on your Xiaomi Poco M5
- Using CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , small application that will allow you to have 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 Xiaomi Poco M5 in the section "Total RAM"
How to check the RAM usage of your Xiaomi Poco M5?
To know the RAM usage of your Xiaomi Poco M5 and to know in the event that it saturates or in the event that you still have the margin, there are also two possibilities which are almost identical to those which we have just explained to you just before. This is a test that can be rewarding to understand why your Xiaomi Poco M5 makes you feel latency. Let's go:
- Going through your phone settings
- 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
- 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 Poco M5, as well as a percentage to make it easier for you to interpret
If you notice that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having a lot of running applications, it is probably necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also empty the cache of your Xiaomi Poco M5 to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Xiaomi Poco M5?
If you 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 Poco M5 ? However on Smartphone this opportunity is impossible… You will therefore have to better manage your uses, close the applications which you do not use, or switch to a more powerful telephone.
In the event that you want a maximum of tutorials to become a master of the Xiaomi Poco M5, we invite you to consult the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi poco m5.
