The storage of a Xiaomi Poco M5S has always been a concern, for many years smartphones have not necessarily been equipped with a large enough 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 resolved, 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 will precisely in this article, help you in the event that you have questions on this topic.

In this guide you will learn how to check the RAM memory of your Xiaomi Poco M5S? In this context, we will first explain to you what is the use of your phone's RAM, then, how to know the RAM of your Xiaomi Poco M5S , and, finally, if it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your phone.

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What is the use of RAM on a Xiaomi Poco M5S?

We start with this guide by showing you quickly what is and what is the function of the RAM on a Xiaomi Poco M5S. This acronym 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. Among other things, it will give you the possibility of running several applications at the same time, it is therefore the one that will store all the essential data in memory to keep applications in the background. In the event that 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 available.

A large amount of RAM memory will therefore be important to have high performance on your Xiaomi Poco M5S. However, it's a bit like everything, after a certain volume your processor will not be powerful enough to use it and you will therefore have unused memory. It is therefore necessary to find the right compromise between processor power and amount of RAM. At the moment, the most powerful Cell Phones are equipped with 8 to 10 GB of RAM which is huge!

How to know the RAM of your Xiaomi Poco M5S?

We now move on to the verification part, which probably interests you the most, and, for that, we will now present to you how to know everything about the RAM of your Xiaomi Poco M5S. In this context, first of all, 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 M5S?

We therefore start with the process to find out the amount of RAM equipped on your Xiaomi Poco M5S. You will therefore have assimilated it, the greater the volume of RAM, the more the processor will be able to carry out tasks, let others run in the background without suffering latency or slowdown. There are two solutions to access this data:

  • Simply from the "Settings" of your Xiaomi Poco M5S
    • Go to the "Settings" of your phone
    • Find the menu "Device maintenance" or "Device optimization", depending on the Android version installed on your Xiaomi Poco M5S, this may change, however, this is the menu in which you will be able to monitor the consumption of the various critical points of your phone (battery, RAM , storage… )
    • Now that you are in this menu, you will need to identify the "Memory" indicator and observe the maximum volume displayed, this is the amount of RAM with which your Xiaomi Poco M5S is equipped.
  • Using CPU-Z
    • Download and install CPU-Z , a small application that will allow you to obtain a large amount of information on your mobile phone
    • Launch the application
    • Go to the section "Device"
    • You will find the amount of RAM installed on your Xiaomi Poco M5S in the section "Total RAM"

How to check the RAM usage of your Xiaomi Poco M5S?

For know the RAM usage of your Xiaomi Poco M5S and to know in the event that it saturates or in the event that you still have some margin, there are also two possibilities which are almost identical to those which we have just shown you just before. This is a test that can be interesting to understand the reason why your Xiaomi Poco M5S makes you feel latency. Let's go:

  • By going through the configurations of your phone
    • 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
  • With 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 M5S, as well as a percentage to make it easier for you to interpret it

If you notice that you have very little RAM available without necessarily having a lot of applications running, it is probably necessary close background applications that saturate it. You can also empty the cache of your Xiaomi Poco M5S to free up space and improve your performance.

Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Xiaomi Poco M5S?

In the event that you identify that your RAM is regularly full, it makes absolute sense to ask yourself if you can increase the amount of RAM on your Xiaomi Poco M5S ? Alas on Phone this operation 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 phone.

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