The storage of a Xiaomi Redmi K20 has constantly been a problem, for many years mobile phones have not necessarily been equipped with a large enough 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 look at the subject of RAM, this other kind of memory is almost as important as the internal memory of your smartphone. We will precisely in this article help you if you have any questions on this topic.
In this article you will see how to check the RAM memory of your Xiaomi Redmi K20? To do this, we will first show you what is the use of the RAM of your smartphone, then, how to know the RAM of your Xiaomi Redmi K20 , and, finally, whether it is possible to increase the volume of RAM memory on your smartphone.
How useful is the RAM on a Xiaomi Redmi K20?
We therefore start this article by briefly explaining to you what is and what is the use of the RAM on a Xiaomi Redmi K20. This nomanclature 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. It will, for example, give you the possibility of running different 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 calculation 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 therefore be important to have decent performance on your Xiaomi Redmi K20. 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. We will therefore have to find the right compromise between processor power and the amount of RAM. This year, high-end cellphones have 8-10 GB of RAM which is huge!
How to know the RAM of your Xiaomi Redmi K20?
We now move on to the control part, which probably interests you the most, and, for that, we will now show you how to know everything about the RAM of your Xiaomi Redmi K20. To do this, to begin with, we will show you how to know the amount of RAM installed on your smartphone, then, how to know where you are with its use.
How to check the amount of RAM installed on your Xiaomi Redmi K20?
We therefore start with the procedure to find out the amount of RAM built into your Xiaomi Redmi K20. You will thus have assimilated it, the more the volume of RAM is important, the more the processor will be able to carry out tasks, to let others run in the background without noticing any latency or slowing down. There are two solutions to access this data:
- Quite simply from the “Settings” of your Xiaomi Redmi K20
- Go to the "Settings" of your smartphone
- Find the menu "Device maintenance" or “Device optimization”, depending on the Android version installed on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 this may vary, however, this is the menu in which you can observe the consumption of the various critical points of your smartphone (battery, RAM, storage… )
- 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 Xiaomi Redmi K20 is equipped.
- Passing by CPU-Z
- Download and install CPU-Z , a small application that will allow you to have a lot of data on your mobile phone
- Launch the application
- Go to the section "Device"
- You will find the amount of RAM installed on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 in the section "Total RAM"
How to check the RAM usage of your Xiaomi Redmi K20?
To know the RAM usage of your Xiaomi Redmi K20 and to know if it saturates or if you still have the margin, there are also two methods which are almost the same as those which we have just discovered in the previous part. This is a test that can be interesting to understand the reason why your Xiaomi Redmi K20 causes you to experience latencies. Let's go:
- Going through your smartphone settings
- Go to the "Settings" of your smartphone
- 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 find out the amount of RAM available on your Xiaomi Redmi K20, as well as a percentage to simplify its interpretation
In the event that you notice 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 clear the cache of your Xiaomi Redmi K20 to free up space and improve your performance.
Is it possible to increase the amount of RAM memory on a Xiaomi Redmi K20?
In the event that you notice that your RAM is regularly full, it is quite legitimate to ask yourself if you can increase the amount of RAM on your Xiaomi Redmi K20 ? Unfortunately on Smartphones 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 smartphone.
If you ever want a lot of tutorials to become a master of the Xiaomi Redmi K20, we invite you to watch the other tutorials in the category: Xiaomi Redmi K20.
