Samsung Left This Setting Enabled, But You Should Disable It! (RAM Plus)

Samsung Left This Setting Enabled, But You Should Disable It! (RAM Plus)

Disabling Samsung's RAM Plus Setting

In this video, the speaker talks about a Samsung setting called Ram plus that should be disabled on your phone. The speaker explains what Ram plus is, who it's made for, and why it can be detrimental to your phone.

What is Ram Plus?

  • Ram plus uses your phone's storage space to provide virtual memory.
  • Virtual RAM is slower than physical RAM on your phone.
  • Having more virtual space dedicated to swap space can slow down your phone because of the limited lifespan of storage.

Who Can Benefit from Ram Plus?

  • If you have 6GB or less RAM or if you're constantly up in the higher thresholds of your physical memory, then you can probably enable virtual RAM.
  • If you do a lot of multitasking and rely on a lot of apps and processes running simultaneously in the background or do a lot of split-screen multitasking activities, then virtual RAM will probably be very beneficial to you.

Why Should You Disable Ram Plus?

  • Virtual RAM is not real physical RAM.
  • Having a large space dedicated to virtual RAM might not be good because it can slow down your phone due to the slower speed of storage compared to actual physical RAM.
  • There is no point in having Ram plus enabled if you have 8GB or more RAM on your phone since these phones already have enough physical memory.

How to Improve Phone Performance by Adjusting Background Process Limit

In this section, the speaker explains how to improve phone performance by adjusting the background process limit.

Adjusting Background Process Limit

  • To access the background process limit setting, go to Settings > Developer Options.
  • If you do not have Developer Options, go to About Phone > Software Information and tap your build number seven times to activate it.
  • Search for "process limit" in the search bar and select "background process limit."
  • By default, it is set to "standard," which allows around 20 processes. However, if you have an older phone with less RAM or are experiencing slow performance, adjust it to a lower number (e.g., four).

Virtual Memory and RAM Plus

  • If you need multitasking and lots of apps running in the background, enable virtual memory.
  • If you have a phone with a lot of RAM (e.g., Samsung S23 series), disable Ram Plus as it may cause battery implications or SSD wear and tear.

Overall, adjusting the background process limit can help improve phone performance by reducing stress on physical RAM and storage.