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 enabling virtual RAM will probably be beneficial.
  • If you don't need a lot of apps running in the background and you don't multitask a lot, then disabling Ram plus will give better performance.

How to Disable Ram Plus?

  • Go into your phone's settings
  • Go to battery and device care
  • Tap on memory
  • Scroll down to the bottom where you'll see an option called "Ram plus"
  • Disable it

Overall, disabling Ram plus is recommended if you have 8GB or more RAM on your phone.

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 enabled, 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, set it to a lower number such as one, two, three or four.
  • Setting it at four will keep only four background processes running at any time on your phone. This can help improve performance and speed if you don't care about multitasking and having lots of apps running in the background.

Disabling Ram Plus for Better Battery Life

In this section, the speaker explains how disabling Ram Plus can lead to better battery life.

Disabling Ram Plus

  • If you have a phone like Samsung S23/S23 Plus/S23 Ultra with ample RAM, there's no need for Ram Plus.
  • By disabling Ram Plus, you can save yourself from possible battery implications that may arise from peaking physical RAM and writing to your phone's storage.