Let’s talk about why task killers and RAM boosters are a scam and why you ought to delete them immediately. Task killers and RAM boosters are apps that promise to manage and free up RAM space. This could be on your phone or computer. Now they go by many fancy and sometimes obscure names, but […]

What are system resources? In very simple terms, a system resource is any component of the phone/computer that is needed to carry out tasks. These components may include both hardware and software. Anything that a system needs to function that is not infinite is considered a system resource. System resources include: CPUs and GPU RAM […]

Hello and welcome to today’s post. I’ll be talking about Memory, Storage and ROM. These are certain terminologies that we tend to use a lot of the time. Now, a lot of us myself included, sometimes use these terms wrongly or incorrectly. Memory Storage and ROM Memory The first one I’d like to look at […]

Aggressive RAM Management (ARM) is a term that you may or may not have heard of. I don’t hear it very often, but it is thrown around a fair bit. What is Aggressive RAM management? Aggressive RAM management is simply when a phone cannot keep apps in memory for an extended period of time. It […]

Hello there, in this post, we are going to look at the causes of poor RAM management. Now, RAM is very important to a phone’s performance and user experience. This is especially true when it comes to loading apps, app switching, and multitasking. So, if it does not perform as expected…it can be frustrating. Have […]

Multitasking and RAM management are two very important terms used when discussing smartphones, especially the smartphone experience. But for a long time now, it has mostly flown under the radar of the general public. Many of people who do discuss it, tend to use Multitasking and RAM management interchangeably. Note that even though both terms […]

Virtual memory (or extended RAM) is the new king in town. I mean seriously. Everyone is advertising it, but not a lot of people understand it. As usual, I am going to paint a clearer picture for you. In today’s article, we are going to be looking at the Advantages and Disadvantage of Virtual Memory. […]

Hello, welcome to another blog post. In this post, we are going to be look at virtual memory. What is virtual memory or virtual RAM on a smartphone? This topic, at this point in time, is super important. Is someone asking “why?”. Well, if you look at all the new android phones coming through, a […]

In the last post I made, I talked about smartphone RAM. What it is, how it works, the different types as well as other key specs. When I was done, I said I was going to do a post on zRAM. So in this post, I am going to be tackling the question, what is […]

Smartphone RAM is short for Random Access Memory. RAM is a type of smartphone memory that sits very close to the SoC. RAM itself is not part of the SoC. It is located outside the SoC. In order for the RAM to function properly, it is connected to the SoC with physical wires that are […]