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Subject: Re: What is your experience with Samsung "RAM Plus" virtual memory
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Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 09:55:16 +0100
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Andy Burns, 2024-12-06 09:05:

> Edward.C wrote:
> 
>> I think it depends on your usage. If you always have many apps running 
>> at the same time, maybe it can give slight improvement in performance.
>>
>> I have disabled it and never noticed any difference, probably because I 
>> have 12GB of RAM on my A55.
> 
> Given the way Android apps save their state and are then ready to be 
> killed when there is pressure on memory, ready to be reloaded "as they 
> were", then using swap seems a bit pointless?

It depends on the app. Loading and preparing data ready to be used after
being killed may take more time than just swapping in the memory contents.


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