Increase the RAM in the N9
 

Is there anyway to increase the N9s' stock RAM? Maybe utilizing the storage memory as virtual RAM?:confused:

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why do you want to increase RAM ? It's already big as 1GB is more than enough

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1GB isn't enough?

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1GB is enought large capacity

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You can increase the zram amount (I read somewhere that the N9 has a few mb allocated to ramzswap) You can increase the size of that and see if the results are better.

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isnt 1gb ram is more than enough for N9 ?

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still remember when i added another 128mb ram in second slot of my win98 PC.. my Pc was so Happy with 256mb Ram.. :)

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Do you remember which post?:D

I don't know why but when checking thru Conky my N9s usage of its RAM is higher than the usual when multitasking. I can only open up until 30 apps then the phone hangs if I opened up a 31st.

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Uh...
Only 30?

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oh. very sad to hear that. maybe hospital?

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Yeah, bummer right?....:(

Really really sad....:(

Can recommend any solutions:D

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Buy another N9, then you'll be able to open 60 apps, 30 on each :D

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can't remember where though if ramzswap is enabled in the N9 kernel it will be simple to change the amount of memory allocated to that by following the ramz wiki http://code.google.com/p/compcache/w...ingAndUsingNew

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Hahahahahahaha.....I admit that was funny!:D

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Why not try lugging your desktop around - use that for your 30+ apps and your feeble N9 for the trivial stuff like making phone calls.

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The n900 had more that enough ram too but now you see it's the most limiting factor. That will be probably true for the N9, and as more and more things manage their way on the phone (such as NotSoEasy Debian) this will become even worse. So seeking ways to optimize is never premature. Especially when you know it's the last device of it's kind.

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So guys any other options on this? Any developer who maybe can make an app that can tweak the RAM?:rolleyes:

Thanks!:)

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30 apps open and you're complaining? Damn, you guys are never happy.

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If you get more RAM is 31 enough or will it be "only" 31 apps?

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If you give a mouse a cookie....

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Would you?:rolleyes:....be happy?.....or would you want some more, since you know the potential of the device?:D

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I've never had more than 45 apps open to test overclocking, I never leave apps open, if I'm not using them.

That's just me though.

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You thing 30 are few aplications?You are kidding..

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English tip:
"few" = 3-4
"couple" = 2

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I use less than 20 windows when handling multiple projects at the same time on a dual screen desktop set-up :/

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When OC with the 45 apps open, did you manage to check the RAM usage % ? How many apps were open at 50% RAM usage?

Thanks for any info.:D

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I'm sorry but... Why the **** would you need 30 apps running?!

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I have no idea. There is nothing wrong with your N9, I just think you're looking to make something wrong with it.

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Pffft, if you can have 4 to 6 apps running (background) in multitasking, that should be enough !
However, the N900 had an even better solution. The apps were working (multitasking) in real-time (icons). What I do not like is that the N9 (like the iPhony) stop apps when not in use.

What I mean is that my N900 still can show max ~32 apps, and more reasonable 4 apps, live, e.g. youtube clips running.

Look if I want to stop an app running I can click the stop/pause button ! Or not ?

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I just can't think of 30 or more than 30 apps that I need to run at the same time of period...even for desktop usage...perhaps I'm not multi-tasking guy :p

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That depends, there are applications that still running after minimize.

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I don't know what he's talking about, I have 32 applications open right now, and I still have 13800KB of free Memory.

If you want a list of the applications;

Terminal (running top)
Clock
Gallery
Calculator
Feeds
PocketYouTube
Notes
Nokia Public Transport
Sudoku
Trojita
Stop timer
Magnify (which by the way IS real time on the task screen
MeeWhip Lite
Puzzle Master
Sports Tracker
Quick Voice Input
PhotoCam3D
Kmplayer
Recorder Pro
Firefox
Opera Mobile
Filebox
MeeCatalog
EmuMaster
Flashlight
Builtin Youtube browser
Facebook
MeeCast
Calendar
Web Browser
Contacts
Email.
Messages
and lastly Music...

It does tend to get a bit on the slow side at that point, and no I'm not overclocking. That's some serious multitasking right there!

slaapliedje

Edit: Oh, forgot to add, the responsiveness was better than Windows XP running on a system with 128MB of RAM. I do know this from experience, long story short, a friend's motherboard died, swapped motherboard, but it had different ram, and I only had a 128mb stick that would fit (she had 256mb before) and the difference between XP and Ubuntu launching OpenOffice was 10 minutes vs 5 minutes (no exaggeration either!).

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What's the point? Battery stress-testing? Just curious.

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i was hoping this thread was about soldering more ram chips to the board. oh well...

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Hahahaha thats some serious multi-tasking!!!

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That's a good idea, but it sounds like an N9/Harmattan version of something like the n900's Swappolube app could be what we're targeting here. Chasetheangel, I would also recommend looking at the new-ish app, FasterN9, which may be a helpful step towards what you're seeking re memory utilization/optimization.

Devices will have twice the N9's current RAM in no time, so maybe we could futureproof by offloading some of the N9's traditional memory tasks to Dropbox and converting more resources to something more RAM-like.

This way, chasetheangel could have 60 programs operating at once with only a single N9 and buy beer with the saved money.

If this helps, the 'thanks' button is that way --->

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Hi Creamy Goodness, thanks for the sweet OC App, love it.

To what you mentioned above. Is there anyway to do something like that:o......virtually of-course:D