Tweak helps OnePlus 3 better manage its 6GB of RAM

17 June, 2016
While other flagships of the year max out at about 4GB of RAM, the recently announced OnePlus 3 surpasses this feat with a whopping 6GB of RAM. While 6GB of RAM may not be a requirement for a smartphone to run well, OnePlus decided to go with 6GB anyway.

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AnonD-485858, 18 Jun 2016No point having 6gb of ram and limiting to 20 app and then ... more*cough xiaomi mi5

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    • Anonymous
    • 0Tt
    • 18 Jun 2016

    Yeah, cause it really does wonders for battery to load and reload the very apps which could ultimately stay in ram (which is always on anyway). If they care so much about battery then merly stop running services after a threshold, don't kill the app, you pretty much nullify the reason of (why) anyone would buy a phone with extra ram.

    it reminds me last year's Samsung. Such a waste of RAM, all because of the aggressive ram manager...

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      • dasman
      • Yc3
      • 18 Jun 2016

      It saddens me 1+ did this to a device that boasts having 6GB of RAM. Before tweaking the max app count is 20. 20!? Shameful! Y'all remember the OPX having issues of performance cuz they LIED of having a 801 snapdragon AB version, but really it was an AA? smh.

      If too lazeh;
      1) root, get build prop editor
      2) search for ro.sys.fw.bg_apps_limit=20 and change to a number no more than 60
      3) enjoy, spread the word!

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        • AnonD-485858
        • vV5
        • 18 Jun 2016

        No point having 6gb of ram and limiting to 20 app and then saying you're free to modify.

        Its like having a car with 400 bhp but speed limiter set at 160 km/H and saying you're free to modify

        A HP should be sold by the manufacturer to tap it's max potential possible

        Want better battery life experience, put in a bigger battery

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          • korbindallis
          • q}t
          • 18 Jun 2016

          Let's see what OnePlus has in an update

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            • Anonymous
            • tZk
            • 18 Jun 2016

            Let the OP3 runs it's money.

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              • Anonymous
              • w6A
              • 18 Jun 2016

              OnePlus must know if the user know if has many apps on background makes battery drain faster so OnePlus dont need to do this.

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                • AnonD-442781
                • JiB
                • 18 Jun 2016

                mir, 18 Jun 2016What's the point of the huge amount of RAM when you're goin... moreThe extra ram is still used for cached processes and stuff.

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                  • yth
                  • Sp8
                  • 18 Jun 2016

                  looking at the pic below i can say with confidence that thise are preety basic apps and my samsung core prime(1gb ram) can handle the third of them so 6x gain isn't that much of an improvement. also how about all those clips online showing op3 easily handling much more tho?
                  fkin sales scam!

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                    • AnonD-89109
                    • gwB
                    • 18 Jun 2016

                    LOL! They put in 6 gigs or RAM and then put in 20 apps limit to utilise it! Hmm, I wonder when they were drunk, for the former or the latter!

                    Anyway, jokes apart, it was pretty simply to change it anyway.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • p6y
                      • 18 Jun 2016

                      mir, 18 Jun 2016What's the point of the huge amount of RAM when you're goin... more6GB sounds better than 4GB, that's why

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                        • Anonymous
                        • nmP
                        • 18 Jun 2016

                        Hardware is awesome, software not.

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                          • mir
                          • t7E
                          • 18 Jun 2016

                          What's the point of the huge amount of RAM when you're going to be stingy in using all of it.