4.4.4 on gs5 all my favorite apps running only uses 1.38gb

[skratch77]

Just got 4.4.4 and the phone flies! I can push every app I use and multi task through them I it never goes over 1.5 GB and we now get 1.8 GB total memory.

700 sunspider score also

PS apps in memory are
Fb
Instantgram
YouTube
WhatsApp
Snapchat
EBay
Google music

Phone is instant response with only using 1.38gb with all them in memory!

PSS
I have not disabled any BLOAT this is a 100% stock running Verizon galaxy s5 with nothing manually turned off.

 

[Jibbajabba]

This is not Windows, free memory is wasted memory

 

[jamezr]

Just got 4.4.4 and the phone flies! I can push every app I use and multi task through them I it never goes over 1.5 GB and we now get 1.8 GB total memory.

700 sunspider score also

PS apps in memory are
Fb
Instantgram
YouTube
WhatsApp
Snapchat
EBay
Google music

Phone is instant response with only using 1.38gb with all them in memory!

Iam waiting for Samsung to get its act together with their UI. Hopefully for the Galaxy S6 next spring they can make TW better and less of a resource hog. But it seems through the last couple of updates they are getting better!
Samsung has always had great hardware, They need to make their software experience match their great hardware.

 

[skratch77]

This is not Windows, free memory is wasted memory

With first firmware we were pushing 1.6gb with like no apps running and the cell would lag like hell and reload apps constantly

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Iam waiting for Samsung to get its act together with their UI. Hopefully for the Galaxy S6 next spring they can make TW better and less of a resource hog. But it seems through the last couple of updates they are getting better!
Samsung has always had great hardware, They need to make their software experience match their great hardware.

I'm finally happy with tw and Samsung has stepped up big time with 4.4.4

I can finally say it that im over vanilla android and can stick with OEM tw without needing to root and ROM/customize the cell

You need to give 4.4.4 a try and see how much better it got.

 

[skratch77]

All background bloat running like visual voice mail and a billlion useless resource hogs but with no apps loaded is under a gig

Pretty dam close to a nexus

 

[spinedoc77]

Very nice. I'm stuck with AT&T and I can't find any info when they will roll out 4.4.4 for us. Even then I wouldn't want to lose my root, sigh.

 

[skratch77]

Very nice. I'm stuck with AT&T and I can't find any info when they will roll out 4.4.4 for us. Even then I wouldn't want to lose my root, sigh.

Wait are u saying Verizon finally beat att with an update lol

 

[Max(IT)]

All background bloat running like visual voice mail and a billlion useless resource hogs but with no apps loaded is under a gig

Pretty dam close to a nexus

Close to a nexus ??? Mate, with my nexus and all apps closed I'm below 500 Mb of ram used. Your Samsung is wasting twice the ram, as usual, and you are even happy

 

[gotluck]

That's a marked improvement. Good to hear.

 

[MRU]

I have latest update and still have same issues having to refresh/re-load apps after you get to 5-6th in your background history.

 

[pedromcm.pm]

Close to a nexus ??? Mate, with my nexus and all apps closed I'm below 500 Mb of ram used. Your Samsung is wasting twice the ram, as usual, and you are even happy

Exactly. You can someone throw away so much money on this and still be happy. If he likes Android, why not a G3, a Moto X, a Nexus, a m8...

And the guy is happy about only now his phone starting to perform like a Moto E.

 

[mKTank]

This is not Windows, free memory is wasted memory

That's rich considering Windows 8 requires less RAM than Yosemite. But please, don't let me slow your bandwagon.

 

[skratch77]

Close to a nexus ??? Mate, with my nexus and all apps closed I'm below 500 Mb of ram used. Your Samsung is wasting twice the ram, as usual, and you are even happy

There is no bloatware disabled bud...relax and this is the closets iv ever seen to a vanilla android ROM running other then a nexus.

This is with all Samsung's background services running and is a major improvement from when the phone came out.

 

[MRU]

There is no bloatware disabled bud...relax and this is the closets iv ever seen to a vanilla android ROM running other then a nexus.

This is with all Samsung's background services running and is a major improvement from when the phone came out.

In fairness the S5 is always very smooth for me, and even when it does have to reload an app, it does it quickly enough that's its not a major scandal. Just annoys me that an extra 1gb ram would have solved the app refreshing completely. I want to try the alpha in person to see if they have done anything to improve it, or if less resolution also means less ram usage.

But outside of app refreshing after a lot of apps open, the S5 has been impeccible for me in regards to smoothness and fluidity. Certainly some of best the fluidity I've seen on a Samsung device.

 

[skratch77]

Just got another update with a newer kernel...only 4 days old from Samsung!

Guess what? Max active apps now set to 8 from 6!

 

[skratch77]

All benchmarks are also up

 

[Dr McKay]

This is not Windows, free memory is wasted memory

I wish, my Lg G3 has 2GB of RAM, and struggles to keep 2 Chrome tabs in memory often.

The odd thing is the task manager will say my phone has 500mb of memory free, but tabs are reloading...