Andriod Questions

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Few questions,

I'm curious about the memory management (RAM) in Android. I've been reading about how your not really meant to kill apps or worry about the phones RAM being 70-80% used even out of the box because its Linux based and manages memory in a totally different way to Windows for example. Is this true? Also how do you tell what's a core process and what can be disabled permanently?

Has anyone had any problems with burn in on AMOLED screens? In theory they can burn in like Plasma TV's and I have seen a few examples on the net but in the "real world" is this an issue? Like if you used it for GPS navigation etc. Would you say AMOLED screens look far superior to LCD? The iPhone's screen looks pretty damn nice and its just LCD so I don't quite understand the hype, is it literally down to battery life?

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Robin.
 
AMOLED : No burning in on mine
and yes well superior to the same resolution LCD, better energy consumption and better viewing angles, more brightness, contrast, colour

On the Ram. If you have superuser rights, you can kill nearly any application to your likening, and on normal use, you can delete ram data not used anymore or kill applications of (apps application, not system ones)
 
No problem on AMOLED neither here. And I used my phone a lot for playing. My phone screen is set so it disable after 2mn. No trouble at all.
I wouldnt say it's superior to Iphone honestly, for me the difference in how a movie or game looks is minimal.
 
Thanks for the replies guys 👍

Is it normal though for an Android phone straight out of the box to be using 50%-70% of the RAM for example, with nothing other than factory installed stuff?
 
Robin.
Thanks for the replies guys 👍

Is it normal though for an Android phone straight out of the box to be using 50%-70% of the RAM for example, with nothing other than factory installed stuff?
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It shouldn't make a differences but I would have a look in the Running Applications menu (Settings > Applications > Running) and see what is using the ram.

Regarding AMOLED screens, I haven't had any issues with burn-in. The colours are more vivid (some argue too vivid), great viewing angles, infinite contrast ratio and low energy consumption.
 
Mine was using around 450mo-500mo out of the 831mo available, now with stuff installed I'm more around 500mo-600mo.
 
for AMOLED burn in this does (can) happen and it can be bad, when working for tmobile repairing there phones ild see it alot, most of the time it would eather be the keybord burnt to the screen or the main screen
 
I had a Galaxy S with an AMOLED screen for 2 years and didn't experience any screen burn in. I hadn't even heard of it until I read through this thread!
 

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