{"id":465875,"date":"2026-06-07T20:37:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/465875\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T20:37:13","slug":"i-disabled-one-samsung-setting-and-freed-up-ram-my-galaxy-was-wasting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/465875\/","title":{"rendered":"I disabled one Samsung setting and freed up RAM my Galaxy was wasting"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been using my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra for quite a while now. And while I know that any phone can start showing its age after months or years of use, that’s not something I\u2019m willing to accept as inevitable \u2014 especially from a device I plan to keep for the long haul. I\u2019ve never been the kind of person who upgrades phones at the first sign of trouble. Instead, I usually dig around for a fix, and more often than not, there is one. That approach has served me well over the years.<\/p>\n

For quite a while now, my Galaxy S24 Ultra started feeling unusually sluggish. Apps were taking longer to open, animations weren’t as smooth, and the overall experience was becoming a little frustrating. I knew something wasn’t quite right. After poking around in the settings, I discovered the culprit: too many apps running in the background<\/a>, eating up resources. Thankfully, a single setting made a perceptible difference. If your Galaxy phone has been acting the same way, this quick fix might help you, too.<\/p>\n


\n \"Battery<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Related<\/p>\n

\t\t
\n\t\t\tI checked my Samsung’s battery settings and found 7 apps draining it in the background
\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

The biggest battery hogs weren\u2019t what I expected.<\/p>\n

Some apps really need a long nap<\/p>\n

Time to hand them a pillow and send them to sleep<\/p>\n

\"Deep
\n Credit:\u00a0Shimul Sood \/ MakeUseOf<\/p>\n

The first thing I knew I didn\u2019t want to do was force-close apps<\/a> after every use. I actually like picking up right where I left off, whether it\u2019s a shopping app, a note-taking app, or something else. The real problem wasn\u2019t the apps I used regularly. It was the dozens of apps sitting on my phone that I barely touched. And when I say barely, I mean apps I hadn\u2019t opened in a month or two. I still needed them installed, but they didn\u2019t need to run in the background all the time.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s when I turned to Samsung\u2019s Deep Sleeping Apps feature. By moving those unused apps into Deep Sleep, I freed up some RAM<\/a>, reduced background activity<\/a>, and even helped battery life a bit. More importantly, it stopped those apps from consuming resources when they weren\u2019t doing anything useful. If you\u2019d like to try this on your Samsung phone, here\u2019s how:<\/p>\n

Open the Settings app and tap Battery.<\/p>\n

Scroll down and select Background usage limits.<\/p>\n

Tap Deep sleeping apps.<\/p>\n

Hit the \u201c+\u201d icon in the top-right corner.<\/p>\n

From here, select the apps you rarely or never use and tap Add.<\/p>\n

Once an app is moved to Deep Sleep, it won\u2019t run in the background and may stop receiving notifications or updates until you open it again. That\u2019s why I\u2019d recommend being selective. Only add apps you\u2019re comfortable putting on the back burner. If you ever change your mind, you can simply remove them from the Deep Sleep list, and they\u2019ll go back to behaving normally.<\/p>\n

My Galaxy was trying to juggle too many balls<\/p>\n

Not every app needed to stay after hours<\/p>\n

\"Background
\n Credit:\u00a0Shimul Sood \/ MakeUseOf<\/p>\n

Of course, putting rarely used apps into Deep Sleep only solved part of the problem. The apps I use every day were still doing what apps do best: hanging around in the background.<\/p>\n

While digging through the battery usage section in Settings, I got a clearer picture of which apps were using the most resources. That\u2019s when I decided to take things a step further and limit the number of apps that could stay active in the background at once. Here\u2019s what I did:<\/p>\n

First, I enabled Developer Options on my Galaxy S24 Ultra.<\/p>\n

Then, I opened Developer Options from the Settings app.<\/p>\n

Under the Apps section, I tapped Background process limit.<\/p>\n

This setting lets you control how many app processes Android can keep running in the background. By reducing that number, you\u2019re essentially telling your phone to spend fewer resources juggling apps you\u2019re not actively using.<\/p>\n

My phone felt noticeably snappier, and the battery life got a nice little boost. Personally, I\u2019ve set mine to a maximum of 2 processes, which strikes a good balance between performance and usability. Apps still work normally for the most part, but there\u2019s far less background clutter slowing things down.<\/p>\n

The RAM imposter among us<\/p>\n

It turned out to be all flex and no muscle<\/p>\n

\"RAM
\n Credit:\u00a0Shimul Sood \/ MakeUseOf<\/p>\n

The tweaks above helped my Galaxy feel noticeably smoother, but there was one setting I deliberately left alone \u2014 RAM Plus. At first glance, RAM Plus sounds like exactly the kind of feature you\u2019d want to enable. More RAM should mean better performance, right? However, instead of adding real memory, RAM Plus borrows a portion of your phone\u2019s internal storage and uses it as virtual RAM. The catch is that storage is significantly slower than actual RAM. So, when your phone starts leaning on that extra virtual memory, the experience can sometimes go in the opposite direction to what you\u2019d expect.<\/p>\n

I found that app switching can feel less responsive, that apps are more likely to reload when you return to them, and that overall multitasking doesn\u2019t always feel as fluid. That means your phone may end up working harder rather than smarter.<\/p>\n

If your Android phone already has 8GB of RAM or more, you probably don\u2019t need RAM Plus. In my experience, letting the phone rely on its physical RAM produced a more consistent experience than asking it to dip into slower storage. If you\u2019d like to turn it off, head to Settings, then Device Care. In this section, go to Memory, and tap RAM Plus. Then simply disable the toggle.<\/p>\n

\"Samsung<\/p>\n

\"MakeUseOf<\/p>\n

9\/10<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tBrand \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSamsung<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tSoC \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tDisplay \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t6.8-inch Dynamic LTPO AMOLED 2X, 120Hz, HDR10+, 2600 nits <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tRAM \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t12GB<\/p>\n

The Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra is a polished iteration that subtly enhances its predecessors’ strong suits. It sports a more industrial, flat design with a titanium frame and a standout 6.8-inch display that’s brighter and glare-reduced, offering a top-notch viewing experience. The camera system, while showing promise, struggles with consistency, but in terms of performance, it’s a powerhouse with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and a solid two-day battery life.<\/p>\n

The secret sauce was buried in Settings all along<\/p>\n

I’ve always had a habit of tinkering with my gadgets to see if there’s a way to make them work a little better. My phone is no exception. What started as an attempt to figure out why my phone felt slower than usual eventually turned into a series of workarounds that made a major difference. Along the way, I also learned that some features that sound helpful aren’t always worth enabling.<\/p>\n

If your Samsung phone has started feeling sluggish, laggy, or just not as snappy as it used to be, I’d suggest giving these tweaks a try. It only takes a few minutes, and you might be surprised by how much faster your phone feels afterward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I’ve been using my Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra for quite a while now. And while I know that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-465875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}