topic Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue in XA Series

Xperia XA2 ram management issue

Mike781 — Wed, 02 May 2018 20:29:32 GMT

I am considering purchase Xperia XA2 which seems like very nice phone. However I have noticed that some people experience RAM management issues with this phone.

As shown in following video (that's not only one):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmor0fg0cmU&t=45s

When the apps are open and closed, the phone is not able to keep almost any app in the RAM. So when you re-open the apps again they are imidiately restarted. It means that phone can't essentialy multitask, this will be anoying especially with the games. I don't know if this happens just for some phones or it's problem for every Xperia XA2.

Please let me know.

Thank you

Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue

Uliwooly — Wed, 02 May 2018 20:49:06 GMT

@Mike781

This will happen with any Android, that's how it (android) free up RAM, if you have heavy apps running and other apps/services in the background, this will happen.

Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue

Mike781 — Wed, 02 May 2018 21:27:14 GMT

Thank you uliwooly for reply.

Your comment is probably true but for this particular phone (XA2) it seems that RAM optimization is even worst than for other android phones with even smaller RAM.

Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue

Uliwooly — Wed, 02 May 2018 21:36:09 GMT

@Mike781

my suggestion is to test it at your local store if possible, why? well, this is a support forum, which most of the comments will be from users that are experiencing issues not all users, or users w/o problems will post here.

Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue

davidhozic — Sun, 06 May 2018 00:52:42 GMT

works fine for me

Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue

xyna — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 20:55:04 GMT

It's absolutely horrible. I can't seem to multitask with any app. Even if I only have one app running (with all RAM- and battery-saving features turned off) and lock the screen, it'll quickly stop running, needing to fully reload upon unlock.

Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue

annoimush — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 09:48:09 GMT

I think something is wrong with your phone - I have two XA2's and both work fast and seemlessly switch between apps - there is no issue with either of them. Try booting in safe mode to see if it is being caused by an app you downloaded?

Many thanks

Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue

Niko69 — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 13:58:36 GMT

Mine behaves the same as the youtube vid, as in apps will restart rather than resume. Doesn't affect me in the slightest though.

Is there a faulty batch or do they all do it then?

Re: Xperia XA2 ram management issue

Chrismiass — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 04:53:25 GMT

I have the same ptoblem and it's very frustrating . Has anyone found a solution .