to disable zram or not?

[ninjakira]

I more or less just want other opinions lol but should I disable zram/swap or na? I feel like this would be a useful question to ask anyway because i already know if you look up stuff like "make moto g6 play run faster" zram/swap will be brought up lol so I guess I'm also willing to be the one to ask what sounds like a "dumb" question but in the end no question is dumb lol

 

[Spaceminer]

I more or less just want other opinions lol but should I disable zram/swap or na? I feel like this would be a useful question to ask anyway because i already know if you look up stuff like "make moto g6 play run faster" zram/swap will be brought up lol so I guess I'm also willing to be the one to ask what sounds like a "dumb" question but in the end no question is dumb lol

I think that's a great question that doesn't get discussed enough.

If you disable zram then you'd probably want to disable swap along with it. Zram stores compressed data in the ram itself, where as swap uses your emmc. If you needed more ram then you had available, and zram is disabled, swap is going to write to storage far more often making it slower during heavy use. It'll also wear out your emmc faster.

Basically I think it'd work out like this.

Zram + swap = Standard speeds.

Zram + no swap = Usually a bit faster than stock.

No Zram + swap = A bit slower than stock.

No Zram + No swap = The fastest option, but apps will get purged from memory more often. If you're a gamer, or not multitasking heavily between many apps, then this is probably your best option.

On systems with more RAM (3gb+), you'd probably want to disable both regardless of how you use your device. You'll get more longevity and faster speeds. Thank you for reminding me about this! I've been meaning to disable both. I might actually do some benchmarks to show the difference. If I do I'll post them.

 

[ninjakira]

I think that's a great question that doesn't get discussed enough.

If you disable zram then you'd probably want to disable swap along with it. Zram stores compressed data in the ram itself, where as swap uses your emmc. If you needed more ram then you had available, and zram is disabled, swap is going to write to storage far more often making it slower during heavy use. It'll also wear out your emmc faster.

Basically I think it'd work out like this.

Zram + swap = Standard speeds.

Zram + no swap = Usually a bit faster than stock.

No Zram + swap = A bit slower than stock.

No Zram + No swap = The fastest option, but apps will get purged from memory more often. If you're a gamer, or not multitasking heavily between many apps, then this is probably your best option.

On systems with more RAM (3gb+), you'd probably want to disable both regardless of how you use your device. You'll get more longevity and faster speeds. Thank you for reminding me about this! I've been meaning to disable both. I might actually do some benchmarks to show the difference. If I do I'll post them.

Right I don't see it talked about alot but I'll have to take the screenshots to but I disabled both zram and swap using aosip and boy howdy I def notice a difference. Also since flashing aosip I've noticed my phone is a bit more usable now once it hits 10% or lower battery, on stock the phone basically is unusable once the battery hits 10% or lower.