How to Increase RAM Capacity on vivo and iQOO Phones

If you're a vivo phone user, you might have experienced issues like lagging, slow performance, or trouble downloading large apps. This often happens because of limited RAM in your vivo phone.

RAM is crucial for smooth phone performance—the more you have, the better your phone runs. So, what can you do if your vivo phone has limited RAM? Don't worry, there are several ways to fix this.

In this article, I’ll show you how to increase RAM capacity on vivo and iQOO phones. By the way, iQOO is a part of vivo and shares a similar interface.

Using the Extended RAM Feature

One of the most effective ways to increase RAM capacity is by using the Extended RAM feature. This is an inbuilt feature in vivo and iQOO phones. It works by borrowing internal memory and converting it into virtual RAM.

Here's a step-by-step guide using the iQOO Z9x 5G as an example:

1. Open the "Settings" app.

2. Scroll down and select the "RAM & storage space" menu.

3. Choose the "RAM" menu to adjust its capacity.

4. To activate the extended RAM feature, toggle the switch next to "Extended RAM" until it turns green.
5. Restart your vivo phone to apply the changes.

The additional RAM capacity depends on your phone model and can range from 4 GB to 8 GB. Once activated, your phone's RAM capacity will automatically increase according to the added capacity.

Using Developer Options

Besides using extended RAM, you can also manage RAM usage through developer options. This method helps limit background processes to allow your RAM to focus on the active app, making your phone run more smoothly.

First, you need to activate the developer options feature. Here’s how:

1. Open the "Settings" app on your vivo phone.

2. Tap on the "About phone" menu at the top.

3. Enter the "Software information" menu.

4. Tap the "Build number" option 7 times in a row.
5. You’ll see a message indicating you’ve become a developer.

After successfully activating the developer options, scroll and select the "System" menu on the home page. Then, return to the system management page and select the "Developer options" menu.

This developer options feature has various menus that can be used to manage your vivo phone.

Since we want to limit background processes, scroll down to the Apps section and select the "Background process limit" menu.

To limit it, choose "No background processes." If successful, there will be no more processes or apps running in the background.

This method significantly improves RAM efficiency and overall performance. In other words, your vivo phone will no longer experience issues like lag or slow performance when opening apps.

Those are the ways to increase the RAM capacity on your vivo phone. Additionally, managing RAM usage by limiting background processes can ensure your phone runs smoothly. That’s it for this discussion, and good luck!