Best way to free up RAM on my Fascinate?

Even though I am not running a ton of apps and keep history and cache clear, am still using almost 238 MB of the 325 MB of available RAM. Suggestions? Do text messages suck up space?

10sEn wrote:
First, I would like to point out that your Samsung Fascinate has 512MB of available RAM.  My guess is that you still have 325MB of RAM available for use, so I think you're good.  I know those numbers 325 and 238 don't quite add up to 512
The terminology nowadays is so screwed up, its difficult to communicate.  People are using RAM to mean different things.  When used as originally as in PC's, it is the volatile memory which is emptied when the device is turned off.  All that data is cleared.  Then android reloads it as full as possible when you restart the phone.  (It runs better near full).  This is the memory that your post is referring to and you are right; that is the real RAM.
But, I think the OP is referring to the RAM, phone storage, internal memory, flash memory, whatever it is called, that does not change when you turn off your phone.  It does change when you add an app, or  create some data like a text message or change your cache by using an app, etc.  But when you reboot, that data is still there.  That data is erased when you delete or clear or uninstall something or factory/hard reset the phone.  All these things increase its size.  If it is too small, performance does decrease.  So first I think the 325 available refers to the amount left after deducting for the OS itself (which may be 200 MB or so) (Of course the space taken by the OS never changes unless it is updated).  Then from that 325, installing apps, creating texts or any other data reduces the 325 until the OP has 238 available now.  I believe this is how it works.  

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