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I am currently using a Pixel 4a 5G, and despite it being an overpowered phone, I am never able to run an app, attend to the whims of life, and resume from where I left off, without Low Memory Killer (LMK) maliciously dropping my private browsing session (and no, the fix is not to stop private browsing, there's a reason I do this, and it's not girlfriend/super-cookie/ISP related).

I have tried everything to get LMK to mind its own business, including rooting, Memory Locker, I have even attempted enabling swap (through Terminal Emulator/other apps, to no avail), etc. Short of just switching to iPhone (any tips here? Does IOS have an annoying LMK, or is it balanced?) I would greatly appreciate any tips that will lead me to disabling this bad behaviour, before I end up destroying my overpriced phone.

Robert
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    Which web browser are you talking about? Why are you sure it is the Android memory management that kills the private browser session? – Robert Apr 19 '22 at 16:01
  • Because it has happened with all of the browsers that I have used: Brave, Firefox, Firefox Beta, Chrome, etc. – Dev Funnie Apr 20 '22 at 13:26
  • Unfortunately, it's too late, however, I did a lot of digging, and I found some article(s) on changing some of the LMK parameters: there is a file called /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree which you can apparently tweak to fit your needs. You can set them like so: echo x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,x6 > /sys/module/lowmemorykiller/parameters/minfree, where x is the threshold you want, divided by the page size (4). More details at https://www.droidviews.com/tweak-android-low-memory-killer-needs/ – Dev Funnie May 03 '22 at 15:56
  • @DevFunnie That seems like it would be a good self-answer. (Just one that doesn't work for me personally, I don't have /sys/module/lowmemorykiller.) – Fabian Röling Dec 20 '22 at 13:15

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