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Your problem may be related to this:
although it has 6GB internal memory, my FP5 almost always has to reload apps when I switch from one app to another. When I am listening podcasts, they even stop when I open another app, and I have to lookup the podcast again and start over. Very annoying.
I just restarted once again my FP5, but in the list of recent apps, only the 3 most recent apps start where I left them, but as from the 4th app in the row, the app has to reload.
Does everyone see this ?
In ‘settings’ I find no RAM topic, t…
and in particular post 36:
Hi, I am also heavily affected by this problem. I have the 6GB variant. My biggest issue is Spotify being killed constantly when in the background. Here are some of my observations:
All apps that are not in the foreground are potentially killed (e.g. firefox, spotify, google services, widgets, …)
It happens with the stock launcher, and also with other launchers (it feels like third party launchers make the problem a little bit worse → more ram usage = more apps killed?)
A reliable trigger for …
However, these were reported before the update to A15.
I presume the previous instance of the problem was resolved by an update and is now back again.
Make sure that Spotify app is allowed to run in the background:
Settings > Apps > All apps > Spotify > App battery usage > Allow background usage needs to be enabled.
If that doesn’t help, I advise you to file a bug report on support.fairphone.com .