Memory allocation question - MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General

Hi all, I'm new here and currently I have o2 xda IIs device.
First of all I'm sorry if this topic posted before (I did try search but couldn't find the answer )
I see that the main memory is divided into "Storage" and "Program"
Here's my memory allocation structure:
Storage - 54.07 MB (31.92 MB in use)
Program - 71.70 MB (21.18MB in use)
And here are my questions:
1. What is the contents in storage? (I'm still trying to figure out the purpose of the internal storage inside main memory).
2. What's eating the space (31.92 MB in use) in the storage of main memory?
3. Is there any ways to make the memory allocation more efficient?
Currently using Shipped o2 Asia 1.40 ROM.
All help will be appreciated, thank you in advance.

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Anyway to re-alocate this 50.16MB program memory ?

hello there
i found the program memory to be fixed to 50.16MB , and i failed to reallocate it (the slider wouldnt move :roll: ) :? , so , any hint ????
thanks
No, in Windows Mobile 5 program memory and storage space are physically different, so you can't change the allocations.
Program memory = RAM memory
Storage space = entirely Flash memory (used to be mostly RAM in PPC2003 devices).

Some information needed about memory in the Wizard

Hi all,
Can someone please explain to me how the memory is configured in the wizard ? When I look in the Settings>>Memory>>main, I can see that I have Storage memory ( 42.55 Total) and Program memory ( 44.01 Total)
In both areas I have almost 25mb free, what is actually stored in each ? Where is the ROM stored ?
I have read about the 'Extended Memory' is this in one of these or is there another area ? I have read that it is possible to unlock the extended memory, what exactly does that mean, what can I do with this unlocked memory ?
Is there a way to store programs is a memory area where they will not get deleted after a hard reset ?
Hope some one can clarify these points to me.
Chees AZ :roll:
Here is the explanation. It is the same for all WM5 based phones:
1) Program memory - This is your RAM. Just like in the PC it is the memory used to run programs. Part of it will always be used by the OS and other things you have running in the background, which is why you never get all the 64MB printed on the box.
2) Storage memory - This is like your hard disk. It's actually flash memory (just like disk on key) and is used to store files, settings, and all the outlook databases. It is deleted when you hard reset the device.
3) Extended ROM - This is another partition of the flash memory, but unlike storage memory it is hidden and read only. Usually the cellular provider puts it's customization cabs there. If you check the Wizard section of the wiki you will find a tool that will make this partition visible and writable so you can use it just like a built-in storage card. It's contents will not be erased during hard reset, but it will become hidden and read only again.
4) ROM - This is where your OS is stored. It isn't really ROM, but another partition of the same FLASH that contains storage and extended ROM, except it is always hidden and can only be written to by special programs (like the ROM updater). The files there are organized in a special way so they are ready to run and you can see most of them in your windows directory.
On the box of your (and most new devices) it says 128MB ROM. About 64 of those are the OS, another 10MB extended ROM and the rest is storage.

RAM allocation

I'm asking you all WM5 geeks: is there a way to change the memory allocation in WM5? In my prev PPC 2002 I could dedicate more RAM to apps running, but I learned Tynt has no such feature. I also read about the ROM unlocker but I think it's not what I'm looking for since it frees up memory for installing programs.
I would like to move all the installs to the miniSD and I don't care how many apps I can run wothout miniSD... I wish only to have from 10 to 30 MB more memory at expence of internal storage quote.
Is there a trick to perform?
default all 128MB are application memory on wm2005
ppl use the ramdisk at buzzdev to make some of that application memory into storage
if you are using a ramdisk you can use a smaller one you can find them at buzzdev

Can i increase program storage without installing new rom? Which program?

Hi,
Can I only increase storage memory by installing a new rom ?
Or is there another program that can do this with a slider or something?
If not, which rom has a lot of program storage? I use YuE's clean rom, so i think the memory is already clean enough but maybe storage is too low.
Its for the problem below, IGO8 is almost completely on my memory storage, i think i have another 5MB short.
Thanks,
Innovator
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Hi,
I ordered a 8GB MicroSDHC and sold my 4GB allready, but i need my gps but don't have a memorycard at the moment.
Is there any trick or registry trick to let IGO search in the memory storage?
It's a small map i have put it with the basemap, licence,... on the memory storag.
I tried to make a directory in program files/igo8/content/map and put the map there, but it keeps searching on my Micro-sd card.
Thanks!
Innovator

Confused: Clarify Free storage

I am looking thru some roms, and whatever ... i see some that have storage and programs free space. This is just one, the last one i looked at before having had anough of the confusion.
Here is what the rom lists
Free Storage: 224.62
Free Program: 70.83 (Manila Running) 78.06 (Titanium Running)
Total storage on my tilt 2 is 225.93 !!!!!! This doesnt make much sense to me. If i install that rom, i will have all of my internal storage free??????????????????
And my program used will be about tha same as i have now??? Well, with a reboot first
The storage (FLASH) of TP2 (and Tilt2 as well, I guess) is 512MB, what you see is what left after the system/being available for programs you would install in so called "internal memory".
Same for program (RAM) - the total is 256MB (plus 32MB for radio section) and what you see (70MB etc.) is a free memory for programs you would run.
More is better, of course, but who cares on "internal memory" when one can fit a card with 32GB of capacity...?
A free RAM is an issue however, so please judge on it rather when choosing a system to install ;-)
Regards.

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