I downloaded apps2sd in the market and if I move an apps to as it actually moves it to the internal usb storage and not a as card. At the bottom it says there is 11.5 gb available. So wouldn't the apps still run the same speed since they are being moved to just another partition on the internal storage?
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I believe we have 2gb or so internal storage for apps on this phone... so there should really be no need for apps2sd...
To answer ur question, if the internal memory is just a partition of the total space on the phone, then yes, the apps should be recalled at the same speed...
Since we have so much internal space for apps however, its better to keep the apps on the internal memory, so when u mount ur "sd", u can still run ur apps
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Yeah I just thought that apps couldn't go into the USB storage. Just kinda cool if you run out of room even though 2gb is a lot of space.
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Hi all,
my wife owns a Wildfire S since a couple of days.
But I am quite disappointed about the amount of available memory (internal storage) for applications.
She does not have a lot of applications installed (about 5), but the available is only about 93 MB.
When going to "Settings - Applications - Manage Applications" it shows me at the bottom of the screen "Internal Storage: 57MB used, 93MB free".
The phone specs state RAM 512 MB and Internal Storage also 512MB. Why is it showing only 140MB in reality?
Can someone explain this, please?
Is this normal?
How much available storage do you guys have on yours, please?
(Btw, also via "Settings - Storage" it shows "92,07MB as available space" on internal storage)
The phone is a T-Mobile branded one from The Netherlands.
Thanks in advance.
Mine got 512MB internal storage as well, but i think that the OS uses some space that don't show up. Have you tried moving apps to the SD card?
Moving apps to SD indeed does free up some memory, however...
I have only installed a few apps (less then 10mb all together), therefore I am quite disappointed with the little available memory.
The phone is a dutch Tmobile version. I can see there are a few Tmobile apps built-in into the rom, but surely they can't take up that much space, could it? (Adding up used + available internal storage only totals about 150mb, which is far from the 512mb as in the specs?)
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Same issue! I got mine yesterday and after barely installing anything. Im low on internal memory and it adds up to 140mb not 512.
Btw android, sense and other HTC things take up that memory. It is only 512mb when there is nothing on the internal memory.
Same issue here. Quite a disappointment and no way to really solve it.
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Im amazed at how little memory this phone has. After 2 days and 5 apps its basically completely out of space. I liked the smaller form factor but this is ridiculous.
U can move all of ur apps to SD if u want...and it doesn't even require rooting...i was also having problem with this whole low internal memory thing..but i found this...
"http://androidforums.com/desire-tips-tricks/174345-how-move-apps-sd-card-unrooted-device-noobs-guide-updated-09-02-11-a.html"
its quiet simple really...it does help a little...with this u can use "move to SD card" option in application settings for nearly all the apps..
Hope this helps..
PS : u can use an app called android tool box..its really useful..it has many options like app manager, cache cleaner,file explorer,start up manager and many more..it is quiet handy when u'r low on Ram or space..
I have data2sd installed with 200apps....data2sd is very slow n lags alot...I want to use link2sd as its faster but will I b able to hav 200 apps and does link2sd use the internal space even after linking all the files to sd card..
HTC WILDFIRE S
ROM:CM7
1 GB INTERNAL MEMORY
806MHZ OVERCLOCKED
ELECTRIC CYAN THEME
Link2SD does, in fact, continue to use internal space.
Depending on certain criteria (which I don't know), certain apps will continue to throw some portions onto internal memory.
Even if you're as anal as I am about going into Link2SD (after enabling the "auto-move to external thingy") and then MANUALLY grabbing linked apps and pushing them over to SD... you will still cry, swear, and wonder where all your internal space went. ;-)
I'm at about 50-60 installed apps and I'm down to 28MB left internally (only started off with about 57MB though, due to custom ROM limitation (deodexed).
Good luck,
- Anthony
Which class is ur sdcard?
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kp.nikhil said:
I have data2sd installed with 200apps....data2sd is very slow n lags alot...I want to use link2sd as its faster but will I b able to hav 200 apps and does link2sd use the internal space even after linking all the files to sd card..
HTC WILDFIRE S
ROM:CM7
1 GB INTERNAL MEMORY
806MHZ OVERCLOCKED
ELECTRIC CYAN THEME
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Okay, so i have counted my apps, and i have 177 apps on the phone, and some of them are really huge, and it just works fine.. i am using a data2sd by jikantaru ... i guess your sd card is slow, or you use the bad data2sd script ?
try to class 8 up sdcard~
Class 6 will also do.
Dear god, what are you people doing with 150+ apps ?
Total noob question, but I'm gonna ask anyways. What are the pros and cons of storing apps on your sd card instead of the internal memory. I'm debating on whether or not I should use this feature. I know that it frees up internal memory, but at what cost? Does it free up any ram? Does it increase or decrease your phones performance? And bottom line....is it worth it? And do you use it? Thanks for the input
It's not exactly what you'd call a "newbie" question but at the same time by no means something you couldn't have google'd and found about, thus eliminating the need for this thread.
Apps2SD allows you to install android applications to the SD Card. For a phone like the Desire Z, which has a lot of internal storage (1GB dedicated to applications) it really has no use for this. I guess this was made fore phones that didn't have a lot of internal storage (like the HTC Desire for example). The downside to this is that SD apps will have slower loading times. (since SD Cards are slower than eMMC chips)
It's a great feature, but for our device it is useless as we have enough internal storage space for applications.
Slow SD cards could slow down your apps, and connecting and disconnecting micro SD card from computer can also cause issues with apps on the SD card.
Okay. Based on that info I'm going to opt out of using that feature then. And in the future I will be sure to use google before creating a thread. Thanks for the input!
I'm using the stock kernel and, of course, facing issues with the small internal memory. I'm using link2sd, but it still leaves a fair amount of data in the internal memory (ie, 16 mb for Asphalt 6, 14 mb for Facebook, 13 mb for Flash, a couple of mb for many other apps), so I'm always with a somewhat limited space for applications.
So I wonder if there is something capable of moving far more data to the SD card, so I don't need to worry about having enough room for apps. I was looking at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spazedog.mounts2sd but it mentions init.d support, and googling about all that stuff doesn't really explain it in more layman terms.
Thanks in advance
You cant be using Link2Sd properly then. It leaves virtually nothing in the internal memory. I had a 32gb SD card full of games and still had about 200mb free internal memory. When you create a link are you trying to move the apps to SD afterwards as they should show as being on internal?
Well, I have it set up to link automatically on application install, and to link application, dalvik-cache and libraries. The install locationis set to external and I have ticked the check boxes to relink libraries and dex files at startup.
To test it, I've unistalled Facebook and reinstalled. Once the app finishes installing, I get the link2sd notification that it's linking it to the SD. I login to my account and once I go to the application settings to check the app size, it reports a total of 31,33 MB, of which 23,56 MB correspond to the aplication and 7,77 MB to data. And has the option to move to the SD so it's certainly in the internal memory.
Link2SD storage info reports the internal memory (380 Mb total, 15% free), the Sd card (12% free) and the sd card's second partition, at /data/sdext2, with 712 MB total, of which 390Mb are used.
Sorry for bumping, but is the link2sd behaviour I'm describing normal behaviour then?
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Sorry for bumping, but is the link2sd behaviour I'm describing normal behaviour then?
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Yes, it does appear to be normal behaviour. Try going into the Link2SD app and see if it says whether the app is linked or not. I've had instances where my apps don't get linked even after running the process. When you check the application size in settings (not in Link2SD), the application size will remain unchanged as I think Link2SD treats your partition as internal storage and therefore it still shows the application as it's full size as opposed to how much of it is actually on your internal storage
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Swap my 64 gb microsd so i can use it as my internal memory
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Swap my 64 gb microsd so i can use it as my internal memory
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There is an updated way to perform the function in a thread on our devices. So far there is no SDXC memory card faster than internal ram.
If anything, 16gb is enough for android apps unless you have a huge library. But then again, my 200+ apps are hitting around 900mb of my 2gb of system ram and fill 1/2 of my internal storage. If I could fill up my internal storage with apps, then I would have about 300mb of system memory available from apps being in hibernation or running in background. To me making an external memory card be your primary storage, would be more of a hindrance than the eye candy of having big numbers show in your device.
The only reason for such large storage in other devices is that there is no external SD card options, so there must be extra internal storage for the device to be marketable for peeps who want to store media and data.