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Hi,
I would like to know how to configure it.
I have in my SD:
1024M for swap
1500M for ext2
5000M for Fat32
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Swap? On a Desire? Don't think you need that, there's plenty of RAM.
So you need to partition your SD card, 512 mB ext3 should be plenty, the rest can be FAT32.
FAT partition must come first.
ok, thank you.
And now how can I enable the A2SD apps ?
raffarein said:
ok, thank you.
And now how can I enable the A2SD apps ?
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Once you have Apps2SD installed and your SD card partitoned correctly, all there is to do is just install your apps and they will be installed to your ext2 partition on your SD card. Use the Quick System Info app from the Marketplace, or see my thread to check if it is working correctly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677073
raffarein said:
Hi,
I would like to know how to configure it.
I have in my SD:
1024M for swap
1500M for ext2
5000M for Fat32
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Way too much swap!! For Desire best is 0 for swap, 512mb for Ext2 and rest for Fat32
is it possible to partition the SD card "outside" the phone?
I got a new SD card I want to use, and the old one is running as ext partition, and the phone spasses out if i swap the 2 cards? so how can I make the external partition so I can install on the new one?
Yes, you could try partitioning by accessing Recovery Mode via your PC while having your phone connected with the USB cable. Use the relevant push files (available for download in my sig from the Nimbu guide) to access Recovery Mode, then you will see an option to partition your SD card. You can set the swap, ext2, and FAT32 space of your SD card and convert it from ext2 to ext3.
As advised above, set your swap to 0 MB, ext2 between 512 MB - 1024 MB (max), and rest of space allocated to the FAT32 partition.
Remember to backup your SD card contents beforehand otherwise you will lose everything through partitioning.
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I'm on r3.1 rom with A2SD+, I'm really pleased with it but I plan to switch to some Froyo rom once htc releases it (with A2SD+ if possible).
What is the proper way to prepare sd card for change of rom ( now I have sd card with standard settings: swap 0 ext2 512 mb fat32 rest).
Do I need to format it again?
The thing that I need to switch between goldcard and my everyday card during the process makes it difficult enough
djoni1980 said:
The thing that I need to switch between goldcard and my everyday card during the process makes it difficult enough
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On the same topic: Is it possible to partition your SD card first and then make it a goldcard so we don't have to switch between cards during rooting and flashing? Thanks..
djoni1980 said:
I'm on r3.1 rom with A2SD+, I'm really pleased with it but I plan to switch to some Froyo rom once htc releases it (with A2SD+ if possible).
What is the proper way to prepare sd card for change of rom ( now I have sd card with standard settings: swap 0 ext2 512 mb fat32 rest).
Do I need to format it again?
The thing that I need to switch between goldcard and my everyday card during the process makes it difficult enough
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With DJ Droid's v1.0 R1 BETA rom (Sense with Froyo), it allows you to partition your SD card the exact same way you had done with the r3.1 rom. I have mine setup with a 0MB swap, ext2 size of 512 MB, and rest to FAT32 partition. To install this rom, it is advised to format your SD card again to get rid of any niggling bugs.
AFAIK, all other Froyo roms (ones without Sense) require you to prepare the SD card differently and not have your SD card partitioned, you need to push via ADB to install your apps to the SD card.
manisa236 said:
On the same topic: Is it possible to partition your SD card first and then make it a goldcard so we don't have to switch between cards during rooting and flashing? Thanks..
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This will not be possible as you need to use the Gold Card to unlock your phone's CID if your phone is network branded. After that, you can root and then flash a rom, and then partition your sd card afterwards.
Thanks for the answers massdroid, you are the most helpful member around
djoni1980 said:
Thanks for the answers massdroid, you are the most helpful member around
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Thank you buddy. I appreciate your kind words
what are the benifets of app2sd???
The title says it all, I was wondering what are the benefits of storing and running your apps from the sd card other then the obviously being able to install more apps then can be stored on the phones internal memory?
Secondly what is the purpose of zipalign? At a very simplistic level I guess it has something to do with optimizing the apk though I am not really sure what this means.
Even with my Sprint CDMA Hero overclocked to 652 (min) & 710 (max) I still find the keyboard to be a bit laggy, will enabling the above help with this at all?
Yep, by installing apps and their associated cache to your SD, it saves you from having to install them directly to internal memory, which would affect the performance of your phone with the more apps you install. With A2SD installed, you basically save storage space and allows your device to run faster.
Also, consider installing a cache cleaner app to free up more space.
Zipalign makes interacting with apps more efficient after they are optimised making them run faster with the Android OS.
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where do performance improvements come from?
MasDroid said:
Yep, by installing apps and their associated cache to your SD, it saves you from having to install them directly to internal memory, which would affect the performance of your phone with the more apps you install. With A2SD installed, you basically save storage space and allows your device to run faster.
Also, consider installing a cache cleaner app to free up more space.
Zipalign makes interacting with apps more efficient after they are optimised making them run faster with the Android OS.
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I have seen the benchmark tests showing the speed improvements but I don't really see how changing the location of where the apps are installed to would necessarily improve the performance of their execution, I mean the phone's internal storage is separate from the phone's internal ram. Are there fragmentation issues or something when it comes to running the apps from the smaller internal storage vs the larger external storage of the sd card?
I think this question was asked previously but I didn't see an answer for it; when app2sd is set up, when you start installing new apps do they automatically get zipaligned and then installed to the sd card or do you have to do it manually?
Hmm.... i think you have a point there and i agree with what you are saying. With A2SD, i don't think it improves performance since it's ROM space, not RAM, that these apps are occupying. The main advantage of A2SD is having more dedicated space for storage of apps.
Since the 1.6 SDK was released, i think the ADT does this automatically on APK export. Therefore any app which has been updated since ~September (and was developed using the ADT Eclipse plugin) will be zipalign'd.
You can also do this manually, see this link:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/09/zipalign-easy-optimization.html
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Hey,
xperia arc memory is only 320 MB
and LINK2SD method is make my app start slow and not smoothly at all, so is there any way better than these ?
My arc is stock ICS rooted, stock kernel
Hi,
The only other way is to use apps2sd. Though this only moves some apps to the sd card, and you will still end up having problems with space.
Link2SD is the best option. If it's running slow, get a faster class card like a class 6 or class 10
just Flash Arc S FTF,
u Will Get 420 MB Internal Space.
Problem Solved
with titanium backup, you can move apps to the system rom, using free space that other ways gets wasted.
Jon565G said:
Hi,
The only other way is to use apps2sd. Though this only moves some apps to the sd card, and you will still end up having problems with space.
Link2SD is the best option. If it's running slow, get a faster class card like a class 6 or class 10
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i think you right my SD is class 2, and the other partition system is FAT i think this system type is slow to manage files unlike EXT3,4
(i use it because its the only type witch work with sotck ICS)
ArcMan09 said:
just Flash Arc S FTF,
u Will Get 420 MB Internal Space.
Problem Solved
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Arc s FTF make some error and force closes*
_Homer said:
with titanium backup, you can move apps to the system rom, using free space that other ways gets wasted.
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Thanks,,
get a class 10 memory card..then try link2sd..your apps will open in a flash
There is a new way to increase internal memory. AD2SDX.
here is the thread for the AD2SDX: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18561098
and in that thread one person has claimed it is better than Link2SD.
I want to do it..but i am searching if anyone has tried it first.
Hello ,
I Want to increase my Internal Memory of Gio and i don't know how.
I have a 16GB SD Card Class 10.
I already try to increase it like on Jelly beans ROM's but it didnt worked too.
I'm using the Oxygen 1.1.0 Rom by Aufkoka (ICS) .
-Leon
R0flC0pt3r said:
Hello ,
I Want to increase my Internal Memory of Gio and i don't know how.
I have a 16GB SD Card Class 10.
I already try to increase it like on Jelly beans ROM's but it didnt worked too.
I'm using the Oxygen 1.1.0 Rom by Aufkoka (ICS) .
-Leon
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U could use link2sd or darktremor A2SD
batman38102 said:
U could use link2sd or darktremor A2SD
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Thanks, i will try darktremor A2SD.
R0flC0pt3r said:
Thanks, i will try darktremor A2SD.
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It hasn't worked. Same Internal Memory .
Link2SD is better.
You will need a 2nd partition on your sd-card wich is preferably made with mini-tool.
My phone is loaded with games right now and i still have 70MB left.
DevWithCookies said:
Link2SD is better.
You will need a 2nd partition on your sd-card wich is preferably made with mini-tool.
My phone is loaded with games right now and i still have 70MB left.
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DevWithCookies is right i installed Link2SD and set it up so the memory is managed automatically, and it works great. The only thing i have to point out is that the phone does get a bit laggy when is turn on until Link2SD gets root access, from then on you wouldn't even know that the apps on the SD card.
zadkziel said:
DevWithCookies is right i installed Link2SD and set it up so the memory is managed automatically, and it works great. The only thing i have to point out is that the phone does get a bit laggy when is turn on until Link2SD gets root access, from then on you wouldn't even know that the apps on the SD card.
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still previously I used link2sd, darktremor A2SD and my phone was full of apps only 50 MB left?!?! S2E is better only thing is tht it doesnt support stock or non CM roms
If you want your sd ext read as internal memory, maybe you should try like amarullz or cronmod
in my opinion Cronmod A2SD+ is the best for CM9/CM10.never give me errors or lose data.S2E gives to much errors.maybe Link2SD is good but never tried.
Hello,
I have read about many scripts such as V6 Supercharger, Link2SD or Ram Manager, yet with opinions differing of their effects on performance, effectiveness or battery life.
So I just want to know from you, what of these scripts do you use and what of these are actually increasing performance or battery life?
Thanks!
Because of lower internal memory, we partition sd card e.g 2 GB card into 256 sd ext and remaining "fat"
( for storage )
Ext partition is like added to internal memory. Even if u connect your phone with computer, u can see only "fat" partition which is the storage.
U cannot see ext partition when usb connected so all your apps on sd ext will still run.
The benefit of this is to move apps to sd ext and free up internal memory. For this we download link2sd app from play store.
Partition of sd card is usually done via CWM.
I would recommend u to do this if you install alot of apps.
Others like v6 supercharger are scripts but not proven really. And ram manager is a different thing. No use i'd say.
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Thank you for your opinion. So basically the optimisation should be left to the ROM rather than to any custom script which do not really improve anything?
gerope said:
Thank you for your opinion. So basically the optimisation should be left to the ROM rather than to any custom script which do not really improve anything?
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Yes. That's what most of us believe.
There are alot of roms and u should try them and see their differences.
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how to increase Ram on SGG
i googled and got to know that for swapping we need a custom kernal
i am using GENXT ODEX ROM 4.1.2, which kernal will be available for my phone...??
what are alternate solutions for increasing my RAM..??
king_of_grand said:
how to increase Ram on SGG
i googled and got to know that for swapping we need a custom kernal
i am using GENXT ODEX ROM 4.1.2, which kernal will be available for my phone...??
what are alternate solutions for increasing my RAM..??
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You can not increase your RAM. It's tied to hardware, so unless you're skilled enough to mess with the phone's electronic board, it is not possible.
If you're talking about internal memory (sdcard0) there are many ways to free up some space in it, one of them is using Link2SD. You don't need a custom kernel, you just need to repartition your SD card.
have you heard swapping
naufalhadyan said:
You can not increase your RAM. It's tied to hardware, so unless you're skilled enough to mess with the phone's electronic board, it is not possible.
If you're talking about internal memory (sdcard0) there are many ways to free up some space in it, one of them is using Link2SD. You don't need a custom kernel, you just need to repartition your SD card.
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have you heard of swapping...!!
with the help of swapping we can increase RAM from MMC
swapping cannot be done on default kernal.....hope u know that
Download An app,Ram expandar.It doesn't actually increase the ram instead,uses some of part of your sd card (swaping) as virtual ram.
Nonetheless there's always an option of downloading ram boosters
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My devices:Sony Xperia Sola(rooted)
Samsung Galaxy Ace(rooted)
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You can also flash a custom rom for better ram optimisation
If i helped,don't forget to hit the THANKS button
My devices:Sony Xperia Sola(rooted)
Samsung Galaxy Ace(rooted)
Odys Next(rooted)
king_of_grand said:
have you heard of swapping...!!
with the help of swapping we can increase RAM from MMC
swapping cannot be done on default kernal.....hope u know that
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Alright I just read some old threads about this... It basically involves creating a swap partition on the SD card and use it as a secondary memory aside from RAM... It's similar to pagefile in Windows and swap partition in Ubuntu/Linux desktop.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
It will decrease your SD card life though (and probably damage/corrupt it) because SD cards are not designed for frequent and temporary read and write, it has limited read and write lifetime, while with the RAM this RW lifetime is much better than SD card.
Also, from what I'm seeing so far... swapping is more suitable for old Android versions (2.3 or lower) with low RAM (256 MB or lower). Android 4.0+ has improved memory management and there's really no need for a swap partition, thus why you more likely need a task killer on older Android (2.3-), but it is not recommended to use one on newer Android (4.0+). Even Kitkat runs fine on a 512MB device.
What sort of memory-eating app are you planning to use on your phone?
naufalhadyan said:
Alright I just read some old threads about this... It basically involves creating a swap partition on the SD card and use it as a secondary memory aside from RAM... It's similar to pagefile in Windows and swap partition in Ubuntu/Linux desktop.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
It will decrease your SD card life though (and probably damage/corrupt it) because SD cards are not designed for frequent and temporary read and write, it has limited read and write lifetime, while with the RAM this RW lifetime is much better than SD card.
Also, from what I'm seeing so far... swapping is more suitable for old Android versions (2.3 or lower) with low RAM (256 MB or lower). Android 4.0+ has improved memory management and there's really no need for a swap partition, thus why you more likely need a task killer on older Android (2.3-), but it is not recommended to use one on newer Android (4.0+). Even Kitkat runs fine on a 512MB device.
What sort of memory-eating app are you planning to use on your phone?
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you are very much right...!!
but my grand is using 600mb out of 800mb
and i have class 10 sd card so it was ok with me
and my phone is getting much slower so i want to expand my ram
TheAmaze said:
Download An app,Ram expandar.It doesn't actually increase the ram instead,uses some of part of your sd card (swaping) as virtual ram.
Nonetheless there's always an option of downloading ram boosters
If i helped,don't forget to hit the THANKS button
My devices:Sony Xperia Sola(rooted)
Samsung Galaxy Ace(rooted)
Odys Next(rooted)
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Ram Expander Not working on default kernal
it is saying this kernal doesnt support swapping
king_of_grand said:
you are very much right...!!
but my grand is using 600mb out of 800mb
and i have class 10 sd card so it was ok with me
and my phone is getting much slower so i want to expand my ram
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Adding a swap partition is not preferable because SD cards have slower R/W speeds compared to RAM, even if you have a class 10. And a "class 10" card means it has the best R/W speed, but it doesn't mean having longer R/W life.
Actually high RAM usage on Android is not always bad. Some parts of the RAM is used for caching so that you will run the apps faster compared to not having the cache. This is similar to the SUPERFETCH on Windows Vista and up. RAM usage does not always mean worse battery life, but CPU usage does.
Also... have you tried Greenify and see if it helps? Also if you can live without dual SIM, try one of the Kitkat ROMs, it removed lags completely for me.
Ok no problem!
By the way,which phone do you have?
You can easily flash an older or newer Kernel or maybe a custom one,for your phone,if you have a Sony Smartphone then flash through flashtool
Note:flashing Kernel doesn't wipe any data
Currently we don't have a swap supported kernel
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Swap is useless IMHO
Your SDCard will probably suffer if you use it
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