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I found an application on the market called 'Swapper for root' , which creates a swap memory to speed up your android device.
I tried it and found some great improvement on my regular usage speed. Search ' swapper' on the market and install.
Some changes i noted-
* No lagging in 'Abduction when switching to full graphic detail
* Home screen more responsive
*Apps loading a bit faster
*ROOT REQUIRED*
Let me know if the app does good for you!
Hi. How did you measure your 30% speed increase?
best, -- Inge
ingeba said:
Hi. How did you measure your 30% speed increase?
best, -- Inge
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Just tried this on my mini pro.
The app works, as far as i can see but by using the busybox free command, as recommended by the app owner, it does not use any swap memory.
There is a swap file created on the sdcard though!
Any thought on this?
Thanx for mentioning the app!
Greets
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POSSIBLE ...
actually , i feel less sluggish , it's just a feeling , not sure yet hahaha
but it creates a swap file on the sdcard
as mythbuster said ... i'm gonna give it a
POSSIBLE ... not sure jet lets give it a try ..time will say
DrBios said:
actually , i feel less sluggish , it's just a feeling , not sure yet hahaha
but it creates a swap file on the sdcard
as mythbuster said ... i'm gonna give it a
POSSIBLE ... not sure jet lets give it a try ..time will say
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Exactly , less sluggish ... but the 'free' command doesn't show anything
This works, thanks!
Dude.
i have not rooted and yet my mini never lags while playing abduction at full graphics
Mine does
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Looks interesting, but where do I get a kernel with swap support (or just a kernel module would be fine) for x10 mini?
Ok.
I have come to know that it lags abit in some stages having rain ex japanese jump.
So i may root and install it
Thanks dude
Seems working. Thanx for sharing.
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Looks interesting, but where do I get a kernel with swap support (or just a kernel module would be fine) for x10 mini?
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The kernel support is missing.
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siddharthsai said:
The kernel support is missing.
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Exactly, but why do people claim it works?
Maybe a placebo effect? I dunno. Will give this a try though...
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Abduction works flawlessly on my x10 mini pro. Even NFS Shift works smoothly. The only app that stall in the middle of the game for me is iBasket. I have to kill some apps before playing it.
-Pabs
Abduction gets sluggish on the stage where it rains !!
Buat... The real name of the app is swap for root 2?
Thank You!
Well it works fine
How swap works
In my opinion it doesn't makes sense because swap is used just when does not there any memory ram available in the system, and if that occurs frequently there something wrong, maybe there are many apps installed; more than the phone can handle.
To know if this app is making effect, download "terminal emulator" and type "free -m". That will show how much swap space is used. If it is 0 this swap app does not make any effect.
Means it using our SDcard as RAM when the internal ram is used up?
Sure will the SDcard class type play some role too?
And running this apps in the background is also some resources eater as well as battery drainer??
Related
Hey i was just wandering whats the best app for autokilling apps?
cuz i need one bad for my battery to last longer
Please post up some suggestions and the link to download it
Hey there,
Not sure about everyone else but i use Advanced Task Killer, im sure you can get it off the market. Sorry but because im new i cannot post links just search google and it will come up =]
I use the base version and it does everything it says on the tin.. comes with adds during use though but nothing to hinder its job.
(Requires root i believe)
PS. If your looking to save battery see if set cpu does your phone any good, on my huawie ideos when i have lowered the cpu to 250 my battery lasts about a week if left at that speed.
Thanks for the tip man!
But i already have that app i just want to try out something new
to see which one is better!
Try MinFreeManager
I tried it
But it doesnt fill my needs!
so ill just stick to my old method
Killing apps manually each time i unlock my phone!
its better to do manual kills rather than auto..it takes much from ur memory and it will cause your phone slower.
Manual. Ftw
f-24 said:
its better to do manual kills rather than auto..it takes much from ur memory and it will cause your phone slower.
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sent from this midget x10 mini pro using cm7.2.3.3 14.5
Actualy, there was a comprehensive discussion on android blog about this and they suggested not to use auto kill apps. I do use App Killer Pro, but i use it only for testing purposes...
I am new here and new with Android too . I'd install UrukDroid 1.0 in internal my Archos 101. I can use compcache but I can't enable the swap in Urukconfig. It keep saying ERROR: VALUE NOT FOUND! NO CHANGE MADE.
So, anyone here know how to do it. Please help...... Im a PC guy, don't know anything about Linux.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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I am new here and new with Android too . I'd install UrukDroid 1.0 in internal my Archos 101. I can use compcache but I can't enable the swap in Urukconfig. It keep saying ERROR: VALUE NOT FOUND! NO CHANGE MADE.
So, anyone here know how to do it. Please help...... Im a PC guy, don't know anything about Linux.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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Swap has been set to use a partition, so you'll have to change it back to using an image file.
I'm going from memory here, but use root explorer to edit /etc/uruk.conf/swap. You have to comment(add a #) swap_mem_partition=/dev/block/mmcblk1p4 and uncomment(remove the #) swap_mem_file=/swap01.file.
Then you can use urukconfig to enable it and change the size and swappiness.
Hi, can you just give me the whole things of comment and steps? I don't know how to edit in root explorer and where should I do the comments. Im really stupid in these things man please help me.... sorry to ask you alot.... have a good day.
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Hi, can you just give me the whole things of comment and steps? I don't know how to edit in root explorer and where should I do the comments. Im really stupid in these things man please help me.... sorry to ask you alot.... have a good day.
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Open root explorer. Navigate to /etc/uruk.conf. Press and hold on "swap" until the menu comes up. Scroll down and select "Open in Text Editor". Add a "#" to "swap_mem_partition=/dev/block/mmcblk1p4" It should look like this:
Code:
# swap_mem_partition=/dev/block/mmcblk1p4
Then remove the # from "# swap_mem_file=/swap01.file" and "# swap_mem_size=50" so it looks like this:
Code:
swap_mem_size=50
swap_mem_file=/swap01.file
Then enable swap in Urukconfig. In the future, check the wiki first, it may help.
http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid/wiki
Thank you very much..... I' ve read from google several times but could't understand... that why I ask you. BTW... Thanks .... good night.
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Thank you very much..... I' ve read from google several times but could't understand... that why I ask you. BTW... Thanks .... good night.
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No problem. It can be hard to understand without experience. Doesn't make you dumb.
Without wishing to sound like a complete noob what does enabling swap do for you?, performance?. Thanks for your patience lol
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stigslim said:
Without wishing to sound like a complete noob what does enabling swap do for you?, performance?. Thanks for your patience lol
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Swap is extra space the system can use as RAM. It doesn't work exactly the same though. For instance, if you set a 1 gig swap file, so the system theoretically has 1.25 GB of ram, it will still not act like it. In my experience, I've only seen 5-10 megs of swap space used, then the system starts killing background apps again, so I set my swap to 50MB and forget about it. Someone else may have more details on how the system actually uses the swap. I have a feeling apps don't use swap, only the underlying unix framework, but I've never really cared enough to look into it. Also, keep in mind that using solid-state storage for swap will reduce the life of the storage, since the system is constantly reading and writing to that portion of it(solid-state storage will crap out after a certain number of write cycles, it's hard to say how badly swap will affect this though).
Sounds like more hassle than its worth. Is there that much of an improvement in overall performance to warrant the effort?.
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stigslim said:
Sounds like more hassle than its worth. Is there that much of an improvement in overall performance to warrant the effort?.
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It just depends on how you use your device. On the newest stock firmware, when I start watching a video in the stock video player, it will kill Launcher Pro in the background. If I enable swap, it doesn't kill it. But playing a game like Gun Bros will always kill LP in the background. If you frequently have the launcher restarting(reloading all your widgets) when you go back to home, you should probably give it a shot. If you're on Uruk, it's not hard to enable, just have to edit one file with a text editor, and you can do it in root explorer.
Thank you. I am a long time looking for a way how to make the swap work
So whenever I play an heavier game (Ex.: Gameloft's Tintin, Backstab, Blood and Glory, etc), it crashes after a random amount of time, usually between 5 and 20 minutes. Is this normal?
I already tried V6 supercharger, underclocking the phone and removing several apps and widgets to free some RAM, but to no avail...
Details:
- Xperia Neo running 4.0.2.A.0.42, rooted (ZergRush exploit);
- Bloatware removed + 36 SE apps moved to the SD;
- Go Launcher + 4 widgets (Go Clock + Go Calendar + Widgetsoid + Minimalistic Text);
36 SE apps moved to the SD
Should you be even doing that ???!!
Im guessing its due to you moving the SE apps to SD
Games worked fine before you moved the 36files ??
Underclocking?
I think you could better overclock than underclock if you experience this problem. I use inteks kernel v15 and i never experienced any stability issues at 1,4 GHz.
Yes, try to overclock the CPU.
But it's the game that crashes or it's the phone that it reboots?
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36 SE apps moved to the SD
Should you be even doing that ???!!
Im guessing its due to you moving the SE apps to SD
Games worked fine before you moved the 36files ??
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Those apks represent widgets, applications and functionality I don't use (such as Timescape + Timescape Plugins, Chinese keyboard + Skins, SE Store, etc). I know what they do and the problem persists whether or not they are installed.
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Yes, try to overclock the CPU.
But it's the game that crashes or it's the phone that it reboots?
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It's the game that crashes. No warning, the screen goes black and it quits to the home screen.
sdk16420 said:
Underclocking?
I think you could better overclock than underclock if you experience this problem. I use inteks kernel v15 and i never experienced any stability issues at 1,4 GHz.
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Thanks for the tip, but I really don't want to unlock the bootloader just in case I have a defective unit.
So are you guys saying that you don't have this issue with any of the games I mentioned above? Is it possible that my phone has some obscure issue that prevents it from working properly? Should I try another ROM? This issue also occurred in 2.3.3...
Quick Question :
What app did you use to move the SE apps to SD ??
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Quick Question :
What app did you use to move the SE apps to SD ??
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Root Explorer.
WildMoves said:
Those apks represent widgets, applications and functionality I don't use (such as Timescape + Timescape Plugins, Chinese keyboard + Skins, SE Store, etc). I know what they do and the problem persists whether or not they are installed.
It's the game that crashes. No warning, the screen goes black and it quits to the home screen.
Thanks for the tip, but I really don't want to unlock the bootloader just in case I have a defective unit.
So are you guys saying that you don't have this issue with any of the games I mentioned above? Is it possible that my phone has some obscure issue that prevents it from working properly? Should I try another ROM? This issue also occurred in 2.3.3...
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Did the back of your mobile got heated after the crashed done?
if that so, try to install again the app/games that you download.
or reboot your phone go to CMW clear cached and dalvick.
kirbygonzalo said:
Did the back of your mobile got heated after the crashed done?
if that so, try to install again the app/games that you download.
or reboot your phone go to CMW clear cached and dalvick.
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It heats up a little. I tried to underclock the processor but the problem still persists.
And again, thanks for the tip, but I really don't want to unlock the bootloader yet... just in case I have a defective unit.
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Root Explorer.
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Sir, i think u should try to move the apps with the native apps2sd rather than using root explorer..
emannxperia said:
Sir, i think u should try to move the apps with the native apps2sd rather than using root explorer..
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Native apps2sd dont allow you move apps system/app partitions
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Hi WildMoves, nice to see you around here (I'm zuppafly from Zwame ).
Have you already tested for possible defects on your SDCard?
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Sir, i think u should try to move the apps with the native apps2sd rather than using root explorer..
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I didn't want to move those apps - I wanted to removed them and keep a backup on the SD card. And yes, I also use Apps2SD.
FrankBullitt said:
Hi WildMoves, nice to see you around here (I'm zuppafly from Zwame ).
Have you already tested for possible defects on your SDCard?
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Hi! I'm not sure what I can do to test the card. I'm going to try a couple of utilities on my PC right now to see if I have any luck...
Problem solved.
Just for reference, I formatted the SD card and flashed the phone (wipe user data). Right now I installed 70% of the apps I that used to have and the games work fine.
It's also noticeably faster than before... I'm not really sure what was slowing it down.
I can't multitask. Well I can only multitask with a few and that are:
Standard music player
Whatsapp
Hotmail
But with other apps I can't like with the standard webbrowser.
How can I make multitask possible?
Thanks in advance.
Greetz,
Jan2426
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I can't multitask. Well I can only multitask with a few and that are:
Standard music player
Whatsapp
Hotmail
But with other apps I can't like with the standard webbrowser.
How can I make multitask possible?
Thanks in advance.
Greetz,
Jan2426
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Hello, jan2426
Are you tried kinds of multitask apk already ?
For example Smart Task Switcher or Task Switcher or MultiTask Manager or ...
Maybe you can multitask to using more handiness.
However, You have to keep "Free ram space" in mind. Because our device doesn't have enough capacity of ram
So If you open alot of apk, device to be slow and to be unstable and get freeze or be restart sometimes.
Anyway, be careful with multitask
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Hello, jan2426
Are you tried kinds of multitask apk already ?
For example Smart Task Switcher or Task Switcher or MultiTask Manager or ...
Maybe you can multitask to using more handiness.
However, You have to keep "Free ram space" in mind. Because our device doesn't have enough capacity of ram
So If you open alot of apk, device to be slow and to be unstable and get freeze or be restart sometimes.
Anyway, be careful with multitask
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Thanks for your reply.
Although it was not totally what I was searching for.
But I also guess there will be no app for it, its just in the custom rom.
The only thing what I actually want is that he doesn't close the standard browser (shouldn't take that much RAM I guess, of course depends on how many tabs you have open).
This should be more a request for the newer version of the custom ROM in place from a question.
jan2426 said:
Thanks for your reply.
Although it was not totally what I was searching for.
But I also guess there will be no app for it, its just in the custom rom.
The only thing what I actually want is that he doesn't close the standard browser (shouldn't take that much RAM I guess, of course depends on how many tabs you have open).
This should be more a request for the newer version of the custom ROM in place from a question.
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all the x10 range face this problem... the implementation of multitasking hasnt been great.. even in the big daddy x10's official release from SE they face the same problem...
rosshalz said:
all the x10 range face this problem... the implementation of multitasking hasnt been great.. even in the big daddy x10's official release from SE they face the same problem...
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This hurts a bit in my heart though, especially for the big x10's.
I will need to learn to life with.
It isn't a big deal although it would be a bit better if I could multitask.
Atleast still thanks for your response, I know now atleast where I deal with.
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This hurts a bit in my heart though
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you an me both brother! something about armv6 core instruction set not supporting it or something...that's why al the new ones have armv7 atleast...
I just curious about ram usage on my x10 using feralabs rom for locked bootloader.
If I go to settings---applications---running services it says 168 used and around 20-25 free MB but as far as I know user available ram is 287 MB.
Also, go launcher ex shows around 240/287 MB used ram.
what else is using my ram? and why difference in settings and go launcher ram info?
Its normal mate... When I owned a xperia x10... Faced the same issue... But later came to know it was OK!
Noted by the BEAST!!
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Its normal mate... When I owned a xperia x10... Faced the same issue... But later came to know it was OK!
Noted by the BEAST!!
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I havent noticed something like this on any ROM - on my current have about 170MB of free RAM....
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I havent noticed something like this on any ROM - on my current have about 170MB of free RAM....
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I just want to know which apps are using my ram.
the settings page shows wrong ibfo or less info.
any apps ?
equalizer thing consumes a good size f ram f u have chosen. HTC sound engine ...I have force closed it n have noted the difference
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equalizer thing consumes a good size f ram f u have chosen. HTC sound engine ...I have force closed it n have noted the difference
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no equaliser.
I hardly use my phone to play music
K...I have noticed tat equalitlzer runs on background n taking too mucha ram. So I thought u might also be havingit.... surprisingly Donut gives 140-150+ ram on boot.
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smithinsundar said:
K...I have noticed tat equalitlzer runs on background n taking too mucha ram. So I thought u might also be havingit.... surprisingly Donut gives 140-150+ ram on boot.
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will chck out that rom
not having time lol
Problem is at boot I get lot of free ram but after few hours it gets filled up .
I want to know which apps are using it
THeLogiC said:
will chck out that rom
not having time lol
Problem is at boot I get lot of free ram but after few hours it gets filled up .
I want to know which apps are using it
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Install an app ZDbox, it has great widget called task killer. When you tap it, it will show running apps.
Or if you want extra and complete control even with system running apps, the install OSmonitor, it will show completely all of apps.
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Install an app ZDbox, it has great widget called task killer. When you tap it, it will show running apps.
Or if you want extra and complete control even with system running apps, the install OSmonitor, it will show completely all of apps.
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That's what i wanted.
Thanks