Sorry if I sound very dumb, but how do I use a swap partition?.. I know its like a "ram extension", please correct me if Im wrong. Could you also give opinions to what size should I put as a swap partition? Im planning to buy a 8gb class 10 microsdcard. Thank you.
kesterpogz said:
Sorry if I sound very dumb, but how do I use a swap partition?.. I know its like a "ram extension", please correct me if Im wrong. Could you also give opinions to what size should I put as a swap partition? Im planning to buy a 8gb class 10 microsdcard. Thank you.
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Swap is Hard Disk space being used as RAM . When the system is low on memory , the applications that are inactive will get swapped to the Hard Disk . This allows more RAM to be freed for other applications and for a smooth experience .
Applications also have the ability to get swapped back and forth , so multitasking is not a problem
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EmoBoiix3 said:
Swap is Hard Disk space being used as RAM . When the system is low on memory , the applications that are inactive will get swapped to the Hard Disk . This allows more RAM to be freed for other applications and for a smooth experience .
Applications also have the ability to get swapped back and forth , so multitasking is not a problem
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thanks. can you give suggestions to what size should I allocate as a swap partition?.. i am planning to allocate 512mb as ext3 partition of sdcard. but I dont know about swap partition.
kesterpogz said:
Sorry if I sound very dumb, but how do I use a swap partition?.. I know its like a "ram extension", please correct me if Im wrong. Could you also give opinions to what size should I put as a swap partition? Im planning to buy a 8gb class 10 microsdcard. Thank you.
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A swop partition is for computers that do not have enough ram. As far as I known Android (linux) OS is very good in dealing with memory. I have not seen anything on XDA developers forum in relation to this question. Android does not need a swop-disk or partition.
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40mb swap is enough. swap is a backup plan: don't treat it like your actual ram.
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How much swappiness should be ok, using swap in apps2sd?
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Jar3112 said:
How much swappiness should be ok, using swap in apps2sd?
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I recommend less than 50
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Thanks! May I ask some other questions, without going too much OT?
In apps2sdGUI there are several low memory settings, but how do they work? There's no explanation of what they do...
In the end, always on apps2sdGUI should I change the dalvik VM heapsize standard value? Is there any benefit from doing it?
Thank you!
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consegregate said:
40mb swap is enough. swap is a backup plan: don't treat it like your actual ram.
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then how do I partition a sdcard for swap partition?.i know how to partition sdcard to ext*.. but I dont know about swap.
kesterpogz said:
then how do I partition a sdcard for swap partition?.i know how to partition sdcard to ext*.. but I dont know about swap.
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You can do it from pc using minitool partition wizard!
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you also can try with CWM Recovery 4.0.0.9 if u using CF-root..
Reboot into recovery > choose advanced > partition SD card > then pick ur sd-ext and swap size..
for me, swap work best at the minimum 32M, larger than that would be problem later
i tried partitioning.. i have 1g sd-ext and 32m swap.. i chech a2sd repair it said sd-ext not mounted. i tried mounting it manually in cwm but still it doesnt mount. then i tried a2sd install, but when i checked titanium backusd,, my system rom and sd(a2sd) is identical.. what have i done wrong?..
Dunno.. maybe you should try reflashing!
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maybe. or ill just do a nandroid restore. my system rom 42mb free become 12mb after a2sd.. lol
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Hey guys! The last time I flashed Darktremor's apps2sd,I swap 0 and ext.512mb. And using ext.4 now! I heard swapping other number and ext on 1GB would give us more space to install apps! Is that true?
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its first time for me heard something like that. generally 512 MB fo EXT is very very very enough
GonDr said:
its first time for me heard something like that. generally 512 MB fo EXT is very very very enough
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Does that mean I have 512mb of storage to install apps?
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AsherChua said:
Hey guys! The last time I flashed Darktremor's apps2sd,I swap 0 and ext.512mb. And using ext.4 now! I heard swapping other number and ext on 1GB would give us more space to install apps! Is that true?
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Yeah, bigger partition -> more space. Kinda, hmmm, obvious, LOL.
(I have 444 MB out of 1GB free at the moment on sd-ext.)
I have 1GB of Ext4 part. And only 302 MB are free. How many are my apps? 257.
Messed with the ext. stuff and realised the small the size if ext. 2, more apps can be installed!
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ciaox said:
I have 1GB of Ext4 part. And only 302 MB are free. How many are my apps? 257.
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hehehe dude how do u keep them from firing up on their own and eating the battery
the size of the partition generally depends on how many apps you have...i have hundred apps and am using a 512 mb partition with 200 mb free....if you have a 2 gb card..512 mb partition is sensible enough..but if you have a card with higher memory ...you can get a 1 gb partition...which you ll require if you are installing around 200 to 300 apps...
I had a question: Can we move media files like songs and videos to the partition??
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I had a question: Can we move media files like songs and videos to the partition??
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I guess you can but it's beside the point. You created a partition so you have more space to install your apps, why would you want to clutter it with media?
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Guys...! How important is the class of card....cause I have a 16g class 2??
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kinggujju said:
Guys...! How important is the class of card....cause I have a 16g class 2??
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Higher sd card's class means faster r/w speed. I'd suggest you to use class 6 or at least class 4.
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well yeah i know that..but lets say i would use maximum of 350 mb ob apps and other things ...then i can use the rest for media file....as we have only standard sizes like 250 mb,512 mb....can you explain how do we do that...
You cannot in recovery. Partition it in PC.
Hey guys so I partitioned my sd card to 1gb and I installed 150 apps and games but my phone memory decreasing so fast and I getting the low on space message already I know this is due to the dalvik calche.
What happen if I press dalvik cache rebuild in the app2sdgui app? I really want more apps to be installed cos my a2sd space is 400mb+ more.
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Dalvik cache will be rebuilt. But it's futile since the size will be the same. To increase phone memory move dalvik to sd card or reduce the number of apps.
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So you're saying if I rebuild them my internal memory will still be the same?
I have already did moved my dalvik to sd ext and I don't want to reduce my apps. Cos I use them all.
But its really funny, I did a test, first I checked my internal memory is 60mb, then I installed Rule The Sky from the market which is 30mb then I checked my internal memory it decreases to 30mb lol. Idk if the a2sd is working sometimes or not
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As said above, pointless. Looks at data2sd if you have so much junk on your phone.
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As said above, pointless. Looks at data2sd if you have so much junk on your phone.
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What's your point?
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What's your point?
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That you should use data2sd instead of messing with cache rebuilds which will do nothing useful wrt free space.
My question is what will happen if I press rebuild dalvik cache in the a2sdgui apps. Will my internal memory increases. Will it harm my apps. Will it make some of my apps stops working, fc or error?
Cos I'm really desperate to increase my internal memory to installed more apps cos my a2sd space is 400mb more
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My question is what will happen if I press rebuild dalvik cache in the a2sdgui apps. Will my internal memory increases. Will it harm my apps. Will it make some of my apps stops working, fc or error?
Cos I'm really desperate to increase my internal memory to installed more apps cos my a2sd space is 400mb more
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Christ.
- It will rebuild the dalvik cache. Duh!
- No, already answered.
- No, already answered.
- No, already answered.
P.S. Use data2sd if you desparately need more space (and guess what, already said as well.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042828
Alright then, what a rude *****
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Not rude considering you don't pay attention.
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Hi all
This apps is used our sd card to create swap memory
i've been trying and i think its work on my ray..
Just look at the screenshot..
the first line used by the phone memory = 400 mb
the second line i swap it with memory from sd card : 1480 mb
Just try it
Install as normal apk... place it on phone memory
open the app and click optimal value
Just wait till finish and reboot ur phone
Use ur widget to swap between memory internal and memory from sd card
I try it on my ray
stock rom
ics .587
supercharger v6
Aeon smallapps
16 gb class 10
Here is the link
http://db.tt/SeX0WyxU
link does not work
whether the data on the sd card will be lost?
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kcitizenerased said:
link does not work
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sign in firs
Edited the link
Its doesn erase your sd card
But using ur free sd card
Note :
If u use this apps
Dont use msc mode when ur phone connect to pc cos u must reboot to detect ur apps on sd card
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i just get 512mb swap
I still do not feel the difference
btw...your wallpaper looks good
can you upload it...?
Dark ramadhan said:
i just get 512mb swap
I still do not feel the difference
btw...your wallpaper looks good
can you upload it...?
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I am just feel that my home screeb more smooth than it was
Here is my wallpaper
http://db.tt/OG8MiCym
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mvoid533 said:
I am just feel that my home screeb more smooth than it was
Here is my wallpaper
http://db.tt/OG8MiCym
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thanks brov...
Doesn't swapping to sdcard reduce the card's life drastically?
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sounds great
but unfortunately i cant make a partition to my sd card
gouthamthemostwanted said:
Doesn't swapping to sdcard reduce the card's life drastically?
.:goutham:.
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Yes maybe... But its a consequences like we mod our android too...
Everything has a consequences bro
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Yes maybe... But its a consequences like we mod our android too...
Everything has a consequences bro
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Yes it does but IMO, swapping to sdcard is not very useful because it is the slowest memory in our device and swappin to it is not very efficient and I forgot to mention that sdcards normally have a high rate of data corruption and failures and swapping to it will only increase the risk of corrupting the card. Instead you can use swap to cache or zram, it would be more efficient and useful. Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to spoil this thread or something (I hope I'm not spoiling it) just wanted to explain something useful :thumbup::beer:
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Yes it does but IMO, swapping to sdcard is not very useful because it is the slowest memory in our device and swappin to it is not very efficient and I forgot to mention that sdcards normally have a high rate of data corruption and failures and swapping to it will only increase the risk of corrupting the card. Instead you can use swap to cache or zram, it would be more efficient and useful. Please don't misunderstand me, I'm not trying to spoil this thread or something (I hope I'm not spoiling it) just wanted to explain something useful :thumbup::beer:
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Its ok bro
I am just sharing it
I am just feel more smooth
Like when i open an apps like video or another apps and exit to home screen... Sometimes its very laggy...
But now i feel different...
Just like that
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great running smoothly, applications running very quickly out of the cache
Nice
And can play asphalt6 too
Before i used this when i played asphalt6 always closed
Now can play again
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audazsagaz said:
using a class 10 sd card, is better. i have a tablet with this config ( 1024mb swap ) running about 2 years in the same sd card ( 8gb class 10 ) without problems.
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I hope what you say its true.
Did we need to partition our sd card?
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Setsa said:
I hope what you say its true.
Did we need to partition our sd card?
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No need to partition ur sd card
Its used your free space sd card
And its helpful for minimalizing force close when open heavy apps
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HI can I get an hint about removing or cracking the low memory notifications and inhibit installing new apps whenever I drop under ~200MB of free phone's memory? I believe this must be breakable.. But how? Please don't suggest moving apps to SDcard as Xperia P has very limited storage for SDcard. Any working solution would be highly appreciated!
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Of course you can but before that your phone must be rooted and after that these is two ways to go :
1st : install app2sd its a app but before tht you gonna need CWM tocbe flashed in your phone for backups
2: install s2e(app) to move all app to sd and leave the 200Mb free ,but you gonna need CWM too and for CWM you need to root your phone so look for root then CWM then install s2e or app2sd i will give you a link to a v8deo later if you want
Hit thanks if i was usefull to you
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Thanks but as I already wrote that's what I can't do coz I'm out of space on SDcard too ((, so a solution to break the low space alerts or lower significantly the low memory level would be much more negotiable.
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From what i know you cant add space but you could trick the phone by creating a ext partition to work like space but that from the sd card so you should buy a new sd card someone else i dont know sorry
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That's not possible I don't have SDcard slot ( please a workaround how to cheat the phone it must think there's more memory that actually is so it continues working properly even if I go under 200MB.
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Sorry that impossible you cant do that
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Does anybody know if this is posible with android? Similar to have windows has turboboost. Like one would get a very fast read/write sd card to add more ram to there phone. I know many phones the internal storage is pretty slow so a high speed microsd would be alot faster than full ram trying to read and write to storage which we have all seen drag extremely.
Im content with the speed of my phone but its always out of ram :\
What , u mean ram swap ? Sd-partitioned ram swap ?
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try to use link2sd ap from Google play its free to install
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syahazu said:
What , u mean ram swap ? Sd-partitioned ram swap ?
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I don't even mind if it uses the whole SD card. I'd love to find like a 4gb crazy fast card. I don't know exactly what ram swap means. Unless it puts suspended program ram on sd
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radzer0 said:
I don't even mind if it uses the whole SD card. I'd love to find like a 4gb crazy fast card. I don't know exactly what ram swap means. Unless it puts suspended program ram on sd
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see here,,,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126363
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cygl0qZnbaM
http://www.link2sd.info/description
sorry but my english is bad