Hi,
I noticed many ppl here increasing internal sdcard of streak5.
I also plan to do so. But more willing to know what are the benefits of it and if a negative point.?
Basically why to change internal sdcard
i will appreciate if those of you who have done it could post here your exp.
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well... actually nothing much you can gain except that the internal space for apps and cache have been increased with larger capacity...
i myself use the 8gb class 10 microsdhc for now (which currently i have 6gb plus of extra DATA capacity)... if you want to use 16gb or even 32gb, you can but the problem is, how to utilized the extra space gain...
and you might need to use the modified boot.img so that streak would recognized the extra capacity... 8gb and below is recognized by default... therefore, i would stick with the 8gb...
many of your future question usually have been answered many times, so please do a search bout it... thanks
deysmacro said:
many of your future question usually have been answered many times, so please do a search bout it... thanks
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EXACTLY
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Li'l smoother than the stock..good for bump up Antutu quadrant score
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010807
Got some of the thread that guide the members increase their sd card speed with some tweak on system, just wondering are that method suitable for X10i too? Or can some of my respectable dev work on the x10 xrecovery version so that x10 community will have some nice boost on their phone?
* For moderator: if this thread is deserve to the Q&A section, sry for troubling, plz help me move this to the Q&A.
I have tried SD boost tweaks slight enhancement is observed in speed SD tools show improvement in throughput
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That script works foe me
cheers
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anantshri said:
I have tried SD boost tweaks slight enhancement is observed in speed SD tools show improvement in throughput
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Can you write some "fix sd for dummies" guide on x10 so everyone can tweak without fear?
laill said:
That script works foe me
cheers
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Is it just write a txt file and attach to the system folder? I lose my usb wire, so i would like some wireless solution.
i posted a guide on this last week
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013554
there is a paid app in the market sd speed boost that does it all for you and sets it at boot 99p or something I have it works a treat
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i posted a guide on this last week
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013554
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Thx, my bad, i try to search it, my key word might not accurate. Thx for the guide.
2048 works best for me.
UK X10i stock 8GB card
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Sd speed boost app works for me just fine... i didn't want to install tweaks so i install app that i can remove whenever i want
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shoby said:
2048 works best for me.
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same with me, I'm using an 8gig card my friend got with his DX (pretty sure it's class 2 or legacy from before the class system). This tweak seems to have sped up my write speed by almost a full mbs/s and my read speeds have gone up even more,
4mb
For me: 16 gb ks >> 4mb>> 3.9 w>>18 r :d
I set my 8gb class 2 SD at 3456 & get this..
I'm running a Sandisk 32GB Class 2 (yup, you read that right). The SD Tool readings before the script is implemented seems to be fairly high, but they slack considerably after......
My readings are wild! Here's what I got, note that each time I run the test I use a task killer to clear running apps. Blue indicates readings prior to script implementations.
@128 - 7.7/11.9
@512 - 2.2/10.9; 2.9/11.7; 4.2/12.3; 5.7/12.3; 6.3/12.3; 6.2/12.1; 6.1/12.4
@1024 - 7.9/18.9; 6.4/12.3; 6.4/12.4; 5.3/12.3; 5.2/12.1; 2.5/12.1
@2048 - 7.8/19.8; 4.5/11.2; 8.1/11.4; 5.4/11.1; 2.2/11.7; 5.5/12.1
@3072 - 7.8/19.8; 4.4/11.3; 3.2/11.2; 2.6/11.6; 5.7/12.3; 6.4/11.7
@4096 - 8.7/21.2; 3.2/11.7; 8.4/11.8; 5.0/11.9; 2.1/12.2; 5.3/12.1
@5120 - 8.3/19.8; 8.3/12.3; 8.5/12.2; 8.5/12.0; 8.3/12.1; 8.3/12.4; 7.6/12.2
So.... I went with 5120....
This tweak is already applied in wolfbreak's ROM
I manage to set it till 3mb/s buffer, and latest version of sd tools( with improve and stability of testing speed version), had state my stock sd card (may be class 2-4?) had stable writing speed of 5mb/s (6mb max, but quite uncommon), and with 20mb/s reading speed, which looks more sense than previous diagnose than 3mb/s of writing speed and reading of FREAKING 50 mb/s of speed.
Overall, yes, it match the rumor, it "SLIGHTLY" improve the speed of SD card, but better than nothing ~hey!!!with the moded stock camera i and better writing speed of sd card, I manage get a better FPS on HD recoding, now i can throw my wvga out to my android.
my ressults :
Write speed: 377.7 MB/s
Read speed: 1.524 MB/s
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I'm currently running the devil kernel on my phone, using the new devil app to control settings but I really don't know a couple settings though. First what I'd zram and is it better than swap? And what's the best value to set the zram at? I have it on 150mb.
Also what's better zram or swap?
Dude look @ the op
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No info about what it is in the op U_U
well, based on my reading...(Basically meaning take this with a grain of salt because I may not perfectly re-present the information, but this is how I've come to understand it lol )
zram basically compresses unused apps within the system RAM. This allows the system to swap less needed processes to the zram partition for faster access at a later time, instead of killing them. This does take up some of your ram though, so I imagine that the value you are setting is determining exactly what percentage of your ram that the zram partition is allotted.
Swap instead uses a small portion of the SDcard like RAM. The phone will attempt to keep as much within the ram as possible until fill, and then begin using the swap partition on the SDcard. At that point, the phone will begin moving inactive blocks of memory to the SD, freeing up RAM for active processes. If one of the pages on the SD needs to be accessed again, it will be moved back into RAM, and a different inactive page in RAM will be moved onto the SD ('swapped').
Swap files don't restrict available RAM but writing to the sdcard impacts the speed of opening apps.
Now, which is better? No idea ^^ Lol
Holly crap I'm enabling swap lol. Do I need to repartition my SD card for swap?
I wouldn't enable swap, you don't need it, zram us nifty but also not need. Your system can handle memory just fine without you. Just let it to its thing and you will be fine.
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I agree completely. My former device had a hack that we came up with that would force app2sd on a 2.1 build. This was great at the time but it cause some serious lag. We then enabled the swap to help with the memory issues. It worked for awhile but then all these apps started to come out that were, not to sound funny, memory hogs. This device only had 128mb of user RAM, so it was a constant struggle to get it working. Gotta remember that this was pre-GB times, so Froyo was the ICS of that time.
Here is more to read from this devices section about how swap works. The thread was revived on Post #9 and my explaination is Post#16.
Moral of the story is that I agree with Eco, let the phone work for you and not you against it. There are few memory issues with the Vibrant. Is it running 2gb of RAM? No but do you really need something like that on a phone?
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I agree completely. My former device had a hack that we came up with that would force app2sd on a 2.1 build. This was great at the time but it cause some serious lag. We then enabled the swap to help with the memory issues. It worked for awhile but then all these apps started to come out that were, not to sound funny, memory hogs. This device only had 128mb of user RAM, so it was a constant struggle to get it working. Gotta remember that this was pre-GB times, so Froyo was the ICS of that time.
Here is more to read from this devices section about how swap works. The thread was revived on Post #9 and my explaination is Post#16.
Moral of the story is that I agree with Eco, let the phone work for you and not you against it. There are few memory issues with the Vibrant. Is it running 2gb of RAM? No but do you really need something like that on a phone?
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Exactly, Android is designed for low Memory systems. It can handle out of Memory situations on its own, and will kill unneeded apps as is necessary to free ram for running apps. Don't worry about how much "free" ram you have because it doesn't matter. You want more free ram learn to set the ram usage settings to be more aggressive at killing idle apps. It'll and up using more battery, but if free ram is what you want then that's how to do it.
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Woody said:
I agree completely. My former device had a hack that we came up with that would force app2sd on a 2.1 build. This was great at the time but it cause some serious lag. We then enabled the swap to help with the memory issues. It worked for awhile but then all these apps started to come out that were, not to sound funny, memory hogs. This device only had 128mb of user RAM, so it was a constant struggle to get it working. Gotta remember that this was pre-GB times, so Froyo was the ICS of that time.
Here is more to read from this devices section about how swap works. The thread was revived on Post #9 and my explaination is Post#16.
Moral of the story is that I agree with Eco, let the phone work for you and not you against it. There are few memory issues with the Vibrant. Is it running 2gb of RAM? No but do you really need something like that on a phone?
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Woody said:
There are few memory issues with the Vibrant. Is it running 2gb of RAM? No but do you really need something like that on a phone?
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Actually, yes. There are certain apps, like Facebook, Whatsapp, Skype and probably more, that have their background services running even if you close the app. Those services are for sending notification, but they are slowing down this device very much (Even if only the Facebook service is running). So I do feel the device does not handle memory so good. And I can't blame it, since it has a limited memory, but I do wish I had more RAM.
Don't enable zram or swap unless you have the EU bug or like your shizz lag like a mo'fo'. If your phone is playing nicely, then disable both. Allow Purging of Assets also.Set it to two processes in Dev Section.
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... Set it to two processes in Dev Section.
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By this do you mean the "Background Process Limits"?
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scottPilgrim said:
hey devil, got a question for you...
any particular reason why you removed zRAM from your kernel? i was wondering if you could elaborate a little bit on why it isn't necessary on this device.
Thanks man
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Xenoism said:
zram basically compresses unused apps within the system RAM. This allows the system to swap less needed processes to the zram partition for faster access at a later time, instead of killing them. This does take up some of your ram though, so I imagine that the value you are setting is determining exactly what percentage of your ram that the zram partition is allotted.
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Not really needed on our device that have 2gb of ram memory.
Have ever been in a situation where you have been out of free ram? Neither have I.
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Our devices don't have 2gb ram memory. They have 512mb ram memory
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cannondaleV2000 said:
Our devices don't have 2gb ram memory. They have 512mb ram memory
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Hello, so here's my question:
Is there a way to get the browser to do its thing using the external microSD instead of the slow internal one? Just like browser2ram does, but using the microSD instead of the ram. Or better yet, move the browser app to work completely on the external storage.
Browser2ram looses the browsers data with each reboot but if we used the microSD, data wouldn't be lost...
I dont want to move the entire system to work on the external storage since i dont wanna risk anything going wrong just want the browser... It would almost certainly remove all browser ANR's while improving speed (provided you have a fast microSD like I do).
If it is impossible with the stock browser, could it be done with any flash-capable browser out there?
Good question!
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Look into Data2SD ... I think that's exactly what you're looking for (Note: have no clue if it's available for the Prime...)
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Look into Data2SD ... I think that's exactly what you're looking for (Note: have no clue if it's available for the Prime...)
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Data2SD is officially supported on Androwook 1.3 with the D2SD kernel. Plus the Rom is fast and responsive as all hell.
Well by modifying browser2ram it should be doable. Sources are somewhere on internets.
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eddymonti said:
Hello, so here's my question:
Is there a way to get the browser to do its thing using the external microSD instead of the slow internal one? Just like browser2ram does, but using the microSD instead of the ram. Or better yet, move the browser app to work completely on the external storage.
Browser2ram looses the browsers data with each reboot but if we used the microSD, data wouldn't be lost...
I dont want to move the entire system to work on the external storage since i dont wanna risk anything going wrong just want the browser... It would almost certainly remove all browser ANR's while improving speed (provided you have a fast microSD like I do).
If it is impossible with the stock browser, could it be done with any flash-capable browser out there?
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I see what you want to do. if you are unlocked you can use data2sd very safely if you do not do any further modifications to the ext4 partition. all of your anrs should be gone and your entire tablet will work better. There really is not much risk of anything going wrong as you put it. I have used it for the last 3 months with no data loss under standard conditions. where you increase risk is when you try to improve that performance even more by using ext 2 or non journaling ext 4 with data2sd.
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I'm still running a sandisk 32 gig class 4 card. While getting ready for ICS I backed up everything, including copying the card to my PC. I noticed how much stuff is on it from apps and such, that it makes me question....
Does the microSD card speed have any impact on how the bolt performs? Will it be faster or have less lag with one of those newer Sandisk UHS cards?
The only benefit you will see is faster read write speeds to the SD card. You would probably have to increase the read ahead buffer to get the full benefits.
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The only benefit you will see is faster read write speeds to the SD card. You would probably have to increase the read ahead buffer to get the full benefits.
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And that is part of my question.
I guess my thought process is... With the newer card having faster read/write speeds, I would think that any access the phone does of data/apps stored on the car might be faster. And with all the .Android_secure, android and other files/folders the bolt stores on the card (as opposed to internal memory), that isn't pictures or ring tones, I was wondering if it could make a noticeable impact on the performance of the phone or installed apps.
Has any one tried? Is there a way to measure or verify any improvements? I guess I'm looking for reassurance it will make a worth while difference before I go an spend money on another card.
As for the read ahead buffer, is that something that is easy to modify? how would that be done?
It in theory would make viewing pictures and stuff on the sd card faster. As for apps I'm not real sure. You can download apps like Rom toolbox that let you change the read ahead buffer but I think the thunderbolt maxes out at 4096. Anything faster will just default to that speed. To test it use one of the benchmark apps like antutu.
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So has anyone tried swap on this device?
I was thinking that we might be able to increase ram operation if there was a swap partition.
I'm not exactly sure if it will work....
If anyone see's this thread and has a class 10 micro sd card and they want to try it please let me know how it affects the benchmarking results.
(I'd do it, but I have a crappy class 4)
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So has anyone tried swap on this device?
I was thinking that we might be able to increase ram operation if there was a swap partition.
I'm not exactly sure if it will work....
If anyone see's this thread and has a class 10 micro sd card and they want to try it please let me know how it affects the benchmarking results.
(I'd do it, but I have a crappy class 4)
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I tried using swap for awhile on my old HD2 which only had .5gb, but not here. The question I have to ask is why? In most of the current ROMs developers have already added scripts that kill dormant processes to free up real memory. Even when I've got a dozen apps open I've got plenty of RAM available. What kind of out of memory issues are you experiencing where you think swap would help?
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I tried using swap for awhile on my old HD2 which only had .5gb, but not here. The question I have to ask is why? In most of the current ROMs developers have already added scripts that kill dormant processes to free up real memory. Even when I've got a dozen apps open I've got plenty of RAM available. What kind of out of memory issues are you experiencing where you think swap would help?
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Well it's not exactly a out of memory problem. I just wanted to see if the performance would be affected if a linux swap partition for ram would increase or decrease the ram operation.
I know we don't have the most high end device out there, but the specs are supposed to be better than an S2, yet it surpasses ours. It has a slower processor and less 3d graphics than the amaze and still it beats it.
Ram operation on the S2 according to Antutu: 705
Ram operation on the Amaze according to Antutu: 356
That's about half!!!!!
And I'm pretty sure if we found a way to increase the ram operation it'd help with all the other results.
I don't know why this is the case, but probably has more to do with the software running on the devices than the components. Sense is a lot of things most of which are good, but one thing for sure is it's s resource hog.
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I don't know why this is the case, but probably has more to do with the software running on the devices than the components. Sense is a lot of things most of which are good, but one thing for sure is it's s resource hog.
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I believe my rom is senseless, cause I'm on the Xperia Z Ultra by shubham211995