[GUIDE] How to enable swap memory - HTC Amaze 4G

well this is a guide to increase your ram capacity using a swap partition (it doesn't increase your actual Ram capacity, it just act like a virtual memory)...there are many great guides in xda i just thought of this cuz most of those guides are a lil bit complicated and outdated (using command prompt) for new users (and i'm a beginner aswell)... if your phone is kinda laggy due to heavy using this is what your looking for and make sure your kernel supports swap ..
currently swap supported kernels for Amaze:
Faux v.31
(thats according to my knowledge the stock kernels doesnt support it and if the CM kernels support it let me know i'll add it)
WARNING: there are chances that this mite degrade your sd card life
what you need:
1. a ext micro sd card class 6 or higher more than 2GB
2. following 2 apps from playstore MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check and Swapper 2 (for Root users)
3.make sure you have busy box installed
4.4ext recovery or twrp (my instructions are based on 4ext recovery)
okay lets start now..this is a step by step guide and the most easiest way..
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1st step
backup your ext memory card 1ST and then boot into 4ext recovery and go to TOOLS>>PARTITION SD CARD it'll look like the below screen shots ...skip the 1st 2 options as they're for increasing your system capacity and app sotrage (if you want you can make those partitions aswell, but they dont have to do anything with swap so i'm skippping them) so the process will look like this..i recommend using 512 cuz it use around 256mb (i used 1gig tho)
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if everything went well your info will look like this!
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Step 2
install the apps given above and 1st go to the MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check app and check for the swap partition status and directory it''ll look like this..
then click ram expander test and get to know your partitions and their directory name..it'll be like this
and we're interested in that partition the one called mmcblk1p2 [it mite be different if you create more partitions or else you'll have one like that the specially made partition for swap]
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Final step
now go to the 2nd app we installed which is Swapper 2 (for Root users) and do not turn it on right away or else it'll make a swap file in your internal sd and make it a mess also then there will be no point for the specially made partition...so once you installed the app go to settings and,
1. tick safe unmount, safe remount and run swapper at startup options.
2. swap size: 32mb [recommended] or 256mb [my settings]
3. swappiness: 10mb [recommended] or 60 [default, i use it aswell]
and then go to advance preferences and tick the use swap partition option and then click swap partition option and name it like this using your directory, mine looks like this..
done?? okay now go to the menu and turn on the swapper app...well to check if everything went well go to the MemoryInfo & Swapfile Check app and if it shows the numbers and capacity like this your golden!!!
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well this is my 1st tute also English is my 2nd language so cut me some slack haha .. i tried to keep it as much as simple so i dont think you'll need more explanation but if you have something to ask, feel free to ask after all xda is bout sharing and learning so yea :good:

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just in case!

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Pretty cool...

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SuperAfnan said:
Pretty cool...
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Viper rom

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ravike14 said:
Viper rom
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Viper's free RAM only comes down to 200MB free when I last used it and before I manually debloated it and removed unnecessary apps. Thank god for AROMA. Usually Sense ROMS have 450mb when they're debloated, and Senseless ROMS have 500mb. Like all of mine. Even though I left Rosie.apk to make it feel nothing was missing.
Ravike you should start making custom ROMS once your exams are over (hope you are finding them easy). You have a sharp mind, you should compete with shubham. (He says he'll release his ROM in 1 month, too long IMO). It really isn't hard, just use Dsixda's kitchen, then go deeper like me and add AROMA. :good:

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SuperAfnan said:
Viper's free RAM only comes down to 200MB free when I last used it and before I manually debloated it and removed unnecessary apps. Thank god for AROMA. Usually Sense ROMS have 450mb when they're debloated, and Senseless ROMS have 500mb. Like all of mine. Even though I left Rosie.apk to make it feel nothing was missing.
Ravike you should start making custom ROMS once your exams are over (hope you are finding them easy). You have a sharp mind, you should compete with shubham. (He says he'll release his ROM in 1 month, too long IMO). It really isn't hard, just use Dsixda's kitchen, then go deeper like me and add AROMA. :good:
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im waiting for the JB kernel ^_^

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ravike14 said:
im waiting for the JB kernel ^_^
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I might wait for it too. Still playing with Xperia
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using xda app-developers app

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chevycowboyusa said:
I might wait for it too. Still playing with Xperia
Sent from my HTC_Amaze_4G using xda app-developers app
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Everyone will be happy even though it's alpha when you release it. So why not?
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I was wondering, will this work Sensai Rom @SuperAfnan ?
I tried but the swap partition won't show up in the memory info swap check app.
Btw how does swap really work. All I understand is that it's virtual ram, but does it make the device more efficient and lagfree?

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Darin_Ram said:
I was wondering, will this work Sensai Rom @SuperAfnan ?
I tried but the swap partition won't show up in the memory info swap check app.
Btw how does swap really work. All I understand is that it's virtual ram, but does it make the device more efficient and lagfree?
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Yes it should, I don't see why not. And swap space, from my understanding, is supposed to do that. The trade off is that it takes some space from your SD. Not really a big deal if you have lots of space.
I think a quick Google search is better than asking though since I don't have unlimited knowledge.
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