Does installing apps to internal memory affect the speed of the device? Would you recommend installing all apps to the MiniSD card? My main concern is the speed of the device, I would like to optimize my Treo for speed and it feels like it's getting slower. I have all my apps installed in the internal memory.
Can someone please help with Pros & Cons?
Many thanks.
Apps with a today plugin should be installed to main memory. Most others should be fine, but get as fast a card as possible (150x ones are quite cheap)
Thanks for your reply, but does it affect my performance if I have applications installed in main memory?
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Hello everyone I'm just wondering what is "better?" To install applications to the MicroSD or to the internal memory? I mean, for example, if it's an application that I rarely use, I'm sure everyone will say "MicroSD" but if it's an application that's constantly in use? What is better? Or does it not make a difference? Does it eat up a lot of memory constantly writing to the micro SD? or does it not make a difference in that sense either?
Do most people install to Micro or Internal Memory?
zkyevolved said:
Does it eat up a lot of memory constantly writing to the micro SD?
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Nope. However, older firmwares may consume a lot (about 5-6M, as opposed to better-optimzied ones with only 500k-1M) of additional RAM memory with the card in. I recommend my previous storage- and firmware updaterelated articles; I've answered all your questions in them.
Add the poll question "Equally Both" as I split mine between them. There are Apps I have found the run better on main and the ones that don't matter, I put on Memory card.
mchapman007 said:
Add the poll question "Equally Both" as I split mine between them. There are Apps I have found the run better on main and the ones that don't matter, I put on Memory card.
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Likewise. In fact, there are some applications that tell you during installation that it would be better to install them on the device's main memory.
Sure! How do I change the poll ?
I have read that HTC Diamond isn't having Memory Card Slot...It's really very disappointing.
12ka4 said:
I have read that HTC Diamond isn't having Memory Card Slot...It's really very disappointing.
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... and this is relevant to the thread how?
i like storing most of my apps on memory card as i don't like using system memory not unless a app doesn't work right from sd card.
Like most, I put everything on the memory card unless the developer specifically states that it should be installed in main memory.
If it's a program that runs all the time, such as a today plugin, then it would be prudent to install it on internal memory to avoid problems. Everything else can go on the storage card.
I'm going to disagree with the majority here (as usual...)
I think you should you use as much of the internal memory that is available as possible. Why? First, it is faster to read/write to flash ROM than to MicroSD (flash also). Second, I believe it uses less power. Third, IS THERE AND CAN"T BE USED FOR ANYTHING ELSE! (just like my 401K). I know in ancient times, when I loved my iPaq 2210, you only had RAM memory for both programs to run and storage of files. Then you could adjust a slider to assign or reserve more space either way. But, AFAIK, in my Hermes, they are two physically different memory locations, so why don't use the storage memory? Of course, there should be some free storage memory always available for temp files and other stuff that changes over time.
Anyway, just my opinion.
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Second, I believe it uses less power.
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That's exactly what I'd like to know. Is the power usage to R/W onto the SD disk that much higher? Or is it insignificantly low? Also, I agree, a program that CONSTATLY uses the memory card to read / write would MOST LIKELY use more power than installed on the main memory.
Nexus S have a lot of storage for the apps plus it shares internal memory any way, so is there point to move apps to SD?
Does it make apps to run slower if they moved to SD?
Some of the apps installs to SD by default, should I move them back to phone?
Thanks.
as a general rule, it's more beneficial to install apps that can run properly from SD to SD during installation
this saves internal memory space
it doesn't really affect performance
the original concept of App 2 SD was for the older phones that had very little internal storage memory
AllGamer said:
as a general rule, it's more beneficial to install apps that can run properly from SD to SD during installation
this saves internal memory space
it doesn't really affect performance
the original concept of App 2 SD was for the older phones that had very little internal storage memory
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I totally disagree with the general rule part.
I think it's pointless to bother moving something to the /sdcard on a Nexus S (Galaxy S, Vibrant, Captivate, etc) unless you're running out of internal ROM space for apps. Even with 130+ apps (many of them larger ones like co-pilot, 3D games, etc), I never have gone above 500mb used for apps on either my Galaxy S or Nexus S.
I won't say I can't imagine ever needing more than a gig, but it doesn't seem likely in the near future.
There's also a downside to using apps2sd when you're not out of space on the internal memory: you're giving up limited sdcard space for media storage like music and movies. Granted not much, but without an external sdcard, our Nexus S is even more limited in that regard. On my Galaxy S I had almost 28 gigs of stuff on the two cards (int and ext sdcard)...YMMV.
Everyone's usage patterns are different, so there's no right/wrong answer here.
I don't have space issues so far on my internal memery (only 1/2 used with no apps on the SD card).
But curious to find out if its acutally better to move the apps to the SD card since its a Class 10? Or will moving to SD slow down stuff in general regardless?
Anyone with any ideas?
Loving the Class 10 for quick copying of music and especially movies from my PC though!
Good question. I might be interested in your answers on it as I moved a few softwares on my Kingston SD card (class 10) and haven't seen much difference in terms of speed
Anyone with any info? People familiar with Android I/O stuff?
usually i will move games to SD Card but important apps related to system and network like keyboard, battery, SMS apps on the internal memory.
Anyway, I just realised today that after I moved my Angry Birds to SD Card, the shortcut icon on the home screen cannot be loaded. Anyone has this issue as well?
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usually i will move games to SD Card but important apps related to system and network like keyboard, battery, SMS apps on the internal memory.
Anyway, I just realised today that after I moved my Angry Birds to SD Card, the shortcut icon on the home screen cannot be loaded. Anyone has this issue as well?
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change scene to something else, than back to normal. usual sense ui error with icons
giggss said:
usually i will move games to SD Card but important apps related to system and network like keyboard, battery, SMS apps on the internal memory.
Anyway, I just realised today that after I moved my Angry Birds to SD Card, the shortcut icon on the home screen cannot be loaded. Anyone has this issue as well?
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thats the key, all important apps should stay internal, especially if your SD funks up.
plus its MUCH quicker from internal, even if its a class 10..
im using an kingston 8gb C10 as a secondary, and media and thumbnails are blazing fast...no speed tests yet, didnt really care that much, but ill post if i get the chance
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change scene to something else, than back to normal. usual sense ui error with icons
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Thanks! But aren't them going to fix this irritating sense ? Sigh, I still prefer non-sense..
How can I see how much memory is allocated to move programs to on SD card?
I like to have my programs on SD card (I think it can only influence the loading time when a program is started, after that it wil remain in main memory). But after some programs I got the message 'no more memory available' altough there is stil 2,5GB free on the SD card.
Does it mean that android allocates a part, if so how much and is it expandable?
thx
Motivation: I've just installed ICS 4.0.4 BCM RC4.1U2 on my HTC Desire, and I am finding I have low internal storage. Browsing around, I found lots of people talking about app2sd, link2sd, app2ext, and need some clarification on them all.
As I understand it:
app2sd is about moving part of an application to the SD card. The application will still take up some space on the internal memory. This is the concept, and apps like app2sd and link2sd do this.
app2ext is about making a partition on your SD card, which the phone thinks is part of its internal memory. To do this, I'll have to format my SD card and install a zip from CWM recovery.
So my questions are:
1 - Is my understanding correct? Have I missed any other big apps or tricks to do with freeing up internal memory.
2 - For app2ext:
- I guess that your phone's speed will then be linked to your SD card's speed. What class of SD card do you need for good performance.
- Is there a limit on how large you can make your virtual internal memory?
- Will applications with widgets work if moved to the ext partition of the memory card?
3 - I was previously on Cyanogenmod 7, and had more free space (only about 70mb was used, as opposed to 110mb now), is this just because I've got the next version along, with more features, so it takes more space?
4 - Is it possible that previous ROMs have left data behind that is eating up my internal memory, is there some way to purge this?
Apologies if this is a silly question. I love my Z3 however the memory on my phone is really slow and is affecting its performance etc. I have a 64gb sd card but without unlocking my bootloader and losing lots of features...is there any way i can move apps etc to my sd card so that there is more space on the internal memory? any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks!
what do you mean the memory is slow?
se1000 said:
what do you mean the memory is slow?
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sorry meant that memory is very low and therefore the phone has slowed down considerably
The phone sets aside a certain amount of space for internal caching which you cant access as far as I know, so it should not slow down that much even when "full". That was a problem before Android 4.3 due to lack of "TRIM" function.
But as for moving apps, not possible till Lollipop, unless you unlock your bootloader.
Could you elaborate a bit more? Do you mean RAM memory or internal memory? How many apps do you have installed?
My unit is blazing fast so you either have a ridiculous number of apps installed or there is some flaw in your Z3.
i think its the fact that apps like sky go and 4od etc download the apps to the internal memory (because thats where they are installed). Similarly apps like spotify tend to use the internal memory hence filling it up really quickly.