Move apps to USB storage? - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What are the advantages of moving apps to USB storage on the NS? Does it improve the speed?
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There is no advantage unless you're running low on internal storage space.

+1 on wanting someone to explain this. I was under the impression it increased speed, but that there were also drawbacks in terms of the speed of accessing storage or something.

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[Q] So is it true that the Sensation has 4gb storage

So on wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Sensation
it says: Storage 4 GB (1 GB user accessible)
so if this is true do you think it is possible to unlock the extra memory?
and why does the phone need 3 GB memory in the first place
It's actually 3gb that could be usable for apps etc, the rest is for virtual ram/graphics ram
But yes, 4 total, just not all of it is available atm
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Solidus_n313 said:
It's actually 3gb that could be usable for apps etc, the rest is for virtual ram/graphics ram
But yes, 4 total, just not all of it is available atm
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Storage is not RAM.
are there any dev's out there working on a way to unlock this extra storage?

Play hd games

Hi sir's good day, I cannot play hd games on my phone. It says i need X ammount of space to play the game, what does it mean by that space for phone or space for sd card? Thank yoy
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Well how much space do you have available on phone and SD?
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Well i think there are 2 possibilities :
1. The game needs a certain amount of RAM and the phone has it all blocked with something else.
2. The game needs a certain space on the internal memory in order to run.
I don't thinks it's an issue with the SD card.
You can try again after cleaning some internal space, or after closing some apps in order to free more RAM.
What ROM are you using? Sense or AOSP?
Thanks

Class 10 sd card

Will a class 10 sd card speed up my apps especially games ?
of course ,have more w/r performance
nadzorni said:
of course ,have more w/r performance
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why a biggest class of a sdcard will speedup apps and games?? how? the speed of sd card isn't just for write and read speed?
I own a class 6 sd card and i was just wondering how much performance boost can i get with a class 10 ...it is worth the money ?
Yes the sd class 10 are faster all other !!! I made the experience
So i should buy then ?
From my experience,
Earlier my nandroid backups used to take 15 20 minutes with class 4 card..
Now, with my class 10 card, it just takes 2 3 minutes..
I AM HAPPY..
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navmad said:
From my experience,
Earlier my nandroid backups used to take 15 20 minutes with class 4 card..
Now, with my class 10 card, it just takes 2 3 minutes..
I AM HAPPY..
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Now i am definitly buying
npktun said:
Now i am definitly buying
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Glad I helped.
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thanks for the advice, I appreciate it!
All it will do is speed up read and write speed.
If this will have any impact on your apps or not depends on what they are and if they're reading and writing constantly.
Sure, it will speed up a backup where you have to write a huge amount of information - but it won't speed up things that are working primarily from RAM and relying on that and processor speed for how "fast" they go.
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I only run everything with class 10 Cards. I Can transfer 1gb in about 20-30 Seconds.
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yes, yes, yes
thats the way
The Class of SD card you use relates to the sequential transfer rate supported by the card. A Class 10 card can write at a theoretical max of 10MB/second.
High sequential rates are good for copying lots of big files, like movies or a music collection.
In order to get these high rates, manufacturers sacrifice random read and write performance. Random performance is very important if you are running Apps2SD or similar, as apps etc. provide a random workload.
If you don't want to wait for your movies to transfer across to your phone, go for the highest class you can. If you're running Apps or loading the Gallery from your SD card, random performance is far more important to you.
Bigger numbers are not always better
Happy transfers guys, hope this clears it up a bit for you
Justin
You are awesome and I love you.
Didn't know there was a trade-off.
In that case I'm very happy to have a slow integrated card and a fast external, perfect setup.
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Get a sandisk class 10 64gb uhs card. Best one iv found yet
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Mine 32gb SanDisk ultra class10 is dead in only 7 month.Got good speed though.but facing problems in replacement. Good luck with you.
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I'm using a class 10 SD card and have many of my apps moved to the card using Link2SD. This is working well and I'm not seeing any particular slowness wrt to apps on the card compared to apps on internal storage.
Thanks for info , deserves a try
Its nt good as its the low as the new ultra class has been up,
Which has faster performance in coping,
Best foe the phone who swaps their internal and external sd.
Hope this was informative.
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Storage expansion

Hi guys am back with another noob question my question is about Storage capacity of my one S. It is showing only 10gb available memory where as my brother has HTC butterfly which also has 16 gb inbuilt but shows 11.6 gb available. Can anyone tell me whether we also can expand our storage to 11.5 gb like that of butterfly? Is there a solution to storage constraint. Any one gb or more extra space will be a lot of help. Thanks in advance
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Suggestions - affordable tablet with SD

Love my Nexus 7 but it just can't keep up with the storage demands of modern games. OTG option is bulky, doesn't allow for simultaneous charging and game compatibility is hit or miss.
I'm looking for something that plays nice with the latest stable CyanogenMod, has built-in SD card slot for extra storage and has similar performance to my Nexus 7. HDMI out would also be a bonus.
Does anyone know of anything - hopefully it won't break the bank?
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simbin said:
Love my Nexus 7 but it just can't keep up with the storage demands of modern games. OTG option is bulky, doesn't allow for simultaneous charging and game compatibility is hit or miss.
I'm looking for something that plays nice with the latest stable CyanogenMod, has built-in SD card slot for extra storage and has similar performance to my Nexus 7. HDMI out would also be a bonus.
Does anyone know of anything - hopefully it won't break the bank?
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There are 3 threads devoted to discussions about devices, please repost your question in one of these three threads: The what should I buy thread or the The Device Suggestion Thread or the The Device Comparison Thread.
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