Hey Charge users!
I'm a first time poster long time lurker. I've had this Charge since June 2011 and have flashed many roms from Kejar31's Gummycharged thru Dwitherell's Tweaked (currently on 1.5) and I've always seemed to be limited by the 512MB internal ram which shows ~220/380MB taken after the rom boots depending on what rom you're using. As you add apps this memory gets eaten up and when you forget to push to sd, the phone starts lagging.
People run the script with SQlite 3, run V6 supercharger memory management, clear cache and dalvik cache, etc.
I've heard of a "swapper" before upon first learning android terms but have never seen it discussed thoroughly on the charge threads. I got a class 10 samsung sdhc card and replaced my stock class 4 card, and have allocated 1.5 GB for space on the sdhc card to act as extra RAM and really notice the difference in multitasking. Now my Boat Browser retains the web pages I was viewing in other tabs even after I've gone back to the home screen (doesn't have to reload).
Requirements: Rooted, have a sdhc card that will read faster than 6MB/s (according to the dev), and be running a compatible kernel (im using pbj 0130).
Things I've noticed in my 2 days of usage so far:
- phone faster, responsive
- can handle multitasking much better
- can handle heavy apps like vlingo
- negligible effect on battery life thus far, although if you leave too many things open I can imagine it killing battery life
- have not tried but dev says in description that you can allocate up to 2.5GB of extra ram
In Play Store search: "swapit ram expander"
Hope this helps others out! I know the app is expensive, and I'm in no way related to or even know the dev. Just thought this would ease a lot of frustration on the charge threads and keep ppl from jumping ship for a while! Please post back if you try this with a stock class 4 sdhc to give feedback for others.
Thanks for reading!
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PBJ has swap capability built in...you just have to enable it. However, performance is always going to suffer, whether you notice it or not. For me, the performance difference is negligible until I try to play music, then it's bad....skipping/stuttering and the like, and I don't care how fast you SD card is, its going to be hard to avoid that.
Our RAM is really only a limitation for very heavy multitasking, and I haven't run into a scenario where I actually thought I needed more.
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Would the constant writing have the potential to shorten your sd card life?
BleedsOrangeandBlue said:
Would the constant writing have the potential to shorten your sd card life?
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Are you going to keep this phone past 2020? Modern SD cards have the longevity to run through millions of full erase and writes.
By the way, is there any free equivalent to this?
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kvswim said:
Are you going to keep this phone past 2020? Modern SD cards have the longevity to run through millions of full erase and writes.
By the way, is there any free equivalent to this?
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In shirke above post he said pbj has it. You just have to enable it.
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jager420 said:
In shirke above post he said pbj has it. You just have to enable it.
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Any "easy" way to do it?
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kvswim said:
Any "easy" way to do it?
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An initd script should be able to right?
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kvswim said:
Are you going to keep this phone past 2020? Modern SD cards have the longevity to run through millions of full erase and writes.
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So it would exponentially shorten it, but even the exponentially shortened life is probably not going to matter because its such a long time period....got it.
Thanks
kvswim said:
Any "easy" way to do it?
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How is making the file /data/local/useswap hard?
Code:
adb shell touch /data/local/useswap
adb reboot
imnuts said:
How is making the file /data/local/useswap hard?
Code:
adb shell touch /data/local/useswap
adb reboot
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He didn't say it was hard... he just asked if there was an easy way because he didn't know what all the answer entailed.
imnuts said:
How is making the file /data/local/useswap hard?
Code:
adb shell touch /data/local/useswap
adb reboot
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Derp. I think I'll just leave it alone. I don't have many problems.
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how to use the app > ram-expander
helpppPPP-- please , in detail
galaxy note n7000 jb leak rooted , philz kernel<IS MY KERNEL SUPPORTED(IF Not any sugg.)>
32 gb class 10 sd card
Getting Problem
I m getting problem while creating swap file.I t just create it and then kill it by itself and then restart making swap file.
After boot doesnt work
I created 1 GB swap file in my sd card and it showed total ram 1.6 gb. I could see Swapit icon running in status bar but once i boot the phone it doesnt read swap file automatically spite being autorun is selected. Even swapit icon also doesnt appear in notification bar. I hace swap file intact in my sd card. Any solution for it?
Help!
Right now m using siyah kernel on my s2 with android 4.4.2 kitkat! I just wanna know that the app states perfect kernel! What does that mean? Can you suggest which kernel is perfect? And secondly i also experienced boot loop problems? Can you tell how to fix it?
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lenith said:
I created 1 GB swap file in my sd card and it showed total ram 1.6 gb. I could see Swapit icon running in status bar but once i boot the phone it doesnt read swap file automatically spite being autorun is selected. Even swapit icon also doesnt appear in notification bar. I hace swap file intact in my sd card. Any solution for it?
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Can you state which device u r using and its android version and kernel name?
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Right now m using siyah kernel on my s2 with android 4.4.2 kitkat! I just wanna know that the app states perfect kernel! What does that mean? Can you suggest which kernel is perfect? And secondly i also experienced boot loop problems? Can you tell how to fix it?
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Can you state which device u r using and its android version and kernel name?
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I'm using Canvas 2 with 4.2.2 ROM and BindassBoost 2.5 Kernel
razor1395 said:
how to use the app > ram-expander
helpppPPP-- please , in detail
galaxy note n7000 jb leak rooted , philz kernel<IS MY KERNEL SUPPORTED(IF Not any sugg.)>
32 gb class 10 sd card
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philz kernel doesnt support for RAM expander.
Recently i hv tried this on my hh (AryaMod V7 N7000)
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I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace, and a week or so ago I was trying to free up internal memory. I often have a low memory warning, due to the phone only something like 180mb internal memory. While looking to see what I could delete or move tto fix this, 30mb was suddenly freed without me doing anything.
I know it wasn't just the reading updating, as I was on low memory for weeks on end. Since, I have re-flashed a ROM (carbon Sunday by jusada if it helps) and I'm back on low memory.
I was wondering whether anyone knows why this would happen, and how I can get it to do it again.
All help appreciated
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charlie284 said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace, and a week or so ago I was trying to free up internal memory. I often have a low memory warning, due to the phone only something like 180mb internal memory. While looking to see what I could delete or move tto fix this, 30mb was suddenly freed without me doing anything.
I know it wasn't just the reading updating, as I was on low memory for weeks on end. Since, I have re-flashed a ROM (carbon Sunday by jusada if it helps) and I'm back on low memory.
I was wondering whether anyone knows why this would happen, and how I can get it to do it again.
All help appreciated
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Maybe u cleared the cache?!
Anyway off topic, read about sd-ext partitions for more internal space
I think this will help you. if it does please THANK me.
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Can't answer your question, but a little tip for people suffering for low user space; download Link2Sd from Market. Google for tutorials.
I'm rooted so I can move apps to the sd, its just some (widgets) dont work on the sd, Ill have a look at partitioning thanks, I dont think it was the cache, thanks anyway though
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charlie284 said:
I'm rooted so I can move apps to the sd, its just some (widgets) dont work on the sd, Ill have a look at partitioning thanks, I dont think it was the cache, thanks anyway though
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Easier to touch the THANKS button
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charlie284 said:
I have a Samsung Galaxy Ace, and a week or so ago I was trying to free up internal memory. I often have a low memory warning, due to the phone only something like 180mb internal memory. While looking to see what I could delete or move tto fix this, 30mb was suddenly freed without me doing anything.
I know it wasn't just the reading updating, as I was on low memory for weeks on end. Since, I have re-flashed a ROM (carbon Sunday by jusada if it helps) and I'm back on low memory.
I was wondering whether anyone knows why this would happen, and how I can get it to do it again.
All help appreciated
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Surely Off Topic
But just for info,Have You Tried the Draktremor Script of Apps2Sd??
ArmorD said:
Can't answer your question, but a little tip for people suffering for low user space; download Link2Sd from Market. Google for tutorials.
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apps2sd ? right ?!
..mmmh..probably wrong to say here, but..the apps moved to the external sd card are expecting to be slower then before, when were on the internal one?
app2sd or use sd-ext partitions is your way to fix lower internal memory problem
Isn't app2sd built into GB? Am I missing something? Im using CyanogenMod 7
charlie284 said:
Isn't app2sd built into GB? Am I missing something? Im using CyanogenMod 7
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Apps2sd is the process of moving app files and not data to SD card after boot. This still keeps around 1-5 MB on the phone memory and can be done without root on 2.2+
A2SD involves partitioning ur memory card and using it as phone memory. This is mounted before boot so it's faster. Even the dalvik cache can be moved here
I have a 160 MB phone memory and after partitioning and installing 230 apps, I still have 120 MB free
THANK me if this was helpful
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I have the same problem with Desire. Even with root and installed SuperNova Rom i have only 35MB internal free memory
MilosPrehnil said:
I have the same problem with Desire. Even with root and installed SuperNova Rom i have only 35MB internal free memory
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Read my previous post!!!
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MilosPrehnil said:
I have the same problem with Desire. Even with root and installed SuperNova Rom i have only 35MB internal free memory
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You Can Surely Have the Maximum Internal Space by Installing Darktremore App2sd script and moving Dalvic Cache to sd-ext using Apps2sdGui.
Although your internal Memory will still be used but very little bit, and only for house keeping as Some Apps Require Some of Their Files to be copied on Internal Phone Memory.
ArmorD said:
Can't answer your question, but a little tip for people suffering for low user space; download Link2Sd from Market. Google for tutorials.
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I took this advice from ArmorD and have more memory available now. Would apps2sd give me more free space than link2sd?
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charlie284 said:
I took this advice from ArmorD and have more memory available now. Would apps2sd give me more free space than link2sd?
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Use s2e and check all four boxes, then reboot
I think this will help u. THANK me if it does
Hey guys. My phone is using too much ram lately. I have zram and SD cache enabled but my available ram dips to 81mb or even 60. I do clear up my recent apps but still have almost no ram. And usually I only have Nova Launcher, Chrome, facebook and music running.
I have faux kernel, 3.33 firmware and ViperS 1.10
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What version of faux kernel do you have? And was it installed with Yank555 Aroma?
Some people had complained about it, but the reason was the LMK values - the numbers by which the android OS decides to kill applications when the system is low on memory.
Also, do you have zram enabled? Perhaps hard deep as well?
All these settings could affect the RAM..
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Its 008b10 I believe, and yeah it was with aroma
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Kazireh said:
Its 008b10 I believe, and yeah it was with aroma
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try ditching Chrome for a different browser, uses up a ton of RAM. Chrome with Sense really bogs down the phone
Free RAM is wasted RAM in linux
chrisund123 said:
Free RAM is wasted RAM in linux
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Seriously?¿ If all the ram is gone then it's a serious problem. It sound like it is dipping low enough to cause serious lag. I say try Sebastian
chrisund123 said:
Free RAM is wasted RAM in linux
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I think the same as you !
Linux is managing the ram itself, let it do it, don't use any app killer
Kazireh said:
Its 008b10 I believe, and yeah it was with aroma
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There were issues Yank fixed in more recent versions.
I suggest you get a newer one like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30269909&postcount=8486
Also, do you enable hard swap? Zram?
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chrisund123 said:
Free RAM is wasted RAM in linux
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Linux utilizes free ram for buffers and file system cache etc.
I wouldn't call it a waste.
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I tried b12 but I still get the ram issue. I don't enable hard swap, only zram
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Maybe zram is causing that try disabling it and report back..
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jimmy.caille said:
I think the same as you !
Linux is managing the ram itself, let it do it, don't use any app killer
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+1
Linux manages Memory very well. It, on most systems, tries to be almost 100% full Cache, DBC, ...... It's different to Windoze, etc. Different paradime.
That said I have used ATK to see what's been started BUT DO NOT use to to automatically kill stuff. Most things will re-start and you'll end up using more juice from the battery. If there are apps running that you don't use delete the buggers.
I turned zram off in aroma and now my phone won't boot
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Kazireh said:
I tried b12 but I still get the ram issue. I don't enable hard swap, only zram
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Could you please post the output of the 'free' command from a terminal?
Also, did you flash faux's kernel over another kernel by chance? If so, there might be some previous kernel leftovers which gets in the way. See what files there are in the /system/etc/init.d directory, and post it in here.
One last question, did you install b12 using the aroma installer?
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Yeah it was with aroma. I installed it over bricked 1.4. But I flashed Sebastian earlier today and when I flash b12 again I get stuck at the splash screen so I can't provide you the log.
And also, with faux it just shows 578 mb of ram in task manager but with seb of shows 584
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Raven2k said:
There were issues Yank fixed in more recent versions.
I suggest you get a newer one like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30269909&postcount=8486
Also, do you enable hard swap? Zram?
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Linux utilizes free ram for buffers and file system cache etc.
I wouldn't call it a waste.
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If Linux is utilizing the ram, then its not free. Its being effectively used.
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Have you wiped correctly before flashing the kernel ? Can you boot to recovery,hboot? If so have you made an backup ? Waiting for your input sir and well go from there..
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shahkam said:
Have you wiped correctly before flashing the kernel ? Can you boot to recovery,hboot? If so have you made an backup ? Waiting for your input sir and well go from there..
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Sorry I meant to say that faux's kernel wont boot, like it wont show the boot animation since after the splash screen goes away the screen is balck and it goes to the splash screen together in a infinite loop. This all started after i flashed it over sebs kernel earlier, so I'll get a fresh install of my system with bricked and flash faux again. My phone is perfectly fine. Ill report back.
Installed Faux again and it booted this time, still have the same memory problem
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Sorry I meant to say that faux's kernel wont boot, like it wont show the boot animation since after the splash screen goes away the screen is balck and it goes to the splash screen together in a infinite loop. This all started after i flashed it over sebs kernel earlier, so I'll get a fresh install of my system with bricked and flash faux again. My phone is perfectly fine. Ill report back.
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Alright and one other thing i tend to swype my apps i don't need but when i open up my task killer app (advancev task killer ) it doesn't update the ram so my guess is maybe it isn't freeing ram really..
And it happen to me once ive got down to 85mb used task killer and was running again all smooth..
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Ok our device is great without ram assistance the reason i decided to get this mod ported is I still have my 530mb Linux swap partition on my 64GB SD card from when I was using it on my GT-I9300 and I didn't really want to re-partition my SD-card so instead of wiping it off I might aswel use it as SWAP and hey if anything it will help our devices , it wont hurt it. And yes I know we have plenty of ram but ay if there is even the slightest chance it may help down the track why not ay? Ok so if you want to know about the MOD here is the thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1814311&highlight=swap
But do not download the MOD zip on that thread as it is not ported to our device: bellow is our version of the mod.
-=ATTENTION=-If you have installed my rom > [PANDORIAM] < or any other rom with Busybox and Init.D support then just skip to the second step
1st STEP - Note you will need Root access, A kernel with support, I am using >>> (Perseus) by Andreilux & Init.d support Look at my other thread if you do not have Init.D support it can be easily done. Also to have Init.D support you will need BusyBox I reccomend Stericson Busybox . Once downloaded and installed open it and Make sure you choose to install busybox files in >>>>>> system/xbin you will see an option for this when you open up the busybox app.
2nd STEP - You also need a partition to be used as swap. I used a mini-tool partition Home edition (Free) Now when you make your partition use the first partition section of your SD-card for your main partition that you always use, then leave some space at the end of the SD-card (I would say no more then 250mb and this is probably more then enough for our devices) to make your swap partition please note the partition type HAS to be -=Linux Swap=- now thats all done................................
Instructions are very simple. Go into Recovery Mode > Choose to install zip from sd-card > select the hard-swap zip file > reboot
If you want to uninstall do the same thing but flash the uninstall zip instead.
If you want more clear detailed description and also instructions about this mod then goto the main thread I pasted above. I tried to test this mod by opening every app i can think off and not closing them to try and see if the swap will be used, I managed to get almost 6.5mb of the swap in use LOOL you can see how good our memory is, as time goes on and your device does not get switched off, this amount will likely rise or go down depending on what you do for example after a day of hectic use it actually reached 30mb of swap used but after awhile this went back down (Because our phone is a machine!! ).... Oh well I guess my device is now even more future proof
Thanks to Yank555 for porting this for us this also Andreilux for his awesome kernel and whoever else I missed. Peace V
... and you need a kernel.
AndreiLux said:
... and you need a kernel.
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Oh Really? Well I am using yours so I guess why I didnt have any problems. I will Now update the OP
Thank you
I'm about to try. Thank you!
I am interested to see if this effects performance much. I suspect benchmark figures might increase but you wouldnt really expect to see any real world advantages? Wouldnt mind to hear other opinons.
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I am interested to see if this effects performance much. I suspect benchmark figures might increase but you wouldnt really expect to see any real world advantages? Wouldnt mind to hear other opinons.
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I assume it would only take affect under heavy load and heavy multitasking... I dont think it would affect benchmark at all.
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I assume it would only take affect under heavy load and heavy multitasking... I dont think it would affect benchmark at all.
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Isnt that exactly what benchmarking simulates?
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singlecell83 said:
Isnt that exactly what benchmarking simulates?
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When I mean heavy Load I meant heavy Multitasking... I dont think benchmarking stimulates multitasking... I mean if I am wrong correct me.
thought benchmarking only loads up the CPU and GPU mostly
Not sure if this a coincedence
Well ay you might be right but i am not sure... As I just did a quadrant run and its the highest score i have got since I had this phone. But I think it is just a coencedence
What did you get beforehand? I only get 5543. Maybe we should have a benchmark post?
EDIT : Also why is your battety circle blue and not green? Do you have jellybean looking toggle buttons or the big green samsung ones?
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singlecell83 said:
What did you get beforehand? I only get 5543. Maybe we should have a benchmark post?
EDIT : Also why is your battety circle blue and not green? Do you have jellybean looking toggle buttons or the big green samsung ones?
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I have the the Mod installed that has 15 toggles (Blue design), I also have installed the Extended power menu mod. My previous score is around 7000 But I am overclocked to 1.7ghz with Perseus Kernel and i am not sure if this makes a difference but I am deodexed/zipaligned and I have removed all bloatware.
Ah of course I forgot yoh had the oc happening. I should give it a run and see how it goes. I have XXLI9 with no bloatware. Cant seem to get extended power menu to work though.
Which oc app do you use?
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singlecell83 said:
Ah of course I forgot yoh had the oc happening. I should give it a run and see how it goes. I have XXLI9 with no bloatware. Cant seem to get extended power menu to work though.
Which oc app do you use?
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I am using Rom Toolbox Pro, As it has app manager similar to titanium backup... It has Terminal Emulator it has OC tool. even has a Root explorer I love that app they are all great apps intergrated together in one
I don't get it... we have 2GB of ram on a mobile phone, what are you doing that requires a swap file on top of that may I ask?
though, if it's just because you can, then very well haha!
tbh on a mobile device I firmly believe the main use of a swap file is to wear your SDcard down faster.
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I don't get it... we have 2GB of ram on a mobile phone, what are you doing that requires a swap file on top of that may I ask?
though, if it's just because you can, then very well haha!
tbh on a mobile device I firmly believe the main use of a swap file is to wear your SDcard down faster.
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LOOL yeh it is mainly because I can hahah and because i didnt want to re-partition my SD-Card so instead of having 530mb wasted, I used it for swap, and i thought i may aswell share it. And yes if the swap is heavly used it may wear it down faster which is why i said create the small partition at the end of the sdcard so it wont affect the majority. And because we have 2gb it wont be used very often so should be fine that being said people on devices have been using hardswap for over a year without damaging anything. And thats with a device with less memory so its actually in use alot more then ours
OK I was flashing the paranoid android ROM a few months back on my galaxy tab 2 7.0 3113 and I lost half of my compacity I am the type of person who downloads watches lots of movies and listen to alot music I would really like to have it back. any suggestions on how to fix it please hey buddy help anyone okay
Have you been making nandroid back ups ? How much is under "Misc" ? Looks around 700mb ? ( but the yellow maker is covering it up ):laugh:
Looks to me you need to do some house keeping to tidy up the storage space, easy enough to do.
What recovery are you using on the device ?
you've got OVER 2 gigs of app data folders on the internal there, open your file browser and look for folders of apps you've deleted and delete them, also remember YOU HAVE A MICROSD SLOT, you can add more storage for music and movies.
do any of your streaming apps keep a large "buffer", could try clearing app data.
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Have you been making nandroid back ups ? How much is under "Misc" ? Looks around 700mb ? ( but the yellow maker is covering it up ):laugh:
Looks to me you need to do some house keeping to tidy up the storage space, easy enough to do.
What recovery are you using on the device ?
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im using cwm and that would explain why i lost half of my storage space
im thinking there is a partition im missing that i cant find
i know its been a while but ive wiped the completly clean to the point the only thing that was on it was the rom
put still just the 4gbs
daniel644 said:
you've got OVER 2 gigs of app data folders on the internal there, open your file browser and look for folders of apps you've deleted and delete them, also remember YOU HAVE A MICROSD SLOT, you can add more storage for music and movies.
do any of your streaming apps keep a large "buffer", could try clearing app data.
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that doesnt explain why my 8gig tab 2 only has 4gigs usable
Its the system partition that eats up the rest, as far as I know. That is why only just under
5 gigs is available. The settings menu doesn't count the system partition as usable space.
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saintextreme97 said:
that doesnt explain why my 8gig tab 2 only has 4gigs usable
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That's just the way it is. Kind of like when you insert a 32gb micro sd card you automatically lose nearly 4gb down to 29.7gb.
If you've been making backups chances are the cwm folder has a nice size file well over 1gb
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bluecarbon said:
Its the system partition that eats up the rest, as far as I know. That is why only just under
5 gigs is available. The settings menu doesn't count the system partition as usable space.
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ShapesBlue said:
That's just the way it is. Kind of like when you insert a 32gb micro sd card you automatically lose nearly 4gb down to 29.7gb.
If you've been making backups chances are the cwm folder has a nice size file well over 1gb
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I don't think trays how it works when I frost got it I believe the system file was around .5 to 1 gig maybe
So I doubt I would lose 4 almost 5 gigs from it
And I have and 8 gig microSD card now but I would love that 4 gigs back thats 3 movies...
Also I deleted a bunch a system files that no one ever needs so I have more free space
but damn I need it all back
saintextreme97 said:
Also I deleted a bunch a system files that no one ever needs so I have more free space
but damn I need it all back
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Get a bigger external sd card. Mine was down to 4gb from 8gb from the start even before I rooted
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ShapesBlue said:
Get a bigger external sd card. Mine was down to 4gb from 8gb from the start even before I rooted
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It has nothing to do with the external sd card my problem is I lost half of my damn internal memory doesn't anyone here realize that
saintextreme97 said:
It has nothing to do with the external sd card my problem is I lost half of my damn internal memory doesn't anyone here realize that
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We've all lost half our internal memory. I could show you a screenshot of mine when I'm not on my phone
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ShapesBlue said:
We've all lost half our internal memory. I could show you a screenshot of mine when I'm not on my phone
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well then should i unroot and ask samsung whats up
saintextreme97 said:
well then should i unroot and ask samsung whats up
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Rooting has basically nothing whatsoever to do with the problem. Why does everyone think that just cause u rooted ur phone/ tablet now becomes mentally retarded?
I would look around in the system files. I had the same problem, there was this file idk how the hell got there and was like 4 gigs. Just try to locate the file and delete it.
noahthedominator said:
Rooting has basically nothing whatsoever to do with the problem. Why does everyone think that just cause u rooted ur phone/ tablet now becomes mentally retarded?
I would look around in the system files. I had the same problem, there was this file idk how the hell got there and was like 4 gigs. Just try to locate the file and delete it.
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I'd love to find that file myself. It would free up a ton of space and yea rooting has nothing to do with it at all
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ShapesBlue said:
I'd love to find that file myself. It would free up a ton of space and yea rooting has nothing to do with it at all
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Pretty sure you can go to a folder browser then couldn't u sort all them by size by bigger sizes descending. So what i mean is the biggest files would show up on top. Then you could look around and see if one of the bigger files is not needed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970961 here is another thread talking about pretty much the same thing. I agree with one of the posters, about just swapping the storage with the external sd card. I haven't personally had great luck with android 4.2.x, but there is a great script for p311x on xda that swaps them on ics and jb 4.1.x just fine. Its what I use, and also why im not running anything past 4.1.2.
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You could delete all the files you want from the system partition and it still wouldn't become usable.
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so basically this is a **** up on Samsungs end
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Pretty sure you can go to a folder browser then couldn't u sort all them by size by bigger sizes descending. So what i mean is the biggest files would show up on top. Then you could look around and see if one of the bigger files is not needed.
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I use a program which sorts files by size. It didn't find it so it must be hidden or similar
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ShapesBlue said:
I use a program which sorts files by size. It didn't find it so it must be hidden or similar
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So once again back to what I said before I'm going to un root flash stock firmware and reset download count and get a new tab from Samsung and see if I can't prevent it from happening again
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Anyone have any idea why my ram shows that I only have 1.5g of ram instead of the 2I should have? I am running synergy r481 just thought I would ask quick since I am unable to figure it out on my own my twrp is unable to do backups, and whatnot, I am afraid to do anything flashwise without backing up first... thanks yall.
-colo
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Colomonster said:
Anyone have any idea why my ram shows that I only have 1.5g of ram instead of the 2I should have? I am running synergy r481 just thought I would ask quick since I am unable to figure it out on my own my twrp is unable to do backups, and whatnot, I am afraid to do anything flashwise without backing up first... thanks yall.
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Simple the phone needs 500MB to run the OS. The other 1.5GB is for all of your apps.
jmxc23 said:
Simple the phone needs 500MB to run the OS. The other 1.5GB is for all of your apps.
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It is still stupid they did not pool all 2gig together so the system could go over.
What jmxc said... Or.... You got a cheap Chinese knockoff S3.. Lol. /end troll
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So it is normal for an S3 to report 1580mb of RAM on 4.4.2? Even electricsheeps Android System Info says there is 1580mb of RAM. Also only shows 12.9gb of storage.
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So it is normal for an S3 to report 1580mb of RAM on 4.4.2? Even electricsheeps Android System Info says there is 1580mb of RAM. Also only shows 12.9gb of storage.
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yes, it's been like that (for ram and internal storage) since ICS.
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