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I know there are problems with android using or seeing over 2gb, so i wont bother with talking about that.
Instead, i wonder why i am running very low on memory when there is 2gb internal storage that android will see or use. I removed alot of the att crap using titanium backup.
Android install uses, really, that much for the rom and stuff that ONLY half (1gb) is free for us to use up?
I wonder if its possible to increase the internal memory seen?? Probably not. But i remember back using the hd2 with android we could increase the data file size to 2gb and it had alot more room to play with
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I know there are problems with android using or seeing over 2gb, so i wont bother with talking about that.
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What do you mean? I've got the Captivate, and it has a 2GB ROM and has 1.42GB free, and then both the internal and external SD cards are approx 16GB each and Android sees that.
gk527 said:
What do you mean? I've got the Captivate, and it has a 2GB ROM and has 1.42GB free, and then both the internal and external SD cards are approx 16GB each and Android sees that.
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This has nothing to do with sd cards. Im only talking about INTERNAL memory. The inspire has 4gb INTERNAL and android only can work with 2. So the other 2 of internal memory is useless, right now anyways. I think maybe in the future a newer version of android may be able to use it ..... but whatever
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See, thats what im wondering here. That captivate has 2gb internal and you have 1.42 free. So far it seems i can only get a hair over 1gb free. So it mkes me think the ROM is using almost an entire gig or the internal memory?????
carhigh said:
This has nothing to do with sd cards. Im only talking about INTERNAL memory. The inspire has 4gb INTERNAL and android only can work with 2. So the other 2 of internal memory is useless, right now anyways. I think maybe in the future a newer version of android may be able to use it ..... but whatever
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Ok, I'm not sure on the internal memory or not.
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See, thats what im wondering here. That captivate has 2gb internal and you have 1.42 free. So far it seems i can only get a hair over 1gb free. So it mkes me think the ROM is using almost an entire gig or the internal memory?????
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I've got a lot of apps installed. Including some that takes a lot of space like Need for Speed Shift.
The Inspire 4G has 4GB of internal memory, 1GB of which is usable.
synnyster said:
The Inspire 4G has 4GB of internal memory, 1GB of which is usable.
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I don't understand that... Why? Is this a flaw in the ROM? Android? What is the other 3GB used for?
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I don't understand that... Why? Is this a flaw in the ROM? Android? What is the other 3GB used for?
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Does anyone know?
This might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#The_Missing_2GB
I don't care about the other 2gb of memory. I want to know why the Rom uses almost a gig itself and we get left with almost nothing. I know I can move apps to storage card, but that's not what I'm looking for as an answer. Does the Rom actually use a gig and we get left with the other gig? I just don't get how a Rom can use that much.
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It has 1GB of usable storage. Froyo allows you to install apps on the SD card. If you can manage to fill 1GB of non-SD apps then honestly, you have to many apps. That's probably approaching the 3-digit number of apps. Don't worry about specs so much and just focus on actual performance.
I asked HTC why, on a device that's advertised with 4gb internal memory, no one sees more than a little over 1gb free. This was the official response I got from HTC regarding the issue:
Dear Greg,
I understand the importance of being able to use the fully memory capacity of your HTC Inspire 4G. The 4GB of ROM on your device is shared with the operating system and all programs that are pre-installed on the device. I do apologize for any inconvenience that you may have experienced through this.
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number 11USCW09ENA001776.
Sincerely,
Jeffery
HTC
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So, just to be clear. Only having that 1GB of space doesn't bother you?
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So, just to be clear. Only having that 1GB of space doesn't bother you?
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I mean I'm not gonna get my panties in a bunch about it. I have plenty of room on my SD...and if it's true that this space is used to optimize the OS, then OK. It would be nice to have access to all of that storage - but it's not necessary. I wish that this would be how they advertised it though, rather than just saying 4gb internal memory
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So, just to be clear. Only having that 1GB of space doesn't bother you?
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Doesn't bother me at all. I have over 850mb of it free.
Gotta love CM7.
So the OS is using a whopping gig of the internal storage. Ok, i already KNEW that. It still doesnt explain why this phone is using that much and my dell streak has a gig and a half available when reset to factory default and nothing installed.
With the HD2 running froyo off the sd card, and the img set to 2gb, same thing, it had alot more than a gig left. Heck, some roms for that were set with 1gb img file and froyo didnt use it all up from the geckgo.
It just doesnt make any sense to me. Im not looking for more space for apps, i have alot of space left, but when i dont, im going to be going ....... WTF
Im sure there are going to be some app monkeys running out of room and asking the same thing.
On a related note (just to clarify that I am not directly addressing the main issue at hand), I have 21 apps installed, 6 of which are games, and still have .96GB free. How many freaking apps do you guys have installed to be running out of space? At my rate, I would probably have to install over 200 apps to run out of space.
carhigh said:
Ok, since you cant read
IM NOT OUT OF SPACE !!!!!!!
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH RUNNING OUT OF SPACE
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Since you're not too good at this whole discussion thing, let me explain how we got here.
A) I realize that this thread is about the fact that we only see 1 of the 4GB of internal memory. I don't know exactly why that is.
B) You said in the first post "i am running very low on memory".
C) In a question relating to something you said in your original post, I asked how you could possibly be running low on memory.
D) Relax. Breath. It's going to be ok. Discussions sometimes lead to other questions on related topics. You can't let those questions weigh on you... the burden is too much for a single man to carry. You just have to answer these related questions to free yourself from the awful stress.
what about other phones with more then 4gigs like 8gigs of internal memory? do they still only have about 2gigs worth of space to play with? that's gotta be pretty bogus.
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what about other phones with more then 4gigs like 8gigs of internal memory? do they still only have about 2gigs worth of space to play with? that's gotta be pretty bogus.
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The galaxy s series has 8-16gb but about 3 is set aside for OS and apps. There's one example.
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What I meant for running low on memory is more geared at the Rom taking a whooping 1 gig and out of the 2 gigs Android will see, out of the stupid 4 installed, and that leaves me with a whooping 1 gig. Not a whole lot. As it stands, I have about 800 mg left and I wouldn't consider that running low. We should have about a gig and a half available, if not more. Roms really are only about 250mb. REALLY?????
I guess I need to be a little more clear with my wording
Hello All!
Just got HTC One S in the mail today, I was aware of the limited storage of the phone by reading the forums here, users said I should have around 10GB of "user" storage. Quite far from the advertised 16 haha!
I understand the ~2GB is dedicated to apps etc.
My question is:
Has anyone figured out how to repartition the storage in order to decrease app storage, and increase user storage? (maybe by a different rom etc?)
I personally wouldn't mind having 1GB of app space just to fit a few more albums of music (I love music on my phone)
I'm thinking even if I used nobloat to remove the t-mobile preloaded stuff, I would only increase the application storage (which does nothing for but increase just the application storage space?)
Somebody give me some help here
Anybody??
Removing the bloat will only free up space on your system partition, not /data where your downloaded apps are stored. I'm not sure if anyone has repartitioned the One S yet, though.
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It should be possible, though, I did it on my HTC Hero
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370963
Habarug said:
It should be possible, though, I did it on my HTC Hero
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370963
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Your HTC Hero prolly had S-OFF or a similar removal of protections in place. As of now, without S-OFF we cannot repartition, becaue we cannot write to locked areas of the NAND / NVRAM (whatever it is exactly...) and therefore we can't resize partitions.
Nope, no S-off
Question
the question is another: can we physically change the sd-card hosted inside the phone with another one of a bigger capacity? (32 / 64 gb like in the HTC Mozart)
madalinpascu said:
the question is another: can we physically change the sd-card hosted inside the phone with another one of a bigger capacity? (32 / 64 gb like in the HTC Mozart)
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That's assuming its an actual SD Card, and not some memory soldered in place (most likely)
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That's assuming its an actual SD Card, and not some memory soldered in place (most likely)
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Run some read/write speed tests, you'd be pretty lucky to get an SD card that could put up the numbers this phone does. It's a very tiny chance it's an SD card, but I refuse to give up hope until it's proven.
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me too, as I am getting up to 18mb read and I backup a lot, so it is welcome
I am converted to no sd card phones, as the memory here is fine for me--got dropbox/google drive etc if needed
If you have decent coverage in your area you can try google play. And I'm pretty sure you can download the music directly to your phone from it, if the area you'll be in is spotty.
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thebluecoat said:
Hello All!
Just got HTC One S in the mail today, I was aware of the limited storage of the phone by reading the forums here, users said I should have around 10GB of "user" storage. Quite far from the advertised 16 haha!
I understand the ~2GB is dedicated to apps etc.
My question is:
Has anyone figured out how to repartition the storage in order to decrease app storage, and increase user storage? (maybe by a different rom etc?)
I personally wouldn't mind having 1GB of app space just to fit a few more albums of music (I love music on my phone)
I'm thinking even if I used nobloat to remove the t-mobile preloaded stuff, I would only increase the application storage (which does nothing for but increase just the application storage space?)
Somebody give me some help here
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Does anybody actually read the specs before they buy something ? HTCs website says its 10gb user available storage and so does the back of the T-Mobile box it comes in !
KillaHurtz said:
Does anybody actually read the specs before they buy something ? HTCs website says its 10gb user available storage and so does the back of the T-Mobile box it comes in !
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Do you... He said he read the fourms and was aware of the 10gb user space.
I think he's asking if that can be changed.
And to answer that, without S-Off I don't think so.
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You definitely won't without s-off. Or, more likely an exploit like Blackrose which was developed for the N1. Where it simulates s-off to resize partitions. But, is not true s-off as related to the secure flag. I don't know if it is easy for dev to look at Blackrose in N1 sub-forum and carry that over to One S--
So were talking about this:
4 GB's for the OS, 1 GB for the system apps (after potential resize). Gaining only 1 GB for the User. Increasing the User avalible space to 11GB's.
That seems like a lot of work for only 1GB. Unless someone could trim the OS down by half. 13GB usable....hmmm!
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Another solution could be a usb host mode... Don´t know if that is possible?
Edit:
Just found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629134
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That's assuming its an actual SD Card, and not some memory soldered in place (most likely)
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Even so, we have some very talented solder techs here at work, if somebody can find a higher capacity direct replacement chip...
mmceorange said:
Even so, we have some very talented solder techs here at work, if somebody can find a higher capacity direct replacement chip...
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Hi,
did anyone figured out which IC is used for storage?
Cheers
I read somewhere in one of these forums that someone did have success changing the sd card to a 32gb. And he even posted a video on how to open the device.
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thebluecoat said:
Hello All!
Just got HTC One S in the mail today, I was aware of the limited storage of the phone by reading the forums here, users said I should have around 10GB of "user" storage. Quite far from the advertised 16 haha!
I understand the ~2GB is dedicated to apps etc.
My question is:
Has anyone figured out how to repartition the storage in order to decrease app storage, and increase user storage? (maybe by a different rom etc?)
I personally wouldn't mind having 1GB of app space just to fit a few more albums of music (I love music on my phone)
I'm thinking even if I used nobloat to remove the t-mobile preloaded stuff, I would only increase the application storage (which does nothing for but increase just the application storage space?)
Somebody give me some help here
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I don't think that's going to be possible with out S-Off. Which as far as I know hasn't been achieved yet.
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Solution to the ERROR " Low Disk Space "
Must Be Running A2SD
Ok so this isn't some be all end all solution to the problem. I'm sure this will solve the issue for most of the users out there. But inadvertently there are always those it does not work for. Basically I stumbled upon this while trying to resolve the issue I was having with the Wife's OG EVO 4G. Which is the pop up message saying " Low Disk Space " . It also resolved the issue of the other Pop Up she would get that said " insufficient memory " available. Basically the Memory I'm referring to is the Internal Memory. Before I did this she had 73MB of Internal Memory left. After I did this she ended up with well over 200MB. Now the results will vary for everyone. But you should end up with more Internal Memory.
PLEASE READ ALL THE WAY THROUGH BEFORE DOING ANYTHING
So here's how:
1. Make sure your Running A2SD
2. Download Titanium Backup
3. Open Titanium Backup ( make a mental note of your Internal Free Memory )
4. Go to Backup/Restore let the apps load
5. Scroll down to Dialer Storage
6. Long Press on it a Pop up list will come up
7. Scroll till you see " Move app data to SD card "
8. Press it ( if this is your first time doing this you may get a pop up asking you if you want to create the Data to App Space. Click " YES "
9. It will do it's thing , and done
10. Now go back to Overview. You should see a noticeable Increase in Free Internal Memory
Now keep in mind the Results Will Vary For Everyone. Not everyone will gain a ton of Memory back. But in my experience it has resolved the issue 90% of the time.
DISCLAIMER:
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR DEVICE. I am simply passing along information. I have tried this on over a dozen Devices already. It has worked in all but one case. I am currently using my setup like this, and my wife's with Zero issues.
Mods if this is in the Wrong place feel free to move it. My Apologies if it is.
I don't see the requirements for a sdext partition
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blahbl4hblah said:
I don't see the requirements for a sdext partition
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Good point. I've confirmed it working on both Ext.3 , and Ext.4
prboy1969 said:
Good point. I've confirmed it working on both Ext.3 , and Ext.4
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Also moving apps to your sdcard IS NOT A2SD. Apps will just load slow and if the app doesn't support sdcard then it won't work.
A2sd-ext is different
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blahbl4hblah said:
Also moving apps to your sdcard IS NOT A2SD. Apps will just load slow and if the app doesn't support sdcard then it won't work.
A2sd-ext is different
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Ok so I'm sensing a bit of an issue . Thank you, I understand how A2SD works. Also that moving an App manually to the SD Card is not A2SD. I know that A2SD does not work correctly if the Rom does not support it. I never stated anything about moving the App to the SD Card. In the OP I state that you should move the App data to the SD Card. Also I only mentioned about moving the Data from the Dialer Storage. Although I've moved several other Apps Data to the SD Card without issue. Angry Birds to mention one, which performs the same as before I moved App Data to the SD Card. As for moving an App to the SD Card, or running it from the SD Card. There are a few more things involved as to how it performs. The SD Card Class, and the SD Card read ahead speed to name a couple.
Are you sure you know how a2sd works? If you did then you would know that app data in an sdcard runs so slow its not even worth it
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feck it, just make a rom/kernel that puts your system and data on the sdcard then youll have gigs of space. it works on older samsungs anyways lol
blahbl4hblah said:
Are you sure you know how a2sd works? If you did then you would know that app data in an sdcard runs so slow its not even worth it
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Once again Thank You for your " Opinion " . Duly noted. Also once again, I am WELL aware of how A2SD works on an Android Device. I am also aware that if it is Implemented on quite a few Roms out there. So I pose the question to you. Why is it that so many Devs use it on there Roms, INCLUDING YOU.
As in THIS Rom thread, and the one HERE. Thanks again for your opinion. Have a nice day.
Quote from your thread as posted by you in your OP :
FAQ
Why did I include a apps2ext script to the rom?
Even though we have 1GB space of internal memory and a lot of the G2 users believe that is enough.
The more apps that are installed, the slower our phones can get after time.
Apps2ext takes all of that stress from our internal storage and diverts it to our sd-ext partition if there's any.
This results in our phones never have to worry about slowing down just because of the number of apps that we have installed.
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feck it, just make a rom/kernel that puts your system and data on the sdcard then youll have gigs of space. it works on older samsungs anyways lol
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Yes true enough. But a bit beyond your average users scope of ability .
Because I DON'T MOVE the data/data to sd-ext. You keep saying you are well aware of how it works but clearly you don't know which makes it faster while others make the phone lag
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blahbl4hblah said:
Because I DON'T MOVE the data/data to sd-ext. You keep saying you are well aware of how it works but clearly you don't know which makes it faster while others make the phone lag
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Ok enough is enough . I am not talking about moving all App Data to the SD Card. I was only saying to move the App Data form the Dialer Storage. As is clearly stated in the OP. I have more then once in actual testing verified that it does not, and is not affecting the performance of the Devices I have tested. That are also currently using this method. Which is well more than just one, or two Devices. I understand that you do not agree with what is stated in the method in the OP. I get it. Lets agree to disagree. If you do not like what is stated STOP READING. Do not continue to TROLL the thread stating that I " do not understand how A2SD works " . If that were the case I would not have posted the thread. This is not my first Rodeo. I did not just post without first testing, and verifying what I was about to post for other users. I do not casually post to bolster my own ego, and post count. So thank you for your opinion, and have a good one.
Hey after u fallow all those steps.
Go to batch
Then scroll to MOVE APP DATA TO SD CARD
AND RUN IT.
IT WILL MAKE EVEN MORE SPACE TO THE INTERNAL MEMORY
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B RAD G 296 said:
Hey after u fallow all those steps.
Go to batch
Then scroll to MOVE APP DATA TO SD CARD
AND RUN IT.
IT WILL MAKE EVEN MORE SPACE TO THE INTERNAL MEMORY
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I would recommend against batch moving Apps, or Data. Some Apps may not react well to doing that.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
prboy1969 said:
I would recommend against batch moving Apps, or Data. Some Apps may not react well to doing that.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
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Well it been work good so far and I increase my rom space from 170 to 230 or something like that
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B RAD G 296 said:
Well it been work good so far and I increase my rom space from 170 to 230 or something like that
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All good . It's always nice to have options. I'm sure it will work, just not what I would recommend. In addition to what I did in the OP I also run Dalvik form the SD Card. Although I would not recommend that to everyone. Reason being it's can be finicky. There are a few variables involved, Rom, SD Card Class, Device. I've found it works better if you have a Higher Class SD Card.
Hi, I am using Swapper 2 on Atrix 2 with Paranoid Android rom, I have made a 256 mb swap partition, Although most I have seen it used is 111 mb.
Its working fine. But I have noticed that phone sometimes freezes a while (very rarely) but certainly when boot up till I see the message that 'swapper 2 has been granted superuser perm'
What I wanted to know is that,
Are there any real advantages here, using that swap partition??
Can it lead to problems with my SD Card?? (32 gb UHS1 Sandisk)
Does it really slowdown phone??(Or Am I hallucinating?)
Thanks for reading. :good:
NHS2008 said:
Hi, I am using Swapper 2 on Atrix 2 with Paranoid Android rom, I have made a 256 mb swap partition, Although most I have seen it used is 111 mb.
Its working fine. But I have noticed that phone sometimes freezes a while (very rarely) but certainly when boot up till I see the message that 'swapper 2 has been granted superuser perm'
What I wanted to know is that,
Are there any real advantages here, using that swap partition??
Can it lead to problems with my SD Card?? (32 gb UHS1 Sandisk)
Does it really slowdown phone??(Or Am I hallucinating?)
Thanks for reading. :good:
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Anything that utilizes the SDcard will slow things down. The type storage that an SDcard is, is not a fast high quality storage. It was always meant to just store your person files on.
A second swap file is not needed. Android already has one it uses as part of the kernel and it is on your internal storage (much faster this way).
I would say yes it is using this swap file on the SDcard that is most likely causing the slowness and freezes.
jimbridgman said:
Anything that utilizes the SDcard will slow things down. The type storage that an SDcard is, is not a fast high quality storage. It was always meant to just store your person files on.
A second swap file is not needed. Android already has one it uses as part of the kernel and it is on your internal storage (much faster this way).
I would say yes it is using this swap file on the SDcard that is most likely causing the slowness and freezes.
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Thanks for the info! I will take it off and compare for few days.
Swapper 2 can severely degrade your SD card if you use it all the time.
I wouldn't recommend using it because I see no reason for it
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GlitchedSoul said:
Swapper 2 can severely degrade your SD card if you use it all the time.
I wouldn't recommend using it because I see no reason for it
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I got rid of it. Thanks for the info though.
I just want to say, I have been using the Blaze for 6 months, but, everyone else has 4 GB in their Blaze. I only have about 2.5 GB of internal storage. Was there a change in the production or something? View Screenshots.
My phone has the exact same internal storage as you and total space. The 4gb you're referring to could be the external SD card. I'm using a 8gb card at the moment...
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Makes sense.
njstein said:
My phone has the exact same internal storage as you and total space. The 4gb you're referring to could be the external SD card. I'm using a 8gb card at the moment...
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Well, that makes sense. The phone did come with the external SD card. I never really thought about it cause the external SD card that came with my phone was corrupted. I have a 2GB external right now. By the way, I use PacRom too.
PAC ROM is top-notch, make sure and thank Ink for the goodness!
It came corrupted? That is a pisscutter, did you get a replacement? I've read this phone can handle add much as 32gb, have yet to go up though...
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Yes and no
njstein said:
PAC ROM is top-notch, make sure and thank Ink for the goodness!
It came corrupted? That is a pisscutter, did you get a replacement? I've read this phone can handle add much as 32gb, have yet to go up though...
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It did come corrupted, and I didn't ask for a replacement. Doesn't seem like a big deal until I can store apps and stuff on my SD card. Also, SD cards are cheap. I just never got around to buying another one.
gilberts555 said:
I just want to say, I have been using the Blaze for 6 months, but, everyone else has 4 GB in their Blaze. I only have about 2.5 GB of internal storage. Was there a change in the production or something? View Screenshots.
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I just got this phone and I'm wondering about the same thing. There are two "internal storage" bars and they show total space of 1.12 and 1.4G respectively. The SD card remains mostly unused. It seems that the internal storage is partitioned in two? It appears all the appdata is also stored on the 2nd "internal storage". How do i consolidate the two into one, and use the SD card for all the data storage?
Many thanks.
That would be awesome if we could combine the two partitions into one and use a SD as the second. Unfortunately Samsung crippled our phones with their wacky partitions.
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tommyboy8125 said:
That would be awesome if we could combine the two partitions into one and use a SD as the second. Unfortunately Samsung crippled our phones with their wacky partitions.
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So I take that the partition is permenant?
This really severaly limits the usability of the phone to that of a novice/beginner, with only <2gb for apps and another <2gb for data. Is there any script/app/etc that mounts the 2nd partition to the external SD? I've searched and Link2SD shows up a few times, something I've used on P509 (optimus T) and didn't think I would have to use it again. It works, but it's annoying when it fails. Was hoping for something cleaner than that.
I bought the phone imagining that the 4GB could be used for app and the data would go on SD..
Yea you can swap mounts to use the SD card as the second partition. It's around here somewhere, do a search for swapping internal / external mount points
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tommyboy8125 said:
Yea you can swap mounts to use the SD card as the second partition. It's around here somewhere, do a search for swapping internal / external mount points
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it seems all of these solution (including link2sd) isn't permenant and would screw up (and it did) after rom update. Link2sd is kinda pointless when it doesn't move the data to the external sd, and mounting scripts would just run into problems when ROM's updated.
There doesn't seem to be a very clean solution for this.. Would have been nicer if they just relied on extSD for storage.. why bother with the SD slot when you store things internally by default?
kinda frustrating really.
Well there's 4gb unformatted, which means 10% less afterwards, so 3.6gb but the system needs space, so there's another chunk gone and then system apps and whatnots are using space, as does cache etc. So we get about 2.5gb usable to us, then we install gapps and the other basics and have about 2gb left.
with a camera app that now allows storage to external, it gets a lot easier. Move big apps to external SD as with music and downloads. I did have some success with the script that swaps internal/external, but now I just get by with the occasional cleanout.
tommyboy8125 said:
That would be awesome if we could combine the two partitions into one and use a SD as the second. Unfortunately Samsung crippled our phones with their wacky partitions.
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nothing is crippled, nothing is stolen, missing, or deceptive. buy a 32Gb microsd card and enjoy it.
if you applications don't use sdcard or have the option to, page the developer to change it.
all my apps, backups, videos, pictures, gpx's, waypoints, offline maps, - everything - is on my sdcard. it works fine.