I recently bought a galaxy tab 2 7" 8GB, but I can only use 4 of it. Would installing a custom rom give me more space? Its a shame that they really only give you 4gb
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iblakejames said:
I recently bought a galaxy tab 2 7" 8GB, but I can only use 4 of it. Would installing a custom rom give me more space? Its a shame that they really only give you 4gb
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No, you will need to jump through a couple hoops and leverage your sdcard slot, by using a swap script, or an app like foldermount, gl2sd, or similar. Personally, i used the swap script when i was using 4.1.x, but now i use foldermount. The p3113 swap script is on these forums, and foldermount is in the play store, or the thread for it, which are in the android apps and games forum, or software development, i forget which.
Oh yeah, every option requires root access.
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Okay, thanks for the clearup, im already rooted so ill try the apps
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Just a quick question since it's brought up. What class sd card is suggested for doing this method? I've read that class 4 is better than class 10 for doing this, but that was on my Xperia Play. Just wanted to make sure before I invest in one.
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maddog00 said:
Just a quick question since it's brought up. What class sd card is suggested for doing this method? I've read that class 4 is better than class 10 for doing this, but that was on my Xperia Play. Just wanted to make sure before I invest in one.
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I don't know if it is true,but I had a class 4 SD card on my xperia mini,and i when I bought a class 10 16 GB,the phone was about 30% faster with swap then class 4 with swap.
So I believed in classes ;D
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maddog00 said:
Just a quick question since it's brought up. What class sd card is suggested for doing this method? I've read that class 4 is better than class 10 for doing this, but that was on my Xperia Play. Just wanted to make sure before I invest in one.
Thanks.
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Class 4 = 4mbps
Class 10 = 10mbps
You tell me.
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I have a 32 GB U1 which U1=Class 10 fyi.
My tab has 16GB storage but only about 12GB useable so it would make sense a 8GB only has about 4 useable.
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Class 4 will never be as good as a class 10. I am running a Samsung Class 10 UHS-1 70MB/s read and 20MB/s write card and that is about as good as it gets. Anything higher is not supported by our device (read and write speed-wise you would be over-compensating way too much).
I read somewhere that when using the sd card for apps and the such.
Ah, here it is:
This higher class # = higher speed across the board is a bit of a misnomer. Lower class (4&6) seem to have higher random access speeds, so when pulling up files lower than 6MB, it may behoove you to have a lower class card. Seems handy when pulling up photo and MP3. If you're transferring large files you may see speed increases for things like full movies or apps. Is it worth 10 seconds every now and then? I'll let you decide.
iblakejames said:
I recently bought a galaxy tab 2 7" 8GB, but I can only use 4 of it. Would installing a custom rom give me more space? Its a shame that they really only give you 4gb
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Yes, it definitely gives u a lot more space because stock roms are filled with bloatware (pre-installed apps), which according to me are useless. If you flash a custom rom it is not filled with all that crap and will give u a lot more of storage like if you have an 8gb tab 2 u will get only about 3-4 gigs of free space on stock but if you switch to custom rom you will have around 6-7 gigs of free space.
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No one has tried repartitioning space from system to data? System takes up over 1.4 gigs, so with most ROMs your wasting a gig of space.
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Will the epic be able to make full use of a class 10?
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Not the way it's configured in the stock manner. You have to increase the read ahead. Also a Sandisk class 4 will probably blow a generic class 10 away.
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Also if it is indeed a generic card, be careful about where you buy it from. There are a lot of fake SD cards floating around the internet that are basically repainted 256mb cards set to keep overwriting data to appear larger than they are.
Also remember that the class of the card is an indication of write speed. Read speeds are pretty close to the same across all cards except that the higher quality cards(Sandisk, Kingston, etc) will read a little faster from what I understand.
mattallica76 said:
Also remember that the class of the card is an indication of write speed. Read speeds are pretty close to the same across all cards except that the higher quality cards(Sandisk, Kingston, etc) will read a little faster from what I understand.
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Basically, a 32GB Class 6 card from Sandisk or another reputable manufacture is what you want.
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Basically, a 32GB Class 6 card from Sandisk or another reputable manufacture is what you want.
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I went with komputerbay. Bought it off amazon. 32gb class 6. No bad reviews. I do alot of torrent downloading at work and xfer it over to my computer when done. I almost went with a class 2 sandisk. The price was reasonable.
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Not the way it's configured in the stock manner. You have to increase the read ahead. Also a Sandisk class 4 will probably blow a generic class 10 away.
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How do you increase the read ahead?
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How do you increase the read ahead?
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i want to know this as well
This is what I use and it works well - I have mine set to 2048 - there are manual ways to do it also - but this is a no bariner with no work involved.
It worked for me -> http://www.appbrain.com/app/sd-booster/de.mehrmann.sdbooster
mouseglider said:
This is what I use and it works well - I have mine set to 2048 - there are manual ways to do it also - but this is a no bariner with no work involved.
It worked for me -> http://www.appbrain.com/app/sd-booster/de.mehrmann.sdbooster
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Thanks bro
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mouseglider said:
This is what I use and it works well - I have mine set to 2048 - there are manual ways to do it also - but this is a no bariner with no work involved.
It worked for me -> http://www.appbrain.com/app/sd-booster/de.mehrmann.sdbooster
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It's a useful program, and seems to speed things up quite well. I also used a program called SD Tools: https://market.android.com/details?id=ales.veluscek.sdtools&feature=search_result to test the performance changes to determine the best settings. I found 1024 to give the greatest improvement with my card (32GB class 2 SanDisk).
walord said:
It's a useful program, and seems to speed things up quite well. I also used a program called SD Tools: https://market.android.com/details?id=ales.veluscek.sdtools&feature=search_result to test the performance changes to determine the best settings. I found 1024 to give the greatest improvement with my card (32GB class 2 SanDisk).
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I'm getting 5.8 and 15.3. Not bad. Thanks for the tip
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I just bought a 32GB Class 10 Imation in Hong Kong and I'm getting 8 MB write and 30 MB read.
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(Q) I have a 32 GB microSD card Samsung class 10, but my skyrocket and PC only sees or recognizes 29GB. Is this normal? Does someone knows as to why this is happening?? I mean is almost 3GB lost space right...
Thanks in advance. :)
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r3dp0is0n2012 said:
(Q) I have a 32 GB microSD card Samsung class 10, but my skyrocket and PC only sees or recognizes 29GB. Is this normal? Does someone knows as to why this is happening?? I mean is almost 3GB lost space right...
Thanks in advance. :)
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yes this is normal it holds some file on the card needed for partitions ect but its normal
yes its normal i also see 29.71GB
I thought the 32gb in the name counts 1000 mb in a gb whereas the computer counts 1024mb in a gb or something so they make seem like you're getting more than what it actually is...
Same for hard drives for your computers as well
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All memory devices have to reserve space for tables... like for holding filenames and pointers to the first sector of each file...
It's both reasons combined (100vs 1024 and the space used by the drive mapping)
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Thanks everyone's help!
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People... stop wasting money on class 10 cards. A class 6 is sufficient and it won't make your **** smaller...
Watch it man. You can do what ever you want with your money. Just treat other ppl the way you wanted to be treated!
Midiman57 said:
People... stop wasting money on class 10 cards. A class 6 is sufficient and it won't make your **** smaller...
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appdroid said:
Watch it man. You can do what ever you want with your money. Just treat other ppl the way you wanted to be treated!
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+1. !!
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Midiman57 said:
People... stop wasting money on class 10 cards. A class 6 is sufficient and it won't make your **** smaller...
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So what are you using for a small...?
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Midiman57 said:
People... stop wasting money on class 10 cards.
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I agree that Class 6 is sufficient.
But keep in mind that read/write speed increases with classification (duh). And just like some of us overclock our CPU's even though 1.5ghz is sufficient, we do it because we can.
Also, class 6 are harder to find than class 10 for some reason.
Same here
But when they say 32 GB i feel they must make 32 GB available after checking in computer. What say dudes ? I'm going to fire an email to Sandisk.
Hello there, I would like to know if it is possible to install an app which full size is bigger than your sd? In my case I want to install nova3 but my sd card is only 2gb(actually 1.8) and nova takes 2gb of space. Since the Atrix 2 installs directly to sd card is it impossibly for me to play it unless I buy a bigger sd card?
I tried to look this up but nothing showed up...
Thanks beforehand
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Granolaa said:
Hello there, I would like to know if it is possible to install an app which full size is bigger than your sd? In my case I want to install nova3 but my sd card is only 2gb(actually 1.8) and nova takes 2gb of space. Since the Atrix 2 installs directly to sd card is it impossibly for me to play it unless I buy a bigger sd card?
I tried to look this up but nothing showed up...
Thanks beforehand
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This is like basic common sense..
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Yea going to need a bigger sd card..... Check out radio shack if you are in US they got a 32gb and add a one year warranty for a little over $20.00.....
hankbizzo5 said:
Yea going to need a bigger sd card..... Check out radio shack if you are in US they got a 32gb and add a one year warranty for a little over $20.00.....
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I got a class 4 32 gb sandisk one for 11 bucks on amazon, and the 8gb version was $0.68
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I got a class 4 32 gb sandisk one for 11 bucks on amazon, and the 8gb version was $0.68
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32 gigs for 11 bucks was a seriously good deal :thumbup:
I want to flash a custom ROM but I don't have an SD card. Is there anyway to do that?
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Yes you can. Download the Rom to your computer and push it the adb but that may not work so spend $7 on a card and live a little.
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brobberson said:
Yes you can. Download the Rom to your computer and push it the adb but that may not work so spend $7 on a card and live a little.
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Thanks. For this particular device do I need to worry about the difference between a Class 2 and a Class 10?
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The class is the speed it moves data. Class 2 is 2mbs a sec and class 10 is 10 mbs. So spend what you need and that is all you need to do. I use pricewatch.com for that or amazon.com but a 4 gig card should be super cheap.
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Anybody else with a SanDisk Ultra 64 GB class 10 / UHS-1 find the write speeds slow?
I'm pretty sure it's a genuine part. It's at 8 MB/s write with my laptop
Not everyone but some have problems with SanDisk 64gb class 10 i had one and mine kept crashing it wnt show my storage or wnt pop up in my computer .. I would go with a samsung.. Look around online and u can find a hood price for them specially winter/holidays are coming
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Not everyone but some have problems with SanDisk 64gb class 10 i had one and mine kept crashing it wnt show my storage or wnt pop up in my computer .. I would go with a samsung.. Look around online and u can find a hood price for them specially winter/holidays are coming
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Well that sucks. Maybe I can get a warranty represent. But I bought it in Taiwan, no receipt...
It's a phone not a computer with 16GB of ram.
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Droid316 said:
It's a phone not a computer with 16GB of ram.
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So getting close to the advertised speed, like I have with every other SanDisk, is unreasonable?
Your sdcard works right? Slow or fast it works right? I'd be happy.
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My card seemed to work fairly well until it crapped out. SanDisk is sending a new one out so I'll test it out once I get it.
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Your sdcard works right? Slow or fast it works right? I'd be happy.
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That's like buying a brand new sports car with a turbo boost leak and then being like "oh well". My 2.3 GB nandroid backups take about 13 mins. So TWRP is writing much slower.
I suggest checking my thread on the SD card you may need to reformat it and clean it up. Also try ROM toolbox pro to turn the write speed up. I write at 55 MB a sec
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