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[APP] Storage Analyser V0.9.8.

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Hello XDA community.
I would like to show you my new project Storage Analyser and maintain here a feedback and support channel for the XDA community.
Storage Analyser can:
Analyses Sdcard, external Sdcards, USB storage devices, system partitions (disabled by default)...
Order the content by size, the amount of files, the date or just the name
See the space used by applications using App2SD (.android_secure folder).
Include or exclude folder from the mediascan of the Android Gallery.
Filter out the content you are aware of to make the rest more pregnant.
Delete no longer necessary data directly from the app. No need for external file managers.
Real tablet support.
Allows several columns depending on the screen size.
Shows which already removed application left over some data in /sdcard/Android/data/ and /data/data
It supports all Android 2.1 devices and above.
I have a lot of ideas to extend and improve this app in the future but if you have an improvement suggestion, please don’t hesitate to give me your ideas.
Here is the direct link to the app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.levelokment.storageanalyser
I plan to use this thread here to provide beta versions to the community before I will integrate them to the Market.
If you like you can follow me on Google+
I will drop private Betas for special G+ circles in the future for people that or interested to help to test versions with bigger/major changes.
Or on Twitter:
ChangeLog:
Version 0.9.8:
● Fix the missing additional row content (size, item count, percentage etc.) on Jelly Bean devices (Android 4.1).
● Added the external sdcard mointpoint of the Samsung Galaxy S3 (/mnt/extSdCard) to the known partition list.
● Clicking on an item image (file or folder) will now select the item the same way as the checkboxes.
Version 0.9.7:
● Fix for the Galaxy Nexus using the leaked Jelly Bean (Android 4.1) Rom to show the sdcard without the need to enable the "Show system partitions" option.
Version 0.9.6:
● Better detection for additional external sdcards on some devices.
If your still have partitions which are just visible with the "Show system partitions" option but should be handled as a basic partition from your point of view, please contact me.​● A lot of smaller corrections and enhancements.
Version 0.9.5:
● Copy and Move function are available now! (On all non system partitions).
● Emmc partitions (like present Cyanogen Rom's) are correctly handled as SdCard's now.
● Fixed another bug that could prevent the context menu to open on some devices. If you still have problems to open the context menu (via a long click) please help by providing log files! (Just contact me for details)
● Several minor bug fixes.
Version 0.9.4:
● Fixed a bug that was preventing the context menu to open on some devices.
● Delete function is now working properly on emmc partitions (like Cyanogen Rom's).
● Fixed the detection of the .android_secure folder on some devices.
● Preferences do use fragments on devices with Android 3.x and higher.
Version 0.9.3:
● Fixed a bug leading to wrong calculated values after a folder was filtered or unfiltered.
● A light theme (selectable in the preferences).
Here are some Screenshots:
Tablets:
Phones:
Best regards
Lars

Bump!

Thanks for that HereAsWell.

Hi.
I just uploaded version 0.2.1 with two bug fixes.

Is there a plan to visualize data consumption in the internal memory, i.e., /system/ and /data/ partitions?
The reason I ask is because most of my apps are on internal memory and one day my "available space" decreased from 70 MB to 20 MB and I didn't know why

Hi c00ller.
Thanks for you reply.
Yes. This will come as well.
The plan is to keep app simple to understand, so I will have to see what is the best way to integrate it without confuse "normal" people.
Bye
Lars

Hi everyone (even if I right now feel like talking to my self )
One of the things I have in mind for one of the next updates is an preferences dialog that allows some customisations. (Some kind of expert settings)
What I have in mind are options for:
Deactivation of the acknowledgement message when deleting files / or folders.
Choose the font size of the list entries.
Override the amount of lists shown side by side in portrait mode.
Override the amount of lists shown side by side in landscape mode.
Any suggestions?
Bye
Lars

love the idea, but it's VERY slow and unresponsive on my captivate.

ippon said:
love the idea, but it's VERY slow and unresponsive on my captivate.
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Thanks for the response ippon.
Can you please give me some more details, the app is lightning fast on my Nexus One and even on the an old HTC Magic that I use for additional tests it runs acceptable?
In Germany the device you have mentioned is not available, what kind of device is this (Android version, cpu speed, internal sd card or just an external etc)?
Do you use an external Sd card and if yes which speed class did it have?
Is the app unresponsive all the time? Or just during the collection of data? (you can see this by watching the progress indicator at the button right (status bar).
How many files and capacity do you have on your external storage? (values in the status bar after the data collection as been finished)
Thanks again and sorry for all the questions .
Lars

this is a good idea, from the PC my favorite program to do this was sequoia viewer, any chance you can make it look like that (as an option maybe?)

Hi slapshot136.
I guess I have to play with this tool to understand the idea completely.
The screenshot itself looks kind of weird
I guess it is a graphical view of the folder sizes... I like the idea... I will put it on my list, but for later.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Lars

LeveloKment said:
Thanks for the response ippon.
Can you please give me some more details, the app is lightning fast on my Nexus One and even on the an old HTC Magic that I use for additional tests it runs acceptable?
In Germany the device you have mentioned is not available, what kind of device is this (Android version, cpu speed, internal sd card or just an external etc)?
Do you use an external Sd card and if yes which speed class did it have?
Is the app unresponsive all the time? Or just during the collection of data? (you can see this by watching the progress indicator at the button right (status bar).
How many files and capacity do you have on your external storage? (values in the status bar after the data collection as been finished)
Thanks again and sorry for all the questions .
Lars
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this is the captivate. it is one of the galaxy s variants.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-I897
i am using a class 4 8gb micro sd card and the phone has 16gb of storage built in.
the app has been very unresponsive for me at all time, and not just during the collection of data and i frequently get the 'sorry! activity storage analyser (in process storage analyser) is not responding. force close or wait.'
i currently has 10.1 GB in 13,159 files.
i hope this helps a bit.

Thanks for your feedback ippon.
I'll see what I can do
That the app is unresponsive even if the data collection is finished is kind of strange though...
I have tested the app on the European version of the Galaxy S (currently on Android 2.2) and it was working well.
Thanks again.
Lars

New Update available...
Please check the first post of this thread to see the changeLog. (no improvment for your problem Ippon ... at least not now ...)
Bye
Lars

Hi.
Small bug fix release.
Please find the version history in the first post of this thread.

this is great, very helpful, clean interface, and most importantly, well-integrated into the OS (clicking on an apk offers to install it, clicking on an app-on-sd brings up application info, etc).
The only thing i'd like is multi-select and select-all. It'd be nice to be able to delete all files in a folder, without deleting the folder itself.

Great app!!!
It's ok in X10 Mini Pro with 8gb sd card
Very good!!!
Thanks!

nkostis said:
The only thing i'd like is multi-select and select-all. It'd be nice to be able to delete all files in a folder, without deleting the folder itself.
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Thanks for the warm words nkostis.
Multi select is on the ToDo list now
best regards
Lars

läuft auf einem hd2 mit dft android
=> works on a hd2 with dft android
greetz jfa - good job

nice work. Keep it up bro

[INFO] All about Memory Cards

Ok people, firstly, forget the thread title. Wrote it that way just to catch your eye
Anyways coming to the point. I've seen in many threads (especially Sense Rom threads) about questions and discussions about Size and Class of SD card.
They were all about buying cards with higher class for better speed and for providing a lag free experience.
Even I was considering buying a new one, so did some research [by research, I mean lot of Googling ].
Decided to share what I learned and in the process help you in your choice.
Trying to be as simple as possible, even to prove helpful to newbies.
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WHAT ARE SD CARDS?​
Well SD stands for Secure Digital. It is one of the formats of Memory Card.
This format includes 4 types of cards.
The Standard Capacity (SDSC)
The High Capacity (SDHC)
The Extended Capacity (SDXC)
The SDIO (which combines input/output functions with data storage)
And these types come in basically 3 different sizes - Original, Mini and Micro.​​
Since now we know what are SD cards, let's move on to the Speed Class Rating of a SD card.
What does the Class of an SD card reveal?​We usually talk about the speed of cards in terms of 'Read' and 'Write' speeds.
But while assigning a Class to a SD card, only the Write speeds of that particular SD card are considered.
With SD cards, manufacturers generally rate the cards in three different ways.
The first method is through the use of Speed Class Ratings.
For example, most SD cards will be rated at Class 2, Class 4, Class 6 or Class 10.
The number denotes the minimum sustained Write speed for an empty card. So real-time speeds generally vary and are usually higher.
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The second method is a newer method of the class ratings called UHS (Ultra High Speed). UHS-I cards are much, much faster and can support up to 104 MB/s.
The third method is through the use of “x” ratings. For most computer enthusiasts, this should be quite familiar since it’s just a multiple of 150kB/s, the speed of the standard CD-ROM drive (Oh yeah, that old thing…). Therefore, an SD card with a 133x speed rating should be able to achieve a transfer rate of 19,950 kBytes/s, which is about 20 MB/s. High speed SD cards will sometimes use the x rating as class ratings end at Class 10.
​However there's a catch.
The Write speeds used to denote a Class are "Sequential Write Speeds". Well you might ask, whether it matters to a normal mobile user.
The answer is maybe or may not.
Here's why: The Sequential Write speeds or Sequential Access is the speed with which large amount of data of a SINGLE FILE is written.
For example, while transferring data from system to your phone or vice versa, or when a digital camera records large photographs or videos.
However, for a smartphone user, there is another important speed to be considered - "Random Access". This is writing a large number of small files. Random read-write is the most important for speed during normal phone performance.
One study found that, in this Random-Access use, some Class 2 cards achieved a write speed of 1.38 Mbit/s, while all cards tested of Class 6 or greater (and some of lower Classes) including those from major manufacturers, were over 100 times slower.
By saying that, I'm not suggesting that all Class 2 SD cards are good for your phone.
You might wonder, why does Higher Class cards get lower Random Access readings?
Class 2 and 4 cards have better Random Access speed and Random read/write than class 6 or 10 cards in general. To get higher Sequential Write speeds, manufacturers sacrifice the Random Access speeds.
That's just how it is.
Class 6 and 10 cards are setup to initialize the area of the card that is about to be used to make the sequential write/read quicker, but it takes extra time in the beginning to do the initialization. If your using the card where you need to access small bits of info from various parts of card quickly, you will do best with class 2 or 4.
Most people seem to assume that the higher the class, the better the card is for everything, but that's not how it is. Different purposes need different kinds of speed... cards with higher sequential speeds have lower random speeds
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GEEK ALERT: Before you read further, you must be a geek or newbie who is greedy to grab everything that's thrown at him.
If you're just looking for the nutshell, ignore what's given below.
Given below are bunch of benchmarks that usually are to be taken into consideration, rather than just "Read Speed and Write Speed"
Sequential Read
Sequential Write
Random Read 512KB
Random Write 512KB
Random Read 4KB (QD=1)
Random Write 4KB (QD=1)
Random Read 4KB (QD=32)
Random Write 4KB (QD=32)
How to benchmark your card?
​Benchmarks are a rather elusive science since there are too many variables that can impact the results, not the least of which is the card itself. Anyone who has worked with SD cards in the real world has probably noticed that the brand of card can make a dramatic difference in performance. Tests have shown as much as a 12x difference in performance between best and worst cards in real world tasks. As already noted, the "class" ratings used by manufacturers as a measure of performance are not reliable indicators of performance either. In fact, some manufacturer's class 2 and class 4 rated cards routinely outperform cards rated as class 6 or class 10!
Consistency of testing is important since different devices and bottlenecks, such as bus speeds, buffers, file systems and activity can all impact and alter the results. This is why a card that has performed extremely well on a test may turn out to be a dog in your device. Short of testing all cards in a lab environment under exacting circumstances may well yield inconsistent results.
​There are a lot of apps available for bench-marking, for Android, as well as Windows and Linux.
Bench-marking Tools​
CrystalDiskMark
HD Tune
AndroBench
Others such as SD Tools, Antutu etc.
​
Few Examples that might help:
Now we come to the question - Which SD cards should we go for?
Well, that's upto you, the end user, to decide based on your requirements.
On my part, I've provided you the information to help you with your decision.
Yet, for those who don't like to take decisions, here's something which might help.
The SD Association defines standard speed classes indicating minimum performance to record video. Both read and write speeds must exceed the specified value. These are defined in terms of suitability for different applications:[40]
Class 2 for SD video recording
Class 4 and 6 for high-definition video (HD) to Full HD video recording,
Class 10 for Full HD video recording and consecutive recording of HD stills
UHS Speed Class 1 for real-time broadcasts and large HD video files.
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Still confused?
Well I'll let those who already bought new SD cards to post their reviews.
Source: Wikipedia, CustomPCReview, Kunal'sBlog, XDA and many others which I don't remember.
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Just in case

You never know!

Nice sharing ..............!! Very informative

:good:

Add how to un partition sdcard also (Ubuntu)
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Sd card sandisk class 10 (sdhc)
[I have bought a new class 10 SD card of Scan Disk, but as per told but DEV's that using class 10 SD card on Sense 4, there are no lags and no random reboots, but still i face lags and random reboots, i dont i have seen any difference in class 4 or class 10 SD card.
Can u let me know if i am doing something wrong in making the partition on the card.

Nice theoretical information doc.
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[Q] [HELP] [MEMORY] -get more app memory

Hello,
I have the basic K2_UL with no "extra" (no root, no s-off etc.. ).
It's updated to 4.2.2.
The memory management for this phone is crappy : (sorry for the bad screenshot)
App Storage : System and non movable app 3.85 GB .
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It's very few left when using non movable app : like Chrome, Yahoo Mail, Outlook and OneNote.... ). Not available from Ms Windows.
Phone Storage : User Data and movable Apps 4.15 GB. It is to store user data when no SD card is used.
Not really used if you have an SD Card
SD Storage : You'd better get one...
So i cannot update any app anymore. What is the easier way to increase App Storage?
Again, i cannot move more app. i've moved all the possible ones !
Thanks for your help.

Ivory_75 said:
Hello,
I have the basic K2_UL with no "extra" (no root, no s-off etc.. ).
It's updated to 4.2.2.
The memory management for this phone is crappy : (sorry for the bad screenshot)
App Storage : System and non movable app 3.85 GB .
It's very few left when using non movable app : like Chrome, Yahoo Mail, Outlook and OneNote.... ). Not available from Ms Windows.
Phone Storage : User Data and movable Apps 4.15 GB. It is to store user data when no SD card is used.
Not really used if you have an SD Card
SD Storage : You'd better get one...
So i cannot update any app anymore. What is the easier way to increase App Storage?
Again, i cannot move more app. i've moved all the possible ones !
Thanks for your help.
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Have you tried
[MOD][HTC One SV] Swap your internal and external memory (sd card)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2306841
Not sure if it is for your model phone so please read the entire post.

Hello.
Sorry, but you didn't read the message.
It's not about switching SD_Card and Phone Storage (that contains Movable apps) that i need.
It's increase internal memory. This memory cannot be accessed from windows and is a linux partition.
Internal memory contains non movable apps : chrome, facebook etc... It's always full.
I don't want to root nor trick the phone i was asking if there was another solution. There is none.
I check my bank account with it and i want to keep it safe.
This phone is a crappy and i'll NEVER buy an htc again.
Regards,

Ivory_75 said:
Hello.
Sorry, but you didn't read the message.
It's not about switching SD_Card and Phone Storage (that contains Movable apps) that i need.
It's increase internal memory. This memory cannot be accessed from windows and is a linux partition.
Internal memory contains non movable apps : chrome, facebook etc... It's always full.
I don't want to root nor trick the phone i was asking if there was another solution. There is none.
I check my bank account with it and i want to keep it safe.
This phone is a crappy and i'll NEVER buy an htc again.
Regards,
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without rooting your phone there is absolutely no solution except buy a phone with larger storage.. the internal storage on this device is the only flaw i had with it but there is an easy workaround that only requires root.. i check my bank to and fail to see how rooting my phone is made it any less safe.. the method i use simply creates the linux partition you speak of on the sd card.. ext4.. and "extends" your internal and this allows you to move your apps to the extended partition thus freeing up as much space as you desire.. i have 32gb of internal space(i grabbed a class 10 32gb sd off amazon for like $15.. boost variant caps at 32 but others go up to 64).. if you are interested go here to an older post of mine.. i would have just included the links here but some new rule doesnt allow me to post outside links because i have less than 10 posts on my account.. again root IS required for this method.. good luck

BHoller said:
without rooting your phone there is absolutely no solution except buy a phone with larger storage.. the internal storage on this device is the only flaw i had with it but there is an easy workaround that only requires root.. i check my bank to and fail to see how rooting my phone is made it any less safe.. the method i use simply creates the linux partition you speak of on the sd card.. ext4.. and "extends" your internal and this allows you to move your apps to the extended partition thus freeing up as much space as you desire.. i have 32gb of internal space(i grabbed a class 10 32gb sd off amazon for like $15.. boost variant caps at 32 but others go up to 64).. if you are interested go here to an older post of mine.. i would have just included the links here but some new rule doesnt allow me to post outside links because i have less than 10 posts on my account.. again root IS required for this method.. good luck
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Does it matter if the card is 30 vs 48 mb/s?
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bitTeRmiN said:
Does it matter if the card is 30 vs 48 mb/s?
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Also I have not modded this phone at all its completely stock with boost.

the speed at which the sd card reads/writes is not a factor.. i personally went with a c10 so there was no chance of lag/stutter when running an app/game from the extended partition.. most apps/games are small enough in file size that the speed shouldnt matter.. you will need to root your device and should always make a backup.. store your backup in multiple locations(computer/flash drive/dropbox/cloud) to be safe if ever something happens to your phone help will be much easier if you have a backup ready to go

How to move app data only to the microSD card on your Galaxy S7, S7 Edge

Another important advantage of having expandable storage on the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge is the ability to move large apps or games to the added storage space.
The process to move apps is simple and shouldn’t affect your day-to-day use of any apps or the device.
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Here’s what you need to do:
With a microSD card installed, launch the Settings app.
Find and select Storage from the list of options.
Tap on Internal storage.
Select Apps.
Locate the app you’d like to move, and tap on it.
Under the “Storage Used” section, tap on the Change button and select SD Card.
On the next screen, select Next and let the phone complete the move. :good:
With the transfer complete, the app will run and act normally. Should you remove the microSD card from your device, the app’s icon will be replaced with an icon indicating it is stored on an SD card. You will be unable to use the app until you place the microSD card back into the device.
If after moving an app to the SD card you experience performance issues, you can move the app back to your phone’s internal storage by following the same directions outlined above, and select “Internal storage.”‘ :highfive:

OK... from my 10GB of movable apps... it moved 300MB
Adoptable storage. there is no way around.
32GB - especially in combination with Gear VR is a bad joke
You know 50% of S7 users can´t watch videos from the SD Card. seems to be a random thing.
Source: Me and Oculus forum
and who says 32GB is enough:
WTF do you even need a S7 for... STFU, no comments

Hasn't this always been the way to do this? How is this news to some?
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There is a way to setup adoptable storage from ADB on the device.
See over on Modaco
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/heres-how-to-configure-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/
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hiElena said:
Another important advantage of having expandable storage on the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge is the ability to move large apps or games to the added storage space.
The process to move apps is simple and shouldn’t affect your day-to-day use of any apps or the device.
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Here’s what you need to do:
With a microSD card installed, launch the Settings app.
Find and select Storage from the list of options.
Tap on Internal storage.
Select Apps.
Locate the app you’d like to move, and tap on it.
Under the “Storage Used” section, tap on the Change button and select SD Card.
On the next screen, select Next and let the phone complete the move. :good:
With the transfer complete, the app will run and act normally. Should you remove the microSD card from your device, the app’s icon will be replaced with an icon indicating it is stored on an SD card. You will be unable to use the app until you place the microSD card back into the device.
If after moving an app to the SD card you experience performance issues, you can move the app back to your phone’s internal storage by following the same directions outlined above, and select “Internal storage.”‘ :highfive:
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I haven't got the change option on my S7 Edge (European version)
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stratplayer said:
There is a way to setup adoptable storage from ADB on the device.
See over on Modaco
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/heres-how-to-configure-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/
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I haven't got the change option on my S7 Edge (European version)
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Just realised only some apps have the change option, e.g snapchat... adoptable storage all the way me thinks...

After move, all data still on internal, shows 0mb on SD card.
Any one got any idea?

Im also getting that, kind of. Of 3+ gbs i tried to move only like 200mb actually moved

I moved around 2 gigs of apps, it does work.
Problem is i can't see it with a file manager, probably because its encrypted.

I am also having the problem where the app is only partially transferred to the micro SD card. Transferring KOTOR (a 2.4GB app) only transferred around 600MB. Hearthstone (1GB) moved abour 300MB... Guess I'll be enabling adoptable storage.

hiElena said:
If you just wanna backup your apps to pc, you can use the free syncios app.
It enables you t
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Please, don't advertise other apps...

Is this some bug, joke or what? Just moved about 17gb of games and it actually made me 2gb of free space. It seems completly ignoring obb files. I use lot of huge apps, I was completly counting on this when buying this device as portable "console" . I am so pissed of. Bought it for its performance but what can I do with performance without space. And I dont even have VR yet. Does adoptable storage affect framerate in games and avoid varranty, or not? Did anybody trie it? I have 64GB C10 sdxc Adata card, need to know if it can run games (most heavy ones) smooth. Dont care about multitask, I am focused on single task performance and gaming FPS. Thx for any advice if adoptable storage is worth it in my case

Came here to talk about the same thing. It seems moving to 'external storage' doesn't do much of anything for games. I moved Star Wars Uprising and Order and Chaos 2 to my external and afterwards it still shows Uprising using about 2.2 GB of internal and more than 1 GB of O&C2. What gives??
Has anyone tried out the adoptable storage option and its gaming impact?

Some games still show as if they are on internal even tho they are on sd card.
World of tanks for example. Shows all over 4 gigs on internal storage, but it's on the SD card. I've tested this and found it to be true
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Apparently the title is misleading. It seems that this does not move the entire app like with A2SD but only sets the location where the app stores its data, eg user & configuration files, etc.
We'll need someone who's device is rooted and unencrypted to analyse what gets moved and what doesn't.

Question Storage benchmarking: sequential write

Read notebookcheck.net's P7P review and noticed they used AndroBench to test the storage speed so I thought what the hell, I'm gonna do the same. Didn't' fiddle with any settings and just ran the test as is. The sequential write speed is noticeably lower than what the fine people at notebookcheck got (875 MB/s). Also ran PCMark's storage test and the internal & external sequential write speeds were below the expected level.
I am a total novice at this and chances are I'm both improperly configuring/running the tests and interpreting the results. Before running the benchmark I was trying to remedy the so-called scrolling issue so I installed the december factory image using the Android Flash Tool; managed to do that without a hiccup, but now I'm scared the flashing process was somehow detrimental to the P7P's storage health or speed.
I'm guessing the storage drives on phones are resilient and one could, theoretically, flash an image dozens of times in a row without any ill effect , but, as I mentioned, I don't know which way is up regarding this stuff so I'm seeking out the advice of more experienced and knowledgeable users.
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That's pretty fast. The real question is in actual usage how much is scoped storage slowing it down and how much increased battery usage is it causing?
Write tests put wear on the flash cells while serving no tangible purpose if only done out of curiosity.

Well, been treating my device as if I had it for years, flashing away on it more than 2-3 dozen times now, but my numbers aren't far from yours. I honestly wouldn't worry much about it.

Interesting. I couldn't resist These are the results from my N10+ N975U running on Pie. In spite of slower memory (12gb) and SoC it did very well on sequential write times. I use to think my Raptor x 4 Raid 0 array was fast...

I'm on the original October Firmware and this is what I get, I've been on all of the different versions (November and December) but I get the best battery life on October. Perhaps they changed some write settings in the November or December firmware.

wiggumpd1 said:
I'm on the original October Firmware and this is what I get, I've been on all of the different versions (November and December) but I get the best battery life on October. Perhaps they changed some write settings in the November or December firmware.
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Interesting... I too flashed the October version this morning and got pretty much the same benchmark results.
Could it perhaps have anything to do with the P7P storage options? Mine is 128GB.

Chuckles_101 said:
Interesting... I too flashed the October version this morning and got pretty much the same benchmark results.
Could it perhaps have anything to do with the P7P storage options? Mine is 128GB.
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False reading on the sequential write for sure for non raided single drive, I think. Makes me wonder if my benchmark results are valid... maybe... as internal transfers are fast Copy/paste a 1-10gb file and see how long it takes to write it from internal to internal.
Real world speed is all that counts...

Mine is even worse. Running the beta.
Look at the first one I ran too. Eek.
Edit: I also ran another app, CPDT Benchmark, to see if it was just the app. It's definitely not.

Just to clarify my last post: I got the same results on both October and December versions.
As blackhawk suggested, I copy/pasted a 5,3 GB video file a few times to test internal to internal. On average it took around 26 sec, which would give me roughly 205 MB/s.

EtherealRemnant said:
Mine is even worse. Running the beta.
Look at the first one I ran too. Eek.
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Edit: I also ran another app, CPDT Benchmark, to see if it was just the app. It's definitely not.
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Random write is faster than random read? This some kind of alternative universe? Or is there something about flash memory that eludes me?

Chuckles_101 said:
Just to clarify my last post: I got the same results on both October and December versions.
As blackhawk suggested, I copy/pasted a 5,3 GB video file a few times to test internal to internal. On average it took around 26 sec, which would give me roughly 205 MB/s.
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About 24 seconds to copy a 5.2gb jpeg folder.
Couldn't find a large enough single file.
Not sure I trust that app...

blackhawk said:
Random write is faster than random read? This some kind of alternative universe? Or is there something about flash memory that eludes me?
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Looks like a caching issue.
Why are 4k reads in hdd/ssd benchmarks slower than writes? - HDD FAQs
Question: There are several benchmark tools available to test the speed of a pc drive. Here is an benchmark example of a SATA SSD: Sequential Read : 718.498 MB/s Sequential Write : 777.414 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 160.541 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 838.930 MB/s Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 26.985...
hddfaqs.com
NVMe ssd: Why is 4k writing faster than reading?
I have a Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB SSD on NVMe with PCIe Gen.3x4 running. I use the Samsung NVMe Driver 2.0.0.1607. The SSD is running fine. However, I don't understand why the writing of 4k is faster...
superuser.com

EtherealRemnant said:
Looks like a caching issue.
Why are 4k reads in hdd/ssd benchmarks slower than writes? - HDD FAQs
Question: There are several benchmark tools available to test the speed of a pc drive. Here is an benchmark example of a SATA SSD: Sequential Read : 718.498 MB/s Sequential Write : 777.414 MB/s Random Read 512KB : 160.541 MB/s Random Write 512KB : 838.930 MB/s Random Read 4KB (QD=1) : 26.985...
hddfaqs.com
NVMe ssd: Why is 4k writing faster than reading?
I have a Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB SSD on NVMe with PCIe Gen.3x4 running. I use the Samsung NVMe Driver 2.0.0.1607. The SSD is running fine. However, I don't understand why the writing of 4k is faster...
superuser.com
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My drive doesn't reflect that. More in line to what to I would expect. I generally just look at how fast large file transfers go. On internal memory they go fairly fast.