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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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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
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[App] SWAPit RAM EXPANDER - Increase Internal Memory

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?

Mehul mehta said:
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)

RAM 1.5gb not 2gb

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.
-colo
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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.

drdeathly said:
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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[Q] Can i extract the bootloader

Simply question. How can i extract the bootloader. Either directly from device(using adb) or by extracting the bootloader.img file? Any tools for this windows/linux?

Is there a reason you must get it from the device rather than from a factory image?

Was wondering the same thing...OP, the factory image is here and it has all the images in it:
https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/hammerhead-kot49h-factory-02006b99.tgz

I am aware of the stock image. What I want to do is extract the content of the .img file
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Ah ok. Yeah, you'll need to develop a method to do that.

Any pointers?
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Grondinm said:
Any pointers?
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You're going to have to decompile it. Then I'm not sure what you'll end up with.

Grondinm said:
Any pointers?
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Not really given no one has managed to do it yet
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Sounds a bit dodgy if you ask me!

EddyOS said:
Sounds a bit dodgy if you ask me!
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Nice if you wanna change the bootsplash.
Although it took alpharev to extract the hboot on the desire if you remember? I don't hold much hope when there's not so much to be gained.
If it controlled mtd layout, that would be of interest to me
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rootSU said:
Nice if you wanna change the bootsplash.
Although it took alpharev to extract the hboot on the desire if you remember? I don't hold much hope when there's not so much to be gained.
If it controlled mtd layout, that would be of interest to me
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That is just what i want to do change the bootsplash. It might be above my ability tho. If i could just decompress the image and see what's inside i would have a better idea of if i can do it or not...but that is what i do not know what tool to use(if any) to decompress the image file...all of it might be over me but i figured i hav not heard anyone talk about it so i might as well start the conversation

[Q] is it safe to store backups on the cloud.

Simple questions. T-Mobile only had the 16 GB version. So that's what I got. One back up cost me two gigs. Is it safe to store these on Google drive. If a bootloop happened. I could just push it over from my computer right? Is there a worst case scenario that would need it stored on the device?
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I push mine to my NAS for the same reasons. Just means no flashing on the bus to work.
Yeah you can push the backup to your device. You should use twrp or philz recovery though, not traditional cwm as cwm stores the backups in the wrong place.
You can even restore from otg
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I use twrp. Gonna free up some space now. Throw all the mods in there too. Why not. :thumbup:
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