Tips to free up precious RAM - JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General

Install Tweaks2k.NET on your handheld,
(1) You can move some .dlls automatically from \windows to your Storage or SD card. However, you don't get to choose which dll to move. Program analyses and does it all for you. There is an UNDO button.
- best to do this when you install one program at a time so you can test and UNDO one step at a time.
Use Resco Explorer for ease of use (make sure that 'Hide hidden files including the ones in ROM' option is selected)
The folder of interest is the \windows
(2) You can move help files to your SD card
.htm files
(3) You can move .unload files (for uninstallation) to your SD card
- but remember that when you want to uninstall an application
eg. MortPlayer, you need to copy back the file MortPlayer.unload to
\windows to uninstall it
(4) You can move \windows\appmgr files .dll to your SD card
- if you want to uninstall or reinstall an app, remember to move that
specific app .dll file back to \appmgr
Install Valksoft Space Reclaimer
(5) set it to run at every soft reset. It will autoclean your temp folders, ie folders, old files and registry during startup.
I managed to free up at least 5MB using those steps. My RAM is pretty much trimmed although I was a bit peeved when the MMS software took up 3MB of RAM (I tried to install on the SD card, but the files need to be installed in RAM).

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Can I move default apps to memory card like this:

I want to uninstall apps that exist on the memory card, and then re-install them from the extended rom but this time to my memory card - thereby freeing up programme memory. I have a few questions:
- Will this work?
- I only see a few apps in Extended_ROM namely backgammon, skype (nice n big), and CA AV - where are the apps like PDF viewer, excel, etc?
- If I can find the CAB's for excel etc, how do I first remove them. AT worst, I guess I can just delete the large exe files in \Windows\
- What elese can I do to move stuff to an SD card and free up prog memory?
WOAH...I just tried to delete ppt.exe and *.tsk from \Windows and I cannot do so - even with total commander. Reason is I cannot remove Read Only and System and In ROM attributes.

Free up more program memory...

It seems that more program memory can be freed up by using Total Commander's Copy function to copy renamed files (smaller size) to Windows folder to replace stuff you don't need. After reset, the smaller size files stay. I hardly use ppt 1.2Mb, so I replaced it with a 5k exe file. The Clearview pdf app 65kb is useless... and I did the same for a few other tsk/gif...etc files.
With the latest jarsar rom 1.30.68WWE & Radio 1.09, got rid of most junks from extend rom, cleaned up the Windows folder, now got about 31.12Mb program memory. The speed seems pretty good.
If I install the new ROM, will I have to do a hard reset and install all the applications again.
I have previousl used the ROM unlock tool.
Will the new ROM install OK.
Thanks
Steve
Yeah... will need to repeat the process after a hard reset.
Can just save all those faked renamed files in a folder and then copy all to Windows folder one go.
Not too troublesome...
You will not recover any memory since those files are in ROM.
However, you do have a point in "replacing" large files with smaller versions - the device takes less time to search for the program icon.
Result of the clean-up of unneeded files in Windows folder by copying faked reduced size files into folder:
Both are after a soft-reset measurement -
Before: Program memory 30.41Mb Storage memory 36.64Mb
After : Program memory 31.07Mb Storage memory 38.20Mb

Only 9mb free Storage main memory. I CAN'T INSTALL LARGE PRG

ActiveSync first (or a .cab for that matter) first copies the files to the MAIN MEMORY STORAGE temp directory and only then, you are asked when would you like the program to be installed.
Since I have just about 9mb of free storage ram on my main memory, I am unable to install 20mb of so programs even if I want to install them on my SD card. Because the WM2005 installed always first copies to a temp dir on the main memory. that's stupid. How can I install large programs to my SD card if I don't have much room on my main memory then?
Help please.
Thanks
MOBILER
look for the cab file first, manually copy it directly to your SD card and run it from that location using explorer.
try reducing your temporary RAM by disabling all of your today plugins and windows startup folder, run your program, then set them back again.
how is it you are running on 9mb, i reset my device when it gets down to 15mb, and usually starts up with 25mb with SPB PP SPB Diary SPB weather and MS Voice Command all running at startup, so how is yours so low?
ACtivesync copy the cab file to SD if your memory is low. I installed many big (20 Mb) programs using it. The normal behaviour is to copy the file without question, then ask on the pocket where you want to install it. When you are low on memory, it ask me on the PC (as it was on previous WM2003 models) where to install, then it copies the file to SD. It usually fail to install, but you can then soft reset and run the cab from the SD.

How to free up more memory?

can someone direct me on how to free up memory on my Hermes?
My device memory is very low, I already cleared my cookies and history in Internet explorer settings.
The memory got used up when I received almost 30 e-mails to my device. Where is the e-mails files stored?
tnx in advance
cliffy101
Not 100% sure but try the My Documents folder in phone storage.
You can set the Hermes to store attachements on the sd card for emails/mms.
If you can't find where the emails are stored but want to keep them then save them as .txt files on the sd card.
Try to install all 3rd party apps on the Memory card, you can transfer any apps you already have installed by cutting them out of the My Programs folder on the device and pasting them to a My Programs folder on the sd, you just need to send a shortcut to the windows startmenu programs folder. Use Total Commander (free) or Resco Explorer if you have it.
Cheers...
tnx
tnx, I 've got all programs on sd card already, only thing is I cannot figure out where e-mail files are stored or how to set it so attachments are stored on sdcard.
tnx for advice so far ...
Go to messaging>Menu>options>Storage. It should have a box that can be checked saying "When available use storage card to store attachments". Tick it if unticked.
Cheers...

Moving Program Files from internal memory to Storage Cars

Hey Guys,
I have downloaded and installed some programs to my HD2's internal memory by mistake (I was a newbie). Now, it is full of programs and i am running out of memory.
I want to move all of the program files to storage card. I tried cut and paste. However, this time, wm gives error saying it cannot find the path for the program.
Is there a way which allows me to move files directly to the storage card instead of removing and reinstalling?
Thanks
a couple of programs are only installed in a subdirectory and linked from Startmenu to this folder.
No problem to move this subdirectory to the storage card and change the link in the startmenu. (using resco explorer, for example)
but if a program is using the windows-mobile-registry (or an own INI-File) you have to change all the items from this program - it's almost impossible ...
the best way - if you don't know how voluminous the program is - to deinstall the program and reinstall the program at storage card.
Thanks, I could not think also copying shortcut to startmenu folder. My problem will be solved, most probably, at that time.
Edit: I installed resco explorer, but I could not find how to specify shortcut while in start menu? Can you please help?

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