i found as many directions as i could about using swapper but i still run into the same problem over and over. my mytouch is super quick after i set up swapper but after an hour or so my phone starts to lag and when i check my swapper information the program shows "swap: 31524kb. used 31524. free 0." i have to turn swapper off, then back on and it runs smoothly again. im using a 4mb class 6 sd card with 3 partitions. all were wiped and reformatted.
i also selected "use swap partition" under advanced prefrences.
anybody have any guidance they can offer a noob?
What do you have running that it's using 32mb of swap? What rom are you running and what programs?
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Just flashed [EU/TMOUS][CWR] imilka's HD Sense Series v2.0 1.84[D2EXT][K:rafpigna 1.7 OC] on my hd2 which is an EU one. Had partitioned my 16GB sd card using MiniTool Partition Wizard, making 2 partitions i.e. about 11GB FAT32 and almost 4GB EXT2, both primary. Just copied the zip file of the ROM on my sd card and ran it through AD Recovery (400mb setup one, which is recommended with this ROM). Everything went smooth but after the installation, even if i run the browser i get the message: Storage Full..you dont have enough free space remaining in your phone's storage, whereas in Settings, SD&phone storage my Internal phone storage shows 3.52GB available. I also cannot install any new apps due to this problem.
Any help would be much appreciated.
its suggested not to use larger than 2gb ext partition
Had a same problem with my favorite Hyperdroid. After flashing i could not even receive any sms becaus they were rejected because of no space. And i did not have anything weired installed... I solved it by completly formatting again and tnen the whole prodcedure again.. Sorry but that was the only way that helped me;-) But actually i could not solve the prob itselve...
Thanks for your reply. Yes, mine is the same problem, can't even receive emails or browse the internet, the message keeps showing up. I'm ready to repeat the whole process by formmatting my sd card, but I have some simple questions (might sound a little naive as i'm new to flashing android):
1- Do I need to make only 2 partitions? Fat32 and an ext partitions?
2- Do I need to keep any other files on any of these partitions except the ROM before I start flashing through Recovery?
3- Do you also suggest, like Richy99 does, to keep the ext up to 2GB only?
just discovered answers to the above questions. Repeated the whole precess, repartitioned my sd card (this time 2gb ext), and finally got rid of that storage full message. There's a lag though...seems to be slow on my hd2. Moreover, I cant uninstall the apps that came with this. The uninstall button remains grey.
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just discovered answers to the above questions. Repeated the whole precess, repartitioned my sd card (this time 2gb ext), and finally got rid of that storage full message. There's a lag though...seems to be slow on my hd2. Moreover, I cant uninstall the apps that came with this. The uninstall button remains grey.
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i would use ext3 or 4 if i were you
sameerfarooqi said:
just discovered answers to the above questions. Repeated the whole precess, repartitioned my sd card (this time 2gb ext), and finally got rid of that storage full message. There's a lag though...seems to be slow on my hd2. Moreover, I cant uninstall the apps that came with this. The uninstall button remains grey.
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a) Use 1GB ext, NOT 2GB.
b) Lag is beacuse its a DHD rom, you need to wait for all the apps to sync or wait for OS to settle down. Let everything sync and then do a few reboots and wait some hours. Once everything has settled lag should be gone.
c) If you want to remove stuff use "System App Remover" from market.
d) Read your roms instructions properly.
I'm running apps2sd on my desire HD just wondered if there's a script for Vega?
Got it working just hadnt partitioned sd
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Hi!
I have a pretty noob question.
Vega has Android OS v2.2 and therefore when you go to "Manage applications" in "Settings" you can move apps to SD card.
I know apps need to have "app2sd" feature in order for this to work (and most apps already have it). And you can't use this if app has a running background process or it's a widget.
I know that if I move an app, it isn't moved totally, it still leaves a few KB on device storage, but that doesn't really bug me.
The moved app works like a charm on Vega and isn't laggy at all.
So, why is app2sd or link2sd needed for the Vega?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S phone and since the phone has 2GB ROM space, no app2sd is needed and don't exactly know why should I need it on my tablet, I have lots of games and apps installed and still have 135MB free space on internal/device partition.
From my understanding, apps2sd is just a convenient management tool to identify those that can be moved and report on space used. It just takes you to the app screen to perform the actual move. Hence it isn't needed, but just makes life a bit easier if you are installing loads of apps - it also detects at installation time if an app can be moved and reports back.
link2sd is somewhat different and makes use of a separate partition that needs to be on the sd card which is 'android compatible' (i.e. formatted to make a linux 'ext' partition). This allows apps that can't normally be moved to be put on the sd card as it appears to be an extension of the internal memory and in the same format. There are apps that still shouldn't be moved if they need to be available at startup as the sd card takes time to come on line.
As the title says: Does android automatically use the swap partition on my SD card? If not, how do I make it so? At the moment I am on MIUI, but I would change ROM to see the swap in action. Also MIUI isn't seeing the A2SD partition on my SD card either. How do I enable this? I think there is a script or something I need to run isn't there? Both of these partitions were created by CWM, A2SD is 1GB, Swap is 128MB.
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Does android automatically use the swap partition on my SD card?
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As far as I know Android does not use swap. There is an app called swapper which enables a swap-file.
Android terminates inactive apps when the available memory is low. With the 512MBytes of the U8800 you should be good to go: As long as you do not have games running in the background, the memory is just enough.
By the way the sd-card is very slow and therefore would slow things down. At least that is my guess.
the ram is actually 360mb cause the rest is used by the gpu.
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As far as I know Android does not use swap. There is an app called swapper which enables a swap-file.
Android terminates inactive apps when the available memory is low. With the 512MBytes of the U8800 you should be good to go: As long as you do not have games running in the background, the memory is just enough.
By the way the sd-card is very slow and therefore would slow things down. At least that is my guess.
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The stock kernel does not support SWAP. A custom kernel is needed.
Hi ,
I use a G3 and have been facing a phone memory problem since i had the phone.I keep getting this warning often regarding low phone memory..th ephone becomes very slow...at times non responsive and dsnt let me install any new apps..I have Kyrillos' ROM 7on my phone and have a 16 gb class 4 sd card..can anyone suggest me a workaround on this....please???
sonijd said:
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I use a G3 and have been facing a phone memory problem since i had the phone.I keep getting this warning often regarding low phone memory..th ephone becomes very slow...at times non responsive and dsnt let me install any new apps..I have Kyrillos' ROM 7on my phone and have a 16 gb class 4 sd card..can anyone suggest me a workaround on this....please???
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Create an ext4 partition on your SD card and use the kyrillos apptoSD script
Blackyx007 said:
Create an ext4 partition on your SD card and use the kyrillos apptoSD script
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Just to expand on what this user said. Use minitool partition wizard or go into recovery mode and make an partition. I'd say a 1024MB partition and a 256 MB Linux swap will be more than enough unless you want loads of apps which will in turn slow your phone down.
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Just to expand on what this user said. Use minitool partition wizard or go into recovery mode and make an partition. I'd say a 1024MB partition and a 256 MB Linux swap will be more than enough unless you want loads of apps which will in turn slow your phone down.
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i don't think swap is suggested for sd card class less than 6..
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i don't think swap is suggested for sd card class less than 6..
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I used swap on class 4 SD with no problems.
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Smonic said:
Just to expand on what this user said. Use minitool partition wizard or go into recovery mode and make an partition. I'd say a 1024MB partition and a 256 MB Linux swap will be more than enough unless you want loads of apps which will in turn slow your phone down.
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Hi,
Thanks for the update...just wanted to check what difference does it make..if i do this...will this make the phone work faster...or increase the phone memory ??
Create an ext4 partition on your SD card and use the kyrillos appt2SD script
I use a class 4 sd card, and the position works just fine for me.
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My phone is soft-rooted with Framaroot, but when I try to move apps to my SD card. the option is greyed out. Is there a workaround for this?
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I found a simple solution that worked for me, maybe it helps someone:
1. I reset my phone to factory settings, let my google acc. sync apps etc.
2. Installed and ran Framaroot (root setting Gandalf).
3. Normal reset phone.
4. Installed and ran App 2 SD, it allowed me to move most installed apps like games to my SD card normally, no other changes necessary.
* Note: When entering android app info, "Move to SD" is still greyed out, but moving apps works when moving from App 2 SD.
StarchiId said:
My phone is soft-rooted with Framaroot, but when I try to move apps to my SD card. the option is greyed out. Is there a workaround for this?
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Use Link2SD from Google Play
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Use Link2SD from Google Play
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Thanks, I found another solution although I am not sure how this worked. This is what I did, maybe this helps someone:
1. I reset my phone to factory settings, let my google acc. sync apps etc.
2. Installed and ran Framaroot (root setting Gandalf).
3. Normal reset phone.
4. Installed and ran App 2 SD, it allowed me to move most installed apps like games to my SD card normally, no other changes necessary.
* Note: When entering android app info, "Move to SD" was still greyed out, but it works when moving from App 2 SD.
Most difficult part for me was literally the partitioning of the SD card and finally the SD fix option did the trick.
Spent a couple of hours trying to get the most optimized partitions configuration for a 32G SD. The first partition have to be the fat32 media one, period... and the Ext3 for the second system partition was the furthest I could get that actually worked, as for the partition table did try the gpt witch is actually more functional than msdos nevertheless the android system did not like it very much, at all.
On a just-bought SD card tables there isn't always an option for two ,or more, primary partitions so had to delete the existing volume and create a new table. Anyways the only part that didn't get is how to fix the swap error I get when try to turn on the 1G swap partition I've created in advance while on PC, for the Partition Tool did nothing close to format after requested reboot. The error is like
Code:
sh: <stdin>[122]: swapon: not found
and
Code:
sh: <stdin>[78]: swapoff: not found
for the turn off the default 0MB swap.
Not really sure what it means but I assume it is some /sh file missing though couldn't find much to do with terminal or busybox applets that, to me, seem related.
Any suggestions, how to fix it?