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I have a question about the MicroSD cards you can buy for the Wing. Once I realized it was a good idea to have one for the wing (didn't take me long), I had one sent to me via UPS from some website. I got a 2GB. Anyway! My question is.. if I put the card in my phone, does it act as phone memory? Can I actually install .cab's and stuff ON the card and run them like they were actually installed on the phone?
Basically what i'm asking is if putting a MicroSD card into the wing is like putting a hard drive into a computer. It's not just a card to store things on, it's a card that acts as actual memory and you can install things on it too, right?
Today I kept getting pop-ups saying I had low memory. It was annoying as hell, so I uninstalled a few programs until I get my card. They were things I used like battery status and larger start menu, but oh well. I can do without them for a few days.
I know there's "Storage" memory and then there's "Program" memory. The Storage was at 0MB free and that's why I kept getting those pop-ups. My Program is at 18.34MB free.
Thanks in advance.
itslinx said:
I have a question about the MicroSD cards you can buy for the Wing. Once I realized it was a good idea to have one for the wing (didn't take me long), I had one sent to me via UPS from some website. I got a 2GB. Anyway! My question is.. if I put the card in my phone, does it act as phone memory? Can I actually install .cab's and stuff ON the card and run them like they were actually installed on the phone?
Basically what i'm asking is if putting a MicroSD card into the wing is like putting a hard drive into a computer. It's not just a card to store things on, it's a card that acts as actual memory and you can install things on it too, right?
Today I kept getting pop-ups saying I had low memory. It was annoying as hell, so I uninstalled a few programs until I get my card. They were things I used like battery status and larger start menu, but oh well. I can do without them for a few days.
I know there's "Storage" memory and then there's "Program" memory. The Storage was at 0MB free and that's why I kept getting those pop-ups. My Program is at 18.34MB free.
Yes, to answer your question, the microsd card is just like a hard drive. That's where you will prob want to store most of you applications, music, games, etc. This frees up memory on your main drive. I also have my camera setup to put photos on it too. I also keep a backup of all my cab files on my card. Whenever you have a card present, and you install a program, you get the option of installing on the card or the main drive. I believe our phones will take up to an 8 gig. I have 4 and it works great.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes, to answer your question, the microsd card is just like a hard drive. That's where you will prob want to store most of you applications, music, games, etc. This frees up memory on your main drive. I also have my camera setup to put photos on it too. I also keep a backup of all my cab files on my card. Whenever you have a card present, and you install a program, you get the option of installing on the card or the main drive. I believe our phones will take up to an 8 gig. I have 4 and it works great.
dougstoner said:
Yes, to answer your question, the microsd card is just like a hard drive. That's where you will prob want to store most of you applications, music, games, etc. This frees up memory on your main drive. I also have my camera setup to put photos on it too. I also keep a backup of all my cab files on my card. Whenever you have a card present, and you install a program, you get the option of installing on the card or the main drive. I believe our phones will take up to an 8 gig. I have 4 and it works great.
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I see. Thanks for the response. So I guess it would make more sense for me to uninstall everything I installed on my phone and reinstall it all on my card instead? That way most of my actual phone memory is free and it's all on the card? Any idea how much free memory there is to start off on the phone anyway? And what's the difference exactly between Storage and Program memory? I know Storage says Total: 31.44 MB and Program says Total: 47.89 MB. Is that how much the phone gives you to start with?
it will not merge with your storage
and memory is mainly what we call application mem like ram in a computer
not the harddrive
cabs should at install time ask if one wish to install to storage or sdcard
So, I was wondering if it would be better to install apps on the memory card or on main memory. In terms of stability, performance, etc
Thanks!
Main memory.
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Main memory.
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Yep, main memory especially if you're using the crap class 2 card that came with the phone.
I usually install games/apps that i use frequently on the phones main memory. All other games/app, I install it to the storage card. It is stable for me and also leaves space on the phone for other things.
I agree with halojinx. I try to keep my device memory as empty as possible. I throw the large files on the storage card and create shortcuts to them with quicklinks. That way my phone runs quicker. Works for me. : /
Since we have such a big system memory, I have no idea what would drive you guys to move your apps to your SD card.
I know I keep all my .cab files on my SD card, but all my installations go to the system memory.
I have 8gb class 6 micro SD, but the 16gb holds so much more music and video files, I don't really use the 8gb anymore.
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I agree with you. We have more than enough memory to install a huge amount of apps in the main memory.
Installing it to the main memory won't take up your RAM space for apps to run.
Main memory will use less of your battery also and will not cause your HD2 to freeze because of the generic card that came with the unit.
Yes, there's a metric crapload of on-board memory for apps on the HD2...I think it's a much better policy to install all apps to the phone's memory, and just store the cabs themselves on the storage card. I also believe that installing apps (and all their related minute little files) to the SD card can cause device lag in general when the phone is trying to index the card.
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Sweet. I was thinking "oh, when I flash I won't need to reinstall the apps if they're on the SD card!" Well I was still installing them after I flash, so I figured I may as well just start installing them to main memory.
Yeah, the crap Class 2 SD card makes me nervous. Once I have the $50, I'll go buy me a nice Class 6
Thanks!
Hi guys. I am aware that there are apps like app2sd to move apps from phone to SD card. How does installing apps on phone or SD card affects the phone? Does it make the phone faster or save battery life?
liehuo said:
Hi guys. I am aware that there are apps like app2sd to move apps from phone to SD card. How does installing apps on phone or SD card affects the phone? Does it make the phone faster or save battery life?
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Hi,
It's all about internal memory.
Go to settings, SD & Phone storage and look at available space under internal storage.
If the ROM you are using gives you hundreds of spare MBs,then you don't have a problem.
When you install new apps,the spare space is used up.
If you are not blessed with loads of spare space,then you would consider moving apps to your SD card,and running them from there.(Try using SuperBox to move the ones you can)
Running apps from your phone is quicker.
It has no affect on your battery life.
Hi guys. I am aware that there are apps like app2sd to move apps from phone to SD card. How does installing apps on phone or SD card affects the phone? Does it make the phone faster or save battery life?
-- makes the phone faster, saves internal memory , your phone has a small hard drive or internal memory like a computers hard disk, the more free space you have on the phone the faster it would read or function. correct me if im wrong tnx
Hi guys. Thanks for the helpful replies. Really appreciate it. Thanks again!
I mean you read alot of people say having an sd card slot doesnt matter nowadays with android since you cant install apps to it, etc. Or can you? Can you save your photos taken with the s4 to it? What apps are available to fully utilize the sd card? If you can share how you plan on getting around any limitations.
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I mean you read alot of people say having an sd card slot doesnt matter nowadays with android since you cant install apps to it, etc. Or can you? Can you save your photos taken with the s4 to it? What apps are available to fully utilize the sd card? If you can share how you plan on getting around any limitations.
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the first time you open your camara it will tell you if you want to save pic on scard or external memory
SysAdmNj said:
I mean you read alot of people say having an sd card slot doesnt matter nowadays with android since you cant install apps to it, etc. Or can you? Can you save your photos taken with the s4 to it? What apps are available to fully utilize the sd card? If you can share how you plan on getting around any limitations.
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Photos can be set to be stored on the external sdcard. I also (on my SGS2/and SGS3) have it so my nandroid backups go to the external sdcard. Downloaded files go to my external sdcard. I can also out movies/music/or whatever on my external sdcard and play them. I can also use "Root Explorer" to move anything I want from my internal sdcard and onto my external sdcard. Even with a 32Gb external sdcard and the 16Gb internal sdcard I find that I at times fill up my internal sdcard and have to move MANY files/folders from the internal to external. I haven't put ANY apps onto the external sdcard since my SGS1 and haven't had the need to ever. I have never filled the allotted app /data folder on my SGS2/SGS3 like I did on my SGS1. When I used the SGS1 and moved the apps it made them work slower and caused issues. Again never had it on my SGS2/3's. So NO need to worry about apps moving. I have over 180 apps and no issues (Including downloaded app and system apps). But having a removable sdcard for movies and music has been my best usage. As well I do A LOT of modding on my phone and it takes up a lot of room. So I transfer the files to my external for that as well.
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Thats good to know, so I dont know what those people were talking about. As if the sd card was unusable.
Same here, I have over 180 apps and have no space issues when it comes to apps. I take a lot of pictures and record a lot of videos, and that takes more space than anything. I put all data, including backups, ROMs, pictures, videos, music, etc. On the external SD card. There's a ton of space left on my internal card, so for me a 16gb model with an external SD card works great.
I store 12 blue ray movies on my 64gb microsd. Should be enough to keep me busy flying overseas.
SDCARD
Can the 64GB SDCARDs be used with the s4?
First, only guys? 2nd, I'd like to have the ability to enter a 1 character password at the android lockscreen in CyanogenMod.
Lol OK.
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I'm planning on trying out a few of these Roms (SS method). My issue so, I'd like to move my internal to my sdcard but I have a tiny 2 GB sdcard. I plan to buy a larger one first.
Basically, I'd like to move sdcard to phone, insert new larger sdcard, than move everything to my sdcard that doesnt need to be on my phone.I'm not really sure how to go about this. I'm playing with an app called link2sd but its not working.
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specifically what files are you wanting to move to your sd card? the standard pics, videos, backups? or are you talking about apps, app data, etc?
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specifically what files are you wanting to move to your sd card? the standard pics, videos, backups? or are you talking about apps, app data, etc?
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Well, for what I understand the Roms can take up several gbs on the phones storage possibly only allowing me to have 2 on my phone at any given time. I have the 16 GB gs4 but I only have 3 GB available. My phone has several gbs wrapped up in stuff that I'm not sure what it is, so instead of deleting stuff that I'm non sure of I figured I'd just move stuff to a sdcard. Maybe it doesn't make sense...
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The only working app out there that can link your internal to your external is called Foldermount. In in playstore. Free version will only let you mount up to max of 5 folders. paid version which is like 2 or 3 bucks lets you mount as many folder as you want making your phone think that your extrnal is its internal memory. The only issue is if you lose the sd you lose phone so think carefully what you decide to move to sd. If its phone critical leave it on phone memory.
If your just talking pictures, movies, music as well as document, crap like that you can copy to a folder on your computer and when you mount the new card then just copy it all back to sd.
definitely get a larger micro sd card. they're so affordable. a 32gb would last you forever. after you have it, move everything you know how to move to the new card. i keep my roms, backups, photos, videos and misc files on my sd card. if you want to store more than that, give it some research. as i said above, though, for sure get a larger card. its worth it.