As I understand the epic is supposed to have 1 GB of internal ROM and 512 MB of RAM as is shown here: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SPH-D700ZKASPR-features
However when i go to samsung's program manager under summary tab it says i have total of 325 MB RAM and 498 MB internal storage. Is everyone else matching my specs? so confused
my internal memory reads 498
That page reads
16GB ROM/512MB RAM
its right but apparently some was taken for the lag?
Remember that some of the internal memory is not usable by the user because it is allocated to hold information about your file structure and formatting. It shouldn't be that much space though...
It does come with 512 ram some is fixed allocation most likely to fix the lag so what is left over is 325.
Welcome to userland.
498 mb is the actual mb when you do the math in kb. but they can sell it as 512 just like hard drives and any other storage you never get full spec. as far as the 325 reamaining well apps and all other stuff need mb to store, sprint apps take ALOT of room.
I remember reading somewhere the froyo update addresses this somehow.
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I remember reading somewhere the froyo update addresses this somehow.
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Yeah, it turns 325MB to 304MB, according to Galaxy S owners in Europe. So for some reason we get even less RAM
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I just got a Nexus One and under SD Card and Phone Storage it shows that I only have 194 MB free. Is that right? I thought it came with 512 MB free?
I looked online and couldn't find anything so I thought I would ask the Pros.
Thanks in advance.
bane126 said:
I just got a Nexus One and under SD Card and Phone Storage it shows that I only have 194 MB free. Is that right? I thought it came with 512 MB free?
I looked online and couldn't find anything so I thought I would ask the Pros.
Thanks in advance.
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Looks like their gonna unlock the other half of the 512mb of storage with the Froyo update
You for real?? So, they all come with 512MB, but you can only use 194 MB at the moment?
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You for real?? So, they all come with 512MB, but you can only use 194 MB at the moment?
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Yeah =P
Dunno why but just like on the Motorola Droid how they have an 800mghz processor and they clock it down to 550mghz (probably to make sure the first batch don't fry and then unlock the full features later)
The current kernel can't support more than that, with FroYo and the new kernel you'll be able to utilize all of it.
If you want to take advantage of all of it now, unlock, root, and flash a rom with the highmem kernel (damn near all of them).
I think you guys are confused. It sounds like he is talking about the phones internal storage, not RAM. The place where everything is installed.
192MB is quite a bit of space for downloading new apps since most are only a few megs at most. The reason you don't have all 512 available is because Android and the default apps are taking up space as well.
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the internal storage. The OS itself and the other built in apps take space so that's the reason you only have that amount.
So I bought my HTC Shift 4G but i think it's Defective. I've called HTC, Sprint, and Bestbuy. The 3 companies say the Phone Has 2 GB Internal Memory(ROM). However my Phone only shows 432MB :
203 MB Apps
69. MB System
159.6 MB Free space
Could it be Defective or They just don't know what they saying.
Would u guys tell me if ur devices are showing the same ??
I bought this phone cuz the 2GB. I'd hate to return it and get the big EPIC!!
thanks!!
I got 431 for applications(internal storage)
I figure the rest is system reserved by the fellows at HTC. That is where the OS/kernel is located. Probably locked away/system mountable only, to prevent us from obtaining root. ( any of you fellows who know better can feel free to correct me.) Just based on knowledge of linux etc. Not much in depth on the droid
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I'm pretty sure it does in fact have 2GB of internal memory, however it seems like a big chunk of that is taken up by the operating system and maybe some is reserved for system storage/app caches/etc. Not 100% sure but I think that's why.
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So I bought my HTC Shift 4G but i think it's Defective. I've called HTC, Sprint, and Bestbuy. The 3 companies say the Phone Has 2 GB Internal Memory(ROM). However my Phone only shows 432MB :
203 MB Apps
69. MB System
159.6 MB Free space
Could it be Defective or They just don't know what they saying.
Would u guys tell me if ur devices are showing the same ??
I bought this phone cuz the 2GB. I'd hate to return it and get the big EPIC!!
thanks!!
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They are referring to the 2GB SD card thar comes with the phone.
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They are referring to the 2GB SD card thar comes with the phone.
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yep.
Guess you take it back and get an epic.
That's not actually not true, they claimed that the evo only had 1gb of internal memory but came with a 8gig sd card, disproving your theory right there.
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That's not actually not true, they claimed that the evo only had 1gb of internal memory but came with a 8gig sd card, disproving your theory right there.
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Disproving what theory?
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yep.
Guess you take it back and get an epic.
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Yeah what he said.
No conspiracy theories, just information...
Check here: http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=2946
It gives you the specs.
This is what I got from Root Explorer:
/app-cache - 4k used, 8.00MB free
/cache - 31.21MB used, 111.01MB free
/data - 351.02MB used, 80.70MB free
/dev - 12K used, 186.59 MB free
/devlog - 4.04MB used, 15.82MB free
/etc - 288.83MB used, 102.53MB free
/system - 288.83MB used, 102.53MB free
I'm not a dev so can't interpret it correctly but it does seem there's lots of memory here and there that could probably be partitioned to the /data folder for more app storage once perm root is achieved.
EDIT: I've removed lots of stock apps so your numbers will not match mine.
The first Shift that I picked up from Best Buy was indeed defective. Not because it wasn't showing the proper amount of memory, but because it locked up on me 5 times in the first hour that I had it. All I could do to get it to turn off is battery pull, and then when I put the battery back in i had a really tough time getting it to turn back on. They swapped it out for me, and my new one has been flawless.
i'm wondering (don't quote me on this) if the extra internal storage is hidden/locked by HTC so there will be room available when the new sense drops? i've heard it's a lot bigger than the current version with the stand-alone navigation/maps that it's going to bring with it.
Has anyone ripped one apart and checked all of the chips on board?
I would take it back to the store and exchange it.
Phone should have around 256mb for apps (With all the stock apps installed)
I keep asking this question, how big is the space for apps?
But got no answer from anywhere.
Well, I searched and searched, found this:
http://xperiaandroid.com/motorola-xoom-specs-and-release-date.html
" ... Xoom is armed with dual core processors have speed of 1 GHz. In addition, Xoom also powered by a internal memory 1 GB, 32 GB internal storage capacity and can be enlarged by using the SD card. ..."
I think, that 1 GB is for app and the 32 GB is the "internal USB storage" kind.
Or is this the RAM?
Come on, why no one cannot give info about the 32 GB internal memory
A lot of people went to CES, MWC ... still no info
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I keep asking this question, how big is the space for apps?
But got no answer from anywhere.
Well, I searched and searched, found this:
" ... Xoom is armed with dual core processors have speed of 1 GHz. In addition, Xoom also powered by a internal memory 1 GB, 32 GB internal storage capacity and can be enlarged by using the SD card. ..."
I think, that 1 GB is for app and the 32 GB is the "internal USB storage" kind.
Or is this the RAM?
Come on, why no one cannot give info about the 32 GB internal memory
A lot of people went to CES, MWC ... still no info
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I believe the 1GB number is the amount of RAM the Xoom has. The 32GB number is the amount of storage space the Xoom has. These numbers are inline with most other tablets that are coming out or that are out.
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I believe the 1GB number is the amount of RAM the Xoom has. The 32GB number is the amount of storage space the Xoom has. These numbers are inline with most other tablets that are coming out or that are out.
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There may be only 1GB of application storage space though. Android phones have always had a limited space for installing apps.
RAM is used for running apps
Internal storage is used to hold movies, music, etc..... in this case apps as well
as far as running out of space you should search threads on apps to SD
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There may be only 1GB of application storage space though. Android phones have always had a limited space for installing apps.
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And there could also be 10GB of storage for apps. Nobody knows and it's pure speculation at this point. for all we know, it may even be adjustable on Honeycomb, so you can dictate how much space to reserver for applications.
lol @ this thread
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lol @ this thread
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Second that
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As is said:
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-ram-and-memory.htm
Well, I know what RAM is. The only thing I need to know is the amount of storage to install apps. Xoom has 32 gb internal storage, but no one know this.
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This would be nice!
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And there could also be 10GB of storage for apps. Nobody knows and it's pure speculation at this point. for all we know, it may even be adjustable on Honeycomb, so you can dictate how much space to reserver for applications.
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And there could also be 10GB of storage for apps. Nobody knows and it's pure speculation at this point. for all we know, it may even be adjustable on Honeycomb, so you can dictate how much space to reserver for applications.
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yes adjustable storage space would be nice... lol.
how about everytime we install an app it takes up a certain amount of space, then we know how much we have left. IF we had something like that it would be amazing. I think there is something like this included with the Xoom, but it's pure speculation at this point.
I am really enjoying this thread waaay too much.
gogol said:
Well, I know what RAM is. The only thing I need to know is the amount of storage to install apps. Xoom has 32 gb internal storage, but no one know this.
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Why does it matter now? Google figured out how they wanted to install apps to the SD Card, you think they made that functionality so rigid that they can't install to the eMMC storage instead?
It's probably "up to 32gb"
Because some times, you just cannot control it.
There are apps that can only be installed in the internal memory.
It is just a simple question though, but it seems no one, not even those from popular news websites / blogs can answer this question. Although they have handled, fondled, played around the Xoom at CES / MWC *sigh*
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Why does it matter now? Google figured out how they wanted to install apps to the SD Card, you think they made that functionality so rigid that they can't install to the eMMC storage instead?
It's probably "up to 32gb"
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Because some times, you just cannot control it.
There are apps that can only be installed in the internal memory.
It is just a simple question though, but it seems no one, not even those from popular news websites / blogs can answer this question. Although they have handled, fondled, played around the Xoom at CES / MWC *sigh*
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My point was Google is smarter then us. Don't worry about it.
ok this question may have been asked and resolved already but not to my knowledge, i own an 16 gig thrive, how ever when i plug it up to my cpu to transfer files its rds asonly having 9gigs and some chance of free space, when i checked in storage settings it read as having 14 gigs of free space....am i missing somthing? lol
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ok this question may have been asked and resolved already but not to my knowledge, i own an 16 gig thrive, how ever when i plug it up to my cpu to transfer files its rds asonly having 9gigs and some chance of free space, when i checked in storage settings it read as having 14 gigs of free space....am i missing somthing? lol
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You do in deed have 14GB of space (the system uses the other 2GB), but additional space is allocated for other uses, so that is why you only show 9GB available in Windows. When you are on the devices settings, look at what the memory is being allocated for.
Confirm 14gb
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My 32 only has 27 but that is normal for any device look at what you cell phone is suppose to have and really does have!!!
How much ram dose the atrix really have because if you look in sys/ram/size It says this 2097152 witch with a google search says it 2gb?
1 gb
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The source where you read that info from is lying. As the comment above mine stated, the Atrix 4G has 1 GB of Ram.
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Look at sys/ram/info
Mine resulting in:
Elpida-40nm:LPDDR2:x16:S4:1GB
All companies lies about actual space they say 1gb but there's only around 870 mb and after the phone takes about 300 mb for the android system u get 570 mb or 533 as my atrix showed
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DopeHack said:
All companies lies about actual space they say 1gb but there's only around 870 mb and after the phone takes about 300 mb for the android system u get 570 mb or 533 as my atrix showed
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You say lie, but really they're only hiding the truth.
The phone DOES have 1GB of RAM, that much is not a lie. Some of the RAM must also be used as memory for the GPU itself, accounting for why even Android only sees "870 mb".
Lol I no the atrix has 1gb but how come sys/ram/size it says 2097152 dose it look the same as yours?
And my sys/ram/info say Hynix-54nm:LPDDR2:x16:S4:1GB
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Lol I no the atrix has 1gb but how come sys/ram/size it says 2097152 dose it look the same as yours?
And my sys/ram/info say Hynix-54nm:LPDDR2:x16:S4:1GB
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You might be using an international kernel/ROM.
Mine is a little different:
Elpida-50nm:LPDDR2:x16:S4:1GB
Ya. 50nm beats 54. ;-)
Edit: Size claims 2gb. I believe this probably has something to do with a "swap file" or some virtual memory scheme to increase effective memory. There is only 1GB of RAM physically located on the device though.
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Regardless oh all of that you will never see or be able to use a gb of ram
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