[Guide]How to increase your SD card's reading speed - XPERIA X8 General

Here is the most simple way of increacing your SD card's reading speed.
To getting started,there are three different ways of doing it,first manually,second with cwm, and third with a single app. I will show you the third and easiest way,as there is a thread about the first two.
If you want to check out the first two look this: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010807
Requirements : a rooted device.
The only thing you have to do is to download two apps.
First download the "SD tools" to see the scores of your SD card's speed. Well,now run it and do the test.(if you know any other apps to do the same thing tell me and I may add them all).
Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ales.veluscek.sdtools
Now download the "SD speed increase" or "SD-Booster" and open it and set the SD cache at a value.
THE RECOMMENTED VALUE IS 2048.
After rebooting your device this setting will be lost,if you don't want this to happen hit the set on boot button.
Play store Link: SD speed increase, SD-Booster
Now run the "SD tools" again, run the test one more time and see the improvement.
I have a 6 class 8gb sd card and the reading speed increased from 12.6mb/s to 17.1mb/s (see attachments)
Use at your own risk.
P.s please tell me if it worked for you and if you have any suggestion for this guide.
Thanks for reading
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great! bro,any chance u could attach those 2 apps.some ppl just can't access Google play.

zmuhammx said:
great! bro,any chance u could attach those 2 apps.some ppl just can't access Google play.
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As I haven't develop any of this apps and i am just refering to them, I don't think is a good idea to upload them here.if someone can't access Google play, I guess if he search in Google he will find a mirror.
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stamatis16 said:
As I haven't develop any of this apps and i am just refering to them, I don't think is a good idea to upload them here.if someone can't access Google play, I guess if he search in Google he will find a mirror.
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okay,I thought there won't be any problem since its a free apps.sorry!

zmuhammx said:
okay,I thought there won't be any problem since its a free apps.sorry!
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It is not against the rules its just respecting the developers who put them in playstore.
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Great app. Just tried it. Didn't try benchmarking it as sd tools doesn't seem thae consistent. Any other app that you know of that I can use alongside sd tools to check how much of a diff it made?
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cascabel said:
Great app. Just tried it. Didn't try benchmarking it as sd tools doesn't seem thae consistent. Any other app that you know of that I can use alongside sd tools to check how much of a diff it made?
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Sorry I don't know,maybe someone else.....
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stamatis16 said:
Sorry I don't know,maybe someone else.....
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Thanks. I'll look for one.
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cascabel said:
Great app. Just tried it. Didn't try benchmarking it as sd tools doesn't seem thae consistent. Any other app that you know of that I can use alongside sd tools to check how much of a diff it made?
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iam using antutu, free in google play

SD booster is also good I guess. ? It gives about 2~3 mb/s increased speed on my class 4

androidnerd2 said:
SD booster is also good I guess. ? It gives about 2~3 mb/s increased speed on my class 4
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Added it
Yes, i guess any similar app would do.:good:

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Internal Memory

Is it possible to store photos and videos on internal memory? If so how would o go about doing that?
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orcsbane13 said:
Is it possible to store photos and videos on internal memory? If so how would o go about doing that?
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I'm not sure i heard it was just for apps however you us connect using PC mode it opens a drive to that 8 gb internal memory. It has some drivers and PC applications that you can install from it. I didn't try writing anything to it at the time and I'm not sure you can. Give it a try and let me know.
piiman said:
I'm not sure i heard it was just for apps however you us connect using PC mode it opens a drive to that 8 gb internal memory. It has some drivers and PC applications that you can install from it. I didn't try writing anything to it at the time and I'm not sure you can. Give it a try and let me know.
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Cool, hadn't tried that yet. Got mine before work but i will deffinately try tonight.
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why do u want to do this? you have 16gb sd card for that.
moosc said:
why do u want to do this? you have 16gb sd card for that.
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Why WOULDN'T you want it is the question...
I like the idea all app data in one place and my data in another. Especially since the card can't pop out by accident. Why fill internal mem with media and then complain about no room for apps, imo of course.
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[Q] Rooting with Gingerbreak

I've read that rooting with Gingerbreak works with the latest update, but also might erase the internal storage. Exactly what part of the internal storage might be erased? EVERYTHING, or just installed apps, ringtones, music, etc...?
Anything on internal storage, if u click on app files and go to internal storage anything there, so if u don't put apps on sd ur fine but some of its files it saves will be gone
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So... basically my best bet would be to make a copy of everything i can onto my computer before attempting the root?
Yes
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And..... another question. Is a microSD card actually required for it, or no?
I never remove my sd so I am not sure
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Yes an external SD card is required. You will be prompted to have one when you first install gingerbreak. I had to go out and buy one.
just copy su file in /osh/bin with some name. your root will be preserved.
Not gonna lie sam, what you said means absolutly nothing to me. Care to elaborate a little more for the special needs section of the class?
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totalimmortal363 said:
Not gonna lie sam, what you said means absolutly nothing to me. Care to elaborate a little more for the special needs section of the class?
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I think Sam might be referring to something like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12506713&postcount=88
Sam: Correct me if I'm wrong.
I come from the iphone world, we don't do command line anything. All the adb and stuff literally goes right over my head. Sorry brother.....
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totalimmortal363 said:
I come from the iphone world, we don't do command line anything. All the adb and stuff literally goes right over my head. Sorry brother.....
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Its good to know... Jail break is like beginner mode vs androids insane mode
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I would start getting familiar with ADB. If you know Linux/UNIX at all, you will feel right at home.

Memory is full... Need help.

Hi
I just had an issue of the internal memory is getting full even if I already had the applications and games installed in the memory card
But I wonder if there are any way or tips to optimize the RAM and get as much space as possible ?
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Not much besides returning it and complaining the the 500.00+ phone you paid for came with 3.00 worth of storage. Im being generous saying the internal memory is 3.00 its more like 2.00
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But there should be away to optimize the RAM coz its totally an clear for the internal memory to get full fast even if I just had only few apps installed. My Iphone have more apps and games installed and I never had an issue with memory
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yo_yousef80 said:
Hi
I just had an issue of the internal memory is getting full even if I already had the applications and games installed in the memory card
But I wonder if there are any way or tips to optimize the RAM and get as much space as possible ?
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Yes there are many ways. Easiest and fastest download the app: "app to sd" from market and u can move most apps to sd card.
Try that and let me know
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Plz do return ur phone. U donno notjing about tech. And mobile phones. Go with ur apple ripppp offf buddy
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I really love this phone but I cant install more apps.. And really iphone is a great mobile. Sure the specifications are not much but I love the iOS updates ( I have used previously iphone 2g for the last three years with no complains)
I dont want to return the mobile coz I love old games ( neogeo , mame...) but I need help in installing more apps.
Cheers
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I will try it
Thanks
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Flame the noob, shame on you You don't know jack until someone points you in the right direction. Sure he should have searched a little, but still.
Dude, you got good advice on the apps2sd. The real memory improvements are after you pluck up the courage to root your device, but it's pretty easy. Follow the other posts on same. Then you can check out Titanium Backup from the market, or there is another command you can run if you install the Android Development Kit but it's more techy. Stick to Titanium, it moves most of the game to SD, leaving <1Mb for each. I have loads of games installed & have 150Mb free.
Let us know how you get on...
Thank you guys. I just tried it and it freed around 120MB
I really dont know much about the android and how to handle it properly but really you all are giving a great help and I appreciate it very much
Once again thank you very much
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Rixter757 said:
Flame the noob, shame on you You don't know jack until someone points you in the right direction. Sure he should have searched a little, but still.
Dude, you got good advice on the apps2sd. The real memory improvements are after you pluck up the courage to root your device, but it's pretty easy. Follow the other posts on same. Then you can check out Titanium Backup from the market, or there is another command you can run if you install the Android Development Kit but it's more techy. Stick to Titanium, it moves most of the game to SD, leaving <1Mb for each. I have loads of games installed & have 150Mb free.
Let us know how you get on...
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+1
ignore the angry Canadian
yo_yousef80 said:
Thank you guys. I just tried it and it freed around 120MB
I really dont know much about the android and how to handle it properly but really you all are giving a great help and I appreciate it very much
Once again thank you very much
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If you learn how to use adb, you can try the command " pm setInstallLocation 2 ", this will force more apps to install to the SD Card and free up even more space
What i can delete on my internal storage? Where are the rings, Demopictures...? I us apps2sd and i have only ~100 MB free. What is adb and how i us it?
An Ex-iPhone User ;-)
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I'm not flaming or anything I just want to enlighten the OP.
Ram is not what you are referring to. What you are referring to is the internal storage.
Internal storage = Computer hard drive
Ram is where processes are being run atm. every time you turn off the phone the ram is cleared.
Now like many have said you can use adb and setinstalllocation2. What this will do is install all the applications on your memory card.
German-Guy said:
What i can delete on my internal storage? Where are the rings, Demopictures...? I us apps2sd and i have only ~100 MB free. What is adb and how i us it?
An Ex-iPhone User ;-)
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Follow this excellent guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089282
I was in exact same position as you, coming from Iphone, I did this and all is good.
Ignore the uber nerds on here that give you sh!t. There are loads of nice, helpful people on here and it is a great place, but a few bad apples will continually want to put people asking questions down.
Hi
Thanks for your help and sure I face a couple if issue in my xperia play but like u said I came from iphone background and also like u said there are lots of helpful people here that help me alot
Thank you all for the help and I just startd to understand my special phone
Cheers
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Red_Kop said:
Follow this excellent guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089282
I was in exact same position as you, coming from Iphone, I did this and all is good.
Ignore the uber nerds on here that give you sh!t. There are loads of nice, helpful people on here and it is a great place, but a few bad apples will continually want to put people asking questions down.
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I agree wholeheartedly, but this is, so to say, XDA's stance on the matter:
yo_yousef80 said:
Hi
Thanks for your help and sure I face a couple if issue in my xperia play but like u said I came from iphone background and also like u said there are lots of helpful people here that help me alot
Thank you all for the help and I just startd to understand my special phone
Cheers
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First of all check all the apps are on stock apps2sd. Go to settings/applications/manage applications then on the top click SD Card. It will then bring up a list of all the apps that are stock apps2sd conpatable and if theres a tick it means there already on. If no tick click the app then click "Move to SD". Instant more space.
Second uninstall the apps you use least.
Third clear your browser cache. Go to settings/applications/manage applications then scroll till you see Browser click then "Clear Cache"
Forth and finally I would root the phone and uninstall some stock stuff you won't use.
Done.
Unless you're running 2.3.3
DeadlyDazza said:
Unless you're running 2.3.3
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You can still do the first 3
DeadlyDazza said:
Unless you're running 2.3.3
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or unless you got verizons play no root as of yet

What is this file being created?

Hey guys been looking for an answer but only found a thread on evo 3d forums that doesn't have much activity, anyways I keep getting this file created every hour or so and its really starting to scare me maybe spyware or something. Trying to figure out why and where its coming from. Also attached inside contents.
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drmclove69 said:
Hey guys been looking for an answer but only found a thread on evo 3d forums that doesn't have much activity, anyways I keep getting this file created every hour or so and its really starting to scare me maybe spyware or something. Trying to figure out why and where its coming from. Also attached inside contents.
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I would download Avast from Google Play and scan sdcard and apps. Not sure what it is. Looks like spam-ware.
stelv said:
I would download Avast from Google Play and scan sdcard and apps. Not sure what it is. Looks like spam-ware.
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Thanks for the tip, just tried and avast says all is good. Should I be worried about this?
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Just noticed I scanned it when the file wasn't there. Maybe I'll wait till it gets created then I'll scan?
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I found that in my phone the other day too. I don't know what it is, but it doesn't really do anything.
Could be a log file. I'm not sure what it is. I would scan again once it appears. Not sure if it is I needed file or not. I don't have a nex 4 but was looking into getting one that's why I'm at the forum.
You can try sd maid which has a system cleaner. Or change the files permissions if you are worried about it transmitting data. But I wouldn't mess with it too much until you figure out what it is.
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I suspect it's something to do with adverts in some app on your phone.
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I have that file also, along with three others that I have no idea what they are.
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You guys could wipe your sdcard with twrp if you are worried, but back up all your wanted sdcard data to a computer first. And then put it back on right after. I do that with my Nexus 7 sometime. Not sure if it is the same process on Nex4. It may not be necessary, not sure.
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stelv said:
You guys could wipe your sdcard with twrp if you are worried, but back up all your wanted sdcard data to a computer first. And then put it back on right after. I do that with my Nexus 7 sometime. Not sure if it is the same process on Nex4. It may not be necessary, not sure.
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I actually recently flashed completely back to stock cuz I was so paranoid and then I rerooted and flashed ROM and I still get it now.
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Not sure then, maybe its ROM or root toolkit related.
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drmclove69 said:
I actually recently flashed completely back to stock cuz I was so paranoid and then I rerooted and flashed ROM and I still get it now.
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I think it's coming from an app. what apps did you install?
"We are Mologiq
A stealth-mode startup doing big things in mobile advertising."
http://mologiq.com/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41867789#post41867789
got any of these apps?
Adobe Flash Player
ASOT unofficial
Chase banking app
Franco Kernel Updater
Gmail
GoBackup
Google Play services
Google Search
PowerAmp/ unlocker
Reddit news free
Solid Explorer/ unlocker
Vaulty
XDA app
YouTube
Zedge
also, this may be helpful (from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en)
"If your device is running Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" or higher, you don't need this app anymore! You can just press and hold on notifications and your device will tell you who is generating them."
try that on apps with notifications?
LooieENG said:
"We are Mologiq
A stealth-mode startup doing big things in mobile advertising."
http://mologiq.com/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41867789#post41867789
got any of these apps?
Adobe Flash Player
ASOT unofficial
Chase banking app
Franco Kernel Updater
Gmail
GoBackup
Google Play services
Google Search
PowerAmp/ unlocker
Reddit news free
Solid Explorer/ unlocker
Vaulty
XDA app
YouTube
Zedge
also, this may be helpful (from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en)
"If your device is running Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" or higher, you don't need this app anymore! You can just press and hold on notifications and your device will tell you who is generating them."
try that on apps with notifications?
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Yup those are the apps I have installed as of now.
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drmclove69 said:
Yup those are the apps I have installed as of now.
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Thanks guys, will try all suggestions and see what happens. BTW I don't use root toolkits I do it all through fast boot
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Yup those are the apps I have installed as of now.
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haha sorry didn't notice you posted that!
Found out reddit news free is what's creating the file. Automatically after opening it up the file appears.
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drmclove69 said:
Found out reddit news free is what's creating the file. Automatically after opening it up the file appears.
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Interesting, I don't have that app installed on my phone?
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I have the following apps installed on my devices and don't have that file, so it may not be these ones:
Adobe Flash Player
Gmail
Google Play services
Google Search
XDA app
YouTube
LooieENG said:
"We are Mologiq
A stealth-mode startup doing big things in mobile advertising."
http://mologiq.com/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41867789#post41867789
got any of these apps?
ASOT unofficial
Chase banking app
GoBackup
Reddit news free
Solid Explorer/ unlocker
Vaulty
Zedge
also, this may be helpful (from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brosmike.airpushdetector&hl=en)
"If your device is running Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" or higher, you don't need this app anymore! You can just press and hold on notifications and your device will tell you who is generating them."
try that on apps with notifications?
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I have removed the apps I have installed on my Device from the above list, The first one that springs to mind is the go backup. I would check there first.

[Q]Out Of Memory

Hi,
I am creating a theme part in my app. The problem is I get an out of memory error(not all the time)
I already resize the images to the size they have to be in the app but I am stilling getting this error sometimes.
How can I fix or bypass this?
Rick Clephas said:
Hi,
I am creating a theme part in my app. The problem is I get an out of memory error(not all the time)
I already resize the images to the size they have to be in the app but I am stilling getting this error sometimes.
How can I fix or bypass this?
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Huge question and probably better if you go though d.android.com and some of the tools to track now what is causing it.
deanwray said:
Huge question and probably better if you go though d.android.com and some of the tools to track now what is causing it.
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Well that is the problem and I did what they said I resize the bitmaps so it won't use to much space.
But still it will crash ones in a while
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Rick Clephas said:
Well that is the problem and I did what they said I resize the bitmaps so it won't use to much space.
But still it will crash ones in a while
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well first things to do is find out where and why, I assume you maybe keeping or hanging a reference in memory, or have a leak ...impossible to say, easy to speculate
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well first things to do is find out where and why, I assume you maybe keeping or hanging a reference in memory, or have a leak ...impossible to say, easy to speculate
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I don't keep them in memory because if I don't it will crash and say that the reference was closed...
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deanwray said:
well first things to do is find out where and why, I assume you maybe keeping or hanging a reference in memory, or have a leak ...impossible to say, easy to speculate
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Is there a way that all those references will be deleted if the acticity is closed?
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