Hello. I am running very low on RAM (internal memory) on my Original Droid RAZR. I am aware that there are root apps that use SD Card memory as RAM. Some apps are: "RAM Manager" and "Swapit RAMEXPANDER by ROEHSOFT". You can get them in the Play Store.
Video of one of the apps:
Will this actually work? Thanks.
wait...ram or internal memory?? ram can't be changed but you can increase your internal memory by swapping it with your sd card...in razr its easy to do so...you do need root though
you do that by changing the "sdcard-ext" to "sdcard" and sdcard to sdcard-ext"
mlndshh said:
wait...ram or internal memory?? ram can't be changed but you can increase your internal memory by swapping it with your sd card...in razr its easy to do so...you do need root though
you do that by changing the "sdcard-ext" to "sdcard" and sdcard to sdcard-ext"
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Sorry, I am getting them confused. I meant to say Internal Memory. So I can just swap it with ALL of my SD Card space? Or can I choose how much? and with what app do I do this with? Thanks for reply.
mlndshh said:
wait...ram or internal memory?? ram can't be changed but you can increase your internal memory by swapping it with your sd card...in razr its easy to do so...you do need root though
you do that by changing the "sdcard-ext" to "sdcard" and sdcard to sdcard-ext"
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He is trying to use some extra storage space on his sdcard as a sort of page file or swap file to give him more memory for the OS to run in I think. Who knows with people, myself included, interchanging the terms memory, RAM, and storage. I do it, but it is inadvertant.
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He is trying to use some extra storage space on his sdcard as a sort of page file or swap file to give him more memory for the OS to run in I think. Who knows with people, myself included, interchanging the terms memory, RAM, and storage. I do it, but it is inadvertant.
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Yes that is exactly what I want to do. Is it possible without root?
No its isn't!
After rooting you ccan make a 'partition' on your sd card that will be assigned to the phone memory. You can use link to sd for this and make partition through CWM...once you read about rooting youll get to know about CWM..so search around this forum..
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Madaditya said:
No its isn't!
After rooting you ccan make a 'partition' on your sd card that will be assigned to the phone memory. You can use link to sd for this and make partition through CWM...once you read about rooting youll get to know about CWM..so search around this forum..
Hit :thumbup: if it helped
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Thanks a lot! One more thing... my Razr used to be able to connect to my laptop (so i can transfer data and everything), but now when I plug in my Razr to my laptop, it only charges and is not recognized by Windows (7). Any ideas?
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Thanks a lot! One more thing... my Razr used to be able to connect to my laptop (so i can transfer data and everything), but now when I plug in my Razr to my laptop, it only charges and is not recognized by Windows (7). Any ideas?
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Friend ensure that the drivers are installed correctly, if not successful, perform desinstação and restart your notebook and install the drivers again.
Razr1 said:
Thanks a lot! One more thing... my Razr used to be able to connect to my laptop (so i can transfer data and everything), but now when I plug in my Razr to my laptop, it only charges and is not recognized by Windows (7). Any ideas?
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Could have hit thanks instead make sure mtp transfer in your phone's settings menu is on....
And yes as suggested you need to have proper drivers..
You can check in you system...open 'Device manager' on your Pc...other devices>just right click and update drivers...should help
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Hi body,
My Tab makes lot of trouble while playing NFS Game n surfing internet through chrome. Latter identified that, lack of RAM my device was struck. So I rooted my device an install "RAMEXPANDER" Application n Memory Info & Swap Check Application. But it displays as shown in image.
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Please guide me what to do next.....
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Have rooted the phone s3...but am unable to move apps to sd .
There's a method but seems too complicated...
Any other ideas anyone or is it for the best to leave apps on the phone in the case of pics
You have an app called app 2 sd on play store. I think it will work.
btw: are you from Dubai??
Nope does not work....as far as in have read its something thats not possible on the s3 so far...due to ics.
Neways they say its better this way....
Yes akhiiiiii....i am from Dubai......
app 2 sd may not be needed in s3 . as the sgs3 use the whole internal sd for data + user files there is no need to move it to sd
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app 2 sd may not be needed in s3 . as the sgs3 use the whole internal sd for data + user files there is no need to move it to sd
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Yeah maybe you right.
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khan258 said:
Nope does not work....as far as in have read its something thats not possible on the s3 so far...due to ics.
Neways they say its better this way....
Yes akhiiiiii....i am from Dubai......
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aaaaaahhhh, im so jealous . Cant wait S3 to come in my country.
I've been using my SGS3 for 3 days now. 16GB internal +32GB external SD
So far:
- device memory total space 11.35GB & available 1.65GB (downloaded my Google Play Music collection, went straight to internal memory, no choice)
- SD card total space 29.71GB & available 29.71GB
What I hope is happening:
is what I've been reading about but no proof... the data is being distributed somehow between both cards and it just doesn't show, OR, the internal storage has 11GB dedicated to apps & music and what-not, and once that is used up, any additions will be moved to the external SD
What I think will happen:
"You have run out of memory, please remove some files or apps to proceed", in a typical Microsoft moment...
I was prompted only once to install stuff on the external SD; those were additional files (250MB) that needed to be downloaded for a game I had just installed. Of course I chose external SD but it doesn't look like it worked...
nadram said:
I've been using my SGS3 for 3 days now. 16GB internal +32GB external SD
So far:
- device memory total space 11.35GB & available 1.65GB (downloaded my Google Play Music collection, went straight to internal memory, no choice)
- SD card total space 29.71GB & available 29.71GB
What I hope is happening:
is what I've been reading about but no proof... the data is being distributed somehow between both cards and it just doesn't show, OR, the internal storage has 11GB dedicated to apps & music and what-not, and once that is used up, any additions will be moved to the external SD
What I think will happen:
"You have run out of memory, please remove some files or apps to proceed", in a typical Microsoft moment...
I was prompted only once to install stuff on the external SD; those were additional files (250MB) that needed to be downloaded for a game I had just installed. Of course I chose external SD but it doesn't look like it worked...
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What happens when you fill up the internal storage? Can anybody try it?
That's what happens in my Galaxy Nexus:
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Was shocked when I got my S3 and saw it didn't supports app2sd. My friend has almost filled up his 16GB internal with apps. His 64GB SD card can't even used for apps at this point.
I am keen to see what happens with this SD card business. Why have the SD card if your apps cannot utlise it. e.g using rdio and 16gb for offline storage and games and movies etc is simply not sufficient.
Any solutions as of now?
Is there any market app that ha been proven to work or any ROMs that have this enabled?
This is very inconvenient........
help
has there been any movement on this issue as my internal is full, i have a 16gb sd but from what i have read us with the s3 can not move apps to the sd card, please help,, thank you
Try search. Plenty of existing threads covering this topic.
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great information, do you not think i have tried?
Just got my Tmo Note home, I think I got the last one as there were only 2 Denver retail stores that had them . Is there going to be a new forum here at xda for this phone?
I'm having an issue with the external sdcard, I am using ES File Explorer. I put the external sdcard from my old sensation into the new note, I browse to /sdcard/external_sd/ and I get an empty folder. Something reported to me that the ext sdcard was not mounted but I forget what I was doing when I saw that. What do I need to do to access the external sdcard taken from my Sensation?
I imagine this is an easy situation, I just haven't experienced a setup where there is an internal and external sdcard on a phone.
Thanks
Peter
That's interesting because I have a i717 and I flashed a nandroid backup courtesy of Rotohammer if I am not mistaken, when the device booted and I went to look for sd card it didn't show anything. But a reboot solved it for me. Worst case is you backup anything you need from the sd to a PC and fully format card.
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shouldn't you be looking for
/mnt/external_sd
not
/mnt/sdcard/external_sd
?
I use Linda File Manager and it is under sdcard/external sd
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I rebooted and still got an empty /external_sd folder. Once I backup the sd to pc, how do I mount/format the ext. sdcard?
Also, when I plugged the phone into pc with usb it shows phone as 9.85GB - I thought this came with 16GB of internal memory?
Under /mnt i have asec, obb, sdcard, secure and usb - no /mnt/ext_sdcard
Make sure the card if formated as FAT32 - if plugged into a computer, right click and select properties). I recently purchased a 64gb card and when I turned on the Note, I got the error the SD card was not mounted. I couldn't mount it or format it. Did some searching and others had that problem. The solution was to delete all partitions (searched cnet downloads for a partition manager) on the microSD card then insert into the Note & turn it on. The Note reported there was a damaged SD card - then I was given a prompt to format the microSD card.
So make sure your data is backed up 1st.
Not sure why your internal space shows that. That number seems low. May have to format internal storage and factory reset as it comes fresh out of the box.
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There it is on my i717r.
As for the storage on the phone, mine has 1.97 internal[apps, etc], 10.85 usb storage[the other part of internal formatting], and of course my 29.81 under sdcard[actually the external card]
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I just got the T-Mobil Galaxy Note as well. I had not problem moving my SD card from My Touch 4g. At first I didn't understand the file structure, but now I see that the external cards shows under the directory of the SD card which really is internal memory. That memory shows only a total of 9.85 GB (should be 16 according to specs) and the other internal is 1.97 GB. I would also be curious if anyone know why the internal memory numbers are so far off.
My best guess is this.
11gb is parted off for user.
2gb is parted off for apps.
that's 13gb for user storage.
The rest is for /system, /cache, dalvic and future ROM updates. Naturally a new os will take more space so they make a best guess for future upgrades, features, etc.
You never really get what the advertised storage is. Plus its better to have more space remaining for the rom than what it actually needs to help future proof a bit and so you don't run into storage restrictions when upgrading or flashing custom stuff.
Take the xoom for example, it leaves 28gb for user, and only about 1gb to 1.3gb for the rest of the system. Because of that we have to use symbolic links to have some of the gapps load up when flashing as to avoid errors and such.
Sometimes having some missing storage is a good thing as its almost certainly belonging to the back end.
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As someone who is having trouble with a 64 class 10 this topic really helped. Thanks!
This may be the most stupid question ever but I have a Galaxy SII running Samsung 4.1.2 ROM rooted and deodexed, but the /system folder only has a limited amount of space even though I have 16GB internal memory, is there a way to sacrifice some usable memory to get more /system memory so I can add some stuff to /sysem/app etc?
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So you want to increase the actual sdcard-size?
I don't think that's possible. You could install some sd-tools that free up unused space and thereby give you more space to use.
Or you could just delete files and apps you don't need.
But as far as I'm concerned increacing actual sd-size is not possible.
I don't own a S3, but I guess it doesn't have a external_sd-slot?
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So you want to increase the actual sdcard-size?
I don't think that's possible. You could install some sd-tools that free up unused space and thereby give you more space to use.
Or you could just delete files and apps you don't need.
But as far as I'm concerned increacing actual sd-size is not possible.
I don't own a S3, but I guess it doesn't have a external_sd-slot?
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No, I mean if I go to root explorer and then /sysem/app, it only shows like 8MB available even though my SD card is 16GB, is there a way I can increase system memory so I can force install sysem apps and custom frameworks without having to worry about that limit?
The system partition is separate to your internal sdcard, if you go to storage in system settings you can see an internal storage of about 2gb, your 16 gb internal sdcard and also any micro sd you might have installed. Apps installed to phone reside in the 2gb storage unless they are moved to the sdcard (16gb).
I have about 200mb free in my system partition but it varies based on the Rom you are using and any system apps that are installed.
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I have a 500+ mb ROM with a whole list of apps so i only have a few megs left
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That's why you don't have much system partition space left, most of those apps would be installed there. But like I said your system partition is different to where your user apps are installed. Change to a lighter Rom if you want to push more apps to your system/apps folder.
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That's why you don't have much system partition space left, most of those apps would be installed there. But like I said your system partition is different to where your user apps are installed. Change to a lighter Rom if you want to push more apps to your system/apps folder.
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I'm just using CM10.1 nightlies now and I have plenty of system space.
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If you are able to boot into a separate partition, such as with custom recovery, you can repartition and get the system:internal:external ratio you need. Of course, this would require knowledge of your partition layout, the ability to use 'parted', and some knowledge of how to format a drive via the command line.
How to increases the inner memory for GT I9100
soupmagnet said:
If you are able to boot into a separate partition, such as with custom recovery, you can repartition and get the system:internal:external ratio you need. Of course, this would require knowledge of your partition layout, the ability to use 'parted', and some knowledge of how to format a drive via the command line.
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hi pls advise how to get it done. my handset is GT I9100.
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hi pls advise how to get it done. my handset is GT I9100.
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I was looking for this for a while, and finally found the solution on Youtube video posted by Saurabh.
He re-Partitioned the USB drive and gave more capacity 4,6 or 8GB to Device memory and it worked like magic as shown in the Image attached.
Would post the Step by Step Blog post here but i'm a New user so, can't post links - Search this exact phrase on Google "Storage Space running out" permanent Solution for Samsung Galaxy S II GT-I9100" you should find it on Ngbuzz Forum
How the heck did I get 6 usb drives?
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440bro said:
How the heck did I get 6 usb drives?
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Haha. Interesting.
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I don't know how they got there! I can't delete them. They aren't bothering me other than WTF! I'm sure I could get rid of them by wiping and resetting, but I don't want to do that because this thing is running soooooooooooooo smoothly! This phone has never ran smoother in the year that I've had it. Maybe that's all I needed was 6 usb drives lol! I'd just like to know how it happened.
440bro said:
I don't know how they got there! I can't delete them. They aren't bothering me other than WTF! I'm sure I could get rid of them by wiping and resetting, but I don't want to do that because this thing is running soooooooooooooo smoothly! This phone has never ran smoother in the year that I've had it. Maybe that's all I needed was 6 usb drives lol! I'd just like to know how it happened.
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Its apparently something you did on 5/13. Strange.
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Its apparently something you did on 5/13. Strange.
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That doesn't mean anything because it says 5-14 now.
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That doesn't mean anything because it says 5-14 now.
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Hmm... if you plug it in to comp does it only show 1 usb storage? Or a different file explorer may be able to delete them?
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Hmm... if you plug it in to comp does it only show 1 usb storage? Or a different file explorer may be able to delete them?
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It acts as normal. When plugged intro pc it shows 2 folders. My internal and external.
Perhaps unmount then mount the sd card to force the media scanner to read all the file structure. Thats in settings>>>--->usb storage.
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How the heck did I get 6 usb drives
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All. Whoa.
This is something JB does to the file structure.
Dont start deleting nothing. Storage under root points to sdcard0. If you pick sd card under root you get these options to get to external sd.
Sdcard0 is your internal storage
Extsdcard is your micro sd card
The others I'm not sure but there is no harm....unless you delete all your files.
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Perhaps unmount then mount the sd card to force the media scanner to read all the file structure. Thats in settings>>>--->usb storage.
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Good idea! I tried, and nothing changed.
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All. Whoa.
This is something JB does to the memory card. Dont start deleting nothing. Storage under root points to sdcard0. If you pick sd card under root you get these options to get to external sd.
Sdcard0 is your internal storage
Extsdcard is your micro sd card
The others I'm not sure but there is no harm....unless you delete all your files.
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Oh don't worry I won't delete my internal or external memory. I tried deleting usb f but nothing happen.
It's a mystery!
I have the exact same file structure listed for my "storage" also. My guess the usbdrives are nothing more than predefined locations for usb OTG if connected. I would think that we all SHOULD have the same structure setup for our storage (sdcard0=internal storage and extsdcard=external sd card) if we updated correctly.
It reminds me of "My Computer" on your PC. It too shows all your drives and the placeholders also for your flash memory.
Yes. I know you're going to tell me to use the search or google, etc. But believe me when I say I have tried a lot already.
I'm getting this error when I try to install or update almost every APK on my Android. SOME will install or update and I can tell you there's nothing to do with file size. The storages seem to have plenty of free space, apps install smoothly when I factory reset my phone, but after a few days I start getting this annoying error.
I'm running the latest Nightly build from CyanogemMod for LG p720h (Yea, it's not stable and I know I should expect some... erm... bugs). It's Android 4.1.2.
I know the Internal Storage is emulated and have tried many many many fixes I found in this very forum and all over the internet. I'm a game developer so I know a few things about adb shell/logcats but couldn't find/understand anything analizing those during an APK install. I can provide logs, etc.
Can anyone help me find out how to solve this problem? Any idea of what's going on?
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Yes. I know you're going to tell me to use the search or google, etc. But believe me when I say I have tried a lot already.
I'm getting this error when I try to install or update almost every APK on my Android. SOME will install or update and I can tell you there's nothing to do with file size. The storages seem to have plenty of free space, apps install smoothly when I factory reset my phone, but after a few days I start getting this annoying error.
I'm running the latest Nightly build from CyanogemMod for LG p720h (Yea, it's not stable and I know I should expect some... erm... bugs). It's Android 4.1.2.
I know the Internal Storage is emulated and have tried many many many fixes I found in this very forum and all over the internet. I'm a game developer so I know a few things about adb shell/logcats but couldn't find/understand anything analizing those during an APK install. I can provide logs, etc.
Can anyone help me find out how to solve this problem? Any idea of what's going on?
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Is because your phone doesn't have enough ram(storage for apps) to hold those apps. If you have an sd card you can use AppMgr III (App 2 SD):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd
You can move apps to either internal or external storage
Maurice5813 said:
Is because your phone doesn't have enough ram(storage for apps) to hold those apps. If you have an sd card you can use AppMgr III (App 2 SD):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.a0soft.gphone.app2sd
You can move apps to either internal or external storage
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I was able to install this app but it didn't work, it says the primary external storage is emulated. The Storage manager says it has 548mb free space on my internal storage which should be plenty.
And even if I uninstall an app 50mb big I can't install other apps, even if they're 1MB or less. I don't think it has anything to do with "real" available storage.
LexHax said:
I was able to install this app but it didn't work, it says the primary external storage is emulated. The Storage manager says it has 548mb free space on my internal storage which should be plenty.
And even if I uninstall an app 50mb big I can't install other apps, even if they're 1MB or less. I don't think it has anything to do with "real" available storage.
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apps don't use internal storage, they use a partition inside the internal, which is why you dont get all the storage on the box.
Maurice5813 said:
apps don't use internal storage, they use a partition inside the internal, which is why you dont get all the storage on the box.
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So, how I check how big is this partition and what files are there so I can move them and free some space?
Edit: Found the df command and got this:
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LexHax said:
So, how I check how big is this partition and what files are there so I can move them and free some space?
Edit: Found the df command and got this:
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the app tells you what you can and can't
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the app tells you what you can and can't
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It's not working for me, any better idea for debugging this problem?
It's not related to log files too, I can't even find the log folders.