When I save pictures to the internal memory, it takes about 2 seconds. When I use the Storage Card, it takes 30 seconds+. Using 1m setting.
Is this normal or do I have a very slow storage card?
ps. I did search and read the wiki.
!!Solved!! See post #5
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Someone must know something about this.
More info needed
If you provide further info it'll enable an informed response. What are the details of your card? How does it perform when in its USB card reader? Have you wiped it and repartitioned/reformatted it? Have you tried any other cards in your Kaiser and if so how did that go. My camera takes nowhere near 30 seconds to save even max resolution pics to either my 6 GB or 16 GB Sandisk cards so something is not right.
***Edit*** Glad you solved it. I take the lesson from this to be, if any additional software has been installed and/or configured (which it's important to divulge), get rid of those changes before testing again. Perhaps the transfers are to fast for the card to handle so it's having to send the file multiple times before it's finally received without any data being lost? Not sure how this works, just a guess.
hi
try this,
after turning the camera on, turn the the screen off using the on-off button for about 5 sec. after you turn it on, the camera will be much faster!
I use 3 mexapix and it lags 2 to 3 sec.
Problem is a setting in Tweaks2K2
I found the problem was a setting in Tweaks2K2.
The setting is here:
System Tricks
System Tricks
Collection 5
Speed up sd/mmc transfer rate [Do not check this!]
If this is checked, my SD card gets really slow. It is supposed to increase the transfer block size and speed up the SD card but on mine it slows the card down badly.
After I unchecked this, a 3 mega pixal picture saves in a fraction of a second.
neely30188 said:
I found the problem was a setting in Tweaks2K2.
The setting is here:
System Tricks
System Tricks
Collection 5
Speed up sd/mmc transfer rate [Do not check this!]
If this is checked, my SD card gets really slow. It is supposed to increase the transfer block size and speed up the SD card but on mine it slows the card down badly.
After I unchecked this, a 3 mega pixal picture saves in a fraction of a second.
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Never heard of that utility.. Does this also appear in Schnaps Advanced Config?
khaytsus said:
Never heard of that utility.. Does this also appear in Schnaps Advanced Config?
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I do not see it in Advanced Config or Kaiser tweak, only in 2K2.
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Hey guys,
Just a general question here. I always installed my programs on the storage card and never the device whenever I had the option but then I wondered is there a difference in terms of speed or anything? Are there certain programs I should be installing on the device and not storage card?
I did a search and didnt find anything.
Thanks
I dont think speed is the problem. I have never encountered any noticeable difference in speed. But I certainly had some stability problems with apps installed onto storage card.
altae said:
I dont think speed is the problem. I have never encountered any noticeable difference in speed. But I certainly had some stability problems with apps installed onto storage card.
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Most of the time the read/write speed from storage card is sufficient to make the app run well from the storage card.
But because the storage card is controlled by a driver the stability can be a problem. I've heard from several sources that an on the storage card installed program running in the background can cause SoD's.
storage card is better for "storage" as applications use the main board memory better...
hmm ok, ill keep that in mind.
My xperia is randomly shutting down by itself for no reason, so Im wondering if thats a problem.
Ill just have it in my pocket and when I press the power button, instead of coming out of standby, it actually starts up.
Sometimes too when it starts up and it shows the sony ericsson screen it will just shut off there too.
Generally I recommend you the following: Don't install system relevant programs onto your storage card. By system relevant I mean all programs that are autostarted or otherwise associated with the os. For example today plugins, programs that replace certain native applictations like messaging etc, task managers...
By following those rules I have no problems at all with unstable applications.
when in suspended mode sd interface is turned off so programs running from there will not run
I've noticed that my G1 (Running CM6) tends to run out of RAM fairly often, I was thinking maybe having swap space might help me a bit with this, however I only have a Class 2 SDHC Card (16GB), would I see any performance increment or should I just wait until I can afford a much faster one? (eg. The Kingston Class 10 one)
I would suggest to use no swap at all ... if RAM is too low, try to enable compcache it will help you probably a bit. I noticed a massive performance drop when enabling swap on CM6.
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Swap and CM5/6 don't get along. The memory killer in the kernel thinks that swap is actually free RAM and keeps more things open, stopping tasks from being killed at all. If you want to use swap, I recommend you use a donut/cupcake/hero rom that uses a different kernel so that things don't get down to a screeching halt. And anyways, the fastest speed I have ever seen my phone write something from my computer to the phone via USB is 2.7mb/s, compared with 6-12mb/s I get from an sdcard reader. That means that even when your phone is writing at top speed, it is just barely far from the 2mb/s write speed guaranteed by a class 2. You will definately see better performance with swap on a class 4, but anything higher won't benefit your phone much at all, unless you regularly transfer large amounts of files to your memery card via a card reader.
AndDiSa said:
I would suggest to use no swap at all ... if RAM is too low, try to enable compcache it will help you probably a bit. I noticed a massive performance drop when enabling swap on CM6.
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Compcache didn't improve performance at all, for me at least.
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Swap and CM5/6 don't get along. The memory killer in the kernel thinks that swap is actually free RAM and keeps more things open, stopping tasks from being killed at all. If you want to use swap, I recommend you use a donut/cupcake/hero rom that uses a different kernel so that things don't get down to a screeching halt. And anyways, the fastest speed I have ever seen my phone write something from my computer to the phone via USB is 2.7mb/s, compared with 6-12mb/s I get from an sdcard reader. That means that even when your phone is writing at top speed, it is just barely far from the 2mb/s write speed guaranteed by a class 2. You will definately see better performance with swap on a class 4, but anything higher won't benefit your phone much at all, unless you regularly transfer large amounts of files to your memery card via a card reader.
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What if I have a task killer app? Because running out of RAM is just as bad as having too much running...I don't have many apps as I only keep what I actually use as well.
I have to ask, what are you seeing as the symptom of "running out of ram" the system will always use all ram so it will always have nearly none free.
By this I of course mean what is taking forever from you the end users perspective.. from there we can tweek in the right direction or work on making the phone prioritize what is needed to be useful.
Many times people put tons of swap only to find the the problem application is still removed from ram/swap due to configuration and the system is even slower with swap.
Also before enabling swap try the settings -> adw -> system -> system persistent is enabled. (Or equivalent on other launchers)
If you really want to try swap, it wont be fast but in very little amounts
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I have to ask, what are you seeing as the symptom of "running out of ram" the system will always use all ram so it will always have nearly none free.
By this I of course mean what is taking forever from you the end users perspective.. from there we can tweek in the right direction or work on making the phone prioritize what is needed to be useful.
Many times people put tons of swap only to find the the problem application is still removed from ram/swap due to configuration and the system is even slower with swap.
Also before enabling swap try the settings -> adw -> system -> system persistent is enabled. (Or equivalent on other launchers)
If you really want to try swap, it wont be fast but in very little amounts
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Well, if I have MSN Talk open, the home screen tends to fall out of memory (Yeah, I have System persistent enabled) and Messaging is extremely slow (To the point where a letter appears a good second after I press the key), it's that kind of thing when I run certain programs, it makes it hard to have stuff like JuiceDefender running because I always run out of RAM even just running the Speedtest app then.
I was wondering if anyone else is having this problem, my OB seems to freeze 9 out 10 times I try to record something, everything's stock and I haven't changed anything, using adw launcher and whenever I press the record button, it freezes and the timer stays at 0.00 and about a minute later it would skip to 1.00 and the video would be recorded with major stutters and off sync sounds, I'd have to perform a battery pull sometimes as it does not respond to anything at all. Using a class 10 Transcend 16 GB sd and I have formatted the card through the phone but the problem's still there. The problem comes and goes and it seems to work best when I allow it to focus before recording but this does not work most of the time.
Edit: Only happens in 720p mode... Other than that, everything's fine...
Same thing also hapening on my device
Might be related to your actual SD card. Any chance you can get a spare card for a couple of days (even if it is a lower-class one) and try out the recording function? this way you could safely say if it is the card or the phone causing the issue (process of elimination)
Im having this problem too, and i use class 10 card
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Try to upgrade the V10X version.
Figured something out, formatted my sd with SD formatter and recorded 3 720p 5 minute videos, smooth without stuttering... And the issue seems to be gone for now... Hope it stays this way... Also, back up any stuff in the card and once it's done formatting, take a pic to let android create the necessary files and copy everything apart from the files created... You can keep your apps and files this way... If you need to have pics in your phone, just put them anywhere but the DCIM folder... I don't know if this has anything to do with the problem at all but that's what I did... Hope this helps
XDA doesn't let me post outside links lol... New user here...
Just search for SD Formatter 3.0 from sdcard.org...
Hi all, and Happy New Year.
Let me explain the problem. I got 8 GB memory card Class 4. My phone is rooted with Froyo Pro v1.1. Before that i was with 2.2.9 CM Floyo v0.25. Everything works fine in the start. My memory card is full at 50%. Music and videos general. I've downloaded a few apps like no more than 15 and moved them to SD. And everything start to work slow. I am with included Launcher Pro. When I connect my phone to the computer to transfer files, when i disconnect the phone I am waiting for about a minute for the phone to mount the SD card and usually i get Force Close for the Launcher. My browser works slow, almost impossible to browse normaly. When I restart the phone usury I get force close for the launcher and wait for 2 minutes to boot after I enter my PIN code. I keep internal memory with about 100MB free space and ram memory between 30 - 50 mb. But still no difference. Yesterday I unmounted the SD card and browser everything increased it speed more than 50%. Like I just installed the ROM. Mounting the SD card bring the slow situation. So any ideas is this normal or should do something.
u can try this...
format sdcard..(don't perform quick format)FAT32
then try to see what happen (on phone)
if the speed good , now move slowly your files (I mean one folder by one folder)
ie: move picture folder and test...then move song then test...
until u find where the problem came..
Hi there. You know, something interesting happened. Iv'e made some changes in the Build.prob, for some other reason, rebooted the phone, and now it work noticeable better. I don't know what I did, just change some values for manifacture phone model bring them to stock values, nothing special. I put it to the test and it works fine. I will test it next days and I will post if it keep working that way. Even astro refreshes folder in a instance. Mystery at all
Mine was 8 GB, and works fine... Sometimes showed SD Card damage on status bar. I didn't worry just need to restart.
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Hi all,
Here's a odd little issue I was wondering whether anyone else was experiencing. I'm running MIUI 1.12.30 and I recently bought a new Micro SDCard for my IncS. Thing is, since installing the SDCard, the phone has been slow to wake from standby - you press the power button to switch the screen on and it takes a few seconds (sometimes up to ten) for the phone to return to its normal responsiveness. Until that point, the phone lags noticeably. This can vary, sometimes you can leave the phone for 1/2 hour and it's fine, other times you leave it for a few minutes and it's laggy.
Anyone else have this issue?
I know miui is fast rom but it is weekly updated n buggy..use niks 3.0 rom..smooth like a g6!
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McIero said:
I know miui is fast rom but it is weekly updated n buggy..use niks 3.0 rom..smooth like a g6!
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I had no problems with the ROM prior to installing the new SDCard, and I've been using it for a while now.
What class sd card is it? If it has a low read write speed that would be your culprit as certain apps installed to sd card might be lagging you out.
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What class sd card is it? If it has a low read write speed that would be your culprit as certain apps installed to sd card might be lagging you out.
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Class 4. Not sure how fast that is, really...?
Out of curiosity why would installing an app to the SDCard cause the phone to lag when unlocked? Wouldn't it lag all the time, or is that not how it works?
Well class 4 and 6 have a read write at about 4mbs while the class 10 that came with your phone is running at approx 10mbs. Roms use system folders undr the android directory on your sd card to log information and most of your google apps are located there as well. I'm not exactly sure all that is stored on your sd card all I know is it effects Rom speed.
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Well class 4 and 6 have a read write at about 4mbs while the class 10 that came with your phone is running at approx 10mbs. Roms use system folders undr the android directory on your sd card to log information and most of your google apps are located there as well. I'm not exactly sure all that is stored on your sd card all I know is it effects Rom speed.
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I don't have it to hand to check, but I'm pretty sure that the sdcard that came with my phone was a class four or six. I'm pretty certain it wasn't a class 10.
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I don't have it to hand to check, but I'm pretty sure that the sdcard that came with my phone was a class four or six. I'm pretty certain it wasn't a class 10.
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I have miui 1.12.30 and 32g class 4 sandisk card, with no problem. It sounds like your SD card is not working as fast/stable as it should be. What brand is your card and where you bought it? It may not be a genuine class 4 I guess.
By the way, regarding class 10 SD card, I would not recommend it cos most of the class 10 card is built based on the sacrifice of random read/write speed to achieve fasting large file access rate. In other words, while you may find copying music, photos to/from SD card becomes faster, but loading game will be much slower which determined by random read/write speed.
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h.han said:
I have miui 1.12.30 and 32g class 4 sandisk card, with no problem. It sounds like your SD card is not working as fast/stable as it should be. What brand is your card and where you bought it? It may not be a genuine class 4 I guess.
By the way, regarding class 10 SD card, I would not recommend it cos most of the class 10 card is built based on the sacrifice of random read/write speed to achieve fasting large file access rate. In other words, while you may find copying music, photos to/from SD card becomes faster, but loading game will be much slower which determined by random read/write speed.
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It's a SanDisk, I brought it from Amazon Marketplace. To be honest, a dodgy SDCard was going through my head to. Damn.
I've head that about Class 10 cards, actually. Was probably going to stick with the Class 4.
Accidental space filler
CyanideJack said:
I don't have it to hand to check, but I'm pretty sure that the sdcard that came with my phone was a class four or six. I'm pretty certain it wasn't a class 10.
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Yeah I dunno dude thought mine was but I could be wrong, I can guarantee you anything higher than a 4 will perform better than a 4.
If your really concerned weather or not its your SD card you could duplicate them and see what happens with each.
Read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1150369
You might change your mind. Basically depends on what you store on your card you might need to choose lower class card. Bigger does not always mean better.
I can't comment on amazon, but I had a lot of trouble with counterfeit 32gb microsd cards off ebay.
The cards would appear the right brand and speed, and would be formatted to appear as 32gb, even though the actual size would be far less (512mb etc). Cards would "work" as expected, until you start writing data to the part that doesn't exist.
Try formatting the card and/or speed testing it on a pc to know for sure.
CyanideJack said:
Hi all,
Here's a odd little issue I was wondering whether anyone else was experiencing. I'm running MIUI 1.12.30 and I recently bought a new Micro SDCard for my IncS. Thing is, since installing the SDCard, the phone has been slow to wake from standby - you press the power button to switch the screen on and it takes a few seconds (sometimes up to ten) for the phone to return to its normal responsiveness. Until that point, the phone lags noticeably. This can vary, sometimes you can leave the phone for 1/2 hour and it's fine, other times you leave it for a few minutes and it's laggy.
Anyone else have this issue?
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as said, just make sure none of the apps that you run in the background are on SD card, maybe youve moved your lockscreen or home app to SD card by mistake if you arent using the stock MIUI one?
i never put anything on SD card that i use on a regular basis or want access to quickly
Well, incase anyone is remotely interested I bought another SDCard from Amazon, but this time from Amazon.co.uk, rather than from a seller. Not only does it look more legit, but the issue with the lag upon wake seems to have gone.
Looks like the issue was the SDCard being a dodgey one.