Is the fact that I have a class 2 sd card with apps2sd slowing me down so much that games like papijump or abduction are slow and unplayable? same thing with my desktop and the touch screen.
i'm rooted running CM 3.9.7 or whatever the newest is.
When I re-flash it seems to be fast again. I'm just trying to figure out whats causing my phone to lag on this fast rom.
I'm running ext 3 and no swap file.
More then likely..
Ya id say the a2sd on a class 2 is probably gonna bog the crap out of your phone. The reason people recommend a class 6 is because of the speed. Class 2 just cant move data fast enough to keep up. Get a class 6 or keep the apps on the phone.
Also this is just my theory. I could be wrong.
Yep class 2 you will experience lag. Get a class 6 they only $15 on newegg for a 8 gig.
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Hey Guys,
Was running CM 5.08 on my Dream.
My class 4 memory card died.
My class 6 memory card is still on its way (shipping).
(don't know when I'll be getting it).
In the meantime. I'll be running on the class 2 mem card that the phone ships with.
Any suggestions on what rom I should be running?
(probably won't want to be running APPS2SD or Swap)
So probably want to run a rom that's nice, trim and snappy.
rubensun said:
Hey Guys,
Was running CM 5.08 on my Dream.
My class 4 memory card died.
My class 6 memory card is still on its way (shipping).
(don't know when I'll be getting it).
In the meantime. I'll be running on the class 2 mem card that the phone ships with.
Any suggestions on what rom I should be running?
(probably won't want to be running APPS2SD or Swap)
So probably want to run a rom that's nice, trim and snappy.
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Take your pick. You shouldn't be using swap anyways. Apps2sd won't hurt -- it'll just *might* run external applications slower than they would internally. Note that the SDCARD's CLASS is not an indication of its MAXIMUM speed -- it is an indication of its MINIMUM speed. A lot of C2 cards are actually FASTER than a lot of C6 cards.
thanks for your response.
speak of the devil.
my new transcend memory card just came in the mail.
Still would be a good thing to know for future's sake.
Is it true, that I shouldn't be running swap? What does that mean? Feel like most people run their Dream / G1s with swap.
Just wanted to drop in and tell everyone about the sd card I bought.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...zFgKt7nRXQb%2Bai8%3D&viewitem=#ht_1136wt_1139
Speed is awesome. I can restore an image from recovery almost 5x faster than the stock card. My hero seems twice as fast just doing day to day stuff. I can't believe I didn't do this sooner. I had no idea that the system depends so much on the sd card.
FYI, stock card is class 2 (read 2MB/s). This is class 10 (10MB/s). 8GB is platy for me and you can't beat $17.99 free shipping. I'm getting one more for my wife's intercept.
BTW, incase the listing is gone in the future this was:
Patriot LX (Class 10) 8GB MicroSDHC Flash Memory Card
ASIN: B003SX0OU2
Item model number: PSF4GMCSDHC10
Tested and worked on CDMA HERO under CM6 nightly 87
Nice find, I paid $23 for a 8 gig class 6 just last week. You are right about the speed improvement, I was running a 4 gig class 4 before and I can tell the difference!
cordell12 said:
Nice find, I paid $23 for a 8 gig class 6 just last week. You are right about the speed improvement, I was running a 4 gig class 4 before and I can tell the difference!
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This card is amazing! I finally found out why it took so long for the phone to start ringing when the call was coming through. Guess what... I had the ringtone downloaded on the damn stock slow-ass class 2 sd card which took forever to load the sound LOL.
I wonder how many people are having lag issues with their hero not realizing this sd card limit problem.
Hmm I'm debating getting a Class 10 16GB but I might just disable A2SD since I'm pretty sure that the internal memory is faster than a class 2 microSD card.
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Hmm I'm debating getting a Class 10 16GB but I might just disable A2SD since I'm pretty sure that the internal memory is faster than a class 2 microSD card.
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Yeah, for sure it is. But I don't run apps2sd even on this new class 10 card simply because cm6 has plenty of room for me and it's froyo 2.2 so I can move each app to sd individually. However, ringtones are downloaded to sd (wherever you get them from) and when selected as a ringtone in the main system they are not moved to memory anywhere. They still are executed from the sd card.
Just bought this card from newegg. It was a bit more money but I couldn't find it listed on eBay.
Sent from my Hero running Froyo. Boom.
Do you think class 10 or class 6 is better for speed?
Pwn3d said:
Do you think class 10 or class 6 is better for speed?
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The higher the class, the higher the speed.
The Hero only recognizes up to class 6. If you buy a class 10 sd, it will work, but you'll have the same speeds as a class6.
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The Hero only recognizes up to class 6. If you buy a class 10 sd, it will work, but you'll have the same speeds as a class6.
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Really? Good thing I bought an 8gb class 6 instead of a class 10 last night. Haha.. I can't wait though, I get it in about three more days, and paid only $15 with free shipping from ebay. That's good enough for me.
HeroMeng said:
The Hero only recognizes up to class 6. If you buy a class 10 sd, it will work, but you'll have the same speeds as a class6.
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When I'm hooked up to the PC and writing to the card it barely gets over 4 mega bytes/s but when I read from it it caps out at exactly 10 mega bytes/s.
I'm not sure where you are getting your info from but all I'm saying this is what's happening as far as I can tell.
Hmmm... I just thought about that. Between the PC and the hero it should read whatever the class is but not necessarily between the SD and hero itself. I'll have to download the app to test sd speed and see.
Tried 'sd card speed tester' from the market?
obsanity said:
When I'm hooked up to the PC and writing to the card it barely gets over 4 mega bytes/s but when I read from it it caps out at exactly 10 mega bytes/s.
I'm not sure where you are getting your info from but all I'm saying this is what's happening as far as I can tell.
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Cool I just got a 8GB class 6 with Deca's stable #6 kernel and its so fast
Well... it just died on me!!! Along with all my data on it.
The thing will not respond at all. I might as well be putting my fingernail in the slot. I tried other cards, they mount just fine. I also tried my laptop and still no go.
Patriot memory sucks
Now that I was forced to switch back to the old card I'm getting awesome battery on my phone. I think that card may have been going bad for a while and maybe the phone never went to sleep because it kept trying to mount it. I know the few days before if died it kept dismounting it and I had to rensert it to mount.
Just an observation that battery life could be also related to your card.
Whats the max gigs a hero can hold?
Sent from my htc darkhorse superhero running AOSP GB
I bought a Patriot class 10 16 gb on april 3, it died on april 19th.
Strifehart said:
Whats the max gigs a hero can hold?
Sent from my htc darkhorse superhero running AOSP GB
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The max is 32gb
I bought a Patriot 4GB class 10th micro SD card for my Hero. I was transfering music to my phone and I noticed it was only going a little above 2 MB/s. I thought that was a little slow so I ran CrystalMark benchmark and got the same result write speed.
To make sure it wasn't my phone, I put the class 10 card in my girlfriends completely stock hero and got the
same exact results. The stock card gets more than double write speed.
Now, taking these cards out of the hero and using a adapter and inserting it into my laptop, results are much better. The class 10 card is outperforming the stock card by nearly double.
Anyone know what's going on?
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
HeroMeng said:
The Hero only recognizes up to class 6. If you buy a class 10 sd, it will work, but you'll have the same speeds as a class6.
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This would be my guess. I'm assuming your stock was a class 6?
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I'm not sure what my stock SD card is but people claim the stock card is class 2, though mines performs like a class 6.
if the Hero only supports up to class 6, does that mean a class 10 will perform slower than a 6.
I rooted and installed nfinite's .7 ROM on my girlfriends hero. Our phones are now identical except for the SD card. While transferring music back to her phone, I noticed it was going even slower than mines, around 1.85 MB/s. Looks like it's the ROM causing the speed issue, hmm.
shilent said:
I'm not sure what my stock SD card is but people claim the stock card is class 2, though mines performs like a class 6.
if the Hero only supports up to class 6, does that mean a class 10 will perform slower than a 6.
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The stock 2gb card that came in my hero was a class 2, and my hero was purchased a week before the evo came out. I put a class 4 8gb card in the phone and it runs fine... I was going to purchase a class 10, but I'm glad I didn't now.
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The stock 2gb card that came in my hero was a class 2, and my hero was purchased a week before the evo came out. I put a class 4 8gb card in the phone and it runs fine... I was going to purchase a class 10, but I'm glad I didn't now.
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Just to be clear, it was the ROM which was causing slow SD card performance. I'm now using aospMod and I'm getting nearly 6 MB/s write speed.
Just picked up my NC at Best Buy about and hour ago. I have it at home charging and I'm going to go get a couple of MicroSD cards.
Should I go for the Class 10, or is Class 4/6 fast enough?
Unless your running something from the SD card then I'd recomend at least a class 6, you'll get around 11mb/s writing time, otherwise both the ROMs for the nook (Honeycomb & Nookie Froyo) both support installation to the emmc, you can just flash them to your system with Clockwork Recovery.
tldr; if you can find a class 6 or higher for cheap (I got an 8gb class 6 for $12 off amazon) get it, if not you'll be fine with anything truly now.
I am currently using a Class 4 8gb, and have no trouble running apps or even Froyo off the SD card,
Basically if you are just using the SD for apps or holding data, anything should work i would recommend at least class 4 or better, if you are going to be running the a custom rom off the SD while some class4 will work well. I would still recommend class 6 or class 10, Faster is always better.
Posting this from my new NC!
I stopped by Frys Electronics after dinner and picked up two Patriot 8GB Class 10 MicroSD cards. Getting to know the Nook a little before I root and start with the custom ROMs. Gonna load Froyo on one card and Honeycomb on the other so I can try out both flavors and see which one I like better.
currently i'm using a class 6 8GB card but i'm thinking of upgrading to a 16GB.
however, all the 16GB cards i see are class 2. now i got the class 6 because i was using apps2ext on CM5 and 6, but since i'm getting a tablet, and more and more apps are getting froyo apps2sd support i'm not going to need apps2ext anymore.
So i'm just wondering if dropping from a class 6 to a class 2 will have any effect on the way froyo handles apps2sd.
Frankly the froyo apps2sd is pretty bad. It does save some space, but in the end it's a game trying to uninstall this to add that. I have a class 4 and can't tell any difference in speed with apps2ext, even with dalvic2sd.