Hey guys, I'm new to this forum so forgive me if I seem a bit nooby.
I've been hacking and modding my phone for about a year now and lately I've come across roms that are just massively laggy and I think it may be due to the fact that they install system data on the SD Card's ext4 partion, I've got a Class 4, 16 GB SD Card and I'm thinking due to it being class 4 it's causing the lag.
The partion is 1 GB and the rom's I've installed and noticed mass lag on are:
-The Myth 3
-M'Rage
-Wp7 Gamerz Edition.
Basically I'm wondering if anyone has an idea on how or why I might be lagging so much when I use this rom? Thanks!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2162273 install this with SD-Ext script no lags, fast, Its CM7
Scripts like INT2EXT4+ causes major lagg for low-end devices like the Ace (I consider Ace as a low-end device nowadays).
Try getting a class 10 memory card, that may solve your problem!
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Hello Friends,
Wanted to ask you all if Class2 Sd Card is suggested for app2sd.
The whole reason of buying a 8GB SD Card was to use apps2sd.
But after buying i realized its a class 2 and when I flashed Dwang-v1.11 ROM my G1 is running very smooth.
The latest v of Dwang has apps2sd.
This post is to confirm my understanding and create awareness about the Class 2,class 4 and class 6 SD Card.
Thanks in advanced as I have always got amazing response from all u guys.
Class 6 is recommended.
Yep Class 6 all the way.
The class of an sdcard is a measure of the *minimum* performance.
Not the maximum.
A real good class 2 card can be faster than a bad class 6.
Or, it could be relative to chip yields. Basically, not all chips produced will be exactly identical, some may just happen to work faster than others.
In other words, a lucky class 2 card is fine. The recommended minimum of class 6 increases the CHANCES of having a good experience with it.
I also have a class 2 card, 16gb. All normal Android roms run great with it, but don't even think about running Hero. Your phone is so slow, it's unusable. No problem with any of Cyanogen's roms.
I used an 8GB class 2 w/ apps on ext2 for ages, didn't have any issues. The performance wasn't noticably different when upgrading to an 8GB class 6 w/ ext3. You'll be fine.
Any way to turn off the apps 2 sd on Cyanogen's mod
Hello,
I just flashed my phone with the latest Cyanogen's mod 4.2.14.1 and experiencing a lot of lag while opening any application.
Even the dialer gets stuck, messaging is getting stuck.
It would be great if the apps run on the rom rather then through the sd card till I get a class 6.
Any help is highly appreciated, as I have started avoiding making calls from my G1 due to the lag.
Else suggest a better ROM if there is no easy solution to turning off apps2sd
Worst Class 2
AdrianK said:
I used an 8GB class 2 w/ apps on ext2 for ages, didn't have any issues. The performance wasn't noticably different when upgrading to an 8GB class 6 w/ ext3. You'll be fine.
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Hi AdrianK,
Thanks for sharing your experience but may be i got the worst quality of class-2 mmc as mentioned by lbcode, which might be causing this problem.
The class of an sdcard is a measure of the *minimum* performance.
Not the maximum.
A real good class 2 card can be faster than a bad class 6.
Or, it could be relative to chip yields. Basically, not all chips produced will be exactly identical, some may just happen to work faster than others.
In other words, a lucky class 2 card is fine. The recommended minimum of class 6 increases the CHANCES of having a good experience with it.
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-Chinmay
The system applications are stored on the ROM, not on the SD card.
chinmayfun said:
Hello,
I just flashed my phone with the latest Cyanogen's mod 4.2.14.1 and experiencing a lot of lag while opening any application.
Even the dialer gets stuck, messaging is getting stuck.
It would be great if the apps run on the rom rather then through the sd card till I get a class 6.
Any help is highly appreciated, as I have started avoiding making calls from my G1 due to the lag.
Else suggest a better ROM if there is no easy solution to turning off apps2sd
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Most roms now, if you don't have an EXT partition, will skip apps2sd.
thanks
Hey thanks will try removing my ext partitions...
Thanks a lot for the help friends
Heya Guys,
I'm completely new to SGS and Android in general
Bought my SGS a Week ago and im quite satisfied with it so far. ( Got almost stock froyo -- TouchWizGTG launcher and a voodo lagfix )
I wonder now, if there is a major speed improvement with a class 10 microSD Card with the the SGS over the class 6 card. Is the device even capable to handle a class 10 card and is it worth the buy, will it reduce lags? oO
Well, thank you in advance \o/
The speed of the microsd won't affect your system speed, because no critical files are placed on it.. (long time ago there was a lag fix that moved stuff to sd, but the newer ones don't do that).
The only difference would be reading/writing to the SD, and unless you're going to be doing stuff like high res video recording to the sd or something, I really don't think it matters.
The internal SD card is class 6 or so btw, and it works fine. You probably won't notice a difference.
i have my external SD card at class 4, 16 gb, no problems seen in terms of read / write speed.
Oh! Thanks for the fast answers!
Think I will buy a class 6 then. Thank you very much! U saved me alot of money
Lets face the facts guys. Our Galaxy Ace has very little RAM as compared to other devices currently on the market. Switching between apps is a pain in the ****. So I would like to ask is SWAP really useless as concluded by some members or its good for the phone. You can also list out experience with using SWAP & what kind of brand and class of microSD card you use here. I now personally do not use SWAP but I did b4, I have a class 4 32GB transcend microSD card that comes with life time warranty (I purposely put the warranty so I can also ward off those whom say it may wear out the card etc, what I want to find out is PERFORMANCE)
I search all over xda and all I got was some bits and pieces of answers here and there so was hoping to conclude everything right here in one place.
it makes the phone reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally slow. Happened to me.
it depends on ur swappiness setting (0~100)
set to 0 will disable swapping
set to 100 will make the system keep making cache and store them into your swap partition
*well, i'm still a noob, so just take my answer as a reference and if u want to know them more clearly, then ask uncle google
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btw, too large linux swap partition is not needed, 32mb /64 mb will be enough for galaxy ace
If you use a lot of multitasking, swap will allow you to keep the apps data in memory for longer (no more reloading old web pages when browsing through lots of Windows)
It WILL SLOW DOWN YOUR PHONE, always (even with class 10 SD cards). The swap's new ram is much slower to read/write to SD card than the ram in your internal memory.
Swap will eat through your SD card and wear it out much faster. This isn't so bad with a life warranty and considering the low prices of SD cards. It's a pain in the nuts though, if you don't keep a regular backup of your SD card when the day it dies arrives.
I tried Swap with a class 4 SD Card, not really useful, so, I removed. You will try it if you have a class 10 SD
thanks for the reply guys
I would recommend swap only if you are a gamer. It will smooth out some games like nova or bia 2 or dead space or mass effect 3. Not saying that it will make the game lag free but it helps
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here for some informations:
http://zerocredibility.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/why-android-swap-doesnt-make-sense/
ps. read the comments too
Hello everyone,
I need ur help. many games like PES12, FIFA12, real football 11 etc. are running very slowly on my ace. on my friend's ace they run smoothly.
i want to knw is there any problem with my phones hardware or something? plzz help
i hv tried many ROMs bt aftr installing any ROM my phone becomes even more slow :crying:
ace-cfc said:
Hello everyone,
I need ur help. many games like PES12, FIFA12, real football 11 etc. are running very slowly on my ace. on my friend's ace they run smoothly.
i want to knw is there any problem with my phones hardware or something? plzz help
i hv tried many ROMs bt aftr installing any ROM my phone becomes even more slow :crying:
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Even with same hardware phones might show different performance. Depends a lot on how many apps you got installed and how many use background processes.
Your friend might have a higher speed sdcard than you, which makes a big difference. The fastest sdcards are class 10.
You can also try overclocking (not really recommended).
Try Over Clocking. Well not above 921 for sure.
CM Based ROMs overclock well. and stock roms give stability.
They're plenty of roms, go check out the forums. Then just keep a nandroid backup and try which one suits your ace.
One more thing,
Try downloading chainfire 3d and look for the nvidia plugin.
And install the nvidia plugin.
And also download swapper
and set size to 512mb.
That makes the games run smooth.
BTW, I like Pes more than Fifa, coz fifa doesn't have good graphics on ace. it needs to be resized.
masterex567 said:
Try Over Clocking. Well not above 921 for sure.
CM Based ROMs overclock well. and stock roms give stability.
They're plenty of roms, go check out the forums. Then just keep a nandroid backup and try which one suits your ace.
One more thing,
Try downloading chainfire 3d and look for the nvidia plugin.
And install the nvidia plugin.
And also download swapper
and set size to 512mb.
That makes the games run smooth.
BTW, I like Pes more than Fifa, coz fifa doesn't have good graphics on ace. it needs to be resized.
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thanx i'll gv it a try . can u suggest me some good ROMs with nice perfomance n battery?
dxppxd said:
Even with same hardware phones might show different performance. Depends a lot on how many apps you got installed and how many use background processes.
Your friend might have a higher speed sdcard than you, which makes a big difference. The fastest sdcards are class 10.
You can also try overclocking (not really recommended).
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well.. my friend has more apps n games than me .
i have a "8gb micro SD HC class-2" :/ .. is tht enough or i should buy anothr one??
ace-cfc said:
well.. my friend has more apps n games than me .
i have a "8gb micro SD HC class-2" :/ .. is tht enough or i should buy anothr one??
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That's it, your sd card is the slow one, most games install a bunch of files to the sdcard. Try getting class 6 and up and you'll see a good improvement on performance.
thanx got a SanDisk Ultra Mobile 8GB (Class 6) SD card and everything is fine now :good:
Hi !
I've already tried CM this summer (end of july) and I found it really nice but :
- The battery life was almost 2 times less long than stock
- The free space in storage was really small..
What about the speed now ? (i find .205 really fast and smooth)
Tristan25200 said:
Hi !
I've already tried CM this summer (end of july) and I found it really nice but :
- The battery life was almost 2 times less long than stock
- The free space in storage was really small..
What about the speed now ? (i find .205 really fast and smooth)
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What you should do is try out different kernels and find out the one which suits you the most.
Battery life depends on the way you use your phone. There are lots of stuff which you may not need that comes turned on with CM like NFC. Turning them off might give you a better battery life.
Underclocking,Undervolting,Using stable builds of CM are some of the things you can try
I'm using the rom of MrSteve555. It's smoother then stock .205/207. Battery is still an isue, but after the last update it seems to be it has less drain and there is now a fm radio.
Free space is no problem for me, i have a class 10 samsung sd card with 64GB. Btw... if you take a sd card i recommend a class 10, some other members got broken sd memory cards after a while, but class 10 will not be broken