[Q] Increasing Swap file (partition size) with CM 10.1 - Motorola Droid 3

Has anyone tried increasing their swap file size? I am sure there is a way for me to do this (it is a linux system). I was wondering if I could do this from SS3.05 or should I mess with the swapper app I just recently found? Thanks in advance.

Gilly Monster said:
Has anyone tried increasing their swap file size? I am sure there is a way for me to do this (it is a linux system). I was wondering if I could do this from SS3.05 or should I mess with the swapper app I just recently found? Thanks in advance.
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I made a swap partition on sd card and mounted it using init.d script, for the long run it would not help in terms of lag.
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lucize said:
I made a swap partition on sd card and mounted it using init.d script, for the long run it would not help in terms of lag.
regards
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So no gains really by doing this at all then. I notice CM 10.1 is rather laggy. CM 9 ran the best on this phone. As my D4 on the other hand it ran like a beast!!!!

yes, my D4 too, there is an alpha 4.3 for D3 it has some potential
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[Q] about s2e, darktremor, ungaze, link2sd, etc.

i know that we should all try out which seems to be best fitting for our own personal taste, but i just want to know if who uses what the most. so please, tell me: which rom you use and what you use to transfer apps to your partition because i have tried a lot of other scripts and apps, but i just can't seem to decide which is the best. thanks in advance if you would cooperate
I am on cm7.2RC5.2 and use 'link2sd' for linking apps to sd.
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I use CM7 RC5.5 with darktremor script and this script.
I'm using CM7 RC5.5 along with s2e.
everything works very well.
I have use s2e and darktremor both are good and working but i think darktremor is the better choise!! Havent try the both other!!
Notice: on s2e app do not sync automatic like weather etc. on darktremor no problem!!
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I use cm7.2 rc5.5 with latest link2sd.
Works flawless.
Used link2sd also on other roms. No problems there to.
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wtfshouldidonow said:
i know that we should all try out which seems to be best fitting for our own personal taste, but i just want to know if who uses what the most. so please, tell me: which rom you use and what you use to transfer apps to your partition because i have tried a lot of other scripts and apps, but i just can't seem to decide which is the best. thanks in advance if you would cooperate
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when i was on mini i used link2sd because it lets me choose which app to move and which to not
I see most of you use link2sd. But for those who use s2e, have you already experienced a time when you boot your sgm, you suddenly lose all your apps and you can't check or uncheck the Applications box?
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wtfshouldidonow said:
I see most of you use link2sd. But for those who use s2e, have you already experienced a time when you boot your sgm, you suddenly lose all your apps and you can't check or uncheck the Applications box?
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Did not experience this problem. Been using s2e for a long time. You can check the Application data by going to s2e settings and check Advance mode. Restart s2e, and you should be able to check it. But I think its impratical to move it to sd-ext. The developer had it default to not move it. I mean, what's the use of your internal memry if nothing's on it? Afaik, the developer chose not to move it since it needs a high I/O speed and internal mem best suits the requirement. It's only practical to move it if you have a class 10 sd card.. still its the users choice, so..
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A sd card class 10 certified is a must if you don't want to loose so much speed compared to internal memory.
Although reading speed is not that prob for many card, writing is the more important factor. There class 10 should give you best results.
You can also gain more speed setting a higher sd read ahead cache size. You can do it via an app (sd speed increase for example) or a rom which supports it (cm7 rc5.5 squadzone for example).
motorazrv3 said:
A sd card class 10 certified is a must if you don't want to loose so much speed compared to internal memory.
Although reading speed is not that prob for many card, writing is the more important factor. There class 10 should give you best results.
You can also gain more speed setting a higher sd read ahead cache size. You can do it via an app (sd speed increase for example) or a rom which supports it (cm7 rc5.5 squadzone for example).
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;-)) a good class 10 card coast almost as much as the mini ;-))
Class 6 or 8 is much enough i think for a low price android phone!!
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Use s2e
I use emanon V4 and i have try both of darktremor n s2e..maybe darktremor is better than s2e but i like to use s2e
Its not just you who experienced s2e corrupting the partition and destroying all partition data suddenly. It happened to me thrice and got me pissed like ****. Now I removed partition, formatted my 8 GB memory card. Flashed cm7 by subskype. Using the default cyanogen settings options to set default installation directory to external memory i.e memory card. Am done with this partition crap.
wtfshouldidonow said:
I see most of you use link2sd. But for those who use s2e, have you already experienced a time when you boot your sgm, you suddenly lose all your apps and you can't check or uncheck the Applications box?
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To everyone, thanks a lot for cooperating. I think I'd try s2e, link2sd, darktremor, and the move to sd card settings in cyanogenmod each in a week. Then I'll see which one I think is best.
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wtfshouldidonow said:
To everyone, thanks a lot for cooperating. I think I'd try s2e, link2sd, darktremor, and the move to sd card settings in cyanogenmod each in a week. Then I'll see which one I think is best.
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i think thats the best way to choose which script to use by using all of them

[Q] A2SD or Link2SD which is the best? ??

I think Link2SD is slow? ??
Any suggestions ...
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when its well configured and the partion is correctly mounted at startup it's really great and fast ...
Which one you suggest ...
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AnoopKumar said:
I think Link2SD is slow? ??
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When you say it is slow, you mean launching and using apps is slow? Or the linking/moving process?
I'm also thinking about using one of these 2 apps, so i'm interested in the answers you will get here
petrus425 said:
When you say it is slow, you mean launching and using apps is slow? Or the linking/moving process?
I'm also thinking about using one of these 2 apps, so i'm interested in the answers you will get here
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Yeah it's slow when I'm launching and using apps..
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AnoopKumar said:
Yeah it's slow when I'm launching and using apps..
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What class is your sdcard? It might be that the card itself is slow?
You have the same problem when you install apps directly on the sdcard?
Sorry to post more questions than answers, but I really wanted to try it, but if it slows down apps, maybe, I will try something else.
I'm using SanDisk 4 GB SDHC
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AnoopKumar said:
I'm using SanDisk 4 GB SDHC
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Ok, but do you which class it is?
It should be written inside a circle on your card.
Class 10 is really fast, for example. But if you have a class 4 card, or less, that could be what slows down apps.
Btw I prefer Link2SD because I can choose which apps can go to the SD Card
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petrus425 said:
Ok, but do you which class it is?
It should be written inside a circle on your card.
Class 10 is really fast, for example. But if you have a class 4 card, or less, that could be what slows down apps.
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Bro it's class 4
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AnoopKumar said:
Bro it's class 4
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Maybe that is why it is slower than on your internal memory.
Did you notice the same slow down when you simply move apps on SD, the "classic" way?
By the way, I installed Link2sd yesterday, with an ext4 partition on a class 10 card, and it seems to work fine for now.
Only weird thing I noticed : with the rom I use, link2sd was unable to install the mounting script if i selected ext4 as a partition type.
When I selected ext3, it worked. I read that some roms have trouble with ext4, and others with ext3, but I didn't think I could mount a ext4 formatted partition as an ext3.
I'm using link2sd with a class 10 sdcard and there still are no lags...Everything smooth and fast (Rom: CyanogenMod7.2 RC1 by vo-1 MIRACLE Edition V4)
Fly-High said:
I'm using link2sd with a class 10 sdcard and there still are no lags...Everything smooth and fast (Rom: CyanogenMod7.2 RC1 by vo-1 MIRACLE Edition V4)
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With this rom, what partition type did you use for link2sd? (ext3 or ext4?)
Thanks Devs..
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Link2SD
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1476121&highlight=link2sd
Thats what made me happy
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I think Link2SD is slow? ??
Any suggestions ...
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Link2sd is the best for me. I am using link2sd about 3 months and I can say that's the best. But if you dont think like that, you can try app2sd or s2e.
petrus425 said:
When I selected ext3, it worked. I read that some roms have trouble with ext4, and others with ext3, but I didn't think I could mount a ext4 formatted partition as an ext3.
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the rom itself change ext4 u made to ext3....
A little update.
After one day of use, I managed to have my sd-ext partition messed up.
It could only be mounted read-only.
I had to reinstall everything.
So maybe I will try some alternatives like a2sd.
For those who tried these apps, which partition type do you recommand? fat? ext2, 3, or 4?
I'm using Link2sd. DT A2SD is buggy to me. Link2sd works great on CM9 beta 8 with my Sandisk 8GB Micro SDHC Class 6
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petrus425 said:
With this rom, what partition type did you use for link2sd? (ext3 or ext4?)
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ext3...and it's still working like a charm

Script [AMARULLZ DATA TO SD-EXT(A2SDX)] Modified

To all who use AMARULLZ DATA TO SD-EXT(A2SDX) This is not my work! All credits go to "Amarullz" So please give him a thanks Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1310309
Biggest problem with the original script was that it swapped your internal memory with your ext. partition. Leaving your dalvik cache on your true internal memory. As time went by I noticed that the more apps I installed my true internal memory got smaller and smaller So I modified the script so that the dalvik cache also got moved to the ext. partition! Bye doing so, your only limitation to how many apps you can install depends on your ext. partition size!
Download Link : http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47295121/40ad2sdx-a2Recovery.zip
Installation:
1. Download attached zip copy to sd card
2. Boot into CWM > Mount System
3. Flash the zip file
4. Reboot system
5. Don't forget to hit"THANKS"
Note: Works best on newly flashed ROM's with no apps yet installed.
so, the conclusion is, yours is better than his script?
droidface said:
is this new version?
what's change?
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Nothings changed in the script, only the location of the dalvik cache.
this script would be useful for newest andro-id rom with its lackness of app2sd solution, thx
Will this work on cm7?
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jcval13 said:
Will this work on cm7?
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Yes! Currently using a CM7 based ROM
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will it affect performance?
eksdiey said:
will it affect performance?
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None so far! But then again the class of your SD Card always plays a factor. I have 75 apps installed and it's still running smooth!
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i must ask you a silly question, do i reaaaaaly have to partition my sd card???
We still need A2SD app?
Nixoman said:
i must ask you a silly question, do i reaaaaaly have to partition my sd card???
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Yes, you must partition your sd card
123.xxx said:
We still need A2SD app?
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No you will not need A2SD, this script automatically move newly installed apps to the ext. partition.
well, will definetly try this script, im really a big fan of this script, but i hate it when it starts slowing down my device.... i hope this is a beauty. thanks
rockstar_26 said:
No you will not need A2SD, this script automatically move newly installed apps to the ext. partition.
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wow, it mean I dont need install A2SD app, just install this script and use ...
so, anyone have tried it?
droidface said:
so, anyone have tried it?
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still under testing/observation here sir.
i have been using amarullz since i started using squad's rom.and it is working very nice, as well as this modded version.so far no bugs have arrived my way.
perfomance still the same like the original version so i think i can suggest using it.;]
can press "Thanks" if i helped.;]
I WAS happy about it then it began to lag.
what rom you are using ?
after seeing your screenshot , the internal storage is 1GB :O ?
are you using galaxy mini ?
mrahmanda said:
what rom you are using ?
after seeing your screenshot , the internal storage is 1GB :O ?
are you using galaxy mini ?
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Course he is using a mini.. that's what the amarulz script do.. if you have a 2gb sd-ext, then you'll have 2gb internal memory..
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Swapping??

Does using scripts like a2sd dartremor and apps like swapper and swapper2 for the purpose of swapping damages the memory card??? N does swapping really makes any differences in performance??
Lilttle yes and yes
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Makes difference in performance, but the impact on it is negative
Depends on your SD card if it is high class then it is possiyive else it can lag your phone I use swapper and have created 512 MB swap file on my SD ext and my phone has become so smooth
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domcale said:
Makes difference in performance, but the impact on it is negative
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mean impact on memory card??
hsay said:
Depends on your SD card if it is high class then it is possiyive else it can lag your phone I use swapper and have created 512 MB swap file on my SD ext and my phone has become so smooth
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what about affect on memory card ..is it positive or negative??
You just lose the anmount of space you use for swapping ofc
I tried swapping on many roms and system tends to lag a bit, but i f you want to browse for hours without browser FCing then you can use swap.
The effect on sd cqrd obviously isnt positive but it is not even negative cause you are just ising up.space on your sd card. I have used swap on many roms i.have felt it become smoother.
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domcale said:
You just lose the anmount of space you use for swapping ofc
I tried swapping on many roms and system tends to lag a bit, but i f you want to browse for hours without browser FCing then you can use swap.
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ya i know it takes some space on sd card while using it,,, i want to say does swapping degrade the life of sd card and damages it??
hsay said:
The effect on sd cqrd obviously isnt positive but it is not even negative cause you are just ising up.space on your sd card. I have used swap on many roms i.have felt it become smoother.
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i was going to use swapper2 from the market,, it says that it damages the sd card,,, so i want to know only this app damages the sd card or all apps which does swapping example a2sd darktremor script and swapper??
I wonder which how much mb should we allow for swap partition and swappiness value :O?
kirakun said:
I wonder which how much mb should we allow for swap partition and swappiness value :O?
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I'd go for 500 and 100
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vasu1 said:
ya i know it takes some space on sd card while using it,,, i want to say does swapping degrade the life of sd card and damages it??
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Don't worry about it too much, sd cards are cheap anyway
domcale said:
Don't worry about it too much, sd cards are cheap anyway
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I wonder if swapping works in cm9. Maybe we could get some free Ram then ....
vasu1 said:
i was going to use swapper2 from the market,, it says that it damages the sd card,,, so i want to know only this app damages the sd card or all apps which does swapping example a2sd darktremor script and swapper??
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please dont use swapper 2 from market it doesnt support our device. i lost my 8 gb sd card due to that (got a new 32gb one) our mini not supported in the list given a2sd gui i have not tried i used swapper but system lags so switched to swapit my mini is so smooth and so awesome.
Swapper for Root
Swapper for Root user :laugh:
I've tried Swapper 2 and it's just worked fine, but you need a kernel that support swap partition of course.
And I recommend you to up date your busybox.

Resize Safestrap ROM Slots?

I'm currently running CM 10.1.2 in rom slot 1 as my only rom. Unfortunately I don't think the 2 gb data partition I created at the beginning is going to be enough for much longer... does anybody know a good way to deal with this? Is there a way to resize a partition after creating it?
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Goodeman said:
I'm currently running CM 10.1.2 in rom slot 1 as my only rom. Unfortunately I don't think the 2 gb data partition I created at the beginning is going to be enough for much longer... does anybody know a good way to deal with this? Is there a way to resize a partition after creating it?
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I don't believe you can resize the partition after creating it. What you can do is back up your CM slot, delete the slot, recreate it with a larger data partition, and then restore your CM backup.
That makes sense... thanks kwyrt!
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Is there any disadvantage creating a rom slot like it can lessen the lifespan of phone's internal memory?
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kwyrt said:
I don't believe you can resize the partition after creating it. What you can do is back up your CM slot, delete the slot, recreate it with a larger data partition, and then restore your CM backup.
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Hi,
can you please tell me exactly how to do this type of backup?
Thanks,
Mario
mgiammarco said:
Hi,
can you please tell me exactly how to do this type of backup?
Thanks,
Mario
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Just boot in to safestrap, select "Backup", select where you want to save it, name it, then slide the toggle and it will back up your current ROM slot. Piece of cake.
Goodeman said:
I'm currently running CM 10.1.2 in rom slot 1 as my only rom. Unfortunately I don't think the 2 gb data partition I created at the beginning is going to be enough for much longer... does anybody know a good way to deal with this? Is there a way to resize a partition after creating it?
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Or install 10.2 on stock ROM slot
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Necro-ing to say this worked for me. Thanks kwyrt.
I didn't even realize I made a small slot until I went for months fighting against space limitations, wondering why DiskUsage wasn't recognizing all of my internal storage. Slot1 has been such a daily (read: only) driver that I didn't even think about safestrap's slot partitioning.

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