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[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
No ....I used the free test version ...

An app would need to make my note walk on water before I'd drop $9.00 on it ....

I'm a cheap bast*** ....LOL .....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] pTeronaut:
Yeah, I just love paying money to kill my device.

All these VM apps do, is set aside some flash memory as a paging file, which over time all those repeated writes will result in the internal flash memory dying.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hololight:
As the above said... using flash as swap is a terrible idea. The swap file is treated just like ram in that it gets a ton of random reads and writes. Flash memory has a limited lifespan as far as read/writes go and all you are doing is accelerating the destruction of the storage. Swap files were intended to be used on magnetic storage based hard drives that can handle the abuse.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Smittyzz:
Theres an option to use your external sd. That's what Im doing, at 1080 mb it does show in the app that its using about 100mb for ram. Yes I know it can kill my memory. But I haven't had any issues yet, just my two cents. But prolly gonna take it off tho
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Eric-1987:
Why do we need extra ram anyways? I don't recall ram ever being an issue.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sunny68:
I will try this one. I need more ram.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Read about 5 posts back....

it's your call of course, but as mentioned......it's a device killer over time...(fact).....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] khaytsus:
If you do this, partition off the end of your SD card and use that space. That way when the flash dies, you can simply not use that part of the SD card any longer.

Certainly don't do swap on the internal storage, ever.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
Thank you ....but I won't be using this mod .....

The read/write speed to the external card is simply too slow.

The device lags badly for me .......do you see the lag issue ???

Maybe it's my device ....g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] redeuxx:
Anyone remember when RAM on PCs were a premium and virtual memory was a big deal? Virtual memory was horrible back then. There is no reason to think it would be a better idea now.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Roger_15:
Ahhhh, those were the days. lol

I remember them...back on Windows 3.5 I think. Or maybe even before that. It was all the rage for a very short time. :eek: I was just happy to have a hard drive instead of a 5 1/4" floppy.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rato269:
Roehsoft ram-expander (swap)

Hi,

I installed this software. My phone is rooted and I granted this app root access.

But its giving SDCARD not found error .

Please help me to get rid of this error.

Regards,

Rato
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jimmer411:
Its like downloading more ram on your PC right?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jmelendez1:
Shame on the developer charging for this nonsense. It's just as good as downloading a quad core processor.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] c0ckbl4st3r:
Don't listen to any of these haters. It sounds legit to me lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] littlewierdo:
Im running stock non-rooted ics 4.04.

I have, after disabling a number of stock apps via settings-applications about 170 mb free ram and i only have 7-10 user apps installed.

The Note only has 768 Mb of ram (the other 250 claimed in the specs is shared with video and not usable by the OS).

Android really only benefits from 2 gb so on our note, a 1-1.25 gb swap file is about as high as you need combined with the onboard 768 mb which makes a total of 2 gb.

If i install a heavy launcher like spb shell (70 mb of ram), play an audio book in the audible app (about 60 mb) and surf the web in the chrome browser with one or two tab open (about 30 mb plus 10 mb per tab), im out of memory.

This phone is a little shy on ram but android hides it somewhat well but it would definately benefit from another 750 mb to 1.25 gb of ram.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ray_Banci:
On windows you have the ability to create ram using free space on your hard drive (windows XP). couldn't this be also possible on a Linux machine or Linux based software like android?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] khaytsus:
You mean exactly what this thread is about? Wow.

Yes, all this app does is create a swap file on your SD card and set it as swap. You can do that in seconds yourself.

Here's an example (ie: You'll have to adapt it for YOUR device) for a 512m swap file. Do this only on external SD, and I actually suggest doing it on a SD partition at the END of your SD card so WHEN IT DIES you can just stop using that part. 1024 * 512MB is the calculation if you want it bigger.

dd if=/dev/zero of=/externalsdcard/.swapfile bs=1024 count=524288
mkswap /externalsdcard/.swapfile
chown root:root /externalsdcard/.swapfile
chmod 0600 /externalsdcard/.swapfile
swapon /externalsdcard/.swapfile

You'll have to execute the swapon line every boot. You can do that a variety of ways. It doesn't have to be during boot or anything, it can be any time after.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ray_Banci:
So from my understanding this, "swap" file destroys a part of you're SD ? Why?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] crixley:
an sd only has so many reads/writes, so constantly reading and writing to it will eventually cause it to die a much quicker death
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ray_Banci:
thanks, I feel like this is so promising if only there was a way to not break anything like windows does.. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] littlewierdo:
Solid State memory CURRENTLY has a limited number of WRITES, READS are unlimited.

Too much emphasis is placed on this fact however, a 32 gb class 10 sdcard is $20-$30 on Amazon and truth be told, youll be replacing the card probably every two years anyway due to increased size for cheaper money (two years from now the same $20 will likely buy a card four times the size) OR improved tech (increased speed or possibly less destructive write techniques).

Tech is throw away these days, who keeps the same piece of techfor longer than a few years these days.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Keboid:
Windows always makes virtual memory by default on your partition "C:\" named pagefile.sys, atleast on xp and previous ones. For most linux distributions you have to make an extra partition which is called swap so we could say its not only possible but its a default. I was about to make swap for my low-end tablet with script as well, but i will try some script and editing i guess, the 9 $ is too much if i dont want this feature in the end.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] rambo90:
It is good app, I can open many apps without closing them after using. But it makes some apps like settings to lag.

So I decided to uninstall this app. And it could kill the sdcard.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sellyoursins:
I tried this app, but now I don't want it. How do we undo the process, can someone help me? Will it be enough if I just delete the app or do I have to do something else as well? :confused:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Jmelendez1:
How can i attach extra ram on an extended battery? ;)

Edit: All kidding aside... Sorry for extending the thread even further. Lol
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Samuel IP:
Know Everything about Swap partition HERE

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4249813

Click Here

========================================================================

Hit Thanks if the post helped You
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] sumitkumar9693:
ram increased but no games are working

I have rooted but after creating swap file it is showing your sd speed is 2mbps and minimum requirement 6mbps

while playing games they lag a lot but does not stop should i buy a class 10 sd card or not

:rolleyes:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ajeesh vijayan:
it works....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] N3Obr:
works like a sharm on my i9505 class 6 32gb sd card .... beleave or not but i open 10+ games and apps and no lag .... impressive ...i recommend :good::good:

actual version works !
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] mahir1010:
Hey do i need to do something to revert this app i have extended 1.12 gb on my s3 and now i want to change the rom do i need to revert swap partition before flashing ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kethoi:
sounds like it doesnt really work. i checked off the use Z-ram in trickster and to be honest cant tell much difference so i cant imagine using this app.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] khaytsus:
So why did you dig this terrible thread up again? So nubs will see it and install it? Meh.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] alhaddar@gmail.com:
jest now I install kitkat 4.4.2 and inatall RAM-EXPANDER on my note 3 but can't config the program
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ryanjdavid:
Error

Hi! Please help me. This error shows up everytime i open the app:

An error has occurred in sub:java.lang.classcastexception: android.graphics.drawable.ninepatchdrawable cannot be cast to android.graphics.drawable.layerdrawable. Continue?

I'm using Cherry Mobile Jelly (Plum Mobile Sync) running JB 4.2.2. My phone's heavily modded by Xposed/XBlast/GravityBox. My RAM's only 256MB so i really needed to use ram expander. Thanks in Advance! :laugh:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] coldblooded79:
http://www.downloadmoreram.com/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] balot.ko:
it says: "unfortunately ram expander has stopped".. im using cherrymobile amethyst.. can you tell me how to fix this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Vestar:
Hi guys!

I recently installed a new custom rom and i noticed that ram expander doesn't work anymore.

It says to me that i have 0 Vmem (previously, with the other rom, i had some vmem, can't remember how much) and plus, it doesn't create the swapfile even if the process to create it starts and ends.

How can i solve this?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] hb01:
it does work

this app might not work for high end phones with lots of ram, but for my phone with 1gb (700mb usable) it really helps alot. My phone is much more responsive, and I can use facebook again, lolz.

When I dont have this app, my apps would crashes and close by itself alot (games especially, and apps that need lots of ram like facebook or google map), now I could switch between apps with ease.

So I wouldnt say it is a piece of crap, but 9$ is a bit much.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Adarsh VK:
How can we be sure ram has increased??

I updgraded the ram of my 512mb ram tab to 1 gb. Ram expander shows my tab is having 1gb ram in notification bar. But in settings, i see only 512 ram. And i dont feel any perfomance increase, plus when i play games, ram gets full and game play stucks and lags. Please help me.. :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kungkea:
Need Help

I have download Memory Info&Swap check app from play store , but when i cilck on START RAMEXPANDER TEST HERE it take a long time and than i show up Error activiting swapfile . Who know ? how to fix it ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Demetreftw:
I'm using roehsoft ram expander and it seems to work really well on my towelrooted note 3 n900a. No lag. No hang ups. I can't be sure of any real enhancement though. Games seem to play normally. One thing that I would do is pair this with GLtools for gaming. Other than that, seems to be good. This is hard to test performance wise.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
I have a question. I live in Phoenix and I always connect to the verizon network while out there. Now I'm in Chicago and I have been roaming all over the city. I tried a few ROMs (cm10 m1, cm10 9-15, the last aokp) and it does the same for all of them. Any reason why? I checked with Verizon and they said they have service here.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] con247:
In settings>about phone>status

Is your IMEI 0?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
No my imei is still there
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] bbeelzebub:
By any chance are you still on an old Verizon plan? From what I've heard, some people are still on the old calling plans that put them on roaming when they leave their state.

The only other thing I can think of is IMEI issues if you've been flashing all those roms. Did you have to repair yours or do anything to it in the past to make it come back, etc?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ruben8448:
I had to repair it once a while back. And no I should be on the latest plan. Unlimited min and roaming with 4 gig of data
[LG Nitro HD] silent_eve:
ROEHSOFT RAM-EXPANDER (SWAP)

This app claim to add up to 4gb of virtual ram to your device have anyone try it? Does it work?

features:

- use free external SD card as RAM memory (RAM SWAP / SWAP MEMORY)

- RAM expansion up to 4 GB swapfile

- The usual performance losses occur when swap sd cards not from class-8

- Widget for PNP swap (swap on / swap off)

- Detailed information storage and analysis

- Autostart function

- Swappiness kernel parameter set

- Use simple child's play

(1 click optimization and automatic calculation)

- Support of all Android devices with Tung (root access and support Kernelswap)

googleplay link
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony001:
Right now i have xxlef as my firmware when i hot the phone can i use other firmware ver of ics firmware or will it cause my phone to be bricked?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zoot1:
Different firmware will not brick your phone..you can use any firmware from any region but the only backside is you will have different CSC hence you might not get CSC specific applications..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anthony001:
Whats csc?
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oohhlala:
Hmm when i istall NXT transformation pack ( by ThilinaC_thanks him ;) ) via CWM i have lost Gtalk app. I dont know why, Someone here can tell me why? and upload the talk.apk (.431) for me. Thanks much :good:;)
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KartzXDA:
play store

Install from play store or download gapps (for your android version - either Gingerbread or ICS or jellyBean) from the forum and install through CWM.

Hit "Thanks" if anyone helped you. :good:

Xperia Arc LT15i

Rooted/Bootloader Unlocked

Running JellyBean - FXP137/CM10
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Oohhlala:
of course i'll do, i didn't find it out on Market :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JB_orchidguy:
Any issue going from CM10 ROM back to an ICS ROM? I want to try out some other ROMs but after my data scare the other day I want to cover my bases.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] twolfekc:
No... just make sure to wipe everything before switching back over!!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] JB_orchidguy:
Thanks. Was planning on formatting the SD too. Thanks for the info.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] flash_27:
I've been switching roms like crazy and never had any issues. Back up and make sure you do a complete wipe... Three times just to be sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fall of Enosis:
Hey guys, I'm new to the Sammy's (this is my first of many!) as I came from the Atrix2 forum (where I am still active).

But I can tell you after being on a locked down Moto phone, it's nice to be running official CM again. :victory:

Anyways I almost always modify some of my own APK's and the one I am after here is the Mms.apk. Normally I would just pull it via ADB and mod it afterwards. However, whenever I pull the APK, ADB says that it completed it, but the file never shows. ADB shows the phone as being attached, so this has left me scratching my head.... I never had these issues back with the A2, so I am thinking this is just some Sammy quirk that I am unaware of. I'm thinking maybe it's a driver issue? But I was able to update to the official ICS version with kies, so I'm assuming my drivers are ok? Here's what ADB is telling me:

C:\ADB>adb devices
List of devices attached
2c4d3bdb device

C:\ADB>adb pull system/app/Mms.apk C:\ADB
2994 KB/s (2152449 bytes in 0.702s)

Also tried running it interactively with root permissions and still no dice.

Thanks in advance guys. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fall of Enosis:
Bump. Anyone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hechoen:
If it's showing the phone under devices it's not a driver issue.

Have you tried running the command without the C:\ADB at the end? I've never used that and have not had any problems pulling or pushing.

Worse case just unzip the ROM and copy it over to your desktop.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Fall of Enosis:
Well daggum sir. That was it. :good:

Although it is kinda strange as I have always been able to specify the path I wanted to pull it to before. Odd....

Thank you kind sir. :highfive:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] hechoen:
You were trying to pull it to the same path. If you wanna pull somewhere else it needs a > i think.

C:\Users\Me>adb pull system/app/whatever.apk > C:\Users\Me\Downloads

That would drop it in my DL folder.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
I always just cd to the directory I want to push or pull from before pushing or pulling. But I'm cheezy like that
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] xcrazydx:
Me too
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeMoM&aVirusTI:
Hi all ....ever since i switched from iPhone to Android ...i never regreted it ....but 1 thing that really makes me crazy.. . Is Androids extremely awful keyboard ....it is a real challenge trying to write posts on forums or any kind of " text box" so to speak.....the cursor jumps allover the screen & if you try to drag the cursor to a chunk of text it very rarely stays where you want it ..ect....Gingerbread does it & ICS is 10 times worse

Is this an OS bug that Google just doesnt want to fix or is it firmware related ?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Android has over 20 great keyboards in market. If you don't like the default one, then change it.

Apps like Swiftkey or Swype will make an iPhone user slap Apple in the face!

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.76B

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeMoM&aVirusTI:
Ok i will try a diff keyboard(s)..... too see if anything changes .....see even at this moment as i type this post on my SG2....the cursor is stuck

2 characters down ...what do i mean !...if i want to erase the ..e...in the word "erase" ..i need to put the cursor at the end of "a "

to erase the first e ..& vice versa....its so annoying

Thanx for the help :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Try other keyboards out.

I don't use stock keyboard but I'm always perfectly fine with my keyboard is choice, and i type a lot on my device

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII

Supercharged ParanoidAndroid 2.12

Dorimanx kernel 5.76B

GT I9100

Next phone: Galaxy NOTE II
[HTC EVO 3D] Yasser Mansour:
Dears i need your support as every time i'm trying to restart my handset i have to remove the battery for a while then collecting it back to switch on my EVO , i cant make software update or reset factory data or any thing will need to restart, and when i'm trying to switch on it before removing hte battary the LED light is working but lightly not brightly like the normal flashing i don't know how can i update it to ICS too because of this problem,

this evo is not locked for any operator and it's android version is : 2.3.4 and i have a memory card its brand is Kingstone but there is no class appear on it, i bought it about 3 years ago
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Cocytan:
After being very happy with my Xperia S and Xperia Ion, I was eagerly waiting to get my hands on the TX, so was very happy when it arrived this morning!

It's a beautiful phone - photographs don't really do it justice, and it has a nicer feel in the hands than either the GSIII or the One X. Came with 2 NFC tags, a decent pair of earphones, and the usual factory-installed screen protector.

The screen is beautiful, without the super over-saturated colours that are on the SIII. Camera is also excellent, but have only taken a couple of shots on it so far.

Can't really comment on the battery life yet, although it does drain quickly at the moment - possibly because I haven't yet given it a full charge.

Only problem so far is that Gapps aren't installed on it - unsure as how to work around this so will have to research!

Have attached a couple of pics so you can see for yourselves.

:highfive:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Deleted member 1483200:
So jealous. This one is without LTE right?

I would miss LTE
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Cocytan:
I'm not sure to be honest, but it doesn't really matter anyway as LTE isn't available over here anyway.

Forgot to mention - the TX also comes preinstalled with all the Bond wallpapers, themes and ringtones as the T does, so both models have them!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Deleted member 1483200:
All I remember is difference from TX and T was the LTE lol
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Spectre51:
Yeh the TX doesn't have LTE.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ P
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] LitoNi:
if possible would you mind doing a HD video review on this? that would be great.

thanks
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] supercoolman:
it's time for an XPERIA T/V/J forum.

also discussing all new handsets in this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1641113&page=230
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Auggy99:
Yeah.... I don't see devs developing much if anything at all for our ion's now that the TX is out

Sent from my Xperia GX
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] buncit8:
wow... the phone is so beautiful, elegant, and powerful of course :)

congrat to you..
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Zaldier:
Oh fantastic! I too long to wait for this phone so I ask you to tell me where I can buy it and what price via pay as you go? ;) Thanks!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Cocytan:
Er...I'd love to help but I wouldn't have the first clue on how to make a video review, and I'm sure listening to me drone on about the phone would impact Sony's sales so greatly they'd be forced to shutter in a month!

I bought it in China, and paid RMB 3050 - which is about 300 GBP. Unlocked handset.

Been playing with it all day, it has the fastest Internet Browser of any phone I have used yet, and is super, super smooth - I can't wait to see what it will be like when Jelly Bean comes out!

:fingers-crossed:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Zaldier:
I thought it was a need to bring from China. Now, I saw more Chinese online shops but I don't understand their language so makes it hard to buy it. The best solution would be to ebay in English but do not have that. Maybe you can help for me?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Felimenta97:
Next job: System dump

Sent from my LT26i with Tapatalk 2
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Cocytan:
Don't have a Windows PC to do it sorry...

Bought my phone from a friend who owns a phone store here, sorry, didn't use an online website!

:crying:
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Cocytean:
Just a quick update - the Ion Bootloader unlock method works perfectly. All I need to figure out now is how to root it....

I'm going to post some sample shots taken with the camera tomorrow!
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Till-Kruspe:
+1
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] jeriku:
Where, when and how much for boot loader unlock? Last I heard it was around 40 but the server was offline indefinitely.

Current Phone: LT28 - Sony Xperia Ion | Rooted ICS

Retired Phone: HTC Inspire 4G | IceCold 8.2 / dual pane - 160DPI
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] prewed:
Please make a battery life review, onscreen time etc
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Spectre51:
It's not a carrier branded phone so he probably means the official Sony method works.

Sent from my Sony Xperia™ P
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] thejosetree:
Can you confirm that the gpu is an adreno 225?
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] 0000alex0000:
bro.. i really think this is GX not TX
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] Cocytean:
No...it's the tx...model LT29i. In an xperia tx box. Xperia GX and TX are pretty much identical, though.

At work at moment, but will do some screenshots of the battery life and screen usage etc. I've been running it through its paces today, battery dropped 45 percent in about six hours, with brightness on full. Not bad!

Also took a couple of photos on way to work. I'll put them up shortly.