hi,
use terminal to check the content of /system/sd/app and /system/sd/app-private,
if it has folder with names of apps that you install then its working.
regards
i cant see on my pc when i go in sd card. how to use terminal
Is there any way to see how much of that ext partition is being used up? or which apps are still on the phone memory? I think there are a lot of apps that just don't work with apps2sd my phone is showing only 22MB free and I have a 1GB ext partition.
Is there any way to see how much of that ext partition is being used up? or which apps are still on the phone memory? I think there are a lot of apps that just don't work with apps2sd my phone is showing only 22MB free and I have a 1GB ext partition.
An app called 'Quick System Info' will tell you how much space is being used by Apps2sd and how much is available.
It's possible you're using a version of apps2sd where the Dalvik-Cache stays on the phone memory. Move that over and you'd get a lot more back.
/data/app is a symlink..................ok
/data/app-private is a symlink.......ok
APPS2SD is working without dalvik-cache!
I hope dalvik-cache isn't that important
No, only that it is still taking up space on your phone. I had a lot of difficulties getting Dalvik over to SD on Villain 5.4, with SenseROM the A2SD addon also moves Dalvik. Very easy.
hi bluenova,
do you know if this a2sd addon works with SuperHero 1.1.0?
I have the exact same problem of "APPS2SD is working without dalvik-cache!"
Thanks,
Mark
That's great and everything. But how is it useful to have lots of space on the phone's internal data partition now that you store your apps on the sd card?WOOO HOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!
my internal memory went up from 42mb to 135mb by flashing a2sd-2.5-signed.zip...
That's great and everything. But how is it useful to have lots of space on the phone's internal data partition now that you store your apps on the sd card?
@fredphoesh: i'm familiar with the benefits of running apps2sd, i'm just wondering why you were excited about the amount of free internal storage you have left afterwards. AFAICT that 135mb is pretty much just dead space now, or am i missing something cool you can do with it (e.g. repartition internal storage to allow more space in the system partition and thus install a larger sized OS?).
FYI: moving the dalvik cache to the SD card has actually *reduced* the space you have available for installing apps, as they now have to share the apps2sd partition with the cache, whereas before they had it all to themselves and the cache had all of the internal data partition to itself.
I'm wondering if in fact it's more efficient to leave the dalvik cache in internal memory, and just have the apps themselves stored on the sd card. At least that way the space is being used for something. Has anyone out there actually seen any noticable performance benefit from running apps2sd+ over regular apps2sd?
Sorry, I assumed from this post you were trying to get the dalvik cache onto the SD card. You already had apps2sd working. Moving the dalvik cache over as well leaves you with less space for apps than you had before you moved it.I have the exact same problem of "APPS2SD is working without dalvik-cache!"
What i'm trying to figure out is why everyone is suddenly desperate to move the dalvik cache onto SD. What exactly is this supposed to achieve? What's so important about freeing up internal memory if youre not storing your apps there any more?
What i'm trying to figure out is why everyone is suddenly desperate to move the dalvik cache onto SD. What exactly is this supposed to achieve? What's so important about freeing up internal memory if youre not storing your apps there any more?
Is the Dalvik Cache a bit like the Paging file in windows? It seems to contain parts of apps, almost as though they were stored there for faster access or something. Do you know?
Mark.
Hmmm... just read something where somebody states that having your apps2sd partition too large (i.e. much more than 500mb) can affect performance.Well, space aside, at this point I am not so sure moving my apps to SD was a good idea either. In the few hours since I managed to do that, I have noticed a marked reduction of speed of my phone. Perhaps I do not have a class 6 card, I will check.
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