Galaxo tweaks - get more memory :) - Page 2

gnasher666 · October 30th, 2009, 10:29 PM

I was in recovery - force of habbit.
Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by kam187

Are you in recovery or normal boot?

You need to be booting normally and then adb in.

hippy · November 1st, 2009, 07:24 PM

I've just used your script and manually killed off the ones I was happy to see go. I left some of the generic testing apps in place. Thanks again kam187!

Jellman · November 5th, 2009, 07:08 PM

great post guys, followed this and removed some extras using the same methodology and my galaxy runs like a rocket! with improved batt life aswell, great stuff!

hippy · November 8th, 2009, 05:32 PM

Hey kam, I did this a while back and one of the steps is deleting the HTC keyboard. I assumed it was the unused one but it seems my main HTC Touch Input keyboard has vanished.

EDIT: I extracted the HTC_IME.apk from the Galaxo zip and this installed ok.
It required a reboot before it would let me select it in Settings > Locale & text.

I now have my HTC keyboard back. Thanks for your help haha

kam187 · November 10th, 2009, 05:03 PM

Yeah, i prefer the original android keyboard. It uses less RAM and doesnt lag

hippy · November 11th, 2009, 04:10 AM

Really? I find it faster to type with the HTC one. If it uses more RAM so be it.
Are there any other free keyboard replacement options to try?

kam187 · November 11th, 2009, 08:32 AM

I turn on the auto replace and auto punctuation on the standard keyboard. Then i can get so many letters wrong and it still does it!

The only real anoyance is when i type 'sms' it replaces it with the word 'small' by default! All my messages to people are like "ok so i'll small you when i get there". So i have to check before i press space when i type sms

Rastaman-FB · November 11th, 2009, 08:52 AM

lol

worm18 · November 17th, 2009, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kam187

# Remount read/write
adb remount

# open shell
adb shell

# go to apps directory
cd /data/app_s

# delete QuickDroid (if you want to)
rm QuickDroid.apk

# delete NPS sync (it doesn't work so why run it!)
rm wssyncmlnps.apk

# disable drexe (this gets baseband info for NPS. Who needs it!)
mv /system/bin/drexe /system/bin/drexe.off

# disable npsmobex (this handles auth with nps)
mv /system/bin/npsmobex /system/bin/npsmobex.off

Now kill any running apps, and flush the cache to get a good baseline of free memory:

sync ; echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches ; cat /proc/meminfo ; free

I get this Total memory after boot with all tasks killed:

Code:

MemTotal:        95948 kB
MemFree:         23308 kB
Buffers:            44 kB
Cached:          15392 kB

a total of (23308 + 15392)/1024 = 37.79296875

You need to add the MemFree and Cached to get the total free memory usable by apps. This is the MAX memory you will have with no apps running (if u run the sync etc line above). The sync line above is usefull to compare the REAL memory change when you use various widgets or programs.

Extra info..

sync - flushes any disk caches

echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches - Free pagecache, dentries and inodes:

cat /proc/meminfo - Get memory and cache usage

free - get memory usage

how to do this????

hippy · November 17th, 2009, 02:17 PM

Have a look at post #19 in this thread. Use the search. Read.

worm18 · November 17th, 2009, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hippy

Have a look at post #19 in this thread. Use the search. Read.

oh.....
sorry....

tisti · November 17th, 2009, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kam187

I turn on the auto replace and auto punctuation on the standard keyboard. Then i can get so many letters wrong and it still does it!

The only real anoyance is when i type 'sms' it replaces it with the word 'small' by default! All my messages to people are like "ok so i'll small you when i get there". So i have to check before i press space when i type sms

Ah, I would love more language support in auto replace part of the app.

trin · December 18th, 2009, 03:01 AM

I ran into an error trying to implement the tweaks on a stock phone, this is what i got:
'busybox cp -s busybox cp
[1] segmentation fault busybox cp -s busybox cp'

I've followed the instructions carefully. What does this error mean, and how can i overcome it?

full disclosure: I ran the commands from this blog in an attemp to obtain root (failed..) before i obtained it the way kam187 wrote on the forum here. There might be a chance the commands i hit altered somethings on the phone's system

kam187 · December 18th, 2009, 03:14 AM

Hmm there's no need to use try3 to root the galaxy. Your best bet is to factory restore, then install the custom revoery. Then use the option in recovery to enable root (su).

davyu · February 25th, 2010, 12:16 PM

Anyone mind updating the tweaks for donut? Thanks!

Tech · March 12th, 2010, 05:11 PM

I've read post #19 and still not getting it..

Where to type all that?
What to type?
What memory? like Ram memory or storage memory?

inFECT · March 13th, 2010, 03:49 AM

The FAQ's are your friend little padawan!

davyu · March 13th, 2010, 10:50 AM

My question still stands, the apps to clear don't seem applicable to donut. Anyone with any insight?

juliusedward · March 20th, 2010, 10:13 AM

Thanks kam187 for this useful post. Now my phone runs smooth without any lags :-)

carthesis · May 5th, 2010, 06:39 AM

Sorry to invoke the dark and mysterious black art of Threadomancy, but I just have one question:

Q. Have the newest versions of the Galaxo firmware implemented all of kam's changes as was discussed? I've had a read (well, a good 'scan') of the Galaxo 1.6.2 thread and it's not clear whether they have or not.

Cheers!

Rastaman-FB · May 5th, 2010, 07:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carthesis

Sorry to invoke the dark and mysterious black art of Threadomancy, but I just have one question:

Q. Have the newest versions of the Galaxo firmware implemented all of kam's changes as was discussed? I've had a read (well, a good 'scan') of the Galaxo 1.6.2 thread and it's not clear whether they have or not.

Cheers!

it seems that way. i currently have 44 megs of ram free with a load of apps installed lol
EDIT

MemTotal: 94356 kB
MemFree: 31292 kB
Buffers: 48 kB
Cached: 19744 kB

49.90625mb

carthesis · May 5th, 2010, 07:13 AM

Wickeeeeed. Cheers. I'll have to get that installed at some point then! Just a shame it means i need to reinstall NPS for the drivers...

carthesis · May 5th, 2010, 07:58 AM

Nice one. So the new version of Galaxo is fairly whippy-quick then?

I've actually dumped the Galaxy and got a Desire, but my mother wants to try it to see if she can get used to it before she gets an android phone herself, so I'm trying to make the Galaxy behave like a 'real' device...

banesi · May 5th, 2010, 08:39 AM

is it possible to view free memory information from the Galaxy itself? I can't seem to find this info in device itself, I'm running the latest Galaxo 1.6.3.1 rom.

carthesis · May 5th, 2010, 08:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banesi

is it possible to view free memory information from the Galaxy itself? I can't seem to find this info in device itself, I'm running the latest Galaxo 1.6.3.1 rom.

No, you need to run a shell command through ADB AFAIK.

Rastaman-FB · May 5th, 2010, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by banesi

is it possible to view free memory information from the Galaxy itself? I can't seem to find this info in device itself, I'm running the latest Galaxo 1.6.3.1 rom.

you need a terminal application like better terminal (dont use SU file browser and terminal as the dev is a bit naughty)
you can then use the same shell commands listed here

Quote:

Originally Posted by carthesis

Nice one. So the new version of Galaxo is fairly whippy-quick then?

I've actually dumped the Galaxy and got a Desire, but my mother wants to try it to see if she can get used to it before she gets an android phone herself, so I'm trying to make the Galaxy behave like a 'real' device...

hell yeah, right now its running @ 710mhz with 49meg free physical ram with compache running that uitilises ramzswap with my 119mb swap partition
its lightening

carthesis · May 5th, 2010, 11:19 AM

Any other issues with it? Are you suffering from the 'no sleep' bug or anything?

Rastaman-FB · May 5th, 2010, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carthesis

Any other issues with it? Are you suffering from the 'no sleep' bug or anything?

I dont know about no sleep as i suffered from it with jc6 and galaxo 1.6.2 so i always reboot from time to time when i make a few calls or charge for too long.

as for other issues, please see this
Galaxo0 1.6.3.1 bugs (Page 1) - Help & Support - Android and other Stuff