Root Recovery and Redux ROM Questions

[slm858uk]

Quick system infor calculates the correct space for the A2SD storage but it has been stuck at the same figure even since installing a couple of apps. i dunno if this has anything to do with it but the system cache information is unavailable.

 

[SUroot]

System cache is always unavailable on mine. Nothing to do with it really.

How many apps have you installed recently? How big are they?

Might be worth doing a wipe, flash and titanium restore

 

[slm858uk]

OK for testing purposes only i have installed all three angry birds games which are roughly 15Mb each and in quick system info the a2sd had decreased by 0.01Gb. so i think its working the only problem now is that the phone storage is still going down quite alot. mite need to put either a custom mtd or move to dar tremor to move the delvik-cache.

what do u think?

 

[SUroot]

Did you flash the dalvik add on?

 

[Usta]

Dalvik on SD is probably not standard because it may cause performance issues on slow cards - they say. I wonder if that is really so...

 

[SUroot]

Dalvik on SD is probably not standard because it may cause performance issues on slow cards - they say. I wonder if that is really so...

i dont really see any noticable difference now im on nand, but my card isnt a slow one. didnt see any difference when i upgraded from class 4 either

 

[Usta]

Yes, same here.
Given that now the Dalvik cache is about 77MB on my /sd-ext partition (using GV ROM v2.3), I think it is a big waste not to move it away from internal storage.

 

[SUroot]

I just wanted to maximise SD space for music. I had a 1GB partition, but unused EXT space cannot be re-used for storage. I've still got 180MB + NAND free. Not wasting anything

 

[Usta]

Very nice.
However, for those of us who use app2sd+, moving Dalvik gives extra breathing space (especially, if we have 100+ user apps installed).

 

[SUroot]

Oh yes absolutely. I always moved Dalvik.

 

[slm858uk]

how do i know if i have the updated 10apps2sd? i have lost track now of if it is flashed or not?

 

[SUroot]

Flash it then you know

 

[slm858uk]

Last time i flashed that zip file the phone wldnt boot back up. so weary of flashing nething

 

[slm858uk]

i must have already had the updated 10apps2sd as the internal storage size has stayed the same size as before.

Im also readin the quick system information wrong didnt realise it was total and free not total and used. Doh!

 

[SUroot]

Yeah probably then

 

[slm858uk]

Thanks for all ur help SU.

ps what are RILs and do RUU's flash the radio?

 

[SUroot]

You dont really need to be worrying too much about RILS at this stage,

Basically its part of the ROM (every rom has one) and its the Radio Interface Layer. Its the software in the rom that sits between the radio and Android's telephony services.

RUU's contain everything, including radio yes

 

[Hadron]

Dalvik on SD is probably not standard because it may cause performance issues on slow cards - they say. I wonder if that is really so...

My card is only class 2, and I couldn't see any difference in performance.

 

[slm858uk]

i feel bad as i hvae just filled radux with widgets and aps so gonna watch my battery drain as bad as it was before lol

Do people use juice defender or other power saving programs?