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[Q] Low On space...argh!

OK, all the threads I've found about this are quite old.
I've been pretty good at managing the storage on my Desire, but now I have this warning permanently on and I can't bin any more apps.
When I list them, all the big ones are on SD, so what is munching my space?
I have my mail set to only carry the last 30 days. At this rate I'll be getting my XDA Serra out of the attic...

Browser cache or contracts if you have a lot of them. If not probably data associated with your apps.
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Just install S2E from market.
Thanks
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66mustang said:
OK, all the threads I've found about this are quite old.
I've been pretty good at managing the storage on my Desire, but now I have this warning permanently on and I can't bin any more apps.
When I list them, all the big ones are on SD, so what is munching my space?
I have my mail set to only carry the last 30 days. At this rate I'll be getting my XDA Serra out of the attic...
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Use starbust rom to have upto 2GB of Internal Memory

cutiyar said:
Just install S2E from market.
Thanks
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And cache cleaner.
Better still, why not root the phone and install a custom rom as suggested. You can then run everything from a larger internal memory space, meaning a faster phone and no low memory warnings!

Root!
Data2Ext, A2SD+, CM7 H-Boot table, etc.
There are plenty solution for low on memory problem, and they are the main reason why I rooted my phone.

I just tried Data 2 Ext and partitioned my SD card as was told by the RCMixHD ROM thread, but after installing that ROM I get a Low On Space warning! Getting really annoyed with the badly tested roms out there. I mean really, so much for using the data2ext script when it doesn't even work!
I'm back to Redux. Only ROM that's actually STABLE. Too bad not having a HTC Sense keyboard on that rom.

rabeel said:
Use starbust rom to have upto 2GB of Internal Memory
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It's a company phone so rooting is not an option, but thanks!

Low on space

How to get rid of Low on space notification/restriction? I have 40MB left and that notification is simply annoying, to say the least...
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sunbriel said:
How to get rid of Low on space notification/restriction? I have 40MB left and that notification is simply annoying, to say the least...
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why don't you move some of the installed apps to SD card?!

um, I moved all the apps to SD card I could. Meaning the ones that support moving. I could force move to SD card for some apps, but don't want to screw with that.
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That message is there for a reason and if you know what your doing some times it just takes common sense you can move most of your apps to SD card even if the creator of the app doesn't allow it in the app setting 's

Torres77an said:
That message is there for a reason and if you know what your doing some times it just takes common sense you can move most of your apps to SD card even if the creator of the app doesn't allow it in the app setting 's
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How come some phones are okay with less than 20MB free... anyway, arc's internal memory size is way too small... "common sense", huh? Well, I have my own reasons for not wanting to force the apps to SD...
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Links2SD works wonderfully for the Xperia 2011 phones.
I did the "move to SD" for every app possible, but still ran into issues downloading games from the Market due to only have 20-70 MB free on the internal phone storage.
But, using Links2SD, creating a 1 GB partition on the SDCard for apps, and moving/linking pretty much everything to that, I have over 150 MB free internal phone storage for app downloading.

phoenix_rizzen said:
Links2SD works wonderfully for the Xperia 2011 phones.
I did the "move to SD" for every app possible, but still ran into issues downloading games from the Market due to only have 20-70 MB free on the internal phone storage.
But, using Links2SD, creating a 1 GB partition on the SDCard for apps, and moving/linking pretty much everything to that, I have over 150 MB free internal phone storage for app downloading.
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Are you using stock kernel?
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sunbriel said:
arc's internal memory size is way too small..
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It isn't big, but not too small.
Some of us, as I do, have more than 100 apps and ~100MB left.
Once I had 145 apps and 80MB were left, I just use the native App2SD. No Link2SD etc
Do you clear your cache regulary?
Gives me back ~10MB each day
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Flo95 said:
It isn't big, but not too small.
Some of us, as I do, have more than 100 apps and ~100MB left.
Once I had 145 apps and 80MB were left, I just use the native App2SD. No Link2SD etc
Do you clear your cache regulary?
Gives me back ~10MB each day
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Well, if you compare Arc's internal memory to some other devices' that have 16GB of it, it does seem tiny, doesn't it? I have more than 200 apps and I use Apps2SD, so I move apps to SD if they support it. I used TB to force some huge apks to SD, like Epic Blue and Green themes for CM7, but it's a bit of a pain if you're on one of those themes when you have to reboot, because you have to reapply the theme after the phone boots up. And yes, I wipe cache on daily basis. I'm getting myself 32GB memory card so I'll probably try Link2SD or something like that. I currently have 2 class 8GB card which I got with the phone. Lousy card, lol.
But anyway, I just wanted to know if it was possible to get rid of that Low on space message. Like, okay, I know I'm low on space, I'll see what I can do later, but get the fck away from my status bar now cos you annoy me...
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I think we should remove unuseful applications.
Does anyone know the way to backup applications, group them by folder and restore all without asking anything?

vr5411 said:
Are you using stock kernel?
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Yeah. Stock firmware, 2.3.4, rooted, locked bootloader.

nmdang said:
I think we should remove unuseful applications.
Does anyone know the way to backup applications, group them by folder and restore all without asking anything?
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Titanium backup does most of that not sure about the folder part tho
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
Pvy.

How to do with the lack of RAM?

Dunno for your, but for me it's hell. After boot's over, i have about 100mb of RAM avalaible and as it gets around 40mb, phone gets very laggy (like, call starts 2minutes after pressing call button...)
That happens quickly of course, since most apps use around 20mb (browser much more)... After that, only thing to do is reboot... And that take some time! And it can takesSo is there a way to "improve" that?

What I have started doing in my routine is when I am done using an app instead of just pressing the home button I press the back button until I am all the way out of the app. Also I don't use a task manager anymore since it seemed to hurt my phone more then help.
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I'm on doomlord kernel v14 with zRAM activated and Xperia s rom and when I'm not listening to music the ram free is around 200mb if you can I recommend you to flash that Rom doesn't has lot of internal apps and when flashing the firmware it gets a lot of internal memory free
Other would be that you buy ram manager pro from market its a very helpful app when to ram managing is related
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RAM Manager seems to hzve no effect...
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Jmayorga96 said:
I'm on doomlord kernel v14 with zRAM activated and Xperia s rom and when I'm not listening to music the ram free is around 200mb if you can I recommend you to flash that Rom doesn't has lot of internal apps and when flashing the firmware it gets a lot of internal memory free
Other would be that you buy ram manager pro from market its a very helpful app when to ram managing is related
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Do they have a CDMA version avaliable? And if so, what's the link? (For the rom of course)

kojinmalia said:
Dunno for your, but for me it's hell. After boot's over, i have about 100mb of RAM avalaible and as it gets around 40mb, phone gets very laggy (like, call starts 2minutes after pressing call button...)
That happens quickly of course, since most apps use around 20mb (browser much more)... After that, only thing to do is reboot... And that take some time! And it can takesSo is there a way to "improve" that?
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I use the v6 spercharger script and I have an average of 180mb free ( not when playing games)...try it just search the forum

Sneaky4296 said:
Do they have a CDMA version avaliable? And if so, what's the link? (For the rom of course)
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Ups that Rom is only for GSM buy try that app or v6 supercharger script both helps a lot
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I use v6 supercharger and titanium backup to move most of my apps to sdcard. I usually hover around 190-200mb free. And that is with all gameloft games, shadowgun, and about a total of 40+ games. I am also on stock Verizon rom with all bloat deleted via titanium. No lag anywhere. Everything is silky smooth.
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Try doing a clean flash and delete all the stock crap apps, then try with Ram manager, on my play i feel that supercharger is not helping in games, niether on battery life, i will try using zram from doomkernel.
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How do I enable the zram? I have the DooMKernel already installed.
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Im searching onto that XD

beez1717 said:
How do I enable the zram? I have the DooMKernel already installed.
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here u have file to enable zram (flash it):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=25610363&postcount=2226

Try using auto memory manager
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i think about your problem with ram
(every method need root, some recovery too)
U can make swap file/partition if u have enough fast sdcard (i heard that min. is class 4, but more=better). Partition can be created using recovery i think (I never need this). Swap file can be created using a-swapper or Swapper for Root - I've newer used it too

Why the hell do so many people ***** about the lack of this and that? You had to known what you were getting into BEFORE you bought the damn thing! If not your just a retard and should sell your phone and buy something you'll be happy with or just deal with it
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yes flashing custom kernel is a good option to aid in that aspect.

thatsupnow said:
Why the hell do so many people ***** about the lack of this and that? You had to known what you were getting into BEFORE you bought the damn thing! If not your just a retard and should sell your phone and buy something you'll be happy with or just deal with it
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I switched from an OG droid so having 512 mb of ram is a dream in my opinion. Lol. I appreciate what I have and that is a sweet gaming phone that cost me $35 because I got the phone free and only had to pay the CA tax on the full unsubsidized price of the phone. I love my phone to death! Sure I could do with more ram but it works just fine for me as is ^_^
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beez1717 said:
I switched from an OG droid so having 512 mb of ram is a dream in my opinion. Lol. I appreciate what I have and that is a sweet gaming phone that cost me $35 because I got the phone free and only had to pay the CA tax on the full unsubsidized price of the phone. I love my phone to death! Sure I could do with more ram but it works just fine for me as is ^_^
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Exactly! Its not the absolute best but it is great none the less, it just seems like alot of people get the thing then come straight here to ***** about what it doesn't have. Makes me wonder where their mind was when they bought it or got it on contract
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V6 supercharge helps.
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kojinmalia said:
Dunno for your, but for me it's hell. After boot's over, i have about 100mb of RAM avalaible and as it gets around 40mb, phone gets very laggy (like, call starts 2minutes after pressing call button...)
That happens quickly of course, since most apps use around 20mb (browser much more)... After that, only thing to do is reboot... And that take some time! And it can takesSo is there a way to "improve" that?
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have tried to use the true ancestor rom?? I use the version 1.4b, and I have alrederor of 250 mb of free ram with facebook, and browser active player reaches 200 mb!!

Desire. Tried many roms..

Hello.
Im using HTC Desire, i really love the phone, but i have problems with it.
i tried like thousands of roms, gingerbread, jelly bean, ics..
and EVERY rom is so fkn bad at perormance.
even doodle jump have low fps on my Desire.
i have other phone, ZTE Blade, it has 600 mhz processor, same resolution as desire and its playing smooth angry birds, hill climb racing and so on.
even little minigames have low fps.
I clocked my desire, min clock was like 500-700 mhz, max 1100 something.
still bad fps.
600 mhz is 2x faster than my 1ghz?
what the hell?

shunpoo said:
Hello.
Im using HTC Desire, i really love the phone, but i have problems with it.
i tried like thousands of roms, gingerbread, jelly bean, ics..
and EVERY rom is so fkn bad at perormance.
even doodle jump have low fps on my Desire.
i have other phone, ZTE Blade, it has 600 mhz processor, same resolution as desire and its playing smooth angry birds, hill climb racing and so on.
even little minigames have low fps.
I clocked my desire, min clock was like 500-700 mhz, max 1100 something.
still bad fps.
600 mhz is 2x faster than my 1ghz?
what the hell?
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That is strange all the games I have run smooth even high end games from gameloft like splinter cell mc4 and so on, try ram manager
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sywats said:
That is strange all the games I have run smooth even high end games from gameloft like splinter cell mc4 and so on, try ram manager
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maybe its sd card problem or what?
i went to recovery, partition sd card, then 1gb, swap memory or whatever it was to 0.
apps open very slowly, and when i download from google play and first time open it, it always crashes.
even simple game (happy jump) opens like 10 sec.

shunpoo said:
maybe its sd card problem or what?
i went to recovery, partition sd card, then 1gb, swap memory or whatever it was to 0.
apps open very slowly, and when i download from google play and first time open it, it always crashes.
even simple game (happy jump) opens like 10 sec.
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Wat did you use to partition your sdcard?
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sywats said:
Wat did you use to partition your sdcard?
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I just went to recovery, and then partitioned it there, as i said.
Chosed 1 gb for apps, swap memory 0.
I did something wrong?
I dont really know anything about partitioning

what class is your sdcard? do you use script which transfers data also on sdext? did you try changing sd?

shunpoo said:
I just went to recovery, and then partitioned it there, as i said.
Chosed 1 gb for apps, swap memory 0.
I did something wrong?
I dont really know anything about partitioning
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Did u use 4ext recovery?
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heraSK said:
what class is your sdcard? do you use script which transfers data also on sdext? did you try changing sd?
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well my sd card have circle with number four in it, so i guess its 4 class.
when i first boot my rom, i open terminal and write
su
a2sd install
y
n
y
I havent changed SD card.

sywats said:
Did u use 4ext recovery?
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I didnt. Is it app what i can download from Market?

shunpoo said:
I didnt. Is it app what i can download from Market?
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Yes u can download it from the market its the best recovery for the desire, u can use it to partition your SD card, you should make a 1gb ext 4 partition rest fat32, there is a excellent guide on here to show exactly how to do it, read that to make sure you do it properly and make sure you backup all ur data to a computer, just search for the guide
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Guide in my sig, search over lol
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am i right, if i use this ext4 thing, its stays?
i mean like if u flash another rom, do u have to flash this ext4 thing again?

shunpoo said:
am i right, if i use this ext4 thing, its stays?
i mean like if u flash another rom, do u have to flash this ext4 thing again?
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No u only need to flash recovery once
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Okay. I flashed ext4.
i partitioned 2gb for apps.
So i flashed rom, went to storage and i saw that internal memory is 148mb.
It shows that my SD Card total space is 6 out of 8.
(i typed this su, a2sd install in terminal)

shunpoo said:
Okay. I flashed ext4.
i partitioned 2gb for apps.
So i flashed rom, went to storage and i saw that internal memory is 148mb.
It shows that my SD Card total space is 6 out of 8.
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You won't see your partition but its there doing its job, you can get an app called free space from the market and then you can see your extension :thumbup:
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shunpoo said:
Okay. I flashed ext4.
i partitioned 2gb for apps.
So i flashed rom, went to storage and i saw that internal memory is 148mb.
It shows that my SD Card total space is 6 out of 8.
(i typed this su, a2sd install in terminal)
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Hmm 2gb ext. Bit much. 1.5gb is usually the most recommended. Anything bigger sometimes can cause issues. If u ask me 1gb is perfect, i mean how many apps u planning on installing? 1000? Haha
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jmcclue said:
Hmm 2gb ext. Bit much. 1.5gb is usually the most recommended. Anything bigger sometimes can cause issues. If u ask me 1gb is perfect, i mean how many apps u planning on installing? 1000? Haha
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Lol that's what I thought, 1 gig plenty for me
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Is it any faster?
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Okay, i was away from computer, now im back.
Im installing Supernova 2.3 rom atm.
I hope I get better performance now.
1 thing more, what rom do you prefer for games and browsing web?
ICS have really smooth browsing, but browsing with gingerbread is horrible.
Dunno about gaymz
/Okay, i tried to download angry birds space, cool game tho, but it tells me "Sorry, there's not enough space to install this item".
//I think i give up. I have ext4, 1gb (changed from 2).
Still bad fps at games..

Still same problem! Please help!!!

I tried another sd card, still same problem!!!

[Q]SWAP,anyone?

Can anyone explain me how we can use swap on buzz since our recoveries dont have that option?
What are the advantages?
Does it really burn sdcard or it is similar to overclocking burns processor chip?
Help is appreciated.

gobz said:
Can anyone explain me how we can use swap on buzz since our recoveries dont have that option?
What are the advantages?
Does it really burn sdcard or it is similar to overclocking burns processor chip?
Help is appreciated.
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It will degrade your sdcard. Infact i lost a 2 GB sdcard for this.
It does improves performance a bit but i wont rexommend u.
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gobz said:
Can anyone explain me how we can use swap on buzz since our recoveries dont have that option?
What are the advantages?
Does it really burn sdcard or it is similar to overclocking burns processor chip?
Help is appreciated.
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As said above it certainly degrades SD card life.I didnt loose any but mine 8gb class 6 sd card became so slow that copying a 70mb file used to take about 20mins to copy!
So I had to buy a new one,but yes there is a noticeable change in performance using swap.But just to get that bit of performance boost,you might end up being frustrated the other way,so not recommended.

Well i used swap Nothing strange happen with SD card... i used only 256 mb which is more than enough.
I used it with "system control pro" app, as it let you set swapiness, vf cache preasure and drop caches.
If you experiment with those values you can get something good. And also if you dont do it right you will get random reboot 1 times a day, or freeze sometime when it full that swap but does not drop cache... depending how you set it, you can get multitasking improved
If you have time try it. Sure kernel must support swap as you know it alrdy i guess...
Good luck :good:

massofsin said:
Well i used swap Nothing strange happen with SD card... i used only 256 mb which is more than enough.
I used it with "system control pro" app, as it let you set swapiness, vf cache preasure and drop caches.
If you experiment with those values you can get something good. And also if you dont do it right you will get random reboot 1 times a day, or freeze sometime when it full that swap but does not drop cache... depending how you set it, you can get multitasking improved
If you have time try it. Sure kernel must support swap as you know it alrdy i guess...
Good luck :good:
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CoZ u have no worries of sdcard. I lost 2GB card in this, though i was thinking that 2GB is very less and often had storage issue but guess what i lost that 2GB card :crying: and now i'm using 1gb card. So u can imagine, also include a cwm backup in 1 GB + roms.
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alamgirqazi said:
CoZ u have no worries of sdcard. I lost 2GB card in this, though i was thinking that 2GB is very less and often had storage issue but guess what i lost that 2GB card :crying: and now i'm using 1gb card. So u can imagine, also include a cwm backup in 1 GB + roms.
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Hmm... I did almost everything with that swap thing... for a long time... and my sd card is just fine

massofsin said:
Hmm... I did almost everything with that swap thing... for a long time... and my sd card is just fine
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Well then bad luck foR me.
Though i dont care about it anymore
Cm7 nightly doesnt needs swap coz its fast.
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Thank u guys for ur vibrant responses.
There is internal swap as well.

And use teracopy on pc.
It will blow your mind inside out.

gobz said:
And use teracopy on pc.
It will blow your mind inside out.
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teracopy doesn't do anything special when you have a damaged sd card !

gobz said:
And use teracopy on pc.
It will blow your mind inside out.
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What would teracopy do?
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Wasimk32 said:
teracopy doesn't do anything special when you have a damaged sd card !
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Have u locked dirty ratio to 20

gobz said:
Have u locked dirty ratio to 20
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Im not suggesting fix for broken sd Im just suggesting a better way to copy

gobz said:
Im not suggesting fix for broken sd Im just suggesting a better way to copy
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Either way my sdcard cannot be fixed bcoz my pc just doesnt reads it.
The situation is like " where is you God now " when the pc doesnot reads the sdcard in any way
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alamgirqazi said:
Either way my sdcard cannot be fixed bcoz my pc just doesnt reads it.
The situation is like " where is you God now " when the pc doesnot reads the sdcard in any way
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Ask me!
Ive a burnt 16 gb transcend pen drive.
16 gb of music + video are lost in a deep abyss..

Didi u guys tried to read it on linux? Fixed my hdd and mp3 player storage long ago... I guess if linux won't read it its broken lol
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massofsin said:
Didi u guys tried to read it on linux? Fixed my hdd and mp3 player storage long ago... I guess if linux won't read it its broken lol
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Will try on ubuntu.
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