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Root Sd card swap help please
- Thread starter tehnoob
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If you create one, yes.
Just repartition your card in cwm and don't choose 0 for swap
Then in terminal do
And then to confirm do
If it shows numbers in the swap section, you're good.
This will not persist on boot, so you will have do it every time you reboot.
Just repartition your card in cwm and don't choose 0 for swap
Then in terminal do
Code:
su
swapon /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
Code:
freeThis will not persist on boot, so you will have do it every time you reboot.
Lordvincent 90
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If you repartition your card it gets formatted (wiped clean). Just make a backup, them back up your card to your pc, then partition, then copy contents back, then restore backup (so it restores your sdext)
tehnoob
Well-Known Member
So I'll have to do all that every time I restart my phone? Or just never restart my phone
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The terminal command? yes. With every reboot.
You only have to do the swapon part when you reboot. The partition will stay. Your data partition well remain intact. The swap ('extra ram') will need to be re-enabled when you reboot
You only have to do the swapon part when you reboot. The partition will stay. Your data partition well remain intact. The swap ('extra ram') will need to be re-enabled when you reboot
Lordvincent 90
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Sry. Do:
First...
(edited my previous instructions to reflect that)
Code:
su(edited my previous instructions to reflect that)
tehnoob
Well-Known Member
i must have done something wrong cuz my original partition is gone and the new one i made just took its place
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I'm sorry if you misunderstood. When you REpartition you card, the existing ones are wiped... It wipes the card clean. you create the partitions new again. It's like starting over. But if you backed up the things like my post instructed, you then 'reinstall' the data to the newly created partition, you won't lose any data.
Part of the partitioning process is to FORMAT the card. formatting the whole card removes existing partitions.
I guess i should have been more clear
When you partitioned in cwm, you should have selected the desired size for your ext4 partition, then the desired swap partition size.
Part of the partitioning process is to FORMAT the card. formatting the whole card removes existing partitions.
I guess i should have been more clear
When you partitioned in cwm, you should have selected the desired size for your ext4 partition, then the desired swap partition size.
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Nah, you got this. It's easy. In cwm, when you select partition, the first number you select is for your data, the second is for swap.
For example, you can choose 1024 (1gb) for the first number (where your data will go) and 256 (.25gb) for the second (your swap)
Your card will then be partitioned and you can use swap as well as have a data partition.(1gb for data, .25gb for swap)
Any time you partition in cwm, it deletes existing partitions.
For example, you can choose 1024 (1gb) for the first number (where your data will go) and 256 (.25gb) for the second (your swap)
Your card will then be partitioned and you can use swap as well as have a data partition.(1gb for data, .25gb for swap)
Any time you partition in cwm, it deletes existing partitions.
tehnoob
Well-Known Member
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Swap is like virtual memory in windows. Instead of Android killing apps when low on ram it moves them to the swap partition and stores them there until they are needed.
It 'swaps' them out as needed. It's virtual ram.
It 'swaps' them out as needed. It's virtual ram.
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Did it error when you did the swapon command?
Lordvincent 90
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Do
su (then press enter)
swapon dev/block/mmcblk0p3
The su command is separate. It gives terminal super user access
And don't put the / before dev.
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su (then press enter)
swapon dev/block/mmcblk0p3
The su command is separate. It gives terminal super user access
And don't put the / before dev.
.
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It's case sensitive... 
swapon not Swapon
swapon not Swapon