ArmageddonX
Android Expert
LoL... Ok, ok... I'll try. I do sorta have a complex though 
Thank you.
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And per the link I posted in your thread from Qualcomm - it's LPDDR2, same as SGS2.4GB of internal storage will be enough. There's an app called DiskUsage that will tell you how much you have available and what you're taking up for apps. On my DX, bloat and some system apks were listed, too. I used 383 MB of what looks like appox 2.5 GB free.
Here's a screenie of how it looks. If you're space conscious, I'd recommend it. After I saw this, I stopped moving apps to SD card and forced all apps on my SD card back to phone. I just got lazy and didn't uninstall this app.
Here's a screenie of how it looks. If you're space conscious, I'd recommend it. After I saw this, I stopped moving apps to SD card and forced all apps on my SD card back to phone. I just got lazy and didn't uninstall this app.
Vanquished
Android Expert
I was going to say something like that as well. Using just CM7 on the device, it appears the Android OS takes up more than half of that 1gb of memory the EVO has, leaving me with 450mb or so for apps. I can't remember what is was with Sense and all of the stock stuff on it, but it was somewhere around 200mb free (anyone like to confirm this).
Even though 1gb is a huge improvement compared to what the EVO had to offer, I still find it "disturbing" that the UI and OS use 75% of the ROM on a device that has 4gb of space...Assuming the OS takes 500mb, that puts Sense (and maybe other added bloatware) at 2.5gb over the current 2-300mb...I just don't see how there can be that many improvements with the UI to constitute that much space, but I'm also not a programmer either so I don't know every little thing that goes on behind the scenes with this.
It may or may not - you'll need to check out your file allocations. You'll probably find you've got a sizable chunk set aside for data.
thelonewizard
Android Enthusiast
1. You're allowed to say that word. Just don't swear just to swear. I.e.
"Damn, I'm excited for this phone!" - acceptable
"I'm so _____ing stoked for this _______ing ____ beast of a _____ phone! ____!" - overkill
2. I'm actually not sure as to why Google apps aren't able to be moved to SD. I've never really messed with moving stuff between my phone and my SD card. Never found the need, but I have found the need to upgrade this slow POS.
yourfriendmat
Well-Known Member
I'm pretty sure Google and carrier apps can't be moved because then if you take out the SD, you could cripple the entire app (or at least some function of it). Google doesn't want user stupidity to cause people to think their product is inferior, and carriers thought they were important enough to include (and not let you remove), so they aren't going to let you move them for similar reasons.
^Pretty smart.
Also, the vast majority of SD cards are slower than then internal flash storages of the phone. Imagine trying to run maps from SD, for example. If you could put parts of the OS on the SD card, you would be slowing down the OS in some ways. Then people would complain that the OS is laggy. et cetera
That's not lagging, that would be considered loading.
OK, so I got the answer on the SGS2 memory layout from Slug, a proud new owner.
The additional partition on that 16GB internal storage he has: it's /sdcard - and the physical SD card is accessed as /sdcard/external.
I'll see how the SGS2 partitioning stacks up, post in a relevant thread if I find anything - probably the one comparing the 3 dual core phones.
In any case - the idea that phones with arbitrarily large internal memory is there to use however - not true so much.
The additional partition on that 16GB internal storage he has: it's /sdcard - and the physical SD card is accessed as /sdcard/external.
I'll see how the SGS2 partitioning stacks up, post in a relevant thread if I find anything - probably the one comparing the 3 dual core phones.
In any case - the idea that phones with arbitrarily large internal memory is there to use however - not true so much.
Emmexx
Well-Known Member
Agreed. My niece said the same thing of her music and pics not coming up as fast as she liked and blamed it on lag on her Inspire. I gave her my 16GB class 10 and she said there was very little hesitation any more and told her that it wasn't lag, just a bottleneck.
Emmexx
Well-Known Member
If only
Ah well. The 1GB available to me with a 32GB class ten uSD is good enough for me till they start making standards for class 10 64GB and above.
You're viewing a single partition. I'm unfamiliar with that tool, but look to see if you can get reports for multiple partitions. Even then, they won't add up to 4 GB, some things the tools can't see.
And that matches our expectation of 1 GB for apps from before.
The tool you're using is only showing a single partition.
Please see - http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-3d/338280-4gb-enough.html#post2859246
Partitioning info here - http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-3d/346198-htc-evo-3d-full-specs-techies-dummies-4.html#post2832640
wake69
Android Expert
4 gb yes, 1 gb for apps. the rest of space is for the 3d and sense 3.0
Wow that's crazy, thanks