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SD Maid Effectiveness And Android's RAM

plnelson said:
from android phone what are the steps to follow in order to Wipe Cache Partition?

Go to Settings > Storage > internal storage , scroll down to the cache, select it and the OS will give you the option of clearing the cache. I've tried this on two phones, one with Marshmallow and one with Lollipop and it worked on both.
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I have never tried that. I always do a Wipe Cache Partition by going through Recovery on a power up.

I checked and Settings/Storage & USB/Internal Storage/Cached data reports Cache reported 867MB

I did a power off Wipe Cache Partiton and then examined Settings/Storage & USB/Internal Storage/Cached dataagain and it reported 867 MB

The minimum information I could find indicates that
Settings/Storage & USB/Internal Storage/Cached data removes all cached data for all apps
Recovery Wipe Cache Partition removes residue from the system like .apk files that were downloaded for a system update.

What is needed here is the Wipe Cache Partition.

It is conceivable that there is a device that has different definitions for what is going on.

If it was me ... I would contact Leovo and ask ... how do I Wipe Cache Partition on my Lenovo A1000 phone?

The clsest I could find was ...
http://www.hardreset.info/devices/lenovo/lenovo-a1000/recovery-mode/
... and you select Wipe Cache Partition from the menu.

You do NOT want to select Wipe Data/Factory Reset ... it will delete everything.

If you are uncomfortable with this ... take it to a carrier and have them show you how to do it.

I do not have this device and can not guarantee the instruction.

(Some manufacturers seem to hide this information and sell new devices to replace old "laggy" devices to people who have never done a Wipe Cache Partition.)

... Thom
 
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Interesting app.

It seems to be clearing the cache associated with an app (or apps) and not the area filled with system temporary files.

The only way I know to do a Wipe Cache Partition is by requesting it from the Recovery menu.

In many versions f Android a Wipe Cache Partition is also done as one of the steps in a Factory Data Reset that can be started from the Recovery menu and in some Android versions from System settings.

... Thom
 
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Hi. I have seen the below kind of Android going for $ 140, here in my country, is ideal for speed bearing in mind it has RAM of 3GB ?
Can someone please advise, I don't want make a mess by purchasing it I'd rather go for Lenovo K5 note at $200.


Cubot Dinosaur - 5.5''
 
Same CPU as the Lenovo. But clocked slower. And considering the relatively unknown brand, I'm expecting worse internals for everything else, like camera.
 
chanchan05 said:
Same CPU as the Lenovo. But clocked slower. And considering the relatively unknown brand, I'm expecting worse internals for everything else, like camera.
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You mean Cubot Dinosaur - 5.5'' is unknown brand not from a major manufacturer like Lenovo?

This phone has 13mp rear camera and 5mp front camera. The short coming I find in this phone is it has 16GB internal memory, but RAM which is also responsible for speed is 3GB
 
charlington said:
You mean Cubot Dinosaur - 5.5'' is unknown brand not from a major manufacturer like Lenovo?

This phone has 13mp rear camera and 5mp front camera. The short coming I find in this phone is it has 16GB internal memory, but RAM which is also responsible for speed is 3GB
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Camera quality is not measured in megapixels. I have a 14megapixel Sony camera at home that I bought 3 years ago. My 12 megapixel S7 Edge takes clearer and sharper pictures.

Also I do not know what type of RAM is used not all RAM is equal. If it uses DDR2 3GB RAM, then it will be slower than 2GB DDR3 RAM.

I am just wary of unknown brands. Plus the fact that you might not receive Android updates because the manufacturer did not make updates for the phone.
 
chanchan05 said:
Camera quality is not measured in megapixels. I have a 14megapixel Sony camera at home that I bought 3 years ago. My 12 megapixel S7 Edge takes clearer and sharper pictures.

Also I do not know what type of RAM is used not all RAM is equal. If it uses DDR2 3GB RAM, then it will be slower than 2GB DDR3 RAM.

I am just wary of unknown brands. Plus the fact that you might not receive Android updates because the manufacturer did not make updates for the phone.
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Over the years I have been careful not to purchase a phone that is not listed on gsmarena.com or from a major manufacturers like Nokia, Lenovo Samsung etc.


@chanchan05 The Cubot Dinosaur - 5.5'' smart phone is not clearly mentioned in gsmarena.com, I noted that here there are very many different types of phone model all with names that may not be internationally recognized. Earlier on here you said you've nt heard of android brands by names Infinix, Tecno, smadl, the list is long..

I think by what you said earlier, I should go for Lenovo K5 Note, seems you approve it as a known brand, internationally recognised and mid range speed. It's going for $200 here.
 
charlington said:
Over the years I have been careful not to purchase a phone that is not listed on gsmarena.com or from a major manufacturers like Nokia, Lenovo Samsung etc.


@chanchan05 The Cubot Dinosaur - 5.5'' smart phone is not clearly mentioned in gsmarena.com, I noted that here there are very many different types of phone model all with names that may not be internationally recognized. Earlier on here you said you've nt heard of android brands by names Infinix, Tecno, smadl, the list is long..

I think by what you said earlier, I should go for Lenovo K5 Note, seems you approve it as a known brand, internationally recognised and mid range speed. It's going for $200 here.
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As long as you can really afford it.

And don't download any RAM booster or any app that claims it will speed up ypur phone. It won't.
 
Cubot, Infinix, Tecno... those are all completely obscure things. Bought cheap online, like Ebay or something, and imported, shipped from Hong Kong?

"Utilisez deux doigts pour deplacer le carte"....whatever that means. :confused:
hong kong tecno.jpg

So that's where "Canton" is, looks like Guangzhou to me.


Guide to Chinese Androids, recommends you go with the Lenovo, or a Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Oppo, etc. :thumbsupdroid:
 
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mikedt said:
Cubot, Infinix, Tecno... those are all completely obscure things. Bought cheap online, like Ebay or something, and imported, shipped from Hong Kong?

"Utilisez deux doigts pour deplacer le carte"....whatever that means. :confused:
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So that's where "Canton" is, looks like Guangzhou to me.


Guide to Chinese Androids, recommends you go with the Lenovo, or a Huawei, ZTE, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Oppo, etc. :thumbsupdroid:
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Those models and others flood the market here. I have not heard problems with these internationally unknown brands.

Some of these brands (Tecno, Infinix etc) are quite cheap with high specs and those that range at $250 have features close or similar to Samsung S7 which goes for around $760 here.

I thought all these models (Tecno, Infinix etc) are made from China. I'm surprised to hear of Hong Kong.
 
It is a temporary work area for the system. They place temporary files there and when done just leave them there. (It would take time to remove them.) Each time a new file needs to inserted there they go to the available space and if needed delete some old files to make the space contiguous.

It takes time to clear, rearrange, and save. That is what is making the performance worse.

It can become really chewed up overt time and take a long time and performance really looks bad.

An example is a system update. These are really large patch files (in some cases many megabytes.) The update is completed and the files are just left there until the space is needed.

On my Droid Turbo 2 I Wipe Cache Partition every Saturday as part of weekly maintenance.

I assume you let it run to completion. Did it improve your performance?

... Thom
 
Thom said:
It is a temporary work area for the system. They place temporary files there and when done just leave them there. (It would take time to remove them.) Each time a new file needs to inserted there they go to the available space and if needed delete some old files to make the space contiguous.

It takes time to clear, rearrange, and save. That is what is making the performance worse.

It can become really chewed up overt time and take a long time and performance really looks bad.

An example is a system update. These are really large patch files (in some cases many megabytes.) The update is completed and the files are just left there until the space is needed.

On my Droid Turbo 2 I Wipe Cache Partition every Saturday as part of weekly maintenance.

I assume you let it run to completion. Did it improve your performance?

... Thom
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@Thom Yes I did wait for it to run to completion but it took few seconds to complete like one to two second and I wonder if really the procedure was a success.

For speed I've not noted the change.

I have occasionally been factory resetting my android regularly (Sundays) but it has really been VERY HARD customizing back settings in all my Apps after resetting.

When you mentioned Cache partitioning, I thought I could use it to clear junk files which could be making my phone slow, instead of I factory resetting my handset weekly to avoid this cumbersome of of customizing app all over again.

Is it normal that cache partitioning can take this short time 1-2 seconds?
 
You should not need to do the weekly Factory Data Reset. One of the steps in a Factory data Reset in most versions of Android is a Wipe Cache Partition.

If you do a periodic Wipe Cache Partition it will give you the benefits without losing the apps you added, data you saved, or settings you made.

It used to take about 10 minutes to run. With Android 6.0 it takes about 2 seconds to run. None has ever explained why.

... Thom
 
Thom said:
You should not need to do the weekly Factory Data Reset. One of the steps in a Factory data Reset in most versions of Android is a Wipe Cache Partition.

If you do a periodic Wipe Cache Partition it will give you the benefits without losing the apps you added, data you saved, or settings you made.

It used to take about 10 minutes to run. With Android 6.0 it takes about 2 seconds to run. None has ever explained why.

... Thom
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My phone is Android version 5.0 Lollipop, it is rooted.
 
It probably varies by manufacturer/model when the faster speed started. Mine was on an un-root-ed Droid Turbo 2.

If it told you it was done I would believe it.

... Thom
 
@chanchan05 , I think I have finally found the phone, it's model name is Gionee M6 LITE, it is first time I hear of this model name. It is costing $149 here and it is clearly listed in GSMARENA.COM, What do you say about it in terms of speed and more?
 
I can't find any specification on the CPU other than its a MediaTek octacore. Considering MediaTek is a budget phone line of CPU, I'm not very confident in saying it will be fast. It will be likely faster and smoother than your current phone, but the LG and HTC phones you mentioned a while ago would be better units in my opinion. Plus I don't know how much software support Gionee products get.
 
charlington said:
@chanchan05 , I think I have finally found the phone, it's model name is Gionee M6 LITE, it is first time I hear of this model name. It is costing $149 here and it is clearly listed in GSMARENA.COM, What do you say about it in terms of speed and more?
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Gionee is a reasonably well known brand in China, awith an extensive support and service network here. And the M6 is typical of current mid-range China phones. It does have a larger than average capacity battery in it though, 5000mAh I believe. Although it is MediaTek MTK, so for rooting and custom ROMs etc, it could be difficult. If it will work and be suitable for the United States or not, check with willmyphonework.net, forget Verizon and Sprint with it.
 
I have an S5 so while speed isn't a huge issue for me, CRAP certainly is, lol. I can verify that the app is great for SAFELY getting rid of a bunch of useless crap that apps leave behind that you aren't even aware of!!!
 
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