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Increase RAM using Swap File and Swap Partition

NOTE: 
I spent hours updating my guides and I don't ask you to press that THANKS button, be kind enough not to copy my guides to other forums. Iknow some noobs want to make a name on other forum boards... but hey, that's not an excuse! 

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POSTED MAY 29, 2012 AT 4:00 AM BY POORCOLLEGEGUY

WARNING: This mod may degrade SD card life.

What you need:

• MiniTool Partition Wizard for SD Card Partitioning
• A MicroSD HC 4GB or higher class 6 or class 10
• MicroSD HC Card Adapter
• A card reader (if your pc doesn't have card reader built in | USB Mount is not adviseable)
• Swapper2 from Google Play Store [DOWNLOAD]
• ADB Shell or terminal Emulator (to check if swap is activated)
• Make sure you have BusyBox installed

Before we start, lets do some reading . . .

RAM
What is RAM

Random Access Memory (RAM) is temporary data storage that the CPU uses during calculations. The more RAM a device has, the more calculated results the CPU can store - which means less time the CPU has to do the same thing over and over again. In other words, the CPU can check RAM to see if it has already made a particular calculation in the recent past. If it has, it can use the pre-computed results instead of wasting processing time recomputing the same calculation. In short, more RAM means a more efficient (and faster) device. 

SWAP
What is SWAP

Swap is, in short, virtual RAM. With swap, a small portion of the hard drive is set aside and used like RAM. The computer will attempt to keep as much information as possible in RAM until the RAM is full. At that point, the computer will begin moving inactive blocks of memory (called pages) to the hard disk, freeing up RAM for active processes. If one of the pages on the hard disk needs to be accessed again, it will be moved back into RAM, and a different inactive page in RAM will be moved onto the hard disk ('swapped'). The trade off is disks and SD cards are considerably slower than physical RAM, so when something needs to be swapped, there is a noticeable performance hit.
Unlike traditional swap, Android's Memory Manager kills inactive processes to free up memory. Android signals to the process, then the process will usually write out a small bit of specific information about its state (for example, Google Maps may write out the map view coordinates; Browser might write the URL of the page being viewed) and then the process exits. When you next access that application, it is restarted: the application is loaded from storage, and retrieves the state information that it saved when it last closed. In some applications, this makes it seem as if the application never closed at all. This is not much different from traditional swap, except that Android apps are specially programed to write out very specific information, making Android's Memory Manager more efficient that swap. 

Step by Step Guide

How to create Swap Partition

Using MiniTool Partition Wizard

• Plug in you MicroSD HC Card to your computer using the card adapter. (Do not use USB Mount)

• Open MiniTool Partition Wizard and look for the card

• Right Click on it and select Delete Partition

• Click on Apply to Delete the Partition

• Right Click on it again and select Create Partition

Set the partitions as follows:

1st partition:
Label: Android-SD
Create as: Primary
File System: Fat32
Partition size: as much as you want! 

2nd partition:
Label: Android-EXT3 (2nd partition is for EXT which you can use for A2SD or Link2SD)
Create as: Primary
File System: EXT3 (be it a custom kernel or ROM with EXT4 support, use EXT3 still -play safe! )
Partition size: MIN: 256 MB MAX: 1024MB (1GB)

3rd partition:
Label: (do not put anything)
Create as: Primary
File System: Linux Swap
Partition size: MIN: 32MB MAX: 1024MB(1GB) RECOMMENDED: 256MB

• After creating partitions, click Apply to apply changes.

Using ClockWorkMod

• Reboot to Recovery
• Go to Advanced and Debugging
• Select partition SD card and select the partition size that delights you

How to use Swap
For us to be able to use swap file or swap partition, we need to use Swapper2 which you can get from Google Play.

• Download and Install Swapper2 (of course)

• After installing, open Swapper2 and navigate to Menu > Settings

Swapper preferences: (for kernels that doesn't have swap partition support)

• Run swapper at startup (put a check)
• Swap place: /sd card/swapfile.swp (you can place it in a folder if you don't like a messy sd card structure )
• Swap size: MIN: 10 MB MAX: 256MB RECOMMENDED: 32MB (choose any)
• Swapiness: RECOMMENDED: 10MB SYSTEM DEFAULT: 60MB MAX: 100MB (choose any)
• Safe unmount (put a check)
• Safe remount (put a check)

Advanced preferences: (for Kernels that supports swap partition only)
Use swap partition (put a check)
Swap partition: /dev/block/mmcblk1p2

• After setting preferences, press back and tap on "ON" to turn on swap. Reboot afterwards

How can I tell if swap is running?

Go to the terminal emulator - or open adb shell - and run 'free'.
If it looks like this (with zeros in the swap line), you do not have swap: 

 

If it looks like this (with anything other than zeros in the swap line), you do have swap: 

NOTE:
You need to turn off swap before you mount SD via USB, if you don't you will not be able to mount sd as swapfile is active and set to read only which will deny request to mount USB Storage.

Get Swapper2 here:
Thanks to kalhimeo who attached the the apk file on this POST or click this ATTACHMENT LINK to download. 

Hello friends
 I've seen many android users are facing problems lagging , low frame rates in games  etc etc ... so finall ive a solution for ya all  ..  go to playstore  download pimp my rom beta and alpha . the beta are for for ics n above uesrs  & alpha is for gb (gingerbread users).download it . before doing anything first make sure that u have nandroid backup of your current rom beacuse a current mistake can brick ur phone.. ok now follow my steps                                                                                                                                                          1. for gingerbread users -                                                                               PIMP MY ROM ALPHA-                                     

               *open pimp my rom alpha .                                                                             
               * go to tools/universl int.d support/ activate int.d support . after activating it ll give u a toast message "yes reboot ! and no keep pimpin ! . Select no keep pimpin !
               * now go to entropy generator/ select set on boot, feed intervel- 1 sec, feed timeout 1 sec, random bytes 256,fill water mark - 100%, random read wake up threshold- 4096 bits( scroll the bar to full) to set it.
               *dual boot animation - its useless dont use it ., as it can cause bootlop  issue.
               *lock apps in ram - it ll eat up ur  ram allowinbg u to load ur selected apps faster..[ recommended for 512 mb  and above ram users.
               *gps config- don't change anything
               *device hidden menu- leave it it's useless
    ## Now go to tweaks section
               * network & internet- wifi scan interval _ increase it but it'll cost ur battery a lot
               *   wifi connect speed tweak - increase wifi speed
    ## Multitasking
               *oom groupings- select any option accordingly how much u use ur phone
               *minifree values- set it like above
               * zram compression - select 64mb for 256 mb ram & 128mb ram for 512mb ram and above
               * tick on two options u ll get below    
               *dalvik vm - set heap growth limit to 64 mb  
    ##kernel
               *I/O schedulers / tick on the following- * disable I/O- for increasing I/O speed
               *scheduler sysctl tweaks- will enhance the behaviour of your I/O scheduler to improve  I?O performance
               * vsync/ disable vsync- to increase frame rates in games allowing more smoothly in gaming thus reducing lags in games
               * disable sleepers- tick on following 3 options below
               * apply selected tweaks
  ## android features
               Tick on the following-
              *hardware acceleration
              * gpu rendering- to increase  to  provide more smoothness 2D and 3D apps
              *surface dithering - to make evrything look much sharper at the expense of ram and gpu
              *purgeable assets - allowing ur device to free up more ram when required
              *android logger - disabling will provide a little  performance
              *telephony-proximity sensor delay - set it to 25 to enable ur proximikty sensor work instantly
              Now  we come to last section i.e Miscellaneous click on all options except 1 build prop tweak quick power on- u can use it .. basically it causes bootlop issues n it generally depends on what processor u r using in ur phonme( recommended qualcom chipset) 
        


      PIMP MY ROM BETA-
  This is for ics users. u ll find same options like above select everything like above.Well there u ll find an option in pmp my rom beta that is not available in alpha.
* Go to Tweaks/ touch-screen & display
*multi touch amount- set it to low (disabled)
*minimum pointer duration-set a lower value bascically to increase touch resonsiveness in games (basically for pressing  buttons conmstantly)
*maximum events per second-set a higher value to increase responsiveness
*surfaceflinger minimum velocity-setting its minimum velocity higher can increase draw speed thereby increasing general velocity
*fps - set it on to reduce texture problem in games... and get smooth gameplay



(Note- before setting above values first install busy box pro)
 tyou can download both pimp my rom versions from Playstore...         


       :)     ;) so enjoy it guys and don't hesitate to ask anything .. we are here to help u guys  !!   






















                                                                                                                                                                     

































































































                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Save ur Android phone's battery(no application needed)

Android smartphones like LG, HTC, Samsung and Micromax are really powerful, but unfortunately, they don't have endless battery life. Android smartphones consumes more battery compare to other Mobile phone. Because Android Smartphones have thinner designs with less room for batteries, larger and brighter screens, faster dual-core processors, more software that runs in the background, and power-hungry GPS radios all share responsibility. Networks move from 2G to 3G then 4G networks. So try these tips to extend your handset's battery life.

How to see which apps & hardware are using max battery: - Click to Navigate button --> system setting --> Battery Use to see an organized breakdown of what's consuming your phone's battery. If you see an application you barely use or a feature you never use, uninstall the app or turn off the feature.

1. Set brightness to dim or adjust automatically: - Set brightness to dim it is best for your battery and you’re Eyes. If you don’t want to set on dim then use automatically brightness adjust apps. Android Market has lots of app for this.

 2. Turn off unnecessary hardware: - It is great that today's phones have LTE, GPS, Wi-Fi, GPRS and Bluetooth, but do you really need all four activated 24 hours? These app & hardware keeps drain on your battery in background. If your phone has a power control widget, you can use it to quickly turn on/off GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.

3. Remove unnecessary home screen widgets and live wallpaper: - Just because home screen widgets and live wallpaper consuming Battery power in the background.

4. Keep the screen timeout short: - In your phone's display settings menu, you should find an option labeled 'Screen Timeout' or something similar. This setting controls how long your phone's screen stays on. Every second counts here, so set your timeout to the shortest available time. On most Android phones, the minimum is 15 seconds. If your screen timeout is currently set to 2 minutes, consider reducing that figure to 30 seconds or less.

5. Don't leave apps running in the background: - Todays Android smartphones have multitasking ability to run more than one app at a time. It also burns a lot of energy, because every app you run uses a share of your phone's processor cycles. By killing apps that you aren't actually using, you can drastically reduce your CPU's workload and cut down on its power consumption. So kill all apps which are running in background. I like an app called Advanced Task Killer, which has an auto-kill feature.

6. Do not use vibrate: - Unfortunately vibrating uses much more power than playing a ringtone does. In contrast, the vibration motor rotates a small weight to make your whole phone shake. That process takes a lot more power. If you don't want to be disturbed audibly, consider turning off all notifications and leave the phone in view so you can see when a new call is coming in.

7. Turn off non-essential notifications: - Almost every app now polls the internet in search of updates, news, messages, and other information. When it finds something, the app may chime, light up your screen and display a message, make your LED blink, or do all of the above. It is consuming your battery life.

Some of the best Utilities Android

Utilities

AppGarden Lite 
Free
The interface looks dated, but AppGarden Lite is a lightweight, backwards-compatible container with dozens of useful utilities, from conversion charts to a barcode scanner to a password generator. You can bookmark your favorite utilities for quick access. My favorites folder includes the QR scanner, stopwatch, tip calculator, currency calculator, Urban Dictionary lookup, and a calorie calculator. 

avast! Mobile Security
Free
This completely free app packs in a ton of security features, like remote wipe, remote-lock, app management, safe Web browsing, a battery manager, and as an added bonus, a top-rated anti-virus engine that passed AV-Test's test with flying colors. It's also incredibly light. However it lacks a backup feature so make sure you sync it to your computer. 

aDownloader
Free
There are lots of BitTorrent clients out there, but I like the old favorite aDownloader because it's easy to use and relatively crash-free. It also has a killer feature: the ability to pause and resume downloads. I haven't encountered any file-size limits, either. 

Auto Memory Manager
Free
When a computer needs a performance boost, one of the most obvious ways is to upgrade or at least, manage memory; the same goes for mobile devices. Auto Memory Manager is an ad-supported app that provides detailed memory information, and lets you set memory priority on apps. It's worth downloading when your Android phone begins to feel sluggish. 

Beautiful Widgets
$2.89
The Beautiful Widgets app lets you customize your phone’s homescreen, with weather reports, clocks, battery status, and different elements. It’s a simple app that makes your Android’s homescreen more useful to you, based on what information you want to see. And, as the name implies, it does it with grace. 

Maxthon Internet Browser
Free
If I could personify Maxthon, he'd be a crazy genius. This HTML5-ready Chinese invention is packed with endless configurations like advanced gesturing (that goes beyond that offered by Dolphin HD), www/WAP toggling, fetching, and day/night mode. You can even personalize it to rename the app, select a different icon for the app, and change its skin. 

History Eraser Pro
Free
History Eraser Pro makes it simple to delete junk off your phone. The app walks you through all sorts of data, from text messages to browser history to cached files, and then it wipes them in one shot. 

Juicedefender 
Free
Do you love everything about your Android except its crappy battery life? JuiceDefender Ultimate is a popular app that conserves battery life by disabling the most draining components, specifically 3G/4G connectivity, when your phone is idle. You can get the free lite version, but I'd invest in the Ultimate version which lets you customize when to disable a signal; for example, if you're listening to Pandora you wouldn't want it to go offline simply because your phone went idle. 

Nova Launcher Prime 
$4
There are quite a few launchers available in Google Play that replace your stock phone homescreen interface with something more customizable. Nova Launcher Prime not only gives you settings to play with, but it's also super-fast and smooth. If you're not willing to part with four bucks, try the free version, called Nova Launcher. 

Lookout Premium for Android
Free
Lookout doesn't just promise security, it promises peace of mind on your Android device, which includes recovery solutions in case of loss, theft, or wipeout. The free version offers Find My Phone feature, automatic backup and restore functions. However, I'd shell out for the Premium ($2.99/month or $29.99/year, direct) edition which adds safe browsing; remote lock/wipe; app permissions management; and backup for contacts, call history, and pictures. 

Speed Test
Free
Is your file suddenly taking forever to download? If it's your network's fault, Speed Test will prove it. Tap to test your network connectivity in less than 30 seconds, showing upload and download times, real-time graphs showing connection consistency, and other detailed reporting to shove in your carrier's face when they try to blame it on something else. 

OnLive
Free
OnLive for Android lets you play current-generation console and PC games on your Android device, by streaming them from OnLive's servers. It works best with 4G connectivity and most games require a wireless game controller. 

Opera Mini 7
Free
If you're on a data diet, Opera Mini 7 is the fastest, most backward-compatible mobile browser on the market. You won't get Flash support or all the features in Dolphin Browser HD, but Opera's servers compress webpages so much that Mini only requires one-tenth of the bandwidth of a traditional mobile browser. 

SwiftKey Keyboard
$3.99
Swiftkey is a truly impressive keyboard replacement, packing a smart keyboard that suggests the next word before you type it. The company boasts that their language model can sometimes let you dash off whole sentences without typing, though it includes a Swype-like input method called Flow. 

Swype Keyboard
Free
Veteran users will be familiar with Swype's killer keyboard feature—being able to swipe your finger across a few letters to form entire words. The full version of the app also includesa smart machine learning engine, multiple keyboard configurations, talk-to-text dictation, multiple language support and hand writing. It's a sprawling app that makes mobile typing a breeze. 

Tasker
$6.49
Tasker is…ingenious. It lets you quickly program commands for your phone, like automatically turning on your music when you plug in earphones, or automatically turning off Wi-Fi when you put your device face down. Yes, I totally buy its tagline: "turn your smartphone into a geniusphone." 

X-plore
Free 
X-Plore is a great way to look at an Android's file system, and its many added features are solid bonuses. Use it to perform file operations like copy, rename, or create new folders. With X-plore, users can access Picasa albums, browse SQlite database files, zip and unzip files, and explore shared folders on Windows servers and PCs. 

1-download ADW launcer(link http://speedy.sh/wEp9m/ADWLauncher-EX-v1.3.3.8-apkmania.com.apk)
2-install it and open...
3-follow screenshots




4-now open ADW config
5-then go Screen
6-change higlight press colour and untick show outline

7-now go to application drawer abd changed drawer transition effect to swirl
8-now go to icon and change icon size to 80%
9-and now u go to App dock and go to dock size(portrait) & dock size(landscape) and changed number to 3 both.

Ya it is true that 12 Mega Pixels patcher come out for A110...both ICS & JB...now a days it is a great news and breaking news for all A110 users...actually it boost ur phone's camera to the highest level...it boosts ur camera's resolution also highest level...ya it also boost ur recording also to the highest level...bt remember it may not work in all custom roms...and also it may cause that not load boot ur device...so i am not responsible for any problem occured  in/after installation...

features:
it keeps ur back camera quality to 12MP and front camera to 1.5 MP

linl for ICS-http://speedy.sh/CXssj/12MP-Camera-by-Subham-d-a-s-ICS-meandmicromaxcanvas2.blogspot.in

link for JB-http://speedy.sh/VbHVw/12MP-Camera-by-Subham-d-a-s-ICS-meandmicromaxcanvas2.blogspot.in

How to install it:
1-remember CWM recovery must installed(link-http://speedy.sh/PwTkv/recovery.img)
2-keep 12 MP patcher in ur sd card and flash through sd card

N.B: before installing my patchers keep a backup with CWM recovery...and some custom roms it may not show 12 MP but the quality of camera is better than default...

Downloads:

Increase RAM 100% (no script)

Hey FNDS...Is ur Ram sucks on ur android phone? but not finding

any solution...! Don't worry now I will give u a superb

solution..yes and here no need any scripts...
We all want to use various application in our Android phone bt

due to lower RAM we  just uninstall some apps and install other

apps for enjoy various apps features...
E.G...I use free calls and sms apps more then 5...like-we

chat,what's up,hike,line,free sms gateway etc...But in

practical I am not use those apps in one time...but these all

is  impotant for me....and they will eat my RAM lots of...Now

come to the point...In the use of GREENIFY software we will

control of our RAM as we wish...Yes it's true...We can

hibernate our apps in the help of GREENIFY...I am not saying

without any proof...I am using it more then 6 months and

realise it's true power...that's why I recommend u all to use

these application...It is very success on the low RAM capacity

device...And interesting thing is it will not eat ur RAM...
U can hibernate any application with the help of GREENIFY...
Features:
In hibernate mode it kill ur apps totally.And when u click ur

hibernate apps then it again work as before.It involves auto

hibernate facility also.

Download it(involves 2 apps one is the main apps and another is
donation version,it unlock some extra features..)


Downloads:
How to install:
1-Extract the apps package
2-Install it as normally

Screen Shots








Note: U can not hibernate ur system application

 Special Note:I am not promoting any other application 

Top five tricks-----

1-music masti
Android's built-in Music app is pretty capable -- and for Jelly Bean users (both 4.1 and 4.2), you'll find the ability to equalize your music has been baked right in. Once you're playing a song, hit the three dots in the upper-right corner and select "Equalizer." You'll be able to select from presets such as "Folk" and "Heavy Metal," and you can even drag the five sliders yourself to fine-tune based on what you're listening to at the moment. Down below are extra controls: drag to adjust the amount of bass boost applied. There’s also a "3-D effect," some software processing that makes the music sound a little deeper. Those options are only available when headphones are plugged in, since they wouldn't make much of a difference to the sound quality of your phone's built-in speaker.
2. Keep your storage space clean and tidy
It seems like the on-board storage space on smartphones is never enough. That's why moving your stuff – music, videos, apps – onto a microSD card is a good idea. Also, try to get rid of apps and games that you don't use since these occupy space as well. Just go to Settings > Apps and uninstall whatever software isn't needed. To get a better idea as to what files and folders really take up the most storage space, getDiskUsage from the link. It represents visually each folder with a rectangle – the bigger the rectangle, the more space it occupies. Then just move or delete all the stuff you don't need using a using a file manager. ES File Explorer is one we'd recommend.
NOTE: Don't delete any files or folders unless you're absolutely sure they aren't in use by an app or the operating system!
3. Monitor what apps are loaded and running
When a smartphone is turned on, it loads a whole bunch of apps and services that run in the background. Most (if not all) of these are harmless, but others just sit there, taking up memory and keeping the CPU busy. Autorun Manager is one of the apps that can show you what software is loaded on start-up and what's running on your device. Feel free to disable or uninstall apps that you don't need.
4. Avoid suspicious ad-supported apps
We have nothing against ad-supported software, but some apps take that concept to the extreme, with ads being displayed on the notification bar. Some even add links to shady search engines to your home screen and suspicious bookmarks to the browser. These apps should be avoided since their ads consume data and battery life, not to mention that they might put your private information at risk. To see what ad-supported apps you have installed on your Android device, give Lookout Ad Network Detector a try.
5. Monitor apps' battery usage
There is a built-in battery monitoring tool in the Android operating system, accessible by going to Settings > Battery. Keep an eye out for apps that consume excessive amounts of power without being used that often.
links of apps-

Downloads:
----Subham Das