apps2sd (thanks to noobnl)

http://www.samsungmomentforum.com/samsung-moment-guides-and-tutorials/apps2sd-thanks-to-noobnl/

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I'd love to be able to run apps from the SD card, I'm just worried about the speed from using a 32gb Class 2 card.  I assume running apps from the card will keep the phone from getting cluttered and running slower?  I noticed for a while that I had a ton of stuff on the actual phone, enough to give me a warning, and it was SLOW to every single finger touch. 

Rooting...that's a road I haven't crossed yet.  I found your thread on a custom ROM, but I think there are things on there that I'd still never use...I just wanna get rid of stupid apps that keep trying to run in the background w/o me even starting them...nfl, sprint tv, etc.

That bad ehh  Oh well, it was $11 shipped.

I'm reading another thread on SDX about how someone mentioned running apps from an SD w/o the need to root...I think.  I'm still a green pea here, so which way is "better", ie is there a pro or con vs the different ways to try and run apps from the SD?  I'm a simple user...streaming music, play games, etc but I'd like to keep the phone running as fast as possible.

i really dont think the whole apps2sd speeds up the phone much....if anything things could get slower with a bad card.....but dont quote me on that

@RedBullZ : we have the same card...i got mine from newegg though and i think maybe $17 but that was like over a year ago when i had my instinct

nah, im not gonna bother until i see a need.....i really dont have a ton of apps either and the rate that i reflash i end not redownloading half the apps

duuuuuuuuudeee jaja

i just this this apps2sd on my phone (it was not easy for me because there were no real instructions as to how to partition the sd card) and my phone now is SUPER SMOOTH

it actually runs much faster and much more smooth....i LOVE IT

EDIT 2: ok forget my old questions...i forgot to do a step...


would the battery life be impacted by this in any way?

3. is there any way to look at how much space i'm using in the new partition for the apps on my sd? I allotted 1gb for apps (i know it seems like alot but I don't really like to store alot of other crap on my sd, besides the evo has 1gb internal memory doesn't it?)  I would reaaaally like to see how much space i'm using on my sd partition....it's just the inner nerd....it doesn't show in the computer.....it just shows the regular fat32 part.....which is for all my documents and stuff....

EDIT 1:

well this is it for now.......hopefully somebody will be able to answer those questions.....

i'll report back when I have more time playing around with the phone.....but so far the first thing you notice is the smoothness........so anyway.....

undo the apps2sd by either flashing the phone back to stock (will wipe the apps you have on there) or by taking the time to copy them back to /data and then deleting the simlinks. Just to pre-empt the questions, no i don't know how to do that, and i'm not writing instructions.

Speeds:  internal memory right speeds test at about 4mb/s. This means that all your /system /cache and /data io must be less than 4mb/s, since they're all on the same chip. If you move your apps off of that chip to the sd card, a class 4 will at least keep up with the internal chip (and that's if the internal isn't doing anything except /data which is doubtful). A class 6 could be way faster than the internal in theory. A class 2 may technically be slower than the max speed for the internal memory, but depending on how much the internal memory is being accessed, it may give you a result that seems faster.

So getting a Class 4 SD is going to be the minimum then?  I've got 2 Class 2's, but I have yet to see how apps2sd works even though it's already preinstalled on the ROM that I'm running.