More Program Memory???

[throwback1718]

I wanted to know is there a way to use the storage card for program memory?
I run PIE and try to run WMP at the same time and the phone really slows down.
sometimes I am just playing music and it eats up so much program memory even when I closed all other apps...

even just pocket IE it slows down a lot when im not even doing much on it

anyone knows how can it be done IF it can be done?

[justDave]

I'm surprised you're having trouble with program memory using just those 2 apps. Are you sure that's your problem? How much program memory do you see after booting? How much after launching each of those apps.

Now, PIE can use a lot of storage memory for caching pages. You *can* relocate that cache to an SD card, if desired.

Back to your initial question, you can increase program memory slightly by patching your ROM to reduce the page pool size. I've done that and it's improved stability and performance of certain large applications I run, PIE and WMP aren't any of them though.

[edhaas]

There is no way to convert storage to program memory. They are physically different types of memory. You can minimize the use of program memory as mentioned above. That said, PIE is just slow. You can use a WiFi connection and overclock, but you can only do so much. WMP is known to suck memory, and will use whatever you give it. If you aren't using DRM, you can try TCMP or Gsplayer which are free and use less resources if you think it might help to have more memory available. (But I would be surprised if it made much difference.) Check out Smartskey or Omapclock or Batterystatus for overclocking.
Regards,