is it better to save in device or storage card? Does it matter

[irnman43]

My phone is kinda slow and i was wondering if it makes any difference where i save my programs......Any suggestions on what to do?

[SweepinJR]

I just got my phone and installed a recommended app called oxios.

A friend of mine had the tmobile wing, and it was operating really slowly too. I beamed that app over to him and it made his phone operate much much better.

I'd store stuff on your card, keeps the phone memory free to use and then its also removable if you want to loan some data to a friend or something.

To get Oxios, look at the thread I made called "Sprint Mogul must haves"

[thundaar2000]

Yeah I agree...
Most stuff can be put onto the card.
I only put onto phone storage the stuff I use ALL the time or stuff that HAS to be there or running in the background(like MSVC, dialers, themes, sounds, etc)
I use wisbar advanved desktop and S2U2. I installed THOSE to phone memory along with various themes. It is running all the time and is quicker waking up when the phone rings etc. Ringtones should be on phone memory also.

All my games, other apps (like oxios, gps maps, youtube player, tvguide, aim, etc) are on the card. Because those I use/run them and when I'm done I close them.

Hope this makes sense....

[irnman43]

I tried to download the file but it wont let me...do you know somewhere else i can get it? thanks

[worwig]

My phone is kinda slow and i was wondering if it makes any difference where i save my programs......Any suggestions on what to do?


Generally, it won't make your phone slow if you have a lot of items loaded in local flash ROM. What typically makes it slow is having a number of background tasks that are running. Do you use taskmanager or something to close the excess junk?

Typically, if you have a program that runs on the today screen or in the background, load it in local ROM. If it is huge or seldom used, load it on the storage card.

If you install an app on the storage card, it may be a little slower to load into ram when you start it. Usually that isn't a problem though.

[irnman43]

Ok. so I was thinking of installing manila and the opera browser. should i install them on the storage card?

[Sweeny Russ]

I wouldn't put either of those on the storage card. As worwig said the speed of your device has only to do with the processor load, which can never be too much since the ram will never allow the titan to over bombard the processor. So, it really all boils down to open ram. The more you have generally the better proformance you are going to get. If it is really bad to the point where you open your phone and you have to wait more than half a second for the screen to flip I would recommend a hard reset or more effective install dcd's 3.2.6 or 3.3.4. Then install each program soft reset and find which program is causing the memory drain.

[simmonds07]

I personally prefer to save larger or less frequently used apps and all backups on a storage card. Just in case I need to do a hard reset or something goes wrong. Also a good practice is to have partial backups so if you need to get raid of some apps you could restore only what you need.
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