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PlumSauc3
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Default [Video] [Guide] How to Create a Swap Partition for Android

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWAbpWWwJ9Y

Commands: fdisk -l dev/block/mmcblk_

swapon /dev/block/mmcblk_p_

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

vi /system/etc/init.d/05userinit

#Activate swap at boot
#!/system/bin/sh
swapon -a

chmod 750 /system/etc/init.d/05userinit

vi /system/etc/fstab

/dev/block/mmcblk_p_ swap swap
echo vm.swappiness=60 >> /system/etc/sysctl.conf
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Thanks for the guide! I'm a noob in this kind of thing (partition, hd2sd, and etc)
 
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Quite interesting... Maybe try to add to my ROM
 
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well....i didn't take a look at vid.....but i must say this.....swap partition is sort of uselles on our phone because phone gets veeery lagy if we use it...at least i had huge lags until i deleted swap script & partition aswell....