Phone Storage

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comparing HD2 to Touch HD...I found this...and I didn't want to believe it.
(source: www.pdadb.net)

RAM capacity HD2: 448 MiB , 201.28MiB accessible
RAM capacity Toch HD: 288 MiB , 195.5MiB accessible

ROM capacity: HD2: 512 MiB, 207.13MiB accessible
ROM capacity: Toch HD: 512 MiB, 327.15MiB accessible

Full accessible ROM HD2: 207.13 MiB
Full accessible ROM Touch HD: 327.15 MiB

after some research...2 members helped me to get a screenshot and those numbers (thank you)

Touch HD (english rom) on the left side and HD2 (german rom) on the right side.



any1 care to explain? I feel like I'm disgusted. Where are those 512 MB Rom and 448 Ram? I mean 512 MB is disgusting itself..but these numbers are way lower.

As far as RAM is concerned, the screenshot seems to be from a beta firmware. There's over 300 MB in the final version, you can look up newer screenshots if it matters much for you. This is a lot of available RAM if you ask me.

As regards the flash memory, the ROM image is over 300 MB, which leaves around 200 MB available. There's a lot of stuff there including navigation software, and the new Manila aka HTC Sense is huge. Custom ROMs may free around 30 megs or more by throwing away stuff like CoPilot (which belongs on the storage card, IMO), and if you don't like Manila you can probably save another 50 megs or more.

I'm not sure this will help you feel less "disgusted" though, but hopefully should count as an explanation.

thanks for the reply...what you say does make sense.

still wondering tho why the total storage is not 512 ROM and 448 RAM but barely 200 ROM and 320 RAM...

even if the storage is in use, it should be mentioned what the total capacity is.

Originally Posted by KB24@CL

thanks for the reply...what you say does make sense.

still wondering tho why the total storage is not 512 ROM and 448 RAM but barely 200 ROM and 320 RAM...

even if the storage is in use, it should be mentioned what the total capacity is.

I think they only show the total that is available to you, not the part they have used for the OS and everything.

This has always been the same on all devices, not just HTC and its been pointed out on every new release.

Not 100% sure, but think thats why anyway

Originally Posted by nicelad_uk

I think they only show the total that is available to you, not the part they have used for the OS and everything.

Yep, that's exactly the case. As regards ROM, they report total minus whatever is taken by the image (and can't be used). As regards RAM, that's total minus Page Pool (and probably RAM required for video). So both numbers are "real" numbers available to user software (WM included).