Using compressed RAM for swap on a phone with enough RAM in the first place sucks.
Let's take a look using RAM Truth from the Play Store -
It makes no sense to use 500 MB of swap with 3 GB RAM free!
If yours already looks like the second picture, 0 swap, you're done, you don't need this module.
(Note - we're going to update RAM Truth - the swap type used on the honor is zram.)
But if you need to get rid of swap, here you go -
Swap Torpedo - A Magisk Module
Universal compressed-memory swap (zram, etc etc) destroyer - run faster and more reliably!
By EarlyMon - version 1.1
Swap is a way to expand your RAM using clever software and some unused storage space. You see it a lot in Android as zram or vmswap, that is, compressed-memory swap. Storage-based swap is fine, compressed-memory swap - not so much.
Swap is a fine thing for desktops with sufficient resources and for Android devices really hampered with too little ram.
On Android it was originally intended for devices with less than 1 GB RAM.
If you have an Android One or another small-memory device, this is NOT the module for you.
But if you have 2 GB of RAM or more, you want this.
Do you suffer from lag, random UI pauses, apps not running correctly and consistently, and background apps failing even when you have them marked for protection? Do you have to reboot every day or so to restore speed?
All of that is almost always caused by having swap implemented and the Swap Torpedo fixes it.
Manufacturers, including Google, have fallen in love with compressed-memory swap because it allows your Android to synthetically appear better at multitasking. In reality, it ruins multitasking.
Why? For large memory devices you want the swap space to be at minimum the square root of your RAM size and ideally the same size as, or up to double the size of, your RAM.
The problem is that they don't use enough space because they can't - they're basically using a compressed RAM disk as a swap partition.
If you think about that, it will raise the right questions.
Does it make sense to use RAM for something other than apps and the operating system? Does it make sense to constantly have the operating system pause while it shuffles and reorganizes your RAM? Does it make sense for you to wait on everything while various pieces of RAM are getting zipped and unzipped to support this scheme? Does it make sense to do all of that incorrectly in the first place because you can't get enough swap space to properly support multitasking, by design?
No. No it does not.
Swap Torpedo is the answer.
I designed it to be universal for any Android that Magisk version 15 and above supports. If you're not using swap, or if you installed your own swap solution that writes to a special file in storage, Swap Torpedo harmlessly does nothing.
Verify your swap situation with RAM Truth available on the Play Store. It's free and it will never spy on you or ask for special permissions.
Donations are humbly and gratefully received at [email protected] but not expected. My personal reward is knowing that I helped and you are having a better day now.
This module was developed entirely on an honor View 10.
Notes -
Some phones may need a few minutes after boot to clean up swap/zram - not all, just some - and that's completely normal
May not work on all devices but will probably work for you - ask here for help
Changelog -
(early change) 2018 April 27
Increased initial maximum wait time to 60 seconds. Your additional boot time will be about 3 seconds or so, usually less.
v1.1 - 2018 April 1 - functional improvement
Detached background processing, added Pixel and similar support.
Expanded zram command sequence for devices requiring stricter adherence to the rtfm.
Waits up to 45 seconds for swap to activate, expands support for non-flagship phones.
v1.0 - 2018 March 17 - initial release
Download -
Let's take a look using RAM Truth from the Play Store -
It makes no sense to use 500 MB of swap with 3 GB RAM free!
If yours already looks like the second picture, 0 swap, you're done, you don't need this module.
(Note - we're going to update RAM Truth - the swap type used on the honor is zram.)
But if you need to get rid of swap, here you go -
Swap Torpedo - A Magisk Module
Universal compressed-memory swap (zram, etc etc) destroyer - run faster and more reliably!
By EarlyMon - version 1.1
Swap is a way to expand your RAM using clever software and some unused storage space. You see it a lot in Android as zram or vmswap, that is, compressed-memory swap. Storage-based swap is fine, compressed-memory swap - not so much.
Swap is a fine thing for desktops with sufficient resources and for Android devices really hampered with too little ram.
On Android it was originally intended for devices with less than 1 GB RAM.
If you have an Android One or another small-memory device, this is NOT the module for you.
But if you have 2 GB of RAM or more, you want this.
Do you suffer from lag, random UI pauses, apps not running correctly and consistently, and background apps failing even when you have them marked for protection? Do you have to reboot every day or so to restore speed?
All of that is almost always caused by having swap implemented and the Swap Torpedo fixes it.
Manufacturers, including Google, have fallen in love with compressed-memory swap because it allows your Android to synthetically appear better at multitasking. In reality, it ruins multitasking.
Why? For large memory devices you want the swap space to be at minimum the square root of your RAM size and ideally the same size as, or up to double the size of, your RAM.
The problem is that they don't use enough space because they can't - they're basically using a compressed RAM disk as a swap partition.
If you think about that, it will raise the right questions.
Does it make sense to use RAM for something other than apps and the operating system? Does it make sense to constantly have the operating system pause while it shuffles and reorganizes your RAM? Does it make sense for you to wait on everything while various pieces of RAM are getting zipped and unzipped to support this scheme? Does it make sense to do all of that incorrectly in the first place because you can't get enough swap space to properly support multitasking, by design?
No. No it does not.
Swap Torpedo is the answer.
I designed it to be universal for any Android that Magisk version 15 and above supports. If you're not using swap, or if you installed your own swap solution that writes to a special file in storage, Swap Torpedo harmlessly does nothing.
Verify your swap situation with RAM Truth available on the Play Store. It's free and it will never spy on you or ask for special permissions.
Donations are humbly and gratefully received at [email protected] but not expected. My personal reward is knowing that I helped and you are having a better day now.
This module was developed entirely on an honor View 10.
Notes -
Some phones may need a few minutes after boot to clean up swap/zram - not all, just some - and that's completely normal
May not work on all devices but will probably work for you - ask here for help
Changelog -
(early change) 2018 April 27
Increased initial maximum wait time to 60 seconds. Your additional boot time will be about 3 seconds or so, usually less.
v1.1 - 2018 April 1 - functional improvement
Detached background processing, added Pixel and similar support.
Expanded zram command sequence for devices requiring stricter adherence to the rtfm.
Waits up to 45 seconds for swap to activate, expands support for non-flagship phones.
v1.0 - 2018 March 17 - initial release
Download -
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