Swap is a partiton or file that is used in operating systems to store running processes, so it is basically 'extra' RAM. The swap file or patiton usually sits on the SD card (or is an extra SD card partition), that the android system places excess memory data.
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Creating App and Swap partition for Android
I have got Karbonn A5+. I dont know how much ROM, RAM it exactly have.
When I go to Settings > Applications > Manage Application it shows 191MB used, 11MB free.
But, when I open Advanced Task Killer, ...
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Creating Swap memory without rooting
I want to set up swap memory for my android phone.
How to set up swap memory without rooting the device?
Is there an app for doing so?
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Use of swap size while partitioning?
I just rooted my phone (Android 2.3.6) and partitioned the sd card using CWM recovery. While partitioning, I noticed about swap size and while searching about it, different blogs (xda developers) ...
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How to know if a custom ROM uses existing swap partition
Recently I switched my custom ROM installed on my HTC Desire to a 4.1.2 based ROM (PARANOIDANDROID based).
The ROM works fine but sometimes the device has serious lag of several seconds. I assume ...
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Swap partition not working on Huawei U8160 running CyanogenMod 7.2
I have a Huawei U8160 (also known as : Vodafone 858 Smart) which is running CyanogenMod 7.2 (which was released by MADTeam in 2/7/2012).
After updating to the 2/7/2012 update, I found an option to ...
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Does CyanogenMod 7.2 kernel support swap memory?
My current kernel (whatever is built into stock Froyo 2.2 ROM for Verizon Motorola Droid X) does NOT support swap memory.
Does CyanogenMod 7.2 kernel support swap memory? Does that depend on ...
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Activating swap at boot with an init.d script?
I have a rom that supports swap, but the swap script is missing.
How would i make that swap script manually?
I.E: What code would be in the file /etc/init.d/07swapon?
