Timeline for Link2SD proper usage
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| Jun 10, 2020 at 13:47 | history | edited | CommunityBot |
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| Jun 28, 2013 at 14:02 | comment | added | Mark Saluta | Thank you that explains it. I have a class 10 Sandisk so I should be good I suppose. | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 13:59 | vote | accept | Mark Saluta | ||
| Jun 28, 2013 at 13:14 | history | edited | Stephen S | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:58 | comment | added | Stephen S | I edited my answer to explain better the purpose/usefulness of link2sd. And in theory, yes you should be able to use 50+ gigs. The only downside is the speed - a class 4 SD card will make the phone feel sluggish, especially if the apps you link run on boot or are services that run all the time (ie widgets or background services). | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:56 | history | edited | Stephen S | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:53 | comment | added | Mark Saluta | So in theory, if I were to reformat my sd card again, and this time were to reverse the instructions to make the secondary Ext2 partition 50+ gigs and make the primary 1 gig, that would enable me to have a much larger space in which to have symlinks and such. Is there any downside to doing this? | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:51 | comment | added | Mark Saluta | I don't believe I understand when you say "Link2SD only uses the extra partition." and " but it gives you full use of the external memory you have." Are you saying that it gives me full use of the 4 GB partition or full use of the full sd card? | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:49 | comment | added | Stephen S | The 4GB max isn't really a limit. CWM has that as the max option, but it can be larger if you resize the partitions manually on the computer. And the second partition is ext, not FAT32, so 4GB isn't a limitation there, either. | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:48 | comment | added | Mark Saluta | Also seems like if I were choose to "Set the default install location of the apps; auto, internal, or external (for Android 2.2 and higher)" that I would just run out of memory quicker due to the even smaller partition than the internal memory (1.2 GB as opposed to the 16 GB). I believe I am not understanding the apps intent. | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:47 | comment | added | Stephen S | The built-in Move to SD Card method does not move everything to the SD card, so users with a small internal partition and a huge SD card are still limited to the number of apps installed. Cache, dalvik-cache, and some data is not stored on the SD card. Whereas Link2SD basically uses the second SD partition for everything. It can be a bit slower (as sd cards aren't as fast as internal memory), but it gives you full use of the external memory you have. | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:42 | comment | added | Mark Saluta | So if I'm understanding you correctly, Link2SD allows a memory-strapped user to shift his files around and possibly obtain 4 more GB (all tuts said 4 was the max)? I believe I'm still not completely understanding the benefit. Would it be possible to make the primary partition of the sd card 512 MB and make the second partition 50+ GB? | |
| Jun 28, 2013 at 12:18 | history | answered | Stephen S | CC BY-SA 3.0 |