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where to install stuff? ROM or mem card?
Hi, there I received my new Axim x51v with 2 gig SD card.
I want advice about where I should be installing things. My guess: in ROM backup program wifi bluetooth drivers pocket informant in memory card games ebook readers other optional stuff. password manager skype That seemed logical. but when I installed a game that came with my dell bundle (Tony Hawk skater), it came with a warning message about making sure to have enough memory). I installed it on my 2 gig SD card, but when I load it, it always gives me the error message that it lacks the memory resources to load. this happens even after a hard reset and even though I have hardly installed anything on the axim (either the card or the builtin memory yet_? Why, oh, why would it be necessary to use valuable space on my builtin memory for a game I would use only occasionally? rj | |||||
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I install everything into ROM on my x51v as well. Still have around 100Mb free as well. Granted I don't have many apps (few games, quite a few utilities, tomtom, etc). Most programs I install in ROM, but program data, for eg. ScummVM games, I store onto an SD card.
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Bascially all programs on device...all data on sd (includes movies, ebooks, etc)
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That's how I do it. I keep all my music on a CF card and some movies on an SD card for occasionally watching, but all programs are installed to the Device itself, the ROM.
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Kevin Wallace
Dell Axim x51v Hardware: A01 Firmware: A12 OS: WM5 One 16 GB Sandisk CF Card Two 4 GB Transcend SD Cards One 1 GB Sandisk SD Card 2800 mAh Mugen Power Battery |
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so how much user space do I have on ROM for installing things? I have total of 256MB ROM. How much is actually usable?
How big are these programs/cab files anyway? (generally I mean). I'm guessing config files should remain on the ROM (backing up, etc), but what about docs? Don't they take up a lot of room? | |||||
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Not really. I have lots of documents, almost twenty, with quite a bit of text. They tak up a little over 1 MB. I have lots of programs installed:
Wisbar Advance 2 Adobe Reader 2 Tetris Chess TCPMP PocketBreeze iLauncher Opera Poker Pocket Informant 2007 Monopoly MemMaid Resco Explorer Resco Registry Editor I still have 155 MB of space available. Unless you install every single program out there, you won't use up all your space. | |||||||||
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Dell Axim x51v Hardware: A01 Firmware: A12 OS: WM5 One 16 GB Sandisk CF Card Two 4 GB Transcend SD Cards One 1 GB Sandisk SD Card 2800 mAh Mugen Power Battery |
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Actually, I constantly struggle with not having enough space. As a rule of thumb I install only the programs that I NEED onto my ROM. Anything else goes onto a card. This way I know that my device will NEVER be full, and I can install every program I want. Look at "My PDA" and tell me you can install that on the ROM.
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See, that is where the Axim really shines. Dell did such a great job designing that thing. 256 MB of ROM available to the user?
I think I have 96 in my ROM in my Windows Mobile device. I am not near to filling it and I have quite a bit installed. I can't imagine having 256 MB of space. What an incredible machine! Not that I don't totally love my handheld, but you have to tip your hat to a Corvette when it blows by your Buick. | ||||
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Current: Pharos GPS 525, Blackberry 8703e Still Own: HP 100lx, HP 320lx, HP Jornada 720, Palm VIIx, Palm Pilot Pro ----------------- Previously owned Handhelds: Sharp Wizard, Sharp Zaurus, Palm Professional, Palm III, , HP Omnigo, HP Jornada 620lx, Palm IIIc, HP Jornada 548, Dell Axim X5, HP Ipaq 1910, Sony NX80v, Palm Tungsten E, Axim X50, Palm TX |
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No, those are NOT all on my ROM, as I said, I only install the programs I need on my ROM. The rest go on cards. Actually, I find I fill up the ROM rather quickly, that's why I try to keep at least 100mb free, this also gives me the ability to easily move stuff around.
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