Android - Increase ROM Size

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Android - Increase ROM Size

Hello all,

as i am facing problem here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3584297/installing-application-on-sd-card-in-android-sdk-2-2 , regarding application installation.

In above question, you can view the image in which "Internal Phone Storage" is showing where only 43.38 MB is showing , and in latest android phone, i know it is coming with higher space, i have seen 13.45 GB in Samsung Galaxy Android Phone.

But Right now, i am using HTC Hero, so my questions are:

is there any way to increase ROM size without any side-effect?
How do i increase ROM Size?

+1 A:

You don't.

ROM isn't application space, it is programmed at the factory and usually there is very little of it, just enough to boot up your device.

Tuminoid 2010-09-06 10:58:50

@Tuminoid then where does the application installed and which memory it using ? i have read an article here: http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/13022-ram-rom-what.html , where it is written that ROM has 2 parts: one for OS and the rest of the part is for the Application usage

PM - Paresh Mayani 2010-09-06 11:02:20

+1 A:

is there any way to increase ROM size without any side-effect?

Not really. If you can deploy an alternative firmware (e.g., Cyanogen), you may wind up with more free space in the on-board flash.

How do i increase ROM Size?

Buy a new phone.

CommonsWare 2010-09-06 11:04:23

@CommonsWare thanx for your support... but is there not any way to upgrade ROM by fitting extra ROM as we are doing With PC RAM Size ??

PM - Paresh Mayani 2010-09-06 11:12:24

@Paresh Mayani: Most mobile devices are not designed to be field upgradable, and the HTC Hero certainly fits that description.

CommonsWare 2010-09-06 11:27:50

@CommonsWare applications are being installed in ROM , right ?

PM - Paresh Mayani 2010-09-06 12:24:34

@Paresh Mayani: Applications are installed in the on-board flash storage, except for Android 2.2, where select applications can be installed to "external storage" (typically an SD card).

CommonsWare 2010-09-06 12:38:17

@CommonsWare thanx and i know about that feature of Android 2.2

PM - Paresh Mayani 2010-09-06 12:45:15

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