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Originally Posted by glitchbit
Out of all the rom builds here I have liked the clean and simple one someone(sorry I don't remember who) that was made.
My main issue was that these ROMs put everything in the main memory and I want the bulk of it that is not needed for GUI or startup reasons on memory card only.
Also wouldn't it save a lot of space if someone took the time to compress all the files in the WINDOWS folder? At least the ones that are safe to do.
I hope someone thinks this would be a worth while project and will speak up =)
I think RomMaster would be needed to extract the files and re-add the compressed files?
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Programs that come with the ROMs do not take up main memory space (unless they copy files over outside \Windows). You aren't going to regain Storage Memory by removing those programs from the ROM and putting them on your Storage Card.
The stuff in the \Windows folder doesn't really need to be compressed because it isn't taking up your Storage Memory. You can UPX programs that you build into the ROM which might allow you to fit a little more on there (depending on what you're trying to UPX), but the downside is that those programs will use more Program Memory (aka RAM) as opposed to the non-UPX versions when they are run. I've tested this with a few programs and went back and used the non-UPXed version for most things unless it was an app I didn't really use that much and just needed a little space to squeeze it onto the ROM.
FYI, the "Clean and Simple" ROM actually had about 1 MB less Storage Memory after a hard reset than some of the "fullly loaded" ROMs because it included the Intent Java Manager which copies 1 MB of files outside \Windows.