If you're not planning on getting into 3D gaming on your G1 or MyTouch 3G, and you've rooted your phone with the CyanogenMod ROM, you can get more memory performance from your Android handset with one hacker's custom firmware.


The Absolutely Android blog posted a host of firmware images that can be quickly flashed onto a phone running nearly any recent version of the CyanogenMod firmware. Not sure which version you're running? Hit the menu key on your home screen, head to Settings, scroll down to About phone, then scroll down to the "Mod version" section and note the number there, down to the last decimal point. You'll then need to download the corresponding image from the blog, run a single terminal command, and then reboot.


You'll need a decent terminal emulator and root access to flash the image onto your phone; the post offers up a download-able, installable APK file of the Better Terminal Emulator Magic, but you can just as easily download it from the Market—or just use the Terminal Emulator included with the Cyanogen ROM, or a free app like ConnectBot. However you pull off the command, the image will free up 10 MB of RAM, normally dedicated to 3D graphics, and hand it over to the general system.

It's a fair trade-off for the more business-minded Android user looking for a bit more snappy response from their phone—which we've seen, in light amounts, in our own test. Before taking on such a task, of course, be sure to back up your phone firmware.

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10MB Ram Hack (Version 4.2.11.1) [Absolutely Android]