What is the Dalvik Cache on Android?
- The Dalvik Cache contains - simply put - the directory tree of all the installed Apps on your Android.
- Comparable to that with the MFT (Master File Table) is from Windows.
- This is created when you install an App, so that the program runs optimally.
- In addition, the Dalvik Cache serves as a temporary storage for Apps that require a lot of resources.
- The Dalvik Cache takes up about 80 MB of memory space. This, however, depends also on how many Apps you have installed on your Smartphone.
Android: Dalvik Cache
Can you delete the Dalvik Cache?
To delete the Dalvik Cache is only good if you have serious problems with an App and all of the other solutions have not been successful. During the Installation of Custom ROMs, it is also sometimes necessary to delete the Dalvik Cache.
- Space does not win. When you restart the Android Smartphones, the Dalvik Cache is rebuilt.
- This is also the reason why, according to a new ROM the first boot process will take longer.
- The Dalvik Cache can, for example, with a Tool like Clockwork Mod reset.
Is it worth it to move the Dalvik Cache to the SD card?
In General, it is worthwhile to export the Dalvik Cache to an SD card.
- The Dalvik Cache to move is only worthwhile if your Smartphone is on a very low internal memory and Move Apps using App2SD is no longer sufficient.
- However, you should note that the SD card is sufficiently fast (at least class 6).
- Otherwise, it may happen that your Android phone is quite sluggish.
- An App to Move the Dalvik cache allows you to, for example, is Link2SD.
- For this you need, however, to have Root privileges on your Smartphone.
Android Link App2SD
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