MicroSD Swapping Question - Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General

I was wondering:
I have a 1GB microSD currently, but I just ordered a 16GB. Now I have the newest .net framework installed on the device, but everything else (mainly advanced config. tool, reg. editor, divx player, etc.) is installed to the memory card. Will it mess up the phone to just switch out the card and reinstall these programs? or should I make a complete backup of the phone and put in the new card? I'm really lost here and would appreciate any advice.

copy all files from existing sdcard to your computer. then simply transfer them back to the new sdcard using a card reader. or, use your phone to transfer if you have no card reader.

ZombieJesus said:
I was wondering:
I have a 1GB microSD currently, but I just ordered a 16GB. Now I have the newest .net framework installed on the device, but everything else (mainly advanced config. tool, reg. editor, divx player, etc.) is installed to the memory card. Will it mess up the phone to just switch out the card and reinstall these programs? or should I make a complete backup of the phone and put in the new card? I'm really lost here and would appreciate any advice.
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First make sure you format the new SD then just copy all to new SD, no reinstalling of programs necessary

One caveat is that some software can actually be tied to the ID of the SD card upon install (i.e. Garmin) and thus can't just be copied over and still work. But those are the exceptions.

as kierandill mentioned, some apps are tied to the ID of the SD card and would require you to re-enter your registration code.
But i've swapped SD cards many times and haven't faced any issues and all i did was simply copy all the files from one card to the other.

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New storage card, transfering old data...

I'm upgrading my storage card to 4gb. Most programs, program files, messaging, dlls, data, links, etc are on my 2gb storage card. When I install the new card, will the shortcuts remain the same; will the programs and links remain intact when I migrate to the new card? I REALLY don't want to reinstall all those programs and move all that data again.
thanks for any advice...
fedennis said:
I'm upgrading my storage card to 4gb. Most programs, program files, messaging, dlls, data, links, etc are on my 2gb storage card. When I install the new card, will the shortcuts remain the same; will the programs and links remain intact when I migrate to the new card? I REALLY don't want to reinstall all those programs and move all that data again.
thanks for any advice...
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I presume that you are running WM5 or WM6? If so, you should copy ALL the files on the current card to the new larger capacity one.... Yes.
Done it myself... I cannot think of any gotchas.
You can miss out personal data files if you want to save space and if you are willing to swap back to the old card to pick them up and use them. For example, if you have created another My Documents folder containing your personal documents or pictures, music files etc. Anything that is required to start up or run a program should be left in place. All the short cuts should work just fine.
Thanks for the tip. Worked OK. I just copied all the files from my old card to my PC and then from the PC to the new card. The device and all the programs read the new card just like the old one (for those who have the same question in the future).

Upgrading to a bigger MicroSD card

Sorry if this has been asked/discussed before but I couldn't find it or maybe I didn't know how to phrase the question.
With the exception of Garmin Mobile XT, when upgrading to a bigger MicroSDHC card, can you just copy and paste everything on the old memory card to the new memory card and just plug and play? As in, insert both cards to a PC and just select all (folders created for mail attachments, program files, videos, music, folders, etc) from say a 4gb card and just drag them to the new 16gb card. Will everything work ok in so far as programs that were previously installed on the old memory card, or folders created from apps in internal storage?
Thanks in advance to any help or if anyone can point me in the right direction.
Yeah, that should work just fine. Unless you have a program like Nav N Go iGO 8, which will only work on the SD card it came shipped on, you should be just fine. Though you should make sure that you have File Explorer set to show hidden files, and not to hide protected operating system files. That ensures that hidden files are also copied, some of which might be important to the programs on your SD.
garmin lets you copy over to a new card too.
thanks for information. much obliged
Yeah worked for me...I just upgraded from a 4GB to 8GB and copied everything over. No problems...
just as a small note about this thing. I made a copy of my card onto my computer when I changed cards from 4-8gig. Man I am glad I did as my 8 gig card stopped working in my Kaiser and was basically useless.
I got a new card and copied all the saved stuff over to new card and voila it all works again. This little step saved my a$$ as I had backups, tons of apps and cabs ect on the card. I am sure I could have got them all again, but I did not have to and I am so glad.
We all, or should, back up our phones but I will venture to say not many back up the cards. Now once a month I copy card to pc so its current, just in case. Old computing axiom: Its not if it will fail but rather when it will fail.

[Q] tried to upgrade microsd card- lost a bunch of installed apps

I looked on here and it looked like to upgrade to a bigger microsd card, i just had to copy everything onto the new card and i'd be good to go.
Well i tried that and when i put the new card in, a lot of installed programs were missing, including marketplace.
So i put the original card back in, but i have the same problem. Those programs are still missing. I know they were there before because I used the marketplace last night to install an app.
Any ideas what i messed up and how to fix it?
The Market is not stored on the SD card, so upgrading the card would do nothing to it.
Are you sure you formatted the new card first? Are you sure you copied EVERYTHING from the old card to the new one?
sitlet said:
The Market is not stored on the SD card, so upgrading the card would do nothing to it.
Are you sure you formatted the new card first? Are you sure you copied EVERYTHING from the old card to the new one?
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i did not format it. I thought android does that automatically when there's a new card inserted? And yes i copied everything, or at least i copied everything that showed up in windows explorer when i plugged the phone in.
I'm going to try restoring a backup from a few days ago to see if that resolves the problem with my missing apps.
I should mention I'm not using the default rom - i have Evio installed. Not sure if that's moved the market to the sd card or not.
nevermind about the missing apps - i tried wiping the cache and dalvik and that fixed it. Now i just need to know what the proper method is for swapping cards. Although maybe the other card will work now that i fixed the missing apps issue.
I think just copying everything to the new card will do it. I did last week and so far my evo is running fine.
Format the new card and it will add the necessary folders then transfer the old stuff to your computer and then to the new card. Had to reinstall angry birds and andro zip but all my save data was still there:>D
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I didn't even have to format the card. Just doing a copy was enough. Either android auto-formats the card when it detects a new one, or copying all the files was enough and a format wasn't needed. Apparently the problem i had with the cache was not related to the card. I guess the cache got corrupted some how.

[Q] Problem installing 16gb card

I just bought a 16gb class 10 sd card. Now I am using the one that came with the phone. I thought I can copy and paste the files on the 8gig card to the 16 gig card and should be all set. I copied all files to the new card and the phone doesnt want to boot up. I believe to have a ext on the card that i am using now but I dont know if that matters. If I do have an ext or partition on the card, how can I find out? Any suggestions?? Thanks..
Format the new card, put it in the phone and boot up, then copy everything from the 8 gig
thank you...I will try that..
Let the PHONE format the card. then pull the card and copy only the selected needed files. nothing more. :-D but yeah. a class 10 card IS WHAT SHOULD have been installed in our phones. our phone doesn't support the max speed. but it is truely faster even when connected to the USB port. I tested before and after and did see a difference in speed. But for the normal use, it won't help. lol
its worked....Thank you
"...then pull the card and copy only the selected needed files. nothing more."
Could you (or anyone knowledgeable) elaborate on what the "needed files" are, please? I'm asking because my SD card just recently crapped out on me. Entirely. Crapped. Out. I couldn't even get my pc to pick it up w/ an adapter. However, the good news is that I recently did a nandroid backup and had copied it, along with all of my pics and vids to my PC.
So, I now have a brand new SD card and a folder on my PC that contains my recent nandroid, a bunch of pics, and some vids, but nothing else. I never bothered moving all of the other files to my PC. In hindsight, I guess I was prepared for a flashing fail, but not for an SD card fail
My question is this: What additional files do I need to move to my sd card to keep operating smoothly, including future rom-flashing and nandroid backups?
Do I need to add a recovery file (Amon RA or CWM) manually? Or can I just re-download CWM from the market and flash alternate recovery? What other important files am I forgetting?
Thanks.

Have you cloned a failing SD card that was formatted for internal storage?

Hey guys,
HTC 10 user. Not even a year into my 128GB MicroSD card's life and it's forcing write-protection. I think it's about to die. I can read off it. I can't write.
This SD Card was formatted as internal storage and is encrypted.
I bought a similar 128GB MicroSD card and I'd like to simply clone the image to the new SD card.
Has anyone SUCCESSFULLY done this?
I've attempted it and I pop in the new SD Card and it doesn't detect the card. It simply asks me to insert a card, like the card doesn't even exist.
I've actually tried TWO cloned 128GB cards - they aren't detected.
From what I can tell, I'm doing identical clones of the original MicroSD so I am not sure what I am missing. I'm using a cheapo freeware utility to do the clone in Windows. I don't have the utility name in front of me and I'm not home at the moment.
I have two more things I'd like to try, but I don't know if it's a futile effort: I'd like to try a dd clone from a linux live cd. I'd also like to try EaseUs clone utility, but I fear that's some kind of trial and I'm going to have to shell out some $$ to utilize it.
I know I can unload the original SD's contents to a PC, toss a new card in there, format, and start fresh...download all the play store, f-droid apps again, likely re-download all my audible books, drag my music back onto the card from the PC, and start a-new. That isn't my question, though.
I'm really wondering if I can clone an encrypted, internal-storage SD. I don't WANT to have to download my apps again. I don't want to have to rebuild caches and whatever else has been thrown onto my MicroSD.
Thanks!
I've done this before using clonezilla and it worked fine, no issues at all.
It's not as user friendly as a windows application probably.... but it gets the job done by doing an exact copy.
It even has a mode to keep reading on broken sectors (when you go into advanced mode), that way you can make the best copy possible.
You can read some instructions here
I did it directly from 1 card to another by inserting the source card into an adapter with the readonly slider lock thing to make sure I didn't write empty data to my source.
You can also first create an image from the source and then write the image to the new card.
Please keep in mind to not insert both cards at the same time when using Windows, it will crash Windows.
Windows doesn't understand that there could be 2 drives with the same ID's connected at the same time

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