All the tutorials that i've read specify you need a goldcard AND another card for A2SD.
Is that really necessary?
No, you need it to be the goldcard to install A2SD
Guitarfreak26 said:
No, you need it to be the goldcard to install A2SD
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at what stage do you partition your sd card?? after making it a gold card and rooting? any links for best configuration and guide?.. noobie here
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I am now running the froyo ROM with A2SD+. As all my apps have installed via A2SD+, shall i keep it how it is or shall i move the apps to SD via the built in menu?
I want to use the method thats the quickest and used the least amount of internal phone memory.
thanks
Anyone???
thanks
You also need to have your sd card partitioned
Do backup first, it will erase all data on your sd
Sorry, im not sure if i understand your comment. Are you saying its beter to use Froyo apps to SD or A2SD+?
Hi, just flashing a custom rom and was wondering the best way to format my 16GB SD Card?
Just do it through Windows as a FAT32?
Or is there a better way to do it? Not bothered about App2SD as will use the new feature in Froyo to move a few things over.
Apologies if this is already covered but couldn't find a concrete answer to what I'm after
CharlieCharlie24 said:
Hi, just flashing a custom rom and was wondering the best way to format my 16GB SD Card?
Just do it through Windows as a FAT32?
Or is there a better way to do it? Not bothered about App2SD as will use the new feature in Froyo to move a few things over.
Apologies if this is already covered but couldn't find a concrete answer to what I'm after
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Here you go.
menu-settings-sd&phone storage-format sd card
shoonari said:
menu-settings-sd&phone storage-format sd card
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yeah i would say this, or if you want to partition your card it will format it in recovery.
Hey guys,
i will buy me a new bigger sd card for my desire (currently im using the 4gb sdhc card wich was included).
no i got two tiny questions:
1) my 4gb is a goldcard. are any problems known if i use the goldcard utility on the new card? e.g. the desire remembers only the "first" one?
2) what about my ext. partition? wich is the easiest way to "plug'n'play" the new card? i have no experience with ext partitions on windows systems. is it enough to install a ext driver to read it and just simple copy/paste the files? or should i use a existing nandroid backup after creating a ext partition on the new card?
thx for the answers!
regards,
sualfred
sualfred said:
Hey guys,
i will buy me a new bigger sd card for my desire (currently im using the 4gb sdhc card wich was included).
no i got two tiny questions:...
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1) No, there SHOULD not be any problem...
2) You will not be creating an EXT partition on the whole SDCARD... The EXT(2/3/4) space is meant for APP2SD - meaning your programs will be installed there (if you have a ROM supporting this). The rest of your SDCARD will/should be a normal FAT32 !
sualfred said:
2) what about my ext. partition? wich is the easiest way to "plug'n'play" the new card? i have no experience with ext partitions on windows systems. is it enough to install a ext driver to read it and just simple copy/paste the files? or should i use a existing nandroid backup after creating a ext partition on the new card?
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windows cannot read the ext file system, if you want to copy and paste your files like that you will have to use a linux live cd
Sorry if this is a silly question but can somebody please answer it anyway.
I have a spare sd card which i have used as my goldcard but for various reasons, i would like my main sd card to be my goldcard.
The question is, if i make my main sd card into a gold card, if for any reason i have to format my goldcard in the future will it cease to be a goldcard after the formatting?
I think it could get corrupted over time, especialy if you use it every day. Just to be safe repeat the gold card process when you need it, it only takes a couple seconds
EDIT: i think that it will still be a gold card after formating, the bigger issue is corruption
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Tazzzz said:
I think it could get corrupted over time, especialy if you use it every day. Just to be safe repeat the gold card process when you need it, it only takes a couple seconds
EDIT: i think that it will still be a gold card after formating, the bigger issue is corruption
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Yes, you can still continue to use your Gold Card as your regular sd card and still format it when required as this will have no effect on it.
Even if you re-partition your sd card, it will still function as a Gold Card.
MasDroid said:
Yes, you can still continue to use your Gold Card as your regular sd card and still format it when required as this will have no effect on it.
Even if you re-partition your sd card, it will still function as a Gold Card.
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Thanks for the answer. Just what i wanted to know.
I have a lot of apps stored on my sd card via app2sd. If I rip the currently installed card to a folder then copy the files to the root of the new card and plug it in will it work without problem, or will I lose all of my app2sd apps? Thanks for clarifying.
jesuscakes said:
I have a lot of apps stored on my sd card via app2sd. If I rip the currently installed card to a folder then copy the files to the root of the new card and plug it in will it work without problem, or will I lose all of my app2sd apps? Thanks for clarifying.
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Are you using froyo native Apps2sd or EXT3?
I guess it doesn't really matter. However, I only have experience with EXT3 (darktremor) and moving to another SD card worked fine for me. I copied the ext3 partition over to the new card (after partitioning it of course) and it worked fine.
freeza said:
Are you using froyo native Apps2sd or EXT3?
I guess it doesn't really matter. However, I only have experience with EXT3 (darktremor) and moving to another SD card worked fine for me. I copied the ext3 partition over to the new card (after partitioning it of course) and it worked fine.
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I am using the app2sd that stores all of the apps in a file rather than a second partition because I heard partitioning sdhc cards can lead to unforeseen consequences.