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New SD card and new ROM... help!

Desire rooted, running LeeDroid 2.1 something with A2SD+.
OK I have looked at a few other threads but I still have some questions.
I am finally upgrading my stock SD card to a 16GB card.
I know I need to format the new SD card before trying to use it in LeeDroid. I have Ubuntu installed on a laptop so I can format it from there. Can I then just copy all the contents from the old SD over to the new SD?? What about the data in the ext3? Will this copy over too?
Once the new SD is installed I want to upgrade to the lastest version of LeeDroid. I've only installed one ROM (the one currently running) so I don't know how to back my phone up so it can be easily restored once the new ROM is running... I mean all the apps, personal data etc.
I have mybackup pro(paid) and titanium backup pro(paid)...

http://leedroid.protogenlabs.com/wiki/how-to-setup-a-new-sdcard-migrate-ext3-data
Don't have to follow the steps to make a ext partition with rom manager when you have a linux machine.

Issues with a bigger SD Card

I bought a Transcend 16Gb Class 6 sd card for my desire.
Because the phone is rooted and running A2SD+ i partitioned is using Gparted: 1st partition 15GB FAT32; second 1GB EXT3 - no swap.
Used this in my phone. All was fine for a while. Then i started having apps disappear on me. When i tried to re-install the apps the phone would just reboot.
Proceeded to go back the stock 4GB card, no issues.
So i believe its an SD Card problem. However in my pc, i dont have any issue reading this card.
Anybody else experience similar?
Should i get a replacement card?
Anything i might be doing wrong?

dogstar55 said:
I bought a Transcend 16Gb Class 6 sd card for my desire.
Because the phone is rooted and running A2SD+ i partitioned is using Gparted: 1st partition 15GB FAT32; second 1GB EXT3 - no swap.
Used this in my phone. All was fine for a while. Then i started having apps disappear on me. When i tried to re-install the apps the phone would just reboot.
Proceeded to go back the stock 4GB card, no issues.
So i believe its an SD Card problem. However in my pc, i dont have any issue reading this card.
Anybody else experience similar?
Should i get a replacement card?
Anything i might be doing wrong?
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The reason it reboot is that part of the app is still stored on internal memory so when you try to reinstall it it will reboot as it cannot install part of an app.
You don't need a replacement card all you need to do is restore a nandroid backup which then adds the data from the SD-ext partition to the new card and then it should work if you haven't got a backup you will have to re flash the Rom and reinstall all the apps via the market or with titanium or my backup
Hope this helps
Sent from my HTC Desire

I have done a full nandroid backup and restore from the working 4GB card to the 16GB. Did this a few time over as I experimented with different EXT3 partition sizes, thinking that a 1GB partition might have been too large.
I didn't have the reboot issue, but apps would lock up, and in some instances the phone would say the SD card is read only.

downloaded an ran a program to test the card (http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/System-Miscellaneous/H2testw.shtml). It came up with no errors.
Any other checks i can run?
My 4Gb card works flawlessly, but the 16gb has so many issues. Really confused.
Example: When viewing pictures, in the gallery (nexus gallery) the pics take a long time to load on the 16Gb, no issue on the 4GB.The force closes. The apps disappearing, and then phone rebooting when reinstalling.

Upgrading SD Card with Partition

Greetings!
I have a 16 GB SD card and am current Mik 2.51. I made an ext3 partition for the SD card (for a2sd - so all my apps are on the partition) and now am thinking of upgrading to a 32 GB card. Any ideas how I do this without completely wiping the phone?
Thanks in advance,
Matt.

back up your apps using titanium backup or something like that. use the all apps setting. replace the card. partition the new one to your liking and then restore all your apps. Hope this helps! I can go more in depth if you need me to.

[Q] Installing new ROMs, with new SD card

I have rooted my Desire, with an eye toward increasing my app space (I'm an app junkie, I guess). I haven't installed any new ROMs yet, but am getting ready to do so. Right now I'm looking at either CyanogenMod 7 or Supernova. I also just bought a new 16 gb SD card for the new partition. I know I need to do the following:
- Install new ROM
- partition the new SD card with ext4
- backup my current setup
- copy everything from stock SD card to new SD card?
I don't really care about copying over my data and apps. I can just re-download my apps, and most of my data is synced online. The only thing I might want to backup is my SMS messages. However, I will do a full backup with Titanium Backup Pro, just in case I need it. I rooted my phone with Revolutionary 0.4pre4 and would like to use Rom Manager to do everything else.
My questions are:
What order do I need to do the above steps? Obviously the backup is first. Should I just copy everything over from my old SD card to the new one? If so, how do I do this - just copy everything to my computer hard drive, then to the new card? And do I create a partition first, or doesn't it matter?

Allright, the very first thing you need to do, is backup the content from your sd card. Just copy all the files you want to maintain to your pc. You need to do this, because your sd card needs to be formatted.
Then, partition your sd card. If youre planning on installing Cyanogenmod, you dont really need to, since it fits perfectly in the internal memory of the desire. But do it anyway. If you want to switch, for example a runneymede rom later, you dont need to it then.
I recommend 15GB Fat32 primary - 1GB ext4 primary. See this exellent tutorial on how to partition your sd card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning
Now you partitioned your sd card, you can copy all the stuff you backed up on step 1 to your sd card.
Next, make a backup of your current setup. Go to recovery, in case of clockworkmod its backup/restore > restore. The backup will be stored on the SD card, so make sure you do this AFTER you partitioned it (like I described), or youll lose your backup.
Now its safe for you to flash your rom . Enjoy!

Since I rooted with revolutionary, but Rom Manager uses clockworkmod, does it matter if I flash clockworkmod over revolutionary?
And can I just use Rom Manager to format my sd card? Will it allow me to do a 15GB Fat32 primary - 1GB ext4 primary?

I also just realized that many ROMs, including Supernova, are GSM-only. My Desire is CDMA. Which Roms have a2sd+ for cdma?

It doesnt really matter which recovery you use, its a matter of taste. About the CDMA roms, I dont know by heart, since Ive got a GSM desire.

upgrading SD card that has S2E

I've got an 8GB SD Card which i plan to upgrade to a 32GB installed in my HTC Desire
Only problem is my Desire running CM7 Official is also running Simple2Ext and Ive installled quite a few apps now (well over the Desires own internal space)
Is there an easy way to upgrade my SD Card and copy the Ext partition from my old 8GB card?

- nandroid backup using your current sd card
- partition your new sd card (4ext or gparted)
- copy everything from old sd card to new sd card (you'll only see the FAT32 partitions in windows, just copy everything you can see, as this will include the nandroid backup)
- insert new sd card and nandroid restore (will restore your ext partition as before)
not tried this with s2e, but should work

Yes this method works brilliantly as I used it personally couple of times in past.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA

thanks for that, i'll give it a bash