I know this must sound like a super-noob question, but there's a simple reason for that : it is from one.
I have run out of space on my 8 GB card so I am thinking of upgrading to a bigger card. Here are my questions:
1) If App2SD+ is there on the ROM, does the phone ask you where to install the app or it goes automagically into EXT partition?
2) I want to make a bigger partition in a bigger card and will do it via ROM Manager. Do I just copy the contents of the older card and paste it onto newer and everything will work fine?
Please answer, my life depends on it.
talhamid said:
I know this must sound like a super-noob question, but there's a simple reason for that : it is from one.
I have run out of space on my 8 GB card so I am thinking of upgrading to a bigger card. Here are my questions:
1) If App2SD+ is there on the ROM, does the phone ask you where to install the app or it goes automagically into EXT partition?
2) I want to make a bigger partition in a bigger card and will do it via ROM Manager. Do I just copy the contents of the older card and paste it onto newer and everything will work fine?
Please answer, my life depends on it.
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I just upgraded from 8 to 16 myself. 1 : automatically, 2: yes that worked for me
best thing is to pre partition the card before putting it in your phone, do a nandroid backup with your old card in, put the new one in and restore, if im not mistaken this deals with the ext partition files and then just copy all the files onto the fat32 partition from your old card
not worked for me ,I was copy to PC old cadr,have nandroid but I have A2SD+ ext part
& problems ..stock with HTC white logo ,after that I make full wipe/factory reset
& after that instal the LeeDroid rom /put again ROM manager & make ext 3 partition/
after that Titanium backup & Desire functionality was back again
hi there i have auraxtsense rom and and i have an old sd card with app2sd i bought a new card for my desire 8gb class6, and my phone stuck on htc logo screen when i put new card inside
As said above you must re-partition your new card first!
I have just done this yesterday so this is what I did:
1. Nandroid backup
2. Create EXT partition on new card with G-parted Live
3. Copy contents of old SD card to the new one (just the FAT partition visible in windows etc)
4. Put the new SD card in the phone and boot into recovery
5. Restore nandroid backup (copies all the apps back onto the EXT partition)
6. Reboot!
I can't see how you could have any problems by doing what I did. The phone will not have any problems as all the old files are exactly as they were.
Phil
how to create ext partition with gparted?
You must first resize the FAT partition and then create a new EXT partition in the newly created space.
This may be helpful as there are some pictures:
http://www.howtoforge.com/partitioning_with_gparted
Hope that helps.
Phil
philje123 said:
As said above you must re-partition your new card first!
I have just done this yesterday so this is what I did:
1. Nandroid backup
2. Create EXT partition on new card with G-parted Live
3. Copy contents of old SD card to the new one (just the FAT partition visible in windows etc)
4. Put the new SD card in the phone and boot into recovery
5. Restore nandroid backup (copies all the apps back onto the EXT partition)
6. Reboot!
I can't see how you could have any problems by doing what I did. The phone will not have any problems as all the old files are exactly as they were.
Phil
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So the Nandroid backup is not saved on to the SD Card?
EDIT: Ignore this. Wanted to know if it was on the FAT or ext3. I'm guessing on the FAT so nandroid backups would be included in the transfer.
What is the best tool for copy the entire contents of a memory card? I know Windows is a bit funny, stops the whole process if it finds an error, for example
Yes if you copy the files over before the nandroid then the nandroid backup is included.
TBH I just used windows to copy them all and had no problems.
Phil
One question - can the ext partitions have different sizes when restoring with nandroid?
Example - I have 1 GB ext on old card and now I'd like to have 2 GB?
KotDroid said:
One question - can the ext partitions have different sizes when restoring with nandroid?
Example - I have 1 GB ext on old card and now I'd like to have 2 GB?
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Don't go larger then 1.5GB on a ext partition. Nandroid restore doesn't mind if the partition size changed, until the restored size is smaller then the new capacity.
KotDroid said:
One question - can the ext partitions have different sizes when restoring with nandroid?
Example - I have 1 GB ext on old card and now I'd like to have 2 GB?
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You sure can, I just did it today, old ext2 w/ 512MB on 2GB card, now 2GB ext3 on 8GB card. Working just fine
mistake37 said:
You sure can, I just did it today, old ext2 w/ 512MB on 2GB card, now 2GB ext3 on 8GB card. Working just fine
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I didn't say you can't, I stated that it's not recommended by the community to go more then 1.5GB. It was in all a2sd how-to's I've seen, has to be something about errors with the Market and app installing.
From what I understand the only advantages to APP2SD+ is that you can plug you can mount your card via USB and use your apps, and widgets can be installed on the SD.
Source
This doesn't seem worth it for all the work reformatting another partition. If your card is upgraded to a bigger size why not use the normal method of installing apps on your SD? Why bother to partition with Ext+ as well?
dimeotane said:
Why bother to partition with Ext+ as well?
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Hmm, because it is what custom ROM requires?
thed0g said:
I didn't say you can't, I stated that it's not recommended by the community to go more then 1.5GB. It was in all a2sd how-to's I've seen, has to be something about errors with the Market and app installing.
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It's actually bigger than 2gb
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thed0g said:
I didn't say you can't, I stated that it's not recommended by the community to go more then 1.5GB. It was in all a2sd how-to's I've seen, has to be something about errors with the Market and app installing.
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I didn't quote your post
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I want to change my SD card to a bigger one, but want to keep all the apps I've installed to the EXT partition. What's the easiest way to do that?
Also, I want to create a new EXT partition bigger than my previous 512MB one in anticipation of installing a Sense HD ROM. I used ROM Manager last time which was really easy but I seem to remember it only did partitions up to 512MB, and ideally I want a 1024MB one. What's the easiest way to do this? I have Clockwork recovery installed.
Thanks.
aljwatson69 said:
I want to change my SD card to a bigger one, but want to keep all the apps I've installed to the EXT partition. What's the easiest way to do that?
Also, I want to create a new EXT partition bigger than my previous 512MB one in anticipation of installing a Sense HD ROM. I used ROM Manager last time which was really easy but I seem to remember it only did partitions up to 512MB, and ideally I want a 1024MB one. What's the easiest way to do this? I have Clockwork recovery installed.
Thanks.
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Use GParted Live CD, it's easy...just burn the .iso to a CD, boot it up, probably forcevideo to 1024 x 768 VESA and then create your fat32 followed by ext3.
To keep your SD card contents, just copy & paste the contents of the old SD to your desktop, then copy & paste to the new SD.
To restore all your apps, use something like Titanium Backup to backup before and restore after you partition your new card.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Hi,
In the next few days, I will receive a new 8GB SD for my HTC Desire. But sice I'm using A2SD+, I'm wondering how I could migrate all the data + partitions to the news card? I'm aware I have to partition my new card first, but how is it possible to duplicate and copy the contents to my new card? I'm mainly concerned about the data on the 2nd partition, where all my apps are installed...
1.Do a nandroid backup of the existing rom with old card
2.Partition the new sdcard
3.Restore nandroid with the new sdcard
Nandroid will backup and restore the sd-ext partition also.
I would use gparted.
plug both sdcards in your PC
delete the partition on your new sdcard
copy both partitions over from your old sdcard
resize fat partition to fill the free space if your new sdcard is bigger
this way is quicker and easier in my opinion.
gparted is included in the ubuntu livecd if you've got one lying round. if not you can get a gparted live cd com the internets.
mercianary said:
I would use gparted.
plug both sdcards in your PC
delete the partition on your new sdcard
copy both partitions over from your old sdcard
resize fat partition to fill the free space if your new sdcard is bigger
this way is quicker and easier in my opinion.
gparted is included in the ubuntu livecd if you've got one lying round. if not you can get a gparted live cd com the internets.
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imo its easer just to do a nandroid, put the new sd card in and use the advanced restore to restore the ext
thanks for the replies. So to partition, should I use the recovery to partition or can I use my computer (mac os x), since it's a linux partition that I need.
I didn't know that nandroid backup also backups my apps on the 2nd partition?
Is it also possible to use Titanium backup?
AndroHero said:
imo its easer just to do a nandroid, put the new sd card in and use the advanced restore to restore the ext
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probably is, but i use linux on my desktop so its no hassle for me...
last time i did a nandroid of my ext partition i lost everything else on the partition (I use it for extra sdcard space and i've got debian installed there also.) the apps were saved but it didnt backup anything else on the ext partition, but i suppose this isnt a problem for most people.
Hi,
I bought a new 16Gb microsd hc card after installing the RCMixHD rom in order to give it a 2gb ext size.
Right now im using 8gb-512 ext3 goldcard.
Unfortunately when i put the 16gb in the device (after fat32 quick format)- the device doesnt load
Its HBOOT driver is recognized by windows but i cant get the device to load.
Any ideas?
Many thanks ahead.
rcmix installs part of the rom on the ext partition of sd card that is why the phone wont boot.
1. use a card reader to format your new card and copy the backup of your old card onto the new one (dont forget the rom which you wish to flash again, i suppose rcmix)
2. turn off your phone place in the new card
3. go into hboot, wipe everything and flash the rom
your rom should be working now with your new sd card
(Using this method will cause that you loose all the data that was previously on the phone, but personally i feel: New Card --> New Start and clean flash, that way you can ensure everything is working properly!)
RaymondErasmus said:
rcmix installs part of the rom on the ext partition of sd card that is why the phone wont boot.
1. use a card reader to format your new card and copy the backup of your old card onto the new one (dont forget the rom which you wish to flash again, i suppose rcmix)
2. turn off your phone place in the new card
3. go into hboot, wipe everything and flash the rom
your rom should be working now with your new sd card
(Using this method will cause that you loose all the data that was previously on the phone, but personally i feel: New Card --> New Start and clean flash, that way you can ensure everything is working properly!)
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Thanks a lot!
I have a feeling this might work
by the way- in which part should i create the ext partition?
before flashing the rom i guess?
and with which recovery could i make this partition to 2gb size?
Thanks again!
Spitniv said:
Thanks a lot!
I have a feeling this might work
by the way- in which part should i create the ext partition?
before flashing the rom i guess?
and with which recovery could i make this partition to 2gb size?
Thanks again!
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Or..
You can make a Nandroid backup with your old card inside, then partition the newcard with one Fat32 and one ext3 (for A2SD+), copy the folder "Clockworkmod" from the old card to new one, Insert new card, Goto Recovery, Nandroid restore all..
Should work.
Before doing this, make a Titanium backup too..
Spitniv said:
Thanks a lot!
I have a feeling this might work
by the way- in which part should i create the ext partition?
before flashing the rom i guess?
and with which recovery could i make this partition to 2gb size?
Thanks again!
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yes partition before you flash the rom.
And to create the ext partition with the correct size:
You can use amonra to create the ext, clockworkmod 2.1.5.2 (or something one of the newer versions can also do this) --> these work from recovery
I used gParted (a bootable cd, is very useful), you could use fdisk too! With these tools create the ext partition after the fat32 partition otherwise windows will want to format the sd card. (I guess depends on what OS you are using) --> i would use one of these 2 as you have more control over the process
Guys,I recently bought a Desire HD and have the following issue.I have a Kingston 16gb Class 10 SD card in my Desire and I want to use it with my DHD.However,I have an ext4 partition on my Desire's card and have ReflexTSense HD 1.4.1 Apps2SD+ version installed.Now,If I make a Nandroid backup of my rom,copy ALL of the card's content to my HDD(including the nandroid backup) and then copy it all to a new card(partitioned with a 1gb ext4 partition) will I be able to restore the nandroid backup normally after a full wipe or does it need another procedure?
Thanks!
Using Titanium Backup should work nicely. Or failing that, if you are using ClockworkMod Recovery you should be able to copy and paste to the new SD, make an EXT3 partition, then just restore the EXT3 partition using the advanced setting.
I was thinking of trying some other roms prior to restoring...Anyway,that is without losing any of my data,right?And what about the things I asked?
Thanks!
tolis626 said:
I was thinking of trying some other roms prior to restoring...Anyway,that is without losing any of my data,right?And what about the things I asked?
Thanks!
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You want to restore your Desires nandroid to your DHD? I would be surprised if that was possible. The Desires DHD ROMs are ported so they are different to the stock ROMs of the DHD.
When I got my DHD I just started afresh, installed all apps from new, as the DHD has around 1.1 gig of internal memory you really don't need the EXT3 partition on SD card anymore.
Kalavere said:
You want to restore your Desires nandroid to your DHD? I would be surprised if that was possible. The Desires DHD ROMs are ported so they are different to the stock ROMs of the DHD.
When I got my DHD I just started afresh, installed all apps from new, as the DHD has around 1.1 gig of internal memory you really don't need the EXT3 partition on SD card anymore.
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No no no,I'm not that kind of idiot!
I want to try some other roms on my Desire(NOT HD) and change my SD card at,let's say,the same time.If I flash a rom from another card,would I be able to restore a backup that was just copied to the new one,or would I have to reinsert the card I am using now?
I know I am saying it too complicated,sometimes not even I can understand what I'm saying!
But to be more understandable...Say I make a nandroid backup now,ok?I copy it from my SD to my HDD(Hard Disk Drive,my PC,in case you don't know what it stands for.Damn I must stop using this many acronyms! ).Then I change my SD card to a new one(partitioned and stuff) and flash another rom from a zip in the new card.After that,am I able to just copy the nandroid backup I did in the beginning to my new SD card and restore?
Thanks!
Lmao, I literally had to read that twice! Using nandroid, as long as you flash the ROM that it was backed up from first, and then restore you will be fine to install any ROM. Just copy Clockworkmod/backup/(filenamehere) from your SDcard and you can drag and drop it into any SDcard and restore/backup from it.
Kalavere said:
Lmao, I literally had to read that twice! Using nandroid, as long as you flash the ROM that it was backed up from first, and then restore you will be fine to install any ROM. Just copy Clockworkmod/backup/(filenamehere) from your SDcard and you can drag and drop it into any SDcard and restore/backup from it.
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See?I told you it was me saying everything complicated!
Anyway,that's what I wanted to know!Thanks Kalavere!
Hello Guys
Just received a new sd card for my desire but after searching the net how to copy all the content from my old sd card I couldnt find anything Im looking for which is why im making this topic.
Anyway I have an 8gb card with 1gb ext3, swap0, and willing to upgrade to 16gb ext4, do I just make the nand backup + ext and then restore it? or it wont restore because of the ext3 and ext4 ?
Regards
C.
ps. dalvik is also moved to sd card
ps2. ive accessed the OLD ext partition on my windows pc using the ext2read program and found 3 folders there, app, app=private and dalvik, so do I just copy those onto the new sd + all the files from fat32 partition onto the new one and will that work?
Hi,
Yes,
Imo could Linux do these tasks better but your option will do it also.
First make a nand backup and than cope the fat stuff to the new card and after that put the ext folders in your new ext partition.
Should work, be sure the kernel of your rom supports ext4
Kind regards
crendot said:
Hi,
Yes,
Imo could Linux do these tasks better but your option will do it also.
First make a nand backup and than cope the fat stuff to the new card and after that put the ext folders in your new ext partition.
Should work, be sure the kernel of your rom supports ext4
Kind regards
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unfortunately i have no knowledge on linux at all so I guess I can only do it with windows
right, ill make a system nand and copy the files from fat 32 onto the new card and then copy the ext files and swap the cards, hopefully will work
http://baadnewz.lcdc.sk/Desire_HD_Base/InsertCoin/Addons
LINK THERE TO A REALLY GOOD EXT4 ALIGNMENT ZIP
Just create your partition as normal then flash the zip from recovery
rumbo575 said:
http://baadnewz.lcdc.sk/Desire_HD_Base/InsertCoin/Addons
LINK THERE TO A REALLY GOOD EXT4 ALIGNMENT ZIP
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no idea what this is
Ive copied all the fat32 files and then restored the sd-ext and seems to be working, had few fcs so far but when I will have more time I will reinstall everything
Htc Desire
I think its tough task for me
No its not. Simple. Backup nandroid + ext, put new card in, format to fat32 + ext, nandroid restore. Copy old card fat32 contents to new fat32. Done.
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When upgrading sdcard I used PC software to backup whole partitons and then restore them to new sdcard. That was very succesful. I hope this will help)