Help with root and sd card - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have unrevocked forever on my incredible. I have a 16gb sd card in the phone. My question is if I upgrade to a 32gb sd card will I loose my root. I think I should be able to power down take out the card transfer everything to the 32gb put the card back in and power up and everything will be ok. Any help would be much appreciated thank you
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Never mind I got inpatient and took the sd card out and I was still rooted. Just have to transfer everything to the 32gb and It will be all good.
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The dumbness!
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Hey I don't like your atitude I asked for help because this is all new to me. I thought that the forums were for info. So if Your life is that bad that you have to put people down then it must suck to be you. Good luck with that and its ok one day you will grow up and move out of your moms basement.
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GotRoot79 said:
Hey I don't like your atitude I asked for help because this is all new to me. I thought that the forums were for info. So if Your life is that bad that you have to put people down then it must suck to be you. Good luck with that and its ok one day you will grow up and move out of your moms basement.
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I was new once also and have asked some DUMB questions so ill follow his comment wish a reason. Root does not store on your SD card its all internal memory files. Only hand SD had in the root was flashing zip files from the card in the internal memory

I appreciate you being helpful and nice about it I no I'm a noob just didn't want to mess my phone up and after thinking about it I just pulled it and everything was fine.
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I actually have a question regarding this.
I want to upgrade to a 16gb sd card and was wondering if there is a thread showing step by step instructions to do so.
I'm rooted and have a couple roms backed up along with titanium backing up my apps.
Do I really have to format the new sd card to fat 32? the 2gb sd card that came with it seems to work fine which I believe isn't formatted fat 32.
Is it really as easy as copying and pasting over??? I did not partition the sd card.
Also, after searching the forums I ran into a concerning thread regarding sd cards that DON'T work.... should I be worried?

PhillyCheez said:
I actually have a question regarding this.
I want to upgrade to a 16gb sd card and was wondering if there is a thread showing step by step instructions to do so.
I'm rooted and have a couple roms backed up along with titanium backing up my apps.
Do I really have to format the new sd card to fat 32? the 2gb sd card that came with it seems to work fine which I believe isn't formatted fat 32.
Is it really as easy as copying and pasting over??? I did not partition the sd card.
Also, after searching the forums I ran into a concerning thread regarding sd cards that DON'T work.... should I be worried?
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If you want to transfer your files from the 2gb sd card to the 32 gb sd card just copy all files to the 32 gb sd card. Be sure to format the 32 gb sd to FAT32. I dont know how you didnt have to format your other card to fat32 unless you havent turned s-off. But anyways to format it to fat32 just plug in phone to computer( make sure you put phone on disk drive not charge only) and open "My computer"(shows all your drives ex. C:, D:, ect.) Right click on the drive that is your sd card and choose format. Make sure its in FAT32 and click format. You can do quick format too. Hope this helps

jager420 said:
If you want to transfer your files from the 2gb sd card to the 32 gb sd card just copy all files to the 32 gb sd card. Be sure to format the 32 gb sd to FAT32. I dont know how you didnt have to format your other card to fat32 unless you havent turned s-off. But anyways to format it to fat32 just plug in phone to computer( make sure you put phone on disk drive not charge only) and open "My computer"(shows all your drives ex. C:, D:, ect.) Right click on the drive that is your sd card and choose format. Make sure its in FAT32 and click format. You can do quick format too. Hope this helps
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Thanks for the clarification. I was thinking it was a lot harder than just copying over the files.
I have S-Off and I am pretty sure it's not formatted FAT32. I just checked the properties and it just says "FAT" and if I go to format it the selection at default shows "FAT" as well. But if standard procedure is to format to FAT32 I will on my next sd card.

PhillyCheez said:
Thanks for the clarification. I was thinking it was a lot harder than just copying over the files.
I have S-Off and I am pretty sure it's not formatted FAT32. I just checked the properties and it just says "FAT" and if I go to format it the selection at default shows "FAT" as well. But if standard procedure is to format to FAT32 I will on my next sd card.
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Hmm weird. I had to change to fat32 when I was flashing the radio or was it s-off, I can't remember. Anyway glad to help
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SD card problems, Help Please!

Hello all, I have a 16 GB sd card (actual 14.83GB) and under Settings - SD card and Phone Storage it says that i have 7.04 GB available...basically half...
The problem is that I have nothing THAT BIG!! I copied the SD card over to my computer and it's only 852 MB...What the hell is going on?
Has anyone had this problem? or does anyone have any ideas as to how to figure out what is taking up so much space?
Help is appreciated, thank you.
Do you apps2sd or apps2ext? Also, by chance is there a folder called: LOST.DIR? Lastly, if you take the card OUT of the evo, put it into an adapter, and check free spaces on your PC what does it say? << Perhaps there's some hidden folders your PC cannot see when you just directly copy the files to your PC.
if you have downloaded a rom or somthing to it, plus music eats memory up badly, i suggest reformatting sd card.
go to settings>sd card & phone storage> unmount sd card> format
make sure you get the files you need off of it. akaics, videos, contacts, apps;etc.
If i helped,hit the thanks button!
oblivior72 said:
Hello all, I have a 16 GB sd card (actual 14.83GB) and under Settings - SD card and Phone Storage it says that i have 7.04 GB available...basically half...
The problem is that I have nothing THAT BIG!! I copied the SD card over to my computer and it's only 852 MB...What the hell is going on?
Has anyone had this problem? or does anyone have any ideas as to how to figure out what is taking up so much space?
Help is appreciated, thank you.
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Sounds like your card is partitioned.. move your cards over to the computer
Go into recovery
Run partition SD card
Set swap to 0mb
Partition 1 (or whatever its called: main partition ) to full amount of SD card and nothing for ext partition
Hope this was helpful!
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Great ill go ahead give this a try. Thank you very much.
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craigbailey1986 said:
Sounds like your card is partitioned.. move your cards over to the computer
Go into recovery
Run partition SD card
Set swap to 0mb
Partition 1 (or whatever its called: main partition ) to full amount of SD card and nothing for ext partition
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Thanks man it worked!
Did you get the card from eBay?
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$mftmirr does not match $mft android NtfsSD

hi im trying to get my ntfs formatted sd card working but i cant seem to mount it using NTFSSD. i always get an error saying $mftmirr does not match $mft android. any help would be appreciated
U can format as fat or ext4
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Either format the SD card with your phone/computer to Fat32, or, if you bought a 64GB SD card like some of us, follow the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794514
v8dreaming said:
Either format the SD card with your phone/computer to Fat32, or, if you bought a 64GB SD card like some of us, follow the link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1794514
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im trying to get my sd card to work so i can download files bigger than 4gb overnight instead of downloading it during the day when everyones awake. is this even possible?
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No idea.

[Q] Sd Card Question.

I'm going to use my OG Evo 8GB sd card in my GS3 I just got. Should I reformat the entire sd in exFat? Format in my rooted OG evo? I'm using AmonRa in my evo. So Just asking some quick questions before I do anything. I tried to google the info but came up blank.
Thanks in advance.
z3r0t0l0rEnCe said:
I'm going to use my OG Evo 8GB sd card in my GS3 I just got. Should I reformat the entire sd in exFat? Format in my rooted OG evo? I'm using AmonRa in my evo. So Just asking some quick questions before I do anything. I tried to google the info but came up blank.
Thanks in advance.
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I'd back up all your pictures, music, and etc first. Then format it.
cbass15 said:
I'd back up all your pictures, music, and etc first. Then format it.
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Let the GS3 format do it or with Win7 and format to exFat?
Yes, backup all of your files and format it first in your computer. I would then install it and format it in the phone. When I first got mine I just used the sd card from my OG Droid. It completely messed up my phone -- to the point Best Buy completely replaced it for free -- and the rep told me that the S3 has a "known issue" of having problems with sd cards formatted in other phones. I am not certain I believe it, but better safe than sorry.
Neil Fruit said:
Yes, backup all of your files and format it first in your computer. I would then install it and format it in the phone. When I first got mine I just used the sd card from my OG Droid. It completely messed up my phone -- to the point Best Buy completely replaced it for free -- and the rep told me that the S3 has a "known issue" of having problems with sd cards formatted in other phones. I am not certain I believe it, but better safe than sorry.
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Fat32 or exFAT in Win7?
I formatted mine FAT32. I know the S3 will not recognize a 64 gb sd card in exFAT because there have been a few threads about it. I am not sure if it is okay with a smaller card, but I know that FAT32 does work.
Neil Fruit said:
I formatted mine FAT32. I know the S3 will not recognize a 64 gb sd card in exFAT because there have been a few threads about it. I am not sure if it is okay with a smaller card, but I know that FAT32 does work.
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The S3 will recognize a card formatted as exFAT (my 64GB came formatted as exFAT) but the recoveries will not recognize exFAT. Since the OP was asking about an 8GB there would be no reason to use anything other than FAT32, and that does work in the phone and in the recoveries.
Now per the OP of the rom I was running my sd was partition to ext4. Reformatting should erase all that correct?
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Got it working. Thanks all. Now on to root.
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CWM + My EXT SD CARD = No Fun

Well I have a new version of CWM Mod, and apparently when you format the sd-card, it no longer formats the inner sd card but your external sd card. I was really pissed as I lost all my data I had saved, but it also managed to screw up my sd card. Neither of my computers recognize my SD Card and I have no idea how I can go about restoring it. My phone can detect the sd card but it will say its corrupt randomly. So I'm guessing CWM formatted the card in a really screwed up way. Any suggestions brahs?
I'll even try to mount the sd card on CWM but it wont be able to mount it. It's a shame to waste a 32 gig sd card like this
Have you tried to format through the phone storage? Menu/settings/storage/format
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mrbmg said:
Have you tried to format through the phone storage? Menu/settings/storage/format
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Only gives me the option to mount or unmount the SD card
How old is the SD card? This phone is know for eating up the 32 GB cards. I had one for less than 3 weeks and it did the same. I use trwp but there is a thread about cards and our misfortunes with the 32 GB.
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Make sure you card is not in exfat. CWM will not read cards in exfat, I had the same problem. If it is you are going to need to format it to fat 32. Most 32gigs sd cards and higher come in exfat now. You are most likey going to have to do it on the computer also it cant be done from CWM.
Mateoftw said:
Well I have a new version of CWM Mod, and apparently when you format the sd-card, it no longer formats the inner sd card but your external sd card. I was really pissed as I lost all my data I had saved, but it also managed to screw up my sd card. Neither of my computers recognize my SD Card and I have no idea how I can go about restoring it. My phone can detect the sd card but it will say its corrupt randomly. So I'm guessing CWM formatted the card in a really screwed up way. Any suggestions brahs?
I'll even try to mount the sd card on CWM but it wont be able to mount it. It's a shame to waste a 32 gig sd card like this
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Aoe316 said:
Make sure you card is not in exfat. CWM will not read cards in exfat, I had the same problem. If it is you are going to need to format it to fat 32. Most 32gigs sd cards and higher come in exfat now. You are most likey going to have to do it on the computer also it cant be done from CWM.
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Yes but my computer won't even detect the SD Card. It was fine and dandy up until yesterday when I hit format on CWM on the SD Card thinking I was formatting the internal storage (since it's labelled /sdcard) but it formatted the actual SD. Windows won't detect my Micro SD and neither will my Mac. However if I put the SD card into my phone and connect via USB, it shows up.
Mateoftw said:
Yes but my computer won't even detect the SD Card. It was fine and dandy up until yesterday when I hit format on CWM on the SD Card thinking I was formatting the internal storage (since it's labelled /sdcard) but it formatted the actual SD. Windows won't detect my Micro SD and neither will my Mac. However if I put the SD card into my phone and connect via USB, it shows up.
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You pressed format /sdcard, and it formatted your extsd? That's a pretty serious bug, so thanks for the heads up. What version of CWM are you running?
Op. I did the same thing a long time ago. I have gotten into the habbit of removing the sd card when I am formatting with a custom recovery. I also back up the sd to my pc and reformat the sd when changing roms. A bit off topic but I also wipe system before flashing a new rom. So far I have avoided many of the issues mentioned day after day. Maybe I am lucky but my wierd habits have been successful so far.
jcbofkc said:
Op. I did the same thing a long time ago. I have gotten into the habbit of removing the sd card when I am formatting with a custom recovery. I also back up the sd to my pc and reformat the sd when changing roms. A bit off topic but I also wipe system before flashing a new rom. So far I have avoided many of the issues mentioned day after day. Maybe I am lucky but my wierd habits have been successful so far.
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Did you manage to fix the problem though? Not to be rude but I'm looking for solutions towards this specific situation, not advice on what to do next time :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
Aerowinder said:
You pressed format /sdcard, and it formatted your extsd? That's a pretty serious bug, so thanks for the heads up. What version of CWM are you running?
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5.8 something. It's weird because it allows for both internal and external SD use. When you backup the first open is to save to external then its internal. First version of CWM i've ever used with such an option.
For anyone wondering about a solution, I used an android 2.3 device which actually has a format option for the SD card and now my computers recognize it again. Life is good
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[Q] Formating SD card problem

I've had a 2 GB SD card in my WFS, it was formatted properly, Int2Ext4+ and everything else was working, now I need more space so I changed to a 8 GB SD card, but when I try to format it with MiniTool Partition Wizard it says bad disk or something like that. Then I need to eject the SD card and insert it again and then I have to format it again.
Is it possible that there is something wrong with the SD card and I should just buy a new one? It was working before when it was just used to save data on it, but when it comes to formatting it doesn't really work.
Pr3no said:
I've had a 2 GB SD card in my WFS, it was formatted properly, Int2Ext4+ and everything else was working, now I need more space so I changed to a 8 GB SD card, but when I try to format it with MiniTool Partition Wizard it says bad disk or something like that. Then I need to eject the SD card and insert it again and then I have to format it again.
Is it possible that there is something wrong with the SD card and I should just buy a new one? It was working before when it was just used to save data on it, but when it comes to formatting it doesn't really work.
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it said error bad disk because you might had formatted it wrongly or take out sdcard many reasons.
just put that in your phone properly and then power off phone.after power off remove sdcard and put it in card reader with computer.
and then it ll said format memory card then format it and then you can use minipartitional tool.
crossfire77 said:
it said error bad disk because you might had formatted it wrongly or take out sdcard many reasons.
just put that in your phone properly and then power off phone.after power off remove sdcard and put it in card reader with computer.
and then it ll said format memory card then format it and then you can use minipartitional tool.
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I don't think that's the problem, cause I did everything like how I did on my previous SD card, and on that card it was working properly.
But I'll try to do what you said, if it doesn't work I'll buy a new one, it's not so expensive anyways.
Pr3no said:
I don't think that's the problem, cause I did everything like how I did on my previous SD card, and on that card it was working properly.
But I'll try to do what you said, if it doesn't work I'll buy a new one, it's not so expensive anyways.
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Yeah buy new one..but for info..sd cards wont brick that easy..
I formatted around thousands time..nothing goes wrong
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crossfire77 said:
Yeah buy new one..but for info..sd cards wont brick that easy..
I formatted around thousands time..nothing goes wrong
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It was always working wierdly, that's why I didn't use it in my phone in the first place, but since it was good enough for my mp3 player I thought I'd give it a try again, guess I shouldn't have.
SD-Card removed unexpectedly
I partitioned the sd-Card and used INT2EXT4+ ., internal memory is fine reading above 800MB cuz it was 1 GB partition, but i am getting error over and over again that ''SD-Card removed unexpectedly'' and ''damaged sd card'' my card has total 8GB
Its a weird problem....but maybe you changed the file system of your sd card or something like that. Otherwise..you should buy a new one!
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