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
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I've been running my A2SD for 2 weeks now and am happy with it - other than a few apps stutter a bit.
I've put this down to my slow 'non classed' 16gb memory card, so I ordered a Class 6 16gb one the other day.
Its turned up today, and I want to swap it for the current one.
As I don't have a Linux computer, whats the best way of doing this? I can't see the partition with the Apps on it in my Windows PC.
Should I just use Titanium Backup and do a batch backup of all my 'User Apps and System Data', then copy the contents of my SD Card to my PC.... then format the new card for A2SD, then copy the contents back and restore my Backup?
Any help appreciated!
download the ubuntu live cd here http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download. it will run from a cd or usb stick and dosent need to be installed, you will be able to see your sd-ext as its a linux os, you can then just copy the apps to your hdd, partition your new card using the native ubuntu disk utility and then copy your apps to your new sd card
Thanks for the reply.
Sounds simple enough - I'll get downloading.
Do I just stick my SD in a USB reader and do it, or read the SD straight from the Desire?
Cant you just copy the files to your pc then paste them back when you put the new SD card in? Worked for me today... well all seems fine upto yet
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He can't because he has a ext2/3 file system partiotion that he's using for A2SD and ext is not shown in windows.
You probably don't have ext2/3 and that's why it worked without problems for you.
p3eps said:
Do I just stick my SD in a USB reader and do it, or read the SD straight from the Desire?
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I don't think it matters, it should work both ways.
Just out of curiousity.... will my Mac see the A2SD partition on my SD card since Apple OS shares a lot in common with Linux?
Wouldnt the easiest option to be to do a nandroid, partition the new sd card, then just restore the nandroid saves faffing about with other stuff.
Depending on what rom your using it may be a better option to use data2sd
I bought myself a new 8gb MicroSD card to replace the 4gb card I currently have. My rom uses the a2sd ext partition.
Is there anything I need to before I can change cards? I'm guessing i need to partition the new card, do I need to copy the files from the old ext partition to the new one? Or would it just be better to partition and then do a full wipe on my phone?
Cheers
SteveEdson said:
I bought myself a new 8gb MicroSD card to replace the 4gb card I currently have. My rom uses the a2sd ext partition.
Is there anything I need to before I can change cards? I'm guessing i need to partition the new card, do I need to copy the files from the old ext partition to the new one? Or would it just be better to partition and then do a full wipe on my phone?
Cheers
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This might be of help to you http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-827379.html
Cheers, great help
No worries
Hello,
I'm using the MIUI-XJ ROM, with D2EXT. Unfortunately, I use a crappy class 2 micro SD card, and it makes the ROM and apps laggy as hell. So i've got 2 questions :
- First, how can I transfer an app from the sd card, so D2EXT, to internal memory, so it uses the few MBs free I have, and avoid lagging ? (Especially for homes such as SPB Shell... It makes the whole phone lag)
- I plan to buy a class 10 micro sd card. Are the SDHC a good solution ? Does it work with D2EXT ? When I'll have it, how can I transfer everything from the old card to the new one without losing anything ? Would a simple copy/cut work ? Or do I have to use backup apps such as the ROM Manager or TItanium Backup ?
Concerning the partitions, would I have to partition the new sd card ? What partitions ?
That's a lot of questions, sorry...
Thanks.
Firstly, you cant.
Secondly, SDHC just means "Secure Digital High Capacity". Yes Data2ext will work on this.
The best way to "Upgrade" is to take a nandroid backup, partition the new card, copy all the data from the FAT32 partition to the new FAT32 partition (including hidden files such as ".android_secure" and nandroid restore. Upgrade should be seamless.
rootSU said:
Firstly, you cant.
Secondly, SDHC just means "Secure Digital High Capacity". Yes Data2ext will work on this.
The best way to "Upgrade" is to take a nandroid backup, partition the new card, copy all the data from the FAT32 partition to the new FAT32 partition (including hidden files such as ".android_secure" and nandroid restore. Upgrade should be seamless.
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Thanks for this quick answer. For the SDHC, I asked because when flashing the Wii, some memory cards (SDHC ones) aren't compatible, and I got ****ed by that. Don't want to spend around 50-60€ for nothing
Ok, so I'll do that, just have to find how I partitionned it first... Thanks a lot.
Hi guys,
I just bought 16GB microSD card for my phone and I want to clone the 8GB one that I'm using now.
I'm using CM7.2 and have 512MB ext3 and a linux swap partitions, so I want to clone everything. I've tried with HDD Raw Copy, but after that I cannot resize my FAT32 partition with the remaining 7GB... (tried a couple of partition managing software).
I have a wild idea, but I'm not sure it will work.
Can I do a nandroid backup on my 8GB card, then copy all the contents from the 8GB FAT32 partition to the 16GB card(already partitioned) and insert the new one and do a nandroid restore? will that work to "fill" the ext3?
ce4ko said:
Hi guys,
I just bought 16GB microSD card for my phone and I want to clone the 8GB one that I'm using now.
I'm using CM7.2 and have 512MB ext3 and a linux swap partitions, so I want to clone everything. I've tried with HDD Raw Copy, but after that I cannot resize my FAT32 partition with the remaining 7GB... (tried a couple of partition managing software).
I have a wild idea, but I'm not sure it will work.
Can I do a nandroid backup on my 8GB card, then copy all the contents from the 8GB FAT32 partition to the 16GB card(already partitioned) and insert the new one and do a nandroid restore? will that work to "fill" the ext3?
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well, while waiting I've tried the backup-restore thing and it didnt work.
Any other ideas how to clone my card and use the whole space?
ce4ko said:
well, while waiting I've tried the backup-restore thing and it didnt work.
Any other ideas how to clone my card and use the whole space?
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You can try MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition it has a copy and resize functions.
Tera Tike said:
You can try MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition it has a copy and resize functions.
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As I said I've tried a couple of partitioning softwares Minitool Home and Pro and Paragon Partition manager.
when I clone the card the remaining Unallocated space is unusable... somehow... I cannot add it to the already copied partition
Try to use EASEUS TODO BACKUP. It gives perfect option to CLONE the entire memory and after that you can resize very easily in next steps after cloning. send me a PM if you cant. I will give you step by step instructions...
Hi,
I want to switch the 32 GB sd card I have on my Desire for another sd card with just 16 GB. I need de 32 GB card for my Tablet.
The card is partinioned using 4-ext with 2GB ext4. I would like to keep my phone exactly as it is now and I thought I could use the following procedure:
1 - make a nandroid backup through 4-ext to the sd card and then make a backup of the sdcard on the pc;
2 - partition new sdcard the same way as the original one;
3 - copy the nandroid backup to the new card and restore it from the 4-ext recovery;
4 - copy the data of the first card's fat32 partition from the pc to the new one (fat32 partition).
Will this work?
Can't really try it right now because I've only just now ordered the new sdcard.
Sorry if the subject has already been discussed but the search funtion is not working so I could not search for it...
Tks...
D4Dpower said:
Hi,
I want to switch the 32 GB sd card I have on my Desire for another sd card with just 16 GB. I need de 32 GB card for my Tablet.
The card is partinioned using 4-ext with 2GB ext4. I would like to keep my phone exactly as it is now and I thought I could use the following procedure:
1 - make a nandroid backup through 4-ext to the sd card and then make a backup of the sdcard on the pc;
2 - partition new sdcard the same way as the original one;
3 - copy the nandroid backup to the new card and restore it from the 4-ext recovery;
4 - copy the data of the first card's fat32 partition from the pc to the new one (fat32 partition).
Will this work?
Can't really try it right now because I've only just now ordered the new sdcard.
Sorry if the subject has already been discussed but the search funtion is not working so I could not search for it...
Tks...
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Yes, it will work.
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Yes, it will work.
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Thank you.