[Q] Upgrading SDCard with Apps2sd+ - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Eh, hi.
This is going to sounds too noobish for my mind, but I can't help it, sorry
I'm using this ROM - with the optional Apps2SD+ flashed and working - in my Desire. ClockworkMod Recovery installed. The ROM is rooted. The current card is partitioned with ROM Manager (before I flashed that ROM) as 512Mb ext, swap 0 plus rest.
Now, I want to upgrade my (4Gb) SDCard to a bigger (8Gb) one I have. I don't want to change anything, just "copy & paste" the current contents to the bigger card and have at it.
What is the best/easiest way to effectively "clone" the card to a larger one so that minimal re-installing is needed? (preferably none, as it's currenly my wife's phone.)

Imo using the unbuntu live cd is going to be easer, that will read both you fat and ext partitions, then you can copy both to your hdd, partition your new sd card, and copy them bk
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How to use A2SD?

Hi,
I would like to know how to configure it.
I have in my SD:
1024M for swap
1500M for ext2
5000M for Fat32
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Swap? On a Desire? Don't think you need that, there's plenty of RAM.
So you need to partition your SD card, 512 mB ext3 should be plenty, the rest can be FAT32.
FAT partition must come first.
ok, thank you.
And now how can I enable the A2SD apps ?
raffarein said:
ok, thank you.
And now how can I enable the A2SD apps ?
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Once you have Apps2SD installed and your SD card partitoned correctly, all there is to do is just install your apps and they will be installed to your ext2 partition on your SD card. Use the Quick System Info app from the Marketplace, or see my thread to check if it is working correctly:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=677073
raffarein said:
Hi,
I would like to know how to configure it.
I have in my SD:
1024M for swap
1500M for ext2
5000M for Fat32
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Way too much swap!! For Desire best is 0 for swap, 512mb for Ext2 and rest for Fat32
is it possible to partition the SD card "outside" the phone?
I got a new SD card I want to use, and the old one is running as ext partition, and the phone spasses out if i swap the 2 cards? so how can I make the external partition so I can install on the new one?
Yes, you could try partitioning by accessing Recovery Mode via your PC while having your phone connected with the USB cable. Use the relevant push files (available for download in my sig from the Nimbu guide) to access Recovery Mode, then you will see an option to partition your SD card. You can set the swap, ext2, and FAT32 space of your SD card and convert it from ext2 to ext3.
As advised above, set your swap to 0 MB, ext2 between 512 MB - 1024 MB (max), and rest of space allocated to the FAT32 partition.
Remember to backup your SD card contents beforehand otherwise you will lose everything through partitioning.
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I'm on r3.1 rom with A2SD+, I'm really pleased with it but I plan to switch to some Froyo rom once htc releases it (with A2SD+ if possible).
What is the proper way to prepare sd card for change of rom ( now I have sd card with standard settings: swap 0 ext2 512 mb fat32 rest).
Do I need to format it again?
The thing that I need to switch between goldcard and my everyday card during the process makes it difficult enough
djoni1980 said:
The thing that I need to switch between goldcard and my everyday card during the process makes it difficult enough
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On the same topic: Is it possible to partition your SD card first and then make it a goldcard so we don't have to switch between cards during rooting and flashing? Thanks..
djoni1980 said:
I'm on r3.1 rom with A2SD+, I'm really pleased with it but I plan to switch to some Froyo rom once htc releases it (with A2SD+ if possible).
What is the proper way to prepare sd card for change of rom ( now I have sd card with standard settings: swap 0 ext2 512 mb fat32 rest).
Do I need to format it again?
The thing that I need to switch between goldcard and my everyday card during the process makes it difficult enough
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With DJ Droid's v1.0 R1 BETA rom (Sense with Froyo), it allows you to partition your SD card the exact same way you had done with the r3.1 rom. I have mine setup with a 0MB swap, ext2 size of 512 MB, and rest to FAT32 partition. To install this rom, it is advised to format your SD card again to get rid of any niggling bugs.
AFAIK, all other Froyo roms (ones without Sense) require you to prepare the SD card differently and not have your SD card partitioned, you need to push via ADB to install your apps to the SD card.
manisa236 said:
On the same topic: Is it possible to partition your SD card first and then make it a goldcard so we don't have to switch between cards during rooting and flashing? Thanks..
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This will not be possible as you need to use the Gold Card to unlock your phone's CID if your phone is network branded. After that, you can root and then flash a rom, and then partition your sd card afterwards.
Thanks for the answers massdroid, you are the most helpful member around
djoni1980 said:
Thanks for the answers massdroid, you are the most helpful member around
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Thank you buddy. I appreciate your kind words
what are the benifets of app2sd???
The title says it all, I was wondering what are the benefits of storing and running your apps from the sd card other then the obviously being able to install more apps then can be stored on the phones internal memory?
Secondly what is the purpose of zipalign? At a very simplistic level I guess it has something to do with optimizing the apk though I am not really sure what this means.
Even with my Sprint CDMA Hero overclocked to 652 (min) & 710 (max) I still find the keyboard to be a bit laggy, will enabling the above help with this at all?
Yep, by installing apps and their associated cache to your SD, it saves you from having to install them directly to internal memory, which would affect the performance of your phone with the more apps you install. With A2SD installed, you basically save storage space and allows your device to run faster.
Also, consider installing a cache cleaner app to free up more space.
Zipalign makes interacting with apps more efficient after they are optimised making them run faster with the Android OS.
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where do performance improvements come from?
MasDroid said:
Yep, by installing apps and their associated cache to your SD, it saves you from having to install them directly to internal memory, which would affect the performance of your phone with the more apps you install. With A2SD installed, you basically save storage space and allows your device to run faster.
Also, consider installing a cache cleaner app to free up more space.
Zipalign makes interacting with apps more efficient after they are optimised making them run faster with the Android OS.
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I have seen the benchmark tests showing the speed improvements but I don't really see how changing the location of where the apps are installed to would necessarily improve the performance of their execution, I mean the phone's internal storage is separate from the phone's internal ram. Are there fragmentation issues or something when it comes to running the apps from the smaller internal storage vs the larger external storage of the sd card?
I think this question was asked previously but I didn't see an answer for it; when app2sd is set up, when you start installing new apps do they automatically get zipaligned and then installed to the sd card or do you have to do it manually?
Hmm.... i think you have a point there and i agree with what you are saying. With A2SD, i don't think it improves performance since it's ROM space, not RAM, that these apps are occupying. The main advantage of A2SD is having more dedicated space for storage of apps.
Since the 1.6 SDK was released, i think the ADT does this automatically on APK export. Therefore any app which has been updated since ~September (and was developed using the ADT Eclipse plugin) will be zipalign'd.
You can also do this manually, see this link:
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/09/zipalign-easy-optimization.html
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[Q] New SD Card causing rooted Desire to hang. Can't partition it either.

Hi
I'm having issues with sticking a new SD card in my Rooted Desire. I am running the NeoPhyTe Mod v1.8 Sense-FroYo 2.2 ROM, and it seems great (before I was running Pays Desire Rom which had the same problem).
My old 4gb card was partitioned with 512mb for Apps to SD (I can't even remember how I did this now, but I seem to recall it being really easy), and worked flawlessly. The new card can be seen in Windows 7 when I go into recovery on the phone and select mount USB Storage, and I seem to be able to get into it to format the card, but when I reboot, the phone hangs at the HTC screen. There is nothing on the card apart from the ROM I installed.
I've tried partitioning it in Recovery with ADB/Clockwork, but Parted will not load/work. I've tried...well, everything I could find over the last 4 hours to try to sort this out. It should be a simple task, surely!?
All I'm trying to do is put in a new 16gb card, partition it for Apps2SD and reinstall my backed up apps. I have been trying to do this since 9am (it is now 12.50pm), and my head is well and truly done in. Can anyone help? Please? I am at my wits end!
logcat is log
If you hang on the HTC Splash screen, a good place to start is always
Code:
adb logcat
Do this simple job..put da 16gb mem crd in card reader and connect with pc...partition it using paragon parititon manager or easeus partition manager...now freshly install a rom on this card..i m sure it will work flawlessly...n offcourse you can restore ur apps by transferring da backup to new card and restoring frm backups using backup manager or any backup software...
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Changing SD card

Ive got a new 16gb card coming, im running leedroid 2.2f with apps2sd. I thought it would be a simple swap but seemingly it isnt. Whats the best way to get everything onto the 16gb? Ive got a microsd card reader for the pc.
I dealt with the same issue recently. I copied everything from my old card to the PC, and then used ROM Manager to format and partition the new card. Aftrr that I copied everything I had on the old card to the new card. I'm using a variation of Leedroid's ROM as well.
Best of luck
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How do I going about getting the data from the other partition? as I cant see that in explorer
Haven't thought of that. I didn't have a partition on my old card.
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well, bit the bullet, downloaded ubuntu, partitioned new sd card and copied everything from old card to new partitions, ext3 and fat. Put in phone and constant reboot at leedroid screen. I'd done a clockworkmod backup before hand so run restore and everythings okay now. Not the tidiest way of doing it but its worked.
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How do I going about getting the data from the other partition? as I cant see that in explorer
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so when you copy and pasted the card's contents everything transfered? even apps?
hy, there's a complete TUT on leedroid 'site to migrate to a new sdcard =>
http://leedroid.com/bravo-wiki/how-to-setup-a-new-sdcard-migrate-ext3-data
Is it possible to use Gparted throu recovery mode?
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[Q] Upgrade SD => just copy the old one?

Hi, newbie in Android,
I want to upgrade my original SD to a 32 GB one in my HTC Desire HD.
Can I just copy the old one in Windows 7 en place it on the new one?
(I flashed rom Android Revolution HD that uses Ext4, maybe I have to use a tool that makes a copy of "special" partions?)
Thanks in advance Guys, I already learned much from this forum.
you may want to but it isn't necessary, if the SD card isn't formatted put it in your phone and go settings, storage, format SD card, let it do its job, then take it out put it in your PC and copy all the files from old card to your new one
Hi vervaeck
vervaeck said:
Hi, newbie in Android,
I want to upgrade my original SD to a 32 GB one in my HTC Desire HD.
Can I just copy the old one in Windows 7 en place it on the new one?
(I flashed rom Android Revolution HD that uses Ext4, maybe I have to use a tool that makes a copy of "special" partions?)
Thanks in advance Guys, I already learned much from this forum.
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Android Revolution HD has nothing to do with your SD Card.
When you copy the file from one SD Card to another, it does not have any Rom files on it, other then if you made backUp of you Rom.
Your SD CARD is formatted with a [M$] Fat file system, unless You have formatted the SD Card another file system
Take Care
TheQuest
vervaeck said:
I want to upgrade my original SD to a 32 GB one in my HTC Desire HD.
Can I just copy the old one in Windows 7 en place it on the new one?
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Yes, BUT...
vervaeck said:
(I flashed rom Android Revolution HD that uses Ext4, maybe I have to use a tool that makes a copy of "special" partions
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I believe this is referring to the internal partitions for ROM, Kernel etc. You don't need to do anything different to your card.
Personally I'd just format the whole thing as FAT32 as one big partition.
BUT...
If you want to use apps2sd (unless you got a class 10 card and more than 750MB worth of apps I really wouldn't bother) then you will need to partition the card.
31GB (what ever is left if you subtract 1024MB from the available) as FAT32
1GB (or whatever you want but more would be excessive) as ext4
Then, simply copy across all the files (make sure you show hidden files) from the old card (can leave it in the phone) to the FAT32 partition on the new.

[Q] HTC Desire A8181 with custom ROM won't boot

Hi,
Years ago I rooted my HTC Desire A8181 and flashed it with a custom LeeDrOiD V2.x ROM.
It worked flawlessly.
I stopped use that phone after I bought a Samsung.
Recently I found my old HTC Desire in a closet and wanted to see if it works.
I enabled the Desire and it shows white background with HTC word in the middle of the screen. Then it shows black background with ANDROID word in the middle of the screen and that screen stays forever. Right now there are no SIM and Memory cards in the phone.
I suppose, without memory card the phone will not boot, correct?
Please advice, what should I do to bring my HTC Desire back to life.
Thanks
Evgeny
LeeDroid 2.5 must have sd memory for sd-ext partition.
ze7zez said:
LeeDroid 2.5 must have sd memory for sd-ext partition.
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I see!
I have to find a new card to do that.
Please remind me
1. Can I format SD Card with FAT32 & an EXT3 partitions in the phone?
2. Do I need to copy a Zipped file (Recovery ZIP ?) to the card and where can I find it?
Is there a ROM for this old phone, which not requires an external SD memory card?
Thanks again.
Evgeny
evgenyg said:
I see!
I have to find a new card to do that.
Please remind me
1. Can I format SD Card with FAT32 & an EXT3 partitions in the phone?
2. Do I need to copy a Zipped file (Recovery ZIP ?) to the card and where can I find it?
Is there a ROM for this old phone, which not requires an external SD memory card?
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You can create partitions in SD using TWRP or CWM recovery.
You insert "ROM.ZIP" on FAT32 partition. In recovery you choose this place.
All firmware RUU do not include service sd-ext.
Thanks,
I got it!
Evgeny

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