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accidentally erased all data on sd card

I was in the fastboot menu and deleted all my stuff and I was trying to fix a endless reboot loop so I can't get into it. I have a restore spot on my computer but don't know how to get onto the desire.

Take the card out of the phone, put it in a card reader, put the card reader in the computer, copy the backup to the card, take the card reader out, take card out and put out back in the phone.
If you don't have a card reader boot in to recovery, go to mount and mount the sd as mass storage. You obviously need a usb connection for this.
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I have mounted the sd card but now I don't know where to put the files?

On the sd card???
clockworkmod/backup

TheGhost1233 said:
On the sd card???
clockworkmod/backup
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Yeah I figured it out and now I have it working. Thanks to all that helped

Search up EASEUS on Google. There should be a data recovery program on there which should help you restore erased item's.

Need to unroot

I have a big problem and am wondering if anyone can help me. My evo won't read my sd card. Is there a way I can unroot without using my sd card?

Is it the evo or is it the SD card?
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.

It's definitely the microsd card. I put the microsd card into the sdcard adapter and put it into my laptops memory slot and could open it up. I need to unroot it to take it back to the sprint store to get a new one.

IMiLL102911 said:
It's definitely the microsd card. I put the microsd card into the sdcard adapter and put it into my laptops memory slot and could open it up. I need to unroot it to take it back to the sprint store to get a new one.
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If it's "definitely the microSD card" then why would you need to unroot your EVO? Sprint is not going to give you a new EVO for an SD card problem. If anything, they will simply exchange the SD card. Of course, I'm only speculating. Anyway, if you're certain it is the SD card and can read it from your laptop, how about copying the contents of the card onto your laptop and then repartition and reformat it via your laptop. Afterwards, copy the contents back to your SD card, reinsert it in your EVO and reboot.

sorry meant to say definitely not the sd card.

No problem.......Still, I would copy the contents of the card to the laptop and then repartition and reformat it. Afterwards, I would copy the files back to the card and reboot the EVO. Also, connect your device to your laptop, boot into recovery, select the MS-USB option and see if you can see the card from your laptop. If you can, download the SECOND file from this link -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php? t=884060 -- copy it to your SD card and flash it from within recovery.
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[Q] How to set up an sd card?

ok i am by no means a noob but i have no idea what i have to do to a new sd card for it to work. im picking up a sandisk class 4 16gb card in a bit and i have read in random threads that you have to format it to fat32 i believe not positive tho. so can someone point me in the right directions as to how i would do this or a thread that could help.

It'll come formatted FAT32. Unless you want to play around with an ext3 partition for moving apps, you can just pop the card in and use it.

first copy all the stuff in your sd card to your computer (make sure if on a windows machine to right click and in folder options select view hidden files, that will ensure everything is copied), then go ahead and unplug from computer, turn off the phone take sd card out of the phone, put the new one in the phone go to settings/storage and select format sd card, your phone will format it the right way, now plug it to the computer and copy all the stuff from the old one into this one, you should be good to go

emcp422 said:
first copy all the stuff in your sd card to your computer (make sure if on a windows machine to right click and in folder options select view hidden files, that will ensure everything is copied), then go ahead and unplug from computer, turn off the phone take sd card out of the phone, put the new one in the phone go to settings/storage and select format sd card, your phone will format it the right way, now plug it to the computer and copy all the stuff from the old one into this one, you should be good to go
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Ok thanks
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[Q] New SD card...

Hey all,
I have a new 32 gb micro sd for my G2. I have a couple of questions.
1. do I have to unmount the original 8 gb card prior to taking it out?
2. What are the ramifications if I don't unmount it?
3. do I have to format the new card after it's in the phone?
4. I have unchecked all the apps so that none are storing on the SD card. Is there a way to move the remaining data from the SD card to the phone?
5. Is it possible to "Clone" the data from the current SD card to the new one?
Thx
Mark

Slarti77 said:
Hey all,
I have a new 32 gb micro sd for my G2. I have a couple of questions.
1. do I have to unmount the original 8 gb card prior to taking it out?
2. What are the ramifications if I don't unmount it?
3. do I have to format the new card after it's in the phone?
4. I have unchecked all the apps so that none are storing on the SD card. Is there a way to move the remaining data from the SD card to the phone?
5. Is it possible to "Clone" the data from the current SD card to the new one?
Thx
Mark
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1. No need to unmount, since you'll need to remove the battery anyway to insert the new card.
2. Nothing
3. Would be best
4. Copy and paste contents to new card
5. See 4

Hey A&D
Thx for the quick reply ...
So can I Simply plug the phone into the computer, copy everything that shows up under the directory for the phone to th computer ...then copy it all back to the new SD card once I install it in the phone?
Also, when the phone is plugged into the computer and shows up as storage am I only seeing data on the SD card or is it showing data on the internal memory as well?
Thx
Mark
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Yes, that should work. If you have any apps installed to the SD card through Applications setting, I'd move them back to phone memory before you make the switch. They are stored in the .android_secure folder. Also you might want to format your new SD to FAT32 on your PC before moving your data back. But sounds like you're on the right track.
And you should not be seeing anything from internal memory while the SD is mounted.
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Procedure for switching out sd card?

What's the best way to switch out your sd card without losing any of its contents. My best guess would be to:
1) Copy contents of old sd card onto your hard drive
2) Remove old sd card
3) Format new sd card
4) Copy contents of old sd card from hard drive to new sd card
Am I missing anything? I've read that FAT32 is recommended over exFAT? Has anyone heard different? Also, is it better to format the card using your PC or should I just format the card in my S3?

Hi,
I recently switched from an 8gb sdcard to a 16gb sdcard. I put everything from the 8gb on my computer hard drive, safely unmounted via storage in settings, then just popped the new one in, not messing with format or anything. a month later and I'm doing fine.
Hope this helps

I would recommend formatting the sdcard in a PC, if possible
If not, then do it through your phone
And yes, the procedure you have laid out is perfectly fine