New SD card and new ROM... help! - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Desire rooted, running LeeDroid 2.1 something with A2SD+.
OK I have looked at a few other threads but I still have some questions.
I am finally upgrading my stock SD card to a 16GB card.
I know I need to format the new SD card before trying to use it in LeeDroid. I have Ubuntu installed on a laptop so I can format it from there. Can I then just copy all the contents from the old SD over to the new SD?? What about the data in the ext3? Will this copy over too?
Once the new SD is installed I want to upgrade to the lastest version of LeeDroid. I've only installed one ROM (the one currently running) so I don't know how to back my phone up so it can be easily restored once the new ROM is running... I mean all the apps, personal data etc.
I have mybackup pro(paid) and titanium backup pro(paid)...

http://leedroid.protogenlabs.com/wiki/how-to-setup-a-new-sdcard-migrate-ext3-data
Don't have to follow the steps to make a ext partition with rom manager when you have a linux machine.

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Changing SD Cards with APP2SD

Hi guys,
I have a question regarding the migration of data and apps from an old (stock 4gb) SD card to a new one while running APP2SD on the desire.
I'm using Pays 1.9 BraveSoul ROM at the moment with APP2SD installed and working sweet on a device-partitioned ext2.
my new 16gb class 6 card has arrived and I want to transfer all my apps and data from one to another without losing anything (I don't mind re-installing though).
I can back up my apps with Titanium and I have been doing that successfully for non-APP2SD ROMs. However, I'm not sure how to copy the ext2 partition to my new card and how the desire will react.
I found this method in my searches and I was wondering if anyone can confirm it is suitable for the rooted desire?
"I did an a2sd swap yesterday.
Did a nandroid/ext backup.
Copied card to computer.
Powered off phone.
Switched cards.
Partitioned new card.
Copied back from computer to SD card
Restored nandroid
Worked like a champ."
*from: hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=585349&page=6
Also, I'm not using linux, I do my partitioning from the device in recovery.
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Paul.
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Update:
Looks like the desire is not liking the nandroid+ext backup.
I think I will have to do a full titanium backup and re-flash to get my APP2SD on the new card...
You can back up all your apps using Titanium Backup, format the new SD card in recovery, boot up, install Titanium, and restore your apps using that.

Installing/moving apps to SD card

Hello all, wondering whether anyone can help. My 2.2 rooted Desire currenly has ~11MB of free space. I have just bought an 8GB micro SD card from play.com and put it into the phone.
Just wondering must install all apps to phone memory first and then move to SD card or is it possible to directly install to SD card. Which prog is best and easiest to move apps to sd card.
Thanks
Easiest to root and install custom rom which supports a2sd.
With this you aiming at apps need to have in code optimisations in order to be transfered to the SD card, and then would be using FAT32 partition - that you don't want since some apps need to be started together with the OS, and will fail to do so then since OS first loads apps and second mounts FAT partition.
Long story short - root - custom rom - Leedroid ftw
Thanks for the prompt reply. I have the modaco 2.2 stock rom. So what app would you recommened.
I just re-read your post, so you would suggest leedroid rom rathern than stock rom with app 2 sd app...?

How do you change from a 8gb microsd to 16gb whilst running a custom rom?

as the title suggests i have leedroid 2.3 froyo rom and have been running it with a 8gb microsd for a couple of months, sd card partitioned,gold card etc.
8gb card created into gold card with gold card creator tool on modaco
however if i put my 16gb card in desire it doesn't boot, maybe due to fact that it isnt a gold card too, and no leedroid rom info?.
questions
1. do i have to unroot and reinstall a generic 3uk rom (my network)
2. create 16gb gold card
3. unroot again.
any quicker way as i would like to try 2.3 roms out on 16gb card
and yes i have tried searching but i find xda search engine pretty useless guys sorry bots.
Does not have to be a goldcard (better tho).
If you are using A2SD+ then you need to partition the new card (with FAT32+EXT) then
a) Re-flash the ROM and restore things via TI Backup or Mybackup PRO.
or
b) copy the content form the old card's EXT partition to the new card's EXT partiton (Linux OS required AFAIK).
You can also make a nandroid, partition your new card, copy everything from the fat partition to the new card and restore the nandroid (with your new card in the phone).
thanks guys
read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=907335

[Q] Moving to another ROM (A2SD) and another SD Card

Hi folks,
I've got a brand new class 10 sd card and would like to move to it from my old class 2 sd card. Unfortunately I'm currently using a ROM with the A2SD feature which means Titanium Backup and ROM Manager reside on the old and slow sd card. If I insert the new sd card into my Desire I therefore have no access to ROM Manager which prevents me from installing the new ROM. Also I cannot access the Market for the same reason.
So the question is: How can I move to the new sd card? The only solution I can imagine is to flash a rooted stock ROM and the flash my favorite ROM again. I wonder if there's an easier option...
Please let me know. Any help is appreciated.
simu_lacrum
LOL. You are using ROM manager to flash your ROMs?
What about the custom recovery you have? CMW/AmonRA.
Also you can move everything to the new card and restore everything after you've flashed the ROM.

[Q] Installing new ROMs, with new SD card

I have rooted my Desire, with an eye toward increasing my app space (I'm an app junkie, I guess). I haven't installed any new ROMs yet, but am getting ready to do so. Right now I'm looking at either CyanogenMod 7 or Supernova. I also just bought a new 16 gb SD card for the new partition. I know I need to do the following:
- Install new ROM
- partition the new SD card with ext4
- backup my current setup
- copy everything from stock SD card to new SD card?
I don't really care about copying over my data and apps. I can just re-download my apps, and most of my data is synced online. The only thing I might want to backup is my SMS messages. However, I will do a full backup with Titanium Backup Pro, just in case I need it. I rooted my phone with Revolutionary 0.4pre4 and would like to use Rom Manager to do everything else.
My questions are:
What order do I need to do the above steps? Obviously the backup is first. Should I just copy everything over from my old SD card to the new one? If so, how do I do this - just copy everything to my computer hard drive, then to the new card? And do I create a partition first, or doesn't it matter?
Allright, the very first thing you need to do, is backup the content from your sd card. Just copy all the files you want to maintain to your pc. You need to do this, because your sd card needs to be formatted.
Then, partition your sd card. If youre planning on installing Cyanogenmod, you dont really need to, since it fits perfectly in the internal memory of the desire. But do it anyway. If you want to switch, for example a runneymede rom later, you dont need to it then.
I recommend 15GB Fat32 primary - 1GB ext4 primary. See this exellent tutorial on how to partition your sd card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/SD_card_partitioning
Now you partitioned your sd card, you can copy all the stuff you backed up on step 1 to your sd card.
Next, make a backup of your current setup. Go to recovery, in case of clockworkmod its backup/restore > restore. The backup will be stored on the SD card, so make sure you do this AFTER you partitioned it (like I described), or youll lose your backup.
Now its safe for you to flash your rom . Enjoy!
Since I rooted with revolutionary, but Rom Manager uses clockworkmod, does it matter if I flash clockworkmod over revolutionary?
And can I just use Rom Manager to format my sd card? Will it allow me to do a 15GB Fat32 primary - 1GB ext4 primary?
I also just realized that many ROMs, including Supernova, are GSM-only. My Desire is CDMA. Which Roms have a2sd+ for cdma?
It doesnt really matter which recovery you use, its a matter of taste. About the CDMA roms, I dont know by heart, since Ive got a GSM desire.

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