hey im getting a new sd card for my incredible super lcd
i have a stock 2 gig
and i have miui 1.3.5 on there wat will happen if i switch my card out with the 16 gig card will i miss the phone up or will it just delete my recovery plez
Copy contents of 2 Gb SD to PC, then while device on, unmount SD, power down.
Format new SD as FAT32, and copy contents of old SD onto new SD, place in device, power on.
The SD interacts with many ROMs when they boot, so if your ROM uses elements of or calls SD to or during boot, and cannot find what was there, you'll have issues.
Recommend a periodic backup of SD to PC, monthly or so.
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I have a rooted phone with an 8gb sd card in it where i store clockworkmod recoveries, backups, ROMs, many apps, media of course etc etc. So if ever I were to change the SD card in the phone, what is the correct procedure to do so such that I don't screw up the phone?
Has anybody else gone through this recently? Reason I ask is I am going to order a 32gb sd card (I believe up to 32 is supported) shortly.
Thanks
Nothing bad happened to me. My 8gb card no longer works so I had to replace it with my 2gb that came with it. There's no procedure with swapping sd cards in the phone, but you may wanna copy all the contents of your previous card to the desktop of your computer and transfer them to your new 1. If you reformatted your previous card to fat32 then do so with your new one. Pop it in and let it rip.
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Thanks! Seems easier than I was afraid it might be!
Soo, just copy and paste and put new card in? Is that it?
Yes, 32 Gb cards are supported. Make sure the new SD is formatted FAT32.
Don't remove or install any SD while device is powered on - unmount the SD, then power down to remove/reinstall SD.
Copy contents of old SD to PC so you'll have a backup - then copy to new SD, put in device, power on.
Noteworthy is if you use an AOSP ROM, many of those interact with SD during boot, so if you simply replace old with new and it isn't formatted FAT32 and/or do not have the contents of the old card on it, you will bootloop.
Recommend making period backups of SD to PC - monthly or some frequency meaningful to you ~ so you have a backup if/when SD card fails.
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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Hi,
I'm currently using Task's AOKP Rom and after performing a TWRP nandroid backup to my external sd card.. My external sd card started having problems. When I rebooted back to AOKP it showed an sd card error in the notifications asking me to reformat.
I've used this 32gb sd card for 4 months, installing various AOSP and TW JB roms with no problems at all. Yes, I wipe and flash everything correctly. This seemed to just happen randomly. I plugged my phone into my computer and it only shows my internal sd card available. When I go to mnt/extsdcard in file explorer, it shows no files.
Does anyone know a way to get my ext sd card working again? I'd like to get access to my files.
Thanks,
Tom
Update: it must just be my ext sd card... I plugged it into an adapter and it's not reading on my computer. My 8 gb version works fine but my 32 doesn't read at all. Any suggestions or is my sd card fried?
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
Hi everyone!
I upgraded to CM 13, big problem was the fact that my Samsung Evo 64 GB SD card was not usable as internal storage or external. I entered recovery mode and wiped all to install Cloudy 2.5. I have an issue now, the sd card is not formatted in its own original filesystem, and after i tried to change it to exFat or ext4 it shows me a 15mb sd card, rather then a 64 GB one.
How do I fix this?
You can take your micro SD card, put it in the adapter and then plug it to your computer.
After that you can take a software like "minitool partition wizard" and use it to format the micro SD card.
I figured out the SD card problem , i couldn't fix it for nothing until i did this.
FOR ANYBODY THAT GETS STUCK AT 20% or any other sd card problem with 6.0 roms
1. Backup all files on SD card (This will delete everything on your sdcard)
2. Install minitool partition wizard
3. Remove all partitions from SD card with partition wizard (Do not reformat)
4. Place SD card into phone
5. Let the phone detect SD card and try to reformat
6. chose either Internal or Portable Storage
7. Enjoy because it works perfectly for me now.
btw. im running a LG G3 D850 ATT