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.
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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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hi all,
I'm planning to flash a custom rom for the first time. Since I like HTC Sense, RCMixHD seemed like a good choice? (Is it?)
My phone is already rooted and via rom manager i have clockworkmod. I also made a backup via the recovery.
Now is my question: what is the difference between the two versions of the rom? Is one better than the other? And what exactly do I have to do with the sd-card to make it work correctly?
Thank you in advance,
Floris
A2SD+ - apps and app data moved to the SD card
Data2SD - ALL data is moved to the SD card
Quite simple really! Data2SD is better for storage BUT add strain to your SD card. Plus, you need a fast SD card for it to be worth while (Class 6 upwards)
thank you for such a quick reply!
Now I know I should chose the A2SD+ version since (for the time being) I only have the preinstalled memory card.
Now the only thing I have to do is partition it correctly?
Thanks!
Floris2310 said:
Now the only thing I have to do is partition it correctly?
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Yes.
10charrr
I've watched a video in which they use gparted to partition the sd-card. However they say in the video they think you need to create a fat16 partition for sdcards lower than 4gb and fat32 for larger cards.
Like it said, I use the preinstalled 4GB card. Should I use fat16 or fat32?
Also, in the RCMixHD topic, you can download a lot of different versions of the A2SD+ rom. I believe with different kernels and the first one is 2.0x1. I have downloaded the 2.0x1 version. Is that okay?
thanks!
Floris2310 said:
I've watched a video in which they use gparted to partition the sd-card. However they say in the video they think you need to create a fat16 partition for sdcards lower than 4gb and fat32 for larger cards.
Like it said, I use the preinstalled 4GB card. Should I use fat16 or fat32?
Also, in the RCMixHD topic, you can download a lot of different versions of the A2SD+ rom. I believe with different kernels and the first one is 2.0x1. I have downloaded the 2.0x1 version. Is that okay?
thanks!
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I've never heard of that and can't think of any reason why you should create a fat16 partition.
I'd keep the fat32 partition, resize it (make it smaller), and create a 500mb ext3-partion at the end. (thats what I did months ago and everything works nicely)
Sry I cant help you with the rom-question, I don't use a hd-rom.
many thanks for the reply. Will try the rom and see Thanks for the help!
Hiya guys,
Going from a 8gb speed 6 to a 16gb speed 10 v soon.
I've got LeeDroid 2.2.2.
With regards to porting everything across is it simply copy everything from old SD to new SD?
1) copy data into pc
2) put new SD in phone and let it install std files.
3) copy everything from old SD to new SD. Finished?
Do I need to do the ext partitioning thing again? If there is a guide it would be great if you can copy link, thanks!
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Congrats and yes you need to just create that partition again and restore data and it'll be like the old one
Hey,
I'm selling my HTC Desire so I want to change the SD card back to the original one. I'm using 8GB and want to switch to 4GB. My Desire is rooted with the SGBS Rom on top.
I tried to just copy the data from the 8GB card to the 4gig (deleted MP3s and stuff) and inserted the 4gig in the phone. But all I got was a bootloop. The 8gig is working fine still.
Can you guys tell me what to do now? Would be so nice.
Sephi said:
Hey,
I'm selling my HTC Desire so I want to change the SD card back to the original one. I'm using 8GB and want to switch to 4GB. My Desire is rooted with the SGBS Rom on top.
I tried to just copy the data from the 8GB card to the 4gig (deleted MP3s and stuff) and inserted the 4gig in the phone. But all I got was a bootloop. The 8gig is working fine still.
Can you guys tell me what to do now? Would be so nice.
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make an ext partition on the 4gb one
How do I do that? Through the recovery?
easiest way is with a program - gparted
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Or via 4ext recovery
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Or via reading some of the plethora of available guides on how to do that.
Or simply run a RUU. Selling a phone in any other state than full stock is pure idiocy in my book.
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erklat said:
Or via reading some of the plethora of available guides on how to do that.
Or simply run a RUU. Selling a phone in any other state than full stock is pure idiocy in my book.
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+1 on that
Unless you already have a person lined up for buying the (rooted) phone off you already, why narrow the potential buyer range?
I'll avoid creating another topic and ask here. I just bought an 8gb card for my Desire (originally it has a 4gb one). I don't have a A2SD or anything like that currently, but I possible will in the future. The phone is rooted, S-OFFed and runs MIUI. What I did. Made a nandroid backup, copied it and titanium backup files to the desktop using SD adapter, the inserted the 8gig card into the phone, partitioned it with the help of CWR. So I' ve created a 256mb EXT4 partition, 32mb SWAP one, the rest is FAT32. Then I've put the nandroid backup to the new card, booted to recovery and tried to restore it. But the MD5 sum was wrong.. WTF? Am I doing something wrong? Cheers for any help?
Murrzeak said:
I'll avoid creating another topic and ask here. I just bought an 8gb card for my Desire (originally it has a 4gb one). I don't have a A2SD or anything like that currently, but I possible will in the future. The phone is rooted, S-OFFed and runs MIUI. What I did. Made a nandroid backup, copied it and titanium backup files to the desktop using SD adapter, the inserted the 8gig card into the phone, partitioned it with the help of CWR. So I' ve created a 256mb EXT4 partition, 32mb SWAP one, the rest is FAT32. Then I've put the nandroid backup to the new card, booted to recovery and tried to restore it. But the MD5 sum was wrong.. WTF? Am I doing something wrong? Cheers for any help?
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Run Nandroid backup once more. Probably there is problem with Recovery Image.
Thanks mate. Should've tried it myself first before asking. It did help
virginDesire said:
easiest way is with a program - gparted
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Ha, I doubt that's the easiest way for someone that just asked how to partition an sdcard.
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