ok so im running out of space on my sd card. i want to upgrade to a 32 GB card but im not sure how i would go about putting all of my files and apps on to the new one without messing up my phone. please help
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PooN_HeaD said:
ok so im running out of space on my sd card. i want to upgrade to a 32 GB card but im not sure how i would go about putting all of my files and apps on to the new one without messing up my phone. please help
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Copy everything from your sd card to your computer then insert the new sd card and format
it and copy everything back from your computer to your new sd card
if you run linux on your computer make sure you enable the "show hidden files" ,otherwise
you wont see the files that start with . (dot)
bahmanxda said:
Copy everything from your sd card to your computer then insert the new sd card and format
it and copy everything back from your computer to your new sd card
if you run linux on your computer make sure you enable the "show hidden files" ,otherwise
you wont see the files that start with . (dot)
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This! Its as easy as that.
what about the apps that are stored on my sd, do they get copied ovedr some how?
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PooN_HeaD said:
what about the apps that are stored on my sd, do they get copied ovedr some how?
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If you copy the entire contents from your current SD card to the new SD card, your phone doesn't know the difference.
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Hey guys, about to purchase a 32GB SD card and was wondering what the process was. Do I connect both the phone and the SD card to my laptop and just pretty much drag the whole "Removable Disk" from my phone to the new SD card and just swap them? Or is there a more complicated process?
If ur old SD card is not partitioned then just make sure u can view hidden files and copy full contents straight over to the new card.
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If ur old SD card is not partitioned then just make sure u can view hidden files and copy full contents straight over to the new card.
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Can you explain that in a way that an idiot can understand it?
I will be replacing the stock 8GB SD card.
fmedina2 said:
Can you explain that in a way that an idiot can understand it?
I will be replacing the stock 8GB SD card.
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Greetings fmedina2,
That means that insure that what ever file manager your using (no one knows what OS your computer has), find the settings that allow you to decide what is shown within each directory - owner, permissions, date/time created, date/time modified, etc...
Just make sure that the "show hidden/system files" option is shown - extensions too, if it's available.
This will insure that you will not overlook any files, when you attempt to copy them over to your new sdcard.
HTH
--Chris
I have a debranded Desire 2.2 which is not rooted. Inside my phone i have an 8gb sd card which contains data for many apps as i use adb push apps to sd.
To debrand my phone, i created a gold card from a seperate 2gb sd card.
My question is; Is there any way i can make my main sd card into my gold card without affecting any of my apps which i have stored on it? The reason i am asking this is that i require my gold card for any future updates and this will save a great deal of hassle with reinstalling applications everytime i require an update.
When I made a gold card (didn't actually need it in the end to debrand BTW using unrevoked). I couldn't access it as a normal SD card... Would be nice to know how to do this. I have a 4GB Gold card (which is pretty much useless), and a 8GB ext3/FAT32 card!
bobsie41 said:
I have a debranded Desire 2.2 which is not rooted. Inside my phone i have an 8gb sd card which contains data for many apps as i use adb push apps to sd.
To debrand my phone, i created a gold card from a seperate 2gb sd card.
My question is; Is there any way i can make my main sd card into my gold card without affecting any of my apps which i have stored on it? The reason i am asking this is that i require my gold card for any future updates and this will save a great deal of hassle with reinstalling applications everytime i require an update.
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If you copy all the files on you card to another location, format the card, make a gold card, and copy the files back, all should be fine
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AndroHero said:
If you copy all the files on you card to another location, format the card, make a gold card, and copy the files back, all should be fine
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I follwed the process absolutely for making this, and replace the 000-0170 lines, but the disk was not readable in Windows.. Any idea what I did wrong?
My Desire originally came with a 2 GB card (yeah, sucks!) and I've ordered a 16 GB SDHC and is expected to be delivered anytime this weekend.
I do have some apps moved from phone memory to the 2 GB SD card.
How do I go about replacing the 2 GB card with the new 16 GB card WITHOUT losing any of my apps already installed?
Is there a procedure to be followed??
Thanks!
If you just used the stock FroYo A2SD, move them back to the phone and then copy the contents of the SD card to the new one and boot up...you may even be able to just copy the lot as it is but I don't know if it'll check on boot to make sure the data is correct
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If you just used the stock FroYo A2SD, move them back to the phone and then copy the contents of the SD card to the new one and boot up...you may even be able to just copy the lot as it is but I don't know if it'll check on boot to make sure the data is correct
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Yup, used the stock FroYo's A2SD feature. The glitch here is I have very low memory on the Phone memory. Would copying the contents of the 2GB card and moving it to the new 16 GB card retain the apps? [Sounds pretty weird to me, but, just wanna confirm from the experts here]
Also, if I do not wish to retain anything from the older memory card, is it mandatory to copy the contents to the new memory card?
Thanks!
Yes, as said, if you are using the stock A2SD all the apps will be working normally just by copy/paste.
And as for what will happen if you don't copy the contents - system apps/stuff will make their folders by themselves, in other words the phone will be working fine, but the apps that you have installed and are moved to the SD will not work.
3722 said:
Yes, as said, if you are using the stock A2SD all the apps will be working normally just by copy/paste.
And as for what will happen if you don't copy the contents - system apps/stuff will make their folders by themselves, in other words the phone will be working fine, but the apps that you have installed and are moved to the SD will not work.
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So the best option would be to move the apps from SD card to phone memory, as many as apps as possible and copy the contents of the SD card to a folder on the PC.
After replacing the SD card, move the copied folder and move all the movable apps to SD card..
Am I right there?
Thanks..
I've used Froyo A2SD before I got myself a new 16gb card and just by copy/paste I didn't get any problems. So you should be fine too, without the hassle of moving/coping/moving back.
Do this, you will need a card reader and a micro to normal sd card adapter:
1. Turn off Desire
2. Take out microSD card and put it into the card reader using the micro to normal adapter
3. Copy the contents of the card to your PC
4. Swap the old card for the new one
5. Copy the information back to the new card
6. Put new microSD card into Desire
7. Turn it on
Hopefully it will just work as normal
Hi Eddy, I'm not sure this is necessary as I've done it without readers and adopters.
I simply copied them to the pc then changed the sd card plugged the phone to the pc with the new card, run a full format (even if the OS does make folders on the card, like "LOST.DIR", ".android_secure, etc just overwrite them) and then placing my data back on the card.
Or am I missing something?
Only reason I say to do it that way Is as otherwise Android might have a hissy fit about the apps moved to the SD not being there. I've not tried to change SD cards as I've had my 16GB card from the off but if it works then fair enough!! I just prefer to do things as I highlighted so I know there's as little chance of things going wrong as possible (I'd actually wipe the phone and start everything again but that's just me )
Thanks EddyOS and 3722. I'll do this tomorrow and let you know guys..
Cheers!
Set up my new 16 GB card today.. Tried both the suggestions individually and cross checked to ensure that everything was all right.. Both the methods work just perfectly.. Direct copy & paste and using the micro to normal adapter.. Perfect!
Thanks guys!
Cheers!
I'm getting a new, larger capacity SD card soon. What is the best way to migrate to the new SD card? Copy everything over using a different reader? Copy to phone, then to SD?
Thanks in advance,
Scott
spatton said:
I'm getting a new, larger capacity SD card soon. What is the best way to migrate to the new SD card? Copy everything over using a different reader? Copy to phone, then to SD?
Thanks in advance,
Scott
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I would just copy it to my computer, then back to the new card. Just what I would do.
Will there be any permission settings/issues? I'm cool with that suggestion, just want to do it right - once and for all.
I'm rooted w/Unrevoked, a few things cleaned up, but that's about it - stock ROM.
spatton said:
Will there be any permission settings/issues? I'm cool with that suggestion, just want to do it right - once and for all.
I'm rooted w/Unrevoked, a few things cleaned up, but that's about it - stock ROM.
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Not on you SD card, you should be fine. If you have any problems you can run "fix permissions" in ROM Manager, but again, you shouldn't have to.
Edit: I've done it a couple of time with no ill affects.
Thanks. Looking forward to having all my music readily available. Hard to believe with 7 gig of music I never have that one song....
spatton said:
I'm getting a new, larger capacity SD card soon. What is the best way to migrate to the new SD card? Copy everything over using a different reader? Copy to phone, then to SD?
Thanks in advance,
Scott
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Quickest way is to copy from 1 SD card to the other, rather than copying to the phone or your computer & then to your new SD card. I plugged the phone into my computer, inserted the new SD card into my computer & then started copying from Windows Explorer.
Leonard23. said:
Quickest way is to copy from 1 SD card to the other, rather than copying to the phone or your computer & then to your new SD card. I plugged the phone into my computer, inserted the new SD card into my computer & then started copying from Windows Explorer.
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I'm lame, my computer doesn't have an SD card slot
Leonard23. said:
Quickest way is to copy from 1 SD card to the other, rather than copying to the phone or your computer & then to your new SD card. I plugged the phone into my computer, inserted the new SD card into my computer & then started copying from Windows Explorer.
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This didn't seem to work for me. All my applications that had been moved to SD are no longer showing installed. I copied the entire contents from one to the other (both mounted on my PC), no errors, but when I put the new SD card in, no apps!
Any thoughts? Anyone?
Cheers...
Check your card to see if it's formatted as fat32 format.
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rigman said:
Check your card to see if it's formatted as fat32 format.
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That could be the reason.
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
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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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