[Q] Switch to larger sd card? - Verizon Droid Incredible 2

How exactly is this done with a rooted DINC2, running Skyraider Zeus?
Is there anything important relating to root on the card, or can I just pop in a different one and be okay?

u can just pop in a different one and be fine. u may have to format it first. format as fat 32
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Thanks!
So, there is nothing on the old sd that is needed for the root or the installed apps, as long as I didn't move anything to sd?

that is correct. you have nothing to worry abour
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"Root" in Android terms is referring to the root file of the phones internal storage
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knipp21 said:
"Root" in Android terms is referring to the root file of the phones internal storage
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yes he's right. to elaborate a little more, when some one says put it on the root of your sd card that just means you put it straight to your card not in any other folders
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Im getting my phone tomorrow but I was reading that the phone diesnt come with a sd card and that it is partitioned for 2 gb of app storage. Then there is 11 gb available for pics, videos, and music. Is this true? Im used to these going on the sd card
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Yes its true. SD slot is empty and your numbers for internals are correct
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Yes, you can put what ever you want on it.
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I'm sure it won't be long before we have the ability to set our own internal app storage partitions.
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SDCard

I have a 16G memory card and it reads 12G used and 3.3 G remaining. I have about 3G if games from gameloft and barely 1G of pics 3.4G of backup data. When I select to see what apps are on sdcard it had a list of games and everyone of them gives me the option to move to usb storage. I've
Deleted a lot of stuff especially videos and pics and it seems like my memory card its congested. Do I need to format it to get it empty?
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I'd hookup to PC and browse through files there, delete things you don't need like old roms and leftover garbage from old apps and see if that helps. Old nandroids take up a lot of space too.
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Yeah they do I saw that. What are LOST.files is that important.
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auggie43 said:
Yeah they do I saw that. What are LOST.files is that important.
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That's kinda of your sd cards true folder not the root.
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auggie43 said:
Yeah they do I saw that. What are LOST.files is that important.
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Just google lost.dir and see what pops up. From my understanding in doing that a while back, this is kind of like a recycling bin area. I'm sure someone else on here can explain it in greater detail. I check that folder and delete it every now and again when I see it filling up. The phone will create that folder again on the next reboot.
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The only folder on your sd card u need is your Android folder cuz thats wat holds your data...
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usbStorage not writable

I was trying to download an application from the market and it said that the app couldn't install on USB storage or sd card. I checked with ES file explorer and found the folder usbStorage is read only. How can I make it writable?
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Via my phone as my computer is down right now
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Are you rooted? I know in root explorer you can change to r/w easily, it's right on top of every screen within the app
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I am rooted, I'll give root explorer a try thanks
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It says that it's r/w but I'm still having the problem.
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Your sd will be mounted under Emmc and that is a problem with aosp right now ....maybe remove your Sd and try to install to internal but several games won't work on aosp .....like NBA jam won't install on aosp or tw for me ....but will on GB
On tw it's sdcard/external_SD
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What is Emmc and tw. I'm on venum ice not aosp if that matters. I also have the external_sd which is where everything on my sd card is. I think the usbStorage is a leftover from another rom
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ideseth said:
What is Emma and tw. I'm on venum ice not aosp if that matters. I also have the external_sd which is where everything on my sd card is. I think the usbStorage is a leftover from another rom
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Unmount or remove your external sd card and try to install the app again. Might need to clear the stores data also.
Thank you epix4g and bigtoysrock. Taking out the sd card worked
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Sd card full with 60 songs...

Why im i getting this message and slows my nexus deadly down....
Even when im looking at the stats my phones memory isnt full...
How to get this right
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Anyone?
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demon2112 said:
Anyone?
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Check your recovery backups, see if you have too many, they can take up quite a bit of space.
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Watcher07 said:
Check your recovery backups, see if you have too many, they can take up quite a bit of space.
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Dobt have any backuos on my phone...just media...its says its fulk but its realy not...
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?wierd question?
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?wierd question?
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i dont think so, i remember reading someone with a similar problem in another forum but cant for the life of me remember where, sorry! are u on a custom rom? try reflashing or connect to your computer and use the explorer to see where all your space has gone. if that doesnt show more space and a reflash doesnt fix maybe its your internal storage itself i think thats what it was with the other person and its irreparable without replacing. I know Flac music files are crazy big but i assume ud know if it was that. hope i help in some way and if i come across the other person with the same problem ill post a link.
I had a similar issue after flashing a new rom, it would show up with about 9gb taken up space even though nothing showed up. The way I'd fixed it was by formatting the sd card from clockworkmod.
A few ideas
Install solid explorer from the play store. It has a mode that lets you see what is eating up space graphically.
If you download roms vía rommanager or any other app check the sd card folders for those downloads. they're about 150 mb a piece so they can add up (especially if you do nightlies)
If i format my sd card via recovery,
Do i lose my apps?
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You will lose any apps installed on the SD card.
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Sd card

I should have more storage space than I do. Is my sd card being doubled with the sdcard0 thing that happens when flashing ROMs?
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Monkeymannnn said:
I should have more storage space than I do. Is my sd card being doubled with the sdcard0 thing that happens when flashing ROMs?
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I don't think so. you should always wipe the whole system before flashing a new Rom. Also if you have a lot of nandroids stored, that takes away a lot of space. I recommend do a full wipe, format system and then flash your new Rom just to make sure all of the old Rom its gone:good:
Gotcha. Forgot about the nandroid I'd made. That would explain the space issue. Thanks for the response.
Install "disk usage" from the market. It will analyze your storage usage and show you what is using your storage.
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Here's a screenshot of what disk usage found. Seems to me like my media was doubled, but I could be wrong. Any idea?
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It's not doubled, you just have +4GB in your music folder and +2GB worth of CWM backups.
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