So i was wondering if using CWM to partition a sd card does it any help in its overall snappiness... currently im using titanium backup Pro to move over my apps to SD but i was just wondering if 1) ext file system improves speed rather than the FAT32 file system.. 2) does CWM make a ext2 file system on the sd card ? and 3)do i use link2sd or does the rom automatically figure out where to put them ( does our roms even support it ? )
Im using the new Samsung class 10 32gb micro sdhc cards so id like to get the best performance out of it
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i want to ask if i change a new memory card , after i format it to fat32 wat should i do next ? my friend done this but the phone still cant detect the sd card .. any solution ?
The phone should detect it after it has been formatted. If it's not detecting it, then something has gone wrong with the card or the phone. I suspect a dodgy card.
Really, all you have to do is this:
Backup your old card
Format your new card
copy the backup onto new card
That's all it should be, unless you're using A2SD or soemthing.
If you have multiple partitions, if you are using A2SD, then you might need something epic like Clonezilla to literally mirror the structure of the old SD card onto the new card. If after a format of FAT32 and the card isn't detected at all, then as the previous post said, the card is probably dud.
i going to buy class 10 8 gb memory card .. does it make the phone load the file faster ? or i juz get class 4 16g better
quantumandy said:
If you have multiple partitions, if you are using A2SD, then you might need something epic like Clonezilla to literally mirror the structure of the old SD card onto the new card. If after a format of FAT32 and the card isn't detected at all, then as the previous post said, the card is probably dud.
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A2SD transfer the easy way for users
1 - create a nandroid backup of everything (this includes the A2SD ext partition)
2 - backup EVERYTHING from the mem card to your pc!
3 - insert new mem card
4 - run rom manager (download it from the market if you have to!)
5 - partition the new card with rom manager (creating an ext partition as well)
6 - Copy everything from the pc BACK to the NEW card!!!!
7 - Restore the nandroid backup!!!!!!!!!
You now have the phone back to the exact state you started with but with a different memory card installed!
buffer size 8kb
Data size 10mb
Write : 5.27mb
read 12.72
this is kingmax class 10 8gb memory card ..izit good ?
any memory card recommended?
keeyie said:
any memory card recommended?
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i'd also like to know some memory card recommendations.
i found a 16GB class 6, but they're mostly out of stock all places..
if 16gb got class 6 den i will get 1 =)
Hello,
I'm using the MIUI-XJ ROM, with D2EXT. Unfortunately, I use a crappy class 2 micro SD card, and it makes the ROM and apps laggy as hell. So i've got 2 questions :
- First, how can I transfer an app from the sd card, so D2EXT, to internal memory, so it uses the few MBs free I have, and avoid lagging ? (Especially for homes such as SPB Shell... It makes the whole phone lag)
- I plan to buy a class 10 micro sd card. Are the SDHC a good solution ? Does it work with D2EXT ? When I'll have it, how can I transfer everything from the old card to the new one without losing anything ? Would a simple copy/cut work ? Or do I have to use backup apps such as the ROM Manager or TItanium Backup ?
Concerning the partitions, would I have to partition the new sd card ? What partitions ?
That's a lot of questions, sorry...
Thanks.
Firstly, you cant.
Secondly, SDHC just means "Secure Digital High Capacity". Yes Data2ext will work on this.
The best way to "Upgrade" is to take a nandroid backup, partition the new card, copy all the data from the FAT32 partition to the new FAT32 partition (including hidden files such as ".android_secure" and nandroid restore. Upgrade should be seamless.
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Firstly, you cant.
Secondly, SDHC just means "Secure Digital High Capacity". Yes Data2ext will work on this.
The best way to "Upgrade" is to take a nandroid backup, partition the new card, copy all the data from the FAT32 partition to the new FAT32 partition (including hidden files such as ".android_secure" and nandroid restore. Upgrade should be seamless.
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Thanks for this quick answer. For the SDHC, I asked because when flashing the Wii, some memory cards (SDHC ones) aren't compatible, and I got ****ed by that. Don't want to spend around 50-60€ for nothing
Ok, so I'll do that, just have to find how I partitionned it first... Thanks a lot.
Hey guys, i had a samsung microsd 8gb class 2 card and i just got a 32gb lexar class 10 . i was on miui a2sd. i partitioned my 8gb card using rom manager (unfortunately), the 32gb is ALL fat32.
first, i copied my 8gb card to my computer, then transferred that to my 32gb. the card didnt work (phone stayed on HTC screen forever).
after a bit of fooling around, i backed up my apps+data to my 8gb sd using titanium, then i performed a factory reset of the phone. i then moved the dalvik cache back to internal memory and for some reason, the 32gb card worked in the phone.
then i decided to switch to mildwild rom instead of miui. the problem is, now when i open titanium with the 32gb card, NONE of my apps are shown. if i use the 8gb card, the apps are shown and able to be restored.
so can anybody explain this? and do i need to partition my 32gb for mildwild?
If your rom requires EXT partition, then obviously you have to create EXT partition on your new card.
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maybe you have an EXT partition in samsung card. You have to prepare partition on new card, do a nandroid backup with samsung card on, copy files to pc, paste files on lexar card and restore nandroid with lexar on.
If you were using MIUI A2SD then part of your 8GB will have a Ext partition. I suggest (no responsibility accepted) you partition your 32GB using gParted and use some kind of Linux OS to copy the files from the Ext partition of your old card to your new one. Failing that, do a nandroid back up on your 8GB and copy that over to your 32GB and restore. But be sure to have an ext partition of your 32gb because you need it for your MIUI A2SD.
Howdy! I wanted to swap over my SD card which is a sandisk class 2 4GB which is partioned for my custom ROM. I'm not too sure what will happen if I partion the new one? I was wondering if I would have to reinstall the ROM if I stuck it in my droid?
On a sort of spin-off. How do I restore my 4GB SD card to stock without partion. (Would I lose the ability to use my ROM if I partition it again after clean partition?)
No need to reinstall ROM. If you have apps on the SD card, then you'll have to reinstall them.
Edit: you have many ways to remove partitions from the SD card. Do you use Windows and have a card reader? If yes you can delete the partitions in Disk management.
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Im going to buy a new microsd card, an adata class 10, and im currently have an kingston class 4. I've been reading in the forum about getting partitions, but im still have some doubs...
1.- If i made a ext 2,3,4 partition and move many of my apps with link2sd or a2sd or any other app/script... will i see any real difference in performance against the default metod in andriod 2.3.7 of moving apps to the sd (fat32) in .asec? Or i should stay with that?
2.- Can i make the ext partition through the phone? I mean insert the sd card and plug the usb to the computer while im on the cwm and then using some tool on the pc like magic partition
3.- Can i do more than 2 fat or ntfs partitions: one for the android data, photos, caches, etc; and the othe for music and more... just for avoid the fragmentation
Thanks
17th_angel said:
Hi
Im going to buy a new microsd card, an adata class 10, and im currently have an kingston class 4. I've been reading in the forum about getting partitions, but im still have some doubs...
1.- If i made a ext 2,3,4 partition and move many of my apps with link2sd or a2sd or any other app/script... will i see any real difference in performance against the default metod in andriod 2.3.7 of moving apps to the sd (fat32) in .asec? Or i should stay with that?
2.- Can i make the ext partition through the phone? I mean insert the sd card and plug the usb to the computer while im on the cwm and then using some tool on the pc like magic partition
3.- Can i do more than 2 fat or ntfs partitions: one for the android data, photos, caches, etc; and the othe for music and more... just for avoid the fragmentation
Thanks
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1 on my experience, linking apps with link2sd to the 2nd partition gave me better performance than leaving them in the asec of the sdcard. I guess, cause the 2nd partition is mounted at boot, and has way fewer files than the storage partition. Also, you can use those apps while the phone is plugged with massive usb storage mode (apps installed to asec get disabled in that situation).
2 DON'T. EVER. DO. THAT.
Seriously, use a card reader, or you can mess up the sd pretty bad.
3 You can, but the phone won't read them, unless you can develop a kernel to mount more than one fat storage partition.
1. I don't see difference in performance.
2. I made my ext from recovery.
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Thanks to both of you
I dont have a sd reader, but i think i can ask someone to borrow me a laptop.
One last question:
Is there any advantage/diference in using fat32 or ntfs?
17th_angel said:
Hi
Im going to buy a new microsd card, an adata class 10, and im currently have an kingston class 4. I've been reading in the forum about getting partitions, but im still have some doubs...
1.- If i made a ext 2,3,4 partition and move many of my apps with link2sd or a2sd or any other app/script... will i see any real difference in performance against the default metod in andriod 2.3.7 of moving apps to the sd (fat32) in .asec? Or i should stay with that?
2.- Can i make the ext partition through the phone? I mean insert the sd card and plug the usb to the computer while im on the cwm and then using some tool on the pc like magic partition
3.- Can i do more than 2 fat or ntfs partitions: one for the android data, photos, caches, etc; and the othe for music and more... just for avoid the fragmentation
Thanks
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1. YES , with this work your main memory phone will be light and performance will be better and better ( i suggest test it )
2. NO, you should use card reader and i suggest using MiniTool partition wizard
3. YES , BUT your phone doest read all of them, just one of them! but you can use custom kernel to mount them but its NOT recomanded
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17th_angel said:
Thanks to both of you
I dont have a sd reader, but i think i can ask someone to borrow me a laptop.
One last question:
Is there any advantage/diference in using fat32 or ntfs?
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in the phone(if you dont use files bigger than 5GB(1file>5GB)) , NO
if you have files more than 5GB you should use NTFS
if your files are less than 5GB you shoud use FAT32
in pc NTFS is more better than Fat32...
Hi again
Ive recently bought it (an adata class 10 micro sd) but, i dont obtain the minimun write speed that it claims...
I got around 5 MB/s though the phone usb and Above 25MB/s reading. I had a cache read ahead of 1024.
The thing is that i got a litlle more in writing when i use an sd reader (7-8 MB/s) but much lower reads (10-12 MB/s)
So i dont know what is happening, if its fake or if i fomatted it wrong (mini tool partition wizard) ...
Can i have any information if its real by the oem id and all the serial info sd tools gives? I can upload it if helps.
Thanks