I am about to change out my SD card. I just upgraded from the stock 8gb card which came with my EVO that I had partitioned which I did through ROM Manager to a brand new 16gb Class 10 SDcard
1) Is it also as simple as copying and pasting from my old SD card contents to the new one and boot it back up?
2) Would this delete the old ROM and stock ROM off of my SD card?
3) I also wanted to know if I needed to partition this new card as well and if so, at what point do I do that?
I know this is probably really easy to answer for most of you but I am new to flashing ROMS which is why I wanted to get a bigger and faster card! Thanks!
-Chris
swellrider85 said:
I am about to change out my SD card. I just upgraded from the stock 8gb card which came with my EVO that I had partitioned which I did through ROM Manager to a brand new 16gb Class 10 SDcard
1) Is it also as simple as copying and pasting from my old SD card contents to the new one and boot it back up?
2) Would this delete the old ROM and stock ROM off of my SD card?
3) I also wanted to know if I needed to partition this new card as well and if so, at what point do I do that?
I know this is probably really easy to answer for most of you but I am new to flashing ROMS which is why I wanted to get a bigger and faster card! Thanks!
-Chris
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Are you using windows or do you have access to linux?
Copy everything on your SD Card to your computer. Put the new SD card in the phone, go to recovery, partition, then copy everything back to the new SD Card, reboot.
You don't have to do anything else
Thank you HipKat as I was just going ot do this as well..
I am using Windows. I ended up just partitioning FAT32 for about 14gb then ext2 for 1gb & ext3 for 1gb. I copied everything over and did a Nandroid backup.
Everything works great but I think I might be having some issues with Titanium Backup.
I am having troubles with FCs each time I try to flash back to the Nocturnal ROM I was using.. I wipe the dalvik cache as well as wipe data/factory reset each time and wipe the partitioned cache before flashing. I must be missing something.
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I never wipe anything when I'm just going back and forth from one nandroid to another.
So do you recommend not even wiping the dalvik cache?
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Wiping is always good. And I'm not sure having an ext2 and ext3 partition is a good idea, but I could be wrong.
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Hi guys,
I have a question regarding the migration of data and apps from an old (stock 4gb) SD card to a new one while running APP2SD on the desire.
I'm using Pays 1.9 BraveSoul ROM at the moment with APP2SD installed and working sweet on a device-partitioned ext2.
my new 16gb class 6 card has arrived and I want to transfer all my apps and data from one to another without losing anything (I don't mind re-installing though).
I can back up my apps with Titanium and I have been doing that successfully for non-APP2SD ROMs. However, I'm not sure how to copy the ext2 partition to my new card and how the desire will react.
I found this method in my searches and I was wondering if anyone can confirm it is suitable for the rooted desire?
"I did an a2sd swap yesterday.
Did a nandroid/ext backup.
Copied card to computer.
Powered off phone.
Switched cards.
Partitioned new card.
Copied back from computer to SD card
Restored nandroid
Worked like a champ."
*from: hxxp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=585349&page=6
Also, I'm not using linux, I do my partitioning from the device in recovery.
Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Paul.
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Update:
Looks like the desire is not liking the nandroid+ext backup.
I think I will have to do a full titanium backup and re-flash to get my APP2SD on the new card...
You can back up all your apps using Titanium Backup, format the new SD card in recovery, boot up, install Titanium, and restore your apps using that.
got a problem and can't seem to solve it. Can anybody help please.
Have opendesire 3.2 working at the mo and had an ext 2 partition with it. All was working well until this morning.
I charged my phone and switched it on but would't boot. Tried removing batteries numerous times but still no joy. Removed sd card and it worked. So I formatted sd card back to fat 32 but now it still won't work with the sd card in(Just stays on HTC screen)
I then tried to create another partition incase that what was causing the problem with gparted. When I went into Gparted it stated that my 4gb stock sd card was only 3.5 gb and that there was no pertitions present. Looks like the end of my card has dissapeared ( Has anyone heard of this before )
Anyone any idea how to get the sd card working again?
Or will I have to buy another card.
Any help much appreciated.
It still works without sd card.
as with any memory card, you dont get all the specified space free for storage, some space is lost with the file system and sector size ect, 3.5 gig sounds about right for a 4 gig card, i use a 16 gig card and get about 14.5 gig when formatted, also your problem with the rom sounds like its cuz you dont have an ext partiton
The rom doesn't need an external partition. You can install without. When I partitioned my card with gparyed it showed as 3.5gb as fat and 512mb as ext 2. I then changed ext2 to 3 and thats when my problems started. I have formatted it all back to fat now but it wont boot.
Is this because the rom now thinks a partition should be present and it isn't?
Still got recovery, is it worth flashing the Tom(opendesire 3.2) back onto a new SD card as I have a backup of my old one on laptop?
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memphisuklf said:
The rom doesn't need an external partition. You can install without. When I partitioned my card with gparyed it showed as 3.5gb as fat and 512mb as ext 2. I then changed ext2 to 3 and thats when my problems started. I have formatted it all back to fat now but it wont boot.
Is this because the rom now thinks a partition should be present and it isn't?
Still got recovery, is it worth flashing the Tom(opendesire 3.2) back onto a new SD card as I have a backup of my old one on laptop?
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if you haven hard reset then yeah, your rom has set itself up to be used with an ext partition, just do a hard reset, and leave your sd card out of your phone on first boot
Sorry, new to this stuff. How do you mean hard reset?
Seem to be getting by, by using guides at moment.
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if you haven hard reset then yeah, your rom has set itself up to be used with an ext partition, just do a hard reset, and leave your sd card out of your phone on first boot
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Sorted it. Reflashed after wiping through custom recovery and removed sd card once done. After first boot I put sd card back in and it booted. Not going to partition my card any more cause this is the 2nd card that my partition through rom manager has disappeared and can't seem to get the partition back. On a 4gb card only got 3.21gb showing now through system storage on desire.
Anyone know why this keeps happening? Or are the stock cards just utter ****e.
Tried ubuntu but even that only shows it at 3.5gb with no partitions.
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Just had a quick question. I'm rooted and running BlazingRom beta 5 and in wanting to partion my 8gb class 10 sd card. I've read up and read that it wipes EVERYTHING on the sd card. Since everything will be deleted, how am I supposed to re-flash the same rom right after I partion? Will I have to use Adb? If I don't use adb and don't flash a Rom and just reboot after I partion , will I be in a bootloop or will the BlazingRom still be installed? Sorry, I think I'm ovrrthinking this lol. Thanks.
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You can erase your SD card and boot up your phone and it will boot into your current rom, its stored on your phone. Copy your SD to your computer and partition it then restore your data to your SD from your computer and you're good to go
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Back everything up to the computer then partition the card. You should have an option in recovery as "Mount as MS" or something of the sort. After partitioning and converting it to ext3, while you are in recovery, plug up your phone to the computer and Mount as MS. Mounts your phone to the computer so you can transfer files back and forth your card
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Ok got it fugured out, i never knew u could mount the sdcard to the computer while in recovery. Thanks.
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I'm looking to upgrade my SD card to a 32GB one. Is it as simple as to copy everything to computer > transfer data onto new SD card > put in new card in phone and boot?
Do I need to do anything else if I'm rooted, running on EXT4 and one a custom ROM? Is formatting the card required?
It is always best to format the card in your phone first then restore the data. It resolves some compatibility issues this way.
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Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone would be as kind to help me with a problem I am having with my phone or at least point me in the right direction. I currently have a rooted EVO 4G. Its one of the first generation EVO's and its been rooted from Android version 2.2. I have never had a problem with using any Roms before, but I recently lost my original SD card, (The card I initially used to root my phone) and for some reason unknown to me, the alternate card that I now use, does not allow me to install new Roms. In fact, every time I try to install a Rom with this alternate card, the instalation gets aborted, the exact quotes are:
E:can't open /sdcard/MIUI.us_supersonic_1.12.2_Eng_Deo_zipA_signed_naro k.zip(bad)
Installation aborted.
The thing is, when I had my original card (8GB), if I wanted to use my alternate card (32GB) I would flash a Rom using the original card, and after flashing, use the 32GB card for the storage space. So I am assuming this it is not really a phone problem, just maybe something that I need to do or download to my alternate SD card (32GB).
One more thing, I was recently able to install a HTC EVO Sense Rom using the alternate card (32GB) Unfortunately, I am not able to install any ASOP Roms on this card.
Thank You in advance.
Did you try formatting the sd card? Also, it's possible the card is just bad too.
sitlet said:
Did you try formatting the sd card? Also, it's possible the card is just bad too.
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When I first purchased the card, I initially partitioned the card using Rom Manger, but I don't think that I have specifically formatted the card. Is there a formatting instruction page that you can point me to, or do you have instructions of how I should go about formatting my SD Card?
You can either format the SD card while in recovery or when on windows. Just format it then throw roms back on the SD card then wipe wipe wipe and flash away.
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