SD card required to flash/backup in recovery? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

Hi guys, just got my gs3 last week, coming from the evo 3d. I tried searching and couldn't find anything, but I'm sorry if this has been addressed already. Anyway, once I root, will I be able to backup and flash roms without an sd card? Im just confused because rooting doesnt require one, but I thought that doing data wipes/factory resets in recovery will also wipe the internal device storage. Clarification would be very much appreciated!!
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jsc15 said:
Hi guys, just got my gs3 last week, coming from the evo 3d. I tried searching and couldn't find anything, but I'm sorry if this has been addressed already. Anyway, once I root, will I be able to backup and flash roms without an sd card? Im just confused because rooting doesnt require one, but I thought that doing data wipes/factory resets in recovery will also wipe the internal device storage. Clarification would be very much appreciated!!
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You do not need an sd card.... Twrp or cwm will work without it... I suggest twrp... Which you can find over in the development thread....
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Right on, thanks!
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Naddict said:
You do not need an sd card.... Twrp or cwm will work without it... I suggest twrp... Which you can find over in the development thread....
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Hope this isn't too off topic, but I have a 32gig class 10 sd card from my htc evo and am seriously considering the S3 when I upgrade. Can I use this sd card or do I even need it with the S3?

cityneversleepz said:
Hope this isn't too off topic, but I have a 32gig class 10 sd card from my htc evo and am seriously considering the S3 when I upgrade. Can I use this sd card or do I even need it with the S3?
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Yes... You should be able to... I would wipe /re reformat it to be safe....
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Rom to sd card

Ok I know this is probably the stupidest question I have ever ask. I promise I think I know what I'm doing lol. When flashing a custom rom "syndicate frozen" I understand everything from ext4 to clockworkmod3. What I have not figured out yet is how to copy the stupid rom to my sd card? Do I use mass storage? Ps I have the samsung drivers and have rooted my epic. Thanks for all of your help.
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TexasFightUT said:
Ok I know this is probably the stupidest question I have ever ask. I promise I think I know what I'm doing lol. When flashing a custom rom "syndicate frozen" I understand everything from ext4 to clockworkmod3. What I have not figured out yet is how to copy the stupid rom to my sd card? Do I use mass storage? Ps I have the samsung drivers and have rooted my epic. Thanks for all of your help.
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If the rom is on ur PC just connect ur phone to ur PC with the mass storage clikck on the rom and drag it to.ur SD card. Make sure u don't put it in any folder then power down ur phone boot into cwm. Then flash the rom and ur good
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32gb. Microsd card question.

I just bought a 32gb sd card for my phone. When I try to flash a Rom or do a nandroid backup it fails. Do I need to do anything special? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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dave2metz said:
I just bought a 32gb sd card for my phone. When I try to flash a Rom or do a nandroid backup it fails. Do I need to do anything special? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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Make sure your backup is being sent to the sdcard and not internal memory ...cuz the internal memory may be full and therefore causes the back up to fail because there's no room....if your using rom manager go to the settings and it'll let you choose whether you want to do backups with internal or external.....this can also be done within recovery as well but I don't have the options memorized to dictate them to you
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Cannot install to sd on ics

Every time i use any kind of ics rom i cant install games because it will not intall on sd card. But on gb it works fine anyone have any ideas on this.
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Thanked you by accident, but if you are using a repack kernel than you won't be able to. Try flashing stock.
Oh boy...
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What modem and kernel are you on?
You have to unmount the SD so it can install on the internal storage.
I have been having the same issue. Running stock kernel and unmounting SD card doesn't seem to help.
Sent from the phone my girlfriend said was too big.
seems like just another reason to stay on GB for a while...
matt8107t said:
Every time i use any kind of ics rom i cant install games because it will not intall on sd card. But on gb it works fine anyone have any ideas on this.
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Try mounting your phone to a PC and then installing.
Seem to remember something through kies...maybe im wrong but wasnt there some option when you set up the phone for default save??
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I am on e4gt 2 v1.2 i have been unmounting to install them but was hoping there was a way to straighten it out.
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majorlinux said:
You have to unmount the SD so it can install on the internal storage.
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this is the fix until it gets straightened out

[Q] Galaxy note 2 lost imei need help

I rooted my note 2 (tmobile) it worked fine, then i attempted to swap sd card mem ith phone mem via redpill. can't read sim card and imei is gone. Is there any help available?
Abp_Vincent said:
I rooted my note 2 (tmobile) it worked fine, then i attempted to swap sd card mem ith phone mem via redpill. can't read sim card and imei is gone. Is there any help available?
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What's redpill? Also, Odin stock and let's see where you're at
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Redpill?
kintwofan said:
What's redpill? Also, Odin stock and let's see where you're at
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Redpill is a kernal that was supposed to enable me to make my 32g memory card actas my internal memory card and cause my inernal memory act as the memory card. As you can tell I'm a nooby
Flash via Odin stock T-Mobile,kernel, mod an see if it fixes the problem
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Abp_Vincent said:
Redpill is a kernal that was supposed to enable me to make my 32g memory card actas my internal memory card and cause my inernal memory act as the memory card. As you can tell I'm a nooby
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Gotcha. I hadn't heard of it I thought it was a ROM. Well do this restore the backup you made before flashing and see if it works. If that doesn't then restore your phone to stock using the factory image in Odin. If that didn't work.... well we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. If you need help just post back here. By the way can you link me to the kernel?
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tmobile galaxy note2 lost imei using redpill kernel
Abp_Vincent said:
Redpill is a kernal that was supposed to enable me to make my 32g memory card actas my internal memory card and cause my inernal memory act as the memory card. As you can tell I'm a nooby
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I am an absolute noobie and my computer is a mac.
not able to post link for redpill kernel to you i am too new on here.
kintwofan said:
Gotcha. I hadn't heard of it I thought it was a ROM. Well do this restore the backup you made before flashing and see if it works. If that doesn't then restore your phone to stock using the factory image in Odin. If that didn't work.... well we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. If you need help just post back here. By the way can you link me to the kernel?
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I'm not allowed at this time to post the link.
Same situation here::
Hi there, I have been going through the Net because I have lost my IMEI the same way you lost yours,I wondering if you manage to overcome this problem,I am using the International version of Galaxy Note2,I would greatly appreciate it if you could share how you did it,thanks so much.

[Q] About Rooting 4.1.2

Will rooting a T989 delete anything in the phones memory or on both internal and external sd cards?
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itrustno1 said:
Will rooting a T989 delete anything in the phones memory or on both internal and external sd cards?
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Rooting won't delete anything, but you'll need to have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) to root device and once you have custom recovery it's really a good idea to also do a nandroid backup with it, that way if anything goes wrong with device you can restore it.
Im glad u mentioned that, exactly how do u perform a "nandroid backup"?
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