Is the phone going to mind if I take out the micro sd card while it's on, put stuff onto it and then put it back in?
You can do it without any problems.. the phone will remount the card
To do it properly you should go to settings storage and unmount the SDcard. When you bring it back if it did not mount it automatically you can remount it here as well.
Thanks for the tip.
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After numerous flashes, back-ups, etc my flash card is a mess. Is there a safe way to just wipe it and start clean without bricking my phone?
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I believe you are looking for just the flash card? meaning the microsd card?
there are a few ways.
1. Pull the card out plug it directly into a computer, back up all data and then format it...then plug back into the phone and copy your stuff back.
2. plug the phone into a computer, transfer / backup all your sd card contents, go to settings sd & phone storage umount SD card, format sd card and put your stuff back.
I just know there is crap on this sd card that is a waste buy not sure what...
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Tuffgong4 said:
I believe you are looking for just the flash card? meaning the microsd card?
there are a few ways.
1. Pull the card out plug it directly into a computer, back up all data and then format it...then plug back into the phone and copy your stuff back.
2. plug the phone into a computer, transfer / backup all your sd card contents, go to settings sd & phone storage umount SD card, format sd card and put your stuff back.
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bud if all you want to do is wipe the sdcard then fust go to throught the phone settings and do a memory card format. that will wipe everything of the card.
How do I know which one I am viewing when I mount my phone to my computer? Reason I ask is because there are some things I save in an app which usually save to my sd card, but I do not see this folder when I mount my phone to the computer. I always see this folder when I mount my other phone though.
well on mine, the SD is actually called SD Card, but if your SD storage is different than the phone, you can always right click and properties/info to see the storage and from there you can tell which one is which.
So I have an Incredible that I recently rooted and then I got the phone replaced. I put the SD card in the new phone and all of my pics are not there. When I put the SD card back in the old phone, they are there.
When I plug the phone in it does not give me the two physical drives, just the ability to mount the SD card.
Any help you can provide to get these images off the phone would be GREAT!!!!!
Take all the content off the sd card and put it on your computer. Format your sd card to fat32 then place everything back onto your sd card.
On my DInc, my SD card refuses to be read even though there is a card in the slot. If I boot to recovery, I can go under Mounts/Storage and Mount USB Storage to copy my ROMs etc to it from Windows Explorer.
But as soon as I boot into the Dinc, the SD card says "Preparing SD card" followed immediately by "SD Card Removed". What's the deal with this?
I've used a great number of ROMs and it simply hasn't worked in a while. I'm currently running Clutch 1.0.
Any ideas how to get my SD card working from the phone again? To reiterate, I can access the SD card if I reboot to recovery and access it under Mounts/Storage. Just not when the phone is booted up for use.
I think your best bet would be to reformat the sd card through a pc to FAT32. Make sure to copy all the sd card contents to a computer before formatting it. See if this helps.
What's the best way to switch out your sd card without losing any of its contents. My best guess would be to:
1) Copy contents of old sd card onto your hard drive
2) Remove old sd card
3) Format new sd card
4) Copy contents of old sd card from hard drive to new sd card
Am I missing anything? I've read that FAT32 is recommended over exFAT? Has anyone heard different? Also, is it better to format the card using your PC or should I just format the card in my S3?
Hi,
I recently switched from an 8gb sdcard to a 16gb sdcard. I put everything from the 8gb on my computer hard drive, safely unmounted via storage in settings, then just popped the new one in, not messing with format or anything. a month later and I'm doing fine.
Hope this helps
I would recommend formatting the sdcard in a PC, if possible
If not, then do it through your phone
And yes, the procedure you have laid out is perfectly fine