hi i use the wipe script from ARHD how can i format to default partition format the sd card?
using cwm to format or there is another method to format the sd card?
after format will work device like before or need to reflash rom or all apps reinstall?
The SD card is pretty separate from other ROM stuff. Apps have data on there as well as photos, etc.
You can format from CWM or from within the ROM, or mount as USB and format it.
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Hi,
Does anyone know how to undo A2SD? ie move all the apps back to the internal memory then remove the ext3 partitions from my memory card?
I'm running a rooted 2.73 ROM with RA-HERO-v1.2.2 recovery image and a vista computer
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I'd also be interested in this, I often get a message saying something like 'sd card maybe not inserted or full' (cant remember the exact msg atm) which I think may be related to apps2sd. Couldn't find any info on the message though.
I'd solve it like this:
Step 1: Format SD card (thus also wiping all partitions)
Step 2: Wipe and re-install any rom - to avoid problems with dependencies from your old setup running with A2SD.
but then you lose all your apps!
He wants first to put his apps back on his phone and then he will format SD card.
But how? I want to know that also
1- Backup your apps using AppManager.
2- Copy the FAT32 partition content to your PC.
3- Format your SD card entirely to FAT32 erasing the EXT3 and SWAP partition.
4- Copy contents back to your SD card.
5- Install AppManager.
6- Restore Your Apps.
Well here is my idea. Could we possibly partition the FAT32 part of our phones into more then one partition.
Saying like we could have a few FAT32 based partition, A Primary, One for roms/patches, then etc.
That way when we format the primary, it doesn't delete the roms we could flash. So we didn't need to hook up the phone to the computer to copy roms back over.
I know Recover firmware would need to support this. But it's just a thought.
I'm not really an expert at this, but doing a full wipe and installing a new ROM doesn't wipe the contents of your SD Card. Are you saying partition the phone's internal storage? What's wrong with just storing the ROMs on your SD card?
BlueScreenOfTOM said:
I'm not really an expert at this, but doing a full wipe and installing a new ROM doesn't wipe the contents of your SD Card. Are you saying partition the phone's internal storage? What's wrong with just storing the ROMs on your SD card?
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I meant like partition the SD Card into multiple partitions, So when you erase the SD:Ext and the FAT32, the ROM Partition doesn't go with it.
So example
SD:Ext - Partition 1
FAT32 - Partition 2 (Default SD Storage)
FAT32 - Partition 3 (ROM Storage, Backup Files)
So when you partition the SD Card though the Recovery it will only format Partition 1 and Partition 2, So if you left somewhere wtihout your computer and tweaking your phone, You could use partition 3 and access your ROM files and backups without going though loops for them.
What recovery are you using. I'm still not sure what you are talking about? I have no problems accessing my roms and kernels. You can do it plenty of ways and not do what you are talking about..
Use root explorer. Can transfer from download folder or if you made a certain folder on SD card for them you can copy paste them to the root directory on SD card if you use RA recovery. Clockwork you can go through every folder looking for the zip using clockwork unlike RA recovery which needs it to be in root of SD card. Your making it hard on yourself..
Why would you want to wipe fat32 and partion?
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I have an 8GB SanDisk MicroSD, it had a 500MB SD-EXT partition made using ROM Manager with 0MB of Swap. I was using OpenDesire, the latest version.
However I decided to change to Cynanogen 6.1.1, as it is more stable. I decided to Un-Mount and Format my SD Card, as I know this wont format my SD-Ext. After Formatting my SD Card wouldn't re-mount so I connected it to my computer, and formatted it again, by right clicking and clicking Format in My Computer.
After doing this it said I had 7.86 GB of Memory on my SD-Card. This is how much is left on the SD Card with no Partition's or data. After I installed Cynanogen, when wiping the user data, I noticed that it said there was no SD-Ext partiton, and so it couldn't format it. I immidiatley went back to ROM Manager to create one, however when it gets to the Clockwork MOD Part I just get a error about a signature or something? Can anyone please help - thanks!
Perhaps the format option under settings wiped the whole SD card and repartitioned it with a single FAT partition, therefore deleting the EXT partition. Format from within windows/linux in future. AFAIK, there would not be an ext on a stock rom and therefore no need for one, so the format option just goes ahead an obliterates.
If you've got a nandroid you could just repartition and restore.
Sounds like it just formatted the whole thing into a single partition. Just partition it back again as your really suppose to do when switching roms.
I am selling my phone. I want to get all my data of the phone and SD card before I sell it for obvious reasons.
I plan on doing the following (all from within recovery):-
A factory reset.
Format all partitions (system, data, boot).
Install a rom.
Format SD Card.
Is there anything else I need to do? Is doing the above tasks in the order specified, the best way of doing things? Have I missed anything out?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515387
You can try this method to fully wipe phone and sd card. Just when you install rom and reboot dont log in to google account let new buyer do that by them login in or creating and account.
Basically
1. Wipe Factory
2. Wipe Cache
3. Wipe Dalvik
4. Format Partitions (except sd card)
5. Format sd Card
6. Mount USB (still in 4ext recovery)
7. Place rom in SD
8. Install from SD
9. Flash ROM
just after the wipe and format install a clean and stable Rom so it will look like new, for my advice use a stock sense one like ARHD its the best stock non-customized rom out there for sense
to totally wipe the SD card of any personal data so that 9.99999% of people will not be able to recover info on it...make sure you use the overwrite format option in SD Formatter, then just do a standard quick format.
Matt
I'm about to move to CM9.
When doing a backup in cwm does it backup the data on internal storage as well?
So when I wipe data cache dalvik etc.. If I move back to GB will it restore my data again?
I've done the backup to my external SD.
Thanks
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doing backup will backup /system partition, /data partition, and /cache partition..
internal storage or internal sd? did you mean the apps that you've downloaded before? it's in internal storage (or in /data partition).. so it's automatically will be backup..
if internal sd card, no..
if you restore, yes, it will restore all your apps, contacts, etc.. BUT will not restore apps in external sd card that you moved before..
BEWARE: doing factory reset, will erase your app in external sd.. so if want to backup them, move to internal storage first (not internal sd)..
IMO, upping to CM9 without first clearing out both Internal and External SD will result in lots of niggling problems...
Rather, back up important stuff with Titanium, copy the folder to your PC, copy also important things not backed up by Titanium to your PC (e.g., photos in DCIM), and delete *everything* in the SD Card (internal and external) using CWM.
So, here are the steps that I'm planning to do:
1. Copy important contents of internal SD to SD card
2. Perform FULL Titanium Backup
3. Power off, remove SD Card
4. Move all contents of SD Card to PC, then format SD Card
5. Copy CM9 installers to SD Card
6. Insert SD Card, and Power on into recovery (CWM)
7. Erase everything: system, data, dalvik-cache, internal SD, EXCEPT external SD
8. Proceed with installation of CM9 + GApps
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