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[Q] Replacing SD card

I have a rooted phone with an 8gb sd card in it where i store clockworkmod recoveries, backups, ROMs, many apps, media of course etc etc. So if ever I were to change the SD card in the phone, what is the correct procedure to do so such that I don't screw up the phone?
Has anybody else gone through this recently? Reason I ask is I am going to order a 32gb sd card (I believe up to 32 is supported) shortly.
Thanks

Nothing bad happened to me. My 8gb card no longer works so I had to replace it with my 2gb that came with it. There's no procedure with swapping sd cards in the phone, but you may wanna copy all the contents of your previous card to the desktop of your computer and transfer them to your new 1. If you reformatted your previous card to fat32 then do so with your new one. Pop it in and let it rip.
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Thanks! Seems easier than I was afraid it might be!

Soo, just copy and paste and put new card in? Is that it?

Yes, 32 Gb cards are supported. Make sure the new SD is formatted FAT32.
Don't remove or install any SD while device is powered on - unmount the SD, then power down to remove/reinstall SD.
Copy contents of old SD to PC so you'll have a backup - then copy to new SD, put in device, power on.
Noteworthy is if you use an AOSP ROM, many of those interact with SD during boot, so if you simply replace old with new and it isn't formatted FAT32 and/or do not have the contents of the old card on it, you will bootloop.
Recommend making period backups of SD to PC - monthly or some frequency meaningful to you ~ so you have a backup if/when SD card fails.

[Q] New SD card question

Just picked up a 16gb card and I am wondering do I have to do anything special or just copy everything from the old one on to it and plug it in?
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cochese2323 said:
Just picked up a 16gb card and I am wondering do I have to do anything special or just copy everything from the old one on to it and plug it in?
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I'm not sure if it is required, or if this is even the correct procedure....however, when I got my new 16gb sd card, I put it right in the phone, and then used the phone to format the sd card. I believe the option to format is in menu>settings>sd and phone storage or something like that. Once the card was formatted, I then transferred all my filed to the new card. I've experienced no problems at all. You could also use your computer to format the card FAT32 before you copy your stuff to it. Won't hurt anything.

k2buckley said:
I'm not sure if it is required, or if this is even the correct procedure....however, when I got my new 16gb sd card, I put it right in the phone, and then used the phone to format the sd card. I believe the option to format is in menu>settings>sd and phone storage or something like that. Once the card was formatted, I then transferred all my filed to the new card. I've experienced no problems at all. You could also use your computer to format the card FAT32 before you copy your stuff to it. Won't hurt anything.
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Yes he's right, but you should be able to just put it in and it'll work regardless

Need to unroot

I have a big problem and am wondering if anyone can help me. My evo won't read my sd card. Is there a way I can unroot without using my sd card?

Is it the evo or is it the SD card?
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.

It's definitely the microsd card. I put the microsd card into the sdcard adapter and put it into my laptops memory slot and could open it up. I need to unroot it to take it back to the sprint store to get a new one.

IMiLL102911 said:
It's definitely the microsd card. I put the microsd card into the sdcard adapter and put it into my laptops memory slot and could open it up. I need to unroot it to take it back to the sprint store to get a new one.
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If it's "definitely the microSD card" then why would you need to unroot your EVO? Sprint is not going to give you a new EVO for an SD card problem. If anything, they will simply exchange the SD card. Of course, I'm only speculating. Anyway, if you're certain it is the SD card and can read it from your laptop, how about copying the contents of the card onto your laptop and then repartition and reformat it via your laptop. Afterwards, copy the contents back to your SD card, reinsert it in your EVO and reboot.

sorry meant to say definitely not the sd card.

No problem.......Still, I would copy the contents of the card to the laptop and then repartition and reformat it. Afterwards, I would copy the files back to the card and reboot the EVO. Also, connect your device to your laptop, boot into recovery, select the MS-USB option and see if you can see the card from your laptop. If you can, download the SECOND file from this link -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php? t=884060 -- copy it to your SD card and flash it from within recovery.
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[Q] sd card

Now that I've been flashing roms like crazy I'm thinking I need a bigger sdcard. 32 or 64gb? And I'm assuming there's a procedure on how to do it, not just switching them out without having to do anything.

Depending how much stuff you keep on your sd card (music and etc) stick with a 16 gb or 32 gb. When ready to swap cards, go to settings/sd card/unmount or remove sd card. Pop off the back cover, remove battery, push down on sd card and it should spring up, then pull out gently.

Unable to read SD Card on HTC Evo 4G
Hi, I'm new to the forum and I need help fixing my phone. The problem started when I unlocked my phone using the HTCdev method. I have since rooted my Evo 4G and I'm still unable to access the SD Card through the phone. I'm able to access my SD Card when I plug it in to the computer via USB though. I fat 32 formatted the card and used the "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" command with no success. What do you think is wrong? It doesn't sound like the card is damaged.
Thanks in advance,
EternalS1

Is it fat32 formatted¿ how are you accessing root explorer, file manager
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sd card data
JollyGrnReefer said:
Depending how much stuff you keep on your sd card (music and etc) stick with a 16 gb or 32 gb. When ready to swap cards, go to settings/sd card/unmount or remove sd card. Pop off the back cover, remove battery, push down on sd card and it should spring up, then pull out gently.
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sounds good but what about all the data on it ; rom zips, pics, music, don't I have to save it somewhere so I can put it on the new card? Is that what the umount does?

loco3Nthemorn said:
sounds good but what about all the data on it ; rom zips, pics, music, don't I have to save it somewhere so I can put it on the new card? Is that what the umount does?
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Just copy everything from the old card to your computer, then copy everything back to the new card.
Hi, I'm new to the forum and I need help fixing my phone. The problem started when I unlocked my phone using the HTCdev method. I have since rooted my Evo 4G and I'm still unable to access the SD Card through the phone. I'm able to access my SD Card when I plug it in to the computer via USB though. I fat 32 formatted the card and used the "fastboot oem enableqxdm 0" command with no success. What do you think is wrong? It doesn't sound like the card is damaged.
Thanks in advance,
EternalS1
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This really has nothing to do with this thread. It could be a bad card, try it out in a card reader to a computer and see if it still works. And you don't need to format the card, android will format it the first time you put it in the phone.

Thanks
Thanks guys, I fixed the problem.

[Q] Trouble With SD Card

I just got my phone yesterday. I had copied the files I needed from my old phone over to my SD card. This morning I copied several files FROM the SD card TO the phone without any problem. However, when I tried to copy files FROM my phone back to the SD card, files would not copy. Any thoughts on why that might happen? Is there a setting I need to change? The card is formatted in exFAT. Might that be the issue?
I'm considering saving my files to my laptop and reformatting the card. Can that be done on the phone? If not, when I reformat using my laptop, what format is recommended, FAT32, exFAT, or NTFS?
Thanks.

http://www.androidcentral.com/kitkat-sdcard-changes
Can only be "fixed" with root.

Iruwen said:
http://www.androidcentral.com/kitkat-sdcard-changes
Can only be "fixed" with root.
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A learning curve, I guess. I'm moving from a rooted phone. I guess I can expect surprises. So...essentially, I can copy TO the phone from an SD card, but I cannot FROM the phone to the SD card. And I can't delete files on the SD card using ES File Explorer (as an example)? The only way to manage SD card files is by using USB or putting the SD into my laptop? Hmmmm. It also looks like apps may not be able to manage its own files if the files are kept on the SD card; is that correct?

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rebecker said:
It also looks like apps may not be able to manage its own files if the files are kept on the SD card; is that correct?
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Apps can manage their data if it's in the right place, see http://www.doubleencore.com/2014/03/android-external-storage/