Hi
I have just partitioned my sd card through recovery mode, and when it rebooted, all my apps had gone, the icons are still there though. How can I get these back? Also my photos etc. I didnt backup the SD card properly, so cannot get them from a backup
Thanks in advance
when you say "I didnt backup the SD card properly", does this mean you didn't back it up at all?
partitioning wipes the sd card, so if you don't have a backup of it, then all your photos will be gone unfortunately. there's not much we can do to recover these. i'm guessing some of your apps were manually moved to sd card, which is why some of them have disappeared as well.
which recovery were you using? clockworkmod recovery for desire doesn't make the best partitions, also uninstall rom manager if you were using it. i would recommend repartitioning your sd card with 4ext recovery (requires s-off) or gparted, search for guides.
then reinstall your apps which don't appear through google play. if you're lucky the app data should still be saved, so things like game saves etc will still be there.
you also have to make sure you're actually using the new partition. i don't know which custom rom you're using if any? it may have an a2sd script built in, so when you reinstall apps they'll go to the ext partition. otherwise you may need to use terminal commands to activate it, or flash a separate script. check and search the rom thread...use another app like 'diskusage' to browse your partitions.
Thanks for your reply
eddiehk6 said:
when you say "I didnt backup the SD card properly", does this mean you didn't back it up at all?
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I started copying the files over, but it didnt copy over all the files, not sure why.
eddiehk6 said:
partitioning wipes the sd card, so if you don't have a backup of it, then all your photos will be gone unfortunately. there's not much we can do to recover these. i'm guessing some of your apps were manually moved to sd card, which is why some of them have disappeared as well.
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I tried using a file recovery program, but could only recover a few files, is there no way I can recover files from a formatted card?
bigmaz said:
Thanks for your reply
I started copying the files over, but it didnt copy over all the files, not sure why.
I tried using a file recovery program, but could only recover a few files, is there no way I can recover files from a formatted card?
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Once information is deleted, you cannot recover it all back.
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just what it says in the title, when i reboot into recovery now, it cant see the contents of my sd card so i cant flash anything.
sd card contents are all there normally, i can browse them with astro.
partitioned sd card using rom manager and that is working fine, though not sure if it is ext 2 or 3, presumably its three.
any help will be much appreciated
Are you sure you're not browsing through root of the phone with astro?
Partitioning sd card also means deleting everything on it
djoni1980 said:
Are you sure you're not browsing through root of the phone with astro?
Partitioning sd card also means deleting everything on it
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Hi thanks for replying.
i can browse the sd card through astro as normal, so i can see all the folders etc and the zip files that i want to flash, but when i go into clockwork recovery it says that it cant see the sd card, or that it maybe full (which its not there are 3gigs left)
any thoughts?
sorry should also mention that i am familiar with rooting and flashing, had a g1 with cyanogen mod and then changed to the desire in april.
so whilst i'm not a complete noob at this the current problem has got me pretty stumped
why would the recovery be unable to read the fat32 partition if it can be read by astro?
also the ext partition is working fine for apps2sd.
update is i noticed that when i reboot into recovery it can still read the nandroid backups that i made, these are the only things that show up and they are in the folder clockworkmod.
no other folders show, this is very confusing
i didnt upgrade the ext when i partitioned it using rom manager, i just left it as whatever rom manager set it as, would this affect anything?
does rom manager do ext2 or ext3 and would this make any difference?
kinkade said:
i didnt upgrade the ext when i partitioned it using rom manager, i just left it as whatever rom manager set it as, would this affect anything?
does rom manager do ext2 or ext3 and would this make any difference?
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ok i've flashed amon ra instead as i was more familiar with that from the g1 so should be able to work it all out myself now
new member here, did u ever post a fix for this I have just found this post and i am having the same exact issue, any help would be welcome
I originally reformatted my SD card and i must of mess some other things up. I am using clockwork and I also formatted the internal data "i think" ......I can boot into clockwork but that's all i can do. It doesn't see any zips on my sd card "fat 32 16 gig" I don't know what to do. If i reboot the phone it just goes into fastboot and from fast boot i can get to recovery but want recognize anything of my zips. I don't know what to do to get my phone back working??? Please help
Ok evidently there are suppose to be certain files on my SD? I stuck a old SD i use to have in my EVO and i can see my zips now!
If you formatted your sd card and didn't keep a backup of any working rom, you will have to start fresh with a fresh rom install. Just push the new rom onto your sd card from your computer.
not sure if you know this or not cuz it sounds like you don't, but if you format something you completely erase anything that was there. as in if you reformatted your sdcard you erased all data on it, including any zip files that where previously there.
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not sure if you know this or not cuz it sounds like you don't, but if you format something you completely erase anything that was there. as in if you reformatted your sdcard you erased all data on it, including any zip files that where previously there.[/QUOT
Yes formatting erases every thing which brings me to think either there is some type of file on the micro sd that i need or after formatting it became corrupted. I had 2 cards. I use the 16 gig all the time. I formatted it and put ROM zips to flash. Clockwork cant see them...I put in a 8 gig i use to have in phone and then add zips to it and i can see them all along with other folders....So like i said i dont know if the card is corrupted after the format or if i need some type of file structure with certain files.
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there is nothing on your sdcard that your phone needs to boot.
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Hi,
I just rooted my phone with the help of the noob proof guide and i must dat, i was a big help.
So now my phone is rooted, s-off, sdcard partitioned and backed-up.
But when i restarted, several apps were gone. Apps like Dolphin browser. I believe it has something to do with the sdcard. I have been using my phone for a while and used an app to force it to SD instead of my phone.
Also, i used to be able to go trough all my files on my phone with the Windows explorer. But now, all i can open is a map of the backup i made with clockworkrecovery.
I have astro manager on my phone and everything derks to be sake as before placewise.
Is there a way to access there apps, could've something gone drong when partitioning the sdcard or is it all lost, in wicgh case i just delete it all and reinstall all the apps ?
Regards,
Thomas
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after any re-partioning SD files will be gone or corrupted
format your SD card again, then do a full wipe in recovery and either restore your backup or flash a new ROM
Okay, got it.
Thanks for the speedy answer.
I have been loading all the roms and just realised my sdcard is getting filled.. therefore can format my sdcard?? Will it remove the rom or change the S-off or brick my phone??
Can replace my 8gb sdcard with 32gb sdcard? Should i do anything extra to make sure it remains rooted?
Can force close be caused only by software issues or even hardware?? I ask this coz a month back i had dropped my phone and it did not start for couple of hours. After that i have being having issues with many roms and many apps esp market force closing and the clockwork recovery not flashing properly...
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Your OS is installed in the internal storage of your device, not your SD Card. Formatiing your SD Card does nothing to your ROM at all. Force Closing is most probably a permission issue. Try Fix Permission in ROM Manager.
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Your OS is installed in the internal storage of your device, not your SD Card. Formatiing your SD Card does nothing to your ROM at all. Force Closing is most probably a permission issue. Try Fix Permission in ROM Manager.
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Thanks Armedand...
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MEkANiK said:
I have been loading all the roms and just realised my sdcard is getting filled..
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Do you mean you are keeping the ROM files, and/or nandroid backups on your SD card? After you flash a ROM, you can get rid of the zip file. Or copy it to your desktop computer, if you think you might want it again in the future.
Similar thing with nandroid backups. I usually just keep the most recent one on my SD, and move the rest to my PC.
Some apps save data to the SD card. If you want to upgrade to a larger SD, just copy the files you need (or think you might need) to your desktop computer from the SD, then copy them to the new SD card, and swap the cards out. Upgrading the SD card is that simple.
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Do you mean you are keeping the ROM files, and/or nandroid backups on your SD card? After you flash a ROM, you can get rid of the zip file. Or copy it to your desktop computer, if you think you might want it again in the future.
Similar thing with nandroid backups. I usually just keep the most recent one on my SD, and move the rest to my PC.
Some apps save data to the SD card. If you want to upgrade to a larger SD, just copy the files you need (or think you might need) to your desktop computer from the SD, then copy them to the new SD card, and swap the cards out. Upgrading the SD card is that simple.
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Not the zip files but the original rom which installed.. i asked this bcoz when rooting i had to create gold card change the value and so on.. so i wasn't sure if that would be affected if i formatted the sdcard or deleted all the folders ..
i have trying out many softwares, and now i dont even remember which is ones i have removed and which is need(lots of folders, some where created by some roms i hard tried)... since i always backup imp data on my pc.. i have no worries there..
just wanted to clean up whole thing since i have figured out all most all the sw i will need..
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I have unlock the bootloader, rooted the phone, and installed custom recovery following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201148
still running stock rom at the moment.
I installed Titanium Backup Pro, and wanted to move some apps that I don't use often to SD card, but cannot find the option from Titanium menu anymore.
What I found out is that Titanium uses the external directory "sd-ext/app" for moving the apps from internal to external memory.
However, my current SD card is mounted as ext_card and also sdcard1?? I don't know why both of these directories point to the same location, is it something that Sony assigns? or is it how Android is configured right now?
Anyhow, I just want to know if simply renaming the folder ext_card to sd-ext would work?
If not, how can I remount the sd card as sd-ext without affecting other things that are already linked to it?
Thanks.
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found a work-around.
Just use root browser to create a short cut of "sdcard1", then rename it to sd-ext.
that's it!
ah_hin said:
found a work-around.
Just use root browser to create a short cut of "sdcard1", then rename it to sd-ext.
that's it!
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I tried that, but I still have no options to send apps to my sd card. When i restart my note 10.1, the shortcut that i created (sd-ext) is no longer there. Help please?
jlourdon said:
I tried that, but I still have no options to send apps to my sd card. When i restart my note 10.1, the shortcut that i created (sd-ext) is no longer there. Help please?
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i didn't realize that once the phone is restarted, the shortcut is gone....
I guess problem is still not solved then...
We already have 11gb for app stotage
I guess thats more than enough for applications
So why do we need move to sdcard option
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Help
anyone else find a solution to this issue?
ah_hin said:
I have unlock the bootloader, rooted the phone, and installed custom recovery following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201148
still running stock rom at the moment.
I installed Titanium Backup Pro, and wanted to move some apps that I don't use often to SD card, but cannot find the option from Titanium menu anymore.
What I found out is that Titanium uses the external directory "sd-ext/app" for moving the apps from internal to external memory.
However, my current SD card is mounted as ext_card and also sdcard1?? I don't know why both of these directories point to the same location, is it something that Sony assigns? or is it how Android is configured right now?
Anyhow, I just want to know if simply renaming the folder ext_card to sd-ext would work?
If not, how can I remount the sd card as sd-ext without affecting other things that are already linked to it?
Thanks.
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my folder for titanium backup is on sdcard
Does anyone has fix this yet? I want to move some apps to sd card but the option is gone lol
ah_hin said:
found a work-around.
Just use root browser to create a short cut of "sdcard1", then rename it to sd-ext.
that's it!
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I've been trying and trying and TRYING to accomplish your solution, yet I'm not able to modify any files or folders in the internal storage. When I try to do so by any means, my device freezes the app trying to create new files (in this case Root Browser, but it happens with anything else like ES Browser, apps, desktop applications, etc).
I just CAN'T write to the internal storage even if my device is rooted. I've tried to solve this but I just CAN'T. I don't know what else to do.
Any help is appreciated beforehand
THANKS!!