I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card.
Quincofish said:
I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card.
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Depends on sd card usage. If you installed it as portable storage, you can slmply remove it, copy the files to your pc's disk and from there to the new sd.
Adopted storage: better use usb cable from phone to pc.
Painfully copied to what appears to be the SD card only now looks like it all went to the internal storage and the SD card is almost empty? How can I move data from internal storage to SD card? SD card is NOT set as portable storage.
Quincofish said:
Painfully copied to what appears to be the SD card only now looks like it all went to the internal storage and the SD card is almost empty? How can I move data from internal storage to SD card? SD card is NOT set as portable storage.
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Do you have the option to eject sd card in storage settings?
Yes, but found in storage an option to move stuff to SD card, which I did. This partly fixes my problem. But, I still can't "get to it" via explorer. It is a mystery to me how this works between internal storage and SD card.
@Quincofish "I currently have a 32 gig SD card in my Samsung tablet running Lineage OS and would like to replace it with a 64gig card. How to copy the data from the 32 gig card to the new 64 gig card."
This is probably too late for you but I had a similar problem this week transferring from a 128Gb to a 256Gb card. I sorted it quite simply (in the end!). Here's what I did - with detailed instructions!!
MSDOS ROBOCOPY can effectively 'CLONE' SD CARD
ROBOCOPY [source] [destination] /MIR
This command copies everything, including system and other hidden files even those with very long filenames. The following instructions enable you to transfer an exact copy of the contents of your old micro SD card to your new, larger, micro SD card.
Using MS Windows: in the search window, type: Command Prompt — and then press the Enter key to open the Command Prompt window then navigate to the root directory e.g. Drive C:
1) Make a directory in the root of the C: Drive
Enter the following commands (pressing the Enter key at the end of each line):
cd /
md sd-card
cd sd-card
The first command above changes the current directory to your root drive.
The second command creates a new folder (directory) in your root drive named “sd-card”. (You can use any legal file name here, but you must remember to substitute that name in place of “sd-card” in the code below. If you use spaces in your new name, then you must put double-quote marks around the new name.)
NB ENSURE THE NEW FOLDER "SD_CARD" HAS WRITE PRIVILEGES: in the folder's Properties in Windows Explorer, UNCHECK the READ-ONLY box. (If you cannot see the folder in Windows Explorer, go to the C:\ display and in the View Tab, click on the Options button on the far right and then 'Change folder and search options' and go to the 'View' tab and uncheck 'Hide protected operating system files'. For security, you should to revert to hiding these once the copy operation is completed).
The third command changes the current directory to “sd-card”.
2) Insert your micro SD card into a USB Adapter and plug it into your computer. Check what Drive letter has been assigned to it - either by looking at the pop-up message or checking the drive letter in Windows explorer or in other ways. The following instruction assumes the SD Card is in Drive F:
3) Then, in the MSDOS screen, enter:
robocopy F:\ c:\sd-card /MIR
This is the key line. Make sure you type exactly as shown. In this line, I have used the drive letter F, if your system assigned a different drive letter for your card, use that letter instead of the F. (Remember also, if you used a different name than “sd-card” for your folder, you must use the new name here - with quote marks if you have spaces in the name).The letters at the end this line are called switches and tell the system to mirror copy all your files, including system and other hidden files on your SD card.
It may take many minutes to copy the files from your current card into the sd-card folder (or whatever you have named it).
When the copying is complete the system will tell you how many files you have copied.
Eject your micro SD card adapter from the computer and then carefully remove the micro card from the adapter.
4) Now insert your new micro SD card into the adapter and insert the adapter into your computer's USB port. The system will assign it a drive letter (almost always the same letter as before — but it could be different, so check to be sure).
In the Command Prompt window, type in the following, hitting the Enter key at the end of each line:
cd /
cd sd-card
robocopy c:\sd-card F:\ /MIR
As you are typing the above, make the necessary substitutions if you are using a different name for the folder, or if your drive letter is different.
After the files have been copied onto your new card, eject the card and remove the adapter from your computer, and then carefully remove you new card from the adapter.
Carefully insert your new card into your phone, replace the cover, and start your phone.
You will find all your files (including apps, pictures, movies, text messages as well as system and other hidden files) that were stored on your old card are now on your new card.
5) Delete the sd-card folder and its contents from your computer (if you need the space) and Check 'Hide protected operating system files' in the C: drive's root folder, as advised above.
Hope it works for you and others!!
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hi i got the copilot on a 256mb micro card
how can i transfer thsi onto a 2gb card..wihtout losing nothing.. i installed the copilot already so dont intend to lose any info
but require a 2gb becasue i need more spcae on the card.
Simply use a card reader to transfer the contents of the supplied card to the PC, then back to the new larger card.
Make sure in Windows Explorer you go to tools/ Folder Options select the View tab and make sue the following selections are made:
Show Hidden files and folders is checked
hide extensions for known file types in NOT checked
do this before copying the data to the PC and back to the card - Mike
Hi,
So I read the instruction about formatting SD Card to run Froyo X. If I have a gps app on storage card for windows mobile, should I buy another SD card to run Android or do I need to create a partition for windows storage card for apps and another partition for Android? I have a 8gb kingston micro sd at the moment. Any help is appreciated.
Thanks!!
I have iGO as well a sa bunch of WM apps installed to my SD card as well. Here is what I do, works like a charm every time, all WM6 apps still function...
Delete ANDBOOT folder on the card
I just create an empty folder on my PC called "SD"
Go to the root of the card, select all, CUT
PASTE on the pc folder called "SD"
When the move is finished, I do a full format using the SD Formatter tool:
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3
Put the new ANDBOOT on the card
Cut/Paste the "SD" folder from the PC back to the card
I did the same, worked for me also.
I recently bought a Desire Z and got an 8GB Micro SD Card (I believe Class 4) in the box.
I wish to upgrade to a 16GB card. Having over a 100 apps installed, I am a little skeptical about the whole transfer thing.
Can anyone provide me with a step by step method to transfer my data and apps to a new sd card without any loss.
I've done this several times -- its not that hard. All you have to do is mirror the old SD card to the new one.
I recommend using a card reader connected to the PC instead of connecting the phone directly in SD card mode.
1. shut off the phone and remove the old SDcard.
2. make sure your PC is set up to see hidden and system files -- Google this as its probably slightly different for different flavors of Windows.
3. create a folder to hold the files from the SD card, for example c:\sdcardbackup. Have this folder opened up on the Windows desktop
4. Insert the old SDcard into the card reader connected to the PC. Take a look at the files and make sure you can see some folder names preceeded by a dot -- for example: ".android_secure"
5. Now just control-a to select all the files and folders from the old SD card folder, and drag them to the backup folder c:\sdcardbackup
6. Remove the old SDcard and put it in a safe place -- you'll want to keep this as a backup for a while just in case.
7. Insert the new SDcard into the reader -- format it if it tells you that theres no format. Even if its already formatted you might want to consider formatting it anyway -- Google this is theres different options available. I format mine EXT3 32K
8. Now, in a reverse from before, just copy all the files from c:\sdcardbackup to the folder representing the new SDcard.
9. When done, remove the new SDcard and put it in the phone. Powerup and test. If you can run any apps that have been installed to the SDcard then you're good to go -- and you still have the old card and the backup c:\sdcardbackup just in case.
burtcom said:
I've done this several times -- its not that hard. All you have to do is mirror the old SD card to the new one.
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I can confirm that this does work!
i am using the fat32 apps to sd and just did a copy paste to pc then back to new card. worked a treat!
Confused on External SD card, Internal SD card etc etc. I have a 32GB Patriot Class 10 card. I formatted this card in Clockwork recovery on the phone with a 1024MB Partition. Don't think it even asked me about ext 3, or 4 etc. OK. Now, If I use settings, then under wireless and Network settings Usb Utilities, Click on connect the storage to PC. I connect my USB cable then I have the familiar Android and it says USB is connected. OK, now I have a drive I will call Drive Q. This drive has all the TMobile stuff such as QIK , Photo editor, etc. It also has a folder called External_SD as well as another Folder called usbStorage. This drive Q is roughly 12GB. OK...Now, my SD card which is 32GB is seen as drive U on my desktop. This drive has my clockwork folder with my backups and my Music folder.
I guess I am trying to figure out the best use of drives and there intended purposes. The External_SD folder is only 580Kb or so. The usbStorage folder is a zero byte folder. And finally, when I did run a backup using Clockwork recovery, it basically said it was skipping External SD card since folder was empty.
Now that I am confused on all of this, maybe someone here can actually follow my post and make sense of how the storage is working on our phones
Hey all, I've tried to search here and have read what I could but I'm trying to understand how we actually see the external sd storage on the phone itself other then "settings", "storage" or when the phone is connected to a computer. I just installed a 32gb card and when looking in root explorer I'm not seeing it. Also when the phone is connected to the computer I am seeing a second drive letter this now accessible so I'm guessing that's it. I do see the card listed under storage as see I have 29.50gb available.
When I installed the card I just went into recovery, mounts & storage and then selected format /sd card. Do I need to also partition the card? I'm just trying to better understand these functions in relation to this phone and being rooted.
Thx
The second drive you see on your computer is the internal 16GB memory of your phone.
When you connect to your computer, the first drive is the "USB storage", around 11GB, which is part of your phone's internal storage. The second drive is your SD card.
If you want to look at your external SD card from your phone, use any file explorer program, it by default will go to the "USB storage", which is not your external SD card. Look for a folder called "external_sd", this folder is mounted to your SD card.
SD TIP
just a Tip
it is SAFE to rename the 2 mounted drives
so I named my internal SD as SGH-T989
and my external SD as the actual SD model+size like:
ADATA32GB
Transcent16GB
SandDisk64GB
then next time you plug it into Linux or Windows or any PC you will know right away which is which
Big thanks, I appreciate everyone's comments. That's a great tip on renaming the drives....doing that now
good info!
the first/second order can change for individual users, depending on what your OS detects first. Also these can be changed at any time, through the registry or through Disk Management. If for some reason you don't want to rename the drives as suggested above (and you should) you could alternatively just create a text document on the drive labelled as such.