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cant boot from new mem card

so i had my phone running great on my 2gb sd. fat32/ext2/linux swap 32mb. i just bought an 8gb. formatted my new card the same and copy and pasted all my files over to the new card, but now my phone doesnt boot with the new card. i even wiped and reinstalled. it does install everything but doesnt get passed the G1 screen. im running CYAN3.6.8.1 recovery v1.4 haykuro spl and the latest radio. am i missing a step somewhere? when i put my 2gig in it boots right up with no probs. thanks in advance.

pinaytoy93 said:
so i had my phone running great on my 2gb sd. fat32/ext2/linux swap 32mb. i just bought an 8gb. formatted my new card the same and copy and pasted all my files over to the new card, but now my phone doesnt boot with the new card. i even wiped and reinstalled. it does install everything but doesnt get passed the G1 screen. im running CYAN3.6.8.1 recovery v1.4 haykuro spl and the latest radio. am i missing a step somewhere? when i put my 2gig in it boots right up with no probs. thanks in advance.
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did you ever format your card for the same setup?

xsnipuhx said:
did you ever format your card for the same setup?
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Also...
Are you starting from a fresh wipe?
I suggest you set up your card with all the partitions you want
but just for a 8gb and not a 2gb. Your fat32 is now bigger.(or would be in my case.)

yes i did a fresh wipe on the phone and reformatted my 8gb the same way i did my 2gb. i have 7gb of fat32 on it. its really weird cuz i dont understand why it would not boot passed the android screen

You need to copy over your ext partition as well as the fat32.. it has all your apps on it.

Changing sd card after cyanogen

Thinking about rooting and installing cyanogen's latest rom but before I do I want to know what happens if I purchase a larger micro sd card in the future?
Is it as simple as copying everything from my sd card onto my pc and then transferring it onto my new card or will I have to reflash things and stuff?
Thanks in advance

yes, just backup to pc then new sd
if you're installing 5.0.5 cyanogenmod you may want to backup the sdcard first if you want app2sd
then in amonra partition the sd card with
swap partiton=0
EXT=512mb (or whatever size you want for apps)
fat32=remainder
then do the upgrade ext>ext2 ext2>ext3 ext3>ext4
then just put your backup from pc into the sdcard
only thing is amonra doesnt support the nandroid+ext for app2sd currently, but i believe is in the works. so would need to backup the ext and fat32 before swapping to new sdcard, depending how soon you're upgrading to new sdcard that is.

Cheers for that. Sounds simple enough.

upgrading SD Card

Hey, sorry if this has been asked before (I'm sure it has, but I couldn't find anything through the search). I just bought an 8gb class 4 sd card that I'm looking to upgrade to from the stock N1 card. What exactly do I need to do to have everything run smoothly? Do I just need to copy everything from my N1 to my PC then pop in the new card and copy back or is there something special I need to do? I'm running CM 5.0.5.2 (upgrading to 5.3 after card swap) and Amon Ra 1.7.0.
Thanks for any help.

Basically you answered you own question. Only thing is are you planning to do app2sd?

Hi,
Thanks for confirming. I just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't run into any problems just copy/pasting. I was considering apps2sd but I dont use the phone for games or anything big like that so I wasn't sure if I really needed it.
Also, I'm pretty sure I need to format the new card before I copy everything back, right? Will the phone prompt/perform the format or do I need to do that from a pc?

Format the card to fat32. I use the pc to format. If you do want app2sd, the card is easily partition using Amon_Ra recovery. I would suggest to do partition now if you know this is something you want to so. Little less work now that when you have a lot on the card. This is just my view point on the matter. I love app2sd. I have 75 apps and only use 10 mb of internal memory with cm rom it is fast.

thanks for the clarification. How much space is recommended for the apps2sd partition and can it be expanded later on?
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I dont have a computer with an sd card reader, is there another way?
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nvm, I can do it with the phone apparently

DreamScar said:
thanks for the clarification. How much space is recommended for the apps2sd partition and can it be expanded later on?
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I dont have a computer with an sd card reader, is there another way?
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512mb is all you'll really need. You can use recovery and do USB mass toggle to access it. But one thing I think u might need class 6 card for ap2sd

Ok, so I've partitioned the sd card (ext-2 size 512, fat32 remainder). Do I need to do the upgrades to ext-4 or do I leave it as is?

A2SD will work with either ext2/3/4...

I'm running cyanogenmod 5.0.5.3 with apps2sd and amon_ra recovery 1.70 on a 4gb sd card planning on getting a 32gb card how do I swap this out and keep my existing ext.?

Switching Micro sd card after rooting

Hi there to everybody. i have a Tmobile G1 :
Installed Htc Hero Sense, Firmware version is 1.5. I have 1gb micro sd card on it when i root the phone. now i am replacing it with 8gb micro sd card.
every time i put the 8gb sd card on it, the phone keeps freezing and will not continue to boot up. i then returned the 1 gb sd card and the phone is working properly. how can i change the sd card to a bigger capacity without the phone freezing? do i have to re-root and restart the whole process on the phone? any help, guides will help. Thank you in advance.

......umm...lol..imma leave this one alone

just copy the content of the old sdcard, some Hero rom store some info there
it wont hurt to try it
also, did you have any partitions on the old sd?

partition your sd card and flash a 1.6 rom with auto a2sd

I did try to copy the whole contents of the sd card, but it does same thing, freezing and it wont boot up.

using 1 gb flash the Amon RA recovery image....and then do a Bart Backup...this backup will backup all your apps and also the rom..then put that backup file and put into the new sd card...and then go into recovery and do a bart restore....

Qjizzle said:
partition your sd card and flash a 1.6 rom with auto a2sd
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Um...partly true but you don't need to install a 1.6 donut ROM
TO OP
You have to repartition your SD card (~7400 MB Fat32, 512 EXT3, 96-128 Swap?) whichever you want.
If you want to reinstall all your paid/free apps, then you will have to back them up on your 1 GB card using a backup app (App manager, astro) or just use Mybackuppro if you want to back up everything (contacts, data, etc)
transfer the backupped files back onto your newly partitioned 8 GB card. Boot up the phone with the new card in it, and reinstall all your apps
OR the easier way (but you lose all your data)
Partition card
wipe phone/dalvik/ etc
fresh Reinstall

The old sd card appeared to be partioned.

you need to make sure your swap and ext. partition is the same size as the one you have on your old one. ex. if your 1gb have 96swap, 512ext. then your new one should have the same swap and ext size. rest goes to fat32. First thing you should do is do a nan + ext. backup using the recovery image. Then copy everything from the old SD card to the new SD card. Then do a nan restore. That should restore everything on your phone plus whatever is stored in the ext. partition. The likely cause of your phone freezing is because the stuff in the ext. partition is not there anymore.

mr2t32 said:
you need to make sure your swap and ext. partition is the same size as the one you have on your old one. ex. if your 1gb have 96swap, 512ext. then your new one should have the same swap and ext size. rest goes to fat32. First thing you should do is do a nan + ext. backup using the recovery image. Then copy everything from the old SD card to the new SD card. Then do a nan restore. That should restore everything on your phone plus whatever is stored in the ext. partition. The likely cause of your phone freezing is because the stuff in the ext. partition is not there anymore.
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what he said

when i got my mytouch coming from a g 1i simply did what the guy did above me and with amon_ra's recovery its very simply

The Unlockr.com has a tutorial thats very helpfull if you need a visual. I was a nubie once and visuals always helped.

Can someone talk me through step by step cloning my SD card?

Basically setup:
N1 rooted
5.0.6 via kang
all 280 apps on sd card, 512mb partition. Got like half of it empty so dont need to expand if that makes any difference.
8GB class 4.
NEW 16GB class 6, so could someone talk me through step by step how to clone that SD card please [have titanium backup, and will buy the premium asap]. Also how to format the new SD card because I REALLY dont remember how I did it the first time.
Cheers

Just copy everything and put it back and run fix_permissions for the applications to work.
Format the card anyway you want, Amon_Ra's recovery image can do it from the phone too.

Will running it from Amon Ra erase the info on the card (i am sure it will)?

Also, how do I 'copy' from and onto the ext partition?

I use ubuntu.

Doesn't the recovery have a backup+ext? I believe it does. Think I used it once.
I'd back up twice, maybe three times since the last backup I made was an incomplete/corrupt backup.
Then just use USB mode to copy al your files onto the PC. Stick your new card into the N1 then format under settings.
Copy everything back onto the card from your PC. Go back into recover and restore.