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.
Related
Need Help...
I have a really small SD Card in my phone and just want to know how i upgrade one.. I have an 8gb that i wanna put in there, but a2sd are running it... Does anyone have steps to help me so i can get everything fine on the new one and how to format it right... I am running the most current CYANOGEN software.. 4.2.7.1
Copy the fat and ext partitions to folders on your computer, then copy them to corresponding partitions on your new card...seeing as how you have the newest Amon_Ra recovery image, it should be pretty easy
Hello,
I am buying a 16 GB Class 6 Micro SD soon, and i was wondering if there is anything I should do to it before putting it into my phone. Should I be worried, since the new SD card isn't partitioned, about accidentally bricking my phone? If so, what should I do to it before putting it inside of my phone?
Thanks.
1. you will loose all applications, they are stored on the sd card, so duh!. (lots of force closes)
2. you can't brick your phone by replacing an sd card.
If you want to use or already using apps2sd, you will need to partition the new card to have an EXT partition. This is where the apps will be loaded on the sd card. You can use the latest from Amon Ra (located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=5666691) to partition the new sd card.
After rebooting from the partitioning, you will need to download all of the apps from the market again. Or you can backup using a rooted back up.
If you are not using any apps2sd currently, then you only need to ensure that the new card is formatted to fat32.
Thanks, so when I get the sd card I should just put it in, boot into recovery, partition it and then re-download all the apps and I'm done?
make a backup using what you like best (nandroid, switchrom, etc.) and copy all you fat32 to your computer.
put in new sd card, create desired partitions and mount to your pc so you can copy all your old files over (this will include your backup) then unmount and unplug from pc
restore backup and you will be right back to business as usual for the most part (may lose some passwords and other small things)
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?
e/
I dont have a computer with an sd card reader, is there another way?
e2/
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?
e/
I dont have a computer with an sd card reader, is there another way?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.?
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
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
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.
Hi guys,
I'm planning to get a new SD card for my G1 to replace my current 4GB SD Card.
Currently, I'm running Cyanogen 5.0.8 DS and Apps2SD.
If I change to a new SD card, will anything be lost? or is there anything that I will have to take note of in particular?
Thanks!
weipingchong said:
Hi guys,
I'm planning to get a new SD card for my G1 to replace my current 4GB SD Card.
Currently, I'm running Cyanogen 5.0.8 DS and Apps2SD.
If I change to a new SD card, will anything be lost? or is there anything that I will have to take note of in particular?
Thanks!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea same. i wanna use a 16GB cause my 4GB is almost full. and i dont want to lose all my apps i have installed from Apps2SD. cause ik in ubuntu when u mount it shows the the partition part of the SD card. but idk how i would transfer apps from my 4GB to my 16GB
You will lose all your applications on your SD card, which should be 98% of them. To prevent this from happening, go to the Market and download an application called Backup for Root, it is free. Check APK's and anything else you want and hit backup. The backup will be created on your (old) SD card. Take your SD card and put it in your computer and open it up, you will see that there is a new folder in it called Backup, copy the contents onto your computer. Put the new SD card, fully partitioned, into your phone. Go to the market and reinstall Backup for Root and also place the contents from the backup folder onto your new SD card, check all that apply in the application and hit restore.
Another option:
Using your recovery image, create a backup using Nandroid or BART (I use BART). The backup will be on your old SD card. Take that backup and put it on your computer. Put the BART/Nandroid backup onto your new SD card into your phone and through the recovery window restore it. Make sure your SD card is partitioned in the exact same way, I have not done this method before so be careful. However, if this method works it will ensure that all applications stay intact as opposed to the previous method where some applications just seem to break, it is inevitable.