I have a HTC Hero running Nfinites .7 ROM with a 8Gig class 2 SD Card.
I just bought a 16gig class 6 card and would like to use it in the phone. This is the first time I have used A2SD, I understand how to format the new SD card to make it work but am curious about transfer from the old card to the new one for the Apps. Is there an easy way to do that?
I know for the music and other stuff in the normal part of the SD card will transfer just with my windows desktop but I know you can't transfer the linux stuff on a windows PC.
Is the easiest thing to do just to redownload all the apps with App Brain?
i know they have an option in recovery to move apps stored in ext partition but dont really know how to restore myself i get error while doig nandroid+ext backup during the ext part those are the only two options there I know there is a command using adb to backup and restore I'll look them up for you and repost here later on when I get home hope this helps
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I just got a new microSD card, and I was successful in transferring all my regular data from one card to another, but nandroid does not seem to back up and restore the data on the Ext3 partition, so I'm at a lost of apps. How would I transfer my ext3 apps from one card to another? I'm on Windows 7.
area5x1 said:
I just got a new microSD card, and I was successful in transferring all my regular data from one card to another, but nandroid does not seem to back up and restore the data on the Ext3 partition, so I'm at a lost of apps. How would I transfer my ext3 apps from one card to another? I'm on Windows 7.
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The newest version on Nandroid does support backing up the ext3 partition. I just flashed a new recovery ROM RA v1.5.1 that has ext3 backup support built-in. I just used it to switch SD cards today actually.
download "appmanager" from the market and run it. it saves your apps to a folder in your sd card, so you can just put that folder on your desktop and transfer that data to your new sd card. diesnt backup paid apps though because they are protected! but its still a liife saver. its how i get through flashing 3 roms every 2 days lol.
adb pull /system/sd/app
recovery
After I found the free third party utility to partition my disk, I am really interested in searching free software in Google, maybe you can do it.
Simply use DiskInternals Linux Reader
area5x1 said:
I just got a new microSD card, and I was successful in transferring all my regular data from one card to another, but nandroid does not seem to back up and restore the data on the Ext3 partition, so I'm at a lost of apps. How would I transfer my ext3 apps from one card to another? I'm on Windows 7.
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There are a lot of readers or ext2/3/4 drivers for windows which simply lets you copy the data from 1 ext2/3/4 disk to another.
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.?
[Solved]Okay, I currently have a 2gb (don't even know the brand) MicroSD in my rooted Dream/G1. I am running SuperD 1.10.2. I have Apps2SD setup already. I just bought a PNY 4gb Class 4 MicroSD yesterday and I want to use it. How do i transfer EVERYTHING to it? And will I have to re-install all the apps that were installed on the 2gb card?
Thanks, xKr4zex
Krician said:
Okay, I currently have a 2gb (don't even know the brand) MicroSD in my rooted Dream/G1. I am running SuperD 1.10.2. I have Apps2SD setup already. I just bought a PNY 4gb Class 4 MicroSD yesterday and I want to use it. How do i transfer EVERYTHING to it? And will I have to re-install all the apps that were installed on the 2gb card?
Thanks, xKr4zex
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The possibilities.....
You could do it the hard way or the easy way.
Hard way is by using adb and do
command prompt
adb pull /system/sd /sdbackup/sd
and partition your new card using amon_ra recovery
then
command prompt
adb shell
mount -a
exit
cd c:\sdbackup
adb push sd /system/sd
and that should do it.
Easy way
Make a nandroid backup with ext,
save the contents of you sdcard (especially nandroid folder)
partition your new sdcard with amon_ra recovery with your desired ext partition,
restore your backups from your old card,
place new card in phone,
nandroid restore and reboot.
You should be good.
Thanks for the reply. I also wanted to know, if I already have apps2sd and Linux swap enabled, do I have to disable>power off>new card>restore>re enable apps2sd and Linux?
Krician said:
Thanks for the reply. I also wanted to know, if I already have apps2sd and Linux swap enabled, do I have to disable>power off>new card>restore>re enable apps2sd and Linux?
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You shouldn't have to re-do anything once your partitions are in place.
If your card is setup like FAT/SWAP/EXT3 (using EXT3 for example) for card 1 then as long as your partitions are FAT/SWAP/EXT3 for card 2 then everything should work just fine. Even if your swap partition is a different size it should be alright. The only thing is that if card 1 (old card) EXT3 partition is 500mb and if you are using 300mb of that card you need to have 300mb+ on card 2 EXT3 partition so that all of your data can fit on there after you do your nandroid restore.
I did this method personally when I went from a 8gb to a 16gb.
Old card was 8gb composed of ~7gb (FAT)/64mb (swap)/500mb (ext3)
New card is 16gb composed of ~13gb (FAT)/96mb (swap)/1gb (ext3)
I simply performed a nandroid+ext backup
Backed up my entire sdcard onto my desktop (including nandroid directory)
Put the new card in and repartitioned with Amon_RA recovery as posted above.
Restored the data from my backup that was on my desktop
Performed a nandroid+ext restore
Done. Very easy.
Just do it. You'll be amazed how complicated your making this.
I just did this this morning before seeing this thread and i did exactly as it says here. I only encountered one problem...My Music playlists didnt transfer how do i get those? I still have my old sd card with all the stuff in it by the way.
Thanks! Solved.
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Thanks! Solved.
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kalpa11 said:
I just did this this morning before seeing this thread and i did exactly as it says here. I only encountered one problem...My Music playlists didnt transfer how do i get those? I still have my old sd card with all the stuff in it by the way.
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I think there are third party apps that will do that. I'm not sure what file that is exactly.
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.
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!
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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!
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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.