am using nephron miui latest build and have never set up the sd card. when looking at the card through astro file manager have lots of differant data.
I understand the process of creating ext 3 but what happens with all the data?
I know from what I read it gets erased/ can I reload thsi data with desktop. and where do I load it? in ext 3?
trying to load the newest miui rom from miui au and it requires an ext 3 partition
thanks
john
You only create the size of the ext partition you need, not the whole thing. All you need to do is copy the data off the sdcard and back on the fat partition, not the ext.
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I just bought a new 4 gig class 4 card just wondering do i have to re flash the cm rom back on my phone after switching cards?
Yes, unless you've copied the data on your ext partition to the new card.
You shouldn't have to reflash the rom. CM rom's don't move /system/app/ to SD last time I used one. They will boot fine even without an SD in the phone. You will have to format the new SD to add partitions, but I'm sure you figured as much. The only thing you should have to do other than that is copy your apps to the ext partition on the new card. Okay well you will also have to make the folders for app, app-private, dalvik-cache, etc on the ext partition.
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.
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)
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....
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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.
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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.
So I recently got the "almost out of space" notification and I realized that it says that I only have 2.7 gb total for my sd card (4 gb card). I remembered way back when i formatted a ext3 partition to it for apps2sd, but that was when i was running an older version of Fresh. I have since switched to CM6, and as best I can tell its not installing apps to that partition.
Gparted is saying theres only one partition available (2.7 gb), and is calling it unallocated space. Im not really keen on how android uses different partitions, so i had a few questions:
1. Can i backup all files on the card to my comp, format the card, then copy them back without losing any data/ apps?
2. Should i format it all as one partition (and if so what filesystem)?
3. Would formatting the card with a partition for swap benefit me at all?
Great question! I'd like to know too.
cerialphreak said:
So I recently got the "almost out of space" notification and I realized that it says that I only have 2.7 gb total for my sd card (4 gb card). I remembered way back when i formatted a ext3 partition to it for apps2sd, but that was when i was running an older version of Fresh. I have since switched to CM6, and as best I can tell its not installing apps to that partition.
Gparted is saying theres only one partition available (2.7 gb), and is calling it unallocated space. Im not really keen on how android uses different partitions, so i had a few questions:
1. Can i backup all files on the card to my comp, format the card, then copy them back without losing any data/ apps?
2. Should i format it all as one partition (and if so what filesystem)?
3. Would formatting the card with a partition for swap benefit me at all?
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Are you talking about the internal memory is getting low notification in the status bar? If so, that is not your SD, it's internal memory. Check in settings/storage and see what it says. I think the warning comes up if you go below 20-25mb.
Also, CM6-7 roms do not come with a2sd/firerats/data2ext/etc. You would need to do that seperately if you want.
The notification was from the card, and I dunno what its called, but when I check an app in the apps management setting theres an option to move to phone/sd card.