Moved sd chip from Verizon DroidX to Bionic after backing up with Titainum to dropbox. New phone rooted (old one too) but Titainum wouldn't restore on new device. Noted sd card now has over 800 "duplicate/cloned" files. Not much space left. What to do?
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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!
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!
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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.
How come when i use astro it shows the files on board memory? If i use root explorer i have to go to sdcard ext to see the files. Is there anyway to change the default?
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If its like the Droid 3, internal memory is mounted as /sdcard while the actual microsd card is mounted as /sdcard-ext.
The D3 was the same (I've got one of those) only it didn't come with a 16GB external micro SD. So it's got that going for it.
Same thing on the X2 :/
Good day,
I have a question about replacing my external microSD card on my GNote:
1) Can I simply swap out the SD card with a new one and reboot the phone?
Other than copying off my photos and music folders on the current external SD card, what else should I be looking to move over onto the new SD card once I insert it?
I am rooted on XLA1 ROM
I have not moved any downloaded Apps to the ext. SD card
I use the built in email and messaging Apps, I do not even know if\how to tell the mail app to store mail on the external card or if it does this automatically if it detects the presence of one. (Kind of a sub question I guess)
I use Dialer one (I do not think it matters but....)
I have CWM backups to external SD as well as Titanium Pro scheduled batch backups. have not looked yet to see where these are stored and what the folders are named/
The current SD card came out of my HTC HD2 where I had done a few android builds running off SD and therefore see plenty of android created folders that I am sure are as a result of my attempts to try out Android when I was a Windows Mobile user on the HD 2.
Thanks in advance for any answers giving to this matter.
Claude H.
You shouldn't have to do anything. Most programs, if they don't find the file structure they're looking for in the place they're looking, will recreate it.
Thanks for the answer.
I just bought my Droid 4 today.
I came from a Droid 2.
I was rooted on my Droid 2 and backed up apps via Titanium Backup.
I copied my entire sd card onto my computer and formatted the card via Windows and through my phone (Droid 4).
I successfully rooted my Droid 4.
I then inserted the card into the Droid 4 and tried to restore my apps via Titanium Backup.
I couldn't get it to work.
I installed ES File Explore (because it's awesome!) and checked out my sd card.
A bunch of files appear to be missing, however the space is taken.
I then check the sd card with the stock Blur file explorer and everything shows up!
The stock Blur music app shows and plays my music, but Power Amp doesn't show any music.
Anybody have any suggestions or experience anything similar?
Thanks in advance.
(I tried searching Google.)
UPDATE: Apparently the Droid 4 by default points at the sd card (internal)
So whatever app that looks into the sd card needs the folder location changed to sd card (ext.)
Any suggestions as to how to use ext sd card as default?
How do I move apps to the external SD card versus what titanium calls the SD card?
Running stock rooted .902
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I was under the impression that many apps have a hard time running from the external.
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How do I move apps to the external SD card versus what titanium calls the SD card?
Running stock rooted .902
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If your taking about manualy backing up your downloaded apps. You can use Root explore or ES file explore with root access added through setting. Go to /data/apps and select all to copy to you external SD. Hope thats the answer you need.