sdcard - Xperia SP Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Why does my phone use my internal SDcard as the main sdcard? In total commander the phone sees 2 sdcards. How can i delete the internal sdcard?

shimmy2 said:
Why does my phone use my internal SDcard as the main sdcard? In total commander the phone sees 2 sdcards. How can i delete the internal sdcard?
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JB doesn't support move-to-SD. You can only use the internal as main storage

Nanostray said:
JB doesn't support move-to-SD. You can only use the internal as main storage
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It's not about that. I just rooted and I think CWM saved backup on internal sdcard.
Can I make the phone use my external sdcard? Or delete the internal sdcard altogether?
Edit: I am afraid to change the rom because I cant find the place CWM backuped.

If you boot into CWM and choose backup and restore and then Restore you will find your backup.
Most of the time the backups are stored in SDcard/CWM/Backups

mrjraider said:
If you boot into CWM and choose backup and restore and then Restore you will find your backup.
Most of the time the backups are stored in SDcard/CWM/Backups
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In CWM you can chose where it will store backup files. You can choice between backup on internal or external (marked as sdcard1) storage.

Backup and backup to external SD card (atleast on my Samsung Galaxy S+)

Related

Where does nandroid backup goes?

where does all the back ups{ie roms} which we do with nandroid do goes?
i mean does it get stored on memory card or on internal memory..
what happens if i'll format my memory card,does all that backup will get vanished
Nandroid is saved to the sd. If you format the card for any reason save data to the pc first then restore to sd.
thanks mate
Sorry Noob here as well. Where in the root folder could I find the Nand backups? I know I have about 4 of them and I couldnt find anything wit the BDS file name...
I have a nandroid folder at the root of my SD card w/ the backups in it.

[Q] Partition SD

Is there any benefit to allowing rom manager partition my sd?
Value of partition SD "I think"
Sanctus Peregrinus said:
Is there any benefit to allowing rom manager partition my sd?
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I wondered the same thing at first. I believe the value of this is if you do not have an external SD card installed which allows you to move apps from internal storage (first 2G of your 16G internal SD). When you partition your SD then it looks like you have an external SD so you can move apps that support that to save space on that first 2G. I'm not sure if this is all completely correct but the main point I believe is that there is no value if you have an external SD card.
That makes sense. Is there any disadvantage to having an app on the external sd card? Will Titanium Backup still see it and do it's thing to it?
I don't believe there are any disadvantages. TB will still backup apps on the external SD and I change the backup folder to "external_sd\Titanium Backup". After I flash a ROM which clears all user data, I simply reinstall TB and change the backup folder to the external SD location and all the backups are still there so I can restore.

Nandroid for External SD?

Hello folks, once I installed a custom kernel that deleted all the contents of my internal and external sd. Like nandroid for the system, I wonder if anyone knows any app that does this for the external sd?
darkshot said:
Hello folks, once I installed a custom kernel that deleted all the contents of my internal and external sd. Like nandroid for the system, I wonder if anyone knows any app that does this for the external sd?
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not that i know, it´s also not logical, because cwm backups are stored on external sd ...
just copy your sd content to your computer and you are safe !
And where should be the destination to save the content of the ext card if it were possible??? It simply doesnt make sense. Just copy the sdcard to your pc.

Unlock bootloader + PC Companion backup

I know that if I unlock now thje bootloader it'll wipe my sd card: does it mean no apps, contacts, etc?
If so, can I make a backup with PC Companion, unlock and then retsore everything? Will this work?
pc companion will not update with an unlocked bootloader.
Backup your apps with backup and restore app
Backup your internal SD card to external sd card or you rpc
restore everything after unlocking
gregbradley said:
pc companion will not update with an unlocked bootloader.
Backup your apps with backup and restore app
Backup your internal SD card to external sd card or you rpc
restore everything after unlocking
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backup and restore app? the one on the phone?
Yes. The the backup and restore app on the phone. You can choose the location for the internal sd backup to be placed on the external sd card or on your pc.
bogdan wst said:
Yes. The the backup and restore app on the phone. You can choose the location for the internal sd backup to be placed on the external sd card or on your pc.
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the EXTERNAL USB MEMORY option is greyed out
I can only choose internal memory (and do not have an externa SD)
thegios said:
the EXTERNAL USB MEMORY option is greyed out
I can only choose internal memory (and do not have an externa SD)
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BAckup to internal then back that up to your pc,
unlock, then restore your internal, then restore from the backup app
gregbradley said:
BAckup to internal then back that up to your pc,
unlock, then restore your internal, then restore from the backup app
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ok thanks: I thought it wouldn't be easy to find backup folder in internal memory, will dig to find it
still, any idea why in baclup app the external usb storage option cannot be chosen?
thegios said:
ok thanks: I thought it wouldn't be easy to find backup folder in internal memory, will dig to find it
still, any idea why in baclup app the external usb storage option cannot be chosen?
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sorry but i cannot find in internal storage where the backup files are located...
consider I have no root
thegios said:
sorry but i cannot find in internal storage where the backup files are located...
consider I have no root
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your internal sd card
thegios said:
ok thanks: I thought it wouldn't be easy to find backup folder in internal memory, will dig to find it
still, any idea why in baclup app the external usb storage option cannot be chosen?
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gregbradley said:
your internal sd card
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aha found it thanks
thegios said:
aha found it thanks
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but... wiat a sec...
with a file manager on the phone I can see the following folder
.semc-fullbackup\2013-12-18-102519
while if I attache the phone to the PC via usb I see a folder witha different name where the date changes to an earlier backup that I deleted before taking a new one
.semc-fullbackup\2013-12-18-092729
Crap
I backed up my files on sony pc companion and I didnt know that it wont work if I unlock bootloader. I unlocked it and now I cant restore my files. Can I restore it somehow?
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[Q] TWRP 2.8.3.0 - take too much of internal memory?

Hi,
I'm instal like custom recovery TWRP 2.8.3.0 and in Storage I find that this recovery take a lot of memory 1. 28GB?
Is it normal and if not, how can fix this?
cecogor said:
Hi,
I'm instal like custom recovery TWRP 2.8.3.0 and in Storage I find that this recovery take a lot of memory 1. 28GB?
Is it normal and if not, how can fix this?
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Is it that you have taken a nandroid backup?
because TWRP wont take any space on internal memory or sd card unless you have a nandroid backup.. Check the folder..
koradiavatsal said:
Is it that you have taken a nandroid backup?
because TWRP wont take any space on internal memory or sd card unless you have a nandroid backup.. Check the folder..
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Is it possible to move this backup to the external SD card?
cecogor said:
Is it possible to move this backup to the external SD card?
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Yes it is but when restoring just give it the path to sd card so it wil restore from there i.e. SD card

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