I have a D415 that I managed to get rooted and get CWM installed. On my D415 (as well as my last phone a P569) I had the same nagging issue. In order to increase available space I installed Link2SD and formatted my SD card with a fat32 and ext partition (ext2,ext3,ext4 tried them all). Everything seems to work fine with one nagging issue. I always get a message about "no /sdcard/.android_secure found" whenever I created a nandroid backup. Restoring the backups always seemed to work fine except when I would replace the SD card with a new one. I partitioned/formatted a new card with a fat32 and a 2gb ext partition. Then copy a nandroid backup that I made before the change from my PC to the "external_SD" card, then boot into CWM recovery and install the backup. I would get the typical messages about skipping sd-ext and android_secure. Then boot normally and discover all the apps that I linked to the SD card with Link2SD would not be there and I would have to reinstall them with Titanium backup and relink them with Link2SD. I've been looking through various forums but I can't seem to find anything describing how to make a backup of the files that I linked to the SD card with Link2SD. I've been to the Link2SD site and read through the FAQ but this isn't addressed. If there is a way to do this and can someone point me to it. Thanks in advance.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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.
Hey all, I want to write a new image to what is currently a verygreen size-agnostic card, but Windows, EASEUS and the NC itself only see the boot partition. If I try to format it from Windows 7 x64, will it just wipe the partition, or format the whole card? Is there a way to do it from CWM?
I have:
verygreen's latest size-agnostic card running CM7.0.3 + dal's 4/24 OC kernel
the 3.1 beta running dal's 5/13 OC kernel on eMMC
the latest CWM on eMMC
EASEUS on my PC
I do not have:
another SD card
a card reader other than the NC
Obviously "get a card reader" and "get another card" are answers I could come up with myself. Do I have any options using what I have? The goal is to write racks' Phiremod/HC dual-boot to the card.
ETA: I am hesitant to attempt formatting from CM7 due to the big red letters in the dev thread for 3.1:
DO NOT FORMAT YOUR SD CARD IN CM7. DUE TO A VOLD ISSUE THIS WILL FORMAT YOUR /BOOT INSTEAD OF THE SD CARD!
****Should be fixed in nightly 13****
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Does that still apply? Does it apply to the 7.0.3 build? Would flashing eMMC to CM7.0.3 and formatting the card be a possibility?
UPDATE [SOLVED]: As the final post says, the best method to revert a bootable card to storage seems to be, in EASEUS, deleting all partitions except the "SDcard/CM7 SDcard" partition, then dragging that partition to take up the unallocated space.
I use XP and using a USB adapter plug it in go to my computer right click on the drive which will say boot and click format. It takes about 5 seconds to format. Tou will get a warning. Not sure if it is the same with Win 7 but cannot see why it wouldn't format the same way.
Well, I did order a card reader from Amazon. This one seems like it may actually come in handy down the road and not be a one-use thing, and it should be here tomorrow. Maybe for experimentation's sake I'll do one last back-up and try formatting the card in the NC.
I can't sync my apps from Titanium + Dropbox until I get Titanium pointed at a bigger partition.
In the interest of completeness and for the unknown googler: Windows was incapable of formating any but the first partition of the card whether in the NC or a card reader. I tried "Wipe drive" in EASEUS, after which neither Windows Explorer nor the NC would recognize the card to format it. I wrote a new image to it (the HC/Ph dual boot) with WinImage, which worked fine. However, CM7 on the NC still only had access to the boot partition, and I needed more space so that I could sync Titanium Backup with Dropbox to restore my apps and settings from my old SD installation.
Again, there was no formating the partitioned card, so in EASEUS I deleted all the partitions except SDcard, extended that partition, and then formatted it in Windows. I was almost right--the last step was not only a waste of time, but rendered the card readable to Windows but not to CM7 or CWM. So, I once again wrote an image to the card, deleted all the other partitions, extended SDcard to to take up the unallocated space, and then jammed the card in the NC: success!
And Titanium Backup FCed whenever I tried to sync to Dropbox :/
Well, so be it. I manually replaced the Titanium Backup folder on the SD card with the one from my Dropbox, and it's almost done restoring now #knockonwood
Hey,
I hope anyone can give me an advice for my 'problem. It is the first time for me rooting my device... but I want CM 10^^
I have used unlockroot to root my device (http://www.unlockroot.com/). Then I installed the ROM Manager. Flashed Clockworkmod..Then I tried to make a backup.. Somehow the ROM Manager makes the backup of my system on the internal SD card into the folder 'clockworkmod -->backup' and not on my 16GB external SD Card.
Question:
1) Shouldn't clockworkmod be on my external SD-Card?
2) If I wipe everything before I install a new ROM. Will I loose my backup?
3) Should I care that the backup is on my internal SD?
Thanks for any help!!!
Here is what Clockworkmod shows me, when doing a backup:
ClockworkMod Recovery c5.0.2.0
Waiting for SD Card to mount
SD Card mounted...
Verifiying SD Card marker...
SD Card marker not found...
Checking Internal SD Card marker...
ROM Manager Version 5.0.2.1
October 26, 2012
SD Card space free: 3523MB
Backing up boot image
Backing up recovery image...
Backing up system...
Backing up data...
Backing up .android_secure...
Backing up cache...
No sd-ext found. Skipping backup of sd-ext.
Generating md5 sum...
Here are te steps I have taken:
1.) Install drivers ( I am on v20Q stock ROM)
2.) Root mit unlockroot
3.) Update SuperUser
4.) Download ROM Manager
5.) Flash Clockworkmod
5) Backup with ROM Manager
1) Go here, install the external version of 5.0.2.8, problem solved.
2 & 3) No, wiping does not touch the internal sd-card. However, some other procedures do, like smartflash, so it's best to have the backups on the external card.
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1) Go here, install the external version of 5.0.2.8, problem solved.
2 & 3) No, wiping does not touch the sd-cards. However, some other procedures do, like smartflash, so it's best to have the backups on the external card.
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Thanks! wow, that was fast!
I am a noob. Therefore my question: How do I install the new clockworkmod? Do I push "Install ROM from SD Card" in ROM Manager and then choose the .zip file? Should I do any wipe before?
Thx!!!!
by the way: I do not care if my backup is on my internal SD or external. So do I need to have the backup on my external SD if I install a new ROM? (I mean I can make a copy of the backup on my PC...)
Just dowload the archive in thread I linked to, unpack it, connect your phone (debugging enabled) and run the external .bat-file. That's it.
No, you don't need to have the backups on your external.
I have recently upgraded to MM on my H811. I found out that LG has disabled the feature to mount SD cards as internal storage. OK that sucks but I have lots of space for my other media. I am having nothing but problems. Titanium Backup seems to fail when I set the backup folder to the SD. Quickpic, which I have used for ages keeps giving me this message when I try to delete or modify camera images that are on the SD card. For the record, Quickpic permissions are set to for it to access storage.
Pat
I was making twrp backups to ext SD card. But it won't restore the same twrp backup from ext SD. Wtf?
For now, I went back to 5.1. Too many other problems all solved now that I am back on 5.1 Maybe when we get a few updates in I will try again.