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Move from 2gb to 8gb microsdhc - How?

Finally decided to get an 8gb card to have plenty of room for all I want on my phone.
Of course, just a week or so before I got it, I did a hard-reset and cleaned up my tilt.
So I'm averse to doing it all over again with the 8gb card.
What's the best way to clone my 2gb card to put everything on the 8gb card so that my phone wouldn't even know the difference?
Most backup programs back up to the sd card or include the phone itself.
I just want to move from the 2gb card to the 8gb as seamless as possible.
EDIT: I did already try a simple copy over of the 2gb card to a PC folder and then paste to 8gb. Lots of files wouldn't transfer and some were encrypted - huge pain in the ass.
Thanks for ideas!!

hmmm well since applications dont install hidden files, you should just be able to copy/paste all the files from one to the other . . . . . make a folder on your desktop called " backup " and copy the entire 2gb card there. Then remove the 2gb, and put in the 8gb. Copy the files from the folder you just created to the 8gb card. Should be extremely painless . . . . . . .

pyraxiate said:
hmmm well since applications dont install hidden files, you should just be able to copy/paste all the files from one to the other . . . . . make a folder on your desktop called " backup " and copy the entire 2gb card there. Then remove the 2gb, and put in the 8gb. Copy the files from the folder you just created to the 8gb card. Should be extremely painless . . . . . . .
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Sorry should have indicated I already tried this. There are lots of files that don't want to copy over and it's a huge pain tracking them down.
Also have several files that indicate they are encrypted and cannot be copied over.
Thanks for your response though.

This is a simple operation, having done this myself a few weeks back.
1.Place 8gb card in phone
2. Place 2gb card in card reader in Laptop (Laptop card reader not designed to read HC cards 4gb and up)
3. Connect USB cable with Softick CardExport.
4. Copy contents across from card reader to phone. You can also copy 2gb card contents on hard drive etc.
Best bet is to unencrypt encrypted files before you do this. I do not recommend that people encrypt files. I use Password Master (freeware) to store sensitive data.
This worked like a charm for me. Hope this helps.
Regards,
MAC

I did upgrade to 8gb Sandisk MicroSDHC a month ago, and it's painless for me. Just make sure you do the copying through card reader, not via activesync.
Luckily sandisk bundled a card reader. What i did is:
1. Format the 8gb with FAT32 to ensure compatibility (it came with RAW FS)
2. Copy the 2GB contents to pc
3. Copy contents back to 8GB
Just make sure you tick the 'Show Hidden and System files' option in your windows explorer first, or else there will be some files not got copied. Cheers!
Last tip: to avoid heavy file fragmentation in future, i always copy bigger and seldom changed files first, like ebooks,mp3s,movies. Then to smaller and frequently changed files like my documents content.

Help Upgrading my Micro SDHC Card

I know there are other posts on this, but, I still need some concise advise.
I am replacing my 2GB card with an 8GB Card and I am struggling with how to backup and restore the data to the new card.
Newbie Steps taken so far:
1. Downloaded Memmaid to format the 8GB Card but it was already formatted to fat32. Free trial version so no lost money.
2. Attempted to get sprite software installed and it doesn't install properly (used the "free" HTC version that they sent as a remedy).
3. Downloaded the latest SPB Backup software and backed up the data on the storage card to the 2GB storage card and to my c drive on the PC.
4. Copied the backup file to the new 8GB card and tried to restore it but it doesn't seem to be restoring it to the 8GB card. I don't think the software will restore the file from the PC to the phone card. Stuck here.
Clarification: The SPB software seems to go through the motion of restoring all the files but they are not showing up on the 8GB Card.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks

powergator said:
I know there are other posts on this, but, I still need some concise advise.
I am replacing my 2GB card with an 8GB Card and I am struggling with how to backup and restore the data to the new card.
Newbie Steps taken so far:
1. Downloaded Memmaid to format the 8GB Card but it was already formatted to fat32. Free trial version so no lost money.
2. Attempted to get sprite software installed and it doesn't install properly (used the "free" HTC version that they sent as a remedy).
3. Downloaded the latest SPB Backup software and backed up the data on the storage card to the 2GB storage card and to my c drive on the PC.
4. Copied the backup file to the new 8GB card and tried to restore it but it doesn't seem to be restoring it to the 8GB card. I don't think the software will restore the file from the PC to the phone card. Stuck here.
Clarification: The SPB software seems to go through the motion of restoring all the files but they are not showing up on the 8GB Card.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Using backup programs to replace cards is toooo much hustle. I hope you own a card reader. Just copy all the files from your 2gb card to your computer using a card reader and then copy them back to your 8gb card. Simple as that

I don't understand your point...
You just bought a new microSD card and want to transfer the files from the old one to the new one?
If yes, there's no need to do backups and whatever... Just put the old card in your PC reader, copy everything to a folder, pur new card in the PC, copy everything from that folder and you're done.
The card isn't "linked" to the phone in any way - you can remove it and swap it with an other one at any time. No phone backup or whatever to do, removing the card doesn't affect what's on the phone itself (everything but the "Storage Card" folder)...

Thanks
I used the active sync explorer to copy all the files up to my PC off the 2GB and I noticed it said something about converting them and then I got an error about 1 file (index?) file so I started to assume you couldn't just copy it like that.
But, I will simply do what you both suggested and copy off the 2GB and paste to the 8GB card.
Thanks.

8GB Class 6 Card
By the way, New Egg sold me an Adata ,Class 6, 8GB card for $29.99 plus 3.95 eggsaver shipping.
Pretty good deal.

What about programs stored on the card
kilrah said:
I don't understand your point...
You just bought a new microSD card and want to transfer the files from the old one to the new one?
If yes, there's no need to do backups and whatever... Just put the old card in your PC reader, copy everything to a folder, pur new card in the PC, copy everything from that folder and you're done.
The card isn't "linked" to the phone in any way - you can remove it and swap it with an other one at any time. No phone backup or whatever to do, removing the card doesn't affect what's on the phone itself (everything but the "Storage Card" folder)...
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I have been wanting to do this same thing too, but I am wondering what needs to be done with the programs that are installed, and run from the card? Do they need to be removed, and re-installed?

As long as everything is in the same place on the new SD as it was on the old SD, all your programs will work

Some comments:
Some PC readers have a problem reading > 2GB
Copying LARGE files/data through active sync may fail
In case your card reader doesn't fail your fine if it fails to read do the follwing:
Download Softick Card Export II, trail is good for 15 days.
Install Card Export on the DEVICE
Start Card Export, your SD card will be a USB removable drive in Windows
Copy all files to a folder on your PC
Stop USB
Stop softick
Power down phone (!)
Remove SD
Insert new SD and power up phone (simply ignore warnings from programs which may have been installed there and don't panic if icons don't show up) SD should come up with the same name "Storage Card"
Start Softick
Copy files back
Done

Windows Backup is the way to do it.
powergator said:
I am replacing my 2GB card with an 8GB Card and I am struggling with how to backup and restore the data to the new card.
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Windows XP includes it's own backup utility which can do this easily and quickly (and keep a simple archived copy on your HDD in case the card/phone looses data - this has happened to me and others here), just put your memory card in its USB reader. There's no need to use third party software for simple stuff like this. I impagine Vista would also have a similar backup utility but I'm unfamiliar with that OS.

Windows files to micro SD not showing up on Nook

Alright so this is really odd and I've never seen this before and I couldn't find anything on it in the forums. So my problem is that I just got a 32gb micro sd card, I formatted it to FAT32 and it works just fine in Windows and in my Nook. So here's the problem... when I add files to the sd through windows they don't appear on the micro sd card on android. I believe they continue to go to the LOST dir on the sd card and in a very odd format. I know I should be able to do this because I have an 8gb micro sd card that I can do this with just fine. The really odd thing is, if I dropbox files to the sd card or copy files from the EMM to the micro sd card they show up just fine... Can anybody help me? This is a real pain in the ass as I would really like to just be able to connect the card or the nook to my computer and just throw files on it.

gets even stranger...
So now this is really really strange... so adding files to the card through the cable to the nook they won't show up in android and when I had the card hooked up to a card reader and added them they also wouldn't show up in android. I just tried the card reader that they supplied and then threw files on it and now the files show up in android. VERY VERY ODD, I can't think of a single explanation for this...
EDIT: I was wrong, so apparently its only if I transfer over folders this card has no idea how to handle them in android. If I put all the files in the root directory without folders its fine. Anybody know what would cause this?

Who formatted the card using what method? You want the tablet to do it using FAT32.

Problem with external SD memory card

Help!
1) I cannot save correctly any file on my external 128GB SD memory card. PDF files are saved in a corrupted format. If I create with Total Commander a new folder, it gets deleted later on.
2) The tablet is not rooted.
3) I even tried to copy files via Windows to the tablet via USB-cable and I receive the same error.
Is there a way to check the SD card for errors through Android?
Thank you!

Agreed, doesn't matter which SD card I use.
I have the same issue, I've tried both a cheap, ebay purchased SD card and Samsung SD card from a store. I have the SM-T813. Both of the SD cards had exactly the same issue. I've not rooted the tablet yet, though this is a key reason I'd like to try rooting the tablet.

If this were my problem, I'd pop the card, put in in a USB reader, and try it out directly under Windows. It may need to be reformatted or even re-partitioned.

I contacted the manufacturer. I'll get a replacement because it's broken physically.

[Q] Why Do Folders On My Phone's SD Card Disappear on My PC?

Hi,
I'm feeling really stupid and I hope someone can make sense of this for me.
I've always been confused with the virtual paths that recent Android versions use in the file structure, and am having a hard backing up my SD card to my PC.
I actually want to copy this file:
/storage/emulated/0/AuthenticatorPlus/authplus.db
to my PC so I can copy it to a different device, but would like to a backup at the same time.
I inserted the card into my PC and copied everything onto the PC, only to discover that I couldn't find the folder or the file. Worse yet, I realized that while I have what looks like hundreds of folders on my SD card, I have exactly SEVEN in my backup folder on the PC.
And now I'm having a hard time matching up the files on the PC to those on the SD card. For example, I found a file in the Downloads folder on the PC. I found it on the SD card, but the path is given as
/storage/3737-3334/Downloads
Huh? Can someone make sense of this for me? How can I copy my authplus.db file to my PC, or better yet, back up my entire SD card and make the backup look like what I see on the card?
Thanks!
P.S. I just decided I'd try uploading the file to Dropbox and when I selected the SD card, Dropbox showed me the same folders I'm seeing on the PC! What am I looking at?

MagicSpeller said:
Hi,
I'm feeling really stupid and I hope someone can make sense of this for me.
I've always been confused with the virtual paths that recent Android versions use in the file structure, and am having a hard backing up my SD card to my PC.
I actually want to copy this file:
/storage/emulated/0/AuthenticatorPlus/authplus.db
to my PC so I can copy it to a different device, but would like to a backup at the same time.
I inserted the card into my PC and copied everything onto the PC, only to discover that I couldn't find the folder or the file. Worse yet, I realized that while I have what looks like hundreds of folders on my SD card, I have exactly SEVEN in my backup folder on the PC.
And now I'm having a hard time matching up the files on the PC to those on the SD card. For example, I found a file in the Downloads folder on the PC. I found it on the SD card, but the path is given as
/storage/3737-3334/Downloads
Huh? Can someone make sense of this for me? How can I copy my authplus.db file to my PC, or better yet, back up my entire SD card and make the backup look like what I see on the card?
Thanks!
P.S. I just decided I'd try uploading the file to Dropbox and when I selected the SD card, Dropbox showed me the same folders I'm seeing on the PC! What am I looking at?
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That's because /storage/emulated/0 is considered a virtual SD card meaning a fake SD card and this is usually where downloads go.. The other one /storage/3737-3334/ is the actual real SD card that you put in the phone yourself.. The SD cards name is 3737-3334 that's why it shows up like that.. Basically the system downloads everything on to the fake SD card and it's your choice to copy it and paste it into the real SD card because anything that's in the fake SD card will get erased if you have to factory reset or anything.. Both of them the fake SD card and real one should both have to close to the same folders in them like music, music pictures, pictures media, media etc. etc. You get it? You manually HAVE to move the files to your real SD card FIRST and then you can remove it and copy it.. Just highlight everything in the fake SD card and then copy it over to the real one it's really easy.

MrMike2182 said:
That's because /storage/emulated/0 is considered a virtual SD card meaning a fake SD card and this is usually where downloads go.. The other one /storage/3737-3334/ is the actual real SD card that you put in the phone yourself.. The SD cards name is 3737-3334 that's why it shows up like that.. Basically the system downloads everything on to the fake SD card and it's your choice to copy it and paste it into the real SD card because anything that's in the fake SD card will get erased if you have to factory reset or anything.. Both of them the fake SD card and real one should both have to close to the same folders in them like music, music pictures, pictures media, media etc. etc. You get it? You manually HAVE to move the files to your real SD card FIRST and then you can remove it and copy it.. Just highlight everything in the fake SD card and then copy it over to the real one it's really easy.
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Wow, I've seen that 3737-3334 before but I have never heard this explanation. I knew we were dealing with virtual paths but had didn't know I had access to a location. This makes sense. Thank you!