I used to have a phone with external SD card. There I would store all kinds of android tools, backups, usefull apps etc.
That I thought was quite handy after tinkering too much and I had to do a complete wipe.
Is there a way to store those kinds of data, and keep them on the phone, after a complete wipe, without an external
SD card? It's a bit of a hassle to copy these data to the phone every time I do a complete wipe.
Any suggestions? Am I missing something?
Don't wipe the internal storage (/data/media). This is the storage where all the userdata is saved.
Another option would be changing the partitions, but that may be somewhat difficult/impossible.
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I have a quick question. I am using aps2sd on the latest cyanagen rom. I used the rom manager pro app to start my aps2sd partition. I know my aps2sd is working properly cause all my apps are on my sd card, and my partition size drops after I install a new app. My question is, why is my phone internal storage still dropping? I can clear the cache for tunny browser and the default browser and it goes back up. Am I being OCD about the internal storage, or is there a way to store the cache on the SD card also? Any advice?
Thanks,
Im not an expert, but the internal storage is also shared by the OS and all related caches, so yes, you probably are being OCD
I am cloning my SD card with Win Imager and putting it on another SD for a friend to make their life easier. Is there a way, once cloned, to delete all my data from this cloned SD card? I was going to reset the nook color to factory defaults with the cloned card in it, but I am not sure if this my data stored on the SD or internally on the nook. When I put my card back in I want all my data to be present still, just cleared from the clone. Is the account info stored internally or on the SD?
Also, I do not want to lose all my app progress.
So, I would like to clone a card for a friend but make it so they don't get my emails and have all my user data tied to the SD card I am sending them. Is this possible?
Any help is appreciated!
UPDATE: new problem. Wiping data doesn't work. I want my account off the card but nothing works. I select factory reset and erase SD. It finishes, restarts, and my email data is still intact. CM7 is booting from the SD card if that matters. What the...
Why not just create one from scratch. It takes half an hour, especially if you did one before?
Do your friend has his own NC? or using yours also?
Deleting accounts.db from data/system will delete all google accounts from the phone and *should* take access to the associated data with it. Removing the other app data is probably trickier. Don't do this on your NC before you have a backup though.
Somehow during the day my XZ managed to wipe the internal and external storage partitions (the partitions that show up on USB and are readable and writeable without root access).
All my media including videos, photos and music are now gone. Apps and app data seem to still be fine, leading me to believe that somehow the system partition was left untouched.
I know I can easily try to recover the Micro SD card's data by using a card reader and such, but is there any way I can recover the internal partition without rooting my phone?
Thanks
I am not sure where to post or anything, new here. Rooted, unlocked bootloader, CWM flashed to AOSB latest for atrix hd. everything is great EXCEPT my internal storage is now half the size it was before. 8Gb does not equal 4.93Gb Not sleeping at all so I will be here all night
WHAT DO?
My assumption is you didn't format the internal sd when you went from stock to anything 4.2 and over. 4.2+ roms have support for multiple users and store the sd data in a slightly different location than 4.1 and earlier. Before stuff was stored at /data/media, with 4.2+ roms it's /data/media/0 for the first/default user. I had the same issue with my first 4.2 rom.
First, if necessary, backup any non app data from the internal sd (skip any app cache, just get important files like downloads, music, etc)*
Using Philz CWM, set the internal sd location to /data/media (it'll prompt for a reboot, do it)
Format the internal sd
set the internal sd location to /data/media/0 (do the reboot again)
Format the internal sd
Restore anything backed up
That's it.
I recommend using the internal sd as little as possible and sticking with the external sd as much as possible. It shares the same partition with apps and app data, so anything on the internal sd is less space for apps.
Unrelated, but technically we could us a 32GB sdcard for /data and the internal sd while using the actual /data partition as the external sd. It would just require a bit of fstab trickery and some init script editing....and be a bit slower when launching apps, but we'd have a heck of a lot more space....not sure if it could be done in a universal way or on a per rom basis.
I am in the process of backing up a Moto G (2014) but have come across this issue when trying to backup data that is apparently on the SD card. It reads as ~22GB out of ~29GB (32GB SanDisk) but the only files that are shown in the Android settings menu are Apps and Cached Data. I can't recover this other than through the phone as it is formatted for Internal use.
I am aware of the issue where a PC cannot see this data, my issue is where the phone itself doesn't show the data. I don't want to go ahead and format as 22GB is a lot of data.
What I have done so far:
I have followed the suggested fixes for the PC specific issue (clear data/cache of External Storage and Media Storage system apps and wipe cache partition). No assistance.
Any ideas?
EDIT: Phone is locked, stock, unrooted, 6.0.