Just wondering if I wipe my EXT then will I have to re-partion my SDCard? Also will I loose my data on it?
Thanks
I am certainly no expert, but I'm pretty sure if you use your recovery to wipe it only erases the EXT. Nothing is removed from the fat32 portion. I've always repaired ext after a wipe as well. No need to repartition, once your setup your just wiping and repairing.
Depends what data your talking about.
EXT : yes.
Use Titanium Backup to save your Apps + Data to your SD card.
I also go into partition sd and run Repair EXT. Fat32 will not be affected by this wipe.
If you re-partition you SD you will lose data. This is not necessary unless your getting issues flashing something.
Just make a backup with Titanium then one of your entire SD card (fat32) to your computer. PM me if you have any questions.
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i have a 4g mem with 512 ext3. how can i copy the data on ext to the new larger ext i will create on my 32g with 2g ext3?
make a nandroid +ext backup on the current sd card, then transfer the nandroid folder over to the new sd once you have formatted and partitioned it. restore the nandroid and voila! your ext is restored.'
edit: this shouldnt be in the development section by the way...
Not actually tried it myself but...
If you backup your rom, then copy your clockworkmod folder from your current SD card to the FAT 32 section of your new SD card, then put your new SD into the phone, boot into bootloader, maybe do a full wipe for good measure then restore your rom from recovery.
As i say i have not done this myself but it sounds logical.
Might be better off in the Q+A section?
I am taking my SD card from my old phone and formatting it and putting it in my new phone. I still want my sd card to have a partition and don't know how to find out if it still is partitioned.
Do I partition it again? Does formatting the card NOT remove a partition? Or do I need to partition the sd card after I finish formatting it?
Curb71 said:
I am taking my SD card from my old phone and formatting it and putting it in my new phone. I still want my sd card to have a partition and don't know how to find out if it still is partitioned.
Do I partition it again? Does formatting the card NOT remove a partition? Or do I need to partition the sd card after I finish formatting it?
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To the best of my knowledge, formatting will only wipe clean your current partitions, not actually delete them completely. Are you talking about an EXT type partition, or do you just have two separate partitions you wish to keep?
What juzz86 said is correct in most cases. If you are using Windows, for example, and tell it to format your SDcard, it will only format the FAT32 partition that Windows can see. This is also the case for most formatting tools.
In order to remove the partition, you would need to do a bit more work with a partitioning tool (gparted, partedmagic, maybe possible in Windows as well).
Formatting your SDcard using a recovery, or from within Android itself... well.. I'm not sure about that one, but I would assume it's the same.
Best bet: backup your goods before you start.
thanks ..
So I'm planning on ditching honeycomb and switching to an Ics rom... I backed up all my apps using TitaniumBackup but the rom requires a full wipe and cache wipes, question is, would performing the required wipes before flashing the rom also wipe the backups TitaniumBackup made on the internal storage?
No. All that is stored on a different partition...so you're safe. Just don't use the SuperWipeFULL version zip. THAT...will wipe all downloaded stuff on the internal SD storage.
Infact...to make it easy for you...just download and use the SuperWipe Lite script from the Revolution HD thread. That's what I do...when I need to wipe.
Also you could move the backup folder location to the micro sd card.
Just go into "preferences" and change it to micro sd card
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Also you could move the backup folder location to the micro sd card.
Just go into "preferences" and change it to micro sd card
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Don't forget to change it back after you wipe and reinstall titanium, or it will just look like you lost all your backups since it defaults to internal storage.
After reinstalling TB, you can have it do a quick scan to pick up any folder that tb uses.
Also remember that TB stores its own settings on removable card if available on /Removable/MicroSD/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/
Curiously wondering why my internal sdcard is now saying I only have 5gb of storage space available.
I have a 32 GB Samsung galaxy s3 I have no music or pictures stored on my internal card. Seems like it all started when I went to a cm10 ROM then back to a touchwiz.
Maybe ther is a method I could use to format the internal storage and start from nothing?
Use DiskUsage to see what is using up your internal memory. You can use cwm or twrp to format internal memory.
I did find a 3gb movie that I had placed on the phone to watch. So based on disk usage. I have 16gb of system data and now 10gb free
Occasionally you might have to format your internal card if you switch flash many different roms as they tend to live "residuals" behind. Then there is the renaming of sd folders when you switched to aosp roms
If I decide to format the internal sdcard is it simple, reformat, reflash ROM backup? Or should I set everything back to stock first?
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Make sure you manually back up all your data(pics, documents, music, files, etc.) that you want to keep. Then format internal memory. I would remove the external sd card to be on the safe side.
I am not sure about restoring rom backup. When I do format my internal card, I usually end up flashing a new rom (with the whole wipe data, cache, and system procedure).
Hopefully someone else can answer that question about restoring rom backup.
Did you backup your system ie nandroid with cwm or something like titanium bu? Hoe many times did you do if you did? Which back up utility are you using?
And download Storage Anlyser from play its the BEST way to find the big files.
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(with the whole wipe data, cache, and system procedure
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Always wipe.
I've not formated the internal card yet, when I do new ROMs I only factory reset phone, cache, delvik then install new ROM.
My method of backing up my apps is by using my backup pro, but I do keep backups of my ROMs just by booting into cwm then backing up.
I want to format the internal card, but that's something I've never did. Which makes me worry about losing needed phone drivers.. Etc.
Also I'm not sure if I'll lose root or my recovery.
You will not lose root, recovery, or drivers, It is basically formatting your micro sd card, but instead it is your internal "sd card."
You will definitely need to manually backup the data you want to keep from your internal memory, either by connecting to a computer and copying to your computer or by copying them to the micro sd card.
I now have 25.6gb free space on my internal card
Just very curious for those that do not have an sd card, how do you guys flash ROMs? Since everything (pics, app/data, nandroids, flashables, etc.) are all stored on just the internal sd card.
JoeFCaputo113 said:
Just very curious for those that do not have an sd card, how do you guys flash ROMs? Since everything (pics, app/data, nandroids, flashables, etc.) are all stored on just the internal sd card.
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You can flash a ROM without wiping the internal SD card. Just wipe the Dalvik, Cache and Data. The internal SD card contents should be preserved. You may want to backup everything first (just in case). You may also want to delete the Android folder before installing a different ROM.
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You can flash a ROM without wiping the internal SD card. Just wipe the Dalvik, Cache and Data. The internal SD card contents should be preserved. You may want to backup everything first (just in case). You may also want to delete the Android folder before installing a different ROM.
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No that is not the proper way to do a FRESH, CLEAN install.... Which is what I am talking about.
JoeFCaputo113 said:
No that is not the proper way to do a FRESH, CLEAN install.... Which is what I am talking about.
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You do not have to wipe the internal SD to have a clean install. But you can if you want to. Download the ROM to your internal SD. Boot to Recovery, Install it, then wipe everything.
You can also use the recovery to install the ROM from USB Storage.