Hello everybody, just received my Inspire earlier today and coming from a Vibrant I'm slightly lost in all this gold card set-up. I made my largest sd-card into a gold card without realizing and would like to make my small 2gb sd-card into one. How would you get rid of the gold card and make it into a regular sd-card?
Thanks in advance.
brandenk0 said:
Hello everybody, just received my Inspire earlier today and coming from a Vibrant I'm slightly lost in all this gold card set-up. I made my largest sd-card into a gold card without realizing and would like to make my small 2gb sd-card into one. How would you get rid of the gold card and make it into a regular sd-card?
Thanks in advance.
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You can still use the gold card as a regular sd card I believe...
ioft said:
You can still use the gold card as a regular sd card I believe...
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Oh ok thanks. Had originally wanted to just have a gold card for everything that I would need out for and just have my regular sd-card for everything else.
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I use my gold card as an an sd card, but after you root and s off you can take a the gold card out and use a regular sd card.
brandenk0 said:
Oh ok thanks. Had originally wanted to just have a gold card for everything that I would need out for and just have my regular sd-card for everything else.
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you won't hurt your phone just keeping it, you will not notice any difference. you can always make your 2g card into another goldcard the same way you made your first one.
Ok thanks for all the replies.
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Can you use the 8GB Sd Card that came with the Inspire as a Gold Card? I've already used 4gb of it for music and other stuff. Sorry if this is a noob question, I'm used to one-click roots (Captivate) . Thanks
I did. But it was blank. Copy everything off, then do the GC, then once completely done, reformat and put it all back.
Simple answer. Yes, that's about all its good for. Get something bigger for storage and make that your gold card.
Inspire (rooted)
Leedroid v2.0.0
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So to connect the sd card I could just connect my phone to the PC, use mass storage and then format the sd card? Thanks for the replies guys
Yes. +10
Inspire (rooted)
Leedroid v2.0.0
TELUS kernel
I'm still new to all this rooting, goldcard, etc. Once the Goldcard is created, and the phone is rooted, you don't actually have to continue to use the Goldcard, do you? Example, make the GC on the 8Gb that came with the Inspire, and then once the root is complete, go back and permanently use my own 16Gb stick.
Heartbreak said:
I'm still new to all this rooting, goldcard, etc. Once the Goldcard is created, and the phone is rooted, you don't actually have to continue to use the Goldcard, do you? Example, make the GC on the 8Gb that came with the Inspire, and then once the root is complete, go back and permanently use my own 16Gb stick.
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That is correct, I have my 32GB Sandisk in there now. Works great.
I have a question along these lines too. By switching SD cards after the rooting process,(going from a smaller to bigger SD card) would you lose root? Or is it just for the initial root process?
heavyweight80 said:
I have a question along these lines too. By switching SD cards after the rooting process,(going from a smaller to bigger SD card) would you lose root? Or is it just for the initial root process?
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It's only.needed for the process of gaining root.
Thanks for the reply. Was really hoping to not have to sit there for another hour and a half just to root it again.
Tx Redneck said:
It's only.needed for the process of gaining root.
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Thanks!
scorpiopantera said:
Thanks!
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You're welcome.
Saved and Texan by the grace of God, Redneck by choice.
About to get the Inspire and get right on with rooting, although I've been reading and not understanding how this goldcard works completely. I guess my concern is the errors some users are getting? Where they need to use another HTC device to get the right cid code or something? I dont have another HTC device, can I actually lock my device out? Please advise as I'll risk rooting only so far. Thanks, maybe I'm just blowing this out of proportion.
if you follow the instructions in the hack kit, you shouldn't have any issues. this was my first experience with creating a gold card and it went smoothly. just be patient and persistent.
I am also about to buy the Inspire. So can we use the bundled SD card for the gold card? or do we have to have a spare card for emergency restore and stuff?
You can use the card it comes with.
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Good question as I was going to use a spare one. I might as well use the one it came with. I'm about to begin. whats the worst that can happen?
gunnyman said:
You can use the card it comes with.
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I will probably keep a spare one around. Would you recommend that?
Thans
metaldood said:
I will probably keep a spare one around. Would you recommend that?
Thans
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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Oh okay. I have 1 8GB with me right now and I will get the one with Inspire. So is 8GB enough for the gold card so that I will keep it for .img file?
I will keep the spare in my phone.
Sorry I am a total noob in this. I come from iPod family
It will work with a 2 GB card minimum from what I read.
what does that mean? i have a 8 gig myself so just process for a goldcard.img? then save then use if needed?
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use whatever works. just keep in mind you can't use the goldcard.img file you get from the email on any card other than the one you got the serial number from. I bought a 16 GB card to use with my phone anyway, so I used the 8 GB it came with and put it in a drawer in case I ever need it again.
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Sorry to Bump this up,.
but i got a HTC Desire,.since 2010,
made a goldcard back then (4g microsdhc )
rooted ,.used several diffrent roms,. but im getting Low on space issues,..
so i bought this 16gb micro SDHC ,Backed up my rom., and now i want to put my backed up rom on this new 16GB card,.and use that for permanent,.
do i need to make a goldcard from this 16gb as well ? and if yes ,.how >? i cant boot with it because my rom is not on there,.i tried partitioning it in CWM recovery. and mounted the SD card put my clockworkmod on the SD card with the Backup,...
Restored,..but it stops and says cant mount sd ext.,...
then i tried mounting the SD card and start the Goldcard tool and tried making a Goldcard of it,.and tried the Restore again,...didnt work as well,..
now my problem got bigger,..as the 16gb card cant be mounted anymore,.or used in any other device ,like my wifes Tablet,..
any one can help me out on this ,
thanks in advance ,.
Mike130784 said:
Sorry to Bump this up,.
but i got a HTC Desire,.since 2010,
made a goldcard back then (4g microsdhc )
rooted ,.used several diffrent roms,. but im getting Low on space issues,..
so i bought this 16gb micro SDHC ,Backed up my rom., and now i want to put my backed up rom on this new 16GB card,.and use that for permanent,.
do i need to make a goldcard from this 16gb as well ? and if yes ,.how >? i cant boot with it because my rom is not on there,.i tried partitioning it in CWM recovery. and mounted the SD card put my clockworkmod on the SD card with the Backup,...
Restored,..but it stops and says cant mount sd ext.,...
then i tried mounting the SD card and start the Goldcard tool and tried making a Goldcard of it,.and tried the Restore again,...didnt work as well,..
now my problem got bigger,..as the 16gb card cant be mounted anymore,.or used in any other device ,like my wifes Tablet,..
any one can help me out on this ,
thanks in advance ,.
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The goldcard was only necessary to get past the very first stage of rooting. A goldcard is used to force the device into accepting a ROM that was not designed for the particular device (in the case of Inspire, you must install a DesireHD ROM to be able to continue with the rooting process).
Once you're rooted, the rooting process sets SuperCID in hardware so a gold card is no longer needed, even if you want to install a ROM not designated for your device.
In short, use your 16GB card just as you normally would (maybe save the 4G in case you ever need to root a different device).
Thank you for your fast reply.,
i understand the idea behind the goldcard beter now,.
i have 2 inspires and need to root both them...but only have 1gold card when my first inspire is done can i take it out and use for other inspire or i need another sd card............................also if i did need gold card in there and i take out what problems would i expect...i ask this because one of the rooted inspires sim stopped working even after replacing sim card
thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can use one for both after you root you don't need a gold card, but you can use it as an sd card.
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thank you
ok i thoght its just these arnt my phones so.......
2 htc inspires
I have 2 HTC inspires, what i did it root the first one then created a second gold card and formatted the sd card like 5 times before loading the second gold card onto the sd card. it worked perfectly for me.
You can use it with both phones
Hey guys, I heard that I might need a microSD card to run cm7. Is this correct? If so, would a 16GB class 2 SanDisk be good enough?
Thanks,
Matt
I don't think that you HAVE to have a sd card, but if you want to have any apps on the phone it sure would help. The S4G doesn't have that much internal memory. I'm sure that memory card would suffice, but obviously the higher the class the faster and better.
1gb of apps is far more than enough. You'll need it to put the ROM on it to begin with.
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You just need the microsd card to flash the room since you have to put the zip file in it. After that it doesn't matter at all if you don't have an sd card when it come to running cm7.
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You just need the microsd card to flash the room since you have to put the zip file in it. After that it doesn't matter at all if you don't have an sd card when it come to running cm7.
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didnt you get a memory card when you bought the phone? in the box that came with mine i got a 8gb card in the phone.. that would be perfectly enough to install cm7 and have room for apps/games..
You'll need it initially for flashing the zip file and if you want to use Apps2SD to keep space on your phone free. I don't think it's "required" after the initial installation of the ROM. I'd recommend one, however to keep NAND backups.
My 8gb SD card in my Desire S is almost running out.. I have like 3.4 gb left. I'm planning to buy a 16gb sd card for my phone.. How will i transfer all my files, apps, games, also the save games to the new sd card? Is it only copy paste all the folder to the new SD card? Or i'll backup the apps? When i put the new 16gb SD card on my phone, i want nothing will change, like the same wallpaper, the widgets in the screen, etc.. except the memory of course. I don't wanna reinstall all of them again. Is their a way to do that? Thanks!
Yeah basically that's it .
'Almost running out'? you've near 50% left when you take in that you never get the full 8Gb due to system files etc
det66 said:
Yeah basically that's it .
'Almost running out'? you've near 50% left when you take in that you never get the full 8Gb due to system files etc
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have you tried it, copy paste the folders to the new SD card? I heard some people are having problems like they had to redownload all the apps and install it. So, i'm just making sure nothing will change. Can you give me some steps on how to do this without having any problems? Thanks!
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My 8gb SD card in my Desire S is almost running out.. I have like 3.4 gb left. I'm planning to buy a 16gb sd card for my phone.. How will i transfer all my files, apps, games, also the save games to the new sd card? Is it only copy paste all the folder to the new SD card? Or i'll backup the apps? When i put the new 16gb SD card on my phone, i want nothing will change, like the same wallpaper, the widgets in the screen, etc.. except the memory of course. I don't wanna reinstall all of them again. Is their a way to do that? Thanks!
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It's easiest and quickest to do if you have a card reader but ultimately all you do is copy all files from SD1 to SD2 (via PC)
Best to power off phone (ensure that you have settings->power->fastboot=OFF)
remove SD1
load SD1 into card reader
copy SD1 to a directory on PC
load SD2 into card reader
copy PC (SD1 files) to SD2
replace SD2 in phone
power on phone
nothing will have changed.
If you don't have a card reader then simply do then same but with the SD cards in the phone (mounting SD as Disk), worth Quick Formatting SD2 before you copy files from PC onto it so that its empty.
What if I'm on a custom Rom, like virtuous unity? Will it go back to stock after changing the SD card? And do I have to root the phone again? Thanks!
toke420 said:
What if I'm on a custom Rom, like virtuous unity? Will it go back to stock after changing the SD card? And do I have to root the phone again? Thanks!
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No it won't effect the rom and you won't have to root or flash it again
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
toke420 said:
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
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Yes
it's a good make and Ds will take up to a 32Gb card
toke420 said:
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
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Sounds ok, although I don't personally know the manufacturer....
The size you want depends on the use that you give phone, if you watch movies often, listen to lots of music or are constantly flashing ROMS therefore taking backups, possibly consider a 32Gb card, I personally believe that you can never have enough space...on SD (obviously depends on budget).
The higher the class the faster/better the card
The current SDHC specification defines Class 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 as follows:
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Class Minimum Speed
2 2MB/s
4 4MB/s
6 6MB/s
8 8MB/s
10 10MB/s
1 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes
2 Based on SanDisk internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device.
I thought I read somewhere on the forums that Desire s can't read cards above class 6 at their full speed ( could well be wrong on that).
The cards will work fine just the transfer speeds won't be as stated
Did anyone try this already? I'm just want to make sure that nothing will change, and i won't reinstall anything.. It's such a hassle reinstalling everything. My phone is rooted and on a custom ROM virtuous unity 2.37.. You guys positively sure that when i put the 16gb sd card on my phone, nothing will change? Even the widgets on the screen? I'm getting my sd card this week, so i just wanna make sure. Thanks!
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Did anyone try this already? I'm just want to make sure that nothing will change, and i won't reinstall anything.. It's such a hassle reinstalling everything. My phone is rooted and on a custom ROM virtuous unity 2.37.. You guys positively sure that when i put the 16gb sd card on my phone, nothing will change? Even the widgets on the screen? I'm getting my sd card this week, so i just wanna make sure. Thanks!
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Yes ,it's how I changed from the 8Gb card that came with the phone to the 16Gb I have in it now
Does it matter class of SD card, I mean has any sence in speed of daily work with SD having 10 class or class 2 of default one is enough?
det66 said:
Yes ,it's how I changed from the 8Gb card that came with the phone to the 16Gb I have in it now
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was your phone rooted, and on a custom ROM when you changed the SD card? You just did the steps that ben_pyett posted? You didn't reinstall anything in your phone? Everything was exactly the same like with the old SD card? Sorry for asking too many questions, i just don't wanna reinstall anything again, and i don't wanna fix the homescreen.
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was your phone rooted, and on a custom ROM when you changed the SD card? You just did the steps that ben_pyett posted? You didn't reinstall anything in your phone? Everything was exactly the same like with the old SD card? Sorry for asking too many questions, i just don't wanna reinstall anything again, and i don't wanna fix the homescreen.
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Yes i was using the LBC Rom at the time can't mind if it was 5.3 or 5.4 but no probs no reinstalling or faffing about with anything
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Does it matter class of SD card, I mean has any sence in speed of daily work with SD having 10 class or class 2 of default one is enough?
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As far as I know the card can't transfer at a rate above a class 6 card.Obviously it will accept faster cards but only read/write to them at a class 6 speed
det66 said:
Yes i was using the LBC Rom at the time can't mind if it was 5.3 or 5.4 but no probs no reinstalling or faffing about with anything
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As far as I know the card can't transfer at a rate above a class 6 card.Obviously it will accept faster cards but only read/write to them at a class 6 speed
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i just bought 2 32 gb cards both class 4 and cant seem to get them to copy tried formatting them checked for errors but still cant transfer all my stuff it copies the folders but not whats inside them any ideas?
Cards purchased from a reliable seller? Or did they come from the land of China? ;-).
EBay specials lol they work if you take all out of folders but no good for the likes of cmw
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So ... was the seller reputable?
Also what format are they formatted in? .. because I believe they'll need to be in FAT32, not NTFS and not EXT4.
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EBay specials lol they work if you take all out of folders but no good for the likes of cmw
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So ... was the seller reputable?
Also what format are they formatted in? .. because I believe they'll need to be in FAT32, not NTFS and not EXT4.
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Yeah seller had 100% positive feedback both fat 32 both are recognized as 32 gb and both copy the folders from the backup I made but not the contents of them which seem a little strange have tried formatting on phone with windows and SD formater on the computer but results are the same
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