I have the Starburst ROM with Data2SD installed and want to replace my SD card with a faster card. Do I have to start from scratch or can I copy everything from the old card to the new card?
Not sure how this would work with the ext4 partition because Windows can't see it.
i would at least try copying everything to your pc and putting it on the new card to see if it works. No one said you have to delete ur old sd card.
and if worst comes to worst, youll just have to reflash the ROM
Not sure about the ext4 partition but when I switched SD cards I simply copied it onto my laptop and moved everything to the new one and it worked fine.
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Hey i just got my new micro sd card whats the best way to backup everything on my old one and restore it to the new one? do i just copy paste everything? or do i have to format it in a specific way?
copy everything from the old card to a folder on your computer. Put the new card in the phone, format it from the phone, then transfer everything back.
thanks for the answer.!!
is that all you have to do ?? i am having snags getting phone to recognise the new card.... is there anything else I need to do ?
This is how I did it.just copied all files from card to card. Phone didn't have any problems recognizing new card
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So im considering upgrading my SD card and going to a 16gig one from an 8gig one. I have Move2SD Enabler and most of my downloaded apps over on the SD card. What would happen if i copied everything from my current SD card and just dropped it onto a brand new 16gig one and inserted that into my phone? Would i not notice anything or would it break all those apps?
any help? Im sure there is a quick answer to this.
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So im considering upgrading my SD card and going to a 16gig one from an 8gig one. I have Move2SD Enabler and most of my downloaded apps over on the SD card. What would happen if i copied everything from my current SD card and just dropped it onto a brand new 16gig one and inserted that into my phone? Would i not notice anything or would it break all those apps?
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Hi,
I have upgraded my SD card by these steps:
- Make the titanium back up and copy all contents of your SDcard to the pc.
- Then change the SDcard for the new one & format it in your phone.
- After formatting, copy the saved contents from the pc back to your new SDcard.
okay but what happend with the ext3 partition ?
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okay but what happend with the ext3 partition ?
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ext2/3 Partition u can access by a linux live-cd like knoppix.
or try totalcommander with the ext2 extension from a win-box.
Hi,
I was finally able to partition my 16GB Micro SD HC Class 4 SD Card using minitools.
FAT32 at the front, Primary, and EXT2 afterwards, logical.
I can drop files onto the FAT32 partition and flash the ROM in recovery, but when I reboot it can't find the card.
If I then change the card to my old 4GB Samsung SD it is fine.
When I partitioned the 4GB card using ROM Manager, which I couldn't do with the 16GB one, it created an EXT3 partition.
Is there anything I can do, or is it simply the card?
Cheers
As an update, I put the card in my wife's Blackberry this morning to see if that could see it and it said it wasn't formatted and did I want to? Yes I said.
I could now see it on my Desire and was able to partition it using ROM Manager.
Looking at it now, the second partition is ext3 and is primary, not logical.
I've no idea why this happened but I'm hoping it will all be fine when I flash a new ROM.
What are the benifits of partitioning your SD Card and how do i do it?
If it helps i am using Samsung Galaxy 3 i5800, Kyrillos v7.0 OC, 4GB microSD card
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lol - Have you read this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=957123
I guess partitioning gives more space for apps, what else should it do?
yes but i changed my sd card after flashing. Do i have to partition manually or is it already done for me
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yes but i changed my sd card after flashing. Do i have to partition manually or is it already done for me
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You changed settings, or you changed hardware? You put your old sd-card out, through it away and out a new one in?
Do a datawipe, format sd-card, re-partitionate, then your clear
I was to hesitant for partitioning earleir, but since I create a swap and ext partition
my phone runs super smooth,
So all those who have not yet done it, please go ahead and enjoy the fastest froyo ever.
Backup your SD CARD data to PC before partitioning, else all data would be gone.
i must be handicapped!
for some reason i can not partition my SD card correctly. i am using clockwork mod recovery 5.0.2.0. i go in partition the SD card for 512mb 0 swap. format the /sd-ext. everything is all good from this point.
my problem is the rest of the SD card is not formatted.
so like a retard i stick the SD card into my windows 7 laptop and format it so i can put the rom on to flash. when i do this i loose the 512mb ext partition it made on the SD card.
what am i doing wrong?
is there a better way to format the remaining space of the SD card without loosing the 512mb ext partition? so i can put the rom on the SD to flash the rom.
Format SD card to fat32 then partition your card in cwm. That's all you have to do
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the how to do i get the rom to the SD card? because if i stick the sd card back into windows laptop it wants to format the card again and wrecks the SD partition.
is there another way to push a rom from laptop to the phone by USB?
After you format the SD Card in Recovery, choose mounts and storage. Then choose USB Mount. After that load the backup of the SD Card back onto the card. If you don't have the Rom in your backup, load it then.
oh okay sorry i didn't understand you clearly but i'd do what prboy said
easy
much easier. i have been doing it the hard way all this time.
thanks both of you for the help.
So then you got it sorted out?
I don't think Windows can recognize/format an ext partition as it's a Linux file system. I had to set up my ext partition yesterday and Windows 7 only read the left over space when I mounted it through the phone and a card reader(14gb card read as 13gb). Should be good to format it when you plug it in.
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I don't think Windows can recognize/format an ext partition as it's a Linux file system. I had to set up my ext partition yesterday and Windows 7 only read the left over space when I mounted it through the phone and a card reader(14gb card read as 13gb). Should be good to format it when you plug it in.
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I run Windows 7. I use SD Card Formatter, it Formats the entire card.
yes i managed to get it all sorted out. it is far easier to do it this way. the way i was doing took me for ever to get something done.
thanks guys for the help.
Glad it's all sorted