This is just more of a confirmation than a question.
I'm going to be getting a larger SD card for my SK4G and I have voodoo lagfix installed (ext4 partition).
I'm guessing when I get the card I need to reformat it using either my Ubuntu partition or a free tool to the ext4 file system.
Once I reformat, I can then just tar or zip up my existing card and untar or unzip the contents onto the new card.
Has anyone done this?
Thanks for any help.
It's the internal memory of the phone which gets converted to Ext4 by Voodoo lagfix. Your MicroSD card remains in Fat32. I just pulled the 32 gig card out of my voodoo'd SK4G and shoved it in my USB card reader and Windows XP still sees it as Fat32
TM_SK4G said:
This is just more of a confirmation than a question.
I'm going to be getting a larger SD card for my SK4G and I have voodoo lagfix installed (ext4 partition).
I'm guessing when I get the card I need to reformat it using either my Ubuntu partition or a free tool to the ext4 file system.
Once I reformat, I can then just tar or zip up my existing card and untar or unzip the contents onto the new card.
Has anyone done this?
Thanks for any help.
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yeah, as said already voodoo doesnt convert your SDcard. Only your system cache and data partitions on the phone. so you can switch the Sdcard with no problem
when putting the stuff on your new Sdcard just move all the content from your current Sdcard to a folder on your computer then put the new SDcard in your phone then move all of your content from the computer to the new sdcard
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I have ordered a 6gb class 6 sd card. Currently I have a 4gb class 2.. I am running the Dude's 1.1a with the ext partition. How can I migrate the data from the old sd card (namely the ext2 partition) without losing all of the apps and causing problems.... Also, I don't want to use Ubuntu or Linux... I tried this and its just too much trouble for a windows user!
Should I just wipe and start over?
iflyabeech said:
I have ordered a 6gb class 6 sd card. Currently I have a 4gb class 2.. I am running the Dude's 1.1a with the ext partition. How can I migrate the data from the old sd card (namely the ext2 partition) without losing all of the apps and causing problems....
Should I just wipe and start over?
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You could use the Backup for Root Users app to back up all your apps/data onto the FAT32 partition of the sd card, then copy them onto your computer and then onto the FAT32 partition of the new SD card(after partitioning it of course). Then use appstosd2 to make the /system/sd/app directory(copy apps to sd) and restore the backup.
EDIT: I know that sounds like a lot of steps but I really couldn't see it taking more than... say... 5 minutes.
Hmm... If you are on about directly copying the apps folders to FAT32 and copying it back to ext2, I warn you it will likely cause problems with losing file permissions.
I'm not sure that's what you mean but I just want to point it out.
you can put everything in the ext2 partition into a tar file (tar -cvf /sdcard/filename.tar /system/sd) on the fat partition and copy it over to the new card and untar (tar -xvf /sdcard/filename.tar). make sure you issue both commands in the root directory, or you may extract the files to wired places...
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Hmm... If you are on about directly copying the apps folders to FAT32 and copying it back to ext2, I warn you it will likely cause problems with losing file permissions.
I'm not sure that's what you mean but I just want to point it out.
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No, the backup for root users app stores it on the sd card by default so I'd presume that it maintains file permissions somehow.
Putting it into a tar file is a pretty good plan.
Well putting the files directly onto the FAT partition will make them lose their permissions. I guess that app might put them into a tar file like said above.
ok here is my situation i am running a rooted g1 with amon ra 1.5 recovery and cyanogen 4.2.12.2, i used the partitioning function from the recovery options to format my sd card , now that i have the fat32 , ext3, and swap partition i was able to move my cache and apps to the sd and everything is working great, the problem i am now having is i cannot access the fat32 partition , the mount/unmount option is faded i can see how much space is on it but i cannot put any of my files back on the card it also doesnt give me the option to mount the sd card anymore when i plug it into my computers i have tried it on my mac, windows xp laptop and my asus eee linux laptop
any help would be great thanks
You have probably corrupted the partition table somehow.
If you don't have anything precious on the card, try to wipe it and start over.
But since i know life i'm almost sure you have files there that you wish not to lose.
Tell me, did you format all the partition after creating them?
Did you unmount/re-mount the partitions after creating/formating and BEFORE you copied any files to them?
If the answer to any of the above question is "no", you've probably screwed up.
Regards,
Bushman
No I partitioned the card using amon ra recovery 1.5 it has the option to do the ext2, Swap and the fat 32 partitions all at once I did 96m swap 512ext2 and then upgraded it up to ext4 and left the remaining for fat32 , when I save files it does put them in the fat32 patitition I believe since my ext4 partition does not loose any space and I already ftp'd most of my files back to the card that would easily exceed the 512m partition I just can't get the mount option to come up now when I plug it into my computer other then that everything works perfectly
open console and type "dmesg", then insert the card and type it again, compare the few last lines, if there's anything diferent saying about MMC/SD, post it here (only the card related stuff)
Good luck,
Bushman
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.
Sent from the bushes outside your house....you gonna put some pants on anytime soon?
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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.
Sent from the bushes outside your house....you gonna put some pants on anytime soon?
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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
Hi all,
I have been reading about an issue that I have: 'android.process.media' keeps stopping.
One of the suggestions is that there maybe a corrupted file on your external sd card.
The fix is to either delete the file; good luck trying to find which file. or to reformat the sd card.
Since I have the keyboard dock and several 32gb microSD cards. I plan on copying all my files to the other card and then formatting the card in question.
However, it seems on the Asus tablet, I am not given the format option. I had it on my Samsung phone before the upgrade to ICS.
But one thing I wanted to do after some other reading is to format the card the same file system that is used on the internal memory.
If I have my facts correct, the internal memory is formatted as 'ext' and external SD cards get formatted as 'fat' (or is that fat32).
I think it's formatted as fat, is for compatibility with your PC.
However, the article, said that 'ext' is much more secure and less prone to corruption.
So is there anyway to format the external SD card in this 'ext' file system and how would one do that process?
Thanks!
Rob
You would need to do it in linux or find a windows program that could do it, as ext is not supported in windows. Im not sure the microsd will work right in the tablet formated as ext and your windows desktop wont be able to access .
Ok, I read in another thread, they suggested to put the microsd card in the phone and format from there.
I did do that.
And I have another question, my phone is rooted and it contains CWM.
I noticed in CWM, that you can fomat from there.
There are options to format areas, like /system /cache and the one I am interested in is /sdcard.
My question is this, is this /sdcard the external micro SD card or is it simply the partition /sdcard which is Samsung's internal memory. I don't want to take a change and format the internal SD card.
I think once formatted the external SD card, but I was on a different version of CWM, I have a different one after the ICS upgrade that was recommended by someone helping me do the ICS upgrade.
Anyway, thanks in advance!
Rob
Whoops almost forgot, there is thread on xda about formatting memory in ext4. I would like to try that and see if the Asus tablet can read that if I get to format the external card in ext4 Still looking for a Windows program that will format in that mode.
/sdcard is internal. /Removable is external.
I would be surprised if you can find a Windows program that reads, let alone writes, any type of ext filesystem (and forget about anything less mainstream like JFS or ReiserFS). Microsoft only made Windows compatible with their own filesystems, FAT32 and NTFS.
I couldn't find it. If there isn't a way whats my next best option?
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To my knowledge, CM10 along with any AOSP rom typically requires your external sdcard to be formattted to Fat32. If your sdcard is 32gb to 2gb then you should
1) Place the sd card into a computer
2) copy the contents of the sdcard over to that computer
3) Right click the sd card and select format (format it to Fat32)
4) Once finished, copy the contents back to the sd card and you should be good to go.
Or are you referring to ext3 or ext4 partitions?