I just recently rooted my Inspire 4g and have been trying out some different roms. My question is what do I need to keep on my SD card? There is a lot of stuff on it and it is almost full.
digi-t said:
I just recently rooted my Inspire 4g and have been trying out some different roms. My question is what do I need to keep on my SD card? There is a lot of stuff on it and it is almost full.
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first of all do not keep music files and videos they are useless if you need free space.In addition to this make sure that you backup all of your apps and do a nandroid backup if something goes wrong.Keep those files in your hard disk and place them back to your sd card when you re done flashing
I believe that you can just save everything you need to your computer, format the SD, then put your important stuff back in. Then make a recovery backup. All the application files that are stored in the SD card should be remade afterwards.
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When I format my card by putting it in the slot my laptop has it doesn't wipe the ext partition... I say this because it's showing that the 2gig card is only a 1.27gig card. This can't be right?
Any help is appreciated.
What OS are you running?
Windows 7 (64 bit)
I don't have a card reader so I can't test it but try to right click on My Computer and select manage. Then go into Disk Management.
The problem is windows can't recognize ext partitions so it won't mount them
Otherwise look up a partition manager to run under windows. I always partition under linux or with dedicated tool you boot to off a CD. I am not sure a good one to recommend to run under windows. Maybe someone else can recommend one.
If you made a 4gb ext partition on an 8gb card, windows will now only see this as a 4gb card until you reallocate the ext partition.
I'm running Windows 7 64-bit and I use Paragon Manager to modify the ext partitions. I am not sure if there is a legitimately free version of this program.
Thanks everyone. I'm downloading Paragon Manager now. I made my ext partition too big and want to put more music on there. I also feel like partitioned the card twice... I think I have an ext 2 & an ext 3 partition.
Again, thanks!
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mrcharlesiv said:
When I format my card by putting it in the slot my laptop has it doesn't wipe the ext partition... I say this because it's showing that the 2gig card is only a 1.27gig card. This can't be right?
Any help is appreciated.
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I use SdFormatter from this link: http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter_3/
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Over the last few months I (like most people here) have tried several roms. I moved from the sdcard that came with the phone to an 8gb, no problems there.
The way I backup my sdcard is I make a folder on my desktop and literally just drag and drop the whole card over, hasn't let me down yet. When I switched I formatted the 8gb card and just copied my latest sdcard backup to the 8gb and everything works great. I am at the point where I have a lot of stuff on there from from things like apps I've uninstalled, etc. and I'd like to clean it up. I have everything I would want to keep backed up on my desktop.
So here is my question:
If I reformat my sdcard will the phone copy/install anything on the clean sdcard it needs to run?
If so then I'm thinking I could just copy what I want (nand backups, pictures, music, etc.)
Thanks
nebenezer said:
Question:
Over the last few months I (like most people here) have tried several roms. I moved from the sdcard that came with the phone to an 8gb, no problems there.
The way I backup my sdcard is I make a folder on my desktop and literally just drag and drop the whole card over, hasn't let me down yet. When I switched I formatted the 8gb card and just copied my latest sdcard backup to the 8gb and everything works great. I am at the point where I have a lot of stuff on there from from things like apps I've uninstalled, etc. and I'd like to clean it up. I have everything I would want to keep backed up on my desktop.
So here is my question:
If I reformat my sdcard will the phone copy/install anything on the clean sdcard it needs to run?
If so then I'm thinking I could just copy what I want (nand backups, pictures, music, etc.)
Thanks
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Yes and yes. I have cleaned house a few times by deleting everything off my 8gb card and bringing back just my pictures, music and backups.
If you are using an ext partition to store apps and want to delete this data, you will need to format this with a program that can handle this ext partition or the easiest way is through recovery (wipe ext partition). Otherwise, if you want to keep your apps on the partition you can just delete everything off the card through windows or even format it there.
Thanks Danknee!!
I thought that was the case but wanted to make sure.
I haven't had the need to use a2sd yet so that's not a problem.
One more question:
I've formatted and put everything I want to keep back. Should I just reboot or do I need to reflash DC!.0, the reason I ask is because there was literally nothing on the card after formatting (not surprising). So I put HTC Sync back in case I need it, will the phone build the file structure it needs as it needs it or should I do anything else at this point?
Thanks
You can just reboot. The SD card doesn't have anything on it that would be replaced by flashing anyway. Since you aren't using apps2sd, you could technically have two different SD cards that you swapped in and out. You would just need to unmount and remount them to prevent corruption during the swaps.
Apps save settings on the card, but these will be resaved when you use these apps again. Conversely, the apps you never use again won't be taking up any space now.
danknee said:
You can just reboot. The SD card doesn't have anything on it that would be replaced by flashing anyway. Since you aren't using apps2sd, you could technically have two different SD cards that you swapped in and out. You would just need to unmount and remount them to prevent corruption during the swaps.
Apps save settings on the card, but these will be resaved when you use these apps again. Conversely, the apps you never use again won't be taking up any space now.
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Awesome, thanks.
I totally understand what you just posted... So HTC ships these phones with SOME files that you can't get back by reflashing? (ie. HTC Sync) just curious
nebenezer said:
Awesome, thanks.
I totally understand what you just posted... So HTC ships these phones with SOME files that you can't get back by reflashing? (ie. HTC Sync) just curious
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No, you can flash back to a stock sense ROM with no problems. What I meant was that you could actually use your phone with no memory card and it would be fully functional except that some apps couldn't save settings and data.
The SD card is completely optional and all the system files and system apk files are stored in your phone's internal memory.
danknee said:
No, you can flash back to a stock sense ROM with no problems. What I meant was that you could actually use your phone with no memory card and it would be fully functional except that some apps couldn't save settings and data.
The SD card is completely optional and all the system files and system apk files are stored in your phone's internal memory.
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Sorry for the confusion... I understand the phone can operate sans sdcard. if I'm not mistaken I believe I installed HTC Sync on my pc from my sdcard meanin that if I deleted it without backing it up I would have to (Jeez, I just realized what a waste of time this is, but I'm in too deep to stop) get HTC Sync from another source, ie HTC's website?
LOL yeah, you are probably right about HTC sync. I downloaded sync from the HTC website anyway (to make sure I had the lastest version). Besides that, I can't think of anything else on the stock 2gb card that is irreplaceable..
Normally this wouldn't be a problem, as I'm USUALLY good about backing my stuff up but...I hate to say I haven't lately and EVERYTHING is on my SD Card...
Long story short, I just flashed my TP2 back to stock from the SD card. Upon boot-up the phone no longer recognizes the SD. Put it in my computer and it asks me to format. Try my Touch Pro (1) to verify and it can't read it either.
I have a lot of cabs that I didn't get copied to my computer and my only data (contacts, etc) backup on this SD card. Does anyone know what I can do??? I"ve been trying to google it but am getting nowhere....
awenthol said:
Normally this wouldn't be a problem, as I'm USUALLY good about backing my stuff up but...I hate to say I haven't lately and EVERYTHING is on my SD Card...
Long story short, I just flashed my TP2 back to stock from the SD card. Upon boot-up the phone no longer recognizes the SD. Put it in my computer and it asks me to format. Try my Touch Pro (1) to verify and it can't read it either.
I have a lot of cabs that I didn't get copied to my computer and my only data (contacts, etc) backup on this SD card. Does anyone know what I can do??? I"ve been trying to google it but am getting nowhere....
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You need to format
So, i was trying to pull my micro SD card out on the subway, and it flung away and into oblivion. Could not find it. It was an 8GB card that had nothing really important on it, accept for my clockwork mod and all my root-stuff/nandroid backups.
I'm currently running Prime 1.7, but if I buy a new card, will I have to re-root my device? I dont want to loose my setup..
No, you do not have to root your Transformer again. Just buy a new SD-card, and use it. That's all.
Do I need to move any files onto the card? like CWM and such? Does it need any type of formatting?
W4LLY said:
Do I need to move any files onto the card? like CWM and such? Does it need any type of formatting?
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You can format it if you want to(it's optional but I always format a new sd card) but no need to move anything to it.
Good idea to run a nandroid backup since you lost all that with the old card.
I always keep backups of my Nandroids on my PC. You might consider that for the future. If it had been your phone or tablet that flew away you could just flash back on a replacement.
A little advice plz. I rooted my phone & am running several different roms thru boot manager so i'm not new at this but i haven't switched from my stock 8g card that came with my inspire so i'm not familiar with the process of switching my data to the 16 gig card & partitioning it. Or when to partition it, before or after i add my data back onto the card? Can someone plz help me switch to my 16g card correctly plz? Sorry for the bother but i just want to do it right. My cpu is down so if there's a way to do it without a cpu that'd be even better but if not, i'll find one. Thanks friends! :')
Edit: since my cpu is down i was thinking of letting AT&T transfer my data but didn't know if they'd be able to see that i'm rooted or if it's all automatic thru their system...
HTCinspiration said:
A little advice plz. I rooted my phone & am running several different roms thru boot manager so i'm not new at this but i haven't switched from my stock 8g card that came with my inspire so i'm not familiar with the process of switching my data to the 16 gig card & partitioning it. Or when to partition it, before or after i add my data back onto the card? Can someone plz help me switch to my 16g card correctly plz? Sorry for the bother but i just want to do it right. My cpu is down so if there's a way to do it without a cpu that'd be even better but if not, i'll find one. Thanks friends! :')
Edit: since my cpu is down i was thinking of letting AT&T transfer my data but didn't know if they'd be able to see that i'm rooted or if it's all automatic thru their system...
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Att doesn't care. They just won't let you exchange it if its rooted. But for you card you can just transfer over what you want and then pop it in. You should be able to add partitions even when it has data on it. Would be a good idea though to keep a backup of your sd card on your pc so that if something does go wrong you can just drag stuff back over.
Use a friends computer to copy the card.
Thanks alot guys. I did it the long way by using root explorer to copy the files from sd to a folder, moving it to the internal storage, popping in the new card & moving the folder back to the new sd. Long process but seems to be working great & i still have all my original data on the 8g card Thanks for the reply guys! :')
OK, I am going from an 8gb sd card to a 16gb, but before I do I need to know if it will break root or if I just need to make the new one a goldcard as well or what in general. I searched for switching sd cards in the forum but it didn't give results so I'm asking here.
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the ONLY reason a goldcard is needed is for downgrading firmware. ROOT is WITHIN the OS and has NOTHING to do with the SDCard. you can freely swap sdcards at will
Cmrune said:
OK, I am going from an 8gb sd card to a 16gb, but before I do I need to know if it will break root or if I just need to make the new one a goldcard as well or what in general. I searched for switching sd cards in the forum but it didn't give results so I'm asking here.
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If you change your SD card nothing will happen except that you will loose your apps and photos in there. Root access has nothing to do with your SD card. Make a copy of the files and folders you want to preserve in your pc and then copy then back in your new SD card....
glevitan said:
...Make a copy of the files and folders you want to preserve in your pc and then copy then back in your new SD card....
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Ok, so a follow-up to that, and this may be a noob question but... Is there anything on the SD card that I have to have? I usually move ROM backups off the card to a computer, but lots if apps seem to make a folder in my SD card. As a rule, am I better off keeping apps in the phone memory if available? My SD cd card seems to be full of cr*p that i don't think I need but am afraid to delete.
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geologistguy said:
Ok, so a follow-up to that, and this may be a noob question but... Is there anything on the SD card that I have to have? I usually move ROM backups off the card to a computer, but lots if apps seem to make a folder in my SD card. As a rule, am I better off keeping apps in the phone memory if available? My SD cd card seems to be full of cr*p that i don't think I need but am afraid to delete.
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Nahh dont copy anything...just the backup and the titanium backup folder...that will do. With those folders you can restore all your missing apps with data...and have a backup of your rom just in case!! Is good to tidy up from time to time!
glevitan said:
Nahh dont copy anything...just the backup and the titanium backup folder...that will do. With those folders you can restore all your missing apps with data...and have a backup of your rom just in case!! Is good to tidy up from time to time!
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Got it, thanks. What about apps, are they better off on the phone or should I move them all (widgets excluded) to the SD card?
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geologistguy said:
Got it, thanks. What about apps, are they better off on the phone or should I move them all (widgets excluded) to the SD card?
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Back them up with the titaniun backup and the copy that folder into your new SD Card. Restore the missing apps and that's it. You need no more...
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geologistguy said:
Got it, thanks. What about apps, are they better off on the phone or should I move them all (widgets excluded) to the SD card?
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In my experience apps don't do so well from the sd card. Leave them in the phone.
Gizmoe said:
In my experience apps don't do so well from the sd card. Leave them in the phone.
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Thank you all. I moved all of my apps back to the phone. I had already culled many that I didn't use when I rooted and flashed a ROM last week. I made new backups and pulled them off the sd card for safe keeping and then erased the SD card. I put music and ringtones back and now I have lots of space and everything still works. Guess all of those other files were just clutter. Thanks again.
Gizmoe said:
In my experience apps don't do so well from the sd card. Leave them in the phone.
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I rarely have problems with apps on the SD. Maybe one or two out of 100.