I have a 8gb sd card that is full of junk. Over the past couple of months I have flashed MANY new Roms, so every time I flash I have to re download all my apps via the app store. Unfortunately in my estimation I have about 18 "Handcent' apps on my SD Card. What's the best way to handle this stuff? If I erase the whole card my titanium backup goes with it and I lose everything.
Thanks in advance!
Copy titanium folder to pc, format the sd card.
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Since the NS has 16g internal memory and no card, how do I set it to backup roms, pictures, music, etc to a different location than the internal memory? If I wipe every time I install a new rom, won't that destroy the old backups, etc?
iinviktus said:
Since the NS has 16g internal memory and no card, how do I set it to backup roms, pictures, music, etc to a different location than the internal memory? If I wipe every time I install a new rom, won't that destroy the old backups, etc?
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A wipe shouldn't erase your internal sdcard. You have to select format sd card to do that. Exception is when you do the oem unlock of the bootloader.
That said, I always transfer a copy of my nandroid backups to my laptop or my dropbox, just in case...
edit: the internal sd card is treated by the OS the same way an external card is on other phones, it's mounted as a different partition.
I'm running MiniCM6 1.0.0 on my Xperia X8 with Apps2SD working. I have moved many apps from the phone to the SD card. The problem is that the card's size is too small for me. I need a 4GB one. I've seen many threads that some guys had problems when changing SD cards.
If I copy all the files in my current SD card and transfer them to the new one, will I have any problems? My apps will still be there, right?
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I'm running MiniCM6 1.0.0 on my Xperia X8 with Apps2SD working. I have moved many apps from the phone to the SD card. The problem is that the card's size is too small for me. I need a 4GB one. I've seen many threads that some guys had problems when changing SD cards.
If I copy all the files in my current SD card and transfer them to the new one, will I have any problems? My apps will still be there, right?
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You don't say whether the apps on the SD card are in the FAT32 partition or in the SD-EXT partition.
The FAT32 area can be read and copied using a PC.
Should be able to backup the NAND and EXT in recovery. (My phone is a G1 but I've used CM roms for most of the past year. The backups created in recovery are available on the FAT32.)
Always make a good backup in recovery. When you try the transfer to the larger card, you can always go back if something didn't work quite right..
Sorry but I'm not familiar with these concepts, I'm still a noob
Can't I just copy the files of my old SD card to my PC and then transfer them to the new SD card?
How did the change of SD Card go?
Im about to do the same thing and was wondering i its possible to copy all contet from current SD Card to my PC and then copy it to the new SD Card.
Hi folks,
I rooted my phone using the S-on / unlock bootloader with htcdev /superoneclick method. Now I want to move from the original 8 gig card to a new 32 gig card with a minimum of fuss.
Different threads say you can just copy and paste, or that you have to format your card.
Any advice?
FWIW I have some apps running on the sd card but can move them back to the phone or even delete them if necessary.
Thanks in advance for the help!
What you have read is correct!
I have also upgraded to a 16 GB card from the stock 8GB card.
Just as a precautionary measure, On your Windows PC make sure View System Files / Hidden files & folders option is set as visible.
Make sure you do everything with the card inside the Memory Card Reader.
Copy all your content from the old SD card to a folder on your PC.
Insert the new Card in the memory card reader on your computer.
Format your new SD Card.
Paste all the content of your old SD Card (that you backed up earlier in a folder) to your new SD card.
Insert the card in your phone, check for Pictures, Apps.... Enjoy!
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA
Cool, thanks. Just to double check - what format? And did you have to reinstall anything?
Format : FAT32
No, din need to reinstall anything.
If you wish, you could transfer the apps to phone memory from your old SD Card before you begin the process.
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA
Thanks again, that worked fine, no real problems.
I did have to reinstall Modern Combat which was a bit strange but then it remembered where I was in the game. Odd but no hassles.
That game may be a one off case. . . May be that's Y i suggested you to transfer apps from your SD Card to the Phone Memory before changing the SD Card.
Anyways, Cheers !!!
So Synergy has been the first rom that I installed on my phone. Now, if i make backups on ROM Manager, and decide to flash to a different rom, say cyanogen for example. If I wipe all of my data, which I would assume is my best choice of action when flashing to a new rom, will these backups that I've made on the SD card be saved or will they disappear with the rest of my data? Should I buy a micro SD to store all of those on or can i even do backups to the external sd card?.
Also, when making Titanium backups, are those something I want to store on an external SD? Or can i restore from places like dropbox? I appreciate any input.
I flash roms three times, and wipe user data every time.
The data on internal sd card is safe.
But I think backup to external sd card is much safer,so I get one(32G) :laugh:
And yes ,Titanium and clockworkmod can backup to external sd card,change the Titanium backup store path and look for cwm menu!
I have been trying different roms and loading apps at the same time. Half the apps have disappeared even after restoring them with Titanium but the URGENT question is how to clean up my memory? (BTW) Whats the difference between sd card and ext sd card?
Thanks for the help.
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I have been trying different roms and loading apps at the same time. Half the apps have disappeared even after restoring them with Titanium but the URGENT question is how to clean up my memory? (BTW) Whats the difference between sd card and ext sd card?
Thanks for the help.
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Obviously SD card refers to the internal memory and ext(ernal) SD card is basically the Micro SD card storage it is the smartphone version of internal and external hard drive. You will have to delete the backup apps to free up memory located in the Titanium Backup folder. all in all it is the same as what you would do on your laptop or desktop.