hi. i have a question. im gonna buy a new SD card for my phone (4gig or an 8gig) and since im rooted and have cm7 and did the trans status bar patch, im wondering if im going to have to re-root/re-flash/re-patch all 3 again when i switch out memory cards? thanks for ur help.
I'm not sure what the trans flash deal is, but you shouldn't have any trouble. Just copy everything over from the old to new and continue on. Your phone will run fine without any card in it, although you'll be missing anything installed on the card, of course.
I think when you something flash to phone, you don´t need to keep the zip on SD. When you something flash, its copy to internal memory. So you can plug new SD with no fear.
aright thank u both. ill just have to backup the apps i have installed to my sd card. again, thanks for ur help.
2 things I can think of, first check the type of microSD card, it should be at least a class 4, and check to see if your ROM can do App2SD and take advantage of it
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Hey everyone, I have a rooted DINC, used unrevoked and i'm running cyanogenmod 7. I have a stock 2GB card that is running out of space and i need to upgrade my card. If i upgrade to a bigger card is that going to mess with my root? i know that the Clockwork mod recovery files are on the current SD card.. what do i have to do to make this a smooth transition? I've already backed up my current files from the stock sd card.. Any help is much appreciated!
I don't think it will be a problem and if it is you'll just have to reroot which isn't difficult really
Backup your current SD card on to your computer, then place the files on the new card. Probably want to make sure the new card is formatted fat32 as well. It should be fine, you shouldn't lose anything. Clockworkmod just keeps your backup files on SD card, wont mess with root.
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Thanks! that's what i wanted to know. One more thing... I can't find what class microsd card the Incredible comes with stock, when i buy a new card can i get a class 2, or should i shoot for a 6 or something. I wasn't sure if a class 2 card would be fast enough to handle the custom recoveries and all that..
Can't remember for sure but I think the stock card is class 2. I'd say that a class 2 or 4 would be fine. Not sure that the extra $$ for a class 6+ is really worth it, for our phones at least.
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No you wont have to reroot. Copy all of your SD contents into a folder on your computer, then power your phone off, switch to the new card, power on, connect to PC, recopy all your files back to your card. That way you won't lose any files. Root has nothing to do with the SD card btw so don't worry about that.
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Hi, I have been messing with rooting and installing custom roms on my Droid Charge. I'm totally new to it and have been getting the hang of it, lots of wipes, reinstallations, etc. Unfortunately, it looks like my 32gb microSD card has been a casualty of all this. Since I had managed to install a custom rom on my Charge, my card cannot be read by any device, I've tried it in two computers and two Android phones. All are unable to format the card either, showing it in RAW format.
I believe when I was looking at some threads here, there was an issue with some of the roms maybe damaging the sd card, maybe forcing it to read-only mode? Is there a way I can definitively find out if my card is toast or I can still save it?
Thanks!
I don't have a solution but a question. Was the last rom you flashed a GB rom?
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No, all my roms and kernels have been 2.2 Froyo based.
Flash the SD card fix, not sure how since the SD card isn't working but I would attempt to flash a stock ee4 through Odin & actually use the SD card fix this time....
Also, you might want to consider using Titanium Backup to get all your apps saved to your SD card so you don't lose them from the wipe.
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Flash the SD card fix, not sure how since the SD card isn't working but I would attempt to flash a stock ee4 through Odin & actually use the SD card fix this time....
Also, you might want to consider using Titanium Backup to get all your apps saved to your SD card so you don't lose them from the wipe.
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He said that he can't even format it in a separate reader, so changing out the software on his phone isn't going to fix anything.
To the OP: Honestly, it sounds like your card might be bad; it happens. I doubt that any software/ROM could have caused this since software can't physically damage hardware. One suggestion I can make is to try cleaning the contacts on the card; I recommend q-tips and isopropyl alcohol for that. If it still doesn't work and can't be formatted in your computers reader, you simply have a bad card. At that point, try calling VZW and hope they will replace it. They may insist on replacing your whole phone as well; I don't know. Or, you can use this as an excuse to get a faster (Class 4+) card.
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?
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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...
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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! :')
Hi guys,
I tried to find solution but couldn't find. the solutions were for different phone and etc. so not sure if that would apply to my case this is why want to make sure will get right fix for the issue
Phone was working fine for a couple months but couple days ago I noticed that I can't take pictures because it can't mount sd card
Well I'm thinking I will restore from backup but guess what I can't because clockwork can't see the sd card so I'm kinda stuck here. I think this is a phone's internal memory card not the micro sd card. Am I right?
Thanks for help in advance and if there is a thread with same issue and device please send me a link as I couldn't find it.
Quick info about phone
sgh-t989
android version 2.3.7
baseband verion T989UVKL1
Kernel Version 2.6.35.14+ SGS2-Streamline #3
Mod Version CayongenMod-7.2.0-RC0-373_R6-Kang-SGHT989-KANG
not sure if this is enough info but if you need anything else please ask
thanks for help
Oh well today I had some free time so I sat down and tried to look for fix, turns out it is was external micro sd issue which failed.
Phone was setup to use external card. So after I told phone go and use internal memory rebooted and all good, inserted smaller micro sd card, just to have some additional memory and all is good. So here you go if you will have something similar going with your phone maybe that will help you.
how did you tell the phone to use internal memory? i'm running across this same problem where my external sd card is not being mounted or read