Hey guys I wanted to reformat my memory card to have a completely new install of a new rom what would be the best way too do it? Thanks
backup your complete sdcard contents
then format it to fat32 file system (using pc or you can do it in recovery too )
then copy back the contents ...
and use it ..
ganeshp said:
backup your complete sdcard contents
then format it to fat32 file system (using pc or you can do it in recovery too )
then copy back the contents ...
and use it ..
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This is the correct answer.
But, I'd also point out that you don't have to format the SD card to switch ROM's. You can keep all your data on the SD card, flash a new ROM, and all your data will be there waiting for you. There's usually no advantage to formatting the SD card unless you are having problems with it.
ganeshp said:
backup your complete sdcard contents
then format it to fat32 file system (using pc or you can do it in recovery too )
then copy back the contents ...
and use it ..
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Is there anything i need to back up? I'm only backing up pictures and music is that okay?
lilpaul340 said:
Is there anything i need to back up? I'm only backing up pictures and music is that okay?
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Its always good to back up, but when flashing a ROM the sdcard doesn't get formatted by deafault and doesn't need to be.
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lilpaul340 said:
Is there anything i need to back up? I'm only backing up pictures and music is that okay?
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Better do a Complete backup.. And copy back only essential stuff.. Who knows if something important is still there like a Nandroid backup as it will be in sdcard only
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I'm trying to take off the partition on my sdcard. Can someone please help do this?
What? Elaborate please, what partition and what are you trying to do?
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usually to remove petitions on any sort of storage device, you will have to reformat the data from the petition. so just make a copy of all the files and reformat it
Radio_Dude said:
usually to remove petitions on any sort of storage device, you will have to reformat the data from the petition. so just make a copy of all the files and reformat it
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Ok I will try that. Should I reformat with using the phone or the computer?
assuming you have a custom recovery installed (like clockworkmod), you can re-partition your SD card from there quite easily.
pakraider said:
assuming you have a custom recovery installed (like clockworkmod), you can re-partition your SD card from there quite easily.
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I do but how do I re-partition it so that I have all my memory back on my sdcard. Also but I don't need to have it partition in order for me to be able to install roms and such do I?
ptclik85 said:
I do but how do I re-partition it so that I have all my memory back on my sdcard. Also but I don't need to have it partition in order for me to be able to install roms and such do I?
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Hi,
Use a card reader,and open it on your pc/laptop.
Use Control + A , Control + C .
This will copy all your files folders and hidden files,and paste them into a new folder on your desktop.
Go online and get "G-Parted Live" (google it).
Use this to delete partitions and format your sd card,then put everything back on it.
I love my Sensation with ARHD 6.8.0 but there are lots of thrash in my sd card and i want to remove them.
If I format my sd card, would my 4EXT Touch Recovery be gone too or just the app of 4EXT Touch Recovery?
Would other important stuff be gone as well?
Please help me guys. TIA.
rainversion13 said:
I love my Sensation with ARHD 6.8.0 but there are lots of thrash in my sd card and i want to remove them.
If I format my sd card, would my 4EXT Touch Recovery be gone too or just the app of 4EXT Touch Recovery?
Would other important stuff be gone as well?
Please help me guys. TIA.
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yes u are good to go and format the sd card it has nothing to do with the recovery only needed when u flash roms or mod on the phone from recovery
Harbir said:
yes u are good to go and format the sd card it has nothing to do with the recovery only needed when u flash roms or mod on the phone from recovery
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Ah so the recoveries still stay in the phone even though i've format my sd card? That means the 1gb+ backup file would still be there?
the sd card contains all your nandroid backups and all your music and so on. So you should probably back your sd card up to your computer just in case you need something back after you format it.
lostassassin said:
the sd card contains all your nandroid backups and all your music and so on. So you should probably back your sd card up to your computer just in case you need something back after you format it.
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This.
And keep in mind you can selectively put the files you want back on the SD Card after format.
I'm sure there is other stuff you'd rather not lose as well, photos, saved game data, music, list of phone numbers of Victoria's Secret models, whatever the case may be.
So you can back up the SD Card, format it, then with the ease of using a full sized file manager on your computer put back only the files and folders you want.
rainversion13 said:
Ah so the recoveries still stay in the phone even though i've format my sd card? That means the 1gb+ backup file would still be there?
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the recovery stayes inside the phone after it is flashed and yes the backup will be deleted and to avoide that u can copy the backup to the pc and past it later when the sd card is formated.
Thanks to all of you guys who took time answering my questions.
rainversion13 said:
I love my Sensation with ARHD 6.8.0 but there are lots of thrash in my sd card and i want to remove them.
If I format my sd card, would my 4EXT Touch Recovery be gone too or just the app of 4EXT Touch Recovery?
Would other important stuff be gone as well?
Please help me guys. TIA.
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You need backup before format anything
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I've recently flashed vjs ROM below to my old desire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40191064
I've just got a new 8gb class 6 SD card to upgrade from old smaller class 2.
I think the apps for this ROM are installed to my SD card in some way.
Any tips how I can easily upgrade from old to new SD? I was thinking some kind of sector based copying technique could save me reinstalling ROM and apps? Or am I better to simply plug in new SD card, re flash ROM and reinstall apps?
Thanks in advance
Buzzlightyear2 said:
I've recently flashed vjs ROM below to my old desire.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40191064
I've just got a new 8gb class 6 SD card to upgrade from old smaller class 2.
I think the apps for this ROM are installed to my SD card in some way.
Any tips how I can easily upgrade from old to new SD? I was thinking some kind of sector based copying technique could save me reinstalling ROM and apps? Or am I better to simply plug in new SD card, re flash ROM and reinstall apps?
Thanks in advance
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when you flashed the rom do you remeber typing these commands into terminal emulator:
su
a2sd install
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Y
Yes exactly right
Buzzlightyear2 said:
Yes exactly right
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ok that means that your apps are on the sd.
Which recovery do you have right now? and are you s-off?
Yes S off with clockwork recovery v5.0.2.0
Dont think it is significant but thought I'd mention that I did partition the old SD card when I had cyanogen 7 flashed to get more space for apps. I do not know if this partition still exists and if it is in use...I don't think so since I followed instructions for vjs 4.2.2 ROM.
I find partitions with android bit confusing which is frustrating as I've done it with Windows PCs for years
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Dont think it is significant but thought I'd mention that I did partition the old SD card when I had cyanogen 7 flashed to get more space for apps. I do not know if this partition still exists and if it is in use...I don't think so since I followed instructions for vjs 4.2.2 ROM.
I find partitions with android bit confusing which is frustrating as I've done it with Windows PCs for years
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your partition is still there and its in use (all your app are on it). This is what you should do:
1. Install 4ext recovery (much better for the desire than clockwordmod). Go here: http://www.4ext.net/ Download the apk and install it to your phone. Then open the app and donwload/install the new recovery
2. boot into recovery, go to backup | restore, and choose backup
3. after its done reboot your phone
4. Take your old sd out of the phone, and put your new one in. Then follow this guide to partition the new sd: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2125513 (use the 4ext method and start at step [4])
5. Once its done reboot the phone.
6. Now put your old sd card into your pc, and copy all of the files onto the pc into a folder.
7. Take out your old sd card, and put the new one in. Then copy all the files over onto the new sd.
8. Put your new sd card into the phone, and boot into recovery.
9. Go to backup|restore and choose restore. Then select the backup.
10. reboot and your done.
Really appreciate your help. Will give that a shot and report back.
Thanks again
chromium96 said:
1. Install 4ext recovery (much better for the desire than clockwordmod).
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Great tool...just bought the paid version
A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
To the other guy what is the difference between cwm recovery and ext4 and why is it better for the desire if you don't mind me asking
Kind regards
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Buzzlightyear2 said:
Great tool...just bought the paid version
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Yeah its a great recovery. Lots of useful options.
Did everything else work out OK?
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bozie said:
A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
To the other guy what is the difference between cwm recovery and ext4 and why is it better for the desire if you don't mind me asking
Kind regards
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i also used that rom for about a month. It was very fast but i kept having random reboots. I ended up switching to the one in my signature. Its not as fast, but in my opinion its more stable, and i'd rather have stability than speed.
4ext is a good recovery because it has a lot of useful features like partitioning the sd (cwm has this too, but its not good), usb unbrick, touchscreen, themeable, one click full wipe, etc... I used to use cwm, and i never had any problems with it, i just recently moved to 4ext and is great.
I have not noticed any reboots as yet, although I will look out for them now lol. Will have a look into that recovery.
Thanks for the advice
Much apreciated
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bozie said:
A littlebit off topic here, but I am also using that rom. Have been for 2 days now. How long have you been using it and have you had any issues with stability.
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Couple of random reboots...no worse than cm7.2...I suspect some of reboots and lags I see are due to me not knowing what I was doing partitioning SD plus old slow class 2 SD
chromium96 said:
Did everything else work out OK?.
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I will complete SD folder backup later when I have access to a pc...will let you know
glad I posted this question...just read excellent partition guide you linked to and also happy with 2 tools (4ext and titanium backup pro) I've learned about and bought. I owe you a beer
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I will complete SD folder backup later when I have access to a pc...will let you know
glad I posted this question...just read excellent partition guide you linked to and also happy with 2 tools (4ext and titanium backup pro) I've learned about and bought. I owe you a beer
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Lol no need. Just press thanks
OK I partitioned new 8gb SD with 1024mb ext1 no ext2 and no swap. The remaining was fat32. Now I can plug SD card in adapter in windows PC and copy all files from old card to new sd, plug new sd into phone, boot to recovery...but no backup to restore! all the files I copied to the root of SD in windows (inc my nandroid backup) are not visible so I cannot restore my nandroid backup! In recovery all I can see is a folder called 4ext (using apply zip functionality simply to see if I can view files)
Plugging new SD back into windows I can see all the files again!
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OK I partitioned new 8gb SD with 1024mb ext1 no ext2 and no swap. The remaining was fat32. Now I can plug SD card in adapter in windows PC and copy all files from old card to new sd, plug new sd into phone, boot to recovery...but no backup to restore! all the files I copied to the root of SD in windows (inc my nandroid backup) are not visible so I cannot restore my nandroid backup! In recovery all I can see is a folder called 4ext (using apply zip functionality simply to see if I can view files)
Plugging new SD back into windows I can see all the files again!
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If you boot into android and use a file manager can it see the files?
chromium96 said:
If you boot into android and use a file manager can it see the files?
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No.
When I copied files from old SD to windows the PC windows would not recognise the SD directly so I put old sd in phone, booted android then turned on usb storage and copied via usb phone cable.
Windows recognised new SD so I plugged SD card into PC directly (not using phone) to copy files to new card.
I suspect this process may be the problem but do not understand why.
Copied files via USB to phone with new SD card and then restored nandroid...seems to have worked but lags I hoped would be fixed with faster class 6 card still there bit a bit better.
Thanks for all your help
Hi
How can i swap sdcard and extsdcard for i9105p.
I alrady tried tuterials for other phones on i9105p but it breaks the phone and it needs to flash stock 4.2.2 rom again (and root again).
Thanks in advance.
(Actually one friend of mine is working on issue and i'm just asking for him. But if someone put tuterial here i'll root and give it a try later )
vahid8910 said:
Hi
How can i swap sdcard and extsdcard for i9105p.
I alrady tried tuterials for other phones on i9105p but it breaks the phone and it needs to flash stock 4.2.2 rom again (and root again).
Thanks in advance.
(Actually one friend of mine is working on issue and i'm just asking for him. But if someone put tuterial here i'll root and give it a try later )
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of course you break your phone with other phone's instructions
go to setting. storage. format sd card. then this format your external sd card.
go to setting. backup and reset. choose factory data reset and then your phone will be fresh with internal wiped. but also every setting on your phone wiped off
hit thanks if i helped u
Brian_SGW_CM9 said:
of course you break your phone with other phone's instructions
go to setting. storage. format sd card. then this format your external sd card.
go to setting. backup and reset. choose factory data reset and then your phone will be fresh with internal wiped. but also every setting on your phone wiped off
hit thanks if i helped u
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Of course you didn't help because he didn't ask how to wipe. He asked how to swap internal memory and sdcard. I'm also looking for script or any-thing else that can do this.
I don't think you understood what I tried to say my freind.
By swap I meant replace extsdcard by sdcard so you can have more storage to install APS for example use a 32 gig micro SD as phone's SDcard partition.
It has to do something with vold.fstab file.
Like this tutorial
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991583
And when I change it the phone won't boot and wiping partitions doesn't work cuz change was made by root access.
Does anyone have an idea how to restore original vold.fstab file without flashing ROM?cuz phone needs to be booted to restore it, but unfortunately it doesn't.
vahid8910 said:
Does anyone have an idea how to restore original vold.fstab file without flashing ROM?cuz phone needs to be booted to restore it, but unfortunately it doesn't.
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I you have backup of original file, download aroma filemanager http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108 go to cwm and install it. It will open file manager in recovery where you can restore original vold.fstab.
maelfilk said:
I you have backup of original file, download aroma filemanager http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108 go to cwm and install it. It will open file manager in recovery where you can restore original vold.fstab.
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Thank you
does it need root access?
For example Can I paste moded vold.fstab through this file manager on a nonrooted device then if it doesn't work try another one or just restore original vold.fstab and forget about it?
Cuz I do like mod my phone but I believe root is not an answer cuz I read somewhere it have some procceses before android boots which is not cool.
vahid8910 said:
Thank you
does it need root access?
For example Can I paste moded vold.fstab through this file manager on a nonrooted device then if it doesn't work try another one or just restore original vold.fstab and forget about it?
Cuz I do like mod my phone but I believe root is not an answer cuz I read somewhere it have some procceses before android boots which is not cool.
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I think it should work without root, all you need is cwm recovery.
I would say it needs root access and it doesn't, how?
although you can make changes on a non-rooted device but ROM itself undoes your changes so it have no use for modifying system files like vold.fstab.
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I think it should work without root, all you need is cwm recovery.
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that file manager doesn't show etc folder containing as well as lots of other files.
Is it same on your phone?
vahid8910 said:
that file manager doesn't show etc folder containing as well as lots of other files.
Is it same on your phone?
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Currently i don't have cwm recovery, but on my previous phone i succesfully used it (it was rooted).
maelfilk said:
Of course you didn't help because he didn't ask how to wipe. He asked how to swap internal memory and sdcard. I'm also looking for script or any-thing else that can do this.
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dude i was just trying to help you don't really needa be so mean
i actually call that partition from extsdcard and make the system to detect that partition as one part of the internal storage
i once found a script like that but i lost the link
Does the backup through CWM recovery backups only the internal memory contents or does it back both the partitions of sd card?
I am asking because yesterday when I was taking back up, one of the process message was something like couldnt find ext-sd and ext-sd did not backup.
Biker Biker said:
Does the backup through CWM recovery backups only the internal memory contents or does it back both the partitions of sd card?
I am asking because yesterday when I was taking back up, one of the process message was something like couldnt find ext-sd and ext-sd did not backup.
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Did you set up sd-ext? If you havent formated your sd card to 1.partition Fat and 2. partition ext2/3/4 there is no such partition
I have partitioned sd card such that I am able to use 1 gb as internal and link apps through link2sd app. I think I formatted sd card during this process. I hope this is what u were asking.
Biker Biker said:
I have partitioned sd card such that I am able to use 1 gb as internal and link apps through link2sd app. I think I formatted sd card during this process. I hope this is what u were asking.
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In that case the recovery should recognize the ext partition. Have you tried using another recovery?
LS.xD said:
In that case the recovery should recognize the ext partition. Have you tried using another recovery?
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Nope.
Is there any way to check in my backup files to see whether sd card partitions were backed up?
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Nope.
Is there any way to check in my backup files to see whether sd card partitions were backed up?
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sure the backup folder containts files named by the native partitions
LS.xD said:
sure the backup folder containts files named by the native partitions
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The backed up files are boot.img, cache.yaff2.img, data.yaffs2.img, nandroid.md5, recovery.img, system.yaff2.img
Looks like there is no sd card back up
Biker Biker said:
The backed up files are boot.img, cache.yaff2.img, data.yaffs2.img, nandroid.md5, recovery.img, system.yaff2.img
Looks like there is no sd card back up
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If you use an old CWM (e.g. 5.0.x.x) and your ext partition is "ext4" the recovery can't handle it. What device are you using? I can check for another recovery version
LS.xD said:
If you use an old CWM (e.g. 5.0.x.x) and your ext partition is "ext4" the recovery can't handle it. What device are you using? I can check for another recovery version
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Karbonn A5.
I think when i partitioned it was something like ext3.
Aint there any other way to backup the whole system (internal, external, apps, data, everything) without doing something very technical??
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Karbonn A5.
I think when i partitioned it was something like ext3.
Aint there any other way to backup the whole system (internal, external, apps, data, everything) without doing something very technical??
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ONLY possible with root access + custom recovery (basics and not very technical...)
Here is TWRP 2.4 recovery. Just copy the zip to your storage and flash it via recovery It will solve your issues (99%)
LS.xD said:
ONLY possible with root access + custom recovery (basics and not very technical...)
Here is TWRP 2.4 recovery. Just copy the zip to your storage and flash it via recovery It will solve your issues (99%)
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My mobile is rooted (obviously).
If i flash TWRP recovery then CWM recovery will be removed from my phone?
Also wht abt titanium back up? is it good?
Sorry if i ask too many questions.. :silly:
Biker Biker said:
My mobile is rooted (obviously).
If i flash TWRP recovery then CWM recovery will be removed from my phone?
Also wht abt titanium back up? is it good?
Sorry if i ask too many questions.. :silly:
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TWRP will overwrite CWM.
Titanium backup (pro) is awesome, but you will still need a working custom recovery