I'm running the stock ROM rooted. I have the bootloader locked still and CWM installed. Ideally I'd like to encrypt internal and external sdcard. Thanks
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fbiryujin said:
I'm running the stock ROM rooted. I have the bootloader locked still and CWM installed. Ideally I'd like to encrypt internal and external sdcard. Thanks
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No if you do you wont be able to flash anything in the future
fr8cture said:
No if you do you wont be able to flash anything in the future
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I'm alright with not being able to flash anything for now, plus isn't there a way to remove encryption? I don't care if removing encryption wipes my data, I keep everything backed up to a pair of SANs in my home. (Yes I'm that guy that has an enterprise environment in his own home, because he can)
fbiryujin said:
I'm alright with not being able to flash anything for now, plus isn't there a way to remove encryption? I don't care if removing encryption wipes my data, I keep everything backed up to a pair of SANs in my home. (Yes I'm that guy that has an enterprise environment in his own home, because he can)
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I just went through this process... I encrypted my phone's internal SD because my company email needed it encrypted. If you do this, your SD card becomes useless unless you encrypt it as well. I suppose if you have everything backed up separate from your device AND external SD card you could do so. But from my understanding there is no way to reverse encryption easily. I had to reflash a stock ROM using odin and then restore from my thankfully un-encrypted external SD card.
What is your reason for encrypting?
dynamite972 said:
I just went through this process... I encrypted my phone's internal SD because my company email needed it encrypted. If you do this, your SD card becomes useless unless you encrypt it as well. I suppose if you have everything backed up separate from your device AND external SD card you could do so. But from my understanding there is no way to reverse encryption easily. I had to reflash a stock ROM using odin and then restore from my thankfully un-encrypted external SD card.
What is your reason for encrypting?
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That sounds complicated and annoying. I record my phone calls, and I'd rather keep them encrypted, considering the recorded ones are related to business. I could just store the recordings on the external SD card. You said you can't use external SD if the internal is encrypted, unless you encrypt both, but can I encrypt just the external SD card? It's probably a lot easier to decrypt the external SD card, since I can just stick it in my computer and format it, or would Android not work properly if the SD card suddenly came back blank, and not encrypted? Thanks
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my dads nexus one is telling him "damage sd card".
HOW TO FIX THAT???
I know that he should reformat it, but he didnt yet backup the card and he doesnot want to lose onything.
Help?
Could anything be done?
Nexus One
-CM7 7.0.3
-latest MIUI
Anything?
Nexus One
-CM7 7.0.3
-latest MIUI
Often times a damaged sd card can be repaired by formatting in another device such as an external card reader, camera, or other phone however as noted all data will be lost. You could attempt to clone the disk using WinHex, saving the data to a file, reformatting the card and then attempt to retrieve the data manually.
PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
cfrockit said:
Often times a damaged sd card can be repaired by formatting in another device such as an external card reader, camera, or other phone however as noted all data will be lost. You could attempt to clone the disk using WinHex, saving the data to a file, reformatting the card and then attempt to retrieve the data manually.
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yeah, but it is not working. I tried to reformat/wipe it on my pc, but then it says something like the card timedout.
then i tried to format it on his and my nexus one, but it is not working. it says that the card is blank. Maybe it is but i am still seeing the contents when i look at it on my computer.
oh yeah, i could see everything on my pc, but when i try copying over the data it says 'path is too deep'
i also tryied to partition it using cwm and amon ra, but no luck.
anything else.....i should try?
Do you have Swapper for Root or anything similar? That is probably the cause.
HTTP04 said:
Do you have Swapper for Root or anything similar? That is probably the cause.
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The phone is not rooted
Nexus One
-CM7 7.0.3
-latest MIUI
Never mind.... We got a new one
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Do I have to reset the phone if I want to change my SD card?
I heard that WP7 formats the sdcard and uses it to store some system files, is that correct?
whitekidney said:
Do I have to reset the phone if I want to change my SD card?
I heard that WP7 formats the sdcard and uses it to store some system files, is that correct?
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Hi
Anyone to answer this question? as I would also like to know, or if already answered in another thread please direct us.
whitekidney said:
Do I have to reset the phone if I want to change my SD card?
I heard that WP7 formats the sdcard and uses it to store some system files, is that correct?
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WP7 uses your SD card as combined storage, not as removable storage. So by removing the SD card and putting a new one in, it sees that you do not have an installed OS any longer and reinstalls the original ROM. You'll lose your programs, pics unless they're backed up on your PC.
Ok I have upgraded all the way to JB but went back to ICS because of some issues with JB.
I do my backups to my external SD card and I know that the format is different with ICS.
My External SD card shows that it has data on it but I cant seem restore from it with my backup software.
Would be really nice to get to what I have on there.
Thanks.
mikefarr said:
Ok I have upgraded all the way to JB but went back to ICS because of some issues with JB.
I do my backups to my external SD card and I know that the format is different with ICS.
My External SD card shows that it has data on it but I cant seem restore from it with my backup software.
Would be really nice to get to what I have on there.
Thanks.
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The names of the paths to the Internal and External SD cards are different from ICS to JB. (And therefore, in reverse.)
JB puts the External SD in /emmc (or /storage/sdcard1) and the Internal SD in /sdcard (/storage/sdcard0)
I think these paths are swapped in ICS.
Change, in the options of your backup program (Titanium Backup?), the path of where backups are stored to the other path, and it should work.
(I had to do that to read a TiBu backup from ICS on JB.)
mikefarr said:
Ok I have upgraded all the way to JB but went back to ICS because of some issues with JB.
I do my backups to my external SD card and I know that the format is different with ICS.
My External SD card shows that it has data on it but I cant seem restore from it with my backup software.
Would be really nice to get to what I have on there.
Thanks.
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I think that my problem is application specific but if something comes to mind with anyone.
Oh the one application that I was trying to use was mybackup pro.
mikefarr said:
I think that my problem is application specific but if something comes to mind with anyone.
Oh the one application that I was trying to use was mybackup pro.
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Does that app allow you to change where it stores or finds its backups?
It does. I use mybackup pro and never have had any issues restoring from the internal sd. Never have tried from an ext sd though. (Don't use one)
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It does. I use mybackup pro and never have had any issues restoring from the internal sd. Never have tried from an ext sd though. (Don't use one)
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Hit menu button and go to options. The first box should ive backup location. I use backup pro myself and back up to external since its 32gb works great. The app defaults to internal but can be change to any directory.
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mikefarr said:
Ok I have upgraded all the way to JB but went back to ICS because of some issues with JB.
I do my backups to my external SD card and I know that the format is different with ICS.
My External SD card shows that it has data on it but I cant seem restore from it with my backup software.
Would be really nice to get to what I have on there.
Thanks.
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Change the path on the software, where the apps are now located.
I used to have to have a 32gb MicroSD card in my Note 3 which i used to use for my files. After I rooted my phone, I thought it would be a good idea to store my TWRP backups to my MicroSD card as it frees up internal storage but however after I initially made my 1st backup to my card, the system booted up and apparently the card was blank. I know this to be false as I have loads of photos on it and I selected the MicroSD card in recovery to make my nandroid backup to and after like 3 minutes, it was made.
Question is. How do I get my MicroSD card back to normal. I'm aware of formatting it and then mounting it in recovery but I don't want to lose my files on the card. I inserted the card into my laptop and the command prompt said it had a RAW file system.
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Don164 said:
I used to have to have a 32gb MicroSD card in my Note 3 which i used to use for my files. After I rooted my phone, I thought it would be a good idea to store my TWRP backups to my MicroSD card as it frees up internal storage but however after I initially made my 1st backup to my card, the system booted up and apparently the card was blank. I know this to be false as I have loads of photos on it and I selected the MicroSD card in recovery to make my nandroid backup to and after like 3 minutes, it was made.
Question is. How do I get my MicroSD card back to normal. I'm aware of formatting it and then mounting it in recovery but I don't want to lose my files on the card. I inserted the card into my laptop and the command prompt said it had a RAW file system.
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you can use " get data recover my file " software for recovery ......use its professional version (you can find it at torrent ) .
rishav754 said:
you can use " get data recover my file " software for recovery ......use its professional version (you can find it at torrent ) .
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Would I use that after I format my card and which file system should I format it to so TWRP can recognize it
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I used Recuva. It's from the people that make CCleaner. Worked for me. But honestly, don't let it restore files that are partially damaged, because if they're music or photos or videos, they won't play/display correctly, and it'll cause wakelocks from the media scanner until you find and delete them.
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I used Recuva. It's from the people that make CCleaner. Worked for me. But honestly, don't let it restore files that are partially damaged, because if they're music or photos or videos, they won't play/display correctly, and it'll cause wakelocks from the media scanner until you find and delete them.
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Thanks for the advice, should I just format the MicroSD card and then use Recuva to recover the files
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Don164 said:
Thanks for the advice, should I just format the MicroSD card and then use Recuva to recover the files
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Don't reformat, just put the microSD card into your computer (with an adapter, or with something that will let it show up as mass storage, not MTP). Point Recuva to the card. It'll tell you what files are partially restorable and fully restorable. Like I said, don't restore the damaged stuff. From experience, what'll happen if you do is you're gonna get wake locks and no app will be able to tell you which files are damaged. So you'll end up having to format the entire card anyways to get rid of the wake lock/damaged files.
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Don't reformat, just put the microSD card into your computer (with an adapter, or with something that will let it show up as mass storage, not MTP). Point Recuva to the card. It'll tell you what files are partially restorable and fully restorable. Like I said, don't restore the damaged stuff. From experience, what'll happen if you do is you're gonna get wake locks and no app will be able to tell you which files are damaged. So you'll end up having to format the entire card anyways to get rid of the wake lock/damaged files.
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I've formatted the MicroSD card as I had a backup of the files on my laptop and everything seems to be working fine.
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Don164 said:
I've formatted the MicroSD card as I had a backup of the files on my laptop and everything seems to be working fine.
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You Could Have Used Easus Data Recovery
pushkardua said:
You Could Have Used Easus Data Recovery
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I discovered a backup on my laptop so I just formatted it so my Note 3 could read it
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Hi, is it possible to swap the internal sd card with an external one? I have a rooted Sony Xperia J with locked bootloader. It is running Jelly Bean. I have a SanDisk Micro SD. Help?
How do I do it?
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Yes it is possible. But I recommend you not do that because it is quite dangerous, as it might hardbrick your phone.
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Ok, thanks for the fast reply. So, how do I go around doing it?
Ok, but...
doperthancoke said:
Well.... The thing is, you'll be fine as long as you dont mess up. But its very easy to mess up. For example: if you wipe internal storage while using the mod, your phone is hardbricked. Another note: Various users have ran into problems while swapping internal and external sd (disappearing, corrupted apps, and your phone and apps might become sluggish if your sd card read/write speed is not fast enough,etc....).
There's a way around this, but its not quite the same thing. If you have large apps that store its data on internal sd (examples: games like Asphalt or large dictionaries), you can use apps such as "FolderMount" or "GL2sd" to move the apps' data to external sd and link it to internal sd (You're fooling the system into thinking that the data is in the internal sd, when its actually in the external sd). Of course, by using this method, you will not actually be swapping external sd with internal sd. And the apps are not moved, just the DATA of the apps.
If you don't care about the risks and the method I suggested above isn't good enough for you, and you still want to do it, search "vold.fstab swap external sd and internal sd xperia j" on the forum.
(Don't say I did not warn you!)
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Ok, I kinda screwed up. I did what they told me to, but when I rebooted my phone, my external SDcard was not mounted and my internal one was un-mounted! Hence, I have access only to the apps in my phone storage... I did a backup and tried to flash the stock firmware but Flashtool told me that a folder could not be found and flashing failed... I still can use my phone, but alot of apps are gone. ;_; I can't even access Whatsapp! Any advice? Also, I do not have access to Root Explorer, and when I plug in my phone to my computer, 1 error message comes out: The process android.process.media has stopped. Any help? Plus, are there any good suggestions for common and cheap smartphones? Thanks for helping!