I'm upgrading to a 32gb SD card from the current 16gb SD in my Razr Maxx HD. I'm sure there are steps I need to take other than just installing the card and expecting to have all my data/files on my Razr as before.
What steps do I need to take? How should I proceed?
Thanks all.
kico42 said:
I'm upgrading to a 32gb SD card from the current 16gb SD in my Razr Maxx HD. I'm sure there are steps I need to take other than just installing the card and expecting to have all my data/files on my Razr as before.
What steps do I need to take? How should I proceed?
Thanks all.
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copy all your files to pc, remove old card, install new card, format card when prompted or go to storage and do it. then copy your files back.
reboot, and you should be good to go.
btw, i would power the phone off while swapping cards.
bweN diorD said:
copy all your files to pc, remove old card, install new card, format card when prompted or go to storage and do it. then copy your files back.
reboot, and you should be good to go.
btw, i would power the phone off while swapping cards.
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Thanks so much, thats EXACTLY the information I needed. You guys are great about helping the "technology challenged" among us.
bweN diorD said:
copy all your files to pc, remove old card, install new card, format card when prompted or go to storage and do it. then copy your files back.
reboot, and you should be good to go.
btw, i would power the phone off while swapping cards.
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BTW, do you know if a 32gb class 10 card will work in the razr? I have read the the 64gb class 10 cards are having their problems.
kico42 said:
BTW, do you know if a 32gb class 10 card will work in the razr? I have read the the 64gb class 10 cards are having their problems.
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as far as i know its ok, i had a 64 sandisk ultra whatever, and had no issues
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[SOLVED] nvm
I hope you mean MicroSD. MiniSD won't fit.
Turn your phone off, put your current card in your computer, make a folder called backup and cut and paste all the files on your current card into that folder. Then plug your new card in, cut and paste all the files from the backup folder into your new card. Should work perfectly.
zinite said:
I hope you mean MicroSD. MiniSD won't fit.
Turn your phone off, put your current card in your computer, make a folder called backup and cut and paste all the files on your current card into that folder. Then plug your new card in, cut and paste all the files from the backup folder into your new card. Should work perfectly.
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That would work if he's on a Linux/Mac system. Windows cannot mount a ext2 partition without extra software.
jrherras said:
Should I do nandroid backup first on the old one and insert the new minisd and do full restore?
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nandroid doesn't touch the sdcard... only the internal nand (hence the name nandroid)
zinite said:
I hope you mean MicroSD. MiniSD won't fit.
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SD cards larger than 2GB are exclusively SDHC. Since SDHC doesn't come in Mini flavour, i'm guessing he meant Micro
jrherras said:
I bought 16gb cl 6 mini sd I'm wondering whats the best way to transfer my files in ext2. Should I do nandroid backup first on the old one and insert the new minisd and do full restore?
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you guys REALLy need to start searching and reading the forums and threads before posting new stuff .. this has been talked about in great length many many times
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3522300#post3522300
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SD cards larger than 2GB are exclusively SDHC. Since SDHC doesn't come in Mini flavour, i'm guessing he meant Micro
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what's that you said??
Transcend 4GB Mini SDHC
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Sorry I did search and I found nothing
oops sorry its microsd.. I'm not running on linux. Nevermind I found my own way of doing it. I will copy all files in ext2 back to phone and insert new card and do apps to sd again on adb sorry to bother you guys and thanks for your time
I bought this : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211379
My 8gb SD card in my Desire S is almost running out.. I have like 3.4 gb left. I'm planning to buy a 16gb sd card for my phone.. How will i transfer all my files, apps, games, also the save games to the new sd card? Is it only copy paste all the folder to the new SD card? Or i'll backup the apps? When i put the new 16gb SD card on my phone, i want nothing will change, like the same wallpaper, the widgets in the screen, etc.. except the memory of course. I don't wanna reinstall all of them again. Is their a way to do that? Thanks!
Yeah basically that's it .
'Almost running out'? you've near 50% left when you take in that you never get the full 8Gb due to system files etc
det66 said:
Yeah basically that's it .
'Almost running out'? you've near 50% left when you take in that you never get the full 8Gb due to system files etc
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have you tried it, copy paste the folders to the new SD card? I heard some people are having problems like they had to redownload all the apps and install it. So, i'm just making sure nothing will change. Can you give me some steps on how to do this without having any problems? Thanks!
toke420 said:
My 8gb SD card in my Desire S is almost running out.. I have like 3.4 gb left. I'm planning to buy a 16gb sd card for my phone.. How will i transfer all my files, apps, games, also the save games to the new sd card? Is it only copy paste all the folder to the new SD card? Or i'll backup the apps? When i put the new 16gb SD card on my phone, i want nothing will change, like the same wallpaper, the widgets in the screen, etc.. except the memory of course. I don't wanna reinstall all of them again. Is their a way to do that? Thanks!
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It's easiest and quickest to do if you have a card reader but ultimately all you do is copy all files from SD1 to SD2 (via PC)
Best to power off phone (ensure that you have settings->power->fastboot=OFF)
remove SD1
load SD1 into card reader
copy SD1 to a directory on PC
load SD2 into card reader
copy PC (SD1 files) to SD2
replace SD2 in phone
power on phone
nothing will have changed.
If you don't have a card reader then simply do then same but with the SD cards in the phone (mounting SD as Disk), worth Quick Formatting SD2 before you copy files from PC onto it so that its empty.
What if I'm on a custom Rom, like virtuous unity? Will it go back to stock after changing the SD card? And do I have to root the phone again? Thanks!
toke420 said:
What if I'm on a custom Rom, like virtuous unity? Will it go back to stock after changing the SD card? And do I have to root the phone again? Thanks!
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No it won't effect the rom and you won't have to root or flash it again
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
toke420 said:
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
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Simply ?
Yes
and
Yes
it's a good make and Ds will take up to a 32Gb card
toke420 said:
is this a good micro sd card 16gb for my Desire S? http://ec.transcendusa.com/product/ItemDetail.asp?ItemID=TS16GUSDHC6
Will it work?
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Sounds ok, although I don't personally know the manufacturer....
The size you want depends on the use that you give phone, if you watch movies often, listen to lots of music or are constantly flashing ROMS therefore taking backups, possibly consider a 32Gb card, I personally believe that you can never have enough space...on SD (obviously depends on budget).
The higher the class the faster/better the card
The current SDHC specification defines Class 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 as follows:
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Class Minimum Speed
2 2MB/s
4 4MB/s
6 6MB/s
8 8MB/s
10 10MB/s
1 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes
2 Based on SanDisk internal testing; performance may vary depending upon host device.
I thought I read somewhere on the forums that Desire s can't read cards above class 6 at their full speed ( could well be wrong on that).
The cards will work fine just the transfer speeds won't be as stated
Did anyone try this already? I'm just want to make sure that nothing will change, and i won't reinstall anything.. It's such a hassle reinstalling everything. My phone is rooted and on a custom ROM virtuous unity 2.37.. You guys positively sure that when i put the 16gb sd card on my phone, nothing will change? Even the widgets on the screen? I'm getting my sd card this week, so i just wanna make sure. Thanks!
toke420 said:
Did anyone try this already? I'm just want to make sure that nothing will change, and i won't reinstall anything.. It's such a hassle reinstalling everything. My phone is rooted and on a custom ROM virtuous unity 2.37.. You guys positively sure that when i put the 16gb sd card on my phone, nothing will change? Even the widgets on the screen? I'm getting my sd card this week, so i just wanna make sure. Thanks!
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Yes ,it's how I changed from the 8Gb card that came with the phone to the 16Gb I have in it now
Does it matter class of SD card, I mean has any sence in speed of daily work with SD having 10 class or class 2 of default one is enough?
det66 said:
Yes ,it's how I changed from the 8Gb card that came with the phone to the 16Gb I have in it now
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was your phone rooted, and on a custom ROM when you changed the SD card? You just did the steps that ben_pyett posted? You didn't reinstall anything in your phone? Everything was exactly the same like with the old SD card? Sorry for asking too many questions, i just don't wanna reinstall anything again, and i don't wanna fix the homescreen.
toke420 said:
was your phone rooted, and on a custom ROM when you changed the SD card? You just did the steps that ben_pyett posted? You didn't reinstall anything in your phone? Everything was exactly the same like with the old SD card? Sorry for asking too many questions, i just don't wanna reinstall anything again, and i don't wanna fix the homescreen.
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Yes i was using the LBC Rom at the time can't mind if it was 5.3 or 5.4 but no probs no reinstalling or faffing about with anything
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Menelay said:
Does it matter class of SD card, I mean has any sence in speed of daily work with SD having 10 class or class 2 of default one is enough?
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As far as I know the card can't transfer at a rate above a class 6 card.Obviously it will accept faster cards but only read/write to them at a class 6 speed
det66 said:
Yes i was using the LBC Rom at the time can't mind if it was 5.3 or 5.4 but no probs no reinstalling or faffing about with anything
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As far as I know the card can't transfer at a rate above a class 6 card.Obviously it will accept faster cards but only read/write to them at a class 6 speed
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i just bought 2 32 gb cards both class 4 and cant seem to get them to copy tried formatting them checked for errors but still cant transfer all my stuff it copies the folders but not whats inside them any ideas?
Cards purchased from a reliable seller? Or did they come from the land of China? ;-).
EBay specials lol they work if you take all out of folders but no good for the likes of cmw
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So ... was the seller reputable?
Also what format are they formatted in? .. because I believe they'll need to be in FAT32, not NTFS and not EXT4.
chubby65 said:
EBay specials lol they work if you take all out of folders but no good for the likes of cmw
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zeekiz said:
So ... was the seller reputable?
Also what format are they formatted in? .. because I believe they'll need to be in FAT32, not NTFS and not EXT4.
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Yeah seller had 100% positive feedback both fat 32 both are recognized as 32 gb and both copy the folders from the backup I made but not the contents of them which seem a little strange have tried formatting on phone with windows and SD formater on the computer but results are the same
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I just recently bought a new 4gb card from eBay, I backed up my old card to the PC and put the new card in, mounted it with ums to the pc, and trasfered files, as soon as I disconnected it all the files got removed, sometimes some of them partially saved. I didn't have that problem with my old 2gb card so I'm not sure if the trouble is related with my phone or rom or the SD card. There are no errors in the transfer and all the time it's still open for transfer the files are still there.
Help please? :\
Bump, can anyone help?
format the new card as fat32
dirtbikerr450 said:
format the new card as fat32
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I did, no change...
Eden3319 said:
I did, no change...
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The lesson is: Don't buy things on ebay
What brand is the card?
DesireNoob said:
The lesson is: Don't buy things on ebay
What brand is the card?
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it just says micro sd
I am trying to move everything from one SD card to another one. I figured using the computer would be the quickest approach vs trying to use the tablet.
However, the original SD card won't mount on the computer. It says it needs to be formatted. So now I'm not sure the best approach. I'm sure I'll figure something out before I get an answer here since I don't have the patience to wait , but would like the answer for future reference.
There are a few threads on sd cards but didn't find a good answer.
starbuckk said:
I am trying to move everything from one SD card to another one. I figured using the computer would be the quickest approach vs trying to use the tablet.
However, the original SD card won't mount on the computer. It says it needs to be formatted. So now I'm not sure the best approach. I'm sure I'll figure something out before I get an answer here since I don't have the patience to wait , but would like the answer for future reference.
There are a few threads on sd cards but didn't find a good answer.
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I think more info is needed to give a helpful answer.
What kind of computer and what version OS are you running? Also what brand of SD card and how big is it?
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Windows 7 computer. Both cards are Sandisk. The original that computer wont recognize is regular sdhc. New one is sdhc ultra. Both are 32gb
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starbuckk said:
Windows 7 computer. Both cards are Sandisk. The original that computer wont recognize is regular sdhc. New one is sdhc ultra. Both are 32gb
Sent from my GT-N8013 using Tapatalk HD
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So they are SD not Micro SD. What brand card reader do you have?
Do you have Kies on your Win7 Computer? I had some issues with sandisk memory when kies was running so I uninstalled it and everything is now fine.
kkretch said:
So they are SD not Micro SD. What brand card reader do you have?
Do you have Kies on your Win7 Computer? I had some issues with sandisk memory when kies was running so I uninstalled it and everything is now fine.
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MicroSD. I had enough memory in the tablet that I just ended up copying the data from the original card into memory and then swapping cards. It appears the problem was a defective microSD adapter card. Used a new adapter card and it worked. Ugh.
Hello
I tried to migrate an Micro SD Card as Internal Storage on the Phone. After checking the Micro SD Card the Phone says it is to slow,please use a U3 Class Card.
So i bought a Samsung Pro 64Gb Card which is Class U3. The Phone checks and still tells me the Card is to slow,please use a U3 Card. Does anyone know the Problem
and maybe has a Solution for me?
Kind Regards
W4LT3RWH1T3 said:
Hello
I tried to migrate an Micro SD Card as Internal Storage on the Phone. After checking the Micro SD Card the Phone says it is to slow,please use a U3 Class Card.
So i bought a Samsung Pro 64Gb Card which is Class U3. The Phone checks and still tells me the Card is to slow,please use a U3 Card. Does anyone know the Problem
and maybe has a Solution for me?
Kind Regards
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Have you tried formatting it to different filesystems through an adapter on your computer?
The_scam said:
Have you tried formatting it to different filesystems through an adapter on your computer?
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Hy,
No,i didn't know that this is necessary. What file system is needed? NTFS,Fat32 or is there a Special System for Android
Do i need a special Software to format the Card or can it be done with Windows?
W4LT3RWH1T3 said:
Hy,
No,i didn't know that this is necessary. What file system is needed? NTFS,Fat32 or is there a Special System for Android
Do i need a special Software to format the Card or can it be done with Windows?
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It can be done with Windows. I don't know if this will work or not, but just play around a bit. Maybe Samsung formats it for their phones only ?
The_scam said:
It can be done with Windows. I don't know if this will work or not, but just play around a bit. Maybe Samsung formats it for their phones only ?
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So,i did what you mentioned,i formatted the SD in ExFAT by Windows. But not fast,i did the slow method.Don't know if it was necessary,but after that I put the Card in the Phone aaaaand Tadaa
it works
Thank you very much, i haven't thought of that
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W4LT3RWH1T3 said:
So,i did what you mentioned,i formatted the SD in ExFAT by Windows. But not fast,i did the slow method.Don't know if it was necessary,but after that I put the Card in the Phone aaaaand Tadaa
it works
Thank you very much, i haven't thought of that
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No problem, glad it's working