Getting a new class 6 card....questions.... - myTouch 3G, Magic General

Sorry, tried to search to see if anyone else had brought this up, cant seem to find anything definitive........
I just bought a new 8gb class 6 micro sd from newegg, and should be getting it in the next few days.... My question is Im running a Sense UI Rom, have partitioned my current card, and been using this rom for a week or so. I want this Rom, along with everything Ive installed to run with my new card..... is doing a nand backup good enough? just back it up with recovery rom and restore it on my new partitioned class 6 card?
Thanks to anyone who helps!
~ChaoticEko~

I'd like to know this too, im getting a 16 gigger. If you don't get an answer in a day or two ask again on the dream Q&A forum, you'll probly get a response within an hour.

good idea
k i will if i dont hear anything by tomorrow morning....ill PM ya if I figure anything out..... Thanx

ChaoticEko said:
k i will if i dont hear anything by tomorrow morning....ill PM ya if I figure anything out..... Thanx
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i might be wrong but I dont think nandroid backs up the content of your sdcard.

Unless you run A2SD then all you need to do is to partition the new card and drag and drop all your media files etc. using Windows/Your OS of choice. I recently went from the stock 2 gigger to an 8 gigger microSD

ok....
so me having and using linux swap space on my current card wont matter?

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Blank SD Card?

ok i was playing with Ak-47 app on The dudes cupcake then next thing you know it says Blank sd card now I cant use any apps and under settings<SD card & storage it says total space and availalable space unavailable and unmount sd card. When I go to notifications bar where it says Blank SD card it suggest to re format sd card....What should I do? even when I mount onto pc under removable **** it suggest to reformat. What should I do? I dont wanna brick my phone. Also it wont let me see any files under removable disk.
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ok i was playing with Ak-47 app on The dudes cupcake then next thing you know it says Blank sd card now I cant use any apps and under settings<SD card & storage it says total space and availalable space unavailable and unmount sd card. When I go to notifications bar where it says Blank SD card it suggest to re format sd card....What should I do? even when I mount onto pc under removable **** it suggest to reformat. What should I do? I dont wanna brick my phone. Also it wont let me see any files under removable disk.
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chances are u might have to start from fresh n format ..
http://www.sdcard.org/consumers/formatter/
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What if I perform a wipe and Alt-s...will that work or will it brick my phone.
duan19 said:
What if I perform a wipe and Alt-s...will that work or will it brick my phone.
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wiping doesnt do anything to your sd card
Refomat?
Well Could I just use the onscreen selection on my phone to reformat or will this cause problems.
duan19 said:
Well Could I just use the onscreen selection on my phone to reformat or will this cause problems.
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that i dont know. i just use a card reader and format then depending on what build im using i wipe and start fresh
same thing happened to me last week on one of the dudes builds. My sd card was ruined. I tried to reformat it and then repartition it but it wouldnt let me repartition even though i deleted the old one. I messed with it for hours, before some one told me that it was ruined. all the transfering of info back and forth fried it i guess. I ended up buying a new one, this time class 6 (old one was class 2) I got it for 20 bucks (8gb) not to shabby of a price! sorry for your misfortune. Good luck
duan19 said:
ok i was playing with Ak-47 app on The dudes cupcake then next thing you know it says Blank sd card now I cant use any apps and under settings<SD card & storage it says total space and availalable space unavailable and unmount sd card. When I go to notifications bar where it says Blank SD card it suggest to re format sd card....What should I do? even when I mount onto pc under removable **** it suggest to reformat. What should I do? I dont wanna brick my phone. Also it wont let me see any files under removable disk.
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The same thing happened to me about 4 days ago, however Im running cyangones 3.4 Rom not the dudes, tell me ....were you running any themes at the time like the hero theme or any other? Are you using apps to sd as in do you have your sd card partitioned ? Im trying to figure out why this happened to me also, as of right now it has happened twice in 4 days then, I wiped my phone, reformatted / repartitioned my sd card and am not using any custome theme with cyanogens 3.4 rom and it seems to be ok. I only have a few apps right now because I want to make sure it doesnt happen again before I load up my sd card again with apps.
i had no themes and i was using app2sd. but i wasnt using any apps at the time.. just thought i would ad my 2 cents
djwaz said:
The same thing happened to me about 4 days ago, however Im running cyangones 3.4 Rom not the dudes, tell me ....were you running any themes at the time like the hero theme or any other? Are you using apps to sd as in do you have your sd card partitioned ? Im trying to figure out why this happened to me also, as of right now it has happened twice in 4 days then, I wiped my phone, reformatted / repartitioned my sd card and am not using any custome theme with cyanogens 3.4 rom and it seems to be ok. I only have a few apps right now because I want to make sure it doesnt happen again before I load up my sd card again with apps.
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thats how it started with my sd card..but when i reformatted i went to Jacman 1.62 build then thatts where my card just got fried...partition table got corupted
Yes maybe because its class 2 8 gigs
And yes to other gut I does has some hero in the dude 1.3r2.
Yes maybe because its class 2 8 gigs
And yes to other gut I does has some hero in the dude 1.3r2. bout to try to reformat I guess tell you what happens in a minute.
ok
I reformatted then put files back on G1(including the dudes cupcake 1.3r2(cant give up on the perfect mod lol)) then wiped and Alt-s....only diffrence this time is that i am gonna use appmanager and not put everything on class 2 8 gig so it will not burn out...and hopefully it want destroy my sd card.Thankx to everyone you guys were a big help.
very interesting topic....
same here:
I tried with 3 other sdcards, 2 of them are 100% ok, NO GO, doesnt work anymore. First I thought that my G1 reader has a problem, some time it works, some time not. Im on dudes 12b with apps2sd. The fact that no card works tells me:
- Phone error
or
- Software problem (really strange if this is the problem)
I wipe right now and will tell you if the card works again....
i had similar problem last week when switching from cyan 3.4 to dudes 1.3 i first tried just doing an alt - w and that gave me a lot of errors and force closes so i started over and reformatted/repartitioned my sd. Now my sd card doesnt read when i plug into pc but still works in phone. everytime i want to change/edit sd i have to pull sd out and use an adapter..it sucks cuz the lil sd latch is such a pain to open and close on the g1..
ok wipe didnt anything... really strange thing I can do nothing anymore, card is not readable (in pc it is readable, but not in my g1)....
Config:
Dudes 1.2b
No themes, no extras
APPS2SD, 500 MB EXT Partition
8 GB Class 6 Card
If anyone has a hint for me, any help is welcome.
could this have something to do with apps2sd... this is happening to me as well, and it only started when i switched from jac 1.4 to the dudes 1.3rc1 it works good for about 24 hours sans the bluetooth issue. then the next time i check the phone its all whacked out and says to reformat the card.
Found this, hope that helps, unfortunately I dont have an external reader here:
source: http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f7/unable-to-retain-formatting-on-sd-card-17338/index2.html
Turns out this is no more than an annoyance affecting the 1.5 JF builds. (not sure it's exclusive to those).
Anyway, long story short. The phone will always complain about the partitioning on the sd card and offer to "fix" the problem by re-formatting.
The key to the problem is to reboot the phone after the card has been re-partitioned. This will make the annoying pop-up dissapear and keep the partitioning table as defined.
Blank
Rerun apps to SD, uninstall reinstall all listed apps.
I had had this happen also. But I think most of it was my doing. I have a bad habit of not removing device safely after I copy files, I just use the eject button lol.. my p.c. even told me that I had removed usb device before the files were finshed bing prossed.. well whatever happend it didn't fry my card I just had to reformat it and. Run martins great skrip over agin and it was good to go.. I even went to buy a new usb cable just in case lol .. on hero/rosie running smooth ; )

Yeaa New Class 6 SD for me. Should I tri-Partition?

Hey had a question no one on other posts responded to me about. I have debian running on my phones, apps on my SD, Running JF 1.51 US with EXT2 since not too much needed on EXT3. But been seeing people making 3 partitions on the SD card. Fat32, EXT2, and Linux-Swap. Was wondering if anyone could fill me in more about if this is worth doing?
Also side question.. any real way to backup my ext2 to Windows XP or so to change out the SD card.. Call me impatient but I wanna use my class 6.. heh.. At work for another 5 hours.. otherwise I would just use Ubuntu at home like I did my 1st upgrade. I know a couple apps that moved it to the Fat32 portion of the SD card, but not sure if thats stable/advised. Think I should just wait till Im home to do it proper or is there a safe upgrade way now?
Also what size is everyone using as a standard EXT2 size on a 4GB anyways? I had mine set to 1 GB, is that too large? I just didnt want the G1 to run out of space.
Ok well finally sat down and upgraded it. So got everything setup and ready. However according to the posts I am reading.. I need a certain ROM build only?
So am I correct in assuming on JF 1.51 US I can not mount a linux-swap partition? Am I stuck using swapper? Can someone fill me in? Reading other posts atm but so far seems its all being used with 2 ROM sets which I dont plan on upgrading to. Only thing I see to try is this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532188&highlight=linux-swap but if anyone has more info using JF let me know please.
Edit: Found my answer, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4070702&postcount=102 New test build which adds support for linux-swap partitions. While It may take a lil longer before it starts up unlike a init script on start up. Least this does auto do the job on boot and so far its working. The great solution for JF roms. =D

Flashing from 16gb TMOUS sdcard

Hello all, Im having an issue and I wonder if someone can help me out. So I have the latest NRG .nbh and I am trying to flash from my sdcard but the 16gb sdcard that came with Tmo HD2's does not seem to work. I usually flash from my class 6 8gb card but it has come up missing and this is the only card I currently have
I would flash from the cpu but I no longer have a working home cpu and my machine at work is locked b/c I dont have admin privileges to install device drivers. My question is, has anyone been able to make the 16gb card work for flashing roms or am I out of luck?
i'm pretty sure you are gonna continue to have trouble with anything over 8gb. hunt around for a cheap 2gb and use that.
samsamuel said:
i'm pretty sure you are gonna continue to have trouble with anything over 8gb. hunt around for a cheap 2gb and use that.
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Yeah I figured that but I really was hoping to flash the new release today, oh well thanks for responding

Android don't start on 16 g sd card class 6

i have new 16 g sd card class 6 Serioux but android doesn't want to start. i tried all type of format, even partitioning. nothing work. Somone have an ideea why ? On my old sd card toshiba 8g class 4 android working great.
criszz said:
i have new 16 g sd card class 6 Serioux but android doesn't want to start. i tried all type of format, even partitioning. nothing work. Somone have an ideea why ? On my old sd card toshiba 8g class 4 android working great.
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Did you format, within phone, to FAT32? It looks as though you have experience with builds so I'm sure that you are installing the Android folder on the root of the SD card...make sure that you don't create a folder and then add the build folder to the root folder; it creates a sub and that causes problems.
deadmansink said:
Did you format, within phone, to FAT32? It looks as though you have experience with builds so I'm sure that you are installing the Android folder on the root of the SD card...make sure that you don't create a folder and then add the build folder to the root folder; it creates a sub and that causes problems.
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thank you for answer , i'm not a newbie on Android. this card always was formatted with fat32 on pc , and phone, also with panasonic sd formatte 2.0. Card is working well , 5-6 mb on test with hdd tune. i made him active , bootable , xfat , fat 16, partitioned in 2, changed cluster, tried everything who cross my mind without any succes. No build start. i waitted 2 hour's for data.img to be created but no succes. i tried with version copy pasted from my old card who works, still nothing. i don't know what else to do .
btw, i checked your thread, very nice job.
criszz said:
thank you for answer , i'm not a newbie on Android. this card always was formatted with fat32 on pc , and phone, also with panasonic sd formatte 2.0. Card is working well , 5-6 mb on test with hdd tune. i made him active , bootable , xfat , fat 16, partitioned in 2, changed cluster, tried everything who cross my mind without any succes. No build start. i waitted 2 hour's for data.img to be created but no succes. i tried with version copy pasted from my old card who works, still nothing. i don't know what else to do .
btw, i checked your thread, very nice job.
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It might be as simple as the "Serioux" card isn't supported; the only other thing that I know off the top of my head is at the bottom of my thread; I had found a link to the formatting issue and that's where I came up with the idea of formatting within WinMo.
deadmansink said:
It might be as simple as the "Serioux" card isn't supported; the only other thing that I know off the top of my head is at the bottom of my thread; I had found a link to the formatting issue and that's where I came up with the idea of formatting within WinMo.
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what u say is stuck on green htc logo , well, i pass this step, im stuck on next logo/animation, just plays over and over.
criszz said:
what u say is stuck on green htc logo , well, i pass this step, im stuck on next logo/animation, just plays over and over.
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I know that it does take some builds to load as it creates the data.img, especially a larger one; if you opted for the 1gb for instance.
You are using the same build as the other card? And, you loaded the file the same way? Did you do it through USB connect?
Let's see if we can't get this goin'!
criszz said:
i have new 16 g sd card class 6 Serioux but android doesn't want to start. i tried all type of format, even partitioning. nothing work. Somone have an ideea why ? On my old sd card toshiba 8g class 4 android working great.
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What build are you using, or trying to use? If I don't answer right-quick it's 'cause I'm getting ready for X-Mas...
deadmansink said:
I know that it does take some builds to load as it creates the data.img, especially a larger one; if you opted for the 1gb for instance.
You are using the same build as the other card? And, you loaded the file the same way? Did you do it through USB connect?
Let's see if we can't get this goin'!
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tried three build's on both sd card's. on toshiba 8g all works fine. on serioux 16 g stuck. right now i'm on serioux card with Core_Droid_HD_V0.4 build and i watch that startup nice animation with droid in a fire circle. boring . i plan to let in that way till morning. like u say maybe this ''serioux'' card's are not suported. i'll report later. hope santa will come ))
still don't working.
criszz said:
still don't working.
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I think it might be the card. I know that I've seen class 2 and 4 around working; your "Serioux" card is the only one that I can find, as far as brand, and nothing about it working or not working on HD2, maybe return it and get another brand?
It's definately the card. I bought a wintec class 10 16gb and android wont run hardley at all on it, went and bought a 16gb sandisk class 2 at radioshack and android runs flawless on it. The shame is that the sandisk class 2 tests at class 10 speeds. They have it on Newegg for $34, Get model # SDSDQ-016G-A11M. There are two versions on newegg so make sure you order the right one. You won't be disappointed.
thank u all for support. i will try to get another brand. in this time maybe android will boot from nand
Have you tried formatting your SD card with WinMo? This helped someone a couple of months ago, it's got something to do with a partition index file.
StephanV said:
Have you tried formatting your SD card with WinMo? This helped someone a couple of months ago, it's got something to do with a partition index file.
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yes , tryed everything. nothing works.
I used to have a similiar problem on some builds here.
Have u tried replacing a builds kernel, say hastarin because that definitely helped me boot into Android. I faced the same issue Aa you too.. which build are u flashing too btw?
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[Q] Partitioning issues.

Hello, I need some help with partitioning my Micro SD card. It is an 8GB class 6, and I know the basics, but that is it. What I really need to know is HOW to partition my SD card and what the hell 'EXT2/3/4' is all about. Now, I have had different suggestions as to what to do, I have to disc all ready with Gparted installed, and I am ready to use it, yet I have been told by some members of XDA the partitioning isn't even a requirement for ROMs. Is this true? I have a Euro HD2, and recently when trying to partition my SD card through Clockwork Mod (CLK) my SD card's memory dropped from 8GB to around 6.5GB. I have tried formatting it as I always do, but nothing seems to come of it. Anyway, what I would like to know is how and why I need to partition, especially EXT2/3/4 as this particular partition has come up on most ROMs I wish to install.
I hope someone can shine some light on this issue.
Thanks in advance -- Joe
(PS - I will click thanks for anyone who gives useful information)
Sklar said:
Hello, I need some help with partitioning my Micro SD card. It is an 8GB class 6, and I know the basics, but that is it. What I really need to know is HOW to partition my SD card and what the hell 'EXT2/3/4' is all about. Now, I have had different suggestions as to what to do, I have to disc all ready with Gparted installed, and I am ready to use it, yet I have been told by some members of XDA the partitioning isn't even a requirement for ROMs. Is this true? I have a Euro HD2, and recently when trying to partition my SD card through Clockwork Mod (CLK) my SD card's memory dropped from 8GB to around 6.5GB. I have tried formatting it as I always do, but nothing seems to come of it. Anyway, what I would like to know is how and why I need to partition, especially EXT2/3/4 as this particular partition has come up on most ROMs I wish to install.
I hope someone can shine some light on this issue.
Thanks in advance -- Joe
(PS - I will click thanks for anyone who gives useful information)
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First thing
Closckwork Mod is NOT CLK, they are different
if your memorcy card dropped from 8GB to 6.5~ , then your partioning was succesfull , what you cant see is the EXT partion that only android can see,
Go ahead and flash a EXT supported ROM , have fun
mally2 said:
First thing
Closckwork Mod is NOT CLK, they are different
if your memorcy card dropped from 8GB to 6.5~ , then your partioning was succesfull , what you cant see is the EXT partion that only android can see,
Go ahead and flash a EXT supported ROM , have fun
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Sorry, I didn't realise they were different (CLK - Clockwork Mod) But if you say that the partitioning worked, then does that mean I have done all of the partitions, or just one?
You just need one partition not many ... so I guess you can find out by trying an ext supported ROM... try coredroid 1.6
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