I'm looking to reverse my Apps2SD until I get a 16gb class 6 sdcard. WIll the following work?
If I reboot into recovery.
Mount my sd card to back it up.
Format the SD card to regular.
Restore a previous non apps2sd nandroid backup.
copy my regular files back to SD.
THis will reverse it properly right ?
You might be good just to reformat the card and be done with it. Try this. Backup all your files on your fat32 partition. Using recovery, partition it to fat32 only. Then reboot. If that gives you a bootloop then do a nandroid restore. Just repartitioning it should work though.
Trying now. Will report findings...
Did not work.
Restoring from Nandroid now
All back to good now with the nandroid restore. I love backups!
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As the title states, my SD currently runs an EXT4 partition, however after reading around on these forums not all roms support EXT4 yet and most want EXT3 in order to work properly.. Upgrading EXT is easy im using RA Recovery Image, however how do you go from an EXT4 back to an EXT3?
don't quote me on this, but i don't think you can.
Although, you can easily just format your card then partition it again
meltus is absolutely right. the easiest way to do things is as follows:
boot into recovery
perform a full nandroid+ext backup (this is just for safety, if you feel secure, dont bother)
go to the console
at console, type UTILITY
choose the "back up apps to FAT" option
return to recovery
connect your phone to your computer
mount your SD card
backup your WHOLE SD card to your computer
unmount the sd card
partition your sd card through the recovery menu or the utility menu in console.
upgrade to ext3 through recovery or console utility menu if needed (i dont remember if ra's recovery does a straight ext3 partition)
mount your sd card when the partition is done
transfer everything back onto the sd card (which will be empty after the partition)
go to the console and bring up the utility menu
choose the "restore apps to ext" option
reboot normally.
total time: 5 minutes if you dont have much on your SD card, longer if your backup is a few GB. but this will ensure a flawless backup and restore without losing and having to reinstall any apps or having to reflash anything.
Can i go about doing this simply by going back into RA Recovery and selecting Partition SD card or will it screw it up since its already originally partitioned and its not a fresh card?
For instance if you have a clean brand new SD card u can go into RA Recovery and partition your SDCard Fat32/EXT and Linux Swaps all from the recovery menu... however if you have a card thats ALREADY partitioned, can u still do it using this method to redo everything or do u have to wipe it and get it back to a clean new card again first with no partitions
i formatted my sd card when it had apps2sd on it. took it out and it rebooted and it said that the market was no longer a link to my phone. will a nandroid restore fix it??
No, but an EXT restore will. I'm hoping you made a full SDcard backup before your formated, yes?
no but the other restore worked but i dont know what to do with the other sd i had apps2sd on. should i put it back in and reformat it or something eles??
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I try cwm backup, sd card and internal sd, i have try mount everything but still backup size is only 16mb. Anyone know why?
Hi. I have on my HTC HD2 android typhoon 3.7.0 Clk Cyanogenmod 7.1.0. installed. I would like to change memory card for one with bigger capacity. Problem is the partition on the SD card a2sd. With my EVO 3D I simply copied all files from the older card to a new one and everything is ok. This is not possible with HD2 because of the partition. Could somebody tell me how should I proceed with HD2 when I want to change the older SD card for a bigger one ?
backup the fat32
use cwm to perform a full backup
change cards
partition the new card
mount to usb
restore teh fat32 stuff,
do a cwm selective restore, choosing to only restore the sd-ext partition.
samsamuel said:
backup the fat32
use cwm to perform a full backup
change cards
partition the new card
mount to usb
restore teh fat32 stuff,
do a cwm selective restore, choosing to only restore the sd-ext partition.
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Hey guys, question about Nandroid.
now that S4 installs apps on ExtSD Card h, will Nandroid backup these data?
i mean I did a Nandroid backup, and copied the backup to PC.
now: if i do a factory wipe and format ExtSD Card.
then restore the backup Will I get back my application data and settings for those apps on the ExtSD Card ?