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Retrieving Apps off G1 SD card to Vibrant

I'm sorry if this has been covered but I have looked in several places and have not yet found an answer.
Bought the Vibrant on day 1- LOVE IT
I upgraded from my G1 running CM5.0.8 with Apps2SD
ALL my apps on the G1 were on the SD card
For whatever reason- LOTS of apps I have on the card never showed up as me having downloaded them when I signed into my google account and checked the market with the Vibrant.
3 QUESTIONS:
1) I want to put my 8Gig card from the G1 in the Vibrant but I want to know if there is a way to get those apps on the SD card on the Vibrant. (Actually it's just one app that for some reason is no longer in the market- it's called NightClock and it was one of the super early apps from back in the ORIGINAL days of the G1- none of the "NightClock" apps in the market is the one on my G1).
2) When I eventually put the 8gig card in the Vibrant is there some special way I need to format it? When I mount the vibrant now it shows 2 drives.
3) When I put the Vibrant's 2 Gig card in the G1 can I just reformat it as it was in stock form and still use the phone as a test device to upload my .apk files from eclipse?
Thanks

1) I think your best method to retreive your apps from your G1 is to copy them from either linux or from your g1 to the fat partition as i dont think you will be able to access the ext partition on the vibrant, i could be wrong on this, nvr done it.
2) I fdisk'd my sdcard on my pc then formated it before putting it in my Vibrant.
3) if you like you wont need to reformat the vibrant card as it is already in the correct format.

You could use a computer to pull the files from the SD. or you could back up the files using titanium backup then move that sd to the new phone and use titanium backup to restore them. Or, at least, I think you can. I have not tried it myself. If you format the SD while in the vibrant, you will lose all data.

good call, titanium backup run from the G1 would be the easiest way to back them up

Thanks everyone- stupid questions here but bear with me-
@hpz937
1) I think your best method to retreive your apps from your G1 is to copy them from either linux or from your g1 to the fat partition as i dont think you will be able to access the ext partition on the vibrant, i could be wrong on this, nvr done it.
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I don't know how to do either of those things- How do I even access the apps from my pc? When I mount the SD card I do not see the apps anywhere- Ideally I would love to just drag the .apk files and install the ones I need on my phone- is that possible?
2) I fdisk'd my sdcard on my pc then formated it before putting it in my Vibrant.
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@spigatelli
Again- I don't know what that means- sorry- Do I need to partition the card somehow as there are two drives associated with it?
You could use a computer to pull the files from the SD. or you could back up the files using titanium backup then move that sd to the new phone and use titanium backup to restore them. Or, at least, I think you can. I have not tried it myself.
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I see that I have to have root to backup using Titanium Backup (not a problem on the G1) but do I need root on the Vibrant to restore a Titanium Backup file? I have never used it before.
Thanks again

You can format the card AFTER you pull the info from it.
I do not know if root is required to use titanium to restore, but if it does, this is the easiest phone to root ever!

If mainly just want that one app, then you can use something like Astro File Manager to back up your apk files. As long as it wasn't a protected app then you can save the apk file to your sdcard and then just transfer the apk over to your Vibrant and reinstall it.

@speoples20
If mainly just want that one app, then you can use something like Astro File Manager to back up your apk files. As long as it wasn't a protected app then you can save the apk file to your sdcard and then just transfer the apk over to your Vibrant and reinstall it.
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You sir, are a genius!
I didn't know you could do that with Astro! Thank you
@spigatelli
You can format the card AFTER you pull the info from it.
I do not know if root is required to use titanium to restore, but if it does, this is the easiest phone to root ever!
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I know WHEN to format the card I'm just wondering HOW to format it- do I just get everything off it I need and then pop it in the vibrant and hit format? Or do I FAT32 format it on the computer and then put it in the Vibrant and THEN hit format? Is it automatically partitioned? Are the two drives that show up when you mount the Vibrant both on the SD card?
THANK YOU

There is no need to partition because there is no apps-to-sd. You can format it right in the phone, or do a FAT32 format on your computer. The reason you see 2 drives when you mount it to the computer is because there is the internal 16gb SD and the external (removable) SD. It does not see your partitions.

Ahhhhhh- thank you very much- THAT is exactly what I was wondering. So the Vibrant gives you the option to unmount the internal SD card- what purpose does that serve?

dude, just use titanium backup or 'my backup pro' to back ur apps up from ur g1 (with root access) and then... put that zip file on ur PC, extract it, pick the apps that you want to put on ur vibrant, put them in a folder and then install them using astro on ur unrooted vibrant.

OREGONMX said:
Ahhhhhh- thank you very much- THAT is exactly what I was wondering. So the Vibrant gives you the option to unmount the internal SD card- what purpose does that serve?
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If you unmount the card from the phone, you won't be able to access it (on the phone). So, if you have it hooked up to your computer, you unmount it from your phone and mount it to your computer, your computer will recognize the drive and will allow you to search/explore it.
If you mount it back onto the phone, it will no longer be accessible by the computer. However, it will be accessible by the phone.

Thanks everyone problem solved using astro
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

you unmount so that you can take the sd card out while the phone is on. you do not want to take the card out while powered up without unmounting.

[Q] How do you properly transfer files while booted into android?

Hi as title says I want to know how to transfer files propelry while booted into android kernel.
For example when you plug in your phone vai USB and use as card reader I can easily transfer files to and from but the problem is that when I unplug and go to view these files on phone the file system hasn't updated and I cant locate them on card.
Ive tried the unmount feature aswell as a hot reboot but nothing. Only way I can seem to do it is to power off and then boot back into android.
Is there any easier way or procedure that I need to follow?

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Hi as title says I want to know how to transfer files propelry while booted into android kernel.
For example when you plug in your phone vai USB and use as card reader I can easily transfer files to and from but the problem is that when I unplug and go to view these files on phone the file system hasn't updated and I cant locate them on card.
Ive tried the unmount feature aswell as a hot reboot but nothing. Only way I can seem to do it is to power off and then boot back into android.
Is there any easier way or procedure that I need to follow?
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best bet is to load the files in winmo then boot into android

Dude that wasnt my question, obviously I can do that, thats not the point.
My question was the best way to transfer files while booted into android, if it possible then obviously booting into windows and back to android every time you want to move/access files isnt the "best" way and its inconvient.
I appreciate your reply but your answer was irelivant unless its the ONLY way which I doubt (well hope)
Does anybody have a solution?

As of now, the only good way to transfer files is indeed through WinMo (or with a MicroSD USB reader, with phone powered off or in WinMo). Most Android builds support USB Mass Storage, but I haven't heard of one that handles it perfectly (which isn't too surprising, considering Android runs -sort of- from the SD card).
So in short, no there is no other way at this moment that I know of.
Edit: There is a way: through WiFi! There are some applications available on the market that turn your phone into an FTP-server, I use Websharing (Lite) for this. They don't need an unmounted SD card, so they'll probably solve your problem.

StephanV said:
Edit: There is a way: through WiFi! There are some applications available on the market that turn your phone into an FTP-server, I use Websharing (Lite) for this. They don't need an unmounted SD card, so they'll probably solve your problem.
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Yeah I was thinking more of teh same route, Ive been using drop box for the moment but FTP server would be much better.
I was hoping there would be a solution to been able to access teh files that have been sent via mass storage mode but this could be just as good.
thnx for suggestion.

This is not a quickfix, but I was frustrated with the same problem last night when I was trying to locate the files that I just transferred to the phone. I noticed that unmounting, and remounting doesn't refresh the folders in the system. But I managed to find the transferred files after unmounting the sd card, and then browsing to the root sd card path instead of the mounted partition.
So, instead of mnt/sdcard/ you should look for the files in /sdcard after unmounting the card. See if that works, at least it worked for me last night.

Use droid explorer

SD card problem need help

hello everyone i hope someone can help i dont what happened but now at the top there is a SD icon with a red ? it says mounted read only can not get it to work the only thing i did was i use the tethering for my laptop nothing eles was new thanks for all and any help.

Ooh boy where to begain, lets start by recovering your data manually as the cause of it may depend on the quality of the card itself which ill cover after your data is safe. If you try to solve it now you may just lose all your data. Keep in mind changing base permission manually via chmod does not solve this problem as I have tried and very aware of it
Now there are 2 ways you can access the data. First is via SDCard reader and second is via device. Now keep in mind depending on the severity of the problem the card may not even be mounted at all in that case you can access it from /mnt/sdcard/. To copy and tansfer it you can use CP command in terminal but for you I suggest you use File Manager it will save you time if you don't like console. What you want to do now is copy data from /mnt/sdcard/ and paste it /data. You can make new dir (mkdir) inside "/data/" temporarily and then have it transferred there and then unmount the sdcard and put new SDCard and have it transferred from /data. Now depending on the size of your backup you may have to do it few times.
Once this is done as you have your data. Format the SDCard from computer with card reader thoroughly, if you can't then do it from device. If not then go in recovery and format and do force partition. Now once you have access to your card you need to verify why this has happened. Now make sure the SDCard is legit by testing (R+W+V) for data integrity, you can use H2TestW. If it passes you can count out bad cell which is physical defect. Now depending on the quality of the card it will also control how data is allocated and if it will be facing data corruption by erasing itself (Blank SDCard) or by corrupting the file allocation table and reading as UFS (Unsupported File System).
In that case you can still manually reconstruct the data structure as the data is not overwritten but you have to allocate the device to access the raw data. But that is not for you and not for faint hearted.

thanks so much for the info i should have said that i tried the card in my wifes mt4g and it works fine i can see the data if i plug the in the comp but i do have to plug it in after i tell it to remount then it works i dont know if that help and should i still go ahead and do what you said thanks so much for your help.

well just wanted to say i think i fixed it all i did is hooked phone to pc and copied eveything off the SD card and put it on pc then formated the sd card on the phone then put all back on its seems to to be working i wanted to say thanks to black shelf for his info thanks.

[Q] Need Help. Phone Bricked

I was following this guide to root, install a custom recovery, and then flash a ROM onto my phone. I rooted successfully and created a back up. I then copied the backup onto my external sd card. I then put the custom rom onto my sd card and entered recovery mode on CWM. I wiped my device and then realized that the custom rom was the incorrect file. I then went to restore and it gave me an error md5 mismatch. I then went to restore of external sd card and it said it could not find the directory. I then went to restart phone and CWM said I was not rooted anymore and asked if I wanted root access and I hit yes.
My phone will not start and just remains in the Samsung loading screen with an unlocked graphic with the words "custom" under it. I am able to get back into CWM recovery but nothing else seems to work. I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks

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I was following this guide to root, install a custom recovery, and then flash a ROM onto my phone. I rooted successfully and created a back up. I then copied the backup onto my external sd card. I then put the custom rom onto my sd card and entered recovery mode on CWM. I wiped my device and then realized that the custom rom was the incorrect file. I then went to restore and it gave me an error md5 mismatch. I then went to restore of external sd card and it said it could not find the directory. I then went to restart phone and CWM said I was not rooted anymore and asked if I wanted root access and I hit yes.
My phone will not start and just remains in the Samsung loading screen with an unlocked graphic with the words "custom" under it. I am able to get back into CWM recovery but nothing else seems to work. I appreciate any help I can get. Thanks
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You can either use a MicroSD to SD adpater and the computer's card reader to copy a ROM over and flash it, or ODIN back to stock, and start over.

Ol' Dirty Bastard said:
You can either use a MicroSD to SD adpater and the computer's card reader to copy a ROM over and flash it, or ODIN back to stock, and start over.
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Much better. Was that so hard? Thank you for details.
(jab)

Any ideas why it cannot find directory when I try to restore from my external sd card.

write protected
domisterwoozy said:
Any ideas why it cannot find directory when I try to restore from my external sd card.
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Clueless here. Made a post about it.
I just discovered today more than just myself are unable to plug the handset into a computer to exchange files. I can get things off the phone onto the computer, but not vice versa.
Also the handset itself is fussy when it comes to viewing it's own external SD card. It would seem it doesn't take much for it to disappear, once in recovery.

fukenbiker said:
Clueless here. Made a post about it.
I just discovered today more than just myself are unable to plug the handset into a computer to exchange files. I can get things off the phone onto the computer, but not vice versa.
Also the handset itself is fussy when it comes to viewing it's own external SD card. It would seem it doesn't take much for it to disappear, once in recovery.
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This phone does not support mass USB storage. It uses MTP and PTP protocols. This information is available in several threads in the forum. Now, of course, even with MTP and PTP you should be able to still transfer files from a PC to the Ext. SD card considering you have the correct drivers. Perhaps your SD card isn't playing nice with your phone? Have you tried removing the card from your phone and transferring files to it dierectly from you PC via SD slot or card reader? Have you tried other brands? I find Samsung cards work best, but that is just me, This will help to see if it is the phone (possibly cable) or the card that is having issues.
Also, you can check this out. It supposedly enables Mass USB storage for this phone...though it still says it doesn't work for the Ext. SD card. I have never tried it, so if you do it is at your own risk but maybe it will help? Good luck.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
The app says it is for the SIII, but people have reported it as working with the S4 as well.

thank you
scott14719 said:
This phone does not support mass USB storage. It uses MTP and PTP protocols. This information is available in several threads in the forum. Now, of course, even with MTP and PTP you should be able to still transfer files from a PC to the Ext. SD card considering you have the correct drivers. Perhaps your SD card isn't playing nice with your phone? Have you tried removing the card from your phone and transferring files to it dierectly from you PC via SD slot or card reader? Have you tried other brands? I find Samsung cards work best, but that is just me, This will help to see if it is the phone (possibly cable) or the card that is having issues.
Also, you can check this out. It supposedly enables Mass USB storage for this phone...though it still says it doesn't work for the Ext. SD card. I have never tried it, so if you do it is at your own risk but maybe it will help? Good luck.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
The app says it is for the SIII, but people have reported it as working with the S4 as well.
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I am too happy to experiment like that. The AT&T S4 running GoldenEye with no add ons is the best darn handset I've ever enjoyed. I love being rid of the bloatware. I don't miss it a bit. I will fuss around with the SD interface as I do have resources like you mentioned, I can try a different chip. I didn't consider that a bad chip would cause the computer to consider the entire handset as "read only", yet you suggest it's possible?

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I am too happy to experiment like that. The AT&T S4 running GoldenEye with no add ons is the best darn handset I've ever enjoyed. I love being rid of the bloatware. I don't miss it a bit. I will fuss around with the SD interface as I do have resources like you mentioned, I can try a different chip. I didn't consider that a bad chip would cause the computer to consider the entire handset as "read only", yet you suggest it's possible?
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Anything is possible and it would be a simple way to maybe help identify where the problem lies. Better yet, take your sd card out of your phone and try a transfer. That will let you know if it has anything to do with it. If it still doesn't work, it more than likely has nothing to do with the SD card.
Can you transfer files from your External SD card to your phones internal SD memory and the other way around (via a file manager on your phone)?
If you can, I can't see how it would be a "read' only problem.

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Anything is possible and it would be a simple way to maybe help identify where the problem lies. Better yet, take your sd card out of your phone and try a transfer. That will let you know if it has anything to do with it. If it still doesn't work, it more than likely has nothing to do with the SD card.
Can you transfer files from your External SD card to your phones internal SD memory and the other way around (via a file manager on your phone)?
If you can, I can't see how it would be a "read' only problem.
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I should unhook my phone from the 3.5mm jack and look into this. As I type, my S4 is piping in my playlist to provide the wife and I musical background for our activities. I remember using "Root Explorer" recently to delete a nandroid backup, and to move said playlist off the SD card into Phone memory. The "write protected" error showed up directly after building this playlist, using the computer to organize it. It's brand new, and as a good troubleshooter, we always look at the last thing you did different. I used the "windows explorer" to edit my playlist on the phone while it was plugged up together.
It's turning out to be a bigger deal than just myself, and I should pursue your recommendation for testing and reports, but it's not broken enough to fix and it's Sunday night, and the music is more important at this juncture.
Edit:
I powered down and then removed the Micro SD, and when I powered back up, it showed that cool padlock icon with the label "Custom" screen during boot up. I hadn't seen that screen on boot up since I used Casual to get a TWRP recovery.
I tethered the handset to the Desktop and opened the windows explorer. Obviously it just showed phone this time, instead of phone and card. I tested copying files and it worked fine, the "write protected" error was gone.
I unhooked, powered down, put the micro SD card back in, powered up and noted the boot up screen was back to normal. Tethered up again and voila! Files can be written to the phone and or the card and no more "write protected" error.
Funny little fluke. Problem solved. Curiosity remains.

[Q] I deleted partitions and my nook got "bricked"

I'm so desperate because I deleted the partitions from my nook with these instructions :
---you can google it and the first link it is--->> "how-to-backup-and-restore-nook-glow-and-nook-simple-touch"
So... I think my backup wasn't well written :S or something like that.
When I deleted the partitions, EVERYTHING went to hell... My nook is actually freeze, my computer doesn't recognize it at all when I plug the cable. My nook just turn the tiny light on, what means it is charging.
---------->Now, my doubt is: is there any hope to my case? how can I fix it? )= how can i make my lap recognizes the nook reader?
Is there any backup file to write on a sd card?
I press the button to turn it on but anything happens.
I've tried nookmanager(this one couldn't make a restore backup nor factory.zip) and the "alpha format touch" (this one tells there's a lack o "log", and a few more files.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

So if you followed those directions you should have ended up with a file on your desktop about 1.9 gigabytes, right?
(If you have a DVD burner, burn that to a DVD, it will make me feel better.)
Why, oh, why do people delete partitions?
You still have the SD card with the Noogie on it, right?
That will still boot up saying "Rooted Forever"?
Now use WinImage (or whatever you used) to write the image back to the Nook.

Renate NST said:
So if you followed those directions you should have ended up with a file on your desktop about 1.9 gigabytes, right?
(If you have a DVD burner, burn that to a DVD, it will make me feel better.)
Why, oh, why do people delete partitions?
You still have the SD card with the Noogie on it, right?
That will still boot up saying "Rooted Forever"?
Now use WinImage (or whatever you used) to write the image back to the Nook.
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YES, I hvae the noogie in my sdcard
I also have my file with 1.8gb but i've tried to write it on the sd card but I don't know what happened, it seems like the file was empty :S because when I put the sd card into the nook and try to turn it on the screen still says:" Rooted for ever", even if I press the button a few seconds (maybe 30 seconds)
If I try to open the 1.8gb file with winimage, there's something like the image
it takes more?

You don't write your 1.9 GB file to an SD card, you write it to the Nook internal memory.
With the Nook booted up on the SD card with Noogie, connect USB and use your utility to copy the 1.9 GB to the Nook.
What you showed in your snapshot does not look promising.
You might have done the backup after the Nook was trashed or else corrupted the backup.
Be careful with that 1.9 GB file, you do not want to lose it.

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Thank you for your advice.
Maybe you are right: I didn't create the backup img. as it should be.
Now, i'm wondering if there anybody who wants to share a backup image from a "good" nook and mail it me.
Do you know someone ? T___T Please!!, I'd really appreciate it!

You really don't want to use an image from another device as are there are device specific things on the image. Slow down and don't be in a hurry to find another image yet. You might not be in as bad of shape as you think. 1.8GB is the right size for a backup so you may be OK. As Renate said - DON'T LOSE IT.
Now a couple of things. You said you wrote the image to the SD card and rebooted the device with the SD card in the device. As Renate pointed out this isn't how you restore. And once you finish restoring you reboot without the SD card in the device - if you've got a Noogie card in the device it will always boot the Rooted Forever.
I question whether the WinImage screen shot you posted is actually from your backup. With the size partitions its showing a 1.8GB image file seems quite a bit on the small side. In any event it can't hurt at this point to try a proper restore to the Nook and see if it works. Have you followed the instructions on the page you poitned to to restore your backup:
3. Plug your Nook into your computer with the USB cable.
4. ... instructions on deleting partitions... You already did this, no need to do it again
5. To restore, open Roadkil’s DiskImage software. Use the “Write Image” tab this time and select the Nook Drive from the drop-down list. Select the source file, the backup image you created earlier, and hit start to restore.
6. When the restore is finished, you can disconnect your Nook from the computer and remove the noogie microSD card and reboot.
Try it and report back.

Actually I realy want a nook backup, another backup ( I think there's not another worst thing than this one =s ), because I've tried lots of times the steps you have described and dont work. Actualy my pc doesn't recognize when I plug the nook in.
**When I do the step #5 my nook doesn't response, just appears the well known image: "rooted for ever", but does not turn on, even if I press the button for a long time**
Please, I think I really need another backup image )=
Well, I hope your advice.