I picked up an 8GB SD micro to upgrade the stock 2GB. What's the easiest/best way to upgrade it without messing up the various applications that are using it? Can I just drag-and-drop from the phone over USB to the new card in a reader, then swap? Or are there partitions, etc to worry about. I'm not using apps2sd or anything special currently.
there shouldn't be any partitions. i believe if you just copy/paste everything over, it should be fine.
Thanks, seems to work well.
I decided to first format the card in the Aria, then drag over the files and swap:
Menu->SD card->Unmount
Remove original card, insert new one
Menu->SD card->Format
Remove new card, insert original one
Attach USB, go into disk mode
New card in PC
Drag and drop all but .android_secure and LOST.DIR (which were created by format)
Eject, unmount, etc
Swap cards
Good to go!
well done.
I am receiving my Aria this week and want to immediately swap out the 2gig card for a 16gig card I own. Can I do this before I even power up the phone for the first time? Is there anything on the 2gig card that the first boot needs?
SD Card upgrade
mattbollenbach said:
there shouldn't be any partitions. i believe if you just copy/paste everything over, it should be fine.
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Will this work if the SD Card has partitions? I want to upgrade to a larger card. I want to make sure all apps move and work properly.
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My HD2 came with a 2GB SD card with various stuff pre-installed particularly Co-Pilot which I haven't tried yet but intend to. I'm planning on purchasing a larger SD card at some point.
My question: What would be the best way to transfer what's already on the 2GB card to a new card?
Thanks for any/all suggestions.
ensure you are showing all system and hidden files, then drag everything off your old card, drag everything to your new card, job done.
samsamuel said:
ensure you are showing all system and hidden files, then drag everything off your old card, drag everything to your new card, job done.
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Thx for the reply.
When you say - drag everything off your old card, drag everything to your new card. - I would have to copy everything off the old card and store it on the phone somewhere until I insert the new card, then paste over to the new card? Is that what you mean?
RoN_HD2 said:
Thx for the reply.
When you say - drag everything off your old card, drag everything to your new card. - I would have to copy everything off the old card and store it on the phone somewhere until I insert the new card, then paste over to the new card? Is that what you mean?
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no, do it from the pc. Either use a card reader if you have one, or connect the phone to usb in hard disk mode, browse to it, select everything, drag (cut, paste, copy, however you preffer) into a folder on your desktop.
Swap the cards over, reconnect the phone with new card in, and reverse the process.
samsamuel said:
no, do it from the pc. Either use a card reader if you have one, or connect the phone to usb in hard disk mode, browse to it, select everything, drag (cut, paste, copy, however you preffer) into a folder on your desktop.
Swap the cards over, reconnect the phone with new card in, and reverse the process.
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Thank you much appreciated. I now see what you mean.
no worries. Dont forget to show hidden and system files.
When you insert the new card into the HD2 and switch it on again - will it be automatically formatted? If not, or if you do it using the PC's card reader - what format is expected? FAT32? Thanks!
it will probably be formatted already, but i always format them myself, FAT32, just to be sure. If you are planning on playing with android on nand, you probably want to set up an EXT partition now, before you copy anything onto the card.
Up 2 now, I even have no idea what this nand thing is and how i recognize it if it stands beside me at a traffic light... Nope, I'll just use the FAT32 option, although I'd never do that on a windows system. But NTFS seems to not be an option for android, right?
Would it be possible for me to copy the entire contents of my 8gb and paste on folder on pc, then put in new 16bb card and paste the lot back onto the new one, would everything work ok? as i have most if not all my apps instlled on my storage card, has anyone done this b4 and is it possible?
Thanks
I've wondered that myself, as long as the new card is properly formated then in theory it should be fine..... never actually done it though so don't take my word for it.
Maybe someone can clear this up, by format properly what do you mean by this?
I have done that twice without any problems. Just rember to show all files in the explorere on the PC.
I have previously done it twice with no problems but i just swapped my 16gb to a 32gb and it wouldnt have none of it????? I have had to return the card thinking its faulty? But i will do the exact thing once i receive my replacement
antilagman said:
I have previously done it twice with no problems but i just swapped my 16gb to a 32gb and it wouldn't have none of it????? I have had to return the card thinking its faulty? But i will do the exact thing once i receive my replacement
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I got a Sandisk 16Gb card and though it was faulty as HD2 wouldn't read it. Examining it on PC showed it was formated as 'exFAT'. Reformatted to 'FAT' and copied data across and now all OK.
i've done this on every winmo phone i have had where a sd card upgrade was required. Just make sure you have the phone off while to do it and use a card reader just to be safe
dont have a card reader, know how to format to fat on pc via disc drive mode, will just copying all to pc, and ensuring all files are showing and not hidden then would this be ok?
the 32gb came formatted in fat32? I have been told that my replacement will be here tomorrow
yeah if you format the card to fat your gonna damage the card. stick to fat32 and use a 32KB allocation unit size. you do it be finding the drive in my computer, right clicking and hitting format. Setup your options and go.
Card readers are best for this type of work and you can pick one up less than £10 from amazon.co.uk. Just make sure it says it supports SDHC cards.
CHEAP MicroSD reader....
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Can you change the SD Card in WP7 from a 4GB card to an 8GB or 16GB card without reformating the Phone.
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michaels0007 said:
Can you change the SD Card in WP7 from a 4GB card to an 8GB or 16GB card without reformating the Phone.
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You can change it, but you'll lose everything you've installed and have an out the box phone so to speak.
Well at least that's what happened when I changed from my test SD card to my 8GB
Which Brand memory card do u use?
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Which Brand memory card do u use?
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I use SanDisk
no!!!will not read the new sd,you have to format the new one with the rom you are installing.
N.B: sandisk 8G is highly stable with wp7...
you can switch sd cards without starting over, but then you'd have to copy the partition from your old sd card to your new sd card.
it gets slightly complicated, but only because of the numbers of steps, not technical complications.
use Easeus partition software and try to replicate the exact partitions across the old card and the new card
good luck
bravo261 said:
you can switch sd cards without starting over, but then you'd have to copy the partition from your old sd card to your new sd card.
it gets slightly complicated, but only because of the numbers of steps, not technical complications.
use Easeus partition software and try to replicate the exact partitions across the old card and the new card
good luck
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Did this work for you? I made a thread about this possibility but nobody knew if it's really working.
Hey there,
my question is the other way. Is it possible to flash an other rom without having my SD in to safe settings and installed apps?
I tested this way:
1. turn off phone
2. pull out the SD
3. boot
My HD2 booted into WP7 and ran a blank WP7 such as it was fresh installed.
Then I turned it off and put the SD back in and booted. It booted into my ol status.
So no I want to if I can flash an other rom, put my already formatted SD with my WP7 settings back in? Is that maybe the best way to safe settings?
olegblochin said:
Hey there,
my question is the other way. Is it possible to flash an other rom without having my SD in to safe settings and installed apps?
I tested this way:
1. turn off phone
2. pull out the SD
3. boot
My HD2 booted into WP7 and ran a blank WP7 such as it was fresh installed.
Then I turned it off and put the SD back in and booted. It booted into my ol status.
So no I want to if I can flash an other rom, put my already formatted SD with my WP7 settings back in? Is that maybe the best way to safe settings?
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i would test this for you and reply you!!! i didn't think of that before...
michaels0007 said:
Can you change the SD Card in WP7 from a 4GB card to an 8GB or 16GB card without reformating the Phone.
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i think this link will explain you how to copy the partitions....and more
http://www.techienote.com/tag/technology
Thanks jianototi,
copying the wp7 partition between different sd cards works very well. The system accepts the copy and wp7 launches with all adjustments, downloads and installed apps.
My question now is: Can I reinstall a fresh wp7 nand and insert my sd from old installation? Will the sd be accepted? Or start wp7 with a virgin system?
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caiowa
so if we can move a wp7 from one sd card to another. Should it then not be possible to download from the internet, and just copy to sd-card?
Reason i ask is because i cannot get my wp7 to connnect to pc, so i cant get live services. However there seems to be a version now, where i just need to activate the phone.
If someone uploaded their data, can i download it, and update my wp7 that way?
yes put the new sdcard and restar to factory values
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so if we can move a wp7 from one sd card to another. Should it then not be possible to download from the internet, and just copy to sd-card?
Reason i ask is because i cannot get my wp7 to connnect to pc, so i cant get live services. However there seems to be a version now, where i just need to activate the phone.
If someone uploaded their data, can i download it, and update my wp7 that way?
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i was under the impression that it uses some sort of RAID over the card.
the best way to tell is to copy the card factory rest with one SD card, then swap the cards afterwards. Myguess is that it wont work the way you want it too, i doubt it will "give" you everything back on again.
Sorry, but another basic question which I've searched for the answer but can't find an answer that makes sense to me.
I have an x8 running on Gingerdx v010. Runs great.
I have just been given a 8gb Micro SD Card, Class 10.
What's the best way to go about swapping the stock sd card with this new one - do i just copy and paste all off the old sd card onto my desktop, and then copy all that back to the new sd card?
Or do I need to partition the card in any special way?
I'm a beginner at this, so please don't get too technical!
I'd like to put some music on the new card, and I reckon i've got a few GB of albums etc to put on it. also, will probably try to put as much as possible on it to make sure there's plenty of available RAM in the internal memory.
Thanks in anticipation of your help.
This is a really useful site - glad I found it.
Impster
bump... anyone?
Backup copy/move all the files in old sdcard to PC. Insert your new sdcard and boot, enter CWM>advanced option>partition sdcard>select 512mb>then zero swap. reboot. Then copy/move ur files to new sdcard You can also partition using windows You just need partition if you are installing many apps like me
Partitioning is not required, just copy data over from old card to new card.
I9500 running android 4.4.2 Hassan custom rom v6
using Pilipz recovery (yeah i know i spelled it wrong)
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well ive bought 64gb micro sd card and i want to switch it with the one I have
however, i have a lot of apps saved on the current micro sd card.
Is there any way to backup sd card and switch it with a new one without losing data?
2) do you recommend buying exteme pro sd card?
there is a huge different between this one to the regular 64gb or not?
photo: http://content.hwigroup.net/images/news/SanDisk_64_gb_kaartje.jpg
thanks
- plug old sd card into your pc using a card reader
- copy contents to your pc
- plug new sd card into your pc using a card reader
- copy contents to new card
BOOM! job done!
Gloris said:
- plug old sd card into your pc using a card reader
- copy contents to your pc
- plug new sd card into your pc using a card reader
- copy contents to new card
BOOM! job done!
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android folder on sdcard is not readable.
data folder on sdcard is not readable.
lol.
should be visable if you use a card reader as opposed to just plugging the phone in via usb?and make sure that folder options in windows is set to view hidden files and folders?
I've just tried with mine and I can see the Android folder and the .android_secure folder.
I think DATA is on the phone itself not on the ext-sd?
2) do you recommend buying exteme pro sd card?
there is a huge different between this one to the regular 64gb or not?
photo: http://content.hwigroup.net/images/n...gb_kaartje.jpg
not sure, but usually the difference between sd cards is due to read/write speeds. best thing to do is read reviews from wherever you're buying the card and see if there are any from people using the card you've chosen with your device (or similar, like another mobile phone at least). if there are lots of reviews saying that it fails after a while, or that it is slow on their phone etc, then look for another one?
I have a Samsung branded 64gb class 10 micro sd xc (with the same "I" and "1" symbols as the one you've linked to, expect mine is plain black and samsung instead of sandisk. never had any problems, except for when i chose a custom rom that was not compatible with 64gb cards. but on stock rom it works perfectly, and even on other roms it will work fine if it's formatted on pc first with fat32 formatter.