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Hi Guys, just bought meself a new 16gb micro sd card.
How can I transfer or make an image of the old card to the new one? I have many installed applications on my old card, I don't want to go through the daunting process of having to reinstall every single application.
Any help would be appreciated.
Copy the contents of the old card to your computer, then write them back to the new card.
Everything should work just the way it did before.
as above, just copy everything to the new card, , , just make sure you have hidden and system files visible before you copy/paste them.
erosennin said:
Hi Guys, just bought meself a new 16gb micro sd card.
How can I transfer or make an image of the old card to the new one? I have many installed applications on my old card, I don't want to go through the daunting process of having to reinstall every single application.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Although you can transfer an image from one card to another its really not recommended for the stable running of the device especially after a ROM flash.
pa49 said:
Although you can transfer an image from one card to another its really not recommended for the stable running of the device especially after a ROM flash.
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Moving your stuff from one card to another has absolutely no influence on how the device runs. Unless the new card is defective, of course
Thanks guys, am abroad at the moment. The moment I get home, I'll try as you suggested.
Thanks again
kilrah said:
Moving your stuff from one card to another has absolutely no influence on how the device runs. Unless the new card is defective, of course
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That's just wrong!
You may get away with it but all settings and associations will be for the previous ROM and could be totally inappropriate!
WTF, we are on about moving stuff from one card to another.
Nothing to do with ROMs!
Your storage card is only for storage - ie it does not matter if you copy your files from (lets say) a smaller SD to a bigger one.
possible complications: having programs installed on the sd card.... here you could get error messages when you take the card out for the copy process. Nevermind them though as you take the card out, do your copying and then shove the new card back in....
after that just do a safety reboot and you should be fine
pa49 said:
That's just wrong!
You may get away with it but all settings and associations will be for the previous ROM and could be totally inappropriate!
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Then you obviously didn't read what the thread was about.. The guy just has a new card and wants to copy the contents of the old one to it. Nothing about ROMs, settings etc...
Put my old card into the comp, copied everything, pasted into a folder on the desktop then dropped it all onto my new card, put it back in the phone, turned it on and everything works fine
hollinshead said:
WTF, we are on about moving stuff from one card to another.
Nothing to do with ROMs!
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The OP mentioned installed apps on a mem card and excuse me but that DOES have something to do with ROMs.
Now you are wrong!
And before this goes any further you all believe what you want and do what you want because there's none so blind as those who will not see.
I shall not be posting further after those sort of comments, hollinshea!
pa49 said:
The OP mentioned installed apps on a mem card and excuse me but that DOES have something to do with ROMs.
Now you are wrong!
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No! A storage card is just that, a disk with a filesystem and files on it. If you copy the same files onto another card, there's no way the system can even see anything has changed, apps or no apps. It's not about deleting/adding stuff, just having exactly the same data.
We don't "believe" anything - it's just how it is.
kilrah said:
No! A storage card is just that, a disk with a filesystem and files on it. If you copy the same files onto another card, there's no way the system can even see anything has changed, apps or no apps. It's not about deleting/adding stuff, just having exactly the same data.
We don't "believe" anything - it's just how it is.
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+1 on this.
I need a little assistace please.
I have 16Gb card from day one with Leo, and installed over 80 apps on it, and many my docs settings and so on.
What would be the safest way to trasfer everything as it is to new 32gB card.
use somenthing like norton ghost? i thing just copy and paste wont work, and i would like to avoid that.
Thanx for any helpful advice.
Personally, I would use copy & paste. Either connect your device as a USB drive, or use a card reader. Copy everything from the root of the card to a folder on your PC, then swap the cards and copy everything back. It should just work - nice and simple.
johncmolyneux said:
Personally, I would use copy & paste. Either connect your device as a USB drive, or use a card reader. Copy everything from the root of the card to a folder on your PC, then swap the cards and copy everything back. It should just work - nice and simple.
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i got an error in few seconds...
some file reported an error, and copy process stopped...
it would be easy, i know, but i just does not work...there are (i guess) some 10000 files on that card, and chances are some are garbled.
so i would avoid filesystem alltogether and try to clone, and if that does not work, then c/p folder by folder if it does not go other way.
I connected my HD2 as a drive, copied the entire 16GB card to a folder on my PC, formatted the new card, copied everything back, absolutely perfect.
Yep, disk drive mode, or just put the card in a USB card reader. I just did that for 8-> 16GB swap. There's no "better" solution.
bRkiX said:
i got an error in few seconds...
some file reported an error, and copy process stopped...
it would be easy, i know, but i just does not work...there are (i guess) some 10000 files on that card, and chances are some are garbled.
so i would avoid filesystem alltogether and try to clone, and if that does not work, then c/p folder by folder if it does not go other way.
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I do hope you bought that 32 GB card from a reputable source.
Many fake 32 GB cards are sold on sites like ebay.
bRkiX said:
i got an error in few seconds...
some file reported an error, and copy process stopped...
it would be easy, i know, but i just does not work...there are (i guess) some 10000 files on that card, and chances are some are garbled.
so i would avoid filesystem alltogether and try to clone, and if that does not work, then c/p folder by folder if it does not go other way.
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No, the errors are probably due to the fact that your HD2 was running apps that are located on the SD and are 'locked' that way. So they will not be copied...
Just take the SD-card out, put it in a card reader of some sort and just copy & paste everything to a hard disk, and copy it to your new SD card. Should work 100%.
pa2ra said:
No, the errors are probably due to the fact that your HD2 was running apps that are located on the SD and are 'locked' that way. So they will not be copied...
Just take the SD-card out, put it in a card reader of some sort and just copy & paste everything to a hard disk, and copy it to your new SD card. Should work 100%.
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I have copied the entire card over to my new 32gb But when i restart my device I get blank white icons???? and they are all the programs that i installed on my previous 16gb??? why why why, !!!! do i have to reinstall every app i had on my 16gb ????
can anyone help?
Did you enable "show hidden files" in your file manager on your PC? Sounds as if you havent copied all the hidden files.
mrn2012 said:
Did you enable "show hidden files" in your file manager on your PC? Sounds as if you havent copied all the hidden files.
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yep ! I did indeed
reijkelhof said:
I do hope you bought that 32 GB card from a reputable source.
Many fake 32 GB cards are sold on sites like ebay.
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i bough it from sandisk dealer here in Zagreb. and guy is allso my friend from way back, so i got it at allmost factory price...about 70 euros.
SD card only works 2/16 gigs
Might be unrelated, but I could use some help with my microSDHC 16gig and 8gig
I've used a card reader and the phone itself via activesync to copy files. Once I fill up to past 2gigs of files, any additional music or video file no longer functions and weird symbols appear in my folders and I guess you call it "corruption"
I've formatted and scanned for errors and still the same thing happens.
What is up?!
Totallynewhere said:
Might be unrelated, but I could use some help with my microSDHC 16gig and 8gig
I've used a card reader and the phone itself via activesync to copy files. Once I fill up to past 2gigs of files, any additional music or video file no longer functions and weird symbols appear in my folders and I guess you call it "corruption"
I've formatted and scanned for errors and still the same thing happens.
What is up?!
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u got a fake micro sd card.
Totallynewhere said:
Might be unrelated, but I could use some help with my microSDHC 16gig and 8gig
I've used a card reader and the phone itself via activesync to copy files. Once I fill up to past 2gigs of files, any additional music or video file no longer functions and weird symbols appear in my folders and I guess you call it "corruption"
I've formatted and scanned for errors and still the same thing happens.
What is up?!
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hanissyazwan said:
u got a fake micro sd card.
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Yep. I had the exact same thing with a "8GB" memory stick, that turned out to actually be 1GB.
according to my knowledge, u can't copy like that, u need to hardreset your device and then using new microsd.
may be I am wrong, but it happen last time when I am using omnia i900. and it might be every sdcard has the different id.
or check with flash memory toolkit, it will show the information of ur micro sd
hendr1k said:
according to my knowledge, u can't copy like that, u need to hardreset your device and then using new microsd.
may be I am wrong, but it happen last time when I am using omnia i900. and it might be every sdcard has the different id.
or check with flash memory toolkit, it will show the information of ur micro sd
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Definitely not mate - you must have had a problem with something if you needed to hard reset to swap SD cards. One of the selling points of most up-to-date devices is "hot-swapping". Did you maybe have encryption switched on?
bRkiX said:
i got an error in few seconds...
some file reported an error, and copy process stopped...
it would be easy, i know, but i just does not work...there are (i guess) some 10000 files on that card, and chances are some are garbled.
so i would avoid filesystem alltogether and try to clone, and if that does not work, then c/p folder by folder if it does not go other way.
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You need TeraCopy, its free and great, replaces stupid windows crap copy function.
it would be very helpfull to have a list of those roms which does not need a pc to flash. i am requesting all bosses to provide the list in this thread. thanks
nitol said:
it would be very helpfull to have a list of those roms which does not need a pc to flash. i am requesting all bosses to provide the list in this thread. thanks
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All roms can be flashed this way mate, just use USPL or HSPL and use storage card method to flash
thanks for your reply boss, but my one is 1.56 olinex(once i've done it). i am using xt grid evo.
now i am trying to change my rom but i can't.
i have puted several roms(cloudy,xtgrid leo,nrg,goldlocke) in the root of my storage card and hard format my phone but my ph is not flashing with the new rom.
can any boss help me please?
i want to get rid of this trouble as soon as possible.i don't want to use any pc to flash.
what are the steps to get rid?
nitol said:
thanks for your reply boss, but my one is 1.56 olinex(once i've done it). i am using xt grid evo.
now i am trying to change my rom but i can't.
i have puted several roms(cloudy,xtgrid leo,nrg,goldlocke) in the root of my storage card and hard format my phone but my ph is not flashing with the new rom.
can any boss help me please?
i want to get rid of this trouble as soon as possible.i don't want to use any pc to flash.
what are the steps to get rid?
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Personal experience is that any SD card larger than 2gb will not instal new Rom's
Cards smaller than 2gb work fine.
Yours may be different but try and see. If you do not have a small SD card they are very cheap these days mate
thanks for your suggesion boss. i've tryed as you said,used an one gb sd card.but the result is same.what to do now? i need help.please somebody give me a solution.
thanks
May I ask why you don't try pc method?
sure sir,my pc is disturbing,not only that,most of the time i used to brouse through my phone because due to my business i can't find enough time to sit infront of my pc.that's why i need help about storage card method.
nitol said:
it would be very helpfull to have a list of those roms which does not need a pc to flash. i am requesting all bosses to provide the list in this thread. thanks
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as mentioned, ALL ROMs are capable of being flashed to a phone through SD Card. But since you are a new member, you might need to think of these:
1. did you have the correct filename of the nbh file inside your card?
it should be "BLACIMG.nbh" and must be placed at the root of your card.
2. do you know how to go to the bootloader mode(tri-color screen)?
phone off --> hold "voldown" and short press "power" button
it MUST be working.
thanks for your rep. sir, offcourse i know how to do that,i've tested most of the roms till april'10.last 3months i did not try any.but from till last few days i am trying to change my rom and non of them are working. i am using "xt grid evo", my redio is latest,i am taking rom into the root of my sd card,i am hard formating. but nothing works.
i don't know why,nobody knows why...
You have to rename the ROM image to "BLACIMG" before putting it onto your SD card. I use an 8GB card and have never had a problem.
alchopop said:
Personal experience is that any SD card larger than 2gb will not instal new Rom's
Cards smaller than 2gb work fine.
Yours may be different but try and see. If you do not have a small SD card they are very cheap these days mate
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i have 4gb card and have room and i can flash new rom
gagi75 said:
i have 4gb card and have room and i can flash new rom
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Like I said, your experience may be different. My 8gb card WON'T workm my 2gb card does work. Go figure
alchopop said:
Like I said, your experience may be different. My 8gb card WON'T workm my 2gb card does work. Go figure
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i think you have to format youre 8gb sd card to fat 32
i also use a 8 gb card without any problems AFTER i formatted it
miniterror said:
i think you have to format youre 8gb sd card to fat 32
i also use a 8 gb card without any problems AFTER i formatted it
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I think i have a dodgy card because every time i try to use it on my pc it ask's to check for errors. I have done that several times, copied everything to and from the PC to format it and it still has problems. It works OK in the phone though so I just accept the status quo and flash from the smaller card. Going to upgrade soon so will probably get a new SD card then and see if my experience changes after that. Thanks for your help though
hey hey hey what about my problem? i'm still stucked,can't flash any rom in sd card method. i always download them from my ph. rename BLACIMG.NBH,hard format but no result.my one is 16 gb. i've tryed on 1gb also but not working.
should i rename it through my pc?then copy to my sd card and hard format?
WHAT IS MY SOLUTION SIR?
nitol said:
hey hey hey what about my problem? i'm still stucked,can't flash any rom in sd card method. i always download them from my ph. rename BLACIMG.NBH,hard format but no result.my one is 16 gb. i've tryed on 1gb also but not working.
should i rename it through my pc?then copy to my sd card and hard format?
WHAT IS MY SOLUTION SIR?
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It should be renamed "BLACIMG.nbh" NOT "BLACIMG.NBH"
Note LARGE caps AND small caps
When you reboot the phone hold down the Volume down button until the bootloader shows then wait till it reads the card. Then press power button and it will start ti flash the new ROM
Good luck
sir,i know about cap & small matter. acutally i rename "BLACIMG.nbh" but not working....
nitol said:
sir,i know about cap & small matter. acutally i rename "BLACIMG.nbh" but not working....
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All i can suggest then is try a new card mate. Like i said before, I have a card that does work and a card that won't work
i've also tryed in a 1gb card sir.anyway,no solution for my problem, bosses can close this thread.
thanks to all
for 1st time i hear someone to have problem flashing because of the SD card!
From 2 years i flash only from the SD card and im with the default 8GB Sandisk that comes with the Phone when i bought it.
So like already many peoples say the answer is
ALL Roms can be flashed with the SD Card methood
I looked at some other threads, but none I've seen tell me if I'm going to need to redo the process w/ cyanogen.
Others were saying to copy and paste the contents of the old card to the other, will the Nandroid backup I have take care of it or do I need to just stick w/ Windows Explorer?
Also, after it's copied, will my Cyanogen still be on the phone (I thought the SD card was just storage)?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Ok, I just got the card delivered and tried it out.
Like I was thinking, it's just storage, so copy the contents of the old card to the new, and you have those same directories...so no problems.
Vindolanda said:
Ok, I just got the card delivered and tried it out.
Like I was thinking, it's just storage, so copy the contents of the old card to the new, and you have those same directories...so no problems.
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Just make sure you have your pc set to view hidden files/folders or those might be missed.
Hi guys
Question, i bought a 32GB SD card.
Will it be possible for me to transfer my current Android (SD) version to the new card, without loosing my settings and programs?
Is this possible?
(Im sure it must be, as its an SD version anyway)
Just wanna make sure!
^^rac said:
Hi guys
Question, i bought a 32GB SD card.
Will it be possible for me to transfer my current Android (SD) version to the new card, without loosing my settings and programs?
Is this possible?
(Im sure it must be, as its an SD version anyway)
Just wanna make sure!
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Hi,
First and foremost,BACKUP YOUR CURRENT SD CARD.
Take the copy of current sd card and paste it onto new card(after correct formatting).
Put it back into the phone and boot it up.
Report back your results...
malybru said:
Hi,
First and foremost,BACKUP YOUR CURRENT SD CARD.
Take the copy of current sd card and paste it onto new card(after correct formatting).
Put it back into the phone and boot it up.
Report back your results...
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Thanks man!
I have tried it, and it kinda worked. It seemed like after i copied the files (all of it) to the new card, the OS became laggy.
I put my old one back, and it was all fine again....
Not to worry, ill just re-install again!
Just copy from the old card to the new one. Maybe only lose the time of shooting photos or similar.
For the lag´s of the OS, maybe your new card is another SD class more slow than the older.
^^rac said:
Thanks man!
I have tried it, and it kinda worked. It seemed like after i copied the files (all of it) to the new card, the OS became laggy.
I put my old one back, and it was all fine again....
Not to worry, ill just re-install again!
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your rom has not become laggy due to copying...it is because of the class difference there will be a number written on each of cards in a small circle please tell me that