Ok a simple q/.
Gonna put a new rom 2morrow ,and i always format my SD card which has 4gb,with the standard fat32+ext2+apps2sd ,with 32mb for swap and 512mb for ext2 ... is that the best way? or am i doing it wrong? suggestions?
note ... i only format and partition my sd card via custom Recovery(on my magic),i hate that ADB crap!
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I had a 4gb Micro Sd card.I'm using it for my G1.After partitioning,flashing to Hero roms to my G1.I wanna upgrade my Micro Sd card to 8 Gb.The 4gb Micro Sd i wanna pass it to my Wife.As usual i off my phone,take it out my 4gb micro sd card & format it & pass it to my wife.when i wanna format the 4gb micro sd using card reader. I saw that my 4gb micro sd card is 2.96gb.I format it FAT32.still the same.Anyone pls help me to recover back my 4gb to its original size back.thks.Sorry for my bad english.
Please delete the partition
jingaro said:
I had a 4gb Micro Sd card.I'm using it for my G1.After partitioning,flashing to Hero roms to my G1.I wanna upgrade my Micro Sd card to 8 Gb.The 4gb Micro Sd i wanna pass it to my Wife.As usual i off my phone,take it out my 4gb micro sd card & format it & pass it to my wife.when i wanna format the 4gb micro sd using card reader. I saw that my 4gb micro sd card is 2.96gb.I format it FAT32.still the same.Anyone pls help me to recover back my 4gb to its original size back.thks.Sorry for my bad english.
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Well, your should delete all ext2/ext3/ext4 and swap partition in your sd card, there partitions are used in Linux, Windows can't recognize them.
thks antonytyler, when i wanna wipe sd:ext partition stated Error : Run 'wipe ext' via console! i need to wipe by using console or any other way.pls help me.thks.
I'm going to assume you have amon_ra's recovery installed on your g1. Put the old memory card in the phone and reboot to recovery. Go to the partition sdcard menu, then go to the partition sd setting and set both linux swap and ext2 to 0. That will give you back all your missing space.
Also, make sure that the new memory card is class 6 I bought a new Samsung 8GB class 6 with a microsd card reader and a sdcard adapter for $23 shipped to my house from amazon.com. It got to my house last week, and it got here 3 days after i ordered it.
It can do in Windows
jingaro said:
thks antonytyler, when i wanna wipe sd:ext partition stated Error : Run 'wipe ext' via console! i need to wipe by using console or any other way.pls help me.thks.
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I remember that Disk Management in Windows can delete your sd card's ext2/ext3/ext4 partition, you should right click "My computer", select "manage", you will find "disk manage", click the item, you will see the partitions on your sd card, then delete them.
PS: back up your data of your FAT32 partition!
Hi
I just sold my Wildfire, but before I sold it I formatted and deleted all the partitions that I had made and reset the phone to factory settings.
Now the guy can't take pictures because the application says "sd card not found".
Could it be that I didn't partition it right? It's a 2Gb original samsung sd card that came with the phone and I partitioned it like this:
~1.9 Gb Fat32
Should there be a swap partition also or an EXT to get the OTA 2.2 froyo to work with Apps2SD ?
Thanks!
No, you don't need any swap or ext3/4 partition in order to get ota, just plain fat partition. He should use a card reader to erase the partition and create again, maybe it will work.
my phone came with a sandisk sd card
Let's him reformat the partitions again, or you can use the tool from rom manager. Maybe you didn't format it right
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tell him install ruu from shipped roms. and format the card just by plugging it into pc.
Hi,
Always worth trying the obvious first, is the sd card in the device properly. When I got my wildfire it wasn't and I assumed that I would have to buy an sd card to take pictures etc. I was surprised to find when I look to see what type of card I needed that there was one in there already!
Andy
I just bought 32GB sandisk sd and I tried every known way to create ext partition but every time I got the same, ıt creates an "OTHER" partition.
Please donot suggest these options.
UBUNTU 10.10 (I have dual boot on PC)
Mni Partition tool
Easeus Partition tool
CMW
I guess it is hardware (SD CARD) problem. do you know any sollition
Also I searched in forum, there is no same problem :S
am I only one who has THE problem??!!
no body? :/
Try partitioning your SD card through CWM. Keep in mind that doing this WILL ERASE EVERYTHING ON YOUR SD CARD!!
Go to CWM, choose advanced, partition SD card.
First choices are for EXT partition, choose 1024MB, 0 for Swap.
Once completed, mount usb storage, throw a backup or install your new rom.
I tryed that to but its no longer a problem I just broke it to 4-5 parts
Maybe try GParted, I partitioned my 8GB card with it.
I want that 32 gb card. T-T Sad... xD
Sorry about you having to waste your money on something that didn't work though. ._.
Well a 16 gb card will work.
experiencing the same problem - i have a 32GB card and when partitioned it is read as "OTHER" have no idea why 2GB, 4GB and 8GB will work but 32GB cant be partitioned to a2SD
need help fixing this problem
Hi all.
I was given an HD2 running CM7 off NAND. It has a 2gb SD card in there, with around 400mb as ext3/ext4 partition.
I want to swap the 2gb for an 8gb card. Having not installed the ROM myself (and am not too familar with the process on the HD2), I'm unsure how to proceed.
Are there any files on the SD card that are likely to be needed for booting?
Can I just stick the new card in, use recovery to partition it and then remove the card - copy the old ext3/ext4 partition data over and it'll be happy?
Do I need to use recovery, can I just a Linux box to do that instead?
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Can I just stick the new card in, use recovery to partition it and then remove the card - copy the old ext3/ext4 partition data over and it'll be happy?
Do I need to use recovery, can I just a Linux box to do that instead?
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assuming you don't have a linux pc that can read ext partitions, id do it this way..
into cwm - full backup.
2gb card into card reader (or mount usb storage in android - or 'mounts and storage - mount sd card' in cwm) - copy off your whole fat32 partition - make sure you have hidden files set to show in windows explorer.
8gb card into phone, back into cwm, create the new ext partition.
8gb card back into card reader (or mounts and storage - mount sd card in cwm) and copy the fat 32 stuff back to the card.
into cwm - restore - advanced restore - restore the sd-ext partition only.
Thanks for the reply.
I do have a Linux PC to hand, and the HD2 doesn't have CWM on it.
So in the end, I used GParted to create a partition table that looked like the existing card and then copied the contents of the old card over. Phone booted up fine
I was going to upgrade my rom to the new flexreaper rom and i figured i would partiton my sd card... but when i did it seemed to happen a little bit quickly.. so i checked my sd card and all my data was still there (therefore it did not wipe it) which makes me think it was not partitioned.
Also when i hit partition sd card - i picked 1024 for ext size (i have a 16 gb sd) and 0 swap - then partitioning sd card and done appeared almost at the same time which puzzled me...
can anyone tell me if it is actually partitioned or not or is it even worth it to partition a sd card on a tablet?
Thanks.