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Wenn you have a Windows Phone 7 on HD2 working, but you need more space, is it possible to upgrade to a bigger SD-card without loosing your data?
Can you format the new SD-card and copy over all files from the old card to the new card e.g.?
Or do you really have to start from scratch again?
Speed_Sheep said:
Wenn you have a Windows Phone 7 on HD2 working, but you need more space, is it possible to upgrade to a bigger SD-card without loosing your data?
Can you format the new SD-card and copy over all files from the old card to the new card e.g.?
Or do you really have to start from scratch again?
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Read THIS thread. You just would not be copying over any android files unless you are going to dual boot.
jase33 said:
Read THIS thread. You just would not be copying over any android files unless you are going to dual boot.
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I think you missunderstood me, it's not about Android. It is not about creating a dual boot HD2 with Windows Phone 7 on NAND and Android on the SD card.
Think about currently having a HD2 with Windows Phone 7 installed and an SD card inserted of 2 GB. Then you realize your SD card gets too small because of installed applications and created alot of video's and pictures. Now you want to use a bigger SD card, a 16 GB e.g., how to "upgrade" to a bigger SD card?
Normally you have to start all over again, you loose all your installed applications and program settings wenn you insert a new SD card, because you have to do a hard-reset for what I have read.
But it is also possible to upgrade to a bigger SD card without loosing your data?
Speed_Sheep said:
I think you missunderstood me, it's not about Android. It is not about creating a dual boot HD2 with Windows Phone 7 on NAND and Android on the SD card.
Think about currently having a HD2 with Windows Phone 7 installed and an SD card inserted of 2 GB. Then you realize your SD card gets too small because of installed applications and created alot of video's and pictures. Now you want to use a bigger SD card, a 16 GB e.g., how to "upgrade" to a bigger SD card?
Normally you have to start all over again, you loose all your installed applications and program settings wenn you insert a new SD card, because you have to do a hard-reset for what I have read.
But it is also possible to upgrade to a bigger SD card without loosing your data?
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there is no way to save data yet. it has been voiced to MS for the ability to do this with zune or cloud services but nothing yet. you can get to your pictures and videos on the phone by using your pc. THIS tells you how to do that. you can then add them back on the phone without syncing with zune.
i think copying over the whole partition via easeus partition master while the device is in magldr will resolve your problem. you'll need to expand d partition i guess
jase33 said:
there is no way to save data yet. it has been voiced to MS for the ability to do this with zune or cloud services but nothing yet. you can get to your pictures and videos on the phone by using your pc. THIS tells you how to do that. you can then add them back on the phone without syncing with zune.
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From what i'm reading is what he's trying to say is No, My guess is you have to reinstall wp7 on your hd2 with the new sd card in there. Try that buddy.
aditya_r12 said:
i think copying over the whole partition via easeus partition master while the device is in magldr will resolve your problem. you'll need to expand d partition i guess
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Looks like it is possible what you are saying, according to the post of zole2112.
Can you change the SD Card in WP7 from a 4GB card to an 8GB or 16GB card without reformating the Phone.
Thanks
michaels0007 said:
Can you change the SD Card in WP7 from a 4GB card to an 8GB or 16GB card without reformating the Phone.
Thanks
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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?
Hawkeyezghost said:
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.
Thanks
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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?
regards
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
Bareslehm said:
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.
I am planning on updating my Focus to NoDo this week and have held off on adding a Micro SD card. I figure since I'm resinstalling everything this would be a good time to add an SD card (especially now that there are certified cards coming out).
Has anyone done this with the unbranded NoDo update? Can I save a back up of my phone (with stock 8GB memory), add NoDo to the phone and then reimage the phone with the backup image I created for the NoDo update? Or will the new larger memory now available break that?
What is the least painful way to add a card?
My wife's Focus has had a card since launch day so I never had to reinstall everything.
NoDo does not delete anything since it creates a back up and then loads new system with all info intact. So you could add the card before or after. I personally would add it after as some are reporting better performance with NoDo.
Hi,
I use to use Windows Phone on my HD2 but I eventually switched back to Android. Since there was recently a release for the NODO update, I am keen to try it.
My question is if I backup my current rom with magldr, can I late (when using WP7) switch back to android simply by restoring?
Thanks!
Yes, you would need to reflash the cwm partition layout first, but then the backup can be restored.
Sam is right you can restore your Android ROM to just like it was when you made the Nandroid backup using CWM. But you need to use a seperate SD card to store the back up on or copy it to your computer cuase WP7 is going to totally reformat your SD card unless you have it partitioned correctly. Meani.g you will loose any infortion that is not on another partition on your SD card.
Ah yea that, good catch.
T-Macgnolia said:
Sam is right you can restore your Android ROM to just like it was when you made the Nandroid backup using CWM. But you need to use a seperate SD card to store the back up on or copy it to your computer cuase WP7 is going to totally reformat your SD card unless you have it partitioned correctly. Meani.g you will loose any infortion that is not on another partition on your SD card.
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If I backup my current rom to the SD card I'm using now, and then use a second SD card and flash WP7 with that, I can take out the second one, plug in the first, boot into MAGLDR and safely restore Android?
Nope, the partition WP7 uses is in some sort of locked encryption format, so in other words, WP7 won't recognize the space on the sd card and fail to boot. Hence why WP7 formats the sd card in a certain way on first boot.
So in other words, use one sd card to save your nandroid backup/android, and another sd card for WP7 to use.
Kailkti said:
Nope, the partition WP7 uses is in some sort of locked encryption format, so in other words, WP7 won't recognize the space on the sd card and fail to boot. Hence why WP7 formats the sd card in a certain way on first boot.
So in other words, use one sd card to save your nandroid backup/android, and another sd card for WP7 to use.
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So in theory I can nandroid backup on my current sd card, then use another for WP7 to partition. I can plug my first sd card back in and restore from MAGLDR replacing android over WP7?
Oops lawl I misread the post above. I thought you were trying to use a sd card for WP7 to format when it boots up first then plug in your nandroid backed up sd card and use WP7 normally.
Anyways, yes you can do that. CWM is going take over WP7 anyways.
bazinga said:
So in theory I can nandroid backup on my current sd card, then use another for WP7 to partition. I can plug my first sd card back in and restore from MAGLDR replacing android over WP7?
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You know I actually just really thought about it , and yes you can do just what you are asking. Just flash the WP7 ROM of your choice, this should not remove CWM if you currently have it flashed to your HD2, Not running CWM from SD card by placing the two required files on it. Cause flashing WP7 will remove those two files.
So when you get ready to go back to Android you will have to put a SD card with the Backup on it in your HD2 or remove the RAID format that WP7 puts on the SD card and then reformat it with Fat 32, then put the copy on it and boot into CWM and restore with your backup and you should theoretically have Android back on your HD2. I Have not tested this, but like i said it is theoretical.
Let us know how it works out.
Looking at bazinga's avatar picture is making me wish there was an HD2 tablet.
T-Macgnolia said:
You know I actually just really thought about it , and yes you can do just what you are asking. Just flash the WP7 ROM of your choice, this should not remove CWM if you currently have it flashed to your HD2, Not running CWM from SD card by placing the two required files on it. Cause flashing WP7 will remove those two files.
So when you get ready to go back to Android you will have to put a SD card with the Backup on it in your HD2 or remove the RAID format that WP7 puts on the SD card and then reformat it with Fat 32, then put the copy on it and boot into CWM and restore with your backup and you should theoretically have Android back on your HD2. I Have not tested this, but like i said it is theoretical.
Let us know how it works out.
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Yup, it worked. After trying NODO I went back to MAGLDR but I had to flash AD Recovery again. Then I just restored the backup from my SD card.
Kailkti said:
Nope, the partition WP7 uses is in some sort of locked encryption format, so in other words, WP7 won't recognize the space on the sd card and fail to boot. Hence why WP7 formats the sd card in a certain way on first boot.
So in other words, use one sd card to save your nandroid backup/android, and another sd card for WP7 to use.
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I don't really know about locked and encrypted. But what I do know is WP7 formats the SD card with RAID. This is a format for hard drives, flash memory, external storage, and the such that lets a computer/device view and treat the different storage areas as one storage and can use them as one hard drive if you will. this is used in much larger scale usually.
Hi I installed Mango but i forgot to save my pictures. I took out SD card before i wiped so is there a chance of getting pictures back?
I really need help on this one. I need my family pictures back!
yes. if you have taken out the sd card before flashing / updating new rom and never reinserted since then, you could try to flash back the rom you were on before. don't insert the card before this is finished and then don't make a hard reset when card is back in! you should be able to use the card like before and access your old pics, because the card wassn't encrypted before mango. good luck!
malsehn said:
yes. if you have taken out the sd card before flashing / updating new rom and never reinserted since then, you could try to flash back the rom you were on before. don't insert the card before this is finished and then don't make a hard reset when card is back in! you should be able to use the card like before and access your old pics, because the card wassn't encrypted before mango. good luck!
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Sorry, this won't work. your new flash will not recognise the old sd and will ask you to insert the correct sd.(that is if you CAN upgrade to mango without sd in). remember WP7 uses NAND and SD as raid memory so each installation is different.
Not sure what you can do unless skydrive or zune has copies
personally I would keep sd until someone figures a way to access and decrypt the data on it.
not, if he flashes back to where he came from (7004 /8 or nodo), there the sd will be recognized (had issues with my old sd in the early days of wp7 on my hd2 and even after hard resets (with sd outside the phone for sure) the sd was recognized after reinserting and my tile colors etc, were back then. i know, that this will not work in mango build, but that was not exactly the question i think, its worth a try, he got nothing to lose (as it's still lost for now )