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Switching sd card..

I want to switch to a 16gb sd card and i copied everything i have in my old one to the new but it never passes the logo screen. What are the steps necessary to do this successfully?
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I do not really have an answer to your question, but I did discover something cool about stock FroYo.
I had moved a bunch of apps to the SD card (via the official way) and was somewhat concerned about installing a larger SD card as I was unsure if my apps would copy over properly or more importantly be recognized as being present on the SD card at all.
I copied all DATA from my old SD card to my new SD card and booted up the device, at first none of my moved apps appeared to be installed, but after about 3 or 4 minuets all my previous installed apps populated in the launcher.
Color me impressed,
Dan

Im using a miui rom and i copied everything to the new sd and then when i turn on the phone i can see the miui logo but then it geys stuck there...
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i think its because some of miuis stock applications are installed onto the sd card. try making an ext partiton and then reflashing the same version of miui you have without wiping and it should boot up fine again without losing all your data

That should not be an issue unless you are using official stock OS or you have previously forced moving system apps to sd...
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You keep saying you copied everything over. That's probably not true. Check to make sure all the hidden files were copied over too, and that any extra partitions have been created and copied over too.

If you're using an ext partition, your pc probably won't see or copy it...
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Ok so how do i partion. can someone explain that to me. Thanks
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You would've had to set up the ext partition yourself, so if you don't know how to do it, I'm guessing you don't have an ext partition...
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Yep i guess i dont.... well i'll find someone to do it for me
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You partition you sd card in the recovery, there's an option for that.

ronnyzilker said:
Ok so how do i partion. can someone explain that to me. Thanks
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Easiest way to partition an sd card with ext and fat flavors is via Linux... grab your favorite usb bootable linux (like ubuntu or mint) if you're not already made the switch, boot your notebook via usb, stick your sd card and partition as you like it...
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Have i got an EXT partition?

is there an easy way to find out if i have an ext partition on my sd card
im having trouble getting 160 mb free after using wildpuzzle 0.6 and im thinking its because my ext partition is wrong / not there
thanks

Have u used Rom manager to partition your SD card n wat size SD card is it and how space do u have when there is nothink on the SD card
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yeh i used rom manager
its a 16gb card
and i have approx 14.9gb
im curious coz for the life of me (and i have tried lots of things now...i'm almost redy to give up) i cannont get the 160mb (ish) free on my phone following the guide by melvinchng

Plug ur SD card in a card reader and see how much space u have if u have ruffly 15.3gb total space then u have a ext3 n swap2 I now melvin well now on his tutoraol some had same problem and they changed they way they did it just have a gud look threw tutorial
Ps did u install wp6 then use Rom manager then wipe all data in Android recovery then do a fresh install of wp6
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i just read through the thread and got confused at most of it lol
yeh it was about 15.3 (i just realised i still have 0.5 0.6 and 0.8 zip files still on my pc)
yeh i installed 0.6 then partioned then 0.6 again
i need a way of going all the way back to the begining and starting again (complety wiping the phone back to default and sd card back to default)

To completely wipe ur SD card go to my Rom page and go to second thread n look for create your own ext3 n swap 2 follow the step in the tutorial
But delete all the partitions on the SD then right click and create. partition and make sure ur hole SD card is fat32 then start again with melvin tutorial buddie
Also if his steps Dnt work go to his tutorial n go to page 11 n look for marc's way of doin the progress
Ps Dnt create a ext3 or swap 2 with paratition manager as it don't work but deleting all the partition on ur SD card will work I did it my self
If u need any more help just ask
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cheers daddy
this is my second day of getting this thing to work and its doing my head in again lol
but im gonna go and bookmark your rom post so its already

No worrys buddie
We all been there lol
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16gb sd only give you 14.9gb..
Maximum without ext is 14.9gb.
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ok....just went into paragon and deleted all my partitions on the sd card
i then followed melvinchng and marcs guide, but it still wont give me my 160(ish) internal memory
any other suggestions?
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So u had a fresh SD card then u installed wp6 on it then went to Rom manager used the create partition then u loaded up the phone then turned it of taken the battery out used a card reader to put wp6 on to the SD card then u went into recovery and wipe data and wipe cache data and then reboot the recovery and then installed wp6
If that's wat u did then it should have worked fine Cus that's wat I do
If u still can't get it to work speak to melvin he's always ready to help as I can't help any more as that's as much as I can help sorry
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yeh i did that exctaly what you just said
i have just spoken to him and he suggests trying a differnet sd card
so gonna try again tomorrow
hopefully that will work and then i will have to replace my card and get a different brand

Ok cool well it wudnt let me email u back for some reason not sure y
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Best and easiest way to do ext partitions is to use gparted live cd on a usb stick. Simple
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[Q]Lagfixing my phone

Hey guys. I am using lestat's 2.0 build 3.8.. I am trying to lag fix my phone. Have tried couple of times but failed. I partitioned my sdcard but it always showed the partitioned space as unpartitioned and phone wont read tge files in the fat32 partition.
How do i fix the problem?
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SD Card constantly remounts as being "read-only"

It's has really been the pain in the arse. Really.
I use Lord's Ice Cold Sandwich. This happens occasionally, when I tried to download SD data for a game, the SD card remounts as being read-only.
I tried full-wipe flash, format SD card with Disk Utility of Ubuntu, then reflash it with Android's utility. I tried unmounting sdcard in CWM. I tried fix permission option in CWM. Nothing helps so far.
Thanks in advance!!! :angel:

There's an app on the Play Shop which claims to fix this, give it a try
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Would be nice if you can post the name of the app too, I can't find it.

hadobac said:
Would be nice if you can post the name of the app too, I can't find it.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rootuninstaller.sdcardpermissionfix&hl=en

I guess the problem lies in permission thingy. Flash this zip file in here works: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458021
Gud luck!

i think your card is getting faulty ......
back up all data and then go for any experiments ....

commando0 said:
i think your card is getting faulty ......
back up all data and then go for any experiments ....
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I actually tried that. The other day I backed up stuff than formatted the thing with Disk Utility tool of Ubuntu. I then went extreme, formatted it again on Android.
I guess the app above might help. The thing is I'm still under 18 for a credit card, hence gotta wait another year to be eligible.... mannnnn
Apparently, the SD card is still in R/W mode, it isn't til I start download data for games, download music, use dolphin... that it becomes read only. The process usually goes for half the bar, than stop.
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Should I repartition the SD card with swap storage and ext4 and stuff?
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Just format the card with 4ext then reflash rom.
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Are you able to flash your SD card? If you are having the same files after the formatting which you had then I don't think anything will work rather than replacing your SD card

SD card won't format

Sup guys. I don't know if this is the right place to post this. But here I go. My 32gb San Disk micro SD card was working fine on my gs3 until I got my s4 and now it seems to be write protected. I can't delete or add anything onto the card. It worked fine on the s3 though. So I Googled a little about this and came across a piece of software, which I downloaded and made use of. But the tool I used to supposedly fix the card actually made it worse. Now the phone can't read it, nor can the PC explore its files (but can detect the device), its like a non allocated partition that just needs formatting. But I have tried windows format utility, SD card formatter, HD low level formatter, and HP USB disk utility software and all of them without success. Please help me as I don't know what else to do.
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Marcellff said:
Sup guys. I don't know if this is the right place to post this. But here I go. My 32gb San Disk micro SD card was working fine on my gs3 until I got my s4 and now it seems to be write protected. I can't delete or add anything onto the card. It worked fine on the s3 though. So I Googled a little about this and came across a piece of software, which I downloaded and made use of. But the tool I used to supposedly fix the card actually made it worse. Now the phone can't read it, nor can the PC explore its files (but can detect the device), its like a non allocated partition that just needs formatting. But I have tried windows format utility, SD card formatter, HD low level formatter, and HP USB disk utility software and all of them without success. Please help me as I don't know what else to do.
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use cwm recovery to format sdcard. u may need to root ur ph for dat

Yes the galaxy s4 does seam to have issues with sdcards, I myself had corrupt sdcard twice for no apparent reason. Your sdcard will now be in RAW file system and from experience very hard to recover, I've tried dozens of recovery windows apps to fix the partition without success (maybe just didn't try the right app) you can however recover SOME datas on the sdcard but there is no guarrentee how much or what you can successfully recover.
The moral of this story is to ALWAYS backup your data.
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Hi, pop it in a camera, if it detects it you are lucky, format it there and you're all set. Unfortunately you will lose all the data

DroidFolks said:
use cwm recovery to format sdcard. u may need to root ur ph for dat
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Damn, i was trying to keep my new s4 "clean" but i guess ill have to root it. Oh well, ill keep kit kat unrooted then. Lol
ranger4740 said:
Yes the galaxy s4 does seam to have issues with sdcards, I myself had corrupt sdcard twice for no apparent reason. Your sdcard will now be in RAW file system and from experience very hard to recover, I've tried dozens of recovery windows apps to fix the partition without success (maybe just didn't try the right app) you can however recover SOME datas on the sdcard but there is no guarrentee how much or what you can successfully recover.
The moral of this story is to ALWAYS backup your data.
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Yeah, data recovery isnt an issue, as ive backed it all up beforehand. I just want my card back
freakzone said:
Hi, pop it in a camera, if it detects it you are lucky, format it there and you're all set. Unfortunately you will lose all the data
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My camera uses SD cards I think, not micro. But I'll check
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just find an adapter from somewhere, usually one is supplied with the card

I tried clockwork mod recovery with no avail. I have little faith that a camera format tool would work, so I'm not even gonna bother to find a microsd adapter. Sigh. Any other suggestions please? I'm almost giving up
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new card?

Yes, that's unfortunately my last resort. I was hoping it didn't have to get to that point though, cause where I live, a 32gb micro SD card is expensive as ****. But oh well. Thank you guys for trying.
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Why not just get a card reader and use a PC and partition minitools?
To get your SD card back You may even need to do a LOW LEVEL format. This is very different from a standard format.
Use Google and get a freeware version of a low level format software then repartition USB/flash drive then normal fat32 format.
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I tried doing a low level format. I've tried it all, with no avail :/
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Marcellff said:
I tried doing a low level format. I've tried it all, with no avail :/
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Sorry mate, looks like its dead then
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