Database Users

Format sd

Hey guys what do I need to do before I format my sd card.
Its all filled up with useless garbage. And like 3different roms.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App

Back everything from the sd to a folder on your computer. I prefer using an sd adapter to plug the card directly into the pc. Transfers will be faster that way. Format the card in the pc. It needs to be formatted as fat32. I would use a cluster size of 32k. Copy any needed files back to the card and pop it back in the phone. Done.
Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G

[Q] Is it possible?

Hey. I have owned my Wildfire for a week now so I am still a noob. I wanted to know if it's possible to install a custom ROM on the wildfire without an SD card so basically do it through USB. I have seen some phones can do it with Amon RA recovery but I don't think it is possible for the Wildfire.
Thanks.

Dont think it is although why would you want to do it without? The wf comes with a sd card
Sent from my GT-P1000 using XDA App

Because when i put my SD card in the adapter and put it into my laptop it cant open the card and asks "do you want to format" and when i choose yes it says "unable to complete format" so im screwed with that SD card

Use paragon partition n look on YouTube 4 a video that will sort it out n will fix that error
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

Still dont work its not even showing up on my computer now ive probably ****ed it somehow but on my phone it says 1.83gb free space. weird.

Dose paragon partitioning show ur sd at all if not erm check to make sure ur SD card reader is ok bu using a different SD card
if paragon partitioning is showing ur sd card.
is ur SD card signed as active and does it have a volume letter as these thing will stop I from formating the SD card
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

It showed my SD card then when I tried to format it would only show my hard drive and plus the free version does not let you do anything to the card.

Try Panasonic SD Formatter:
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/sd/download/index.html
E: Probably unrelated, but, make sure your card reader supports SDHC cards.

1.What happens when you connect the phone via USB and choose mount as disk drive?
2.When you use the SD card adapter, and right click on the SD card's drive letter if there's an option to "open as portable device" try that also try updating your laptops card reader drivers.
3.Use bluetooth to transfer the ROMS?
4. If you're already rooted, try formatting SD card via ROM MAnager.

As far as I know you cannot install custom firmware (a "ROM") without an SD card.
You don't have to use your SD card directly from the computer to install custom firmware. You can use file storage mode on your phone's USB connection or adb to access your SD card through your phone on your computer.
To install CyanogenMod with the help of adb, follow the steps in hxxp://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Wildfire:_Full_Update_Guide and put the update.zip into the root of your SD card with this command:
Code:
adb push update-cm-6.1.0-buzz-signed.zip /sdcard/
You need to have your phone connected to your computer, have the appropriate drivers installed to do this and have USB debugging enabled on your phone. Documentation on adb is available at hxxp://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
An alternative way to the above adb method is to enable USB phone storage mode when you connect your phone to your computer and transfer the update.zip file to your SD card.

Hi guys thanks for all your help I have fixed my problem. All I did was use a windows 7 laptop and it worked.

New SD card help.

I am getting a new 16 gig class 6 SD card for my dhd and wanted to know the best way to move my flies over from my current one with out losesing any thing?
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Google the program SyncBack Free. Its excellent at moving large directories and files.

Easiest way.
Connect to computer, copy everything off sd card, copy everything to new sd. easy as.

Yep, connect to a pc, copy all from old SD card to pc, then from pc to new SD card. Worked for me all the time.

I use simple backup to keep a regular backup of my SD Card by mounting USB to my ubuntu box, so install your new card in the DHD then restore Simple backup

CM7 Memory Loss?

I had 4.9GB and then I had installed CM7 Nighties 161 and now i have 596kb and i have checked my SD card and there is nothing on there but it is appearing empty now i have installed CM7

Is your sd card original?
try to format your SD card in your computer through card reader

Yes my SD card is original, what's the best way to format the SD card
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

i think your SD card is corrupt when flash cyanogen
your phone wont detect your sd card,
format it on your computer through card reader

My phone does detect the SD card as all my files show up but its just the memory which has dissapeared.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App

[Q] copy SD card

Is there a way to copy sd card files to a new sd card? I got a new larger SD card and can't copy all files to it. TB, TWRP and some other files will not copy. I hate to start completely anew because there are some backups that I would like to retain. It's probably a Windows issue. Would a bit copier accomplish the task? Any advice would be appreciated.

if you have enough internal memory you can copy them to the phone using something like ES file explorer on the play store and then copy them back to the new memory card, or if you have one of those inexpensive dongle memory card adapters you can copy them to your computer then copy them back to the card.

Plug your phone into your computer and switch the usb mode so it shows up as a drive. Copy sd card to computer. Swap sd cards in phone. Format sd card through phone. Copy the backup off the computer to new sd card
Sent from my SPH-L720 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

otg cable + memory card reader is also a great option. everyone should invest 5$ in a good otg cable