Hi, Iv'e just ordered a 16gb sd card to replace the 2gb card I am currently using and was looking for some advice on how to copy over the contents.
I'm currently running miui with a 500mb ext on the card, having looked around the forums I have seen that I can change cards by backing up using recovery, creating ext on new card then copying contents over to new card and doing a restore.
The problem I have is that the last time I did a backup/restore using CWR it simply reinstalled the ROM as a fresh install and I lost all data and apps, so I am reluctant to do this.
My question is, can I simply create an ext on the new card and copy over the data from the old cards ext and does it matter if the new ext is bigger than the old one?
rosso22 said:
Hi, Iv'e just ordered a 16gb sd card to replace the 2gb card I am currently using and was looking for some advice on how to copy over the contents.
I'm currently running miui with a 500mb ext on the card, having looked around the forums I have seen that I can change cards by backing up using recovery, creating ext on new card then copying contents over to new card and doing a restore.
The problem I have is that the last time I did a backup/restore using CWR it simply reinstalled the ROM as a fresh install and I lost all data and apps, so I am reluctant to do this.
My question is, can I simply create an ext on the new card and copy over the data from the old cards ext and does it matter if the new ext is bigger than the old one?
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do a full cwm backup
partition the new card
copy all fat32 part contents onto new card (be sure you have unhidden all files and that you get everything)
card into phone, dont let the rom boot go straight..
..into cwm
backups/restore
advanced restore
restore sd-ext
reboot
no need to wipe teh rom and reflash or full restore, , only teh sd-ext.
samsamuel said:
do a full cwm backup
partition the new card
copy all fat32 part contents onto new card (be sure you have unhidden all files and that you get everything)
card into phone, dont let the rom boot go straight..
..into cwm
backups/restore
advanced restore
restore sd-ext
reboot
no need to wipe teh rom and reflash or full restore, , only teh sd-ext.
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Thanks for that mate, I will try it when my card arrives tomorrow
Nice i needed to know this to 2gb is to small for a sens 3,5 ROM
Tried all the above.
I couldn't get in to CWM again. It worked when I installed my Hyperdroid ROM via SD.
I reflashed CWM, now my NAND android was gone!
I reflashed it, and it works now, but still it sucks balls.
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What all will i have to do on a phone i install cyanogen then the dark dream theme (Non morph for now, as i dont know much about it) [[http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549363]]
and then put a 8gb transcend class 6 microSDHC card into that that i will be getting for christmas.
(My gf had to have me give the money to my mom order it because she doesnt have access to a credit card lols. and i'm getting it this thrusday or friday, because as of the 2AM the 26th im in cambodia and need some time to load up my 8 gigs of space.)
I dont plan to APPS2SD until i get my 8gig card, and dont plan on backing it up until then, speedy replies appreciated, tyvm!
Also, what are the benefits of metamorph or the amon ra recovery over say not having it or the cyanogen one?
Because you have installed Cyanogen ROM you probably have a custom recovery installed such as CM-Recovery-1.4. Boot into recovery, you will see an option for backup, then place the SD card into your card reader. Copy the Nandroid directory from the flash card root directory. When you get your new card simply copy that folder back to the newly formatted (fat32) card, go back into recovery and use the restore from backup feature. Reboot.
BTW, just like when you flashed the rom, use Power+Home while booting up to get into the recovery console.
As long as you are not using apps2sd, this should fully backup and restore the applications.
You could also maybe get away with just copying the files from one flash drive to another and then rebooting, but file permissions might be all messed up - that I am not sure of.
If you have Amon_RA's recovery. Do a BART backup. It'll backup your apps on your ext as well. Copy the bart folder onto your desktop. Partition your new sd card. From there copy the BART folder into your new SD card and do a BART recovery. Voila.
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If you have Amon_RA's recovery. Do a BART backup. It'll backup your apps on your ext as well. Copy the bart folder onto your desktop. Partition your new sd card. From there copy the BART folder into your new SD card and do a BART recovery. Voila.
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Installed Amon_RA, very happy with that system, made the backup way fast, used a 64mb swappiness with 500mb or whatever for ext2 (upgraded to 3 then 4) installed the backup, took like 10 minutes, and between that and going from the stock 1gb microSDHC card to a class 6 8gig transcend, my phone goes like a billion times faster Really recommend it to anyone :] and the card was like 22$ with the shipping, 30$ without the free shipping :O
Hey, I just got a new larger and faster microSD card for my phone. I tried just doing a straight copy of the data from one card to the other, but it doesn't work. How do I do a copy that works like the old one does and keep my Fresh ROM intact as well?
couple ways of doing this...
#1. If you do NOT use a2sd
just mount your old sdcard to your computer and copy all the stuff into a folder on your desktop or something.
Then unmount the sdcard on your phone, replace with newer one, move everything back
#2. if you DO use a2sd heres what you do, or im guessing
First star on #1
Boot up into recovery and make a nandroid + ext backup.
Replace sdcard with newer one then partition it like you did to your older card
Move the nand backup you just made onto your new card
Nandroid restore it, then move all your other data onto your card
hello,
i want to wipe my android and start from scratch , also i want to delete any contents on my sd card...
but what contents on the sd card must remain? i remeber when i bought my desire, there were already folders on the sd card, are they important??
how do i do this?
first wipe/reinstall rom , then format, then wipe again?
Why wipe and then reinstall the same rom? Wipe=factory reset which deletes all user info, apps, etc etc. As in it will look like it did when you wiped and installed rom for the first time. Just reformat the sd card and you are done. You aren't gonna see a completely empty sd card after reformatting. There will be system folders that android will place there.
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thnx for the update... is there already a tool supplied with the rom to format the sd card??
what format system do i need to use fat32?
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thnx for the update... is there already a tool supplied with the rom to format the sd card??
what format system do i need to use fat32?
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After you have wiped and flashed your new rom, you can format your SD card from within android. That way, it will be able to place the default folders in there for you at the same time.
perfect, thnx for the info...
I tried to do a backup of the sd card and I think I may have taken the card out whilst android was still running. When copying the stuff from the sd card, data.img would not copy, some error. Now when booting in Android it gets stuck on the circle boot screen. I would guess that the data.img got corrupted. What happens if I just deleted it, would android create a new one when booting? I am using android on sd card Core droid with 1GB data image. Will I lose settings/programs?
unfortunately you will lose your data. next time instead of taking off your card use usb transfer.
SHould I delete it and Android will recreate one?
delete all the files related to the rom. the best format the sd card.then put a new sd rom and flash from beginning. the rom will create a new data.img.if you arent using titanium backup (from the market) i recommend you to use it in the future for similar cases to this.
format your card and do a clean intall
Hi,
I have the DL DesireZ SD MAGLDR Android ROM for HTC HD2 on SD and LEO "Stock Desire" on NAND. I have been using the SD card ROM for about a week now and am happy with it. I would like to backup all apps + System Data & cache (of the sd card ROM) and restore the same to a higher capacity card.
Which would be the best way to do it? (I do have CWM installed through ROM Manager on the sd card ROM).
If I boot into another ROM from the same SD card, will it pick up the apps+data+cache from it?
Will the backup be created on on the sd card or internal memory? I'm not sure there is enough space on internal memory.
I apologise if my question has been asked/explained earlier on this forum. I did try to search for an answer, but was not very sure; as this is also my first stint at backing up.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Jiggy
If you plan on using the same build on the new SD card, then just copy the Data.img over. If you are changing builds, use Titanium Backup free on the Android market. This will create a copy of anything you need on a folder on your SD card, and you can restore this at any time.
sd roms live in their own folder. just move this folder to the other sd. all your information and apps are in data.img in that folder. but just in case use titanium backup.
all sd roms use their folders. so you can use more than one sd-rom naming their folders differently with very few problems.
Thank You Nigeldg and mutil for your prompt replies.
Really appreciate it!
Jiggy
I use Titanium Backup free, too.
You can choose "Backup all Apps + system Data" and restore them on every ROM you use.
I have just downloaded Titanium backup free - will be backing up and switching cards shortly.
I've switched the cards, and everything seems to be working fine. Thanks for the help, everyone!
The only thing is, the internal storage has not increased, even though I have increased the partition size of ext2, could it be because I've just dumped all folders on FAT32? Anyway, that's not a major issue.
Regards,
Jiggy