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SD card partitions

Is there any reason to partition my SD card as anything but FAT32...
other than setting up Apps2D?
Am I missing out on anything with just a FAT32 partition?
What is the stock partition setup for the SD card?
\Thanks in advance. Rooting and flashing the Hero has been a great, enjoyable learning experience.

i regret to inform you i cannot answer your question. and i hate to jump on...but to undo a2sd, do i just have format my card?

mountaindont said:
i regret to inform you i cannot answer your question. and i hate to jump on...but to undo a2sd, do i just have format my card?
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You have to repartion everything to zero

do i do this from recovery?

Same way you partioned it

If you aren't using apps2sd then partition the whole card FAT32. There is not another option if you are using it in your phone.
Backup your sd card contents first. Changing the partition formats your entire card deleting the contents.
If you want to change a partition or an ext extension do it from recovery >> partition. To revert back to no partition you need to set the swap to 0 and the ext to 0.
In my experience setting the partitions to zero in recovery actually leaves a small ext partition on your card. I had one ROM that wouldn't boot as a result. The solution was to remove the card from the phone and re-partition it using Linux or a partition manager (I used Paragon Manager in a Win 7 64-bit environment). This way I was able to completely repartition the card to FAT32.... If you aren't having an issue loading a ROM, this step is not necessary, just set the two to zero in recovery >> partition as stated above.

mountaindont said:
i regret to inform you i cannot answer your question. and i hate to jump on...but to undo a2sd, do i just have format my card?
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Yes. Backup the contents of your card. Changing the partition formats the entire card. Put your crap back onto the card after you repartition.

danknee said:
Yes. Backup the contents of your card. Changing the partition formats the entire card. Put your crap back onto the card after you repartition.
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hey thanks man!

4SidedDie said:
Same way you partioned it
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its funny you say that, because while i havent used a2sd since. my g1, i know partitioning in recovery sets up a2sd.
i.never.did.it
idk how it happened, but when i installed treves last release, it just happened...search for the thread "major internal memory issue" it was quite the controversy lol

[Q] Sd:ext

I partioned my sd card yesterday and I cannot find the rest of the data on my sd card, How do you un partition your sd card with amon ra recovery?

coocat said:
I partioned my sd card yesterday and I cannot find the rest of the data on my sd card, How do you un partition your sd card with amon ra recovery?
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Partitioning formats the sd card. You could try running recovery software designed for SD cards but I don't fancy your chances.

Are you saying you formatted your sd card and did not back up all the data first?
If you just want to unpartition--reformat fat32

There may be a possibility of getting your data back. As long as you don't write anything new to the card. Anything new put on the card would overwrite the old data that is in the same location, basically 'randomly' overwrite old stuff.
But if you haven't written too much to it, you could use some recovery programs to try and find your old files. Technically they are all still there, but their 'location' on the card is now unknown.

rugmankc said:
Are you saying you formatted your sd card and did not back up all the data first?
If you just want to unpartition--reformat fat32
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no i backed up all of the data, i just didn't know if formatting it would mess it up or not.
Thanks i formatted it and it works fine now

Great.
Had us scared.

[Q] Remove CWR from an SDCard?

Is there a quick and dirty way to remove CWR installed on an SDCard?
I tried a straight format on Windows, but then I copied the files I originally had on the card back to the card.

majorpay said:
Is there a quick and dirty way to remove CWR installed on an SDCard?
I tried a straight format on Windows, but then I copied the files I originally had on the card back to the card.
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Just erase the boot files from the partition, namely, MLO, uImage and uRamDisk. That will make it a normal SD. But if you had a bigger SD with a smaller CWM image on it, it will stay the smaller size. I'm not sure that a format will bring it back to it's native size or not.

A quick format on Windows doesn't work. Can't recall if the full format does or not. A program like easeus partition manger will do a full format if you are using a smaller image on a larger card to recover the space.
Alternatively if you have the stock B&N OS on internal you can insert the card go into settings and unmount the card and then format it. It will restore all the space and give it factory fresh formatting. Often, other devices such as digital cameras also have a format function like this which usually does a deep format and restores the card to new.
JP

[Q] Running CM7 off NAND - anything to consider changing SD Card?

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?

mr_arc said:
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

[SOLVED] Problem with link2sd, don't see second partition

Hello
I have rooted J5 (2015) with stock marshmallow 6.0.1 (rom installed manually via odin) and i want to use link2sd app. I make 2 partitions FAT32 and ext2 both are primary and FAT32 is a first partition. But link 2 sd dont see second partition. When i make script via link2sd i get message No such file or directory. I try format card and use ext 2 ext3 ext4 formats always that same error. I think that maybye sd card is broken (i have old 2gb card) it can be it?

You need to separate partitions on your SD card, you can do this either by PC (if you have microsd slot) or using an app, i don't remember the name. Those are the ways to make sd card second partition for cache and etc.
But doing that you will just slow your phone down

What do you mean separate? I have two partitions fat32 and ext2

I buy new sd card and wipe my phone, still get error no such file or directory. Can anybody help?
ok i sovle my problem by using other app. Apps2SD create aplications link with sd card

Szynsz said:
I buy new sd card and wipe my phone, still get error no such file or directory. Can anybody help?
ok i sovle my problem by using other app. Apps2SD create aplications link with sd card
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Hi, could you please update this and quote as solved in OP? TY?

Ok but what is OP?