I've done quite a few searches, and didn't find anything, so if anyone knows the answer, i'd appreciate it. I am upgrading my ext SD from 8gb to 32gb. My usage recently has completely replaced my laptop, so I'm in desperate need for more HD space. I am rooted, will I need to re-root when i install the new SD? It is my understanding the recovery is installed on the SD. Would I just need to transfer the files from the old (current) SD? Thanks in advance for the help.
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breakinghbts said:
I am rooted, will I need to re-root when i install the new SD? It is my understanding the recovery is installed on the SD. Would I just need to transfer the files from the old (current) SD? Thanks in advance for the help.
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No, root and CWM are installed on internal memory, not external SD. Swapping the SD to another one is perfectly safe. Just remember to copy any backups to the new one if you have any
Thanks for the info. OK, just the backups will need to be transferred. Should be an easy swap then!
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Hi guys,
I'm real new here but I've done some lurking around in the past. I've rooted my wildfire and i've flashed it with that Cyanogen rom rc2(i think it is).
Anywho I currently have a 2gb microsd in my phone at the moment. I'm going to upgrade to a 16gb when I get the cash but if I do will I have to install that rom again and all the apps? Is the system data kept on the sd?
Also where do my nandroid backups get saved to and titanium backups of apps?
Thanks and sorry for being so noob!
If you do a nandroid backup which is saved to sd Ans copy it over to new card you will have a carbon copy wallah
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Copy everything to your new sd card, saves the trouble its what I did haha.i didn't have to do a nandroid restore as I kept the stock rom.
You won't have to reinstall anything, if its on your phone memory, so like I said, copy everything over
ahh sweet thanks alot! so helpful
Semi Noob question.
I just am finally upgrading my SD card, bought a 16GB after using the stock since I got the phone. I had moved all apps to SD via Titanium backup, so...
1. Will copying the contents of the old SD over to the new one suffice or will other steps need to be taken after I put it in?
and 2. What is the idea setup as far as formatting goes, for Apps2SD, best performance, etc? Is there one way that's better than the others?
Worth noting that I'm on CM7 right now.
mikeybags said:
Semi Noob question.
I just am finally upgrading my SD card, bought a 16GB after using the stock since I got the phone. I had moved all apps to SD via Titanium backup, so...
1. Will copying the contents of the old SD over to the new one suffice or will other steps need to be taken after I put it in?
and 2. What is the idea setup as far as formatting goes, for Apps2SD, best performance, etc? Is there one way that's better than the others?
Worth noting that I'm on CM7 right now.
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1. Should be fine.
2. I don't know if ext a2sd still works but 512mb ext3/4 with the rest fat32 works for me. No reason for swap.
A2Ext can still be used, if you partition via recovery it will wipe the SD card, so do that before copying stuff.
mikeybags said:
Semi Noob question.
I just am finally upgrading my SD card, bought a 16GB after using the stock since I got the phone. I had moved all apps to SD via Titanium backup, so...
1. Will copying the contents of the old SD over to the new one suffice or will other steps need to be taken after I put it in?
and 2. What is the idea setup as far as formatting goes, for Apps2SD, best performance, etc? Is there one way that's better than the others?
Worth noting that I'm on CM7 right now.
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1. I would backup all the apps using titanium backup. I'm not too sure that moving them to SD is going to do it.
2. For Apps2SD, I have 512 megs ext 3 partitioned with no swap. I'd say go with ext3 because more roms are compatible with it...
I also upgraded from stock SD to a 16gb class 10 - all I did was copy all contents from one sd to the other. Everything worked right away.
Sure ain't like moving sd's in Symbian ... oh what a mess that was.
I would like to run BN stock OS from the SD, is that possible? And if I use a 16bg card, is there any way I cold use the leftover memory? What tools do I need to partition the card? Any guides?
Thanks in advance.
BrotherZero said:
I would like to run BN stock OS from the SD, is that possible? And if I use a 16bg card, is there any way I cold use the leftover memory? What tools do I need to partition the card? Any guides?
Thanks in advance.
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Take a looksy here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061523
-Racks
Hello to all,
I want to upgrade the microsd card I'm using in my Nook Color to a larger size. I am running CM7 off the internal space, rather than the external card. I am pretty newbie at all this, and I need to know if I can just copy the contents of my old card to the new one & have it work? Pics & stuff I figure are fine, but what about installed apps? There are several on it. Do I need to re-install them or will everything copy over fine? I know it would not work for programs, but I don't know about apps.
I looked though all the threads I could find, but everything seems to be for running CM7 off the card & moving the entire shooting match.
Thanks for any help you can give.
RSD
as long as you haven't done some weird partitioning or changed the format to ntsf or something, you should be able to straight copy.
Wow. That was fast!
Thanks for the info. Formatted FAT32 with no partitions at all, afaik, so it sounds like I'm good.
Thanks again!
Hi,
I have searched this topic and most are to do with Titanium Backup or backuping up NAND.
My question is as follows:
With an SD version of Android on HD2, can I simply drag and drop the entire contents of my microSD onto my hard drive as a backup in case of future microSD/Android corruption? Then drag it back onto the microSD and have a working copy of Android? Or will I have problems with file permissions etc?
Is the use of software such as Titanium Backup my only option if the above method couldn't possibly work?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Cheers,
Harry
Usually it should work but you will have to backup the whole sd since some apps are creating folders on SD
harryw86 said:
Hi,
I have searched this topic and most are to do with Titanium Backup or backuping up NAND.
My question is as follows:
With an SD version of Android on HD2, can I simply drag and drop the entire contents of my microSD onto my hard drive as a backup in case of future microSD/Android corruption? Then drag it back onto the microSD and have a working copy of Android? Or will I have problems with file permissions etc?
Is the use of software such as Titanium Backup my only option if the above method couldn't possibly work?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Cheers,
Harry
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Yeah, that should be fine... but I would recommend also using Titanium backup in case you want to restore your apps later to a different build. Much better I would say because of this.
Thanks for both of your quality comments! I now feel confident that It'll work, and I'll also use Titanium concurrently for future build use as advised.
Cheers,
Harry