Question if i format my memory card will it delete or alter my root?
YungLemon said:
Question if i format my memory card will it delete or alter my root?
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I assume you mean your micro SD card, right? If so, then no, it won't alter your root at all. The root-related stuff is all in the phone's internal non-removable memory.
YungLemon said:
Question if i format my memory card will it delete or alter my root?
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Just to be sure, you could try removing the sd card and booting it before wiping the card, so you can test non-destructively...
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If I have flash ROM #1, install apps and move them to my sd card then flash ROM #2 and re-install the same apps again what happens to them when I move them to my sd card again?
Do they overwrite the original apps moved to the sd card or do they get placed in another location, therefore taking up twice as much space on my sd card?
jszanto said:
If I have flash ROM #1, install apps and move them to my sd card then flash ROM #2 and re-install the same apps again what happens to them when I move them to my sd card again?
Do they overwrite the original apps moved to the sd card or do they get placed in another location, therefore taking up twice as much space on my sd card?
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in my experience they double.
neidlinger said:
in my experience they double.
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That would explain why my sd card seemed to lose capacity so quickly. Is the only way to regain space to format my sd card? Or can I just delete a specific folder?
Use Astro or File Expert to eliminate duplicates on your sdcard or phone thru data/apps or system/apps
If you create an ext partition however and flash a new rom all you would need to do is full wipe, the ext partition restores all your apps/games
Course i use dark tremor apps2sd which not everyone needs and move data/data to sd and same with cache partition to sd.
i have a partion on my sd card using swapit ram expander for increasing rom
now i want to change my sd card
so if i just move the swap file from previous sd card to the new one
will it work?
No, you must delete the swap ram on your current sd card first then create a new swap ram on your new sd card
Don't forget to hit thanks!
Adam Azmi said:
No, you must delete the swap ram on your current sd card first then create a new swap ram on your new sd card
Don't forget to hit thanks!
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will i get back the memory used by swat expander? 360mb
Puru007 said:
will i get back the memory used by swat expander? 360mb
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Yes.
luqman98 said:
Yes.
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how to delete that ???
Puru007 said:
how to delete that ???
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Delete the swap file or what?
luqman98 said:
Delete the swap file or what?
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swap file ... so that i cn get back 360 mb back to my sd card
Puru007 said:
swap file ... so that i cn get back 360 mb back to my sd card
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If you're partitioning your SD Card to use swap, backup all your files, delete all partitions using EaseUS Partition Manager (Windows, obviously). Then create the new partition with FAT32 filesystem.
luqman98 said:
If you're partitioning your SD Card to use swap, backup all your files, delete all partitions using EaseUS Partition Manager (Windows, obviously). Then create the new partition with FAT32 filesystem.
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u re not getting
i want to restore the memory of sd card i used before in swap it expander bcz i dont need it now
is it poasible to restore the sd card life ?
Puru007 said:
u re not getting
i want to restore the memory of sd card i used before in swap it expander bcz i dont need it now
is it poasible to restore the sd card life ?
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I don't know, but formatting SD Card will remove it since you can't find the swap file in your SD Card.
luqman98 said:
I don't know, but formatting SD Card will remove it since you can't find the swap file in your SD Card.
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yea man .... i want to restore my sd card life back to where it was before creating the swap file
I've rooted my S4, and now I'm trying to partition the SD card so that I can use link2sd and free up some more space. Does anyone know how to do this using a Mac??
Many thanks in advance!
chrissy_a said:
I've rooted my S4, and now I'm trying to partition the SD card so that I can use link2sd and free up some more space. Does anyone know how to do this using a Mac??
Many thanks in advance!
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I think you can do it using twrp recovery.
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GDReaper said:
I think you can do it using twrp recovery.
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Ahh yes, I forgot to mention...I already found that guide, but on twrp 3.0.0.0 there is no such option...
chrissy_a said:
Ahh yes, I forgot to mention...I already found that guide, but on twrp 3.0.0.0 there is no such option...
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A resize option may appear only after you have formatted the sd card using twrp.
GDReaper said:
A resize option may appear only after you have formatted the sd card using twrp.
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Oh, okay. I might try that...how certain is this 'may appear'? I'm concerned about losing stuff...if I backup my SD card onto computer through a file manager, will it back up EVERYTHING or could I still lose some data?
chrissy_a said:
Oh, okay. I might try that...how certain is this 'may appear'? I'm concerned about losing stuff...if I backup my SD card onto computer through a file manager, will it back up EVERYTHING or could I still lose some data?
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You just copy everything from the sd card onto the pc. Android apps usually store their data on the internal storage, so the sd card has only files that you put there.
I recently formatted my /data partition as ext4 and after the format there was a resize option, which wasn't there before formatting.
GDReaper said:
You just copy everything from the sd card onto the pc. Android apps usually store their data on the internal storage, so the sd card has only files that you put there.
I recently formatted my /data partition as ext4 and after the format there was a resize option, which wasn't there before formatting.
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I wiped my SD card using TWRP, but still there is no 'resize' option
chrissy_a said:
I wiped my SD card using TWRP, but still there is no 'resize' option
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As I was saying, I used the "change file system" option to format my data partition, and that gave me the resize option.
GDReaper said:
As I was saying, I used the "change file system" option to format my data partition, and that gave me the resize option.
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Ahh okay, got it. But with this method, is there a way to choose the size of the partition? When I click on 'resize', there are no settings - just a 'swipe to confirm'...
Also, when I turned on my phone I still have no extra internal memory, and the SD card is not found. I try to mount the SD card from Settings -> Storage, but it just says "Blank SD card"...
Hi everyone, I used a 200GB card to create adoptable storage on my S7 edge using the ADB method. Could anyone tell me if the storage is automatically encrypted, or if we have to encrypt the SD card first, and then format it to get the benefits of encryption?
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PunishedSnake said:
yes
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Sorry, just to confirm, it Is automatically encrypted? So if I removed it and want to use it elsewhere I would need to reformat the card?
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PunishedSnake said:
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Thank you for the guidance. Just wanted to post that I had to change my sim last night so took out the SD card as well and tried to use in the computer. Got a message that card need to be formatted. So all good.
Hello i want to increase my phone ram with my sd card with a method found on youtuve but is there a way to fuse your sd card with your internal storage and also increase ram kinda complicated but i hope i get an answer
thank you
2gg1 said:
Hello i want to increase my phone ram with my sd card with a method found on youtuve but is there a way to fuse your sd card with your internal storage and also increase ram kinda complicated but i hope i get an answer
thank you
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It's possible, but you must be sure to never get the SD card ejected while the phone is on 'cause it'll be linked to the swap partition of your internal storage, and I don't know what could happen. If I remember, there is an app to link partitions, but i don't know how to use it. The only thing that I now is that you must format your SD card and make a partition table to make the swap partition.
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ffpp.2003 said:
It's possible, but you must be sure to never get the SD card ejected while the phone is on 'cause it'll be linked to the swap partition of your internal storage, and I don't know what could happen. If I remember, there is an app to link partitions, but i don't know how to use it. The only thing that I now is that you must format your SD card and make a partition table to make the swap partition.
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Thank you for comfirming:angel: