Getting a bit bored of the lagging, crashing and poor performance of my Defy. I'm currently on CyanMobile (only installed a couple of months ago)... I'm thinking there's something deeper wrong with my phone.... I'm tempted to wipe it ALL and start again: both the phone itself and the SD card
I can back up my music and photos/videos, but is there anything else I should be careful about deleting? I don't really mind about Titanium backing up my apps: I could just delete them all and download them again: I'm not too attached to anything
If I go ahead and format the SD card, is it best to do it from within Recovery? Or from my PC?
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It's better to format SD card in recovery.first make a backup on pc.after that,you can do it.
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as the title says, i have filled an 8 gig card already and now on a 16 gig and only have 4 gig of that left. i have lots of updates and backups, only 2 roms installed and hardly any music or pics on my card, is this normal?? i have never needed a 16gig before, once we rooted our phone, the files that we used to root, can we remove those from the card or is it necessary to keep them on to stay rooted, i have gotten rid of some bloatware but not all because i dont know exactly what is safe to remove.
Move your back ups to your computer. Get rid of the zip files from your Tom installs because you can just restore through recovery instead of doin a new Tom install
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You can delete all the stuff from your sd card with no side effects to your root status,which rom you are in, apps, etc. The only downside would be that you have no data on the sd card.
I have an 8 gig and have never come close to running out of space. I only have the latest roms out, i have no back ups(i am weird and would much rather do a fresh install everytime), and i only back up contacts to the sd card.
Once youre done with root though, you can delete visonary, the root.sh file or whatever, the recovery.img on the sdcard, etc. with no effects.
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Move your back ups to your computer. Get rid of the zip files from your Tom installs because you can just restore through recovery instead of doin a new Tom install
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okay, im such a noob, pls explain to me what you mean by Tom?? im sure its something simple but just dont know sorry
Those backups are over a gb a piece. Don't take long if u keep em all
so the backups from my sd card from rom manager i dont need to keep on sd card, they can be saved on pc? how do i backup then if they are not on the card?
i transfered all my data to my new sd card. shut the phone off and put the new card in. booted it. i got a text. tried to reply and wouldnt let me. phone shut off and wouldnt boot. i went into recovery to clear cache and dalvik cache. rebooted and now its like its on a fresh new rom no apps no nothin. but its EXTREMLY SLOW now. 5x slower than my htc hero. and its freaking out.
i tried nand back up.. nothin. i tried everything.. wont stay on long enough for ruu.
so any ideas to help me fix this.
I usually format the new sdcard with the phone. Then I copy onto it, except for lost.dir which does not get over written.
Use the settings to unmount the sdcard, then reformat it. Copy from the old sdcard on to the new. Hopefully that will do.
ok i will try that in a sec. thank you
Did you get one of those cheap memory cards from China? If so, that may be the problem. I tried one of those cheap SD cards when I first got my phone and it worked all kinda ways messed up while it was in there. Try putting the old card back in. If you see it works with no problems, then it's your SD card.
the phone is still glitched out even with the old card
EDITwilly900wonka after i did that process it worked. probably not a smart move copying the file over as well. i just did a exact copy with all the files. nand .androidsecure and everything else on the lines of movies music and photos
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the phone is still glitched out even with the old card
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Weird. Try wiping cache and dalvik cache,. If not, hopefully you have a NAND backed up that you can restore to.
Once you get your EVO back up and running I would advise you to run AVG Anti-Virus to speed your phone back up. Also install a custom ROM, this will most defiantly speed up your EVO.
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Once you get your EVO back up and running I would advise you to run AVG Anti-Virus to speed your phone back up. Also install a custom ROM, this will most defiantly speed up your EVO.
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i been using custom roms. but i was on mikfroyo then myn warm. then MIUI which i loved but it wont accept it now. so im off to something new. i tried koin elite. but that sucked for me...
I made the mistake of putting a blank SD card into my phone then formatting it with the phone. I lost all my apps etc. Even transferring all the files back to the phone didn't fix it. What I found you should do is boot into recovery before you ever boot into the phone. Then format and create the needed partitions, then mount the SD card while in recovery and move the files to the card. Wipe cache and dalvik and reboot. Phone acts like you never changed the card. From my experience its the most problem free method
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Whats the best SD card for the EVO?
Say I want a 16GB card.
Does the evo support class 6 and 10?
Can I then use the MikFroyo A2sd? Or do I need to start with a wipe and a fresh install of MikFroyo?
ive had this happen during an sdcard switch as well. weird since I wasn't using apps2sd. i had to restore my nandroid.
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ive had this happen during an sdcard switch as well. weird since I wasn't using apps2sd. i had to restore my nandroid.
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it sucks. but oh well.
Nandroid FTW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
had that problem on my first 2 card switches the realized that what works for me is taking old card out, putting new one in(i do not open anything)just go to format the sd card then put the old one back in plug phone to pc in usb drive and opend my pc hit folder properties on my phones drive and select view hidden files. then copy all the info into my pc. then close all open windows on pc and change my phone back to charging only then unplug turn off the phone and remove and replace sd card with new one, turn on again plug to pc in usb drive and copy all the files i copied into the new sd card and hit replace on all the repeated folders. that method works flawlessly for me every time
So all my issues started when I bought a OG Droid from my buddy for $60 and I then decided that I would just pop my Memory card out of my X (was on Liberty 2.0) and into the OG and root the OG ( then Flashed CM7) and then using Titanium backup, I would just restore the Apps and Data from my X onto my OG.. it worked ok but then I wanted to just make a copy of the entire SD card so I could have all my apps and data on both phones so I didnt have to play musical SD cards when I switched phones..
Anyways I then copied the SD card and then formatted the original card from the OG droid and copied my copy of the card onto it.. and it seamed to work ok.. then My X started acting up (bootlooping, and other wacky stuff) I first tried to restor to previous backups and they didnt help so I just said screw it and SBf'd with the .340 version and It appeared to be all better once back to stock..
How ever I then went into my SD card and tried to first install Astro to manage my files ( I have Z4root, Droid X Bootstrap, Titanium Back, and few other important APKs in a folder on my SD card) I tried to install all of those APKs and none would install using the build in "Files" app.. Hell even my Apps that my google account was linked to wont install ( google Earth, youtube, gmail)
I have done multiple data cache clears as well as hard resets.. I cant get any APKs to install so I cant install or run Z4 root, or run a terminal emulator and I cant even download and get any app of the market to install (Yes I have enabled Unknown sources and USB debugging, and yes I have looked everywhere for an answer) So I am stuck. I love the OG droid on CM7, but I miss my big screen and 1.2Ghz overclocked and undervolted processor.
I am at a loss about what to do, I was hoping you guys would have some idea of what I should do..
Wow. I think there might be a hardware issue here. I would recommend talking to Verizon about getting a replacement
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Wow. I think there might be a hardware issue here. I would recommend talking to Verizon about getting a replacement
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Hmm.. So once I am SBF'd back to .340, they wont be able to tell about my rooting activities? I got the phone over 6 months ago and It was from the Verizon in Costco, So I am not sure what the return policy is..
Format the SD card from within the Droid X (Settings > SD card & Phone Storage > unmount > format > mount) after backing up your data from it but DON'T copy anything back over. Do a fresh SBF. Make sure you clear data and cache 5 times each before SBF'ing again.
As long as it is within one year, you are elidgable for a warranty replacement. And you are correct, they will not be able to tell that you are rooted. Most employess would not know how to check for that anyway
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Format the SD card from within the Droid X (Settings > SD card & Phone Storage > unmount > format > mount) after backing up your data from it but DON'T copy anything back over. Do a fresh SBF. Make sure you clear data and cache 5 times each before SBF'ing again.
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I tried to format the SD card in the X, but it was always freezing and force closing.. so I decided that something was wrong.. but I will try again and clear the Cache 5 times?!? Seams excessive and repetitive.. but I will try..
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As long as it is within one year, you are elidgable for a warranty replacement. And you are correct, they will not be able to tell that you are rooted. Most employess would not know how to check for that anyway
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Ok well I will see if I cant fix it with the help of you guys and then I may be taking it back to see if I can get a replacement.. And I figured that most employees wouldn't know how.. especially after I SBF'd back to stock.. I just wasnt sure though..
How the phone deletes the data and cache is kind of weird, it rarely actually gets rid of it all the first time. Many people recommend 3 times, I recommend 5 to play it safe as one time 3 did not cut it for me and I had some quirks, re-did it doing it 5 times, quirks were gone.
Try a different SD card if you can, also.
Soo I cleared the cache and then pulled my memory card and was able to install apps from the market, but still no installing from the SD card.. And I still couldnt unmount the SD card and format the card...
You SURE it's not a bad SD card?
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You SURE it's not a bad SD card?
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I got it to work.. I pulled the SD card, Put it in the OG Droid and formatted it, then with no SD card in the X, I cleared the Cache, then put the SD card back in the X and was able to Format it again, then Cleared the Cache again a few times. (Excessive? Probably)
Then everything seamed to work fine.. I used SwiFTP to drop the few APKs that I needed to root the phone and then flash Liberty 2.01, then dropped a previous Titanium Backup folder of all my apps back onto the SD card and did a batch restore and everything is all good!
Regina Launcher even restored my data so my home screens were set up already
Thanks for your help. With Netflix now, I really wanted my X for the bigger screen.. I really cant wait for my Asus Transformer to get here.. I have a feeling that my usage of my laptop and both of my Droids will drop drastically.. However the Droids will be my access to the internet..
So after all these apps and Rom flashes and everything, I've noticed that my SD card is bloated with left over directories and files and such. Is it ok to just copy the content of the SD Card to my computer, then format it as Fat 32, then put it back in the phone and everything will be fine?
I'm just cautious as to what the Rom's might be putting on it, and what the nandroid backups are going to do if they are moved.
Just trying to be careful, thanks!
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So after all these apps and Rom flashes and everything, I've noticed that my SD card is bloated with left over directories and files and such. Is it ok to just copy the content of the SD Card to my computer, then format it as Fat 32, then put it back in the phone and everything will be fine?
I'm just cautious as to what the Rom's might be putting on it, and what the nandroid backups are going to do if they are moved.
Just trying to be careful, thanks!
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The only things that would get messed up would be rom manager backups ( copy them back into the correct folder after you put it back into the phone) titainum backups, any apps you install to SD.
I do this every few months myself. i hate all the bloat
I believe anything leftover on your sdcard would be typically from apps not roms. In regards to copying your sdcard contents, just copy everything onto your pc, reformat, then paste it all back on. As always, be careful and delete only what you know is in excess or no longer used.
You'd be fine.
Will work as long its formatted in the phone after youve erased your card
I had the same issue but I somehow deleted Gvoice and Gtalk and now can't download from market. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Any help would be appreciated, its been days and I'm dying over here ={
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IVXX said:
I had the same issue but I somehow deleted Gvoice and Gtalk and now can't download from market. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Any help would be appreciated, its been days and I'm dying over here ={
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weird. I'd reflash the ROM..
I tried something different recently.
After cleaning up my SD card, and reloading different ROM and stuff, I removed my card and put it into my PC. Then using Perfect Disk, ran "Smart Placement" then "Consolidate Free Space" I have no data to back up the speed feeling. The file access just seems a little snappier.
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Yeah I flashed the ROM and Gapps back and everything was fine. Thanks ^_^
So ive been I having the problem for a few days. It was all good just a week ago. Then suddenly my music player and the gallery containg my photos were unable to find the media on the sd card. But I can play or view the media by manually looking thru file explorer. When it first started to happen i could power cycle my phone and it would go back normal. Does anyone know how to solve this problem with out either getting a new sd card or reformating. Its been sometime since i installed the android nand and dont have the patients to install it again....
I suspect the SD card, if you have a card reader, remove the sd card (remove the battery first of course) and then copy/past all your stuff from each partition to the computer.
Download EASEUS free version and note the partition types and sizes then delet all partitions format and readd the partitions and their contents
If it was me I would just delete all partitions after saving my important photos/music then reformat.
Task 29 and reinstall the rom, only takes a few minutes, if you have done it once or twice already
Then copy the stuff back
Thanks bruh! I thank ima do that. Or I just found my wife's old memory card. Ill just swap it out she wouldn't know the difference... but definitely going try your way first...
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Had to reformat my memory card and reinstall android. Wasn't so bad second time around. Now everything working as it should....
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Nice to hear