Database Users

how did I waste my sd card from booting android?

I was using my phone as usual pandora, browsing, etc. I was connected to computer via usb and usb storage was on. I disconnected without turning off usb storage and immediately realized my mistake. android tripped out kept restarting and would barely make it past cyanogen splash before restarting again untill I pulled the battery. now that card will not boot haret loads but gets stuck on black screen with linux penguin. not just the build I disconnected usb from any build on sd is a no go.
so I backed up all my files on the sd card reformatted the card and restored files. still no go. now the same hyperdroid 1.6 folder I had on 16g card (first) is booting fine on another 8g sd card?
how can I restore my 16g? it functions fine in any other way. even backtrack 4 installation is booting when using as usb hdd(my phone is the micro usb adapter)
before Im grilled I did search however I may not have used correct keywords.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

You may try deleting your data image and giving it a fresh one with a complete load. If you use titanium backup from market you can restore all your apps.
There may be something in the data.img that wont allow you to boot.
I could be way off but its worth a try. Best of luck.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

I had something similar happen when I ran out of power while rebooting. Formatting in windows didn't fix it. Formatting using the SD formatter couldn't complete. Eventually, I did a wipe disk using another program. Then used SD formatter and it worked. Hope that helps.

I tried your method however I cannot for the life of me figure out titanium backup. I created an update.zip using program however I cannot get build into recovery mode also I cannot find even a hint of how to restore the backup I made in the program or using google.
jelliottz said:
You may try deleting your data image and giving it a fresh one with a complete load. If you use titanium backup from market you can restore all your apps.
There may be something in the data.img that wont allow you to boot.
I could be way off but its worth a try. Best of luck.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

dbh369 said:
I had something similar happen when I ran out of power while rebooting. Formatting in windows didn't fix it. Formatting using the SD formatter couldn't complete. Eventually, I did a wipe disk using another program. Then used SD formatter and it worked. Hope that helps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
can you please share name of program you used to wipe card? also did you reformat after using mentioned program with computer or format option on phone either winmo or android?
thanks to both of you guys for info I'm now compelled to learn how to use titanium backup there's things in my hyperdroid 1.5 I'd like to restore.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

I'd all your apps are backed up then get it booted into android start titanium backup and look for the batch option in the menu. Then choose the option to restore user apps and go from there.
Sent from my FroyoEris using XDA App

thanks for all the tech support guys! I got my 16gb back in commission with ALL your help!
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

Wipe the SD card

Is the only way to wipe the sd card is to use CWM? Is there any other way? Also, will this have any negative effects to the device? Does the system require specific folders to work/run?

First you need to make a backup of your rom using CWR, or i prefer 4ext ( mainly cause i can enable usb mass storage while in recovery once plugged into pc)....
2nd ..You should copy all contents from ur storage by connecting ur phone to pc
3rd. place existing folders from sdcard storage to a backup folder a.k.a Nexus 7 backup folder. This will also include your backup under clockworkmod/backup/xxxx_xx_backup.
4th...format sdcard in recovery(4ext) allows for multiple partitioning options..
5th..once formatted...download any ro and boot up..once booted up compare all folders in sdcard to those of backup on pc u created earlier and copy folders to new formatted sdcard..
6th.. note you created the backup earlier which is housed in the clockworkmod/backup folder on pc. Make sure u copy that folder onto sdcard along with i.e dcim, movies, pictures, gameloft..etc...etc..basically all files from ur pc folder that contains all the sdcard contents explained in step 3.
Hope this helps
Sent from using xda premium

r1tesh said:
First you need to make a backup of your rom using CWR, or i prefer 4ext ( mainly cause i can enable usb mass storage while in recovery once plugged into pc)....
2nd ..You should copy all contents from ur storage by connecting ur phone to pc
3rd. place existing folders from sdcard storage to a backup folder a.k.a Nexus 7 backup folder. This will also include your backup under clockworkmod/backup/xxxx_xx_backup.
4th...format sdcard in recovery(4ext) allows for multiple partitioning options..
5th..once formatted...download any ro and boot up..once booted up compare all folders in sdcard to those of backup on pc u created earlier and copy folders to new formatted sdcard..
6th.. note you created the backup earlier which is housed in the clockworkmod/backup folder on pc. Make sure u copy that folder onto sdcard along with i.e dcim, movies, pictures, gameloft..etc...etc..basically all files from ur pc folder that contains all the sdcard contents explained in step 3.
Hope this helps
Sent from using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I am not on any custom Rom at the moment. I'm currently running stock and stock kernal.
All I wanted to do was start fresh since my storage has become some what messy and unorganized. I already made a back up using cwm. I just wanted to wipe the sd card in the device. I already have my important files backed up including ePub, mp3, apk files etc
I'm just concerned that if I wipe the sd, the nexus 7 won't run the way it should.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda app-developers app

bustinstugots24 said:
I am not on any custom Rom at the moment. I'm currently running stock and stock kernal.
All I wanted to do was start fresh since my storage has become some what messy and unorganized. I already made a back up using cwm. I just wanted to wipe the sd card in the device. I already have my important files backed up including ePub, mp3, apk files etc
I'm just concerned that if I wipe the sd, the nexus 7 won't run the way it should.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Settings>storage>erase USB storage
Sent from my Jelly Nexus S

DarkhShadow said:
Settings>storage>erase USB storage
Sent from my Jelly Nexus S
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I dont see erase USB storage as an option.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda app-developers app

Use ADB from the CMD :
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata

Take a look with what I am dealing with in the screen shot. It says the system has 13 GB in the system but only 3 GB left. If you add up all the apps you can easily see there is no way I used 10 GB of storage. It just doesn't add up. Can't really figure out what's going on.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

bustinstugots24 said:
Take a look with what I am dealing with in the screen shot. It says the system has 13 GB in the system but only 3 GB left. If you add up all the apps you can easily see there is no way I used 10 GB of storage. It just doesn't add up. Can't really figure out what's going on.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think you have the "Dead Space" that android commonly sees.
Like you already asked you need to reformat your tab etc, that is THE ONLY way to return the dead space back into usable.

Maybe: backup and restore->factory reset, is the option you are looking for?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

Wilks3y said:
I think you have the "Dead Space" that android commonly sees.
Like you already asked you need to reformat your tab etc, that is THE ONLY way to return the dead space back into usable.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
stijndebruin said:
Maybe: backup and restore->factory reset, is the option you are looking for?
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If I do the factory reset, I have a few questions.
One, will it cause me to lose root?
Second, will it also wipe the storage card? ( I would assume so)
Third, I never heard of this dead space issue. Why does this happen?

Don't know about root. But that should be easy enough to get back. I was ballsy enough to press the option thought it would prompt me before wiping and it did .
See screenshot.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

stijndebruin said:
Don't know about root. But that should be easy enough to get back. I was ballsy enough to press the option thought it would prompt me before wiping and it did .
See screenshot.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for that. I am currently trying to back everything up at the moment. I'm nervous but I'm going to give it a shot. Let you know how it goes.
I was thinking, maybe if I went in to staples and showed them that the storage card was showing me incorrect info, maybe they would swap it ouf for me for one of the newer 32 gb ones. I'd even pay the $50 difference if the 16gb drops down to $200
Might be worth a shot lol

bustinstugots24 said:
Thanks for that. I am currently trying to back everything up at the moment. I'm nervous but I'm going to give it a shot. Let you know how it goes.
I was thinking, maybe if I went in to staples and showed them that the storage card was showing me incorrect info, maybe they would swap it ouf for me for one of the newer 32 gb ones. I'd even pay the $50 difference if the 16gb drops down to $200
Might be worth a shot lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Okay, so I reset the tablet and nothing really has changed. It didn't format the storage because pretty much everything I had it in there before is still there except for music and videos etc. i still have root access. I still only have 3 gb available so something is definietely wrong. I'm just not really sure what to do. The system even rebooted in tablet mode which I had it set to before. What does anyone think the next step should be?

bustinstugots24 said:
Okay, so I reset the tablet and nothing really has changed. It didn't format the storage because pretty much everything I had it in there before is still there except for music and videos etc. i still have root access. I still only have 3 gb available so something is definietely wrong. I'm just not really sure what to do. The system even rebooted in tablet mode which I had it set to before. What does anyone think the next step should be?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Anyone that can help?

bustinstugots24 said:
Anyone that can help?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you've formatted your system you're not a noob so you've probably already done this too, but run ES File Explorer > Manager > SD Card Analyst.
Do you use CWM to backup you roms?

johnnyvol said:
If you've formatted your system you're not a noob so you've probably already done this too, but run ES File Explorer > Manager > SD Card Analyst.
Do you use CWM to backup you roms?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I grew the balls to just format the SD card using CWM. I was pretty nervous but it did reboot and it wiped everything.
I now have 13.0 gb free out of 13.2. Pretty pleased. Finally!.
I was also able to keep root as well.

Nice. Thanks for finding this out for the community!
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

stijndebruin said:
Nice. Thanks for finding this out for the community!
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No problem. I was really nervous. In all honesty though there has to be another way. I mean I have root access obviously. Lets say you get some regular user who doesn't know much and they just want to wipe their device clean. What exactly are you supposed to do? why isn't a factory reset wiping out the storage card? It is very strange.

bustinstugots24 said:
No problem. I was really nervous. In all honesty though there has to be another way. I mean I have root access obviously. Lets say you get some regular user who doesn't know much and they just want to wipe their device clean. What exactly are you supposed to do? why isn't a factory reset wiping out the storage card? It is very strange.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Because the SD card is where you store pictures, music and other stuff, a factory reset wiping that would be a long process(copying it off then back on) and most of the time not required
and the space not showing up in storage settings menu, it only shows stuff in the default android locations, just a fyi
Sent from my Jelly Nexus S

[Totorial] : How To Backup your application before flashing ...

Hi Guys
How are You ? i Hope You are Fine
i want to show you how to back up your apps befor formating the device (ANDROID)
THis is The Video explain that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiCalXEgzVo
and this is the application i use on the video :
( You can found it on the Description of the video )
if You Like it Don't Forget to Subscribe in my channel on youtube :
http://www.youtube.com/user/ANDROIDTUTORI
Joe Mark​
ENJOY !

Yeah, like App Manager I think this app is backing up the apps, but not the games saves and so on. Kinda useless, because if you have Google sync ON, everytime you reset the phone, all the apps are installed automatically.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

I use TB pro like most people here.

Same here. Nothing else has as many backup/restore options I believe. And with the 'create update.zip', it's unbeatable.

TB pro backup > external sd card
The first time i flash i reseted all ky data in the internal storage! So remember people, put ur backups in some where safe or backup ur backups
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda app-developers app

Titanium Backup
Try Titanium Backup using your external SD card as backup folder.
The easiest and fastest way to backup/restore on rooted Android devices IMO.

Yep. Titanium back up is great and the free version is enough
Envoyé depuis mon GT-I9300 avec Tapatalk

anmar21 said:
Try Titanium Backup using your external SD card as backup folder.
The easiest and fastest way to backup/restore on rooted Android devices IMO.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks a lot for the tip! i was looking for a software that would allow me to do a back up

[Q] How to keep data when upgrading from 16GB to 32GB

Good day, I have a Nexus 7 16GB, I just got a 32GB and I want all data in my old one transferred to the new one. Can it be done without root? I'm on stock rom .Thanks in advance!

Brickoy said:
Good day, I have a Nexus 7 16GB, I just got a 32GB and I want all data in my old one transferred to the new one. Can it be done without root? I'm on stock rom .Thanks in advance!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can use Helium from the app store to backup up your apps and data. You don't need root for it to work.

Thanks for the tip, I'm using Helium now and bought the premium key immediately. Thanks!

Connect over USB. Copy some important files to your PC and turn sync on (settings, backup and restore, check both boxes). After 24h you can be sure your backup has been completed. Just turn sync on on your new tablet and the apps will be restored automatically. Via USB you can copy important files. No need to purchase apps...
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

Where do you keep your backups and roms

Just wondering where you guys keep your backups and roms. Usually I keep mine on usb drives to save storage on my device. But seeing as the nexus 4 doesn't support that I was wondering if anyone had better idea.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2

Alaris said:
Just wondering where you guys keep your backups and roms. Usually I keep mine on usb drives to save storage on my device. But seeing as the nexus 4 doesn't support that I was wondering if anyone had better idea.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
don't really keep them anywhere.. I just keep a copy in my phone and delete the older ones. I only do a nandroid when I know I might flash something that fks **** up and I only backup when I know everything's fine.

I only backup when I need to flash something as well.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

you should always keep one nandroid backup in your storage, it could save you hours of anguish later on. the more recent, the better.

Speaking of nandroids, I JUST had to restore one. Flashed PA and some mods that gave me a bootloop. Luckily it was only 2 days old.

I keep my backups on my computer. I have a Mac so with Android File Transfer it's easy to copy onto my computer or back onto my phone. Easy as pie.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

None. I prefer just keeping a latest titanium backup and I'm fine with starting from scratch. Only takes me five minutes max
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

I ALWAYS keep a bare minimum system backup just in case anything goes wrong. I tend to back up dat once a week, and especially before I flash anything. It's a good habit to implement, trust me lol
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

I always keep one nandroid backup on my pc.
Titanium backup is never 100%, especially on system stuff....

I have lots on my PCs 2nd hard drive along with lots of android stuff.
I always keep at least 1 on my phone.
I keep my favourite ( stock, slimbean and mokee ) zipped and uploaded onto dropbox.
Sent from my Nexus 4

Alaris said:
Usually I keep mine on usb drives to save storage on my device. But seeing as the nexus 4 doesn't support that I was wondering if anyone had better idea.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Tapatalk 2
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I guess I am missing something. What is so hard about keeping your backups on a USB drive? I do a Titanium full backup and a TWRP full backup. I then copy and paste the backups via Windows to my USB drive. Finally I delete them from my phone to save space.

pjc123 said:
I guess I am missing something. What is so hard about keeping your backups on a USB drive? I do a Titanium full backup and a TWRP full backup. I then copy and paste the backups via Windows to my USB drive. Finally I delete them from my phone to save space.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Transferring back a nandroid when you only have fast boot and recovery is... Annoying.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium

exb0 said:
Transferring back a nandroid when you only have fast boot and recovery is... Annoying.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I see. Sorry, my misunderstanding of the topic. I only keep the backups for disaster recovery so I don't lose all my settings and app installs; I never had to use them. Also, I never did a nandroid backup.