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[Q] How can I change (upgrade) my sd card without losing anything

So I have read that some sd cards are better than others and I want to upgrade. How can I upgrade and not loose any settings or changes that I have made?

I am also interested in the answer to this, I have a new 32GB card coming and would like to know the process if possible.

try copy all partitions from old sd to new sd, i am not try yet but i guess we cant resize wp7 partition.
some info:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=913815

using sd card as internal storage?

hello everyone,
i got a little question.
i'm gonna buy a 16 or 32 gb micro sd card pretty soon, but is there a possibility to use the external sd card as internal storage? so that way it is easier to install apps on it,because now i first have to install them on internal storage and than move which gives me alot of problems at the moment. so is there a tweak or something to make the phone assume that the external sd card is internal storage to?
thanks in advance,
lars1216.

lars1216 said:
hello everyone,
i got a little question.
i'm gonna buy a 16 or 32 gb micro sd card pretty soon, but is there a possibility to use the external sd card as internal storage? so that way it is easier to install apps on it,because now i first have to install them on internal storage and than move which gives me alot of problems at the moment. so is there a tweak or something to make the phone assume that the external sd card is internal storage to?
thanks in advance,
lars1216.
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try and search for m4uik app2sd method i think it may help you but i don't knew about what u said

Should see the following topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317362
I recommend install "Mini tool partition wizard" and try with video made for wwenigma:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaiAfQXUHiA
and good luck and thanks to wwenigma for the video, and developers but ours GT540 would be dead

i knew about the swap thing, but that's not really what i mean, thanks anyways. and app 2 sd is not what i want, i can already install apps on my sd card, but i want my phone to use the sd card as internal space. is there any way to do that? i saw it for other devices, but i didn't see it for our gt540 yet. i may have missed it though so thats why im asking.

like link2sd ????

thats not entirely what i mean, but its getting there , thanks.
what i mean: our phone has like 150 mb internal storage approximetly, i want to turn that into something like 4 gb by making the phone use the sd card as internal storage. my question is: is that even possible with the gt540? i saw that it's possible with other devices, but it seems like the solution are device specific so that's why im wondering if there is anything like that for the gt540.

I know what you mean but link2sd does just that.... partition and formant the sdcard to ext3 for use to install apps

alright, that i misunderstood that link2sd does. sorry guys and thanks

We all learn

just one more question. im doubting between ics and gb atm. for daily use im still on gb, but i may be switching to ics pretty soon. does link2sd work with ics?

I don't think so.....and ICS is in early development not good for daily use.
Sent from my GT540 using xda premium

Encrypt sdcard

I can't find an option to encrypt the SD card. Under Settings->Security->Encryption there is "encrypt phone", but it doesn't seem to affect the SD card. Anyone know how to encrypt the sd card on this device?

Bump

I think that you have to format it as internal storage instead of a external SD.
When formatted as Internal it's encrypted.
BUT SDcard cannot be used in other devices then!

Thanks for the reply coolhead.
That's kind of disappointing. Am i correct that on some devices you can encrypt the SD card while its still external storage? I am almost 100% sure that my HTC M9 would do that.

I don't know it's been a long time for me to own an android device.
So this marshmallow is really new for me.
I just hate the idea that i cannot use the SDCard for apps if i use it as external.
Maybe someone else can answer your question about other devices able to do that.

coolhead said:
I don't know it's been a long time for me to own an android device.
So this marshmallow is really new for me.
I just hate the idea that i cannot use the SDCard for apps if i use it as external.
Maybe someone else can answer your question about other devices able to do that.
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I don't like not being able to use for apps when its on the external either. I checked on a friends S7, and found directions for doing it on the M9. So you can encrypt sdcard when used as external on other marshallow devices. Foiled by Lenovorola!!

I think encryption is not working in general and there is an issue about it: https://jira.lineageos.org/browse/BUGBASH-253
I am also quite sure that this bug was already in cyanogenmod and also reported there.

This refers to the encryption of the smartphone, not to the encryption of the microSD by adoptable storage.
adoptable storage with encryption working fine on LOS 14.1

Format ext SD as internal memory?

I know this feature was made available in stock Marshmallow, but haven't found a way to do it yet on my S8.
Has anyone else managed to get it to work?

It's possible to use micro SD card as internal storage without encryption ?

Hi all,
I'm new here and I've read a lot of posts regards new android MM, but whitout a answer.
I've got now a new galaxy j5 2016 that become with MM preinstalled.
Until yesterday I used Lollipop on other smartphone.
Now the problem is :
It's possible to use micro SD card as internal storage without encryption into my new galaxy J5 2016 as I did with my old smartphone with lollipop?
I know how to root the device and I know that I can use sd card as internal storage, but I don't want to encrypt, because in case of breaking the smartphone, I will lost my photo and documents.(backup is never up to date!).
Thanks for answers..
Best regards

Not sure if you already found the answer to your question but it is generally not possible to mount the SD card as internal storage without encrypting the sd card, let me know if you found any other workaround for this issue.