I've been provided with a Moto G5+ to replace a Moto G4+ that was having too many ghost touch issues (when charging and also not when charging).
I'm just after a brief steer on the best way to migrate across.
I only have 1 SD card available which is currently in the G4.
Should I boot both devices without the SD card in either, then log in with google account etc and subsequently do the Moto Migrate app option? When that's complete, then put the SD card into the new phone (mainly images on the SD card, but not sure if there is any app data or not on there).
Or should I boot the G5 first with no SIM, no migration, connect to wifi and do a software update, then restart as first port of call?
Or should I do as the first option, but move the SD card straight into the new phone, boot it and follow the usual google account login, Moto Migrate options etc?
Any advice gratefully received - I only do this once so it would be good to do it properly!
To start off with this is the Moto G5 forum
The moto g5 plus forum is located
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus
Google backs up contacts calendar & other Google type services
By signing into google account on your g5+ you used to sync the g4+ with it will just restore everything
With regards to apps if it's a different android version it's best to re-download them from playstore as the app may be different depending on the Android sdk
However if you want to restore your app data & both phones are rooted you can use titanium backup to backup the apps & data to sd card & then restore them - do not backup or restore system apps
Google also saves your installed apps (not the data) so you can restore previous installed apps but if you want the data as well (eg app settings save game state that doesn't use Google play) Then you need to use above method
For things like text messages if you want to back them up there's apps on the playstore
For whatsapp it has its own backup via Google drive - check whatsapp settings
Anything else on the sd card just take it out old phone & put in new phone & set it to external mass storage to access
Note that if the sd card was set to be used as internal storage on the old phone the new phone won't be able to read it until you format it - in that case you will need to transfer the data to the old phones actual internal storage or a pc first - format the sd card & set to external mass storage then copy data back
TheFixItMan said:
To start off with this is the Moto G5 forum
The moto g5 plus forum is located
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus
Google backs up contacts calendar & other Google type services
By signing into google account on your g5+ you used to sync the g4+ with it will just restore everything
With regards to apps if it's a different android version it's best to re-download them from playstore as the app may be different depending on the Android sdk
However if you want to restore your app data & both phones are rooted you can use titanium backup to backup the apps & data to sd card & then restore them - do not backup or restore system apps
Google also saves your installed apps (not the data) so you can restore previous installed apps but if you want the data as well (eg app settings save game state that doesn't use Google play) Then you need to use above method
For things like text messages if you want to back them up there's apps on the playstore
For whatsapp it has its own backup via Google drive - check whatsapp settings
Anything else on the sd card just take it out old phone & put in new phone & set it to external mass storage to access
Note that if the sd card was set to be used as internal storage on the old phone the new phone won't be able to read it until you format it - in that case you will need to transfer the data to the old phones actual internal storage or a pc first - format the sd card & set to external mass storage then copy data back
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Thanks. Realised my error with the G5+ forum after I'd posted, sorry about that. Thought the + models would be too niche to have their own sub-forums.
In the end booted the new phone with no SD card present, the google account brought nearly everything across and used the "set up new phone" facility that Google Settings / Admin prompted me for. Probably should have put the SD card in first of all as some apps that subsequently downloaded wanted to use the storage there, but other than that it was faultless and simple. Had a backup solution already for SMS etc, so that wasn't an issue, and everything else was cloud based.
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My phone is beginning to repeatedly give me a low storage warning.
Was just wondering if there are any solutions or things you can recommend. Perhaps transfer everything from the phone storage to my 16gb storage card?
Or things that can be deleted without doing damage?
Look forward to your reply!
Theres a couple quick things that come to mind
Ensure camera photots are saved on memory card (done in camera settings)
Make sure Opera cache is on Storage card (there is info on how to do this on the forum)
Try not to use Marketplace as it defaul installs apps to device (unable to change default)
If you do use marketplace ensure you move the apps using FileManager (or equivalant)
Ensure all apps (except system updates) are installed on Storage Card
Delete cabs from device after installation
Ensure all music/files/photos are stored on storage card
did anyone find a way to store e-mails on microSD (not attachments) ?
jrrigney said:
Theres a couple quick things that come to mind
Ensure camera photots are saved on memory card (done in camera settings)
Make sure Opera cache is on Storage card (there is info on how to do this on the forum)
Try not to use Marketplace as it defaul installs apps to device (unable to change default)
If you do use marketplace ensure you move the apps using FileManager (or equivalant)
Ensure all apps (except system updates) are installed on Storage Card
Delete cabs from device after installation
Ensure all music/files/photos are stored on storage card
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Top man! That's good advice there. Is there any other things that need the default save location changed?
jrrigney said:
Theres a couple quick things that come to mind
Ensure camera photots are saved on memory card (done in camera settings)
Make sure Opera cache is on Storage card (there is info on how to do this on the forum)
Try not to use Marketplace as it defaul installs apps to device (unable to change default)
If you do use marketplace ensure you move the apps using FileManager (or equivalant)
Ensure all apps (except system updates) are installed on Storage Card
Delete cabs from device after installation
Ensure all music/files/photos are stored on storage card
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have done all that cheers.
What about youtube? where do those viewed clips go? or don't they get stored?
hey, i'm selling my x10 soon and i would like some tips on the preparation. thanks for the help. hopefully this would also be useful for future sellers.
1.) what should i do to save the important data (like pictures,videos,text,contacts).
2.) i would also like to save the apps if possible cause my next phone would most likely be another android .
3.) and how do restore to its factory state (erase all my info,data)?
connect it to your pc, move all your files that you want to the SD card - or to your pc if you want to sell with the SD still installed.
if you have a rooted phone, search for all your .apk files and copy to sd/pc also.
sure fire way to ensure phone is crisp and clean is to flash it back to original spec.
might not be the easiest way, but it will ensure that NO data is left behind!!
anymore tips?
If the phone is rooted I'd recommend Titanium Backup (http://matrixrewriter.com/android/). You can take a backup of all apps, settings, contacts, etc and then selectively restore to the new phone.
You still need to backup your SD card as mrtim123 said.
if use mybackup to backup the apps,, do i still need to copy all the apk files from my phone to my pc? do i simply
1 From the Home screen, tap the applications bar.
2 Tap Settings > SD card & phone storage > Factory data reset > Reset phone.
3 Enter your screen unlock pattern.
4 Tap Erase everything.
to delete everything and restore it back to factory settings?
Hey there,
so today I upgraded my phone to the KitKat OS, but I lost all my contacts! It would appear that the contacts for my Droid X was actually stored on the internal memory for some reason (unless I'm mistaken. Where are they usually stored if they were stored on the SD card? I can't seem to find them). I never synced it to my Gmail account either. I think there should be a way to recover them if I could get into my internal memory, but I can't seem to be able to access it. Is there anyway to access the internal memory on the Droid X?
Unless you made a nandroid backup in cwm, before installing ROM, contacts are gone.
Use Gmail to control your contacts
Hi guys,
First of all, great forum and great place to learn a lot of stuff about ROM's.
I have been using the forums here for a while.
Now I have a problem with my Galaxy S 4.
Galaxy s4 :gt- i9505 (Beglium)
16Gb version
Custom Rom: optimized cm 12.1 -20160118
android 5.1.1
I had some problems playing my music files on the phone, so i connected the phone to my PC.
I deleted my MUSIC folder from my EXTERNAL card.
Then I saw There are a lot more random folders in the ROOT of my EXTERNAL card.
So I deleted the LOG files, some maps that where for AD's (like GO sms), etc.
As far as I know, I did not delete any system files or folders.
While I was in the external card, connected to the PC, I saw that my INTERNAL card had wheeeeyyy much more free space than 5 minutes before. ( normally 0.9Gb free... suddenly 5.72GB free)
So i disconnected the phone and reconnected it again.
Again same thing.
Again disconnected it and on the phone I could not find ANY FILES, NO pictures, No downloads, NOTHING
Basically, my INTERNAL and my EXTERNAL are fully wiped.
with easeUS data recovery I can see all my files and maps on the external, BUT almost all of them are corrupted.
I can not recover them/ preview them.
I have not tried the internal memory yet. It is now doing a DEEP SCAN on the EXTERNAL card, connected to my PC via a SD Card Adapter.
Any possibilities to save something from the external and the internal memory ?
Everything else works normally.
My apps work, my contacts are ok.
PC is set to show hidden and system files => nothing to see
Recycle been on the phone is empty
used some recovery apps from the play store => nothing
Many thanks in advance.
PS: I have already done a search, also on google. But could not find anything useful.
Try Deleter.
I run easeUS recovery all night on the external memory.
Got back 5% of my pictures.
Most ara corrupted.
Same story for the internal memory.
Other suggestions, tips are welcome.
If the data was deleted corrupted then it might be restored corrupted.
I suggest, from now on, to upload your photos Google's servers with the Google Photos app.
You have unlimited storage for photos up to a certain quality.
Yep, i have installed google drive.
Sh#t has happened
Will try to use some other applications for recovery.
Had some pictures i needed.
Any names of really good software to recover sd card of internal memory ?
I told you, if the data was wiped in a corrupted state, then it will be restored in a corrupted stated. Because that's how it was the last time before it was deleted. It's like a checkpoint in a game. If you die, you will revive at the checkpoint in the same state you were when you reached that checkpoint.
You could give Deleter a try. But it won't magically repair corrupted data.
Try a program called recuva: https://www.piriform.com/recuva
audit13 said:
Try a program called recuva: https://www.piriform.com/recuva
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I won't recommend it. It failed to recover two videos from my SD card that I needed to recover for investigation purposes, even when status of these files were Excellent. After restored, these files were corrupted. The same thing went on my .OGG file that was deleted accidentally by dBpoweramp before Vorbis Comments ID Tag was applied.
Even my friend said that Recuva was unable to recover her deleted photos as it should be. Yeah, the same thing, corrupted.
Sent from my ASUS_Z00A using XDA Labs
I have used recuva many times but, as with any software, it really depends on the state of the data at the time the software is run.
When one is desparate to recover files, I recommend trying as many programs as possible.
Hey guys.
Today i will try many different software.
I am trying to find a way to mount my internal storage as a drive with a driveLetter, so i can scan it.
Now its mte/umte or something like that.
So it has no driveletter.
Hey guys.
I managed to retrieve some pictures from the sd card.
Software i used.
[email protected]
EAsuse
Foenix recovery
For the internal memory.
Digdeeper
And some other ones on play store.
Just search for " photo recovey".
Maybe someone can use the names, if they get in the same situation as me.
Thx for the tips guys!
Hi, my problem is with the phone of my girlfriend. Now have external 64GB SD, because internal storage is full. I used Android SDK and all the instructions for set default storage for install APP the new SD Card, you know, with the command adb shell pm set-install-location 2. And no error, i try get-install-location and report 2. But googe play only try to install in the internal storage.
I think the problem is with the system of the emulated storaged or something, but i tried many APP, many solutions, and i cant fix this, i search in google and others locations, have 30 tabs in firefox open with information, but i cant found the solution for this
Samsung Galaxy NOTE 4 (910F)
Android 5.1.1 (Of samsung of course)
Rooted
The vold.stab is:
dev_mount sdcard /storage/sdcard1 auto /devices/msm_sdcc.2/mmc_host
PLEASE, help me! thanks
I tried dismounting and mounting the SD, touching the vold.stab file, but do not get any results.
Can anybody help me?
Go back to stock, upgrade to 6.0.1. Then see if this helps-
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/
The article is for S7, but see if you can have that working in the N4 - just have a backup of everything (int SD, ext SD, full backup in recovery).
ph03n!x said:
Go back to stock, upgrade to 6.0.1. Then see if this helps-
The article is for S7, but see if you can have that working in the N4 - just have a backup of everything (int SD, ext SD, full backup in recovery).
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Thanks, for the moment 6.0.1 is not released in Orange (confirmation date has passed and still not have it, I assume that is in the offing). When have 6.0.1 i try you solution, thanks.
ph03n!x said:
Go back to stock, upgrade to 6.0.1. Then see if this helps-
http://www.modaco.com/news/android/...e-adoptable-storage-on-your-s7-s7-edge-r1632/
The article is for S7, but see if you can have that working in the N4 - just have a backup of everything (int SD, ext SD, full backup in recovery).
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I tried this in my phone. While the command itself worked after a bit of a tweak, the storage situation was pathetic - the phone showed the External SD as a part of the overall storage, but did not save files to it. Instead, it started saving files to the actual internal SD Card, resulting in space running out pretty soon. The External SD card was just there, and there was no way to migrate the files from the internal storage to the adoptable storage.
I just got a new Note 4 (this is the 3rd one I'm using since the first release in 2014) and I also want to adopt external memory card as my internal space bcos the 16Gg duos version is just too small and app to SD comes with a lot of hassles. After a lot of search for different solutions (which I tried out by the way but didn't work) I came across this thread for another phone entirely but it resolved my issue: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460478.
The only downside is that I can't pop out my card (128Gg Samsung) and plug into my PC but I can still explore it directly from the phone itself.
I've been using the phone for 3 days and it runs smoothly, I hope that solves your problem too.
So there are two parts to the adoptable storage. The first part is the partitioned SD card and mounting the partition. Simple to be done via root essentials or the command line.
The other part is the actual menu entry on an app in application manager for moving it to the second partition. IIRC samsung does not have this support built in. So you need to flash something to replace that manager bit. In my experience with an on5 (like less than 1GB free on internal storage out of the box), adoptable wasn't really worth it, too much stuff still on internal storage. As not every app will allow you to move it to that second partition. It requires both system support and app support.
What I did there was to use the app apps2sd. Same idea, second partition on SD card. But it doesn't show up in settings -> storage. You manage where the apps go via that app. I use the link feature which places a symbolic link in the internal storage and moves all the actual files to that sd card partition.
Will Rickards said:
So there are two parts to the adoptable storage. The first part is the partitioned SD card and mounting the partition. Simple to be done via root essentials or the command line.
The other part is the actual menu entry on an app in application manager for moving it to the second partition. IIRC samsung does not have this support built in. So you need to flash something to replace that manager bit. In my experience with an on5 (like less than 1GB free on internal storage out of the box), adoptable wasn't really worth it, too much stuff still on internal storage. As not every app will allow you to move it to that second partition. It requires both system support and app support.
What I did there was to use the app apps2sd. Same idea, second partition on SD card. But it doesn't show up in settings -> storage. You manage where the apps go via that app. I use the link feature which places a symbolic link in the internal storage and moves all the actual files to that sd card partition.
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I've been using apps2sd fot about a year and it comes with it headache too, sometimes the apps wouldn't find the external data (usually games with a lot of data) and it'll start downloading it again into the internal memory, so I usually find myself having to force stop the app, delink and relink the data on the memory card to fix the bind. I also didn't bother to partition my SD card since I can explore it on the PC with my phone connected. What this solution ( https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/patch-adoptable-storage-enabler-t3460478 ) does is to flash back the option to use the SD card as internal memory that Samsung removed from the phones and it works seamlessly on all Samsung phones with rooted stock OS.