Hi,
I was wandering if anyone could have a list or even better a screenshot of the contents of the SD Card, supplied with the phone, when the phone has nothing installed or changed (Out of the box condition).
I am about to reset the factory defaults, but i guess this would only affect the internal memory, and if i wipe out all of the data from the sd card i could probably delete something importnat, this is why i need this information.
Thanks in advnace.
I believe that the sd card is empty out of the box and the phone will recreate folders on the sd card when you start it up after reformat. You are correct that you will lose your personal settings if you delete sd card contents. If you don't care about personal settings and want to make the phone like out of the box, then I think you can just wipe everything. I don't know what you're trying to fix, but you could do a selective backup of the data you want to restore with Titanium Backup. Like messages, phonebook, pics, call log, voice mail, apps. Then make a copy of the backup on your pc, and put it back on sd card once it's reformatted and do restore. I would also make a copy of the entire sd card before reformatting.
Yeah that is correct, the memory card is empty, however the phone will recreate the folders, you may however need to recreate the Music Folder but Im not too sure as when my memory card failed, I was using a custom rom. however make your backup via titnanium or my preferred method, MyBackup Root, then back up all contents of the sd card on your computer, once you formatted your sd then just insert it back into the phone, wait a while and then mount to the pc to see whats there and whats not
Out of box sd is formatted and blank, phone creates folders it needs. Have deleted many of these by trial and error and phone just recreates them on reboot.
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Hey all,
Running the MC2.2 ROM and didn't realise that APP2SD required a reformatting of the card before it could be used, I'd like to start putting this to some good use so as I understand the process to partition the card will require wiping it, is there a way for me to back up the contents of the card? I could obviously copy the entire contents to my PC but where would I copy it back to once the partitioning is finished? Or would it be best to just copy off my media then uninstall/reinstall all apps from the market which will then appear on my card in the appropriate place?
Also is there anything else that needs doing on the phone to enable APP2SD or just having the MC2.2 ROM and inserting a correctly formatted card will do the trick?
Thanks
Russ
Currently running Liberated 2.2 on HTC Aria. I am using the 2 gig SD card that came with the phone.
I read that this ROM automatically installs many of the default and downloaded apps to the SD card which is why the option to move to SD card is grayed out in the Applications menu. Several of the google apps downloaded directly to the SD card, and several of the other apps I downloaded gave me an option to move them to the SD card (after installing them), in the applications menu.
So then, is it as easy as backing up my data in Nandroid, copying the files to a PC folder via USB, ejecting the old card, installing the new card, copying the files back from the PC folder and doing a Nandroid restore?
The old card has a 512 meg ext2 partition on it that I think was created automatically by Liberated FR006 when I first flashed it. Will Liberated automatically create an ext2 on this card when I mount it?
Do I need to perform a format card function in Clockwork Mod first?
Please advise! And as always, thanks in advance for your help!
Bob in Northern NJ
Thanks in advance for your help.
Bob in Northern NJ
Well since I didn't get any answers, I just jumped in and did it! Here's how:
1. Move all apps to the phone reboot into recovery.
2. Run a Nandroid backup
3. Restart the phone, USB connect to PC and copy SD card contents to PC folder
Disconnect USB when done.
4. Go to SD card/Phone Memory and eject card.
5. With phone still running, take out the old card and insert the new card.
6. Create ext2 partition with ROM Manager or other viable means
7. Connect using USB, copy contents of PC folder back to new SD card.
8. Reboot phone into recovery menu.
9. Perform Nandroid restore.
Maybe the file copy to the PC followed by a Nandroid restore is redundant, but that is how I did it, and it worked.
How do I know if I got my sd card partitioned?
I installed a new 8gb card. I tried to use the method you described here. When I tell ROMManager to partition the card (512MB EXT and 64MB swap size) it reboots and very briefly what looks like a box or package pops up on the screen and then it just displays a white triangle with a yellow exclamation sign and a green android beside it. I have to remove the battery and reboot the phone.
What is happening or what am I doing wrong?
the phone will boot up ok and when I look at SD card and Memory in Settings it says 6.85GB avail and 6.85GB free.
I think I got it! in rom manager I flash clockworkmod and then it the format the partition thing to take place
This might have been asked before but I have some specific questions I need to ask.
I bought a bigger sd card for my vibrant. What do I need to do before and after mounting the new sd card so that I dont loose any data that is on my previous sd card.
I found these instructions in another thread. Wondering if its safe to follow these and if I need to do anything else.
1. Using usb cable connect your phone to a pc as a hard-drive. Copy all the files on the phone into a folder on the pc.
2. On your phone, go to settings > SD & Phone storage > Unmount SD card
Turn off your phone, open up the back remove battery and SD card.
3. Insert new card, replace battery and cover. Turn phone back on.
Settings> SD & Phone Storage > Format SD Card
4. Once formatted then copy and paste all the files on your pc back into your phone.
Other questions I have:
How do I make sure I dont loose my nandroid backups and titanium backups?
Also, How can I make sure camera/gallery saves all of the newly taken photos and videos to the new sd card?
You could just turn the phone off completely and switch out the cards.
- As to nandroids and TB they default to the internal SD so they should still be there unless you move them urself.
- For new pics and videos. In the camera app change the settings to save to SDcard its default set to phone Good luck!
^^Agreed.
Everything that apps store on your phone defaults to your internal SD card. So unless you manually moved stuff to your external MicroSD, there probably isn't very much on there, except maybe the avatar movie if you still have the original 2gb external card that came with the phone.
But seeing as you're upgrading your external SD card and will be at a computer, I suggest making a backup of everything on your internal SD card too, just for safe keeping. I have a backup of both my internal and external SD cards on my computer, and every once in a while I copy over any new files just to keep an updated record. It gives me peace of mind knowing that I'm ready for any unexpected SD corruptions. I think it's a good habit to get into.
Good Luck!
^^Agreed^^
Backing up to PC is always a good idea. I backup my nandroids and TB's as well. I also hide them on my friends and families PC'sshhh, they'll never know.
I used the instructions from iJimaniac to swap my storage from internal to external (love the mass storage now!) however all my apps that I originally had moved to the SD card have suddenly disappeared and now i have to remember and re-install them. I made a copy of everything under /mnt/sdcard and moved it to my external SD card before making the switch so that everything would still be linked ok. Any ideas on what went wrong? Note: i took everything on my external SD card and put it in a separate folder on my external SD card so I wouldn't lose any of that.
Well, I used a PC to copy .android_secure folder from the real external_SD to the new "fake" external_SD. If that doesn't work, I would copy back the original vold.fstab then move all apps to internal, then use modified vold.fstab and move your apps back to sd if you want. Remember to reboot after making a change. Several reboots might even be needed for all apps to show up (might want to try that before anything). Hope this helps!
Ok well the problem is apparently that the .android_secure folder on the sd card is empty. Strangely it also has no permissions and refuses to let me change it. Whenever i try to replace it with the full .android_secure folder it gives me a black screen and i have to restart. Any idea what might be wrong?
Well, it might not actually be empty, it looks empty when viewed with an android file browser, but when you look at it on a computer (might need to disable "hide protected system files" in windows folder options) you should see stuff in it. So, you need to copy the .android_secure folder FROM your REAL microSD card TO your REAL internal memory using a pc, not an android file browser. To be clear, I have figured out that android transfers the app to your sd card when you select "move to usb storage", so that can be deceiving. Your apps were on the sd card, but now you need to transfer them to your usb storage by moving the .android_secure folder. Hope you figure it out!
Ah something decided to start working again and all my apps came back! Thanks for your help!
No problem! What was probably wrong was your player was rebuilding the dalvik-cache. It sometimes takes a while I find. Glad you got it working.
I encrypted all my files on my external SD card.
I then wiped and installed a new ROM.
Now i cannot read the files on my SD card.
Is this because it was all encrypted under the old ROM?
As far as I know the phone creates a unique key for the encryption, so you couldn't read the sd card in another phone. By changing the Rom you've effectively changed phone, so the sd card is locked.
Either format the card, if you don't need the data, or restore an earlier nandroid (if that will recreate the key) to access the card again if you need the data.