Im running miui 1.7.15 and i get this msg on my status bar saying damaged sd card and then it recommends formatting which i did but nothing changed except I lost my pictures and music .... it happened after i used the super build.prop tweaks .... can someone please help me fix this, thank u in advance
Plug ur phone to a computer if it detects ur sd card format using windows utility if it dont detect then u should use third-party software like acronis disk director....it's not free but it has worked for me in the past..good luck
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I had this happen to me before on cm7. I reformatted it in windows (not quick format but full) and it seemed to work. But a few days later I got the SD damaged alert again. After playing this game about 3 times I decided to try SD formatter 3.0 to wipe the card and then I just booted into recovery and formatted it (seeing as it was wiped clean already) and it worked like a charm. SD formatter is free so I'd suggest giving it a try.
Good luck!
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When you get this message its actually referring to your external sd(emmc).Don't format because It'll format your internal sd card which really sucks if you apps and music, etc.Try opening your ex-sd (emmc)on root explorer on your phone if you can.There's corrupt info on it I'm almost sure and wipe file that the has time stamps from like the year 1969.If you can't then use a microSD adapter and use your computer.Hope this helps.
Dougfresh said:
When you get this message its actually referring to your external sd(emmc).Don't format because It'll format your internal sd card which really sucks if you apps and music, etc.Try opening your ex-sd (emmc)on root explorer on your phone if you can.There's corrupt info on it I'm almost sure and wipe file that the has time stamps from like the year 1969.If you can't then use a microSD adapter and use your computer.Hope this helps.
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Eh, I had this happen and formatted..it did my external sd card not the internal.
I've also never used CM7 or any other GB rom so i think it might have something to do with the SD card read ahead scripts that most ROMs are using nowadays.
Closing down thread as this is a duplicate thread. You already have a thread on this open.
HERE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172376
I'm wondering if anyone can walk me through completely cleaning out my phone before re-flashing Crazy 8. I read somewhere that you can format your internal and external sd cards to really clean things up. I've been having major slow downs and fc's and I want to try this to see if it helps. MY question is, do you format these cards and then go back to stock with ODIN or the other way around? Any tips would be most appreciated.
move critical stuff to pc
format internal/external
power down
odin to jfd
use the update.zip in my noob guide that lets you boot straight to cwr
flash rom
move any critical items back (ie titanium backup folder if you want your apps)
s15274n said:
move critical stuff to pc
format internal/external
power down
odin to jfd
use the update.zip in my noob guide that lets you boot straight to cwr
flash rom
move any critical items back (ie titanium backup folder if you want your apps)
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You format each drive through your pc or directly through the phone?
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Awesome s15! Thanks so much. I will try this when I get home later. My internet has been down all day at work or I would've thanked you sooner!
Matty: I think you unmount the cards and then format them through the phone but I'll find out more later when I try it out.
You can format your internal/external SD card using either your phone or the computer. However, I think you should better use your phone to avoid any incompatibility issue.
coolairG1 said:
You can format your internal/external SD card using either your phone or the computer. However, I think you should better use your phone to avoid any incompatibility issue.
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Thank you both. I wasn't sure how to go about it.
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Just boot into recovery, select mounts and storage. There is a format SD and format extSD choice. Always make sure you've removed anything critical to your PC first.
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YAY! Formatting both SD Cards worked a charm. My phone is very speedy now and not having all the weird random re-boots and FC's! I can't buy anything from the market though, again, this is such a weird problem and I seem to be the only one having it.
^ how is your account set to make app purchases?
https://checkout.google.com/
I purchased my first smartphone just two months ago so I am very new to this. When I recieved my new phone I found that there was a lot of apps that I did not realy want but can't uninstall nor move to the SD card. I have read so much here and on other sites that "rooting" the device will give me better control over storage I would like to do this but not sure exactly what software I should use to do this.
Can anyone help plz,
My smartphone info is:
Samsung Galaxy Ace GT5830i
Android Version 2.3.6
Baseband Version S5830iXXLD2
Kernel Version 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #1
Build Number GINGERBREAD.XXLD3
PC/ Running Windows XP Home edition with Samsung Kies installed.
well 1st u have to root ur phone..u can find it in this forum...i got d same phone...wekk i still cnt find a good custom rom...n yeah...aftr rooting ur can download link2sd app from google play...dis app can move apps to sd card...including whatsapp like app...:good:
Hello, you can follow these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552792
How to root Galaxy Ace s5830i.
1.Put update.zip in your main directory in the SD card.
2.Turn off your phone.
3.Boot in Recovery by pressingOWER+VOLUME UP+HOME buttons.
4.In Recovery select Install zip from sd
5.Choose update.zip
6.Reboot your phone and it's ready.There must be a Superuser icon in your Apps menu.
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ZakooZ said:
Hello, you can follow these instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552792
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Thanks guys for the above info, my next question is whats the best way to put "update.zip" file on to pnone SD card after downloading on to PC:
Is it best to:
Copy and paste file from PC to SD card with phone attached to PC using USB cable.
or
Move file to SD card using same set up as above.
or
Use a SD card adaptor fitted to PC USB and move or copy file to phone SD card fitted to adaptor.
Sorry for the above silly questions.
soundacer said:
Thanks guys for the above info, my next question is whats the best way to put "update.zip" file on to pnone SD card after downloading on to PC:
Is it best to:
Copy and paste file from PC to SD card with phone attached to PC using USB cable.
or
Move file to SD card using same set up as above.
or
Use a SD card adaptor fitted to PC USB and move or copy file to phone SD card fitted to adaptor.
Sorry for the above silly questions.
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Ys its a silly question
As long as u r able to move the file....u cn use any f the methods...
limaakum said:
Ys its a silly question
As long as u r able to move the file....u cn use any f the methods...
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Sorry for last silly questions, this is what I have done so far.
Fitted cable from phone to PC USB
SD files seen ok on pc, moved "update.zip" file from PC to phone SD card and disconnected phone from PC.
Powered up phone using: volume+home+power buttons.
Used volume up/down to select .zip file pressed home to install.
Rebooted phone and checked for "superuser icon" it was there so looks like my phone is rooted.
Downloaded and installed on phone "Link2SD" and it worked ok I could open all options, but still to partition my SD card, thats my next task.
I have downloaded "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition v7.6" and installed on my PC ready to partition my SD card I have read a few posts here and other web sites to try and understand what format is best for my Phones SD card.
What is the best format to use: ext2 or ext3 ??
What is the best way to backup/reinstall apps that are on my SD card at the moment ??
soundacer said:
Sorry for last silly questions, this is what I have done so far.
Fitted cable from phone to PC USB
SD files seen ok on pc, moved "update.zip" file from PC to phone SD card and disconnected phone from PC.
Powered up phone using: volume+home+power buttons.
Used volume up/down to select .zip file pressed home to install.
Rebooted phone and checked for "superuser icon" it was there so looks like my phone is rooted.
Downloaded and installed on phone "Link2SD" and it worked ok I could open all options, but still to partition my SD card, thats my next task.
I have downloaded "MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition v7.6" and installed on my PC ready to partition my SD card I have read a few posts here and other web sites to try and understand what format is best for my Phones SD card.
What is the best format to use: ext2 or ext3 ??
What is the best way to backup/reinstall apps that are on my SD card at the moment ??
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1. Use ext3 for sd-ext (2nd Partition)
2. Use Titanium Backup for backup & restore system/user apps along with many other useful options as well
saeed14i said:
1. Use ext3 for sd-ext (2nd Partition)
2. Use Titanium Backup for backup & restore system/user apps along with many other useful options as well
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Thanks for that saeed14i
This is where I get a wee bit confused regarding formating you suggested ext3 but when you read the information for link2sd it says to format both partitions as FAT32 they say that ext2/ext3 may not work on all phones but FAT32 works on all, have I read this correctly ?
I downloaded "Titanium app" free edition and installed on my phone it runs fine after install but can you use this app to backup apps thats on the SD card to PC ?
At the moment I can't see an option to do this, have I missed somthing?
soundacer said:
Thanks for that saeed14i
This is where I get a wee bit confused regarding formating you suggested ext3 but when you read the information for link2sd it says to format both partitions as FAT32 they say that ext2/ext3 may not work on all phones but FAT32 works on all, have I read this correctly ?
I downloaded "Titanium app" free edition and installed on my phone it runs fine after install but can you use this app to backup apps thats on the SD card to PC ?
At the moment I can't see an option to do this, have I missed somthing?
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1. Detecting ext3/4 depends on your kernel. But even if you are on stock 5830i firmware & kernel, link2sd will detect sd-ext even if it is ext2 format. If you are on Rafael Kernel, you can format sd-ext on ext3 or ext4. I recommended ext3, coz most people do that, and so far ext3 is reported to perform best without stressing much life out of your SD Card. I haven't ever tried formating sd-ext in fat32 or heard of someone doing that. So can't say if Fat32 is better than the ext file system or the other way around
2. You'll have to manually copy the backup you made in the "sdcard/titaniumbackup" folder in your SD card to Your PC. Whenever you want to restore that backup, simply put it back in same directory in SD card and run titanium restore process
saeed14i said:
1. Detecting ext3/4 depends on your kernel. But even if you are on stock 5830i firmware & kernel, link2sd will detect sd-ext even if it is ext2 format. If you are on Rafael Kernel, you can format sd-ext on ext3 or ext4. I recommended ext3, coz most people do that, and so far ext3 is reported to perform best without stressing much life out of your SD Card. I haven't ever tried formating sd-ext in fat32 or heard of someone doing that. So can't say if Fat32 is better than the ext file system or the other way around
2. You'll have to manually copy the backup you made in the "sdcard/titaniumbackup" folder in your SD card to Your PC. Whenever you want to restore that backup, simply put it back in same directory in SD card and run titanium restore process
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Thanks for the pointers saeed14i
I have stock kernel, well its never been changed since I purchased the phone, the info on my phone tells me its Kernel version 2.6.35.7 dpl[email protected] #1. I will use as you sugested ext3.
I will follow yor instructions as regards backup method.
The phone I have has the original SD card (2gb) I have now purchased a new SD card (16gb) so I plan is to start backup of original SD and partition the new SD and start moving apps and hope all goes well.
Will post here as soon as I have completed or for further help, I hope all goes to plan lol.
Thanks again saeed14i
soundacer said:
Thanks for the pointers saeed14i
I have stock kernel, well its never been changed since I purchased the phone, the info on my phone tells me its Kernel version 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #1. I will use as you sugested ext3.
I will follow yor instructions as regards backup method.
The phone I have has the original SD card (2gb) I have now purchased a new SD card (16gb) so I plan is to start backup of original SD and partition the new SD and start moving apps and hope all goes well.
Will post here as soon as I have completed or for further help, I hope all goes to plan lol.
Thanks again saeed14i
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You are welcome and good luck with ur plans ... One little correction in your post. As i explained earlier that default kernel will only recognize ext2. so format sd-ext in ext2 format to get it detected in link2sd on default firmware. ext3/ext4 is only detectable in custom kernel
saeed14i said:
You are welcome and good luck with ur plans ... One little correction in your post. As i explained earlier that default kernel will only recognize ext2. so format sd-ext in ext2 format to get it detected in link2sd on default firmware. ext3/ext4 is only detectable in custom kernel
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Must have misunderstood, I shall use ext2 to format sd-ext.
I may not bother just now doing a backup of old 2gb SD card because the apps I have on there I can re-download when I have set up the new card so I may just delete these apps to get them of the system and start fresh, there not important apps anyway.
Sorry but I meant to ask what would be the best sizes for each partition when I format the 16gb SD card ?
Let me know what you think.
soundacer said:
I purchased my first smartphone just two months ago so I am very new to this. When I recieved my new phone I found that there was a lot of apps that I did not realy want but can't uninstall nor move to the SD card. I have read so much here and on other sites that "rooting" the device will give me better control over storage I would like to do this but not sure exactly what software I should use to do this.
Can anyone help plz,
My smartphone info is:
Samsung Galaxy Ace GT5830i
Android Version 2.3.6
Baseband Version S5830iXXLD2
Kernel Version 2.6.35.7 [email protected] #1
Build Number GINGERBREAD.XXLD3
PC/ Running Windows XP Home edition with Samsung Kies installed.
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Presuming that you've managed to root and everything else ran smoothly, if you're still looking to remove some of that bloatware permanently, you can install es explorer and do that.
Sywped from my GT-I9300 running Omega v27.2 & franco.Kernel r19
soundacer said:
Must have misunderstood, I shall use ext2 to format sd-ext.
I may not bother just now doing a backup of old 2gb SD card because the apps I have on there I can re-download when I have set up the new card so I may just delete these apps to get them of the system and start fresh, there not important apps anyway.
Sorry but I meant to ask what would be the best sizes for each partition when I format the 16gb SD card ?
Let me know what you think.
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1.5 - 2 gb i guess would b enough for sd-ext.
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saeed14i said:
1.5 - 2 gb i guess would b enough for sd-ext.
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Ooops!! I was too eager I made my sd-ext 4gb using minitool, will this cause a problem when I mount sd card and install apps ???
soundacer said:
Ooops!! I was too eager I made my sd-ext 4gb using minitool, will this cause a problem when I mount sd card and install apps ???
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No problems except may b eventually low space issue on ur primary partition. Because sd-ext will not ever take 4gb space i guess so extra storage space may be wasted
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saeed14i said:
No problems except may b eventually low space issue on ur primary partition. Because sd-ext will not ever take 4gb space i guess so extra storage space may be wasted
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Yes saeed14i Understand what your saying but having 10gb or so on first partition will be ok in my situation as I will only be using for pictures etc and I am one of these guys that uploads pics to PC and does a clean up on a regular basis.
So this is how it stands now, Backed up my apps on the old SD card using "Wondershare MobileGo for Android" ready to reinstall on to 2nd partition of new SD card, formated and created partitions on new SD card using "MiniTool Partition Wizard home edition", I then used "Link2sd" to link apps that were on internal storage, reinstalled backed up apps using "Wondershare" they went straight to internal storage but linked to 2nd partition with no problems.
Note/ I did not link any system apps.
Was a bit confused at first when trying to link apps to 2nd partition as when you open an app in Link2sd it shows a window with info of app and some buttons and I thought you had to use the "move to SD card" but I realised you only use the "create link button", silly me.
As I said above I used "Wondershare MobileGo for Android" to do backup and found it worked well I liked the fact that you dont require your USB cable to attach your phone to PC you can use WiFi and that is what I used and it worked great.
Phone Internal storage before starting was 3.5mb free
After doing all of the above my internal storage is now 118mb free (well worth doing)
I will try and post some pictures at a later date once I get them sortd out.
The whole process of rooting, creating 2nd partition, backing up apps and linking apps to 2nd partition has went well, a big thanks to you saeed14i and other members who posted on this thread. I was very aprehensive before I satarted but being on xda has helped a lot.
Back soon.
soundacer said:
Yes saeed14i Understand what your saying but having 10gb or so on first partition will be ok in my situation as I will only be using for pictures etc and I am one of these guys that uploads pics to PC and does a clean up on a regular basis.
So this is how it stands now, Backed up my apps on the old SD card using "Wondershare MobileGo for Android" ready to reinstall on to 2nd partition of new SD card, formated and created partitions on new SD card using "MiniTool Partition Wizard home edition", I then used "Link2sd" to link apps that were on internal storage, reinstalled backed up apps using "Wondershare" they went straight to internal storage but linked to 2nd partition with no problems.
Note/ I did not link any system apps.
Was a bit confused at first when trying to link apps to 2nd partition as when you open an app in Link2sd it shows a window with info of app and some buttons and I thought you had to use the "move to SD card" but I realised you only use the "create link button", silly me.
As I said above I used "Wondershare MobileGo for Android" to do backup and found it worked well I liked the fact that you dont require your USB cable to attach your phone to PC you can use WiFi and that is what I used and it worked great.
Phone Internal storage before starting was 3.5mb free
After doing all of the above my internal storage is now 118mb free (well worth doing)
I will try and post some pictures at a later date once I get them sortd out.
The whole process of rooting, creating 2nd partition, backing up apps and linking apps to 2nd partition has went well, a big thanks to you saeed14i and other members who posted on this thread. I was very aprehensive before I satarted but being on xda has helped a lot.
Back soon.
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However, even if you install link2sd
Some memory is consumed in internal storage
Whatever you do, you can't help it
iamareebjamal said:
However, even if you install link2sd
Some memory is consumed in internal storage
Whatever you do, you can't help it
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With link2sd, U can uninstall useless system apps eg office viewer native email client etc to free internal storage. Complete list is provided by shankay in a. Seperate thread.u can also free space from data partion by moving apps like Facebook etc to SD card. And don't forget to clean app cache regularly
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saeed14i said:
With link2sd, U can uninstall useless system apps eg office viewer native email client etc to free internal storage. Complete list is provided by shankay in a. Seperate thread.u can also free space from data partion by moving apps like Facebook etc to SD card. And don't forget to clean app cache regularly
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Totaly agree iamareebjamal and good point.
Yes saeed14i I will have a look for "shankay" post regards clean up of apps and yes I have been cleaning out cache on a regular basis :good:
I have put together some pictures of Rooting and Link2sd to poss help others.
The pic below is installing "update.zip"
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
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Below is picture of Lnk2sd storage info (had to do a bit of cut/paste to get all in picture)
*****Is it possable to increase system space, at 3% just now, and how would that be done ???*****
View attachment 1416511
Below is a picture of Link2sd apps info showing linked files:
View attachment 1416516
There has been no marked difference in battery use and I feel my phone is responding well with no hickups :good:
Will post other pictures soon with regards to other stuff I have done.
Hi
All my files deleted and when i want use PC to recovery my files....any program dont recognize the storage .
i tried "Recover My Files" & "Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional" .
I dont talk about moved files to ' 0' issue ... i have mistake and my data deleted.
please help . guide me what can i do.
you can't
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Atrin9 said:
Hi
All my files deleted and when i want use PC to recovery my files....any program dont recognize the storage .
i tried "Recover My Files" & "Ontrack EasyRecovery Professional" .
I dont talk about moved files to ' 0' issue ... i have mistake and my data deleted.
please help . guide me what can i do.
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Once you nuke your sd card (format it) everythings gone!!! End of story. Thats why its important to use cloud storage or in my case that and a flash usb drive everything thats backed up on to your sd card once you format it do a factory reset its gone
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Try this, maybe your lucky:
[GUIDE] Internal Memory Data Recovery - Yes We Can!
you really need a special tool to recover deleted files on external or internal sd card.
rgli said:
you really need a special tool to recover deleted files on external or internal sd card.
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Sometimes you get lucky but theres no telling how fragmented and currpt they may be
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I already have apps on my SD card that I had moved over in the past but any other apps I move now become corrupted and useless. I'm hoping that formating the card will fix this issue. Can I just copy all contents from the card over to my pc then copy them back on after the format? Should everything work correctly? I have 6gigs of spotify music and other big data files. Hope someone answers Thanks!
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Help?
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Are you on a custom ROM?
Which version of Androrid are u using
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Are you on a custom ROM?
Which version of Androrid are u using
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I'm on lollipop with klte root. Man I messed up. I transfered all the contents from my sd over to my pc to format it and when I switched everything back over the folders came up as all empty. And I can't seem to recreate a folder called .android_secure. My storage info shows that about 9gigs of space are being used on the sd but the folders show nothing. 6gigs were of pure spotify offline music. This is not a good day. Tons of pics were there too.
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I have done the same. In MM was concerned that my SD data would be gone. Made the transfer to the PC of everything. After seeing what MM did to my SD, I formatted the SD again and transferred from the PC to the SD and all was fine. If you want that info back and it is still on the PC, then just do the same. In my case after the format, all was as before.
I lost everything on the card. Dammit. I want to just do a complete hard reset of my phone. If I do a backup with kies will I be able to add all my apps and settings back on my phone afterwards with a recovery of the backup?
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passport619 said:
I lost everything on the card. Dammit. I want to just do a complete hard reset of my phone. If I do a backup with kies will I be able to add all my apps and settings back on my phone afterwards with a recovery of the backup?
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I recommend using Kies and Another Backup Solution as I've had problems with Kies backups in the past, causing me to lose saved texts, contacts, memos, settings, etc.
I personally recommend using Helium backup from ClockworkMod, a quick search through google play should get it for ya.
Happy resetting! :3
EDIT: Just realized this thread is old... you've probably already reset the phone. Sorry I didn't pay attention to the date stamp..
It's almost scary that you would have responded to this thread right now. I am going through the exact same mess again. I tried applying a fix to make the external card detectable by other apps which were not detecting it. Well after doing that none of my apps or data on the card show up or work. The files are there if I explore root folder though. How do I regain the pathway to the card? Through my USB on pc it does not show the external but it does if I use sd card reader with the sd card by itself. Last time I copied everything from the card to my pc then formatted. It all became a senseless mess when I tried returning everything to the card. Lost everything. I tried backing up with kies before but it did not give option to backup sd card. Please help is an understatement. I just checked the sd card for errors using Windows tools but no errors popped up.
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passport619 said:
It's almost scary that you would have responded to this thread right now. I am going through the exact same mess again. I tried applying a fix to make the external card detectable by other apps which were not detecting it. Well after doing that none of my apps or data on the card show up or work. The files are there if I explore root folder though. How do I regain the pathway to the card? Through my USB on pc it does not show the external but it does if I use sd card reader with the sd card by itself. Last time I copied everything from the card to my pc then formatted. It all became a senseless mess when I tried returning everything to the card. Lost everything. I tried backing up with kies before but it did not give option to backup sd card. Please help is an understatement. I just checked the sd card for errors using Windows tools but no errors popped up.
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The reason for this occurrence (as well as how to fix it) depend on how the fix was applied.
Please describe the nature of the fix as specifically as you can. Things like where you found it, what it does, how you installed it, as well as if this is the same SD card, will help the most.
Edit: if you could also include the file system that's on the card that would be great too.
Thank you for responding. I'm not sure what the file system on the card would be but I've attached a screenshot of what I did. The name of the app is there.
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passport619 said:
Thank you for responding. I'm not sure what the file system on the card would be but I've attached a screenshot of what I did. The name of the app is there.
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Well I found the app in question in the play store, and was unable to track down exactly what it does, so we can't get anything out of that.
To get the file system that's on the card all you have to do is put it in a Windows PC and look at the drive properties.
At this point the best thing to do would be to back up everything on the card to a computer.