So i downloaded APPS2SD from the market... and i transfered aquapets and plants vs zombies onto my sd card... cuz my titanium backup wasnt working for some reason. So i thought that if i flashed a new rom....since the apps are on my sd card they would reappear on the new rom... but they didnt... how do i get the apps back? i opened apps2sd to see if they were on the sd card... and they dont show up on the sd card.. HELP!!!
originally, before froyo, apps2sd required an ext2 3 or 4 partition on your SD card to be used so that when you flashed a new rom, without formatting the previously mentioned ext partition, your apps would reappear on boot. with the addition of apps2sd in froyo things work differently so when flashing a new rom, you need to redo your apps.
titanium backup is your best friend in this scenario.
Droid X2 on Eclipse 2.3 (now on CM10)
with a 32GB Sandisk (link to: ht tp://goo.gl/ h9Mai (remove spaces))
My phone has become very slow, so i decided to reinstall Eclipse, so I booted into recovery, wiped the data and cache then tried to install Eclipse. within a few seconds, it came up with an error saying that the file was bad. I rebooted the phone and reformatted the SD card, now the internal storage ( in Settings>Storage settings) now only gives me the option to format internal storage and the SD card gives me the option of formatting or mounting the card. There is also a notification saying Preparing internal storage, Checking for errors. I selected the Format SD card and after it finished formating, it now says that the card only has 4.3GB of storage. Any suggestions or Fixes?
The Bootstrap Recovery can read the two memories without any issues, and i did a SBF back to 2.3.4 and had the same issue
I Just installed CM10 and the problem persists, The SD card says insert a sd card for mounting (it is inserted) and the Internal storage says Mount SD card
Jmlannan said:
Droid X2 on Eclipse 2.3 (now on CM10)
with a 32GB Sandisk (link to: ht tp://goo.gl/ h9Mai (remove spaces))
My phone has become very slow, so i decided to reinstall Eclipse, so I booted into recovery, wiped the data and cache then tried to install Eclipse. within a few seconds, it came up with an error saying that the file was bad. I rebooted the phone and reformatted the SD card, now the internal storage ( in Settings>Storage settings) now only gives me the option to format internal storage and the SD card gives me the option of formatting or mounting the card. There is also a notification saying Preparing internal storage, Checking for errors. I selected the Format SD card and after it finished formating, it now says that the card only has 4.3GB of storage. Any suggestions or Fixes?
The Bootstrap Recovery can read the two memories without any issues, and i did a SBF back to 2.3.4 and had the same issue
I Just installed CM10 and the problem persists, The SD card says insert a sd card for mounting (it is inserted) and the Internal storage says Mount SD card
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If it gives you the option to mount the SD card, do so. It's my understanding that after reformatting the SD card you have to mount it for it to be used with your phone.
Unmounted means your SD card is in your phone, but not connected to anything so you can safely remove it. Mounted means your SD card is in your phone AND it is integrated into the phone's system and can be used for data storage.
And possibly adding to your confusion is that Eclipse has a mod called SD card flip-flop, which reverses the naming of your internal storage and external SD card. Check out this link that explains it in depth http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229294
Cyanogen Roms do not use the SD Card flip-flop mod, and they also name the storage locations slightly different than the stock Rom.
Thank you, but as it turns out the SD card it self is not working. I plunged it in to my computer with an SD card adapter and it didn't show up. I assume that the card has become corrupt, so I will be replacing it. Their is one thing that confuses me however, and Is how bootstrap recovery is capable of reading the card, but the phone when booted normally or the computer can not.
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And for future knowledge, you cannot flash a ROM over CM10. Theres an issue that CM10 has with flashing ROMs. Other stuff flashes fine. Just not ROMs. So that would explain why you had a problem flashing Eclipse when you were on CM10. The right process is to SBF and start over or restore a nandroid backup of Ice Cream Sandwich or Gingerbread and go from there. On top of that, Eclipse is on 2.3.5 while every other ROM is on 2.3.4. So flashing a 2.3.5 ROM on 2.3.4 will also not work.
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And for future knowledge, you cannot flash a ROM over CM10. Theres an issue that CM10 has with flashing ROMs. Other stuff flashes fine. Just not ROMs. So that would explain why you had a problem flashing Eclipse when you were on CM10. The right process is to SBF and start over or restore a nandroid backup of Ice Cream Sandwich or Gingerbread and go from there. On top of that, Eclipse is on 2.3.5 while every other ROM is on 2.3.4. So flashing a 2.3.5 ROM on 2.3.4 will also not work.
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I was able to restore my cm7 nandroid backup after being on cm10 a2. I just used cm7 bsr, wiped big 3 and restored.
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So, i got a new SD card, transferred everything over and it works fine. Except safe strap doesn't recognize that the new SD card is bigger. When I try to create a new ROM slot it thinks the SD card doesn't have enough room. Any suggestions?
Richie
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Safestrap
Safestrap is not using space on your external SD card for ROM slots. It is uses your phones internal memory and partitions it. 8gb of 16gb is for your stock rom. The remaining 8gb is available for custom ROM slots. When you create a ROM slot you choose the size of the data partition. Even at 1gb of data your ROM slot is going to take up a little over 2gb (System/Data and cache partitions). Your External SD card just holds back-ups. I at one time had my stock ROM and 3 additional slots created in Safestrap..I didn't have enough free space for a fourth additional slot (even at 1gb data partition). I know that doesn't help in your situation, but explains why you are limited to the memory internal to your phone.
That makes sense. I guess I wasn't understanding how safe strap works. I haven't rooted a phone since the original incredible so this is kind of all new to me again. Thanks for the reply.
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I have an unlocked and rooted Verizon Note II. I've been using it since the 4.1.1 days upgrading through all the Android iterations and I'm now on 5.1.1. I would like to upgrade to a 64 GB class 10 micro SD card and wipe all the old trash and orphaned items from my old card (32GB) and transfer some of the files to the new card. I have lots of files, mostly pictures, videos, back-ups etc that would need to be moved to the new card. What is the easiest or most elegant way to accomplish this without transferring stuff I don't need or want?
Will "adopting" my SD card as internal storage cause issues installing roms?
I am currently running a custom rom and am constantly running out of space on my Moto X Pure 16GB, even though I don't have that many apps installed. If I adopt my SD card as internal storage, will this prevent me from installing new roms in the future, or make it difficult/impossible? I can't really find any information on how the process would be different.