Hi,
looking at the contents of my SD card, i have loads of folders with either nothing in, or just a few temp files.
which ones do i actually need on the phone??
could i remove my folders, format the card and then re-insert it, or would android just have a fit if i did that?
cheers
yes, you could format it, the next time you plug it in, android will automatically push the folders that are need to the sd card
fielddb said:
yes, you could format it, the next time you plug it in, android will automatically push the folders that are need to the sd card
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Unless you have apps installed on the sd card. They will have to be reinstalled.
sning said:
Hi,
looking at the contents of my SD card, i have loads of folders with either nothing in, or just a few temp files.
which ones do i actually need on the phone??
could i remove my folders, format the card and then re-insert it, or would android just have a fit if i did that?
cheers
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usually apps create folders on sd card so you can try erease those that you dont want or dont have
The best trick would be to make a back-up of the apps you really don't want to lose. Then just use your android to wipe the SD card. Like fielddb said, your phone will create the files needed. I had 46 files on mine since I was using it on other cellphone and they were all creating their own files... then you'll just need to puts your apps back, some might create personal folders for them though.
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Has anyone experienced this - and even better have a solution?
running stock 2.29.405.2 for a few weeks now, but all of a sudden apps have dissapeared that are installed on the SD card.
also i cant move any apps (i know not all apps allow) to the SD card as a 'failed to move application' notice appears.
any ideas peeps?
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I would do this.
1)Check your SD card. Can you access your sd card? Could be a corrupted card.
2)Take out your sd card and put it back in.
3)Power off phone and restart. Wait for a while, see if your apps come back.
Isn't 2.29.405.5 out now from OTA?
also I agree - make sure you can access the SD and reboot
friedkimchi said:
I would do this.
1)Check your SD card. Can you access your sd card? Could be a corrupted card.
2)Take out your sd card and put it back in.
3)Power off phone and restart. Wait for a while, see if your apps come back.
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Tried all of these - With a different SD card i can move the apps. Does that sound like a corrupt card, and if so is there anything i can do?
Lothaen said:
Isn't 2.29.405.5 out now from OTA?
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It seems to have been pulled (I waited until I had my goldcard available) and is not available now. Is there a link to do it manually?
I am going through the same thing. I determined I had a corrupt card. I will be getting a new card today and reinstalling all of my apps that were installed on the corrupt card.
Had the same issue. Noticed that the .android-secure folder on SD is read only. Changed to read/write in root explorer, rebooted and apps are back.
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no joy with that, but thanks anyway.
i might look at deleting that folder and starting again - it will give me an excuse to get rid of all the crap i have anyway.
But first i might try recovery - i know that you cannot see the content of the .android_secure for security reasons
I just recovered from the same problem (tried the tips here, but they didn't work in my case.) I thought I'd add the solution that eventually worked for me, just in case it's of any help to anyone else.
Remove SD card from phone and insert in a Windows PC
Run CHKDSK /F from the command prompt, just in case there are any file errors (there were none in my case.)
Rename the .android-secure folder to something else (it really doesn't matter what you call it.)
Eject the card and put it back in the phone, allow the phone to start up and initialise the SD card. It will create a new .android-secure folder. (I tried creating the folder on the PC, but that didn't work. The phone needs to create it for itself.)
Card back in the PC, and cut and paste the files from the folder that you previously renamed into the new .android-secure folder.
Card back in the phone, and if your problem was the same as mine, your apps are back.
You might also be able to do this with the card in situ via the USB cable. I haven't tried it.
Out of interest, this happened to me after nothing more serious than a dead battery. The phone was at 90%+ charge when I went to bed last night, but dead this morning. I can only assume that I left a power hungry app running by accident.
Thanks for the info. i had already resolved mine by renaming the folder to delete it. luckily i had most apps backed up so it didnt take long to go back in.
I have been trying to think what caused it, and you reminded me that my battery dies a couple of days ago, so was probably this that caused it also.
Alright, so youve got plenty of random files and stuff stuck on your SD card, that just take up memory. What stuff you do remove? If im rooted do i need all of those root files that i used to root my phone?
Whats the best way to clean it up?
Once your rooted you do not need any files on your sd card related to rooting, you can remove those, what i did was copy the entire contents of my sd card to my computer, then formated my sd card from the phone then only transfered back files I was using or needed for certain apps to function. Cleaned it up and gained valuable storage space.
oh, sweet. thanks for your repsonse. how did you go about copying the files to your computer? like did you just copy and paste the files to...wherE?
PatrickHuey said:
oh, sweet. thanks for your repsonse. how did you go about copying the files to your computer? like did you just copy and paste the files to...wherE?
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Just mount your phone as an external storage device, it will come up under your "My Computer" on your computer as another drive, then just create a new folder on your computer somewhere, then open the phones drive up just copy and paste the files from your phone to the folder on your computer. Remember to keep the file you removed, just in case you forget to move something back that you needed you can always go back into the file and move it back to the phone.
Just FYI..the folder "clockworkmod" in ur sd card contains your recovery and all ur nandroid backups..you might wanna keep that one onboard..
If I buy a new SD card what is the required procedure?
Do I just have to copy all the files/folders on to my desktop and then back on the the new card?
Copy everything to desktop, take out old SD card, plug new one in and format on the phone, then copy everything back.
Thats what I normally do!
OK great. Thanks for that!
copy the stuff back in recovery, that way you don't risk throwing off apps that have data stored on the sdcard.
copy the stuff back in recovery
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Can you explain more about how to do that?
Thanks
in recovery go to mount&storage, then use mount usb storage. connect via usb and you can shove the stuff back on the card just as in android.
some apps might look for data on the sdcard when you start android, which might throw them off when they cant find it. your phone won't explode and your cat will survive it, but since it's basically the same amount of work why not go the safe way.
Thanks for explaining!
Greetings everyone,
After almost a year of using xperia arc and plenty of cleanups with SEUS I never formated my SD Card. I have a 16GB class 6 one which is half full (Mostly with music, pictures and videos) and yet its full of folders from Apps i used in the past.
The question is; If i delete everything from sd card via computer, then re-mount the card will the needed folders be replaced? Also I have moved apps to sd which i still use, will the folders be replaced aswell?
and last; I already copied all the files i need to my computer, if I will re-download an app and paste the folder back there, will I have the saves back?
Retrosid said:
Greetings everyone,
After almost a year of using xperia arc and plenty of cleanups with SEUS I never formated my SD Card. I have a 16GB class 6 one which is half full (Mostly with music, pictures and videos) and yet its full of folders from Apps i used in the past.
The question is; If i delete everything from sd card via computer, then re-mount the card will the needed folders be replaced? Also I have moved apps to sd which i still use, will the folders be replaced aswell?
and last; I already copied all the files i need to my computer, if I will re-download an app and paste the folder back there, will I have the saves back?
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a bit difficult, try to delete the unused folders instead
but if you do the right backup of the needed data, yes the data will be there.
and the deleted folders created by system should be recreated
Retrosid said:
Greetings everyone,
After almost a year of using xperia arc and plenty of cleanups with SEUS I never formated my SD Card. I have a 16GB class 6 one which is half full (Mostly with music, pictures and videos) and yet its full of folders from Apps i used in the past.
The question is; If i delete everything from sd card via computer, then re-mount the card will the needed folders be replaced? Also I have moved apps to sd which i still use, will the folders be replaced aswell?
and last; I already copied all the files i need to my computer, if I will re-download an app and paste the folder back there, will I have the saves back?
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You must make sure that you format your SD card with FAT32 file system.If you are using Windows OS then there is no need to get worried.Just go ahead with the normal procedure.
Once you format,all the folders and files will be deleted and when you mount it in your phone,the necessary files and folders will be created on its own.These necessary files do not belong to the applications you moved to SD card and it means that you must create a back up of your apps before you format your card,in order to use the apps even if you format your sd card.
I would suggest "Titanium Backup" app to back-up your apps.And when you are done with the back up, make sure that you copy the folder named "TitaniumBackup" from your sd card to your PC/Notebook and then format your card.
KingWickedd said:
You must make sure that you format your SD card with FAT32 file system.If you are using Windows OS then there is no need to get worried.Just go ahead with the normal procedure.
Once you format,all the folders and files will be deleted and when you mount it in your phone,the necessary files and folders will be created on its own.These necessary files do not belong to the applications you moved to SD card and it means that you must create a back up of your apps before you format your card,in order to use the apps even if you format your sd card.
I would suggest "Titanium Backup" app to back-up your apps.And when you are done with the back up, make sure that you copy the folder named "TitaniumBackup" from your sd card to your PC/Notebook and then format your card.
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Thats the answer I was waiting for
Thanks mate, I will delete all the files from my SD Card after the ICS update that we will have in about a month, unless if i flash another rom before that so I will have a clean phone.
Retrosid said:
Thats the answer I was waiting for
Thanks mate, I will delete all the files from my SD Card after the ICS update that we will have in about a month, unless if i flash another rom before that so I will have a clean phone.
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All the best
Formating SD card
Guys i have a similar question!
I have an Htc sensation and i already have ICS (official). My question is: should i format my sd card along the recommended factory reset after the update??
And if so...wont i be loosing some preloaded stuff (if exists) that comes with the phone when i bought it?? i dont care about my apps, all that matters to me is the stock stuff! thank you
Mondea said:
Guys i have a similar question!
I have an Htc sensation and i already have ICS (official). My question is: should i format my sd card along the recommended factory reset after the update??
And if so...wont i be loosing some preloaded stuff (if exists) that comes with the phone when i bought it?? i dont care about my apps, all that matters to me is the stock stuff! thank you
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Yes you will lose all the things you have on your card including the demo videos, stock gallery images, etc.
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I have formated my card already and it goes faster than ever
Sent from my Xperia Arc
Thank you Guys For your help
I understand that my Galaxy Nexus does not actually have an SD Card, but an SD card folder, right? So for best performance I can move some files, like most downloaded apps, to the SD Card folder. Maybe data files like eBooks, right? Then I get lost. I have downloaded a couple of apps that are supposed to help me move things to the SD Card, but I don't quite get how to move them. Some SD Card apps show a list of apps that can be moved, but there does not seem to be a place to tell it, 'OK, do it.' I know I can attach to my PC/USB and see the file folders, but it seems like just drag & drop would lead to confusing my phone's operating system.
Maybe someone can recommend an app that is simple enough for me to understand.
Galaxy Nexus (Sprint) unlocked and rooted to use SuperUser. Running JB 4.1.1 stock from the recent update. Baseband ver: L700.05 V.FH05 / L700.FH05, Kernel ver 3.0.31-00006-gea59422 Build JRO03U.L700FH06 (BTW, I am trying to document the pertinent information about ROM & build and so forth to use when I ask for help from developers. Can someone tell me what is important for you to see?)
GranPaSmurf said:
I understand that my Galaxy Nexus does not actually have an SD Card, but an SD card folder, right? So for best performance I can move some files, like most downloaded apps, to the SD Card folder. Maybe data files like eBooks, right? Then I get lost. I have downloaded a couple of apps that are supposed to help me move things to the SD Card, but I don't quite get how to move them. Some SD Card apps show a list of apps that can be moved, but there does not seem to be a place to tell it, 'OK, do it.' I know I can attach to my PC/USB and see the file folders, but it seems like just drag & drop would lead to confusing my phone's operating system.
Maybe someone can recommend an app that is simple enough for me to understand.
Galaxy Nexus (Sprint) unlocked and rooted to use SuperUser. Running JB 4.1.1 stock from the recent update. Baseband ver: L700.05 V.FH05 / L700.FH05, Kernel ver 3.0.31-00006-gea59422 Build JRO03U.L700FH06 (BTW, I am trying to document the pertinent information about ROM & build and so forth to use when I ask for help from developers. Can someone tell me what is important for you to see?)
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first off moving apps to the sd card wouldn't improve performance, so there wouldn't be a need to do such a thing. The reason the sd card is a partition instead of an actual removable card is because that way people wouldn't need to move apps to the sd card. The memory for internal vs sd card will be automatically adjusted as needed. But if you want to move some files from one part of your phone to the sdcard, so then you can simply drag and drop on your pc or use any file manager app like astro or root explorer if you need something from say the data partition.
So, just forget about it...
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first off moving apps to the sd card wouldn't improve performance, so there wouldn't be a need to do such a thing. The reason the sd card is a partition instead of an actual removable card is because that way people wouldn't need to move apps to the sd card. The memory for internal vs sd card will be automatically adjusted as needed. But if you want to move some files from one part of your phone to the sdcard, so then you can simply drag and drop on your pc or use any file manager app like astro or root explorer if you need something from say the data partition.
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So then, I should just leave it alone and not worry about it unless I develop a problem down the road, right? I guess Google knew there would be people like me.
GranPaSmurf said:
So then, I should just leave it alone and not worry about it unless I develop a problem down the road, right? I guess Google knew there would be people like me.
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pretty much, glad i could help out
Moving files won't do anything, it's all the same, just a different folder called "SDcard" to keep compatibility with apps that are looking for an SDcard.
Ahh, now it makes sense. If an app was designed to take advantage of an SD Card, then it is still compatible with Nexus. Thanks, I get it now.