[Q] Custom ROM and New SD Card - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Howdy! I wanted to swap over my SD card which is a sandisk class 2 4GB which is partioned for my custom ROM. I'm not too sure what will happen if I partion the new one? I was wondering if I would have to reinstall the ROM if I stuck it in my droid?
On a sort of spin-off. How do I restore my 4GB SD card to stock without partion. (Would I lose the ability to use my ROM if I partition it again after clean partition?)

No need to reinstall ROM. If you have apps on the SD card, then you'll have to reinstall them.
Edit: you have many ways to remove partitions from the SD card. Do you use Windows and have a card reader? If yes you can delete the partitions in Disk management.

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I have just upgraded my SD card from 4 gb to 16 gb, is there any way to make a complete transfer of ALL the contence? Not just the stuff I can copy/paste but also the ext partion? So I don't need to reinstall Shadowfrost? I tried to insert the new card, and do a install from the SD card, without wipe'ing anything, but that resulted in a bootloop!
Use Linux to copy the files on the ext partition.
Partition the SD first.
mercianary said:
Use Linux to copy the files on the ext partition.
Partition the SD first.
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Can it be done with a live cd?
Yes you can.
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I couldĀ“ent copy the content, so I just made a fresh install, but I did'ent get the apps2sd working, i know I made an ext partition, but after 3 tries it keeps installing to the phone instead of the SD card. What am I doing wrong?

Rom Manager and Partion SD Card

Hey fellas,
I currently have T-mod leedroid 2.2d on my desire. Works fantastic.
My question is: can i simply backup my sd card onto my HD, then use Rom Manager and partition my sd card with 512mb and 0 swap then restore back the files to the sd card?
Will my phone restore to its original state?
Currently i have partial apps stored to sd with delvik in the internal memory.
Thanks,
Brendan

Partitioning my SD card

Hi,
I want to partition my SD card so that I can install my apps to it.
My question : If i remove all my installed apps, music and photos from my SD card, what stuff do I loose when I partition my card? What stuff from the currently installed app would be lost?
Will some of the apps become unusable due to temp/cache files that gets deleted?
Regards,
Barend
Firstly, when you partition your SD card, you lose everything on the SD card. Everything on internal memory stays.
Secondly, some apps might not be usable as once after partitioning, i could not even boot up into the OS. Then i just flashed the Rom again.
Hope this helps;D

[Q] I can't partition the sd card

when I put the card into a card reader, the sd card can't be read, only can be format. But after I pressed format, it said it can't. What happen to my card? but if i connect my phone to computer, it can show all the files in the sd card.
The important question is that, I have rooted it, and i want to use app2sd. If i can't partition the sd card with ext2, i can't move apps to sd card. I have tried to use rom manager to partition it, but still can't. Any method other than buy a new card? thx~~
You need to flash amonRA's recovery.
Just do a search on the forum as there are a couple of how to's.
From there you can partition your card, verify your ext partition, upgrade from ext 2 to 3 and ext 3 to 4.
Good luck.
sometimes that can occur with a bad card reader. have seen it many times. the card reader will read some cards but not others.

[Q] New sd card and A2SD! Help

Hey guys, i had a samsung microsd 8gb class 2 card and i just got a 32gb lexar class 10 . i was on miui a2sd. i partitioned my 8gb card using rom manager (unfortunately), the 32gb is ALL fat32.
first, i copied my 8gb card to my computer, then transferred that to my 32gb. the card didnt work (phone stayed on HTC screen forever).
after a bit of fooling around, i backed up my apps+data to my 8gb sd using titanium, then i performed a factory reset of the phone. i then moved the dalvik cache back to internal memory and for some reason, the 32gb card worked in the phone.
then i decided to switch to mildwild rom instead of miui. the problem is, now when i open titanium with the 32gb card, NONE of my apps are shown. if i use the 8gb card, the apps are shown and able to be restored.
so can anybody explain this? and do i need to partition my 32gb for mildwild?
If your rom requires EXT partition, then obviously you have to create EXT partition on your new card.
via xda app
maybe you have an EXT partition in samsung card. You have to prepare partition on new card, do a nandroid backup with samsung card on, copy files to pc, paste files on lexar card and restore nandroid with lexar on.
If you were using MIUI A2SD then part of your 8GB will have a Ext partition. I suggest (no responsibility accepted) you partition your 32GB using gParted and use some kind of Linux OS to copy the files from the Ext partition of your old card to your new one. Failing that, do a nandroid back up on your 8GB and copy that over to your 32GB and restore. But be sure to have an ext partition of your 32gb because you need it for your MIUI A2SD.

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