Formatting SD while while rooted - Nexus S General

Is it a bad idea to format your SD card while you're rooted? Will it delete the main rom on the SD card? I have 7gigs left of free space but I want to have around 13gigs free.
Any ideas? Please and thank ya
Danke shein
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blazelazydays said:
Is it a bad idea to format your SD card while you're rooted? Will it delete the main rom on the SD card? I have 7gigs left of free space but I want to have around 13gigs free.
Any ideas? Please and thank ya
Danke shein
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No, makes no difference. All you are formatting is the space set aside for user content. This will include.downloaded files, cwm backups and app data stored on the SD card.
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Just Rooted

Hi Guys,
Just rooted using the one click method v3, all worked fine!!, so a big thank you to the creator!!
I have installed titanium backup and have disabled the system update program and removed a couple of games that were on it which I couldn't remove before!! These were 2 of the main reasons I rooted!!
I just wanted to ask if there are any other programs that can tweek the system to create more space on the built-in storage and free-up ram etc!? also can I install/move stuff (apps/games) to the SD card? The reason I ask is because the phone says I can 52mb of storage memory left! I kept getting warnings before I rooted!!
Thanks in advance
Yes
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You can actually read the stickied topic on 'rooted locked bootloader app removal list'..
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The app link2sd is the way to go now you have route. Do a google on how to use.
Basically you add a second partition of say 1/2gb to you memory card just for link2sd. you move everything back to internal memory, then can 'link' to sd. Moves more apps to sd and frees up loads of room. Long to set up but once done should have loads of space from there on in!
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If you don't want to partition, DroidSail app2sd can move quite a lot of apps
Thanks for the information, I have moved some apps across with app2sd, do I need to do anything else? Do I need to delete them off the main memory? Thanks
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Haven't used that app dude but you should be fine and it'll have moved them from internal memory to the sd card.
newgen2005 said:
Thanks for the information, I have moved some apps across with app2sd, do I need to do anything else? Do I need to delete them off the main memory? Thanks
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[Q] Apps2SD?

Is there anyway to move apps to SD? I know they took out the feature in ICS, but maybe via an app or something? 8GB is pretty small when you take away a gig for a rom slot...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913576
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Yufice said:
Is there anyway to move apps to SD? I know they took out the feature in ICS, but maybe via an app or something? 8GB is pretty small when you take away a gig for a rom slot...
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better yet, has anyone figured out if you can flip flop the internal and external sd locations so the phone thinks your external sd card is the primary? I know this was possible on the X2 and the RAZR's.
I have the memory switch .zip file, but no way to install it on my rooted Droid RAZR M
I was curious how difficult would out be to just rename the internal storage from sd card to internal storage? If that is possible then we could just rename external to sd card then we should be able to move apps to the card easily.
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hellknight4206 said:
I was curious how difficult would out be to just rename the internal storage from sd card to internal storage? If that is possible then we could just rename external to sd card then we should be able to move apps to the card easily.
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Tried an app from the market and it seems working: GL to SD. need root access
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nah. tried renaming them last week or so and it not only didnt work, the damn things renamed themselves upon reboot. im pretty pissedf about the memory on this phone cuz the phone itself is pretty snappy.
Dang I guess Motorola has this phone on lock down. I used my EVO 4g to copy songs over to my SD card and once I inserted it back in and tried to mount it, it kept saying blank, so I rebooted my phone and it showed up. If I wasn't as smart as I am I would have probably formatted the damn thing lmao I was wondering if they did that as a minor precaution to people trying to hack the phone with something on the SD card, but then again I'm sure if they did a reboot wouldn't have made it show up then.
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safsaf_asm said:
Tried an app from the market and it seems working: GL to SD. need root access
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So were you able to move anything other than game data to your ext sd? It let me move dropbox, but nothing else showed up on its list of transferable files.

[Q] Help. Cyanogenmod not reading sdcard.

I installed Cyanogenmod using the app three weeks ago. About four days ago, I got a notification saying "Blank SDcard" and it told me to format it. I did. It kept coming up so I formatted it whenever it told me. Now, it doesnt come up anymore, but it won't recognize my sdcard. If I open up my camera, it says "Can't connect to the camera" and "Insert an SD card before using the camera."
What do I do?
I posted before but it got deleted.
One. If your using 32 gb or 64 gb sd card you need to format it to a specific format for cm to read it
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
One. If your using 32 gb or 64 gb sd card you need to format it to a specific format for cm to read it
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How can I do that? I have a 32gb PNY sd card
ROMANTiC KiD said:
One. If your using 32 gb or 64 gb sd card you need to format it to a specific format for cm to read it
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How?
I believe its fat32 on your computer. Just format it. Or you can install a kernel that supports exfat
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(Q) how to increase internal memory

hay there... anyone know how to increase galaxy y internal memory? i want to download many game... please
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its impossible to increase internal memory - its like a hard drive you cant make it bigger without putting a new one in
you can free up internal memory by linking apps to a 2nd ext sd partion
search how to use link2sd and create a 2nd ext partition on your sd card
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rafi_android said:
hay there... anyone know how to increase galaxy y internal memory? i want to download many game... please
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It is impossible to increase internal memory from the phone. Instead you can borrow some from sd card.
Your phone must be rooted.
Make a second partition in your sd card and use private apps such as link2sd, app2sd, etc to move the apps to that second partition.
Also set the install location to sd card.
And then start installing the games you want.
Feel free to PM me. I will always be there to help.
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the_pirate_predator said:
It is impossible to increase internal memory from the phone. Instead you can borrow some from sd card.
Your phone must be rooted.
Make a second partition in your sd card and use private apps such as link2sd, app2sd, etc to move the apps to that second partition.
Also set the install location to sd card.
And then start installing the games you want.
Feel free to PM me. I will always be there to help.
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how to make second partition...?
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rafi_android said:
how to make second partition...?
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the option is in cwm - advanced options partitions
note your sd card will be formatted
the_pirate_predator said:
It is impossible to increase internal memory from the phone. Instead you can borrow some from sd card.
Your phone must be rooted.
Make a second partition in your sd card and use private apps such as link2sd, app2sd, etc to move the apps to that second partition.
Also set the install location to sd card.
And then start installing the games you want.
Feel free to PM me. I will always be there to help.
Press thanks if I have helped you.
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and then? i need clear information... please someone help me... i want to install many games and apps..
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rafi_android said:
and then? i need clear information... please someone help me... i want to install many games and apps..
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please use the search feature in xda - you will find all the information you need
here is one for link2sd
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614700
you can also create the partition in cwm

[Q] App data to SD?

Hey i want to ask something, anyone know how to move app data to SD Card? My internal memory is getting low. I want to move facebook data to SD card. I was install Link2SD, but its only move the app to SD Card. Sorry for the bad english.
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mrafi said:
Hey i want to ask something, anyone know how to move app data to SD Card? My internal memory is getting low. I want to move facebook data to SD card. I was install Link2SD, but its only move the app to SD Card. Sorry for the bad english.
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hey
do you know there is an almighty SEARCH button in xda which is absolutely for newbies...........
sorry if u get hurt but search before posting
press thanks if i helped
mrafi said:
Hey i want to ask something, anyone know how to move app data to SD Card? My internal memory is getting low. I want to move facebook data to SD card. I was install Link2SD, but its only move the app to SD Card. Sorry for the bad english.
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look, there are certain apps which can be moved to the SD card. Some cannot. Some will work only with partial features when moved to SD. If the option to move to SD card is greyed out, u simply can't.
raghav kapur said:
look, there are certain apps which can be moved to the SD card. Some cannot. Some will work only with partial features when moved to SD. If the option to move to SD card is greyed out, u simply can't.
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thats native moving to sd which isnt recommended - for example if you nativally move a widget to sd it will not work
- all apps can actually be linked to sd including widgets so that they act like they are on internal storage but actually they are on sd card hense the term linked
there are many different methods and scripts to do this - just search
raghav kapur said:
look, there are certain apps which can be moved to the SD card. Some cannot. Some will work only with partial features when moved to SD. If the option to move to SD card is greyed out, u simply can't.
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I just want to move the data to SD. I've tried to move the apps
to SD, but the data and the cache still on memory internal.
Sorry for the bad english bro
marcussmith2626 said:
thats native moving to sd which isnt recommended - for example if you nativally move a widget to sd it will not work
- all apps can actually be linked to sd including widgets so that they act like they are on internal storage but actually they are on sd card hense the term linked
there are many different methods and scripts to do this - just search
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Yeah same problem for me...!
I want to move fb app to sd but it doesn't work ???
Any solutions ???
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androidrocks23 said:
Yeah same problem for me...!
I want to move fb app to sd but it doesn't work ???
Any solutions ???
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there are many apps and scripts to link apps to sd card
eg link2sd (requires second ext sd card partition)
just do a search - theres loads of guides and methods in the general section
Thanks but i have tried link2sd and i don't know how to create 2nd partition !!!
I heard after creating 2nd partition life span of sd card decreases !!!
So is it safe ???
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androidrocks23 said:
Thanks but i have tried link2sd and i don't know how to create 2nd partition !!!
I heard after creating 2nd partition life span of sd card decreases !!!
So is it safe ???
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you confuse that with swap
you can create it in cwm but it will format your sd card so backup first
Thanks for your quick rply
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hi
mrafi said:
Hey i want to ask something, anyone know how to move app data to SD Card? My internal memory is getting low. I want to move facebook data to SD card. I was install Link2SD, but its only move the app to SD Card. Sorry for the bad english.
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you can use to lind2d.it's exactly.choose link2d.choose Facebook.click "creat link" in link2d.ok.(you're remember :you don't move data to SD card)
mrafi said:
Hey i want to ask something, anyone know how to move app data to SD Card? My internal memory is getting low. I want to move facebook data to SD card. I was install Link2SD, but its only move the app to SD Card. Sorry for the bad english.
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Almost every apps use internal as storage space . Some games like GTA3 or so ( which need extra data ) uses sd as their data storage . So Facebook CAN NOT BE moved to SD-Card but you can link and by that , can free some internal memory
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[email protected] said:
Almost every apps use internal as storage space . Some games like GTA3 or so ( which need extra data ) uses sd as their data storage . So Facebook CAN NOT BE moved to SD-Card but you can link and by that , can free some internal memory
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Ok, now my problem about app data is done. Because now i'am using Amarullz script. I'm not worry again with my internal storage. And THANKS FOR THE CAPSLOCKS TEXT BRO..
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mrafi said:
Ok, now my problem about app data is done. Because now i'am using Amarullz script. I'm not worry again with my internal storage. And THANKS FOR THE CAPSLOCKS TEXT BRO..
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