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Reformated sd.but didnt make a back up

avacomputers said:
Just the stuff that came with the card.
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so you hadn't put anything on it yet? Like pictures or music or anything terribly important?

Because if not, it doesn't matter one bit. Anything that was on the card can be re-done by the phone's normal processes. It creates the folders based on apps that have been used
 
avacomputers said:
I am running fresh. I reformated the sd using recovery
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how did you format it? It's got to be the specific format for it to work, and I honestly don't remember exactly what format to do it. Once you do that formatting and reboot, the apps automatically get moved (if I remember correctly)

They also won't appear on your card, because they go into that partitioned part (i.e. if you've got a 2GB card, and partition 512MB of it off, they go in that 512MB part). Because of the type of formatting you put the partition into, your computer won't read it.

There's a way to check if the apps have been moved there, but I can't remember how to do it. I tried Apps2SD for awhile, and realized it wasn't worth the hassle for me.
 
Try this:

Partition SDCard for apps2sd
-WARNING: This will erase EVERYTHING from the SDCard. Nandroid does NOT backup SD Card data, except for apps2sd apps, and ONLY if you selected "Nand backup + ext"
1) Reboot into recovery mode>Partition sdcard>Follow on-screen instructions (Default values suggested are OK)

How to tell if apps2sd (A2SD) is working

1) Connect Phone via USB


Code: 
adb remount
adb shell
ls /system/sd/app/
If you get a list of applications, then apps2sd is working properly.
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Did you try the command above to tell if it is working?

Keep in mind, I believe apps you currently have installed will remain where they are. If you want them on your SD Card, you would need to uninstall and re-installl them.

I believe this is how it should work.
 
ccapasso said:
Did you try the command above to tell if it is working?

Keep in mind, I believe apps you currently have installed will remain where they are. If you want them on your SD Card, you would need to uninstall and re-installl them.

I believe this is how it should work.
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I think you might be right. Unless you reinstall the ROM after partitioning your card. If you reinstall the ROM, they should move automatically
 
They should go then.

Did you do that command from adb to see if they went?

Remember, that's the only way to tell if they're on the card or not, as you can't view that partition from your computer
 
This is what I get when I use the above command

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\*********>adb remount
remount succeeded

C:\Documents and Settings\*********>adb shell
ls /system/sd/app/#
 
I did the command and this is what I get.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\username>adb remount
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
remount succeeded

C:\Documents and Settings\username>adb shell
# ls /system/sd/app/
ls /system/sd/app/
com.estrongs.android.pop.apk com.facebook.katana.apk
com.estrongs.android.taskmanager.apk com.yellowbook.android2.apk
#

Thanks alot for all your help. I really appreciate it.
 
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