Help Switching SD card.

[JaRN99]

I'm ready to swap SD cards from my current SanDisk 16g to my new Samsung Pro 64g. What's the best way to do so & what files are the ones I need to transfer?

 

[Rukbat]

Shut the phone off. Swap cards. Put the old card in the computer. (Buy a $3 adapter if you need to.) Plug the phone charger in. Use something like Air Froid, WiFi File Transfer or MyPhoneExplorer to transfer the entire folder structure, just as it is. (IOW, don't go into a folder and transfer files, transfer the folder.)

Find a good long novel to read.

 

[JaRN99]

I'm sure there's files on there I don't need....this is the 4th phone I've used it with. I know I'll have to do my music & pics. But will the program files just write onto the new card by themselves?

 

[AeolianReflex]

If you have moved apps to the sd card or have apps that save data to the sd card you will want to transfer those folders and files. Without knowing how you've used your phone and what apps you have, it's hard to say which ones you will need to transfer.

A roundabout way to ensure that you get everything is to transfer the contents of the old card to a folder on your pc and then install the new card into the phone. Restart the phone and test each app. If you have trouble with any of the apps or if their icon is grayed out on a homescreen, you will know that they need data from the old sd card. Some apps will check and add the needed folder when you try to use them. You may need to re-install the problem apps to rebuild the needed folders if you don't know which folders are missing. You can then compare the new card's contents to the old card and just transfer the common folders and files to the new card.

Like I said, it is a roundabout way to do this but it will guarantee that only the items you need are transferred.

 

[scott_]

One tid-bit I'll add, before you do any file transfer, use the phone settings menu and format the card in the phone.