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Hi

I would like to reformat my SD-card in order to increase cache size. Would this procedure be safe (no loss of data and applications)?

- Nandroid backup

- Move backup to PC

- Wipe and reformat card

- Move backup back to SD card

- Nandroid restore

Grateful for help!

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keep in mind that you have to backup your apps2sd partition if you are using it. are you?

to suggest a safe procedure we need to know what operating system you are using. make it linux and i can help you :D

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keep in mind that you have to backup your apps2sd partition if you are using it. are you?

to suggest a safe procedure we need to know what operating system you are using. make it linux and i can help you :D

Thanks for he reply I'm using latest Modaco ROM and app2sd i.e I'm currently using sdcard with three partitions. When I set it up the cache partition ended up too small. Does nandroid backup include the apps on ext3 partition?

A minor point: I noticed that the recovery image file is on the FAT-partition I suppose this may safely be removed after being flashed?

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afaik nandroid does not include the ext partition and thereby does not backup the apps you installed on your sdcard, better be safe than sorry and back it up seperatly. you can delete the recovery image after flashing.

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afaik nandroid does not include the ext partition and thereby does not backup the apps you installed on your sdcard, better be safe than sorry and back it up seperatly.

How do you back that up then? My computer does only "see" the FAT32 partition? I've heard of an add-on called "backup for root users" or something similar does that backup the ext3 partition?

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How do you back that up then? My computer does only "see" the FAT32 partition? I've heard of an add-on called "backup for root users" or something similar does that backup the ext3 partition?

it does backup the apps on the ext partition if you select them for the backup, yes. linux can read the partition natively, and there are ext3 drivers for windows, i don't know whether to trust them with the hero...

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