Replacement Bionic not seeing all data on SD card

[Vampy]

It's been so long since I've replaced a phone I'm stumped by this. Verizon just sent me a replacement Bionic because mine started to REALLY flake out. I got it all set up and apps installed without issue (and it does seem to be running smoother than my old one). My issue is when I went to restore data to some of my apps from the SD card they are telling me nothing is found. Also all the ringtones and notifications I had installed on the SD card are gone too. Is there some kind of permissions deal I need to undo to make this data visible on the new phone? My biggest concern is my Shift Worker app I use to track my work schedule and all my overtime. I had it back up to SD before I switched phones. Now, on the new phone, it's telling me there isn't any data on the SD card. When I go to the SD card in Astro most of the folders now say they are "empty" The exceptions being my Music, documents and photos in the DCIM directory. Any suggestions?

 

[LDubs]

Um I have a bad feeling you had these backed up to your internal and not external. What did you use to back them up? Are you rooted?

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[Vampy]

The apps did their own backups to the sd card. I even made sure the backups where there before i changed phones. I can see the folders but yhe files arent there. Same for the folders where i had my personal ringtones and notifications. I can find folders, just no files.

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[LDubs]

Wait, apps don't make their own backups. I'm pretty sure you're confusing internal and external SD. I think you had all your stuff on internal and when you swapped devices, all gone.

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[Vampy]

MyShiftWorker has an option in its settings to "back up data to sd card" and "restore from sd card" which i used. This wrote a data file to the sd card. I verified this. All my custom ring tones and notifications where on the sd card. I created the directories and put the files there myself via my computer when i first got the phone. Like i said, all the directories are there but the files arent.

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[LDubs]

Hmm I'm lost then...never used that program. Sorry. I'm still thinking SD card might mean internal and not external. Did you send the old one back already?

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[Vampy]

No...when i get home i plan to try puttung the card back in my old phone and see if they are available agaun and try moving them off to my computer. I wss just curious if thrre was some security enable i wasnt aware of that protects the files from being acccessed by another ohone

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[LDubs]

No Sd special security. Did you get it sorted out?

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[Vampy]

uNFORTUNATELY NO, sorry caps lock. I put the SD card back in my old phone and it couldn't see the files either. It's like when I booted up the new phone it created whole new file structure, moved the files it recognized and then deleted the rest. I even double checked my old phones internal memory and nothing was there as I kept almost everything on the SD card. So I'm baffled. I even tried putting the SD card directly in my computer...still nothing. All the directories are there, just no files in them. The "partition" that the new phone created does have a different directory structure than what was in the one I had on my old phone. Luckily it wasn't anything TOO valuable other than a couple custom ring tones and those data files for my Scheduler app.

 

[LDubs]

Wow. Weird.

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