how to swap sd card without losing any data?

[electric1]

Sorry for stupid question, I am new to Android, just got my Optimus V yesterday, rooted, loaded BumbleBee, bunch of apps , some of them moved to SD card, etc etc, all normal newbie stuff....

Now, I realized that I will need more than 2Gb SD space long term, so I will get larger card today. So, how do I get all the stuff on the new card without breaking any apps? I don't suppose I can just copy it all using my laptop, there must be special file system setup, permissions, etc..

Is there a guide how to upgrade SD card without losing anything?

Appreciate all the help, great forum, lots and lots to learn....

 

[Delphis]

If you have not changed your card by partitioning, then you have a full 2GB FAT32 SD card. You can then indeed copy the contents with a PC to the new card. MAKE SURE you copy the directories starting with a dot . since they may be hidden in Windows Explorer). The .android_secure directory is where apps moved to SD card are stored.

If you have another partition (ext3,ext4 etc.) on the SD card that you're using, then you'll need to make a nandroid backup, copy the backups to the new card with the partitioning correctly re-done and then restore the nandroid backup, that will restore the sd-ext partition correctly.

 

[electric1]

You were right, it was a simple FAT32 formatted card, so I just copied everything on a new 16Gb card using Windows Explorer and the phone recognized everything, apps are working etc.
Thanks for quick reply!

 

[RavenSEAL]

copy/paste on PC.