topic Re: Installing a new bigger SD card in XPERIA archive

Installing a new bigger SD card

Kec1979 — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 14:43:22 GMT

My current SD card is nearing full so i just purchased another at twice the storage. Other than taking the current one out and putting the new one in (after backing up) is there anything else that i need to do to copy all of the files from the old one to the new one (via my PC)?

Thanks

Re: Installing a new bigger SD card

Uliwooly — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:03:16 GMT

@Kec1979

First move all the apps to the internal storage > then you can just connect either

The phone to a computer > transfer everything from the SD card to a folder on the computer > swap the SD cards > transfer it all back to the new SD

Unmount the SD card > connect the SD card to a computer using an adapter > insert the new SD card to the phone > you can transfer directly SD card to SD card or SD card > computer > SD card.

Re: Installing a new bigger SD card

Kec1979 — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:23:00 GMT

Thanks, it sounds simple when explained back, i just wanted to check i wasn't missing anything. I can't move the contents to my internal storage as there isn't enough free memory on that.

many thanks

kerry

Re: Installing a new bigger SD card

Uliwooly — Tue, 29 Mar 2016 16:33:22 GMT

@Kec1979

Settings > apps > all > menu > sort by size > wait > wait > wait > select the top few apps > clear cache, even clear data > uninstall updates (if they are preloaded apps) > back > storage > wait > wait > clear cache > that should free up some internal storage

Re: Installing a new bigger SD card

BerndGaykema — Wed, 30 Mar 2016 18:02:11 GMT

You can also copy the content of the small card to the big card first, by using a PC, before you swap them in the phone.

Just switch the phone off, take the small card out, do a copy, put the big card in the phone and switch it on. READY.

Re: Installing a new bigger SD card

NeoBeum — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 16:32:14 GMT

@Kec1979 wrote:
Thanks, it sounds simple when explained back, i just wanted to check i wasn't missing anything. I can't move the contents to my internal storage as there isn't enough free memory on that.
many thanks
kerry

@Kec1979 Just remember if you do big transfers like I do, that if you get some problems transferring from internal to card with big files, make sure that the SD card isn't formatted as FAT32