Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother

From	Andrews <andrews@spam.net>
Newsgroups	comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Subject	Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother
Date	2024-11-01 06:26 +0000
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Andrews wrote on Wed, 23 Oct 2024 21:54:38 -0000 (UTC) :

> Those two simple things, I hope, will make this sd swap, uneventful.
> a. Format the sd card on Windows to "0000-0001"
> b. on Windows, create a top-level directory of "0001"
>    Note: The names don't matter as long as they're consistent.

UPDATE: 

It's November 1st, and if there was going to be a glitch in swapping out
the old 64GB sdcard (which had been in daily use on the Galaxy A32-5G since
April of 2021) for the new 128GB Lexar microSDXC UHS-1 sdcard.

Everything has been smooth. This shows that planning ahead, years before
you swap out the portable memory that doing two things on Windows works:

1. Format the sdcard on Windows to a known static volume name, and, 
2. Put *everything* you store on that card into a single top-level
directory (which of course can have as many subdirs as you see fit).

Let the Android operating system pollute every other top-level directory on
that sdcard - but Android won't touch your entire top-level hierarchy.

It doesn't get smoother than this.

A. On Windows, format the new sdcard (I did a low-level format)
B. Connect Android to the Windows PC via USB (or Wi-Fi) 
C. Copy over the one directory on the old sdcard to the new card

Then... 
a. Shut Android off & swap the old sdcard for the new sdcard
b. Boot Android and test the applications
c. Everything should work fine

Android has no idea that you swapped out the 64GB card with a 128 sdcard!
It just works.

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Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-23 21:54 +0000
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 03:20 -0400
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-24 16:12 +0200
      Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 13:20 -0400
        Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Harry S Robins <stanleyrobins@nothere.uk> - 2024-10-24 13:00 -0500
          Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 14:12 -0400
          Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-26 12:10 +0200
            Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-10-26 15:56 +0200
            Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-26 14:09 -0400
              Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-10-28 16:53 +0100
                Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2024-11-01 09:19 +0100
        Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 14:33 -0400
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-24 17:15 +0000
      Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2024-10-24 14:42 -0400
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-24 17:35 +0000
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother "...winston" <winstonmvp@gmail.com> - 2024-10-24 14:35 -0400
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-10-25 18:41 +0000
  Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 06:26 +0000
    Re: Using Windows to make Android smoother Andrews <andrews@spam.net> - 2024-11-01 13:56 +0000

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