Hi,
I'm coming from a Blackberry device and I made the mistake of taking my SD card directly from my BB and putting it into my DI. I should have cleaned it up first. What I'm wondering is what is the folder structure on an Android 2.2 device supposed to look like? I want to get rid of extra folders that may have come from my BB, but I'm not sure which ones those are and I don't want to delete any folders that Android needs. Also, where is the correct place to put all of my sounds, ringtones, music, movies, etc. so that they will be seen by the phone? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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Over the past 6 months I have collected a plethora of "****" on my SD card, lots of apps that left behind empty folders, logs, etc. I want to "fresh start it" and wipe everything off of it to eliminate all the folders that are no longer needed. Yes, I'm a app downloader/uninstaller, lol and as I'm sure some of you know leaves behind a trail of crap on your storage medium.
My question is, what does the SD card HAVE to have left on it (if anything) for the phone to operate correctly? I am Rooted/S-Off/SkyRaider 3.3.
Do i need to leave update.zip for instance on it, pictures i can i move to my Linux box, but I would hate to format the SD only to find out I just borked myself by removing a crucial system file the custom roms or rooting need.
I would also move my RomManager backup to my LB as well, just thought of that....
Anyone know?
i would leave clockwordmod folder, android.tether, android, and titanium backup folder..i mean thats what i have and would keep on my phone...I'm sure your setup is similar.
Thank you! =)
Damn good post. I went ahead and wiped my SD as well through clockwork. I saved my pictures and stuff to my desktop and then retransfered from there. What really sucks is organizing my pictures/music/media/ Sometimes when I switch ROM's I forget the camera auto saves pictures to internall emmc folder. What would be prime is to have it auto sync with a service like drop box.
so... we dont need :
"update.zip"
data
permissions log
blackberry? (never understood this being on my card)
etc...
i just formatted card via settings - storage - card format...
it took like 2 secs... and i have 3-4 gig of music on there...
seemed too fast for a format...
only 2 files it left on card was android.secure and lost.dir
i am re-adding some files i need, but wondering if your list above is the only "neccessary" files - obviously i'm adding my backups but i'm nervous cause theres a ton of files i'll be "missing"
i do have it backed up on 2 pc's, so i guess i'm covered...
hoping this helps - really just want a fresh canvas to work with...
Hi
I'm a huge file manegament freak.
Switching from a feature phone, I was shocked at the mess on my SD card .
So I ask the question is there anyway to clean up the main directory (tons of Browser, android, adobe, app, bugreports, logs folders). Like Putting all the app folders and android stuff in just 1 folder. Or hiding the files in the phone by putting "." (think this is how android marks hidden folders) infront (which for some reason I'm not allowed in Windows).
Also, is it safe to mark folders as "hidden" in Windows (will android still be able to use them).
One more thing, am I able to acess the 1,5 GB worth of built-in memory on my phone in Windows.
Any other tips are appreciated too!
huge Thanks to anyone able to help me!!
Is there a way to make app data saved to a folder in SDcard instead of the root? That way it can organize between all the junk I put on there and what is really app data...
Is this achieved by partitioning? or app2sd? never tried either one.
Apps create folders on SD as repositories for additional elements needed to make the app function, or for storage in general.
Don't recommend relocating (or removing) app-created folders unless you have uninstalled the app.
Stray stuff you may have placed on SD can be organized in a folder(s), but I wouldn't mess with anything an app created unless I were (or had) deleted the app.
Don't have to partition the SD to create your own folder.
Okay, I feel really stupid. I was messing with a new ROM and it didnt seem to work out so I went back to my old ROM (qhaung81 AOKP). When I went back to reload all my apps and stuff, it ended up in a whole nother folder!! In order to find it now Ive got to go to SD/SD0 and everything I have is in there! How do I get it out of that folder and back to my regular root? I dont want any of this mess!!
Hope someone can help!!
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So I haven't seen my specific question asked anywhere so I'll just ask away. I know there is a way to organize my ringtones and notifications on the SD card so android will see them. This way I don't have to worry about doing anything different between roms. For Sense roms how should I file the ringtones/notifications on the SD card so the android system will see them? Is the file structure the same for AOSP roms. Does this question even make sense?!?!
eeeeeeeeek said:
So I haven't seen my specific question asked anywhere so I'll just ask away. I know there is a way to organize my ringtones and notifications on the SD card so android will see them. This way I don't have to worry about doing anything different between roms. For Sense roms how should I file the ringtones/notifications on the SD card so the android system will see them? Is the file structure the same for AOSP roms. Does this question even make sense?!?!
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Mine are just in a folder entitled "Ringtones" on the SD card. I've flashed both Sense and AOSP and both have recognized the ringtone with no problem.
eeeeeeeeek said:
So I haven't seen my specific question asked anywhere so I'll just ask away. I know there is a way to organize my ringtones and notifications on the SD card so android will see them. This way I don't have to worry about doing anything different between roms. For Sense roms how should I file the ringtones/notifications on the SD card so the android system will see them? Is the file structure the same for AOSP roms. Does this question even make sense?!?!
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create a folder on the sd card root, name it 'ringtones' and put your ringtones inside. The ringtone picker should be able to pick them up.
Excellent, I didn't think it would be that simple, I came from the samsung moment and it was a little different, I'll try that and see how it works. [email protected]
Can't find a thread for this on the forum.
Been exploring the phone memory using file manager app, and found the folder system/app which contains a lot of the system apk and odex files and is 106mb.
Is it safe to move this to the SD card? Folder shows a last modified date of 16/04/2011 which is 3 months before I bought the phone.
This would free up a huge chunk of the phone memory and provide more room for messages & contacts which is what I'm hoping to achieve, as well as space for apps which won't move to SD card.
ginnerchris said:
Can't find a thread for this on the forum.
Been exploring the phone memory using file manager app, and found the folder system/app which contains a lot of the system apk and odex files and is 106mb.
Is it safe to move this to the SD card? Folder shows a last modified date of 16/04/2011 which is 3 months before I bought the phone.
This would free up a huge chunk of the phone memory and provide more room for messages & contacts which is what I'm hoping to achieve, as well as space for apps which won't move to SD card.
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if am not mistaken you need to be rooted for that...
Think you might be right on this one.
Tried moving one of the apks, and it copied rather than just moving it.
Also wouldn't let me delete.
I'm a bit of a noob (don't hate me), and not sure where to start with rooting, so a couple of questions (and apologies if they're really obvious).
1) I've read around a bit, and there seems to be a disagreement about whether rooting invalidates warranty? Is there a definitive answer?
2) If all I want to do is move stuff out of the phone memory, what is the easiest/safest way of rooting?
3) Does anyone know any way of making the files in the system folder not "read only"
ginnerchris said:
Think you might be right on this one.
Tried moving one of the apks, and it copied rather than just moving it.
Also wouldn't let me delete.
I'm a bit of a noob (don't hate me), and not sure where to start with rooting, so a couple of questions (and apologies if they're really obvious).
1) I've read around a bit, and there seems to be a disagreement about whether rooting invalidates warranty? Is there a definitive answer?
2) If all I want to do is move stuff out of the phone memory, what is the easiest/safest way of rooting?
3) Does anyone know any way of making the files in the system folder not "read only"
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Well far as i know - the answers to your questions would be in the following order :
1 - Well there might not be a definitive answer and that might depend on your providers policy etc -
2 - The safest way to move stuff is rooting and if you want to know more about rooting you can find multiple threads about that in the development section such as this one :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195275
But you need to make sure your device is "S-OFF" and not "S-ON" -
3 - I wouldn't recommend messing about with the default settings of system files etc -
i wouldn't recommend rooting, you can use APP2SD softwares to move your installed applications to SD without rooting, unless you really know what are you doing
I've been on Android for about 2 years now. Just bought the Samsung GSII for myself and my girlfriend got the Wildfire S.
She's only installed maybe 7-8 apps (if that), most have since been moved to the SD card, but she's constantly receiving a message about a lack of internal memory.
Is there any way to move all her apps to the SD card, or another way to free up some space?
** I'd like to do all this without rooting her phone. I'm a complete novice when it comes to modifying phones - only just got the hang of using different launchers.
I'm afraid that in order to move unmovable apps to the SD card, you will have to root the device.
You need to have a phone that is s-off in order to root, no other option as far as I am aware.
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