How do I make my external SD card the default download place? I am using Dolphin Browser and it always saves it to my internal SD card.... any one have this issue?
Jess813 said:
How do make my external SD card the default download place? I am using Dolphin Browser and it always saves it to my internal SD card.... any one have this issue?
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I have never really noticed. I just move it to sd card. But that is a good question. I'm gonna dig a bit you got me thinking.
Indrid Cole said:
I have never really noticed. I just move it to sd card. But that is a good question. I'm gonna dig a bit you got me thinking.
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Figured it out, settings (dolphin) and then change the folder directory for downloads! Duh lol!
Now to figure out the mms directory! As u can see my MMS pictures that I save all go to the internal SD .... suggestions?
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Ok this is what ya do. Goto settings/data settings. Scroll down and you will see download directory. You can choose anywhere you wish to save anyfile downloaded. This is for Dolphin.
Hope this helps.
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Hmmm. I don't get much mms's I prefer email attach. Mms low res kills. I might be mistaken but I think you cant change mms default location? Someone else wanta chime in here. Lol.
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Man u type fast. I'm slow as hell..lol.
Anyone? 10char
Keepin' this thread alive for you. I think mine save to the external sd. Let me check and see how I did it and I'll let you know. Worst case though, get handcent and turn off all notifications. Then point it to the external sd and use it to save MMS pictures.
EDIT: Nope, they save to the internal. You'll have to use Handcent or Go SMS to do it. Unless a symlink in place of the download folder on the internal sd will work. Never tried that. I'll play around with it tonight.
KCRic said:
Keepin' this thread alive for you. I think mine save to the external sd. Let me check and see how I did it and I'll let you know. Worst case though, get handcent and turn off all notifications. Then point it to the external sd and use it to save MMS pictures.
EDIT: Nope, they save to the internal. You'll have to use Handcent or Go SMS to do it. Unless a symlink in place of the download folder on the internal sd will work. Never tried that. I'll play around with it tonight.
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Thanks KCR. all out for today but I'll hit ya later.
No problem Cole. Unfortunately though, simply using Root Explorer I can't create a symlink because it's an sdcard and apparently they don't support symlinks. Maybe someone else knows how to create them on an sdcard.
KCRic said:
No problem Cole. Unfortunately though, simply using Root Explorer I can't create a symlink because it's an sdcard and apparently they don't support symlinks. Maybe someone else knows how to create them on an sdcard.
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You beat me too it. I can find no workaround either. Yeah symlink is a nogo. Its deeper than I thought.
The physical SD card on this phone is in the sdcard folder.
I believe its /mnt/sdcard/external_sdcard
Can you not just set it to there? Its mounted inside the internal as its own directory.
RainMotorsports said:
The physical SD card on this phone is in the sdcard folder.
I believe its /mnt/sdcard/external_sdcard
Can you not just set it to there? Its mounted inside the internal as its own directory.
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Trying to save to the ex sd card.
Indrid Cole said:
Trying to save to the ex sd card.
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Did you read my post? I am trying to direct them to the external sd card. I was only slightly off going off the top of my head. This is linux/unix the drives are mounted as a directory and can be inside another drives directory.
/sdcard/external_sd/ or /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/
RainMotorsports said:
Did you read my post? I am trying to direct them to the external sd card. I was only slightly off going off the top of my head. This is linux/unix the drives are mounted as a directory and can be inside another drives directory.
/sdcard/external_sd/ or /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/
Aaaa Yeah I read your post.wtf. You obviously have not read the OP or the subsequent post below. We are trying to find a way to save mms pictures received. To the ex sd card as default.
Trust me I know where all my folders are. No need to clutter this thread with your folder pic's.lol. So if you CAN tell me or OP how to default save mms to ex sdcard. Then you will have your thanks. Until that time comes I suggest you read entire thread. It's only 2 pages shouldn't take long.
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You obviously have not read the OP or the subsequent post below.
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You just mean I didnt read the subsequent post then, because I did read the OP and that was the problem. I saw his screen shot but he still had it pointed to the wrong directory which is why I had posted.
As for MMS its not going to be straight forward. Any of the rom architects should be of help for the MMS issue. Yeah I missed the words saying he solved that issue, I had seen that the thread divided into 2 topics though.
I dont need or want any thanks lmao, just hadnt seen anyone mention the directory and missed he solved it himself despite his screen shot being pointed to the former location. If the thanks button is why everyone helps out then something is wrong with the world.
All is good moto. Thanks for trying ta help though. I think I may have misunderstood your post also. I was not trying to be a ****. And I appreciate your follow up response. You're all right in my book.
I understand what you're saying however, there's no setting in the stock SMS/MMS app to direct it in such a way. Like you said, it can be done but it's going to require a dev decompiling the .apk and directing it's save directory to mnt/sdcard/external_sd
Far beyond what the average user, even on these boards, is comfortable doing.
I'm thinking it may be a safeguard in Rom Manager preventing the symlink - maybe a shell script would do the trick. As stated before this is linux and you can symlink to another drive on a desktop as far as I know. The system sees an sdcard as just another drive.
So maybe something like this (not the best at scripts):
Code:
ln -s /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/downloads /sdcard/downloads
Include that in one of the init.d files and it will execute every time on boot.
Anyone better at scripting please edit this if it's not correct. I don't want to mess anybody up by claiming this will work. Also, what would 'ln -sf' accomplish that 'ln -s' doesn't?
It seems im a little behind on browsers but i suppose on the stock browser im sol all together..right.
wiseguyy said:
It seems im a little behind on browsers but i suppose on the stock browser im sol all together..right.
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???? Not sure what you are asking ? Clarify plz.
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KCRic said:
I understand what you're saying however, there's no setting in the stock SMS/MMS app to direct it in such a way. Like you said, it can be done but it's going to require a dev decompiling the .apk and directing it's save directory to mnt/sdcard/external_sd
Far beyond what the average user, even on these boards, is comfortable doing.
I'm thinking it may be a safeguard in Rom Manager preventing the symlink - maybe a shell script would do the trick. As stated before this is linux and you can symlink to another drive on a desktop as far as I know. The system sees an sdcard as just another drive.
So maybe something like this (not the best at scripts):
Code:
ln -s /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/downloads /sdcard/downloads
Include that in one of the init.d files and it will execute every time on boot.
Anyone better at scripting please edit this if it's not correct. I don't want to mess anybody up by claiming this will work. Also, what would 'ln -sf' accomplish that 'ln -s' doesn't?
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Hey thanks for still trying. I don't even think the OP is even interested. He has not posted forever. Lol.
You are all right in my book Kcr. You got my thanks bro.
Well it seems that options are remotely available using the Fish browser but i am on the stock one that's came on the phone. I haven't really thought i would receive a dramatic benefit from something else.
Jess813 said:
Figured it out, settings (dolphin) and then change the folder directory for downloads! Duh lol!
Now to figure out the mms directory! As u can see my MMS pictures that I save all go to the internal SD .... suggestions?
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I'm in the downloads directory and I can't seem to locate the external sd. No mnt folder too
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Hi, i just have a question of what the vm heap size should be. because normally its on 62 and ive see on the forums that the best is 32,96 or 109 ???
I recently got a scare because it was recomended to put it to 24 and my phone at the moment is rebooting randomly and over and over again.
i used blade buddy to change the vm heap.but i can just remove my memory card so it didn't load blade buddy and it will work. but as soon as i put it back in my problems start again.
I have changed to vm heap back to default quickly then saved back to 62 but its still rebooting over and over again.
Rooted with no rom.
What can i do???
fayosi said:
Hi, i just have a question of what the vm heap size should be. because normally its on 62 and ive see on the forums that the best is 32,96 or 109 ???
I recently got a scare because it was recomended to put it to 24 and my phone at the moment is rebooting randomly and over and over again.
i used blade buddy to change the vm heap.but i can just remove my memory card so it didn't load blade buddy and it will work. but as soon as i put it back in my problems start again.
I have changed to vm heap back to default quickly then saved back to 62 but its still rebooting over and over again.
Rooted with no rom.
What can i do???
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You got adb on your PC??
Link here for use of adb on Win 7...
http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/2153...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/
Ensure USB Debugging set/checked.....
Connect to PC, open Administrator Command Prompt
you can modify the build.prop heap entry:
Code:
ADB pull /system/build.prop c:\
build.prop will copy to the c:\ [root] on your PC......
Open file with editor, like Notepad.....
change line
dalvik.vm.heapsize=24m to dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m
Save file build.prop
Then:
Code:
ADB remount
ADB push c:\build.prop /system/
ADB reboot
Sorry....my bad above.......
Are you in boot-loop...so you can't start adb!!!!!
Maybe from Recovery...will check
Also, you can modify Build.prop as above with Root Explorer or ES [Root]
When you have no SD card in!!!!
I would try, check values first, then change from 24 to 48
Sorry if I mis-lead at first....
The boot cycles
irishpancake said:
Sorry....my bad above.......
Are you in boot-loop...so you can't start adb!!!!!
Maybe from Recovery...will check
Also, you can modify Build.prop as above with Root Explorer or ES [Root]
When you have no SD card in!!!!
I would try, check values first, then change from 24 to 48
Sorry if I mis-lead at first....
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The boot cycles only happen if im just idle on my adw launcher and doing nothing.I think its got something to do with .android_secure folder with all my apps installed to. at the moment i have connected to my usb mass storage and its working fine.
-im going to copy the secure folder to my laptop then delete it on my phone.
-Also i have changed my vm heap to 96 or minimum of 62.
and why does my sd card make my phone crazy????
fayosi said:
The boot cycles only happen if im just idle on my adw launcher and doing nothing.I think its got something to do with .android_secure folder with all my apps installed to. at the moment i have connected to my usb mass storage and its working fine.
-im going to copy the secure folder to my laptop then delete it on my phone.
-Also i have changed my vm heap to 96 or minimum of 62.
and why does my sd card make my phone crazy????
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.android_secure is where your moved Apps are.....
path is /mnt/sdcard/external_sd/.android_secure
If you have CWM Recovery, you can try fix permissions.....
it usually sorts out apps which are force closing or causing random re-boots....
Why do you want to delete your .android_secure.....you would lose all moved Apps
do you mean back-up??
Which is good, as this is not done by our ClockworkMod Recovery....
Also, to modify VM Heap, try VM Heap tool free from Market.
I think 48m is good for our phone......96 is too high!!
Also, you could try new Launcher, Launcher Pro or Zeam are good......
getting back to SD Card, have you as you say, back up full SD to PC, including all hidden files and folders.....
then Format from phone...Settings/Storage/Unmount SD card......then Format SD card.......
this erases everything, so make sure you do back-up!!!
Mount SD again......Connect to PC via USB Cable, and then restore back up from PC...
Hay fayosi....
How come you did not mention the V6 SuperCharge in this thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24678243&postcount=13
fayosi said:
i tried the newest supercharger and i have done all the correct setting on stock rom.
it was all going perfect then when i reboot my phone it loads up normally then after 25seconds it reboots over and over again. to stop this i have to remove the memory card from the device
i quickly undone the script and deleted the 99 data file.
For all of this rom and kernel and flashing is much more complicated than the ios jailbreaking. and i try to do it. wipe my phone and all of the instructions but it never works for me. i have rooted my phone.
and a question what is your default VM heap and what are you currently using.
finally when i first got my phone the version was 2.3.6 now is 2.3.5.
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it may be relevant to understand your Boot-loop or Random rebooting question!!!
You sure you did unsupercharge menu option in script!!!
Wrong options in script could cause boot-loops!!!
What options did you choose when you ran it.....
im new to the forum things such as links,font,ect.
irishpancake said:
Hay fayosi....
How come you did not mention the V6 SuperCharge in this thread....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24678243&postcount=13
it may be relevant to understand your Boot-loop or Random rebooting question!!!
You sure you did unsupercharge menu option in script!!!
Wrong options in script could cause boot-loops!!!
What options did you choose when you ran it.....
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-i chose options 2 then 6 as it said. the to uninstall it is chose 13,14 then 15.
-if i usb storage with my computer my phone works fine.
-if i remove my memory card it works aswell
-anyway.. how do i back up my phone then restore it after a wipe because i dont have enough space for full titanium backup
Only use Titanium Backup to delete apps or whatever else you need it for. Do not backup with it...
You can make a backup with clockworkmod to your external micro sd card. And honestly its the best way to make a backup.
It only takes 10minutes to make a backup with it and you can delete your old back up when you made a new one. And you will never have a problem
fayosi said:
-i chose options 2 then 6 as it said. the to uninstall it is chose 13,14 then 15.
-if i usb storage with my computer my phone works fine.
-if i remove my memory card it works aswell
-anyway.. how do i back up my phone then restore it after a wipe because i dont have enough space for full titanium backup
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U mean if ur phone without memory card/usb storage on it, it is working normally? If this is the case, I suggest formatting ur memory card 1st and then try it with ur phone again. Of course, u can copy ur important data to pc before formatting.
CWM doesn't backup ur apps on external_sd. Only titanium can make a full backup of apps.
How would i do it???
-i have apps on my sd card and how do i back them up because off my phone resetting after 25secs when its in.?
-can i literally copy the sd card file onto my computer then paste back After because i tried it before and when i put just my apps back my sd card it does the rebooting cycles.
fayosi said:
-i have apps on my sd card and how do i back them up because off my phone resetting after 25secs when its in.?
-can i literally copy the sd card file onto my computer then paste back After because i tried it before and when i put just my apps back my sd card it does the rebooting cycles.
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Hi fayosi....sorry was away for a day...kinda busy!!!
Just how did you move Apps to SD?
Did you use Apps2SD or native Android App2SD...
Native, in-built, Gingerbread Apsp2SD is like this:
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Settings/Applications/Manage applications/On SD Card Tab
Apps which have been moved will have check mark in box on RHS....e.g. Amazon Kindle in pic.
Other Apps which can be moved are listed here, without check in box.
You have to tap on App you want to move, and then it's App Info page will open where you can then move App.
However, there is also free from Google Play App called App2SD, which has GUI to partially automate the process of moving downloaded Apps.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.app2sd&feature
You will get a Notification in the notification bar telling you the App can be moved to SD...
App2SD Notification....top left notification
I will continue when I have more time...maybe tomorrow......
But, perhaps you have moved an App, which should not be on SD!!
I don't know, you use Link2SD......anyway, moer later!!
edit: Backing up from SD, can you use Card Reader, or adapter in Laptop??
.ASEC
irishpancake said:
I will continue when I have more time...maybe tomorrow........
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i really mean on sd card .andriod_secure folder and as an example
-com.rovio.angrybirdsspace.ads-1.asec these FILES are the ones causing to reboot not the angry birds space.,
fayosi said:
i really mean on sd card .andriod_secure folder and as an example
-com.rovio.angrybirdsspace.ads-1.asec these FILES are the ones causing to reboot not the angry birds space.,
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Hi fayosi......how are you??
ASEC = Android Secure
Just can I quote this, regarding the .asec files:
http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/f7d11237744fe5fa
Re: [android-developers] Question about .asec (encryption) on Froyo 2.2 (Emulator)
Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]>
Apps on SD card are stored in an encrypted container for platform security
purposes -- so that other applications can not modify or corrupt them. When
mounting the SD card, these containers are mounted so that they can be
accessed in the same way as apps stored in internal storage.
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This is Googles answer to questions about security and .android_secure
Those asec files you ask about, on your SD card, these are your moved Apps....
[I still do not know how you moved them....what was your procedure???]
but they are encrypted, and have symbolic links in your phone memory which allows them to be unencrypted and used as normal Internal Unencrypted Apps.
I post a pic of my SD Card Back-up, which shows those .asec files in .android_secure folder [My Moved Apps]:
Compare with same folder as viewed from device by Storage Analyser App:
As you can see, the Apps shown in Storage Analyser correspond with the .asec files in .android_secure folder on SD Card......
Now, what App on your SD card is causing your Boot-loop problem??? That is the question......
more later, if you are interested, and give more info!!!
fayosi said:
i really mean on sd card .andriod_secure folder and as an example
-com.rovio.angrybirdsspace.ads-1.asec these FILES are the ones causing to reboot not the angry birds space.,
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But they are part of the angry birds space apps. I recommend u to delete this file and uninstall angry bird space. Try to reinstall it and see whether bootloop could happen.
yewsiong said:
But they are part of the angry birds space apps. I recommend u to delete this file and uninstall angry bird space. Try to reinstall it and see whether bootloop could happen.
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As I said earlier...these files essentially are his moved Apps.....
How is it concluded that this angry bird App us to blame, or some other App is not??
What is this conclusion based on??
First it was VM heap, then V6 SC, then the SD card, now some random App....
I ask how Apps were moved.... coz some Apps don't behave well if force moved to SD....they are not designed by Dev to be there...
Sent from my SGW GT-I8150 using Tapatalk!!
Sorry for confusion.
yewsiong said:
But they are part of the angry birds space apps. I recommend u to delete this file and uninstall angry bird space. Try to reinstall it and see whether bootloop could happen.
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i was just using angry birds as an example for these files.
also i was using the normal app to sd already on my phone to move the files.
EDIT: IF i leave my phone rebooting for about 15 mins it finally stops the rebooting process . now im titanium backup for all sd apps.
fayosi said:
i was just using angry birds as an example for these files.
also i was using the normal app to sd already on my phone to move the files.
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Man, I am trying to help you, but you gotta tell when and under what circumstance your phone started this boot-loop problem????
So far, you have blamed applying V6 SC, after that your phone started this botloop stuff:
i tried the newest supercharger and i have done all the correct setting on stock rom.
it was all going perfect then when i reboot my phone it loads up normally then after 25seconds it reboots over and over again. to stop this i have to remove the memory card from the device
i quickly undone the script and deleted the 99 data file
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then you blamed Blade Buddy, changing Heap size, after that bootloop started:
Hi, i just have a question of what the vm heap size should be. because normally its on 62 and ive see on the forums that the best is 32,96 or 109 ???
I recently got a scare because it was recomended to put it to 24 and my phone at the moment is rebooting randomly and over and over again.
i used blade buddy to change the vm heap.but i can just remove my memory card so it didn't load blade buddy and it will work. but as soon as i put it back in my problems start again.
I have changed to vm heap back to default quickly then saved back to 62 but its still rebooting over and over again.
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And there have been numerous other reasons given......
BTW, is Blade Buddy on your SD, cos it should not be....it shows in App2SD as an App which can't be moved, strictly on the Phone???
So, unless you can give definitive root cause for these boot-loops, like
when did this actually start??
after you did what???
there is no point taking a guess that it might be SD card, or it may be V6 SC, or Heap size, or whatever.......
It is obviously something you did, so can you remember back to when it started, what did you do just before that!!!!
Also, what did you do to change Version from 2.3.6 to 2.3.5:
finally when i first got my phone the version was 2.3.6 now is 2.3.5.
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So, what ROM or Firmware did you flash, and how??
Other than telling you to flash back to Stock, and wipe your SD card, I just don't know!!!
Okay thanks. i will check that blade buddy is on my internal memory.
and i dont know how i went back in version no clue im on stock rom. that really does not bother me anymore 2.3.5?
fayosi said:
Okay thanks. i will check that blade buddy is on my internal memory.
and i dont know how i went back in version no clue im on stock rom. that really does not bother me anymore 2.3.5?
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I give up......someone else please??
no no no. you helped be alot my phone is not at all doing anymore rebooting cycles at random thanks for all of your help.
-the formatting/wiping my memory card really did the magic for me.
-thanks for all of your help "irishpancake" without your help my phones would be going crazy.
I am currently running the leaked ICS build 0.12. I keep getting a warning that my tablet storage space is getting low. But I don't understand how that's possible. Because on my storage in settings, it says I have total space 5.36GB. Here is a picture
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If you add all that together I should have plenty of space not 168MB free.
Have you rebooted? Do you have any "corpses" (left over game data, etc) in your internal storage? Try running this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013063 to see if helps remove anything which is taking up space (and doesn't show up in the storage menu) which you don't know about.
Can't even download it says my tablet doesn't have sufficient space to download it from the play store.
jakob95 said:
Can't even download it says my tablet doesn't have sufficient space to download it from the play store.
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You could move something(s) to your external sd card (temporarily), download and install the app, then move it/them back.
Theonew said:
You could move something(s) to your external sd card (temporarily), download and install the app, then move it/them back.
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How do I do that? No option for that on this tablet.
jakob95 said:
How do I do that? No option for that on this tablet.
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Use root explorer (or some file manager which allows moving - almost all should).
Theonew said:
Use root explorer (or some file manager which allows moving - almost all should).
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In which folder are your apps located in? I want to move Shadowgun./
jakob95 said:
In which folder are your apps located in? I want to move Shadowgun./
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Shadowgun's data is located in Android/data/. Apps on the other hand are located in /data/app/ and /system/app/ (leave those where they are). Judging by the free space on your external sd card, Shadowgun's data will not fit. You'll probably have to move some things to your pc (or use a different sd card).
Okay I moved everything I needed and installed the SD Maid. Now what should I do?
jakob95 said:
Okay I moved everything I needed and installed the SD Maid. Now what should I do?
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Run it. Clean apps, corpses, system, and you can also check for duplicates.
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Run it. Clean apps, corpses, system, and you can also check for duplicates.
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This won't delete any of my apps or data right? To do all of that I have to buy the Pro version.
jakob95 said:
This won't delete any of my apps or data right?
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No. You can check if you want though.
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No. You can check if you want though.
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This scans all my biggest files and here are the results.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
No way can I fill up my storage with that. That's barely anything.
jakob95 said:
This scans all my biggest files and here are the results.
Uploaded with ImageShack.us
No way can I fill up my storage with that. That's barely anything.
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Did any of the other option help (corpses, etc.)?
Yeah I did all the sections, and I cleared up about 15MB lmao.
jakob95 said:
Yeah I did all the sections, and I cleared up about 15MB lmao.
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It seems like you're going to have to do a factory reset. I would also recommend flashing this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1589034 since it will give you a bit more internal storage.
Hmm I think I will just wait until the official ICS update, and flash that. Maybe that will fix my problem. Anyways thanks for the help.
I just reset the tablet, and it fixed my problem. Restored everything with Titanium Backup and everything is working well.
/data/gps
Had the same problem, also waited for an update to solve it, but nothing changed. I checked the system directories, which are on the same partition but you have no right to look into them without root (pretty dumb if you ask me). I found a dir /data/gps filled with some useless txt files. Then after deleting them with Ghost Commander nearly 2 GB of free space reappeared.
Sorry it took me so long, not checking xda regularly lately.
Albion von Darx said:
Had the same problem, also waited for an update to solve it, but nothing changed. I checked the system directories, which are on the same partition but you have no right to look into them without root (pretty dumb if you ask me). I found a dir /data/gps filled with some useless txt files. Then after deleting them with Ghost Commander nearly 2 GB of free space reappeared.
Sorry it took me so long, not checking xda regularly lately.
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Oh My God, I had over 10GB of files in this folder. Went from a little over 100MB free to 10.63GB. I assume this is GPS cache, but it really needs to be capped so that the older stuff gets deleted.
Is there any way to make my external sdcard mount in my phone as /sdcard? Right now its mounted as /sdcard/ext_sd and its conflicting with my setup I use. Just wondering if anyone could help me out, thanks.
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That's because /sdcard is the phones internal sd card for you to use. I'm not sure if there's somehow a way to change it how you want, but I don't really see the point.
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You might want to check here if you haven't already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
&roid said:
You might want to check here if you haven't already:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1410262
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Thanks looks like exactly what I was looking for!
edit: this is more like what I was hoping for... http://www.theandroidsoul.com/use-external-sd-card-as-internal-memory-on-droid-razr/ & http://androidforums.com/esteem-all-things-root/484195-switch-internal-memory-external-memory.html
Any devs here wanna make 1 for our phone?
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I wonder what happens if you just swap
Code:
export EXTERNAL_STORAGE /mnt/sdcard
export EXTERNAL_STORAGE2 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
to
Code:
export EXTERNAL_STORAGE2 /mnt/sdcard
export EXTERNAL_STORAGE /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
in /init.rc, if you have root (I don't have root yet, so I can't try it).
^worth a shot ill give it a try and report back.
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I wonder what happens if you just swap
Code:
export EXTERNAL_STORAGE /mnt/sdcard
export EXTERNAL_STORAGE2 /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
to
Code:
export EXTERNAL_STORAGE2 /mnt/sdcard
export EXTERNAL_STORAGE /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
in /init.rc, if you have root (I don't have root yet, so I can't try it).
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Ok tried it but it seems to reset to default on reboot, thanks for the suggestion tho.
before reboot
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
after reboot
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Is there any way to make my external sdcard mount in my phone as /sdcard? Right now its mounted as /sdcard/ext_sd and its conflicting with my setup I use. Just wondering if anyone could help me out, thanks.
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What is the conflict you are trying to resolve? Is it for specific apps or do you really need the entire internal and external SDs swapped.
sfhub said:
What is the conflict you are trying to resolve? Is it for specific apps or do you really need the entire internal and external SDs swapped.
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Ya i need to swap internal sd with external sd, i cant get Link2SD to see my 2nd partition (ext2) becuase of the way its being mounted as /sdcard/external_sd. Link2sd can only read from /mnt/scard
You can probably play with
/system/etc/vold.conf
and
/system/etc/vold.fstab
to accomplish what you want. I don't have the time to experiment and make sure the settings are correct right now, so just backup the files and make the obvious changes. Be prepared you might not make the right changes initially so assume your sdcard will be inaccessible. That means back everything up and make a nandroid backup too. Also backup the vold.* files before you start messing with them.
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BTW are you sure link2sd cannot be configured to use /sdcard/external_sd?
Specifically I read this blurb in the features:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
- changed the method for determining external storage to support devices that have more than one external storage (MMC and SD)
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sfhub said:
You can probably play with
/system/etc/vold.conf
and
/system/etc/vold.fstab
to accomplish what you want. I don't have the time to experiment and make sure the settings are correct right now, so just backup the files and make the obvious changes. Be prepared you might not make the right changes initially so assume your sdcard will be inaccessible. That means back everything up and make a nandroid backup too. Also backup the vold.* files before you start messing with them.
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BTW are you sure link2sd cannot be configured to use /sdcard/external_sd?
Specifically I read this blurb in the features:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919326
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Thanks again for all your continued help sfhub i will look into your comment and see if i can get this accomplished, well i do have the latest Link2Sd app but i don't see any option to search for my external sd card partition, unless it's doing it automatically .. it's still failing to see it.
d12unk13astard said:
Ok tried it but it seems to reset to default on reboot, thanks for the suggestion tho.
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I don't have root yet--I want to make sure I'm safe with respect to warranty before I root--so I can't check, but you might want to look around and see if there is another copy of init.rc somewhere else on the device which gets copied to / on boot.
One could maybe try setting /init.rc to read-only (chmod 555 /init.rc), though that might be risky (maybe it will cause the boot to fail if it tries to overwrite it and fails)? (Don't complain if it bricks.)
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I don't have root yet--I want to make sure I'm safe with respect to warranty before I root--so I can't check, but you might want to look around and see if there is another copy of init.rc somewhere else on the device which gets copied to / on boot.
One could maybe try setting /init.rc to read-only (chmod 555 /init.rc), though that might be risky (maybe it will cause the boot to fail if it tries to overwrite it and fails)? (Don't complain if it bricks.)
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Ya dont think ill try that lol
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I ended up just screwing up my phone's mount points and had to reformat and flash blazer rom, i'm all good but don't think im gonna be messing with it anymore, i just wish it wouldnt be soo complicated to get what i needed done. Was never a problem with older phones, but with samsungs way of partitioning the phone to have internal mount as /sdcard screws with my setup i used with every phone before this one fml :lol:
I know your extremely busy sfhub and i appreciate all your help you have given me already, but do you think when u get some free time you can integrate this into your 1 click flashing tool to swap mount points like what is done in this link http://androidforums.com/esteem-all-things-root/484195-switch-internal-memory-external-memory.html for our phones.
Edit: I know its more than likely a brick factor messing with this stuff, so if you think its not a good idea to do it I would understand.
We all had that problem, we can't find our backups after flashing Cm 10.1. IT IS FIXABLE! So why would you factory reset through Odin? Here is how to fix it.
Step One: Make sure you are on a ROM with the play store. (When I flashed CM10.1, I had CM10 still on my sdcard with the Gapps, so I flashed that.)
I use ES file explorer, but you use what you want. Be sure to rename any important folders just in case so the files don't over lap.
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If you play games.. BACKUP YOUR DATA! THIS PROCESS DELETES GAME AND APP DATA! I AM SORRY! USE BACKUP PRO OR TITANIUM BACKUP IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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Step Two: Go into your 0 folder and highlight everything in there except Android. Shown here:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Step Three: Hold down on a folder and select "Move to"
Step Four: it will bring up a box, go up till you get to the parent folder, shown here, and select SDcard (Internal SD!).
Step Five: After Selecting the internal SD Card, hit "ok" and it will move everything up to your parent folder where the "0" is. You can delete the "0" Folder (Make Sure there is nothing left in there that you need!), reboot into recovery, and get your backups back!
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Hope that saves someone from doing a factory reset with Odin! Any questions just ask!
corrupt files
i tried to transfer files between my internal memory to my sd card and half the files got corrupted, and also write protected my sd card afterwards. has anyone else experienced this?
bone6606 said:
i tried to transfer files between my internal memory to my sd card and half the files got corrupted, and also write protected my sd card afterwards. has anyone else experienced this?
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the only time I saw writer protected is when I used a computer...
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Won't this just be a problem later when you go to download more stuff. The phone will continue to store files in the "0" folder and not the internal SD card or will it reroute all files to that folder from that point on?
ArmyGurl2011 said:
Won't this just be a problem later when you go to download more stuff. The phone will continue to store files in the "0" folder and not the internal SD card or will it reroute all files to that folder from that point on?
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I said in the guide to select the internal SD card. I will show you what I mean. This is what my Sdcard looks like before I delete the 0 folder.
This Should be your end result.
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Thanks for this, I had about eight "0" folders, driving me nuts!
Lobster$ said:
Thanks for this, I had about eight "0" folders, driving me nuts!
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No problem! Hope this helped fix your problem! I had about 5 0 folders and I would see everywhere people having problems with it, so I thought I would post it.
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Whiplashh said:
No problem! Hope this helped fix your problem! I had about 5 0 folders and I would see everywhere people having problems with it, so I thought I would post it.
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Only issue that I encountered was I lost a bunch of my pictures in the transfer, When I selected internal SD to move them to, a box popped up saying if I wanted to override something and I clicked yes...I wonder if that was the issue. Also I lost all of the files that I downloaded to the internal such as new roms.
Lobster$ said:
Only issue that I encountered was I lost a bunch of my pictures in the transfer, When I selected internal SD to move them to, a box popped up saying if I wanted to override something and I clicked yes...I wonder if that was the issue. Also I lost all of the files that I downloaded to the internal such as new roms.
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I didn't have that problem... you moved everything right? Maybe all add to the OP to change the picture file name. Maybe that will save ot
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Whiplashh said:
I didn't have that problem... you moved everything right? Maybe all add to the OP to change the picture file name. Maybe that will save ot
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Actually I recall that I ran out of internal memory while the move was going on so some things probably didn't make the transfer. All those "0" folders really sucked up my space!
Lobster$ said:
Actually I recall that I ran out of internal memory while the move was going on so some things probably didn't make the transfer. All those "0" folders really sucked up my space!
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When the 0 file is made, it adds extra empty folders. You could delete those
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Fellows, what the heck is this folder named .SIc-yJMAhEcjs6wmSi9Uhdeyr_M= that stays in the SD Card and comes back even if deleted?
I thought this folder is exclusive to an app I installed on my Play but just recently after I bought a 2nd hand Xperia Go for everyday use that I noticed it also has this folder both in internal and external SD. Also, when I connect my USB Flash Drive via OTG, this same folder is created in it, too.
Any ideas? And is this dangerous?
Anyone?
79 views and nothing?
Have you tried formatting or flashing a new FTF?
Well try removing your sdcard and see if your ROM is fine
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narflynn619 said:
Fellows, what the heck is this folder named .SIc-yJMAhEcjs6wmSi9Uhdeyr_M= that stays in the SD Card and comes back even if deleted?
I thought this folder is exclusive to an app I installed on my Play but just recently after I bought a 2nd hand Xperia Go for everyday use that I noticed it also has this folder both in internal and external SD. Also, when I connect my USB Flash Drive via OTG, this same folder is created in it, too.
Any ideas? And is this dangerous?
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yes potentially dangerous, that file sounds bad, looks to me like a corrupted sector on your SD card, these files usually can came from excessive bad mounts/ dismounts on windows side aka a faulty usb? and let me guess the file size says something ridiculous like 24GB? if not your only in phase 1.
if not it could be a app creating that folder for whatever reason but you better take action, if left unchecked if i think it is what i think it is then your SD card could fully corrupt.
i had this before, take out sd card from phone(Use a sd adapter) backup everything on sd EXCEPT THAT FILE/ FOLDER then run a disk check on sd, finally format sd the place files back
remember it could be nothing. if all else fails its probably just a app inside android making that file, to find out for sure as a last resort reinstall rom/ factory reset and 1 by 1 install your apps back and see which app makes it
~Computer technician~
.SIc-yJMAhEcjs6wmSi9Uhdeyr_M=
narflynn619 said:
Fellows, what the heck is this folder named .SIc-yJMAhEcjs6wmSi9Uhdeyr_M= that stays in the SD Card and comes back even if deleted?
I thought this folder is exclusive to an app I installed on my Play but just recently after I bought a 2nd hand Xperia Go for everyday use that I noticed it also has this folder both in internal and external SD. Also, when I connect my USB Flash Drive via OTG, this same folder is created in it, too.
Any ideas? And is this dangerous?
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Are you using mobisystems OfficeSuite 7?
Try un-installing it and see what happens.
Thanks guys for all the replies! I'm supposed to post a reply last Tuesday but I was very busy.
Before I posted this query I already did Google search for this and all that came back were forum posts in foreign languages so I didn't bother looking through.
This Tuesday I tried Googling it again and 1 or 2 new search results returned were all pointing to OfficeSuite.
With that, I think it's safe to assume the folder is not harmful. Besides, its content is only a 80.00-byte worth of .nomedia file.
EDIT:
@Oldtlar Yes I think it's related to OfficeSuite. :good:
EDIT 2:
http://www.plurk.com/p/jmkhp1
I contacted Mobile Systems, (OfficeSuite 7) and they stated it was not related to their program and directed me to this thread.
After un-installing OfficeSuite 7 & installing OfficeSuite 6.5, I can confirm the folder/directory and related is created by OfficeSuite 7.
I have since emailed them, but have had no reply.
It would be nice to know why the folder is created if nothing else, but a folder name that is less threatening looking or applicable to the program would cause less concern.
It probably was a cache folder for the program
At least it wasn't anything worse.
xdarkmario said:
It probably was a cache folder for the program
At least it wasn't anything worse.
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Oldtlar said:
I contacted Mobile Systems, (OfficeSuite 7) and they stated it was not related to their program and directed me to this thread.
After un-installing OfficeSuite 7 & installing OfficeSuite 6.5, I can confirm the folder/directory and related is created by OfficeSuite 7.
I have since emailed them, but have had no reply.
It would be nice to know why the folder is created if nothing else, but a folder name that is less threatening looking or applicable to the program would cause less concern.
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narflynn619 said:
Thanks guys for all the replies! I'm supposed to post a reply last Tuesday but I was very busy.
Before I posted this query I already did Google search for this and all that came back were forum posts in foreign languages so I didn't bother looking through.
This Tuesday I tried Googling it again and 1 or 2 new search results returned were all pointing to OfficeSuite.
With that, I think it's safe to assume the folder is not harmful. Besides, its content is only a 80.00-byte worth of .nomedia file.
EDIT:
@Oldtlar Yes I think it's related to OfficeSuite. :good:
EDIT 2:
http://www.plurk.com/p/jmkhp1
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.nomedia is the name (and file extension) used for a folder or file that is not to be scanned by mediascanner (the service that runs every time android boots up to check media content such as videos e.t.c. stored on the internal storage).
Apps sometimes make use of this folder/file extension for temporary files or files that you don't need to see. (For example some emulators extract and store their button images for touchscreen usage all separately as .PNG, they are often in .nomedia folders).
Also the file(s) as mentioned are the size of 80kb.
So yes this to me defiantly sounds like some sort of app cache generated every time the app starts, probably OfficeSuite has some sort of broadcast receiver to make it start up shortly after boot as many apps do in Android. (Tons of apps if not all use these if you have a start on boot setting present - e.g. ROM Toolbox has 9-11 if I recall right for every different aspect of the tool).
Personally I won't worry about the folder being present.
Below is an example from my phone showing apps using broadcast receivers.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
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Oldtlar said:
I contacted Mobile Systems, (OfficeSuite 7) and they stated it was not related to their program and directed me to this thread.
After un-installing OfficeSuite 7 & installing OfficeSuite 6.5, I can confirm the folder/directory and related is created by OfficeSuite 7.
I have since emailed them, but have had no reply.
It would be nice to know why the folder is created if nothing else, but a folder name that is less threatening looking or applicable to the program would cause less concern.
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I have the folder too, I'm using OfficeSuite 7 Pro either, can't be a coincidence.
P1nGu1n_ said:
I have the folder too, I'm using OfficeSuite 7 Pro either, can't be a coincidence.
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There is no doubt for me that the folder & related file are created by OfficeSuite 7. I have since gone back to OfficeSuite 6.5 on my three Android devices and it is NOT created.
It may be harmless as suggested, but if your program is going to create STRANGLY NAMED folders etc...... Why not name it something, like WE ARE A VIRUS - GOTCHA!
Great Program though! I just won't be recommending it to others or upgrading until a fix/explanation is made.
Oldtlar said:
There is no doubt for me that the folder & related file are created by OfficeSuite 7. I have since gone back to OfficeSuite 6.5 on my three Android devices and it is NOT created.
It may be harmless as suggested, but if your program is going to create STRANGLY NAMED folders etc...... Why not name it something, like WE ARE A VIRUS - GOTCHA!
Great Program though! I just won't be recommending it to others or upgrading until a fix/explanation is made.
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The problem is that it is strangely named and contains... nothing. Just a .nomedia file.
Thereafter, I don't get why they deny OfficeSuite 7 created it. I don't mind it being there, but it's weird. That weird that it made me Google at, Google brought me in this thread.
hi all - Same problem
Hi all,
I've the same Problem :
I'm using OfficeSuite 7 too (coincidence ?)
I've this folder on my SDCARD (internal) ans SDCARD1 (external)
This folder Stress me (i delet it all days)
Can anyone help me for removing totaly this folder ?
thx
U need to find app which is creating it. Its not officesuite as i have it and dont have the folder.
However i reflashed everything week ago and before i had this (or very similar) folder
Apps i didnt.install after update:
Tour the france
Discovery news
Drippler
Wolfram alpha
And some from polish bank bank mbank and polish part of orange
Maybe u have one of them
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I also have this problem. Even if I delete the folder, then find myself always on the external sd is that the internal memory.
It 'annoying ............
I also have this folder popping up every now and then with a .nomedia file. But I use OfficeSuite Pro 8 + PDF. It's true that it's weird that that denied it that it's their app makes that folder. Suspicious indeed.
Sorry if bumping an old thread isn't allowed but wanted to say that even in ver 8 problem is still there.