gents,
I wonder in which folder the downloaded market apps go before the get installed.
Additionally the question rises if one can delete those files or do they get deleted automatically after installation??
HorNet505 said:
gents,
I wonder in which folder the downloaded market apps go before the get installed.
Additionally the question rises if one can delete those files or do they get deleted automatically after installation??
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They are run from the location they are downloaded to on the phone. So when you download a file from the App Market it will be stored in the folder, installed and run from said APK. If you move it to SD it moves the file from internal to external. If you uninstall the file if it sits on the phones memory it will automatically delete the file.
Not quite. They are stored on the cache partition. They are not always deleted, but they do not take up app space as the partition size is fixed. And when the space is needed on the cache partition, eventually they are deleted.
Is the cache folder visible to me? What's it called.
I got the problem that, despite all my apps are moved to my SD card, the updates fill up my internal memory. I understood that the updated apps are as well moved to the SD card. This is my default setting as well i
Downloaded apks are gets stored in /data/app. You need ROOT access to locate them. Root Explorer will let you access these files.
ip2op01 said:
Downloaded apks are gets stored in /data/app. You need ROOT access to locate them. Root Explorer will let you access these files.
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Let me make a correction here: installed apps are stored in /data/app (requiring root for write permissions). System apps are stored in /system/app (requiring S-OFF or Recovery mode for write permissions). Downloaded apks are stored in /cache/download, which is why in partition tables, where the cache partition is >5 MB, you should symlink the download folder to a folder in the sdcard, to be able to download apps larger than 5 MB. Otherwise the market will return the error "Insufficient storage available." or something like that.
Not that all of that really matters, seeing as this is a year old thread...
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Hello guys,
I have a bigger problem I hope you can help me with...
My internal storage is somehow messed up. This has effects on MTP and on some apps like the stock camera.
When accessing my internal storage by MTP from PC, only a few folders and files are visible. In contrast, if I list the content of "/mnt/sdcard" or "/storage/sdcard0" they show all my files and folders as one would expect. Also, files visible on the PC are inside this path and even when i copy a file from the PC, it is placed here.
The more serious problem is, that some apps are not able to find their files and folders inside die storage anymore. As an example, the camera app asks me to insert a sd card before taking a picture and Winamp doesn't find my music anymore.
What i tried so far:
Copying files from and to storage with Dropsync, FolderSync and ES Explorer: works without problems
I checked the rights of the files with the terminal: nothing interesting there
I cleared my whole storage (thanks to Unlock procedure) and flashed a new Custom ROM
I drank a lot of coffee because it got late
Nothing worked.
Please help, Thanks!
So thats me again.
I finally found the correct allready existing post. In this thread user dlzinc describes that one has to fix the permissions for /data/media. Good to know that i was right with permissions, bad that i didn't go through with it in the first place.
Mazzen
I have the weirdest issue w/ my T999 S3 ever! I checked what is eating up my internal storage, and found that I have 840mb in pics and videos, so I checked the internal DCIM folder, and EVERY single folder is empty - yet the DCIM folder shows 840mb in size and 1,417 files under properties! How is that possible??
I checked everywhere online and can't find an answer.
At first I thought it was a mirror file of some kind representing my external SD card. So I checked that, but in that are my actual pictures and 7gb worth of videos/pics.
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UPDATE:
Oh...I think I just figured it out. With Root Explorer it shows a hidden (thumbnails) folder. But is there a way to transfer that thumbnail folder to the external SD card so it doesn't eat up my internal storage?
You coul try symlinking the folder. Create a folder of the same name, can be different if you prefer, then using root explorer long press and select "Link to this Folder". Then go to the original and choose it. Done!
Don't know if it'll work or not, and if it does you'll have to redo the process if you ever wipe data or dalvik for root explorer.
Alteratively, if you have init.d support, you can create a script to do this at boot time. Its a better way but many people don't know how, and/or don't have init.d support.
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menu>setting>storage
there you can see what all are occupying your storage. I seriously doubt that miscallenous files may be the culprit.
Perhaps they only appear empty! I don't know if you are rooted or not, but if you are browsing via the stock file browser, you just may not have permissions to read the files and folders. They do it for your own protection! If you are rooted then make sure you are using a root-enabled file browser.
Recently rooted my phone thanks to these wonderful people at a place called xda-developers. You may have heard of them.
Anyway, I find that there's something weird going on with my phone, I can't write to the internal storage. External SD card works fine, Internal SD card does not. Only a few apps work.
The camera app will take and save photos, but using the camera within Kik Messenger gives m the error that the photo cannot be saved, I have to take photos with the camera app, then import them to Kik with the "choose photo" option, which will let me choose a photo through Gallery.
In another related issue, ES File Explorer will not create new folders. I'm in the main directory of the "internal" SD card, where things like Downloads and DCIM like to sit in. I cannot make a folder. If I go in with a Windows computer over USB I can make folders fine. ES File Explorer cannot even delete the folder. Says "New Folder cannot be deleted" Why is this? I can even rename the folder, but I still cannot delete this folder. Going into the properties it says I have full read and write access to the folder, I still cannot delete it.
In a third instance I have the GPS program Navfree. I cannot even run the program. Google Play installs it and it says it works, but when I go to actually open the program it gives me the error "Program cannot be installed, contact support" before quitting me back to the home screen. This program is special because it downloads and installs, but there are map files that it needs to download before it becomes useful. This is done within the app and I do not know where it tries to save to.
I think all of these problems are related and I have not seen any forum posting about it so far and I have been searching for a while. Google Play will still download and install apps like no problem and ES File Explorer will copy and move files around and will even rename New Folder to 'folder' but will not delete i
At first I suspected it to be the problem with KitKat and the debacle about writing to /external/ SD cards. But my problem extends to the internal storage as well. I have applied the fix to the 'permissions.xml' file by adding "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" I had to flash the fix in with recovery because I could not save the edited file I had typed up. Using one of the automated fixes in Google Play told me the action had already been completed. On the contrary, external storage works fine, I can write files and delete them and whatever I want to the external. The problem is with the internal card and it applies to everything I've tried except the camera.
So what is going on with my phone? I have root access but some apps will not work properly. It's just one headache after another. Here's hoping I won't notice the next one until I get another phone...
Eventually I just got fed up with the problem and re-applied the stock rom with Samsung Kies. Re-rooted and now the problem is no more. Thanks for thinking about me!
Just had a message from Google Photos to Backup 0123-4567 Folder
After a search i find that this is in Root/Storage and seems to be either a clone of my SD Card or Shortcut to it.
Either way something obviously written it to the Root and isn't removable.
Could this be a virus or malware?
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Root in this sense is just the base directory ... Not sure the file explorer your using but it's how it should appear .. see my attached screenshot from MiXplorer on my un-rooted device .
Root can mean either root user (i.e. you 'rooted' your device to gain Su rights, root rights) or it can mean the root directory, i.e. the base directory (on windows the root directory would be your c drive, or your root user directory your home drive)
Maybe an application update on your file explorer of choice?
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Root in this sense is just the base directory ... Not sure the file explorer your using but it's how it should appear .. see my attached screenshot from MiXplorer on my un-rooted device .
Root can mean either root user (i.e. you 'rooted' your device to gain Su rights, root rights) or it can mean the root directory, i.e. the base directory (on windows the root directory would be your c drive, or your root user directory your home drive)
Maybe an application update on your file explorer of choice?
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Im unrooted and using file manager which ive had since day 1, but this morning I get a notification that i can backup the new folder 0123-4567 which resides in the storage folder of the root directory, if i open this folder it contains exactly what is in my SD Card. Which is strange for it to just appear out of the blue.
Darkat70 said:
Im unrooted and using file manager which ive had since day 1, but this morning I get a notification that i can backup the new folder 0123-4567 which resides in the storage folder of the root directory, if i open this folder it contains exactly what is in my SD Card. Which is strange for it to just appear out of the blue.
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as stated root in your case is /... referring to root directory.. the screenshot u posted is normal.. basically its /storage... this is all normal.. the 0123-4567 is typically your external sdcard... /storage/emulated/0 is the main storage directory for internal memory i.e. where Download folder is for example.. another way u can get there is /sdcard which is a shortcut to /storage/emulated/0
you probably had an app or something u installed that can read sdcard but its definitely nothing to worry about amd is definitely not a virus since thats how pretty much every android device is for years n years now
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as stated root in your case is /... referring to root directory.. the screenshot u posted is normal.. basically its /storage... this is all normal.. the 0123-4567 is typically your external sdcard... /storage/emulated/0 is the main storage directory for internal memory i.e. where Download folder is for example.. another way u can get there is /sdcard which is a shortcut to /storage/emulated/0
you probably had an app or something u installed that can read sdcard but its definitely nothing to worry about amd is definitely not a virus since thats how pretty much every android device is for years n years now
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Yes im an advanced Android user, i know all about Root...but its always been emulated/0/ and nothing was installed or uninstalled. I have never seen 0123-4567 as an SD card directory on the last dozen Android phones ive owned previously. Just seemed a little suspicious it would ask me to backup a NEW Folder for no reason.
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Yes im an advanced Android user, i know all about Root...but its always been emulated/0/ and nothing was installed or uninstalled. I have never seen 0123-4567 as an SD card directory on the last dozen Android phones ive owned previously. Just seemed a little suspicious it would ask me to backup a NEW Folder for no reason.
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not sure what you are talking about honestly.. / has always been known as root directory or rootfs etc...
there is no /emulated.. it is /storage/emulated which translates to root(dir) > storage > emulated...
under /storage you will see your different storage locations which will be your extsd (XXXX-XXXX), internal storage (/storage/emulated/0)...
I honestly dont know what android devices youve owned or if you are confused but it is what it is.. it is not unusual for your device to ask if you want to back stuff up on your storage directories.
Case in point my extsd is shown below, in a XXXX-XXXX character map to storage .from what I gather there isn't a naming convention at all on how these are mapped, vendorID maybe of the sdcard ? I dunno ... Tis what it is and I just ignore
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not sure what you are talking about honestly.. / has always been known as root directory or rootfs etc...
there is no /emulated.. it is /storage/emulated which translates to root(dir) > storage > emulated...
under /storage you will see your different storage locations which will be your extsd (XXXX-XXXX), internal storage (/storage/emulated/0)...
I honestly dont know what android devices youve owned or if you are confused but it is what it is.. it is not unusual for your device to ask if you want to back stuff up on your storage directories.
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What im talking about is pretty obvious in my root/storage directory a brand new directory appeared called 0123-4567 which has never been there before.
And i have owned Nexus 2 3, 5, 6P, Huawei mate 9, mate 20 pro, samsung s9+ s10+ S20Ultra
All of the nexus i rooted with custom firmware.
None of these phones had ever had 0123-4567 as a folder anywhere in the any root directory on the phones until this occurred yesterday.
And im well aware its usual that the phone asks for backups.
Your missing the entire point. Which is
A New directory appears
The phone notification also stated if i wanted to backup the photos in this.... NEW FOLDER.
upon examination of this folder it was just a clone of the sd card.
emulated and internal folders still appear as always did in the storage directory... but now theres a new resident.... 0123-4567 whom moved in yesterday.
What's difficult to understand???
Screenshots... notice SD card appears in the Root directory which is how its been since phone was launched and purchased 6 months or so ago. 0123-4567 Never appeared in storage until Sep 11 2020.
Notice that theres nothing in the other folders, however yesterday emulated had /0 which contained my sd card contents..... now its not accessible.
Google found my hidden root folder. I got 100gbs of porn store there
Just for comparison screenshot from my S5e tablet using the same Solid File Explorer Version. The only difference on my tablet is no synergy theming. Same apps installed on both devices.
Darkat70 said:
Screenshots... notice SD card appears in the Root directory which is how its been since phone was launched and purchased 6 months or so ago. 0123-4567 Never appeared in storage until Sep 11 2020.
Notice that theres nothing in the other folders, however yesterday emulated had /0 which contained my sd card contents..... now its not accessible.
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ur phone must have been glitched before then and all ur other phones..
u have to look at ur permissions as well.. ur clearly not root and to view storage storage/emulated you need root permissions..
Xxxx-xxxx IS YOUR EXTERNAL SDCARD
it could have been google photos wasnt saving to extsd or settings changed or app was updated or u created a new folder or saved something to ur extsd that prompted it to ask if u wanted to back it up..
also if u look in ur own screenshot sdcard is just a symlink to /storage/emulated/0 which is your internal storage.
theres not really any other way to explain it. it is normal behavior, not a virus or anything, xxxx-xxxx is ur extsd, its no virus, its not root (u dont have any special root permissions or anything) so im still not sure what else u need answered. If you still disagree with something then that wont change any of the facts
ive had every samsung since original smartphone, multiole goigke phones, some lg phines, some zte, asus and even some motos and they were all the same so either unvr paid attention to it before or who knows.
also doesnt matter what apps u have installed or anything.. if u put a extsd into ur tablet ull see the same or similar xxxx-xxxx in same directory
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Just for comparison screenshot from my S5e tablet using the same Solid File Explorer Version. The only difference on my tablet is no synergy theming. Same apps installed on both devices.
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cuz u dont have a extsd in ur tablet
elliwigy said:
cuz u dont have a extsd in ur tablet
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Im not rooted but Solid File Explorer is a hugely popular file browser that any Android enthusiast would know can allow you to browse through the root of the phone.
And there is a 64gb SD Card in my tablet.
None of.my phones were glitchy they all worked flawlessly thank you for your input, but you obviously have no idea what i am saying
Darkat70 said:
Im not rooted but Solid File Explorer is a hugely popular file browser that any Android enthusiast would know can allow you to browse through the root of the phone.
And there is a 64gb SD Card in my tablet.
None of.my phones were glitchy they all worked flawlessly thank you for your input, but you obviously have no idea what i am saying
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then ur tablet isnt reading ur 64gb sd card
elliwigy said:
then ur tablet isnt reading ur 64gb sd card
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Its working fine, i have music and documents i use daily on it.
Darkat70 said:
Its working fine, i have music and documents i use daily on it.
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ok then where is it mounted?
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ok then where is it mounted?
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Sat in the sim tray next to the sim with files im using daily.
Your welcome.
Darkat70 said:
Sat in the sim tray next to the sim with files im using daily.
Your welcome.
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lol not physically mounted obviously.. where is it mounted in android? you should be able to find out inyour file manager.. of course i understand if its mounted at /storage/XXXX-XXXX and you dont want to say cuz you would be wrong..
life goes on