I'm on the stock rom. All I've done is rooted it. Using Root Browser Lite I went into the apps folder and moved all the Kies files and the flipboard apk to a folder on my sd card. They no longer show up in the app folder but they still show up normally and will open and work just fine. Do I need to delete them completely or am I missing something? I've never had this happen before.
AdRock02gt said:
I'm on the stock rom. All I've done is rooted it. Using Root Browser Lite I went into the apps folder and moved all the Kies files and the flipboard apk to a folder on my sd card. They no longer show up in the app folder but they still show up normally and will open and work just fine. Do I need to delete them completely or am I missing something? I've never had this happen before.
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did you clear the data folders?
Are you talking about clearing the data by going into app manager and clearing it, or using root browser to go into the physical data folder? I've cleared the data on both in the app manager.
If they have been updated they will still show
You can delete them normally now
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Hi,
I have some applications I want to save, I mean the APK file.
But I find them only on the android market, and doesn't see how to save the .apk file on my disk (for future use for example).
Do you know if the apk file is stored somewhere in the phone ?
Thanks
Is your phone rooted? It makes a difference. If not rooted you can use mybackup from the market to backup the apps. Never tried it and I am guessing it won't backup paid apps and only free versions. But it might.
If your phone is rooted you can find your apps in the data/app/ folder.
Once you have installed the App, look in /cache/download. Most apks will be in there.
You don't need rooted phone to save (backup) apk's. Just use MyPhoneExplorer which has the function to backup all installed programs (apk's) to computer (also backups SMSes, contacts, etc)
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yes, the phone is rooted.
I checked with Estrong explorer in the folders data and cache and there's nothing ...
The idea is to keep the apk files somewhere when they are not directly available on the net, only using the android market.
Back them up on titanium backup then when you want them again just restore them using titanium again, you can restore them fresh or with your old settings, hasn't failed me yet
ponk2k said:
Back them up on titanium backup then when you want them again just restore them using titanium again, you can restore them fresh or with your old settings, hasn't failed me yet
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Works for me too.
jean019 said:
yes, the phone is rooted.
I checked with Estrong explorer in the folders data and cache and there's nothing ...
The idea is to keep the apk files somewhere when they are not directly available on the net, only using the android market.
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Look in data/app as I said. This is the location of all user installed apks. Unless you are using a ROM that uses a different location. Only familiar with sense builds myself. Or use a program that can backup apps. There were 3 mentioned in this thread.
apk with a manager go to system / app. they should be, and extract and save hello
Data/app or system/app?
Confused.
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Data/app or system/app?
Confused.
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Either or, depending on what you're after. Apps you've installed (e.g. from the market) will be in /data/app, system apps (e.g Sense and the apps bundled with it) will be in /system/app.
//sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk; all errors entirely intentional.
If the directories/files are not there then check that ES file explorer is configured to show hidden files.
Jon
For unrooted devices, using ES File Explorer:
1. Open ES File Explorer
2. Press Menu >> Manager >> App Manager
3. Long press the application and then press Backup
4. .apk file will be saved to /sdcard/backups/app/
This is driving me crazy. I want to copy the TitaniumBackup folder from my GNEX to my Win7 PC.
Looking at the folder through Root Explorer on the GNEX all appears normal. When I look at the folder through my computer the folder is showing but the contents are backups that are almost a month older than are on the GNEX. If I delete everything in that folder FROM THE PC it still exists on the GNEX.
It is like it is looking at a different folder entirely however looking and searching through ROOT EXPLORER there are no other TITANIUM BACKUP folders.
This happens with a lot of apps. Example: I created a ZIP file using ROOT EXPLORER. The zip, viewing through ROOT EXPLORER is located in the /SDCARD/SPEEDSOFTWARE/ZIP folder however when I look at the SPEEDSOFTWARE folder via my PC the folder is empty.
I have tried both MTP and PHOTO mode. This happens with a lot of folders when trying to view them from my PC connection. Some stuff is there and a lot is not.
Hmmm, there is a /MNT/SDCARD and a /SDCARD folder (I don't know much about Linux) and the files I am NOT seeing on my PC are in /MNT/SDCARD and the files I am seeing are in /SDCARD. Why are there 2 different "SDCARD" folders? I changed the TitaniumBackup to save to /SDCARD instead of /MNT/SDCARD but the backups are still not viewable (or copyable) from my computer. I just don't get it.
So the question is, how do you "backup" the contents of the "SDCARD" directory if you can't see the files when plugged into the PC?
Well, after comparing all the "visible" files on my computer when I access the GNEX via MTP vs what I see using ROOT EXPLORER the ONLY 2 folders NOT visible from my PC are TITANIUMBACKUP and SPEEDSOFTWARE (thus is the ROOTEXPLORER app data). Why would they be hidden?
It's due to how the Android MTP service works. It hasn't scanned your internal storage for the new files/directory to present to your PC yet.
Download and run an app called SDrecan from the Market. This will force the media services on your phone to rescan the device.
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Absolutely amazing! Thank you so much! I have been pulling out my hair for days!
thank you! I had the same problem!worked flawlessly!
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Download and run an app called SDrecan from the Market. This will force the media services on your phone to rescan the device.
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Thanks! This was really driving me crazy...
is there one for phones on android kitkat 4.4 and up
silow said:
It's due to how the Android MTP service works. It hasn't scanned your internal storage for the new files/directory to present to your PC yet.
Download and run an app called SDrecan from the Market. This will force the media services on your phone to rescan the device.
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this app is force closing. i cant even run it . do you have any idea? just today was working fine , i installed a custom rom and now when i try to put another roms on my sd card , i get this message that it's empty
trickster mod also has a media rescan option in bottom of tools section if this is helpful to you, I have to use it after using the "a better camera app" in order for pics to show in gallery without reboot
I'm using a Xperia ARC
Recently I have unlocked the bootloader, and rooted the firmware (0.62) by recovery method, and removed some system apps by using root explorer (the method of moving xxx.apk to sd card).
However, the Play Store always force close when I click "accept" to download apps, so I tried to move back all the system apps from the sd card to system/app folder. But after moving them back, and had a reboot, those apps still did not appear in the app drawer, it seems that they can not be restore successfully. I open root explorer and go to system/app folder, and click on the apk files, an installation window pops up and asking for permission for installing, rather than replacing <---- this proves that those system app are not restored yet, even I moved them back to the system/app folder.
Sorry for my poor English and hope you guys could understand what I am saying. Still not getting into Play Store and thinking of flashing a Generic Global ROM if the problem still cannot be solved........
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I'm using a Xperia ARC
Recently I have unlocked the bootloader, and rooted the firmware (0.62) by recovery method, and removed some system apps by using root explorer (the method of moving xxx.apk to sd card).
However, the Play Store always force close when I click "accept" to download apps, so I tried to move back all the system apps from the sd card to system/app folder. But after moving them back, and had a reboot, those apps still did not appear in the app drawer, it seems that they can not be restore successfully. I open root explorer and go to system/app folder, and click on the apk files, an installation window pops up and asking for permission for installing, rather than replacing <---- this proves that those system app are not restored yet, even I moved them back to the system/app folder.
Sorry for my poor English and hope you guys could understand what I am saying. Still not getting into Play Store and thinking of flashing a Generic Global ROM if the problem still cannot be solved........
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First of all, check the permissions after transfering the files.
And,before moving the apps,you must make a backup of the apps using TitaniumBackup app.This app completely backs-up your files and can restore the apps just as perfect.
I suggest you to flash the generic rom and root again but this time,make backups using TitaniumBackup app and then remove the bloatware..
Many thanks! TB works great!
I was side loading an app from my phone to my tablet, incompatible in market. Well when I tried to copy the obb into the obb folder on my tablet it said access restricted... can't get it to copy even with root explorer.
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I was side loading an app from my phone to my tablet, incompatible in market. Well when I tried to copy the obb into the obb folder on my tablet it said access restricted... can't get it to copy even with root explorer.
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Are you rooted...?
I noticed something similar to this as well. I used TiBu to restore the SwiftKey app and settings from my 1st Gen N7. After restoring it, the English language pack wouldn't download. After Googling around, they recommended deleting languagepacks.json from the sdcard/Android/files/com.whatever directory and even with root access and Root Explorer I wasn't able to delete the file. I had to do it through TWRP and even that didn't solve the issue. I had to format internal storage to solve my issue. Needless to say, I've been much more careful about using TiBu since then.
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Are you rooted...?
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Yes, yes I am. But you should not need root for these folders anyways.
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I got it working with a different file manager, but I am still unable to copy the Titanium backup folder to my computer via usb, or airdroid. Weird thing is I cannot even use a zip app to zip it up then move the zip.
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I got it working with a different file manager, but I am still unable to copy the Titanium backup folder to my computer via usb, or airdroid. Weird thing is I cannot even use a zip app to zip it up then move the zip.
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I actually ran into a similar issue on my N7v1 last night. I wanted to copy over all my apps and settings, so I attempted to copy the various files in my Titanium Backup backup folder. I tried using adb pull, but it failed to copy over any of the apks. The other files (properties, etc.) copied, but not the applications. This seemed very weird. Then things got weirder.
I looked at the ownership/permissions/etc. and they were all identical. I had read/write access to everything. So I tried tar'ing them all up on the device, as root, to copy over one big archive. No dice. Even tar couldn't read the files. I tried coping them to another directory, but that failed too. I could only move or delete them - not copy/read/etc.
I assumed maybe something was wrong with the backups, so I deleted them all and redid the TiBu backup. Problem persisted even on these new files I just made.
It reminded me of an issue I had with TWRP when Android changed around the file system location of the sdcard. When that happened, I couldn't access my nandroid backups either, or even delete them. I actually had to make a flashable zip to get rid of them.
So I had an idea. My current TiBu backup location was "/sdcard/TitaniumBackup". The /sdcard directory points to "/storage/emulated/0/". So I deleted all the backup files again, changed the TiBu backup location to the latter and ran the backup process again.
Voila. I could now read/copy/everything all the files in that same directory, albeit with a different path.
Anyway, I thought I would share this because it sounds like a similar issue. Try using the full path and not the /sdcard shortcut and see if that works.
I'm using a Bell I317M and recently flashed the official 4.3 update. I have noticed that I see duplicate entries in the gallery and have traced it down to the fact that I have two paths mapped to the SD card: /storage/extSdCard and /mnt/extSdCard
I don't recall this happening prior to the update. I believe it's related to a new way of referencing the external SD cards but is there a way to fix this so that the stock gallery app doesn't think they are completely different locations and show duplicates?
Actually, this is not only restricted to the stock gallery app. I have the stock android gallery app and it's doing the same thing!
Are you using more than one gallery ??
Or more than one camera app?
Both will create and place duplicates...
Just a thought.... g
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gregsarg said:
Are you using more than one gallery ??
Or more than one camera app?
Both will create and place duplicates...
Just a thought.... g
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I have both the Samsung stock gallery app and the Stock JB gallery installed. As for camera, I mainly use the Samsung stock camera app. But how (and why) would it create duplicates? New pics get saved to the DCIM location on the external SD card.
But since I have 2 logical paths to that location (one through /mnt and another through /storage), the gallery shows duplicates....
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I have both the Samsung stock gallery app and the Stock JB gallery installed. As for camera, I mainly use the Samsung stock camera app. But how (and why) would it create duplicates? New pics get saved to the DCIM location on the external SD card.
But since I have 2 logical paths to that location (one through /mnt and another through /storage), the gallery shows duplicates....
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Have you flashed or dirty flashed roms? I've seen it where this can happen. Most likely the double gallery apps are doing this. Can you delete the non samsung app and see if that worked?
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Have you flashed or dirty flashed roms? I've seen it where this can happen. Most likely the double gallery apps are doing this. Can you delete the non samsung app and see if that worked?
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Agreed ....
Use TIBU and freeze one of the apks then delete it's associated duplicate folder...
Then test it...
Also ...make sure that you don't have 2 cameras set as system apps or they will both create folders on boot...g
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gregsarg said:
Agreed ....
Use TIBU and freeze one of the apks then delete it's associated duplicate folder...
Then test it...
Also ...make sure that you don't have 2 cameras set as system apps or they will both create folders on boot...g
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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll have to look into that.
re: dirty flashing. the only thing I can think of was the in-place upgrade of the official 4.3 upgrade which I flashed through ODIN. I did not wipe prior or after the upgrade.
scmlee said:
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll have to look into that.
re: dirty flashing. the only thing I can think of was the in-place upgrade of the official 4.3 upgrade which I flashed through ODIN. I did not wipe prior or after the upgrade.
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This is an easy fix that worked for me.... I had a directory that duplicated itself, and two more that wouldn't even show in the gallery.
1. I had a couple of directories duplicate themselves when they were originally created in the emulated directory and I "moved" it to my SD card... then when viewed in gallery it showed two directories "both in SD card"..... all I did was copy this whole directory to a different location on the sd card "copy not move", then went back and deleted the original directory. Then took my copy and moved it back to my original location. Then when viewing gallery only one directory was visible "the right one".
Others recipes may work, but this one did for me...
2. Directories that were invisible were fixed simply by renaming the directory using ES explorer, go to gallery and confirm they now all show then go back in es explorer and rename back to what you had them before "if you wish".......
Now go into Gallery a second time and you should still see the directories with names back to original as you've named them. your fixed!
I think mine got messed up with I created a file called .nomedia inside the directory... while it did remove the directory from view in gallery "like it's supposed to do", when that file was deleted, the directory was still invisible.... Even after hard reboot, clearing system cache and partition cache....but the above fixed it