How do I get the files that start with periods to show in the sd card?
Files that start with a period are hidden files. They are likely hidden for a reason. If you really want them to be visable you can delete the period but it may not be advisable depending on the condition.
Your file explorer/manager should have an option to show hidden files.
If you're using es explorer, go into settings, hit "file settings" and check the "show hidden files" box.
. Files are usually configuration files and whatnot and generally shouldn't be messed with unless you know what you're changing and why.
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On my last Windows Based phone, I would go to File Explore>My Device>Windows>Profiles>guest>....here I could see Folders for Cookies, History, and Temporary Internet Files...where I would delete these temporary files after surfing the web to clear memory.
On my Tilt2 I realized I have to individually select each file to delete it...that I couldn't drag the highlighted file or have an option to select all...
Is there a way to delete these temporary files without going through and individually selecting each file and deleting them individually? Is there a way to select all or more than one to delete at a time? Or is there a better way to do this all together?
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Hay guys
I am facing some strange issues on my galaxy nexus 4.2.2 unrooted
I have notice that in my phone there is a file name THUMBDATA3-1763508120 in DCIM--->thumbnail folder of size 1.5 GB.
And even after deleting this file no space of my sdcard is released . Means my SDCARD is still showing the same space as before .
and after some time it recreate again with same size when i use camera for some time.
One more thing in my phone I have 9.35 GB of data content but SDCARD is showing 11.5 GB of space out of 13.3 GB
This may help , please confirm
Using a disk space analyzer, I was surprised to see that my Android tablet had 1.03GB of photos. This was odd to me, because I knew there were only a couple of photos on the device.
I pinpointed the problem to thumbnails. These are tiny copies of photos used by some apps to more quickly display pictures. Specifically, the 1GB was being taken up by a thumbnail index file, and I didn't need to lose that 1GB to a function I don't use on the tablet. I erased the file as follows:
1. Open a file manager on Android. I use File Manager from Rhythm Software.
2. Ensure that it can display system or hidden files. This is an option somewhere under Settings. In File Manager, tap Menu > Settings > Show Hidden Files.
3. Navigate to \mnt\sdcard\DCIM\ .thumbnails. By the way, DCIM is the standard name for the folder that holds photographs, and is the standard for pretty much any device, whether smartphone or camera; it is short for "digital camera IMages." Another BTW: when a folder name is prefixed with a period, then it is a hidden folder in Android (such as .thumbnails).
4. Select and erase the file that's about 1GB and contains the word 'thumbdata." The exact file name will vary.
After I did this, image viewing apps like Gallery operated just fine, with no apparent slowdown from the loss of this file.
In this way I freed up 1GB on my Android v4 tablet, 1GB on my Android v4 phone, and 750MB on an older Android v2 phone.
Keeping the 1GB Free
Because .thumbdata is a system file, Android recreates it. Indeed, you may find more than one copy in the .thumbnails folder, if you have reinstalled Android or similarly redid the system in some way.
To keep Android from creating the 1GB file anew, we need to create a dummy file that fools Android. In short, we create a text file with a text editor, and then move it to the thumbnails folder. Here are the steps to doing this:
1. Use File Manager to determine the exact name of the thumbnail index file. On one of my Android devices, the name is .thumbdata3--1967290299. Write it down.
2. Start a text editor or word processor on the Android, and then create a new text file.
3. Use the Save As command to save the file in the DCIM folder. (We move it to the .thumbnails folder in a later step.) Save it with the same name at that index file, such as ".thumbdata3--1967290299". Now, depending on the text editor's capabilities, it might not allow the "." prefix or a blank extension. Thus, you might end up with thumbdata3--1967290299.txt as the file name. We fix this in a later step.
4. Exit the text editor, and then switch to File Manager. Now, it is important you use a file manager like Rhythm Software's File Manager app, because it does what some others cannot: it can (a) rename file extensions and (b) access hidden folders.
5. In File Manager, navigate to the \DCIM\ .thumbnails folder. If the thumbdata3 file is there again, erase it again.
6. Move up a level to the \DCIM folder, and then right-click the thumbdata3--1967290299.txt file name. ("Right click" means hold your finger down on the name until a menu appears.)
7. From the menu, choose Rename, and then rename thumbdata3--1967290299.txt to .thumbdata3--1967290299 -- (a) add the dot (.) to the start of the file name, and (b) erase the ".txt" from the end of the file name.
8. Click OK (or Rename) to finish renaming.
9. Right click the file name, and then choose Move (or Cut).
10. Navigate down to the .thumbnails folder, and then tap Paste.
The dummy file will now prevent Android from creating the huge index file.
simplymonis said:
Hay guys
I am facing some strange issues on my galaxy nexus 4.2.2 unrooted
I have notice that in my phone there is a file name THUMBDATA3-1763508120 in DCIM--->thumbnail folder of size 1.5 GB.
And even after deleting this file no space of my sdcard is released . Means my SDCARD is still showing the same space as before .
and after some time it recreate again with same size when i use camera for some time.
One more thing in my phone I have 9.35 GB of data content but SDCARD is showing 11.5 GB of space out of 13.3 GB
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I just answered this in another post but check it
I have root on my device, so I did the following.
Using Root explorer I went to the folder /DCIM/.thumbnails (hidden) and deleted the huge file. Then with the "+" I chose "New file" and named it the same as the previous .thumbdata3-.... it created a file that is 0 Bytes and then I went and used the camera and the apps, so far the file stays the same size, so maybe that trick will work for others too. Good luck.
So after re-rooting after a month of being on stock TW I expected all my files to move to an emulated/0 folder or something along those lines. However, when I got into it using ES File Explorer it was empty. Looked around in other folders and can not find them still. Idc if they are lost, I care that about 8GB of my onboard storage is un locatable and I have like 2 gbs left I really don't know where they could have gone.
So I tried a different root explorer thinking that ES wasn't showing them, found them using Root Explorer by JRummy Apps. However, when I look inside them they are all empty and cannot be moved. I want to try to save them incase anything may actually be in there (photos, music etc.)
Any insight would be appreciated.
Edit: Phoneboot got stuck in bootloop, going to Odin back to stock.
As for the files, they are not deleted, they just aren't shown by default. To find them, go to /mtn/shell/emulated. That should be your stock storage and then you can move, delete, or whatever you want.
Hi, I have upgraded the TWRP for the purpose of ROM upgrade and after that I can't find any files that use to be on internal storage before. I remember that on the internal storage there was a bunch of standard folders and folder 0 with all those folders and actual files inside. Now the folder 0 is gone (tried all file and folder managers on the phone and on the PC with option show hidden files and folders, but cant find it). Every file manager shows that the internal storage is full but when i check the available content shown there is less than 300mb all together.
Is there a way to restore all those files that I am missing and can anyone help me do it?
Thanks.
Install ES File Explore/ any file manager from Google Play Store. Using this app just enter in your phone storage, that might be sdcard0 named drive in it. You can either go/select from homepage of this application. All you notice there is folder labled '0' and so on. This depends on how much time you flashed custom rom not samsung like, it'd create folders inside that '0' labled folder. If it's hissen you can also unhide all the directories from same app by clicking your menu button Tools>>Hidden files check 'Show Hidden Files'. For advance hidden menu goto settings>>Display settings>>Show hidden files.
m.b.jikre said:
Install ES File Explore/ any file manager from Google Play Store. Using this app just enter in your phone storage, that might be sdcard0 named drive in it. You can either go/select from homepage of this application. All you notice there is folder labled '0' and so on. This depends on how much time you flashed custom rom not samsung like, it'd create folders inside that '0' labled folder. If it's hissen you can also unhide all the directories from same app by clicking your menu button Tools>>Hidden files check 'Show Hidden Files'. For advance hidden menu goto settings>>Display settings>>Show hidden files.
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Thank you for the reply. I have already done that. It shows some hidden folders but all together those folders are 160MB, and the phone shows that the used space is almost 6GB. Also I still can't find those lost files.
sanchez013 said:
Thank you for the reply. I have already done that. It shows some hidden folders but all together those folders are 160MB, and the phone shows that the used space is almost 6GB. Also I still can't find those lost files.
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This seems that you've got a big cache mem problem. So you've to reset your phone by Settings>> Backup & Reset >> Factory data reset. This will clears your phone storage completely
Note: Backup your all important data somewhere as it formats full phone storage.
Factory data reset helped for me. If no other options then go for it
Try Developer Options and make sure USB debugging is enabled. This helped to a certain extent. Initially when I selected all folders on my phone it only showed about 13Mb. Now its showing around 2.5Gb which is still not all the phone data but at least I can free up some space
Is it possible to clear timeline in stock My file app? I have tried to select a file and delete by tapping bin icon, but this deleted that file also from original folder.
Also looking for a solution, let me know if you find out if its possible
I also would like to know
Is there a solution yet?
dekatch said:
I also would like to know
Is there a solution yet?
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I've been looking for a way to clear or disable the Timeline myself with no success. Perhaps Timeline items go away only when you move the files off the device(?)...
Unfortunately the "My Files" "Timeline" content is actually controlled by another process called "Media Storage" (this process scans all the files on the device looking for pictures, music, and other content then it builds a database so the system or apps such as music players can quickly find the content, it usually runs on boot-up and can update occasionally.
The only way to clear (or temporary clear) the timeline content is to clear the "Media Storage" database, by clicking "Force stop" and "Clear data" on the Media Storage process, though if you do this it will just rescan again eventually, and if you turn it off or prevent it from scanning you can loose access to your ringtones / alarms and other system sounds , also any music files on the device as a lot of applications use this service (otherwise everything would need to scan the memory card ./ memory for files causing increased cpu overhead and device lags....)...
See screenshots.
Thanks a ton, otyg! It's not an ideal solution, but it's better than nothing. I mostly wanted to clear the Timeline data and start it over, and this does seems to do that.
Figured it out
Plug tablet into the computer. Rename the folder that you don't want showing up with a '.' in front of it. I.e. "Adult" to ".Adult".
Then install Astro File manager, change the settings so that you can view hidden folders. And then you can still access the folder from the tablet, but will not show up in Timeline or the stock file manager.
Wizzard2014 said:
Plug tablet into the computer. Rename the folder that you don't want showing up with a '.' in front of it. I.e. "Adult" to ".Adult".
Then install Astro File manager, change the settings so that you can view hidden folders. And then you can still access the folder from the tablet, but will not show up in Timeline or the stock file manager.
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you might also be-able to add a .nomedia file to the folder too this is supposed to prevent the media scanner from scanning the folder contents, though it doesn't work on all devices and I haven't tested it with timeline. or samsung yet., thought I would throw it out there if anyone wants to test.
At this time it's still unclear if you can hide items or completely remove the from the recent items list, with out moving every little file and or download and the list will only repopulate as you continue to download or add files. Just tap the added date above each subsection and collapse each individual section. While this isn't a permanent fix and the list will repopulate once you reopen the My Files app, it's only a minor inconvenience for someone who uses the app occasionally.
I've got files stored under sd card, folder, folder, .folder, folder, photo media scanner use to not see it and doesn't see it on my s5 but my tab 4 sees them if I click don't show hidden files it don't