I'm trying to follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2100963
but it says "Place the CM-10.1 ROM and the gapps .zip on your device in the /sdcard area"
I can't get to that via windows explorer. how do i do this?
If you are using a usb data cable and Windows finds the device it should let you browse and save files, save the rom and gapps files wherever you want (just remember where you saved them).
The partition windows will read is the "external storage", on most other devices this is a physical sdcard.
This portion shouldn't be erased when you do the factory reset wipe.
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Yeah it just means the folder you go into when you open the Kindle on your computer. You know, the one with the folders "kindle" and "Downloads" and stuff like that.
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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!
silow said:
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
How the hell can i delete a folder that can't be seen via PC connection but i can see it using es file explorer?
I can't delete it using ES even with root enabled....
zerozoneice said:
How the hell can i delete a folder that can't be seen via PC connection but i can see it using es file explorer?
I can't delete it using ES even with root enabled....
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Depending on where it is you need to mount it first. Which folder are you trying to delete?
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I had a folder that became corrupted (repeatedly interrupted game data downloads, I think). I was unable to delete it (even as root) and received an Access Denied error. I was able to rename the folder (so it wouldn't conflict anymore) and delete the majority of its contents (still received the Access Denied error on a file or two). I eventually had to do a full wipe via fastboot -w to get rid of the corrupted files.
had the same problem. had to reflash su.zip and it worked. can't explain it though. just reaching at straws
matt30 said:
Depending on where it is you need to mount it first. Which folder are you trying to delete?
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it's the folder created by the Photaf application.
i uninstalled the app and the folder is still there...permissions are writable, not hidden...
i can rename it, but can't delete it....and the subfolder within it as well...
i remember it happened once before and the only way to get rid of it was to reinstall the ROM (AOKP). Once installed, i could delete the folder.....
Try reinstalling the game and using settings/application/name of game clear data
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bwcorvus said:
Try reinstalling the game and using settings/application/name of game clear data
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no effect, still can't be removed
LE: WTF, i just plugged in the phone into USB for charging and i saw the folder?! It deleted just fine?
Damn weird didn't do anything different than yesterday when i couldn't even see the folder via PC...
Thank you!
My Asus Transformer (TF101) hasn't been able to download anything to the Download folder for months now. Even Opera (which I installed just to try and fix this) could only download to a different folder. I did what you said, plugged it into the computer and first renamed the folder with ADB but couldn't create a new Download folder. "File already exists." Lies. Windows Explorer said it was still there as Download so I deleted it in Explorer and created a new folder named Download. The create failed but Android said it was there and Voila! I can download again. Very weird, but not ready yet to reformat in fastboot. Thanks guys!
If you're rooted you may be able to delete the files from /data/media, which is the true location, instead of the visual SD that you are seeing.
Could also be a file ownership issue.
Using a terminal emulator, use the following command to list ownership and permissions:
ls -l
(Lower case letter L, not i or 1)
Most of the files and folders should show up as media_rw, but the problematic ones may show up as numbers. To fix them, boot into CWM recovery, plug in the USB cable, go into adb shell. Also make sure that /data is mounted in the CWM mounts menu. Then:
cd /data/media
chown -R media_rw.media_rw *
Hello,
I Have a Big problem...
On my nexus, Since I copy ont file onto the SD, all other files are Disapeared....
I tryed to use recevey softwares, but oly work with mass storage cards....
Somebody have an idea how can I restore my files please ??
xTremePower said:
Hello,
I Have a Big problem...
On my nexus, Since I copy ont file onto the SD, all other files are Disapeared....
I tryed to use recevey softwares, but oly work with mass storage cards....
Somebody have an idea how can I restore my files please ??
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Can you offer any additional info? Have to used Root Explorer or a similar app to confirm without a doubt the files are gone and not just in a different place? And I am slightly confused when you say "move to sd card" because internal storage and SDcard on this phone are the same thing since there is no EXT..
I copyed files as usualy from computer to the nexus
After the copy (I copied the new google apps zip) this zip is ont the storage, but all other 12Go of data in the card are disapeared
I try to find it with windows, root explorer, es file explorer, I tryed android undelet tools and windows undelet tools... noone can see the MTP memory of the nexus .......
And I disabled the upload to picasa..
xTremePower said:
I copyed files as usualy from computer to the nexus
After the copy (I copied the new google apps zip) this zip is ont the storage, but all other 12Go of data in the card are disapeared
I try to find it with windows, root explorer, es file explorer, I tryed android undelet tools and windows undelet tools... noone can see the MTP memory of the nexus .......
And I disabled the upload to picasa..
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Do you have fast usb charge enabled? If so, try disabling that.
all files in /sdcard disappeared
The same thing just happened to me. I copied 386MB of music to /sdcard/Music and all appeared to be fine. I used Windows7 x64 Explorer over USB mounted as MTP.
I noticed that I could not copy some files back to Windows from Nexus. After messing around with that for a while I used ES File Explorer to check out /sdcard. Only a few folders were there, as if /sdcard were newly created. I could still see all of the lost folders in Windows Explorer.
Am I screwed?
TIA!
This is from a corrupt MediaStore DB. I ran into something similar when moving files to my phone over WiFi using File Explorer. Afterwards only a handful of folders showed up when connected via USB. Only way to fix it is to reset the DB. Settings > Apps > All > Media Storage > Clear data/cache. Reboot. It should completely rebuild the DB after the boot, and things should show up correctly again.
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This is from a corrupt MediaStore DB. I ran into something similar when moving files to my phone over WiFi using File Explorer. After only a handful of folders showed up when connected via USB. Only way to fix it is to reset the DB. Settings > Apps > All > Media Storage > Clear data/cache. Reboot. It should completely rebuild the DB after the boot, and things should show up correctly again.
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That did not get all my data back, I must have done something else while trying to fix it. The good news is that this fixed one of my next questions: How do I reset the Google Music album art? The suggestion above fixed that wonderfully.
Thanks!
Hi all,
I bought my GN off a guy back in March of this year. He told me it was rooted and all that, and I just recently found out it's running a version of the open KANG project or whatever.
Anyway, I want to use a different ROM, and my buddy gave me a bunch of instructions but I'm having a problem.
He told me to put the ROM and the gapps in the /sdcard folder, or /mnt/sdcard folder - But I don't seem to have either one of those folders.
He advised I get TitaniumBackup to backup some of my apps, which I have done, and I found the TitaniumBackup folder just sitting there in the main part of the phone, or the root I guess you'd say.
Also, when I did a backup from the Recovery screen as directed by him, it just saved the backup to a clockworkmod/backup folder, again in the root directory of the phone.
When I go into My Computer I see the "Galaxy Nexus" there. When I click on it, I get another icon which says "internal storage" then when I open that I have all these folders.
Other things like DCIM, Download, android, music, movies folders are all in this root folder.
What am I missing here? Why can't I see any /sdcard folder or /mnt/sdcard folder?
The folder you are in when you connect to your computer IS /sdcard.
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The folder you are in when you connect to your computer IS /sdcard.
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Ding ding ding.
AHHHH ok
I didn't realize that, as I couldn't find anything telling me that!
Thank you!
can anybody explain the android file system? I have 4.2.2. my phone is rooted.
I want to take android backup of the whole system. and copy it to internal storage then copy to pc.
what is the path for the files that I can view on pc then I plug sd cable the files show in windows explorer?
I tried to view the files in file manager, /mnt, /sdcard, /storage, all showing same contents.
which one is the path showing up in windows explorer?
citrix80 said:
can anybody explain the android file system? I have 4.2.2. my phone is rooted.
I want to take android backup of the whole system. and copy it to internal storage then copy to pc.
what is the path for the files that I can view on pc then I plug sd cable the files show in windows explorer?
I tried to view the files in file manager, /mnt, /sdcard, /storage, all showing same contents.
which one is the path showing up in windows explorer?
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the backup should be in the ClockWorkMod or TWRP folder in your card...
I know it is in TWRP but which folder? the galaxy nexus does not have sd card storage, so it is virtual sd card folder.
I did nanadoid backup and save to TWRP.
I'm using rhythm software andrid file manager, /sdcard has TWRP folder showing the backup contents.
/storage/emulated/0 and /storage/emulate/legacy showing the TWRP backup contents. /mnt/sdcard has TWRP folder also showing the contents. but in TWRP folder internal storage is empty.
which is the folder path showing up in windows explorer in pc when I plug in usb cable, in pc windows explorer display glalaxy nexus\internal storage?
CWM backups are stored in /data/media/clockworkmod but you need a file explorer with root privileges to copy it to the PC-readable memory. Dunno about TWRP
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sorry but my answer is still not answered here.
see the pictures will explain my question.
which of folder under / corresponding to the internal storage on pc?
citrix80 said:
sorry but my answer is still not answered here.
see the pictures will explain my question.
which of folder under / corresponding to the internal storage on pc?
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TWRP on PC
which one of the yellow folders in the screen shot will pull out same contents in pc ?
You can't view the Android file system in Windows, you have to make a backup on the phone and then copy this to a PC-viewable folder. Only then can you view the contents of the Android system
which is pc viewable folder?
citrix80 said:
which is pc viewable folder?
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/sdcard/0/