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[Q] can't locate /mnt/sdcard/

Trying to root my A100. Process requires access to /mnt/sdcard/. Using ES Explorer I can see a folder /sdcard/ but it is not under /mnt/. I can get no higher up the file structure than /sdcard/. It's like the /mnt/ folder doesn't exist. Android version is 3.2.
What's going on? If I use the /sdcard/ folder thar i have access to will the root process work? From what I read the operation is very particular about where the files and command lines are stored.

I changed the Home Directory (in settings) to /mnt/sdcard/, then the toggle at the far left toggles from home (internal) to SD card (external). Toggle it to the external and go into the mnt folder, then external_sd.

Just click the "UP" button until you can navigate to the directory of your choice...
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use file manager click home then up you should see it
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thanks folks for the help. Fisterkev nailed it. Simply using the "up" function wasn't enough.

Can't delete folder?

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 *

2 each of "dcim" and download" folders

Hi,
Just wonder if anyone also have the same double folders (dcim, DCIM, download, DOWNLOAD) in the sdcard? I have attached a screenshot picture. I can delete the DOWNLOAD and dcim folder but they will reappeared afterward.
Thanks in advance.View attachment 1250192

avelec said:
Hi,
Just wonder if anyone also have the same double folders (dcim, DCIM, download, DOWNLOAD) in the sdcard? I have attached a screenshot picture. I can delete the DOWNLOAD and dcim folder but they will reappeared afterward.
Thanks in advance.View attachment 1250192
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I have a duplicate download folder. If I try deleting it in terminal emulator it says Directory not empty. When I list the contents its empty - I don't get it lol.
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akira02rex said:
I have a duplicate download folder. If I try deleting it in terminal emulator it says Directory not empty. When I list the contents its empty - I don't get it lol.
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Hidden system files.
Pressed from my Maguro

akira02rex said:
I have a duplicate download folder. If I try deleting it in terminal emulator it says Directory not empty. When I list the contents its empty - I don't get it lol.
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Oh, FYI: If you want to delete non-empty folders in a Linux terminal, use "rm -r". To view hidden files use ls -A (won't show the "." and "..", use -a instead, if you wanna see them).

Google Music and External SD Card

Is there any simple ways to have google play music store music on my sd card rather then internal storage? I searched around a bit and most the stuff I found doesn't seem to work with the S3, or is a bit too complicated.
I bought a class 10 32 gig card and am not using it at all pretty much and want to atleast keep music on it.
Any ideas on how to make google music store music on the sd card and no internally?

You can download the songs from your Google Music account onto your computer, then copy them to the SD card from there and they will play from the Google Play Music app when you put it in your phone. There is also an On Device Only setting so you can see only the music you have stored locally on your internal and external SD cards.

elementunkn said:
There is also an On Device Only setting so you can see only the music you have stored locally on your internal and external SD cards.
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"On device only" option gone in Music app v4.4.811H.526848
I guess Google wants us to keep all our music online!

mobilepgk said:
"On device only" option gone in Music app v4.4.811H.526848
I guess Google wants us to keep all our music online!
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you have to go into settings now, and select or deselect play music on wifi.. it's still there just worded differently...

It's a cool feature but I don't like that their pushing it so hard on us. I like the convenience but it shouldn't make other stuff more complicated!
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I'll write you up a quick how to when I get home.
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Thanks I'd appreciate that.
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If you have Root Explorer this will be easy:
1. Open root explorer and browse to the directory you want to store your music, for example if you want it in a directory called music on your external Sdcard go to /storage/extSdCard/ and create the directory music.
2. Long press on your new folder and scroll down to "link to this folder" and select that. Two buttons should appear at the bottom of your screen, "create link" and "cancel". Ignore them for now, we will use one in a bit.
3. Press the back button until you get to the root directory then go to /data/data/com.google.android.music/files
4. Here you should see a directory named music, rename it to something else for now (long press and choose rename)
5. Now tap the "create link" button we initially ignored. It should create a new link with the same name as the folder you created earlier. Make sure it is named "music" without the quotes and all lower case.
6. If you had any music cached, it will be in the original music directory we renamed. Copy all that music (should be numbers with followed by mp3) to the new directory on your SD card.
If you don't have Root Explorer, let me know and I will type out the terminal commands for you.
Also, sorry I forgot to yesterday. Cheers.
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mobilepgk said:
"On device only" option gone in Music app v4.4.811H.526848
I guess Google wants us to keep all our music online!
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Actually, I just figured out today that they just moved it to the upper left.
{
"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"
}

My root explorer gives me an error that says:
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You did it backwards. The link goes in /data/data/com.google.android.music/files and points to where you want the music stored.
Read the directions and try again.
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Terminal!
d3athsd00r said:
If you have Root Explorer this will be easy:
1. Open root explorer and browse to the directory you want to store your music, for example if you want it in a directory called music on your external Sdcard go to /storage/extSdCard/ and create the directory music.
2. Long press on your new folder and scroll down to "link to this folder" and select that. Two buttons should appear at the bottom of your screen, "create link" and "cancel". Ignore them for now, we will use one in a bit.
3. Press the back button until you get to the root directory then go to /data/data/com.google.android.music/files
4. Here you should see a directory named music, rename it to something else for now (long press and choose rename)
5. Now tap the "create link" button we initially ignored. It should create a new link with the same name as the folder you created earlier. Make sure it is named "music" without the quotes and all lower case.
6. If you had any music cached, it will be in the original music directory we renamed. Copy all that music (should be numbers with followed by mp3) to the new directory on your SD card.
If you don't have Root Explorer, let me know and I will type out the terminal commands for you.
Also, sorry I forgot to yesterday. Cheers.
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Could you post the terminal commands anyhow?

d3athsd00r said:
You did it backwards. The link goes in /data/data/com.google.android.music/files and points to where you want the music stored.
Read the directions and try again.
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Not sure about the other member, but I am running into the same issue where Root Explorer (and root browser) is giving me the error when trying to create a link by long pressing the NEW folder, navigating to the Internal SD location, and hitting Create.
Any idea?

Worked perfect, thank you.
I tested it on the N7105 with a SanDisk SD Card.

Thanks d3athsd00r!
d3athsd00r said:
If you have Root Explorer this will be easy:
1. Open root explorer and browse to the directory you want to store your music, for example if you want it in a directory called music on your external Sdcard go to /storage/extSdCard/ and create the directory music.
2. Long press on your new folder and scroll down to "link to this folder" and select that. Two buttons should appear at the bottom of your screen, "create link" and "cancel". Ignore them for now, we will use one in a bit.
3. Press the back button until you get to the root directory then go to /data/data/com.google.android.music/files
4. Here you should see a directory named music, rename it to something else for now (long press and choose rename)
5. Now tap the "create link" button we initially ignored. It should create a new link with the same name as the folder you created earlier. Make sure it is named "music" without the quotes and all lower case.
6. If you had any music cached, it will be in the original music directory we renamed. Copy all that music (should be numbers with followed by mp3) to the new directory on your SD card.
If you don't have Root Explorer, let me know and I will type out the terminal commands for you.
Also, sorry I forgot to yesterday. Cheers.
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This worked flawlessly on my SGH-i317 AT&T Note 2 with rooted stock ROM. I used ROM Toolbox Lite instead of Root Explorer, the directions are virtually the same. I only wish I hadn't deleted the cached music (as directed in another tutorial) before finding this method. No need to delete what you already have saved.
Thanks d3athsd00r!

Hemorrhodge said:
Could you post the terminal commands anyhow?
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Yup.
Code:
0. su
1. mv /data/data/com.google.android.music/files/music
2. ln - s /data/data/com.google.android.music/files/music
That should be it.
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So sorry to ask but how do get the track names and album art to carry over with the tracks. The steps where relatively easy I figure I messed up along the way a little help would be greatly appreciated thank you
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BigTexastrev said:
So sorry to ask but how do get the track names and album art to carry over with the tracks. The steps where relatively easy I figure I messed up along the way a little help would be greatly appreciated thank you
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Play music names them 1.mp3, 2.mp3, etc.
So no.
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d3athsd00r said:
Yup.
Code:
0. su
1. mv /data/data/com.google.android.music/files/music
2. ln - s /data/data/com.google.android.music/files/music
That should be it.
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My SD card is mounted in /storage/sdcard1. I created a directory called /storage/sdcard1/Play.
I used the following commands to move the already downloaded music to the new directory and create the symlink:
su (request superuser permission)
cd /data/data/com.google.android.music/files (change to the directory containing the folder "music" resides that contains all of the downloaded music)
mv music/* /storage/sdcard1/Play (move the downloaded music to the new folder I created on my SD card)
mv music musicbak (rename the original "music" folder to "musicbak"; this is because the symlink needs to have the name "music")
ln -s /storage/sdcard1/Play music (create the symlink called "music" which points to /storage/sdcard1/Play)
rm -rf musicbak (delete the original "music" folder from internal memory)
That's it and it worked for me.

BigTexastrev said:
So sorry to ask but how do get the track names and album art to carry over with the tracks. The steps where relatively easy I figure I messed up along the way a little help would be greatly appreciated thank you
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You'll have to get a third party app for that that scans your music such as Tune Up (an iTunes plugin). Other than that, I don't know if there is one on the Play Store that corrects the titles. I know there is an app that corrects the album art but that's it.

[Q] Recovering 'hidden' photos after wipe

Hey XDA!
I have a quick question about recovering a 'hidden' folder that I can't find.
I recently just wiped my device and installed a new ROM with Philz Touch Recovery.
I looked through my photos and I can't find a special folder I had 'hidden.'
There's no option to 'show hidden content'
Is there any other place I can look? I backed up that particular DCIM folder from internal memory to my computer.
Then after I couldn't find the hidden folder in phone, I replaced the old DCIM folder to my phone's memory.. STILL can't find it.
Any help is appreciate at this point..
Thanks again!

Root explorer will show hidden files
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elesbb said:
Root explorer will show hidden files
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Files made hidden by the stock gallery app will still stay in the DCIM folder, right?
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g0ldm4g3 said:
Files made hidden by the stock gallery app will still stay in the DCIM folder, right?
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I'm not 100 percent sure, but i think so. I don't use the stock gallery so i am not sure. But usually natural linux hidden attributes is simply adding a period to the beginning of the file or folder.

elesbb said:
I'm not 100 percent sure, but i think so. I don't use the stock gallery so i am not sure. But usually natural linux hidden attributes is simply adding a period to the beginning of the file or folder.
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Omg I found it lol, so basically I made a random folder then hid it. Plugged it into my computer to find the folder name.
Of course with the option to view hidden files and folders.
Saw the folder I was looking for and opened file location. It's stored in:
Phone > Internal Storage > .hide > folder name
Thanks for your help, though.
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