I went from a 4.2 Touchwiz based ROM to a 4.3 CyanogenMod based ROM and the folder structure on Internal Memory has completely changed. I imagine and hope people are familiar with this as it is kind of hard to describe - new "0" folder with all the original internal data in it/folders inside folders with the same name, some with data, some without/etc...I found it a confusing mess.
In the first place it made using the CM rom not a pleasant experience as the phone couldn't see things like my Titanium Backup data, my recovery backups, etc...But even after I managed to find, relocate and restore my TW nandroid (not an easy task in itself) it is still screwed up. It is a bit easier to negotiate the memory structure on the PC but I can't just move folders around back to where they were if I could even remember it right because it won't let me move the Android folder. I really would just like to get it back to where it was.
I'm willing to jump through a few hoops if there is a way that anyone knows of, with maybe backups and reformatting or something like that.
Many many thanks for any help!
4.2 CM Based int sdcard's always been 'sdcard/emulated/0'
have you tried moving folders via recovery from 'emulated/0' to /sdcard/?
I will try that thank you. On the PC even before I found out I couldn't move the Android folder, it was such a large amount of files to move that it froze up. I have a good fast PC so I assume the phone didn't like it. I'll give this a shot thanks again.
What phone model do you have? I am 80% sure sprint doesn't have a 4.2 touchwiz ROM, but I may be incorrect. Have you tried moving all the folders in the 0 back up to the root folder?
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Hey Whiplashh I recognize you from Dazed's thread Dammit man you and Spark91 are right I always get confused by it being version 4.2 of the Wicked Sensations rom... but yes it is only Android version 4.1.2. So anyway yes I did try that on the pc - first it just totally bogged and the file move wasn't moving at all. So I tried doing it in small chunks and was making progress until I got an error message that the android folder could not be moved. I am going to try to do it within recovery a little later tonight. Thanks for the input man I appreciate it
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Hey Whiplashh I recognize you from Dazed's thread Dammit man you and Spark91 are right I always get confused by it being version 4.2 of the Wicked Sensations rom... but yes it is only Android version 4.1.2. So anyway yes I did try that on the pc - first it just totally bogged and the file move wasn't moving at all. So I tried doing it in small chunks and was making progress until I got an error message that the android folder could not be moved. I am going to try to do it within recovery a little later tonight. Thanks for the input man I appreciate it
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Just warning you, when I used ES Fike explorer, it won't let you move that android folder. I usually just delete it and restore my app data with a backup app.
And I see. That is where I know you from! Lol. You really did confuse me with the 4.2 touchwiz! I thought there was an update!! But I understand. I do the same thing but it pays off for me because I stick with v4.1 of wicked.
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Just warning you, when I used ES Fike explorer, it won't let you move that android folder. I usually just delete it and restore my app data with a backup app.
And I see. That is where I know you from! Lol. You really did confuse me with the 4.2 touchwiz! I thought there was an update!! But I understand. I do the same thing but it pays off for me because I stick with v4.1 of wicked.
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Hmm...then I imagine Root Explorer wouldn't work either. But hopefully using the file explorer within TWRP will bypass that restriction. I'm trying to work up the courage to do it haha.
And yeah I remember you always saying that wicked 4.1 was working so well for you that you didn't want to upgrade to 4.2 :laugh:
Oh btw now I just noticed that my notification LED is not working...grrr. Why oh why did I stray? (Actually I know why - when Dazed decided to close the thread I took it as a sign from above to try something new after so long on WS). Anyway if you or anyone has a tip lay it on me!
I joined this forum just because i am having a similar problem, i have had many rooted phones and custom roms but never exprienced duplicate file structures.. I went from stock 4.1.2 installed cwm cleared data then installed cm 10.1.3 RC1. My issue is that in root explorer have:
/sdcard/
/storage/emulated/0
/storage/emulated/legacy
/storage/sdcard0/
File paths all lead to the same folders and "update" when i download files. Ive already accidentally deleted all my media in an attempt to consolidate folders.
What should i attempt next? I would like to only have internal storage, /sdcard/ path for onboard sd storage, then still have /extSdcard/.
Im puzzled and tired of 4 copied file locations. Thanks in adv. guys!
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I joined this forum just because i am having a similar problem, i have had many rooted phones and custom roms but never exprienced duplicate file structures.. I went from stock 4.1.2 installed cwm cleared data then installed cm 10.1.3 RC1. My issue is that in root explorer have:
/sdcard/
/storage/emulated/0
/storage/emulated/legacy
/storage/sdcard0/
File paths all lead to the same folders and "update" when i download files. Ive already accidentally deleted all my media in an attempt to consolidate folders.
What should i attempt next? I would like to only have internal storage, /sdcard/ path for onboard sd storage, then still have /extSdcard/.
Im puzzled and tired of 4 copied file locations. Thanks in adv. guys!
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Hello krs_uno - I just finished correcting the issue and all seems to be working perfectly. This is what to do...first of all do it on the PC because it is much simpler - all those confusing new folders on the phone's file browser just show up on the PC as 2 tiers of a folder called "0". All you do is simply cut and paste everything from the 0 folder back into the root of internal memory - on the PC referred to as "Phone", and what we want to show up in the "sdcard" folder on the phone. [edit: I forgot to say you should cut and paste in moderate sized chunks or it looks like it's too much for the phone (or PC?) to handle...it bogs/freezes.] The only trick is that to move the "Android" folder you have to rename it first or it won't allow the move (not in recovery on phone either - I tried using the file browser in TWRP). Just rename it again after. If you already have a new Android folder in the root destination (from whatever activity you have done since this mess started) just merge the contents. Same for anything else in there that you want to keep. Then just delete the 0 folder structure - everything on my phone in Root Explorer now looks exactly the same as it did before the mess started (having looked just as you described above beforehand).
I hope it works the same for you...it should.
My notification LED seems to be functioning normally again :good:
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Hmm...then I imagine Root Explorer wouldn't work either. But hopefully using the file explorer within TWRP will bypass that restriction. I'm trying to work up the courage to do it haha.
And yeah I remember you always saying that wicked 4.1 was working so well for you that you didn't want to upgrade to 4.2 :laugh:
Oh btw now I just noticed that my notification LED is not working...grrr. Why oh why did I stray? (Actually I know why - when Dazed decided to close the thread I took it as a sign from above to try something new after so long on WS). Anyway if you or anyone has a tip lay it on me!
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You could try TWRP. And I don't know why he closed it. Well I do and it is very understandable but his and stock is the 2 ROMs I run most. 4.1 ran and still runs beautifully for me.
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You could try TWRP. And I don't know why he closed it. Well I do and it is very understandable but his and stock is the 2 ROMs I run most. 4.1 ran and still runs beautifully for me.
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I'm all good now (see 2 posts up). Yeah it sure is understandable. I don't know what's gonna get me to switch again...this is by far the best working and looking ROM I've used on any device. I'll follow some of the threads for the new ROMS and maybe in time if something looks really great and stable - I just hate the new file structure (not crazy about some of the changes in the functionality of 4.3 either). Maybe a full internal memory wipe before installing a new version of Android would be benficial...IDK
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Hello krs_uno - I just finished correcting the issue and all seems to be working perfectly. This is what to do...first of all do it on the PC because it is much simpler - all those confusing new folders on the phone's file browser just show up on the PC as 2 tiers of a folder called "0". All you do is simply cut and paste everything from the 0 folder back into the root of internal memory - on the PC referred to as "Phone", and what we want to show up in the "sdcard" folder on the phone. [edit: I forgot to say you should cut and paste in moderate sized chunks or it looks like it's too much for the phone (or PC?) to handle...it bogs/freezes.] The only trick is that to move the "Android" folder you have to rename it first or it won't allow the move (not in recovery on phone either - I tried using the file browser in TWRP). Just rename it again after. If you already have a new Android folder in the root destination (from whatever activity you have done since this mess started) just merge the contents. Same for anything else in there that you want to keep. Then just delete the 0 folder structure - everything on my phone in Root Explorer now looks exactly the same as it did before the mess started (having looked just as you described above beforehand).
I hope it works the same for you...it should.
My notification LED seems to be functioning normally again :good:
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Through windows i only see the Internal Storage and extSdcard folders, the Internal storage only relates to the sdcard folder in my file browser. I do not see storage or 0 as a file path. Its not even inside of Internal storage, Im going to try wiping data and formatting the internal SD before installing cm 10.1.3 could that fix it?
I think im going to go back to cm 10.1.2 for now its apparently more stable..
I'm sorry I really don't know. I don't know why it doesn't look the same on your computer. Are u coming from a TouchWiz rom? If not maybe that's why? I do like the idea of formatting the internal sd if you're willing to do that. I'm sorry I'm not more help - I kinda just know the little that I know Hopefully someone else will chime in.
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I'm all good now (see 2 posts up). Yeah it sure is understandable. I don't know what's gonna get me to switch again...this is by far the best working and looking ROM I've used on any device. I'll follow some of the threads for the new ROMS and maybe in time if something looks really great and stable - I just hate the new file structure (not crazy about some of the changes in the functionality of 4.3 either). Maybe a full internal memory wipe before installing a new version of Android would be benficial...IDK
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I keep my stuff all on external SD card.
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I keep my stuff all on external SD card.
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thekrautdog- You were defintely helpful, i did come from stock samsung 4.1.2 which is touch wiz.. maybe formating sdcard will help before a clean install..
I usually keep my stuff strictly on external sd only too, but seeing that wacky file structure had me bent.
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thekrautdog- You were defintely helpful, i did come from stock samsung 4.1.2 which is touch wiz.. maybe formating sdcard will help before a clean install..
I usually keep my stuff strictly on external sd only too, but seeing that wacky file structure had me bent.
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I usually just keep everything there and then if I wanna move ROMs, just move all pictures to my external. Then I will have nothing on internal to worry about.
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I forgot I made this back in the day. This might help some people .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36959843
[Guide][How To] Fix Sdcard / Find backups after cm10.1 Flash!
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As the title, is it normal if we get those folders after update to 4.2 ? Because as far as I read the problem when updating to 4.2 is only 0 folder.
I was using PA 2.54 that based on 4.1.2. I have installed latest TWRP. Then made a factory reset, after that I flashed PA 2.99. And it created those folders. Please help. Thanks.
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As the title, is it normal if we get those folders after update to 4.2 ? Because as far as I read the problem when updating to 4.2 is only 0 folder.
I was using PA 2.54 that based on 4.1.2. I have installed latest TWRP. Then made a factory reset, after that I flashed PA 2.99. And it created those folders. Please help. Thanks.
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After reluctantly accepting the 4.2 ota, i also gained legacy and obb folders in data/media. I do have emulated showing, but im still confused at this point. Google made some waves.
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After reluctantly accepting the 4.2 ota, i also gained legacy and obb folders in data/media. I do have emulated showing, but im still confused at this point. Google made some waves.
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and this is why I want a physical SD card in my phone... this emulated BS is driving me crazy today... over already accidentally deleted files thinking this so called linked directory was not a real directory ... it is in fact a fake directory with real actions... come on google... 1 directory to call home... not the multi linked mess of fake folders ....
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Does anyone know what directories/folders are safe to delete? I have an entire duplicate of everything across two folders.
They reside here.
/storage/emulated/legacy/0/
/storage/emulated/0/0/
They are exact duplicates. Same size, etc.
Which is safe to remove? I searched for like a day on this forum, and many others. I have been trying to figure out which is safe to remove, but I am more confused now then ever. :silly:
I feel like just picking one to delete to free up space and if I muck up, I'll restore from a Nandroid.
The 0 folder is the new directory.
located at data/media/0
Created when you upgrade from 4.1.x to 4.2.1
The other folders you see are links to these folders, not duplicates of what you have stored in these folders.
Installing the latest recoverys will take care of the extra 0 folders ie 0/0/0
If you delete the folders from one of the link folders, you may delete the actual folders. They don't take up space.
gpfnzl said:
The 0 folder is the new directory.
located at data/media/0
Created when you upgrade from 4.1.x to 4.2.1
The other folders you see are links to these folders, not duplicates of what you have stored in these folders.
Installing the latest recoverys will take care of the extra 0 folders ie 0/0/0
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Hey, thanks for the reply.
I do have the latest recovery, but apparently if you updated to the latest CWM after moving to JB 4.2 you are still gonna get the folders. Updating before going to 4.2 would have prevented this. Well, this is what I get from reading other messages and forums.
So I am wondering if there is another way to sort these so it's not so confusing.
If not, I'll accept it and may roll back to 4.1, update my recovery, then flash the 4.2 rom.
and this is why I want a physical SD card in my phone... this emulated BS is driving me crazy today... over already accidentally deleted files thinking this so called linked directory was not a real directory ... it is in fact a fake directory with real actions... come on google... 1 directory to call home... not the multi linked mess of fake folders ....
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i'm still not sure what the actual presentation of the data loss that i heard about was, it wasnt people simply not finding the right path to the data was it? but i also dont get why so many people are so keen to remove a link to their internal memory. Why is it so bad for it to be there? just dont go into the folder
a lot of people seem to get that it is an exact mirror (it's just like a shortcut in windows), so just use one, and whats the bother?
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i'm still not sure what the actual presentation of the data loss that i heard about was, it wasnt people simply not finding the right path to the data was it? but i also dont get why so many people are so keen to remove a link to their internal memory. Why is it so bad for it to be there? just dont go into the folder
a lot of people seem to get that it is an exact mirror (it's just like a shortcut in windows), so just use one, and whats the bother?
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They arent exact mirrors. The fact that I have to go through four virtual SD cards to find something I downloaded that's buried in one of them. Its a total pain. Which one is the real one?
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Hey, thanks for the reply.
I do have the latest recovery, but apparently if you updated to the latest CWM after moving to JB 4.2 you are still gonna get the folders. Updating before going to 4.2 would have prevented this. Well, this is what I get from reading other messages and forums.
So I am wondering if there is another way to sort these so it's not so confusing.
If not, I'll accept it and may roll back to 4.1, update my recovery, then flash the 4.2 rom.
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From what i see, reverting back to 4.1 won't do it.
You have to go back to a particular stock 4.1 then install latest CWM recovery. untested by me. There is a guide around but i've lost the link.
For me I did a full manual wipe of everything (including SD card), then a manual reinstall of cwm and a 4.2 rom.
I have a 0 folder, but i don't have a 0/0/0 folder created when switching between roms.
Need someone clever to write a clear guide and have it stickied
I too would be interested to know if a solution has been found yet. My legacy folder is taking up more than half of my internal storage. Is it safe to delete?
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I didn't think my dirs were duplicated at first, and the other day I investigated more. One directory structure looks exactly the same, but when I went thru the diff folders and compared between the two, alot of the folders didn't have the same contents. Some folders were even empty and it's clone had data in it, settings and whatnot.
I may post a screenshot once my phone is charged.
/emulated/legacy/0/0/
Is completely different from
/emulated/legacy/0/
The data is diff sizes if you compare both of those folders.
Why Android went this way by setting user accounts/profiles is beyond me.
Here is an example pic. I am not going to take screenshots of everything tho, obviously.
On the left all the folders and data is older then the data in the directory on the right, so I am thinking it is probably safe to delete the older data.
Any ideas?
Here is another example.
What is in the legacy folder on right, is totally diff from what is on the left, but in this case, the data on the left is now the newest data, where the right has no data at all.
Just noticed /emulated/legacy/0/0/0/ also has totally diff contents then the first two I mentioned and the folders vary in size dramatically.
It's a bit frustrating.
EDIT: Added another pic.
DelphinusMinor said:
Here is another example.
What is in the legacy folder on right, is totally diff from what is on the left, but in this case, the data on the left is now the newest data, where the right has no data at all.
Just noticed /emulated/legacy/0/0/0/ also has totally diff contents then the first two I mentioned and the folders vary in size dramatically.
It's a bit frustrating.
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Please correct me if im wrong in my thinking. Its normal if I flash from 4.2 (for a day or to) then flash back using a nandroid to 4.1 to have a left over 0folder sitting in my main storage SDcard0?
So when im back on 4.1 I have Sdcard0/0 thats where it ends for me as of now. I flash back and forth all the time. I also get legacy folders but as of yet there always emty. The 0folders left over (mind you im on 4.1) im only testing 4.2 but the left over folder 0 does contain a lot of folders though only data is located in the duplicate android folder.
Questions so being that im on 4.1.2 again what do I do with the left over folders? Up till now I just use windows copy them over and let all the folders merge. Seems to work most the time but It can cause issues.... there gotta be better way? How come I get left over crap in a 0 folder every dang time I flash back from 4.2 to 4.1
Thats normal? Oh BTW im on newest TWRP installed from GOO. I am running Jellybam 4.1.2 I don't delete folders just merge them back into my other folders but maybe I shouldn't do this?
I dunno when im on 4.2 I don't have any issues except that I think this concept is some stupid guys idea of trying way way to hard to be smart. Smoked a little ot much weed before he came to work ya know?
Please
1. What do we do about 0 doler / legacy folder when we flash back to 4.1
2. Whats normal... what should we except when flashing from 4.1 to 4.2 assuming we have newest TWRP or CWM
3. Anything else you think you should add
4. whats your home launcher
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xxsicknessxx said:
Please correct me if im wrong in my thinking. Its normal if I flash from 4.2 (for a day or to) then flash back using a nandroid to 4.1 to have a left over 0folder sitting in my main storage SDcard0?
So when im back on 4.1 I have Sdcard0/0 thats where it ends for me as of now. I flash back and forth all the time. I also get legacy folders but as of yet there always emty. The 0folders left over (mind you im on 4.1) im only testing 4.2 but the left over folder 0 does contain a lot of folders though only data is located in the duplicate android folder.
Questions so being that im on 4.1.2 again what do I do with the left over folders? Up till now I just use windows copy them over and let all the folders merge. Seems to work most the time but It can cause issues.... there gotta be better way? How come I get left over crap in a 0 folder every dang time I flash back from 4.2 to 4.1
Thats normal? Oh BTW im on newest TWRP installed from GOO. I am running Jellybam 4.1.2 I don't delete folders just merge them back into my other folders but maybe I shouldn't do this?
I dunno when im on 4.2 I don't have any issues except that I think this concept is some stupid guys idea of trying way way to hard to be smart. Smoked a little ot much weed before he came to work ya know?
Please
1. What do we do about 0 doler / legacy folder when we flash back to 4.1
2. Whats normal... what should we except when flashing from 4.1 to 4.2 assuming we have newest TWRP or CWM
3. Anything else you think you should add
4. whats your home launcher
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I use Apex Launcher but you don't see it in the images. I think you are referring to FlashFXP which is a file manager I use to move files and folders between my PC and my phone, and to move files and folders between diff folders on the device itself by connecting to my phone in two instances.
It's my understanding the "0" folders are designated for the different user accounts.
If you go to JB 4.2. and then go back to 4.1 I believe the files from your 4.2 install remain intact(Or at least the file structure). No data is actually wiped unless you intentionally do so.
Now, I am just someone who flashes casually and I wouldn't consider myself an expert. I am confident in my skills, just not at a point where I can say anything with serious conviction. So your mileage may vary.
I actually found out which set of folders were the ones in use, and I ended up doing a nandroid, and then deleting everything else on my phone to be safe. I have rebooted several times and haven't had any issues. This was a few days ago.
Remember too, if you restore from an older nandroid from a prior firmware version it will roll back whatever kernal you currently have, etc. It basically brings your phone to the exact state it was in when you did the backup.
Good luck with whatever you do! :cyclops:
AHHHHHHH All my precious data on internal sdcard GONE. All because of the stupid linked legacy folder! I was just trying to delete 1 duplicated (or so I thought) mp3 file, then Google had to come into the action and screw everything over!
I'm done! I'm done with all this BS. I can't even sleep properly! Just let me enjoy my summer
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AHHHHHHH All my precious data on internal sdcard GONE. All because of the stupid linked legacy folder! I was just trying to delete 1 duplicated (or so I thought) mp3 file, then Google had to come into the action and screw everything over!
I'm done! I'm done with all this BS. I can't even sleep properly! Just let me enjoy my summer
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If you just deleted one file... how did literally all of your data get erased?
I... what
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If you just deleted one file... how did literally all of your data get erased?
I... what
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I deleted the undetectable, sneaky, linked legacy/emulated folder because it was in /sdcard. So it portrayed itself as another folder, but in it's entirety was the /sdcard itself masquerading as emulated/legacy causing ones mind to think it is an expendable piece of foolery. Linked folder(/sdcard->emulated) contains emulated folder which links sdcard, but it was placed in sdcard so it's entire existence is invalid. Inception eh.
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The 0 folder is the new directory.
located at data/media/0
Created when you upgrade from 4.1.x to 4.2.1
The other folders you see are links to these folders, not duplicates of what you have stored in these folders.
Installing the latest recoverys will take care of the extra 0 folders ie 0/0/0
If you delete the folders from one of the link folders, you may delete the actual folders. They don't take up space.
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thank you for this, finally i found where to hunt down the folders taking up space on the storage and delete that ****, now i have more room on the internal memory.:good:
tomh1979 said:
thank you for this, finally i found where to hunt down the folders taking up space on the storage and delete that ****, now i have more room on the internal memory.:good:
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Could you give us all a pointer as to which folders you found safe to delete--I'm sure that we could all do with getting that bit of extra storage??
Ok I have a Toro Nexus and ever since I went to Jelly Bean when I switch ROM's there has been weird file system for the "sdcard" storage system I can't figure out why all of these mirrors exist or how to reduce it down to just one. It started with AOKP and it's just gotten worse since.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Karnaj
Did you flash a 4.2 ROM and now have /0 folders?
If not, what weirdness are you experiencing?
Yes now I have the /0 folders and files are being picked up in double and some of the emulated space isn't available. When I go to sdcard in Root Explorer it points too /legacy and that redirect was originally sdcard => sdcard0. I attached a screen shot of what I am describing. When it's connected to my laptop the laptop reads the space just fine it's just the Android OS and Apps on my phone.
Karnaj
Theaoun P.M.,
I will try that File System fix for 4.2 and see if t fixes the entire file system.
Sorry for my delayed response, I have been trying to motivate my daughter to get up and get ready for school.
karnaj said:
I will try that File System fix for 4.2 and see if t fixes the entire file system.
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That was going to be what I was going to recommend you look into anyhow. Hopefully it works for you.
karnaj said:
Ok I have a Toro Nexus and ever since I went to Jelly Bean when I switch ROM's there has been weird file system for the "sdcard" storage system I can't figure out why all of these mirrors exist or how to reduce it down to just one. It started with AOKP and it's just gotten worse since.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Karnaj
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It might be the known issue with /0 being added to the sdcard, and re-added with each rom change if you're using an old recovery, giving you /sdcard/0/0/0 and so on, with an extra /0 each time you install a new rom (if you want more details there've been many threads on it, I didn't bookmark any).
To stop it happening update to the latest twrp or cwr (dunno if it will fix what you already have).
If it's something else more details on exactly what roms and what the 'weird file system is' would help.
Hey,
I went back to 4.1.2 (JellyBam) after using 4.2.1 (PA ROM). But there's a 0 folder inside my internal memory folder which leads to all my real files (music, pics etc etc).
So it's like.
-sdcard0
.....-0 (Folder)
..........-DCIM
..........-Downloads
..........-Music
..........-Titanium Backup
..........-etc etc etc
.....+'Music' which is empty
.....+'Downloads' which is empty
.....+etc etc etc
I searched on XDA, but the only solutions I found were:
1. copy every file to my computer, delete the 0 file (or not) and then put the copied files from my computer onto my phone. But there was no progress in the copying process as it was freezing.
2. Format everything, recovery, and some other things I didn't understand.
So I came here asking for help. Hopefully someone knows any other answer.
P.S. I know I can just chance the location of my backed-up files from TB, so there's no problem in that case.
But it is just annoying and sometimes it confuses me.
Thanks in advance :good:
I'm thinking of the same I'm not digging 4.2.1 that much.
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I believe in 4.2 the /0 folder is the new location for the pseudo SD card instead of under /storage/
That's 4.2+ file structure to support multiuser and mentioned in dozens of threads. Just learn to live with it. Google knows what they're doing.
Meh well that's gonna be 4.2.1 for me...this is way too annoying with the files and folders
Rapydax said:
Meh well that's gonna be 4.2.1 for me...this is way too annoying with the files and folders
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how is it annoying? you dont see really anything different other than going 1 more folder deeper.
Zepius said:
how is it annoying? you dont see really anything different other than going 1 more folder deeper.
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Because change is bad obviously. Especially when it adds features.
Zepius said:
how is it annoying? you dont see really anything different other than going 1 more folder deeper.
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I went back to CM10 (4.1.2) from CM10.1 (4.2.1) and just found it easiest to backup all my files and format the storage. Windows wasnt seeing the storage correctly until after I did that.
brooksyx said:
I went back to CM10 (4.1.2) from CM10.1 (4.2.1) and just found it easiest to backup all my files and format the storage. Windows wasnt seeing the storage correctly until after I did that.
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How'd you do this? I'm curious to try the cm10.
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What recovery are you using?
The issue is with resets and CWM recovery. The problem is your app back ups get covered under 0,0,0 and can't be restored, music apps can't see music, gallery can't see pics etc.
Switch to TWRP Open Recovery and the 0 problem goes away.
Best way to get your SD back in line is to use your PC to move everything back up where it should be. Hope this helps, freaked me out when I thought I lost my SD.
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I think some of you aren't understanding the OP's question. He doesn't dislike the /0 file structure (or maybe he does, but I don't think that's the point he's making), he just doesn't want to keep it when downgrading to 4.1.2. That's perfectly understandable to me, and actually something I've been thinking about for a couple weeks.
OP- You have a few options. I think the simplest is to go ahead and flash a 4.1.2 ROM, then use a file explorer on the phone to cut from the /0 directory and paste straight into the main sdcard directory. Option 2 is to use a PC and cut and paste the same thing, but I don't know how quick it would be. Another possibility is to copy everything off your phone onto your PC, then format the storage on your phone, then copy everything from the PC back to /sdcard/. This is probably the cleanest and safest option, but also slowest. I'm sure there is also a way to do it with ADB, where you cut and paste from /0 to /sdcard/, but I'm no good with ADB so somebody else would have to give you the commands. ADB is most likely going to be the fastest method as far as file copy progress, but that's only a guess. I'm sure there are several other options I'm not aware of, but those are the ones I've thought of while thinking of doing this on my phone.
Good luck! Let me know which works for you and how it works........
I went back to a 4.1 ROM at one point and it did not immediately move everything back where it could be seen even with the latest recovery. I found that the easiest fix was to plug the phone into my computer right after the first boot and then move the data to the right folders with adb. Very quick and painless. TWRP does the fix going from 4.1 to 4.2 very nicely.
Downgrading to 4.1.2 from 4.2.1
I'm downgrading because I'm have a ton of blue tooth issues. I'm currently backing up my SD to my laptop then from win explorer I'll copy everything from /0 to the top SD directory. It's not any fun at all.
I wonder how many people will actually use the multiple users on their phone/tablet?
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Tablet - maybe
Phone - probably not
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I know this has been asked numerous times in alot of different threads but I was hoping by starting this someone would be kind enough to elaborate and explain exactly what is needed and what is not. I know I should have plenty of storage on my phone but it seems I dont. I have 2.23 GB left and I know I should have more. If anyone is willing to explain more in detail it would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I am currently using Rootbox and it has been the only rom I've used since rooting my phone.
treezy26 said:
I know this has been asked numerous times in alot of different threads but I was hoping by starting this someone would be kind enough to elaborate and explain exactly what is needed and what is not. I know I should have plenty of storage on my phone but it seems I dont. I have 2.23 GB left and I know I should have more. If anyone is willing to explain more in detail it would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I am currently using Rootbox and it has been the only rom I've used since rooting my phone.
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Bump. I'm having a bunch of issues with this. I went from stock rooted to AOKP, and now TWRP won't recognize my backup so that I can go back to stock. It's really annoying. I'm not having any luck with any partition I copy the backup to. Does anyone know of a way to restore stock factory partitioning? Even doing an LGNPST of ZV9 and then taking the OTA doesn't fix the partitioning. I've tried everything I can think of and I'm out of ideas.
Use a root file browser your stock storage is in mnt/shell/emulated so once your in that Ares look for your twrp folder copy the backups inside it then paste then into the twrp in sdcard0 ..... to sum up you haven't lost anything these cm/aosp ROMs create a new storage (sdcard0) so just take anything you normal store in your stock storage which is now mnt/shell/emulated and place it in sdcard0 or redirect apps looking for files to look in those places
I'm not sure about deleting those files in the stock storage though unless you have no intention in returning to stock cause if you delete them then return to stock they will be missing and vice versa
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Use a root file browser your stock storage is in mnt/shell/emulated so once your in that Ares look for your twrp folder copy the backups inside it then paste then into the twrp in sdcard0 ..... to sum up you haven't lost anything these cm/aosp ROMs create a new storage (sdcard0) so just take anything you normal store in your stock storage which is now mnt/shell/emulated and place it in sdcard0 or redirect apps looking for files to look in those places
I'm not sure about deleting those files in the stock storage though unless you have no intention in returning to stock cause if you delete them then return to stock they will be missing and vice versa
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That's what I did, and TWRP refuses to recognize my backup. Time to LGNPST.
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treezy26 said:
I know this has been asked numerous times in alot of different threads but I was hoping by starting this someone would be kind enough to elaborate and explain exactly what is needed and what is not. I know I should have plenty of storage on my phone but it seems I dont. I have 2.23 GB left and I know I should have more. If anyone is willing to explain more in detail it would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I am currently using Rootbox and it has been the only rom I've used since rooting my phone.
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You likely still have the old "sd card" from a previous stock install. Use a root file explorer, like ES File Explorer, and navigate back to the root directory. You will likely have a directory called "mnt". Navigate to that folder and open the "sdcard" folder. You'll find whatever you used to have on your sd card from previous installs. I would save whatever you want to your new sd card directory and delete the entire mnt/sdcard directory. It might not allow everything to be deleted, but it should fee up that space you're missing.
*Note: The old files could be under mnt/emulated or some such directory, I dont remember. Just look around that folder to find those old files.
Hope that helps!
I'm having the same issue with this folder. I see that it is mirrored because i added a file in the sdcard0 folder it showed up in the sdcard folder. But i also found the same folders in the mnt folder. So are they all mirrored files or are they actually taking up space? Is there a way to format the space? Will the rom still boot up? Also, had that 0 folder on my sdcard, but am not able to delete it just rename the folder.
I'm running nexOGen 1.6 if it makes a difference. Hope someone can help.
thanks!
So i was on g2 apps v5.5 rom for some time when all of a sudden my media stopped scanning, i wasnt sure why, rescan media apps werent working either, so i decided to flash a new rom and i chose candykat, since then all of my files that i used to have, pictures, videos, etc have completely vanished. i cant locate the files in 7 zipper, es file explorer, and media scan apps still bring me nothing. Yet my internal storage still has the same amount of space used that it did before, and also when i go into CWM and choose install a zip it shows all the folders and things that i am missing, but that is the only place i see the folders but i dont have access to my files from cwm. Also i have noticed that when i am on 7zipper looking through files my internal storage says storage/emoulated/0 and i have no idea what the emulated is about, if anyone has any info or knows what im talking about please to help, Im not too great with phone stuff but i am okay, so if anyone has any simplified steps to give me on how to fix this issue it would be appriciated, thank you.
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Just do some searching mate. And use ROOT EXPLORER and give it access.
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So i was on g2 apps v5.5 rom for some time when all of a sudden my media stopped scanning, i wasnt sure why, rescan media apps werent working either, so i decided to flash a new rom and i chose candykat, since then all of my files that i used to have, pictures, videos, etc have completely vanished. i cant locate the files in 7 zipper, es file explorer, and media scan apps still bring me nothing. Yet my internal storage still has the same amount of space used that it did before, and also when i go into CWM and choose install a zip it shows all the folders and things that i am missing, but that is the only place i see the folders but i dont have access to my files from cwm. Also i have noticed that when i am on 7zipper looking through files my internal storage says storage/emoulated/0 and i have no idea what the emulated is about, if anyone has any info or knows what im talking about please to help, Im not too great with phone stuff but i am okay, so if anyone has any simplified steps to give me on how to fix this issue it would be appriciated, thank you.
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The way Kitkat makes the "SDcard"/"Internal Storage" directory is different from how it was on Jelly bean. <--EDIT: By this, I mean that the directory path is different.
The card is reading that X amount of data is on the card, yet you can't see it because your files are technically still there, but under the old directory path.
There are a couple of ways to fix this, but the EASIEST (IMO) way is to first restore a JB Nandroid backup (you can backup your KK ROM first if desired). First thing you'll notice is that the files will be there again. Now, plug your phone into your computer and copy all the files to it.
Reboot into recovery and format the internal SD. It's best to do it from within recovery, because otherwise, JB will just recreate the JB file structure and immediately start saving stuff to it. So when you get to KK, there will once again be the old structure hidden and with some files taking up space.
Now either reflash your KK rom or restore your KK backup.
Boot it up and copy your files back to the phone.
*I ran into this same issue after flashing KK for the first time. This is the exact process I did to resolve it.
Another way is to use a root file browser and locate the old directory and copy everything over to the new one. However, I think this might take quite a long time since the phone can do this only so fast.
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The way Kitkat makes the "SDcard"/"Internal Storage" directory is different from how it was on Jelly bean. <--EDIT: By this, I mean that the directory path is different.
The card is reading that X amount of data is on the card, yet you can't see it because your files are technically still there, but under the old directory path.
There are a couple of ways to fix this, but the EASIEST (IMO) way is to first restore a JB Nandroid backup (you can backup your KK ROM first if desired). First thing you'll notice is that the files will be there again. Now, plug your phone into your computer and copy all the files to it.
Reboot into recovery and format the internal SD. It's best to do it from within recovery, because otherwise, JB will just recreate the JB file structure and immediately start saving stuff to it. So when you get to KK, there will once again be the old structure hidden and with some files taking up space.
Now either reflash your KK rom or restore your KK backup.
Boot it up and copy your files back to the phone.
*I ran into this same issue after flashing KK for the first time. This is the exact process I did to resolve it.
Another way is to use a root file browser and locate the old directory and copy everything over to the new one. However, I think this might take quite a long time since the phone can do this only so fast.
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Okay, thank you, I will try that soon and see if it works.