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Need help for 4.2 users : About emulated and legacy folders

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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Ridho1 said:
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.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus with Paranoid Android powered by Trinity kernel
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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.

bodh said:
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 ....
/rant (GNexToro(HWv9)-TapTalk2)

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?

d0wns3t said:
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?

DelphinusMinor said:
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.
EDIT: Added another pic.
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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
peace

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
peace
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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

Peteragent5 said:
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

tritonesub said:
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.

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
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??

[Q] SD card seemed to double, cannot erase portion of it

I have been having a bit of a problem with my Galaxy Nexus and its driving me nuts because of the storage situation..
Up until a couple weeks ago, I had the latest (at that time) version of AOKP on the phone (4.1.?, JB build 2 possibly). Then, around the first of the year, they updated to their 4.2 version JB-MR1 Build 1. The first time I installed the ROM, I installed it with the wrong GAPPS, ICS vs JB, and the phone went all haywire. I tried to get into the SD card to check which GAPPS was installed, but there were SO many force closes, I couldn't do anything. I rebooted into recovery, tried to go to my SD card, but ALL my info was gone. Basically a clean SD card.
So, I within minutes, I restored back to what I was on and everything was happy. No problems. I then downloaded the right GAPPS, installed the new ROM and GAPPS and everything worked great. Happy happy joy joy..
Today, I went to do a restore and remove some old backups and again, there is a second SD card. There is the normal one, and one labeled under /0/ in the directory.
I can access that directory while in recovery, but cannot with root explorer (or via my computers explorer) to erase it. The problem is, I think it is doubled up my photos and media, and now the card is full..
So, long story just to ask, how can I get rid of this other SD card directory? When talking with a co-worker, he mentioned it creates another directory when a second profile gets created..something I never did.
Any thoughts on how to get this removed so I can have my space back?

MikeDaub said:
I have been having a bit of a problem with my Galaxy Nexus and its driving me nuts because of the storage situation..
Up until a couple weeks ago, I had the latest (at that time) version of AOKP on the phone (4.1.?, JB build 2 possibly). Then, around the first of the year, they updated to their 4.2 version JB-MR1 Build 1. The first time I installed the ROM, I installed it with the wrong GAPPS, ICS vs JB, and the phone went all haywire. I tried to get into the SD card to check which GAPPS was installed, but there were SO many force closes, I couldn't do anything. I rebooted into recovery, tried to go to my SD card, but ALL my info was gone. Basically a clean SD card.
So, I within minutes, I restored back to what I was on and everything was happy. No problems. I then downloaded the right GAPPS, installed the new ROM and GAPPS and everything worked great. Happy happy joy joy..
Today, I went to do a restore and remove some old backups and again, there is a second SD card. There is the normal one, and one labeled under /0/ in the directory.
I can access that directory while in recovery, but cannot with root explorer (or via my computers explorer) to erase it. The problem is, I think it is doubled up my photos and media, and now the card is full..
So, long story just to ask, how can I get rid of this other SD card directory? When talking with a co-worker, he mentioned it creates another directory when a second profile gets created..something I never did.
Any thoughts on how to get this removed so I can have my space back?
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Android 4.2 has a multiuser framework.
The "0" folder you are seeing is the first user.
Although it's only possible to create more users on tablets without tweaks
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Lord Yurij said:
Android 4.2 has a multiuser framework.
The "0" folder you are seeing is the first user.
Although it's only possible to create more users on tablets without tweaks
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Am I crazy saying that it could be taking up a couple gbs of space on my card? It seems that since this started up, my SD is almost full.
Any idea how to merge, or remove that? I can only access the 0 folder while in recovery, and no other time.

They put in symlinks to the folder so you can access it from different directories. The information shouldn't be doubled unless you personally did it.

Reading this might help you understand:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2107194

Lord Yurij said:
Android 4.2 has a multiuser framework.
The "0" folder you are seeing is the first user.
Although it's only possible to create more users on tablets without tweaks
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk HD
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eqjunkie829 said:
They put in symlinks to the folder so you can access it from different directories. The information shouldn't be doubled unless you personally did it.
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Thanks for the everything and helping me understand...
I did not copy over anything to that directory, and in fact cannot even access it outside of Recovery. It just looked to me that things were copied over by the file structure, which is why I thought it duplicated things. It just seemed odd to me that when all this happened, my SD card seemed to get much fuller..
Thanks again..

MikeDaub said:
Thanks for the everything and helping me understand...
I did not copy over anything to that directory, and in fact cannot even access it outside of Recovery. It just looked to me that things were copied over by the file structure, which is why I thought it duplicated things. It just seemed odd to me that when all this happened, my SD card seemed to get much fuller..
Thanks again..
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Late but useful info for "the next guy". When you install 4.2 its creates a multi-user environment, correct. And you do loose half your space (assuming it was full when you upgraded). Here's why. In 4.2 there is only /data/media which is where your internal SD card (sdcard) is symlinked to (ie: the actual location of your files). When you install 4.2, all of /data/media is copied to /data/media/0 for the first user, then /data/media/11 for the second user, then /data/media/12 for the third user and so forth. Each user gets their own /data/media directory which has all the files that the single user had in 4.1 For each user you add, say its only yourself, you just lost half your space because /data/media still exists but now so does /data/media/0 (a duplicate copy). So you sdcard's space is divided by the number of user accounts your system has installed in 4.2. Hope this clarifies things.

elfaure said:
Late but useful info for "the next guy". When you install 4.2 its creates a multi-user environment, correct. And you do loose half your space (assuming it was full when you upgraded). Here's why. In 4.2 there is only /data/media which is where your internal SD card (sdcard) is symlinked to (ie: the actual location of your files). When you install 4.2, all of /data/media is copied to /data/media/0 for the first user, then /data/media/11 for the second user, then /data/media/12 for the third user and so forth. Each user gets their own /data/media directory which has all the files that the single user had in 4.1 For each user you add, say its only yourself, you just lost half your space because /data/media still exists but now so does /data/media/0 (a duplicate copy). So you sdcard's space is divided by the number of user accounts your system has installed in 4.2. Hope this clarifies things.
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Thanks. After a bunch of research, that is what is happening, and why my phone is always full of "stuff" now.
Now, if I could only access the /0 folders from my desktop...then I would be set..

MikeDaub said:
Thanks. After a bunch of research, that is what is happening, and why my phone is always full of "stuff" now.
Now, if I could only access the /0 folders from my desktop...then I would be set..
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you do. its what you see when you plug your phone in.
if you have a old recovery and are flashing roms, it will create multiple /0 folders.

Zepius said:
you do. its what you see when you plug your phone in.
if you have a old recovery and are flashing roms, it will create multiple /0 folders.
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If that is the case, I would like to access the standard folder, the copy, or original, or whatever the none /0 folder is..

MikeDaub said:
If that is the case, I would like to access the standard folder, the copy, or original, or whatever the none /0 folder is..
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then you need root to explore /data/media/

Zepius said:
then you need root to explore /data/media/
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Right. I would just find it handy to do via my desktop...

MikeDaub said:
If that is the case, I would like to access the standard folder, the copy, or original, or whatever the none /0 folder is..
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"/data/media/" and "/storage/sdcard0/" or even just "/sdcard/" are the same thing. You dont have copies of files on your phone. If you delete it in one location, it deletes in the other because they are the same. You have the "0" folders on "storage/sdcard0" as well. If you do happen to have copies of files, you can organize it all on your computer if you plug in your phone.

MikeDaub said:
Thanks. After a bunch of research, that is what is happening, and why my phone is always full of "stuff" now.
Now, if I could only access the /0 folders from my desktop...then I would be set..
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sdcard 0 in AOSP ROMs

I have the Bell Canadian Optimus G and I like to switch between stock and AOSP ROMs sometimes. The problem is that, unlike my old phone, whenever I go back to a stock ROM after an AOSP one all of the data on my internal memory is moved to a folder labeled "0" in the internal sdcard. It screws up my backups from my stock ROM because all of the apps expect the data to be in the root of the internal memory. Is there a way to prevent the AOSP ROMs from moving the files to the 0 folder or a better way to deal with it?
I appreciate all help!! Thanks in advance,

royoshukrun said:
I have the Bell Canadian Optimus G and I like to switch between stock and AOSP ROMs sometimes. The problem is that, unlike my old phone, whenever I go back to a stock ROM after an AOSP one all of the data on my internal memory is moved to a folder labeled "0" in the internal sdcard. It screws up my backups from my stock ROM because all of the apps expect the data to be in the root of the internal memory. Is there a way to prevent the AOSP ROMs from moving the files to the 0 folder or a better way to deal with it?
I appreciate all help!! Thanks in advance,
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i downloaded root explorer just see if it viewed the folder with the 0 and it does not. it views it as sdcard. strange.

any info on the reason for having the sdcard0, sdcard1 and emulated folders would be appreciated.

gentledroid17 said:
i downloaded root explorer just see if it viewed the folder with the 0 and it does not. it views it as sdcard. strange.
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That IS strange. And yeah, it keeps the second sdcard there, too, which is always empty and so useless. I'm afraid to delete it though.
Maybe it's because the ROMs are based on the Nexus ROMs and the Nexus is formatted that way? (I don't actually know if the nexus is formatted that way, this is just a guess).

That's how android does the things for 4.2+.

chadouming said:
That's how android does the things for 4.2+.
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Oh it's a google thing. Thanks for the clarification!!

lost internal memory

so my wife's gs3 was stock rooted...made backups of everything including a nandroid. everything was on the internal memory. i've flashed carbon rom and now cannot seem to find anything. internal appears to be what was on her sdcard. yet when i go into settings-storage sdcard is greyed out without an option to mount. connecting to a pc only gives me one option to connect to. i can't even restore the nandroid. it's been a while since i've been off of a nexus personally so i'm hoping this is something easy i've overlooked and any help is appreciated, thank you

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damngood98 said:
so my wife's gs3 was stock rooted...made backups of everything including a nandroid. everything was on the internal memory. i've flashed carbon rom and now cannot seem to find anything. internal appears to be what was on her sdcard. yet when i go into settings-storage sdcard is greyed out without an option to mount. connecting to a pc only gives me one option to connect to. i can't even restore the nandroid. it's been a while since i've been off of a nexus personally so i'm hoping this is something easy i've overlooked and any help is appreciated, thank you
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All your files are intact, they have just been moved around since you flashed the carbon rom.
If you had any nandroid backups they are intact too.
Read the following article and you will see exactly where they are using a file manager like root explorer.
Here is the link: http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/top...-cm101-is-available-on-rootzwiki-from-noobnl/
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Misterjunky said:
All your files are intact, they have just been moved around since you flashed the carbon rom.
If you had any nandroid backups they are intact too.
Read the following article and you will see exactly where they are using a file manager like root explorer.
Here is the link: http://teamuscellular.com/Forum/top...-cm101-is-available-on-rootzwiki-from-noobnl/
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thanks...i'm aware of the recovery issues going into 4.2....and i've been using a root file manager. yet i'm still unable to find any other storage. i didn't wipe it but this was probably the first time i didn't save everything to the pc before flashing. i have so much crap backed up from her previous phones that i will never need. f+cking murphy's law...and while i could be mistaken, this shouldn't have an effect on the sdcard not being able to mount, no?

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damngood98 said:
thanks...i'm aware of the recovery issues going into 4.2....and i've been using a root file manager. yet i'm still unable to find any other storage. i didn't wipe it but this was probably the first time i didn't save everything to the pc before flashing. i have so much crap backed up from her previous phones that i will never need. f+cking murphy's law...and while i could be mistaken, this shouldn't have an effect on the sdcard not being able to mount, no?
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Have you found this folder yet? /sdcard/0 using a file manager like root explorer or any other
file manager which can read the root of the sdcard ?

Misterjunky said:
Have you found this folder yet? /sdcard/0 using a file manager like root explorer or any other
file manager which can read the root of the sdcard ?
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This information should be accurate enough for OP to find his files.
The SD cards have a lot of symlinks in Android. The one true path for your internal SD is /data/media. Your files are there.

Misterjunky said:
Have you found this folder yet? /sdcard/0 using a file manager like root explorer or any other
file manager which can read the root of the sdcard ?
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hmm....this always confused me now...i do have the sdcard0 available but not sdcard1 (completely empty)...is 1 the actual sdcard? bottom line, there are other pictures of hers i'm not seeing now and rom toolbox is telling me there is nothing backed up as far as text messages. where ever they're located be it sdcard or internal i just need to find them.

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Aerowinder said:
This information should be accurate enough for OP to find his files.
The SD cards have a lot of symlinks in Android. The one true path for your internal SD is /data/media. Your files are there.
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That's for sure, I don't thing the guy is paying much attention at all to what I am trying to tell him,
judging by his replies he just keeps rambling on about things that don't pertain to anything which
I have suggested to him to try.

Misterjunky said:
That's for sure, I don't thing the guy is paying much attention at all to what I am trying to tell him,
judging by his replies he just keeps rambling on about things that don't pertain to anything which
I have suggested to him to try.
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/sdcard/
/mnt/sdcard
mnt/shell/0/
storage/emuluted/0
storage/sdcard0
data/media/0
all of the above are paths to my internal....none of these are my sdcard
in any case, i believe my card is corrupted. i appreciate the help everyone has tried to give though...thanks to you all

/data/media/ is honestly all you really need to know.. Every single folder/file that exists within your internal storage lie within that directory. Once you find what you're looking for you can take it from there.
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LuigiBull23 said:
/data/media/ is honestly all you really need to know.. Every single folder/file that exists within your internal storage lie within that directory. Once you find what you're looking for you can take it from there.
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i have a almost similar problem. On my pc can see that my internal storage is almost full but when i open it i don't show the files. i can't install apps on my to view the files on my because of the low storage.

JurrienXR said:
i have a almost similar problem. On my pc can see that my internal storage is almost full but when i open it i don't show the files. i can't install apps on my to view the files on my because of the low storage.
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Well go to your phone and try any of the methods mentioned above for locating all your files.
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LuigiBull23 said:
Well go to your phone and try any of the methods mentioned above for locating all your files.
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the thing is i installed a different rom but it doesn't come with a file manager and i can't install one because of the low storage

JurrienXR said:
the thing is i installed a different rom but it doesn't come with a file manager and i can't install one because of the low storage
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Do you have TWRP? You can navigate the same directories using the file manager there or you can simply go into Settings > Storage and look through the categories in which are taking up the most space and remove what you can to then download a root browser and go from there.
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0 (zero) folder on internal storage

I've noticed the other day looking thru root explorer that there was a 0 folder there. I pressed it and saw that it kept going about 8 folders in 0>0>0> etc . I also noticed that its the bulk of my internal space. I figure every time I flash a ROM, it creates a 0 folder with more data. My question is : if I delete this folder, does any one know what would happen. I ask because I know touchwiz Roms are big but the new m.o.a.r 6.0 was giving my internal storage issues at times. Was just curious. Thanks for the help/advice in advance.
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duce415 said:
I've noticed the other day looking thru root explorer that there was a 0 folder there. I pressed it and saw that it kept going about 8 folders in 0>0>0> etc . I also noticed that its the bulk of my internal space. I figure every time I flash a ROM, it creates a 0 folder with more data. My question is : if I delete this folder, does any one know what would happen. I ask because I know touchwiz Roms are big but the new m.o.a.r 6.0 was giving my internal storage issues at times. Was just curious. Thanks for the help/advice in advance.
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make a nandroid then try it. worse case scenario you have to reflash. you could always boot to twrp do a complete wipe or internal. or even a full wipe of device and reinstall rom. free up some space.

You might want to go through all those 0 folders and copy the contents to your pc. Every time you flashed a 4.2 or higher rom all of your stuff was put into those folders. You don't want to lose anything important. After you make sure everything important is out of there, then you can delete them.

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You might want to go through all those 0 folders and copy the contents to your pc. Every time you flashed a 4.2 or higher rom all of your stuff was put into those folders. You don't want to lose anything important. After you make sure everything important is out of there, then you can delete them.
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Thank you. I'll do that and give it a try.
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