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Hi All,
I've taken a look around and can't seem to find anything relating to this so I'm gona ask.
I've just got my DHD and love it but I have never used Android before so it's taking some getting used to. ( I'll get there I'm sure )
My question is I have an MP3 file I'd like to use for my notifications ( comes from my HTC Touch HD ) but for the life of me I can't seem to put it in the media folder that the DHD uses. I can find it using the ES file search thing but it won't let me copy in to it?
Do I need to get admin rights? Rooting or whatever its called?
Sorry if it's a daft question. but its annoying the bejesus outa me.
Thanks in advance
JD
I think you have got to place the mp3 in a folder on the root of your sdcard called "notifications".
Hope that works!
Hi CD993,
Thanks for the reply but..
I can't find any folders on the sdcard other than the ones i've made from having it in my Touch HD.
I can however find the Notifications folder in audio on the phones memory. This has all the MP3's that the phone uses. But still I can't paste to it. Just says copy failed.
I'm just wondering if I need to "jailbreak it" or root....something something to be able to add to the root folders.
put your phone in settings,connect to pc,select disc drive now your computer willl see your sdcard as a drive look at your my computer and either go into my mobile at the bottom or go into the sdcard on my computer it comes up as Idrive as copy your mp3 file into your mobile here disconnect your mobile and search for it in your mp3 files through your media music app.you may have to reboot your mobile once disconnected from the computer so the file gets noticed.
if this is not what your looking for then sorry but I dunno.
Hi Magpie,
Thanks but no.
I already have the MP3 on the sdcard but I can't seem to copy it to the system/media/audio/notifications. This is where the phone reads the sounds that it plays when you receive email/txt etc.
Maybe I should just flash a new ROM although this appears harder than it is with the touch HD on winmo lol
Thanks for the reply anyways
JD
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I've since managed to Root the phone "give me root admin rights" but still am unable to copy files to the phones root folders.
Im sure you just put the mp3's in a folder on your sdcard called notifications e.g. sdcard/notifications/ringtone.mp3
cd993 said:
Im sure you just put the mp3's in a folder on your sdcard called notifications e.g. sdcard/notifications/ringtone.mp3
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Hi CD993,
Maybe there is a problem with my sdcard? I don't have such a folder on it. I have a music folder data folders google folders I've looked through them all and can't find a notifications folder on the sdcard?
Should the DHD be using the sdcard as its main source for audio etc?
SdCard/Sounds/Notifications
SdCard/Sounds/Alarms
SdCard/Sounds/Ringtones
SdCard/Sounds/UI
Make the folders as you need them. Then you will be able to find them in the Sounds tab in the menu.
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Hi CD993, Should the DHD be using the sdcard as its main source for audio etc?
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If you have root access you should be able to write them to the main memory using a program like Root Explorer. You can find system sounds in /System/Media/Audio.
Kalavere said:
SdCard/Sounds/Notifications
SdCard/Sounds/Alarms
SdCard/Sounds/Ringtones
SdCard/Sounds/UI
Make the folders as you need them. Then you will be able to find them in the Sounds tab in the menu.
If you have root access you should be able to write them to the main memory using a program like Root Explorer. You can find system sounds in /System/Media/Audio.
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Hi Kalavere,
you are a star! Easy when you know how I guess Now I know how to do that it's time to learn to flash ROMS to droids...Wish me luck not to brick it lol
jadeddave said:
Hi Kalavere,
you are a star! Easy when you know how I guess Now I know how to do that it's time to learn to flash ROMS to droids...Wish me luck not to brick it lol
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Flashing Android ROMs is so much easier than WM. It's getting the root that is the *****. It took me ages to work out how to install the ADB drivers when I first got my Desire.
Flashing ROM's just replaces two folders, so if you are updating from one AOSP ROM to another, maybe even Sense I don't know I don't use it, generally speaking you don't need to wipe the phone and you keep all of your apps.
cd993 said:
Im sure you just put the mp3's in a folder on your sdcard called notifications e.g. sdcard/notifications/ringtone.mp3
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Hi cd993,
I realise now you were saying the same thing
Sorry for my noobish dismissal
JD
Kalavere said:
Flashing Android ROMs is so much easier than WM. It's getting the root that is the *****. It took me ages to work out how to install the ADB drivers when I first got my Desire.
Flashing ROM's just replaces two folders, so if you are updating from one AOSP ROM to another, maybe even Sense I don't know I don't use it, generally speaking you don't need to wipe the phone and you keep all of your apps.
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Hi Kal,
Yes as far as I'm aware I have root perms. i used VISIOnary? and followed a thread on here When I open cmd promt or whatever its called on linux and type su it gives me the # which apparantly means i have rooted it?
Yet I was unable to copy to that folder on the phones main memory.
That ADB driver I'm afraid i've not even looked into it yet all I know is my win 7 failed to install it when I plugged the phone in for the first time.
I've gotten as far as using titanium back up for apps etc. Just need to do some more research I guess I'm new to android
anyway thanks for all your help people. i'm sure i'll have more questions in the appropriate threads as time goes by. Thanks all
JD
Personal Audio Files for Yahoo! Mail
Everything you all have said works, if I put something in mnt/sdcard/media/audio/notifications I am able to then see the files under the Sounds Setting.
My issue is needing Yahoo Mail to see the notification. For that I need to copy the files to /system/media/audio/notification and for that I am not able to change the permissions. I have tried ES File Explorer and I am not even able to move up from sdcard. I have also tried total commander and I get "Error writing to target file! /system/media/audio/notifications/yahoo.mp3
Can someone please help. I really like the Yahoo! application.
Setting Yahoo Notification
Root explorer will allow you to change the directory from Read Only to Read Write. It can be purchased from Play (Market) or acquired by other means as I did.
Copy the file to /system/media/audio/notification using root explorer.
Reboot.
Tada...
I know this has been addressed but I was hoping you could help me and my friend out because we can't seem to find a definitive answer out there....I have tried about 8-10 4.2.X ROMs on my galaxy nexus and every time I do the files are moved into sub folder 0 because of multiple users and the restructured file system that comes with it.....now our problem is that when we use 4.2 or 4.2.1 ROMs the files are invisible no matter what I do....I used many different file explorers and yes I have "show hidden files" checked off. However when I revert back to 4.1.2 the files appear again.....even when I hook my phone up to my computer when running 4.2.x the files are invisible and they are nowhere to be found so that I can merge the old and new file folders...so basically when I'm running 4.1.2 everything is great but when I flash 4.2.x everything is moved and cannot be seen or visible on my phone or computer until I revert back to the previous version of android (4.1.1 or 4.1.2). Any help or problem solving is much appreciated once again thank you for the time and patience for dealing with us lol
Seems you are not using the latest TWRP or CWM so you are running into the "0" folder issue. Update your recovery and try again.
Hope this works
ahmadallica said:
Seems you are not using the latest TWRP or CWM so you are running into the "0" folder issue. Update your recovery and try again.
Hope this works
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Thanks I will look but I think I am twrp version 2.3.3.1 something like that I will check thanks bud
ahmadallica said:
Seems you are not using the latest TWRP or CWM so you are running into the "0" folder issue. Update your recovery and try again.
Hope this works
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Yeah I'm definitely using the latest twrp 2.3.2.1 thanks anyway man
So what do you exactly have in /sdcard/ after you flash 4.2?
Oh and assuming you know that you have a folder called "xyz" and it becomes invisible, then did you try searching using the "Search" function of the file explorer you are using so it can find this "xyz" for you automatically?
The files should be stored somewhere because you see them when reverting to 4.1.2 so I think that determining where they are should help in understanding what's going on and what to do later
Note: I have to sleep so I will check this thread again in the morning if no one helped you already
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
ahmadallica said:
So what do you exactly have in /sdcard/ after you flash 4.2?
Oh and assuming you know that you have a folder called "xyz" and it becomes invisible, then did you try searching using the "Search" function of the file explorer you are using so it can find this "xyz" for you automatically?
The files should be stored somewhere because you see them when reverting to 4.1.2 so I think that determining where they are should help in understanding what's going on and what to do later
Note: I have to sleep so I will check this thread again in the morning if no one helped you already
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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First and foremost let me say thanks for taking the time I really appreciate it.....OK.....yes I have used the search function.....let's see here.....so currently I'm running PACman ROM android 4.1.2.....I'm using ES File Explorer.....so when I use es explorer and go to SD card everything is there....games media pics videos basically everything I have on my phone....now when I flash a 4.2.X ROM I download es file explorer and I check off show hidden files.....when I go to SD card a brand new set of files have appeared....including but not limited to "Android" "Notifications" "Downloads" etc. It brings a whole new set of empty folders to the foreground and all of my original folders were moved.....but I can't seem to find a way to "go up a level" to see my original files and see folder "0" with this new set of empty folders.....I basically can't find a way to go up one level and see the entire contents of SD card on my phone or on my computer it just automatically brings me the the newest folder "0" with no way to go up a level no matter what I do or try
Actually in ES File Explorer you will not be able to go up and see the files of the root directory unless you are "rooted" and do the following:
1) Run ES File Explorer
2) Click on the botton right 3 dots
3) Click settings
4) Scroll down to "Other Settings" and choose "Root settings"
5) Check the first three options "Root Explorer", "Up to Root" and "Mount File System"
Now if you start ES File Explorer then you can go up one level by clicking the "up" icon in the main screen
Afterwards, maybe you can search manually or via the Search function to find your files
ahmadallica said:
Actually in ES File Explorer you will not be able to go up and see the files of the root directory unless you are "rooted" and do the following:
1) Run ES File Explorer
2) Click on the botton right 3 dots
3) Click settings
4) Scroll down to "Other Settings" and choose "Root settings"
5) Check the first three options "Root Explorer", "Up to Root" and "Mount File System"
Now if you start ES File Explorer then you can go up one level by clicking the "up" icon in the main screen
Afterwards, maybe you can search manually or via the Search function to find your files
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DUDE!!!!!!!! Thank you so much I am rooted and checking off those 3 options did it!!!! Thanks a lot man I really appreciate it thanks for taking the time
I'm having the same issue as the OP. I can see all file structure with Astro and root explorer, yet I can not see them with my windows computer. All I can see is internal storage and the folders that are in there which seems to be just the main folders.
How are you able to see the rest of the folders in windows explorer so you/I can put my backups back on my phones. Titanium is saving to storage/emulated/legacy. Yet I can not get there through my PC. This is driving me nuts. I have a fresh install and want to get my back up stuff back to the correct locations.
Thanks
msucoleman said:
I'm having the same issue as the OP. I can see all file structure with Astro and root explorer, yet I can not see them with my windows computer. All I can see is internal storage and the folders that are in there which seems to be just the main folders.
How are you able to see the rest of the folders in windows explorer so you/I can put my backups back on my phones. Titanium is saving to storage/emulated/legacy. Yet I can not get there through my PC. This is driving me nuts. I have a fresh install and want to get my back up stuff back to the correct locations.
Thanks
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It seems you have your Titanium backup folder on your PC and you want to send it back to your phone, right?
If so, then just move the titanium backup folder normally to your /sdcard/ then follow this post to let titanium detect the folder you sent to /sdcard/ then restore your apps
ahmadallica said:
It seems you have your Titanium backup folder on your PC and you want to send it back to your phone, right?
If so, then just move the titanium backup folder normally to your /sdcard/ then follow this post to let titanium detect the folder you sent to /sdcard/ then restore your apps
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You are correct and I have everything pretty much the way I want, but I think I have extra folders in my internal storage. I can now see the main storage from windows and it is temping to just keep going with what i got, but I have this nagging feeling that I have something wrong.
Like in this thread.
4.2 roms + CWM 6.0.2.3
your old files are located in data/media
4.2 creates its new SD card directory in data/media/0
take the files you want out of the old directory and put them in the new one and they will show up on your computer.
gpfnzl said:
4.2 roms + CWM 6.0.2.3
your old files are located in data/media
4.2 creates its new SD card directory in data/media/0
take the files you want out of the old directory and put them in the new one and they will show up on your computer.
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"data/media/0" ......there they are!! Thanks!
So I feel like a noob, but here goes. Going into restore from recovery shows to backups I created. I can not find these folders from any explorer. I've checked all /clockworkmod/backup folders under /storage/ and they are all empty. I also tried searching for boot.img and gave up after a few mins, I also searched various responses on the net.. So where else could the backup folders be, i'm running a 4.2.1 rom.
Thanks
voidstab said:
So I feel like a noob, but here goes. Going into restore from recovery shows to backups I created. I can not find these folders from any explorer. I've checked all /clockworkmod/backup folders under /storage/ and they are all empty. I also tried searching for boot.img and gave up after a few mins, I also searched various responses on the net.. So where else could the backup folders be, i'm running a 4.2.1 rom.
Thanks
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Should be under Storage/SDcard0
BWolf56 said:
Should be under Storage/SDcard0
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I'm using v6.0.2.3 could it be a version issue and the backups are not actually created...
Recovery still shows two folders and shows the location as /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ and ES file explorer shows that folder as empty.
So I don't think it is working. I let a search from root finish for 1970-03-02.03.38.38 which is showing in recovery and it found nothing. I'm curious why recovery is showing these folders, does it keep a list of backups in a file somewhere.
Figured it out. Right in ROM manager it states, In Android 4.2 backups are placed in secure directory, inaccessible to other apps.
So anyways..
*edit*
If anybody else happens across this, if you enable root explorer the secure folder where the backups are can be accessed.
In my defense I didn't have rom manager installed...
voidstab said:
Figured it out. Right in ROM manager it states, In Android 4.2 backups are placed in secure directory, inaccessible to other apps.
So anyways..
*edit*
If anybody else happens across this, if you enable root explorer the secure folder where the backups are can be accessed.
In my defense I didn't have rom manager installed...
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Sorry, I took for granted that you knew more about root explorer, my bad.
As for ROM Manager, please unistall it. It will only cause problems.
use "ES Filexplorer" and enable hidden files in the settings menu. Then go to the root folder in ES and look for a folder called mnt and you will find it in there
I know its an old thread but took me a while to figure out.
muks11 said:
use "ES Filexplorer" and enable hidden files in the settings menu. Then go to the root folder in ES and look for a folder called mnt and you will find it in there
I know its an old thread but took me a while to figure out.
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I wanted to delete the folder from root browser, apparently it deleted, but the folder remained there. So what I did is quite simply, open up a terminal, su, then rm -fr /mnt/whereclockworkfolderis, and that's it.
You can find here:
\storage\emulates\clockworkmod\backup
voidstab said:
I'm using v6.0.2.3 could it be a version issue and the backups are not actually created...
Recovery still shows two folders and shows the location as /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ and ES file explorer shows that folder as empty.
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Doing a search w/ Root Explorer I finally found it here on my Galaxy Nexus on VZW (toro) running CM 10.1:
/mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
Plesk8 said:
Doing a search w/ Root Explorer I finally found it here on my Galaxy Nexus on VZW (toro) running CM 10.1:
/mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
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Yes. With ES Explorer and turning on "Root Explorer" in the Tools menu in Settings, I was able to see /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup/<mybackup>
I just backed up my AT&T Galaxy Note 2 running CM 10.1.3 Android 4.2.2 and was unable to find it until I saw this thread.
Thanks,
Dennis
dperique said:
Yes. With ES Explorer and turning on "Root Explorer" in the Tools menu in Settings, I was able to see /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup/<mybackup>
I just backed up my AT&T Galaxy Note 2 running CM 10.1.3 Android 4.2.2 and was unable to find it until I saw this thread.
Thanks,
Dennis
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mee to!
how to put back the backup to phone?
someone knows how to put this backup back to the phone? because it is not a .zip
it is like:
aaaa.tar.a
bbbb.zip
cccc.log
dddd.md5
eeee.img
so when I whant to put it back with clockworkmood - wich file should I select and it will knows to reupload ALL?
thx,
Laurentiu
thx
Plesk8 said:
Doing a search w/ Root Explorer I finally found it here on my Galaxy Nexus on VZW (toro) running CM 10.1:
/mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
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thank you very much, i find i want.:good:
Date of file creation?
voidstab said:
So I don't think it is working. I let a search from root finish for 1970-03-02.03.38.38 which is showing in recovery and it found nothing. I'm curious why recovery is showing these folders, does it keep a list of backups in a file somewhere.
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Now this one just makes me wonder. I was cleaning out some files and of course I ran across this one. I have, actually two backup files. Im deleting the older, however I noticed something odd and pulled up properties of the file. I have no idea as to why it says the file was created in 1969 or as it says 1970 in the file. Is this some possible issue?
Casper Young said:
I have no idea as to why it says the file was created in 1969 or as it says 1970 in the file. Is this some possible issue?
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No. When you reset a phone, it doesn't have the correct time. it's like replacing the battery of your bed alarm clock. So when you create a file, it will use this date.
Unrational!
nehc_rm said:
No. When you reset a phone, it doesn't have the correct time. it's like replacing the battery of your bed alarm clock. So when you create a file, it will use this date.
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Well that's even more odd. You think that if it didn't know the correct time or date, it would probably reset to 2000. But 1969, 1970? Weren't PCs way back then, so where's this very odd number coming from? A Grand-Father Clock? There was a period that many PCs weren't ready for when the time came. The turn of the century, when 1999 went to 2000, it was a numerical difficulty with Computers. Kind of makes what you are saying difficult to believe shall I say. It's a really odd number to reset to.
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Well that's even more odd. You think that if it didn't know the correct time or date, it would probably reset to 2000. But 1969, 1970? Weren't PCs way back then, so where's this very odd number coming from? A Grand-Father Clock?
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Early computers were made after the WWII, mostly used by government. It's not an random date/time. Every computer use unix time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time
U.S.S.N. Pegasus RCVN
Capitans log, Stardate 72221.6. We was flying in the sector containing the XDA Neutral zone when suddenly killer confectionaries were all about. Abandon Shi.... Ker-Peeewf! Q? Where did you come from?
My T705 is running very nicely on KK and I'm not really too bothered about updating it to Lollipop. So is there a way to get rid of the Update icon in the notification bar?
Thanks
If you are rooted you should not get the notification.
There is a guide but it is for the S3 phone, it might give you a guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856632
John.
I think that means you've already downloaded the update. From memory you should have a folder named FOTA on your internal storage. Delete that to get rid of the notification.
However it would be better to actually move it to your external sd card for future use.
Also I'm sure you can disable automatic updates in settings.
The only FOTA files I could find were these, please see image attached.
schrodinger56 said:
The only FOTA files I could find were these, please see image attached.
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Should be a normal folder. If it's not there then you probably don't have the update downloaded yet.
ashyx said:
Should be a normal folder. If it's not there then you probably don't have the update downloaded yet.
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According to the screens (see images) the update has been downloaded.
It could be in the root of your internal storage. You may need a file manager such as es explorer that can show root folders.
ashyx said:
It could be in the root of your internal storage. You may need a file manager such as es explorer that can show root folders.
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I've tried a couple of file manager apps but all I can find called FOTA is what's shown above.
No they are just apps.
It must be there somewhere. It is most certainly on your internal storage.
It may not necessarily be in a folder called fota. That is coming from memory. Ota's are usually zips, but could be named anthing.
It'll just be one large file somewhere.
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No they are just apps.
It must be there somewhere. It is most certainly on your internal storage.
It may not necessarily be in a folder called fota. That is coming from memory. Ota's are usually zips, but could be named anything.
It'll just be one large file somewhere.
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If it's there, which it is, it's keeping itself very well hidden. The various Root File Explorers I've used just cannot find it!!
Looks like I'll just have to put up with it.
Can an file manger with a large file finder not find it for you, if the file is 800mb+ it should show up.
Try File Manager HD
John.
Tinderbox (UK) said:
Can an file manger with a large file finder not find it for you, if the file is 800mb+ it should show up.
Try File Manager HD
John.
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Tried that app i.e. File Manager HD but still no luck. I've tried searching by size, name etc but nothing shows up.
Have you looked in Android/data? Both internal and ex sdcard.
I eventually found it, don't ask how!! I moved it to the ext SD card and now the notification has gone. Ironically it wouldn't have installed anyway because my T705 is rooted and OTAs don't install on a rooted device.
Thanks to all.
schrodinger56 said:
I eventually found it, don't ask how!! I moved it to the ext SD card and now the notification has gone. Ironically it wouldn't have installed anyway because my T705 is rooted and OTAs don't install on a rooted device.
Thanks to all.
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Where was it and what's it called?
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Where was it and what's it called?
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I think it was just luck that I came across it. It was in a Folder called Data in another folder called FOTA. I moved it to my external SD card where it now resides.
And the name of the file?
It was called update.zip
Just had a message from Google Photos to Backup 0123-4567 Folder
After a search i find that this is in Root/Storage and seems to be either a clone of my SD Card or Shortcut to it.
Either way something obviously written it to the Root and isn't removable.
Could this be a virus or malware?
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Root in this sense is just the base directory ... Not sure the file explorer your using but it's how it should appear .. see my attached screenshot from MiXplorer on my un-rooted device .
Root can mean either root user (i.e. you 'rooted' your device to gain Su rights, root rights) or it can mean the root directory, i.e. the base directory (on windows the root directory would be your c drive, or your root user directory your home drive)
Maybe an application update on your file explorer of choice?
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Root in this sense is just the base directory ... Not sure the file explorer your using but it's how it should appear .. see my attached screenshot from MiXplorer on my un-rooted device .
Root can mean either root user (i.e. you 'rooted' your device to gain Su rights, root rights) or it can mean the root directory, i.e. the base directory (on windows the root directory would be your c drive, or your root user directory your home drive)
Maybe an application update on your file explorer of choice?
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Im unrooted and using file manager which ive had since day 1, but this morning I get a notification that i can backup the new folder 0123-4567 which resides in the storage folder of the root directory, if i open this folder it contains exactly what is in my SD Card. Which is strange for it to just appear out of the blue.
Darkat70 said:
Im unrooted and using file manager which ive had since day 1, but this morning I get a notification that i can backup the new folder 0123-4567 which resides in the storage folder of the root directory, if i open this folder it contains exactly what is in my SD Card. Which is strange for it to just appear out of the blue.
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as stated root in your case is /... referring to root directory.. the screenshot u posted is normal.. basically its /storage... this is all normal.. the 0123-4567 is typically your external sdcard... /storage/emulated/0 is the main storage directory for internal memory i.e. where Download folder is for example.. another way u can get there is /sdcard which is a shortcut to /storage/emulated/0
you probably had an app or something u installed that can read sdcard but its definitely nothing to worry about amd is definitely not a virus since thats how pretty much every android device is for years n years now
elliwigy said:
as stated root in your case is /... referring to root directory.. the screenshot u posted is normal.. basically its /storage... this is all normal.. the 0123-4567 is typically your external sdcard... /storage/emulated/0 is the main storage directory for internal memory i.e. where Download folder is for example.. another way u can get there is /sdcard which is a shortcut to /storage/emulated/0
you probably had an app or something u installed that can read sdcard but its definitely nothing to worry about amd is definitely not a virus since thats how pretty much every android device is for years n years now
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Yes im an advanced Android user, i know all about Root...but its always been emulated/0/ and nothing was installed or uninstalled. I have never seen 0123-4567 as an SD card directory on the last dozen Android phones ive owned previously. Just seemed a little suspicious it would ask me to backup a NEW Folder for no reason.
Darkat70 said:
Yes im an advanced Android user, i know all about Root...but its always been emulated/0/ and nothing was installed or uninstalled. I have never seen 0123-4567 as an SD card directory on the last dozen Android phones ive owned previously. Just seemed a little suspicious it would ask me to backup a NEW Folder for no reason.
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not sure what you are talking about honestly.. / has always been known as root directory or rootfs etc...
there is no /emulated.. it is /storage/emulated which translates to root(dir) > storage > emulated...
under /storage you will see your different storage locations which will be your extsd (XXXX-XXXX), internal storage (/storage/emulated/0)...
I honestly dont know what android devices youve owned or if you are confused but it is what it is.. it is not unusual for your device to ask if you want to back stuff up on your storage directories.
Case in point my extsd is shown below, in a XXXX-XXXX character map to storage .from what I gather there isn't a naming convention at all on how these are mapped, vendorID maybe of the sdcard ? I dunno ... Tis what it is and I just ignore
elliwigy said:
not sure what you are talking about honestly.. / has always been known as root directory or rootfs etc...
there is no /emulated.. it is /storage/emulated which translates to root(dir) > storage > emulated...
under /storage you will see your different storage locations which will be your extsd (XXXX-XXXX), internal storage (/storage/emulated/0)...
I honestly dont know what android devices youve owned or if you are confused but it is what it is.. it is not unusual for your device to ask if you want to back stuff up on your storage directories.
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What im talking about is pretty obvious in my root/storage directory a brand new directory appeared called 0123-4567 which has never been there before.
And i have owned Nexus 2 3, 5, 6P, Huawei mate 9, mate 20 pro, samsung s9+ s10+ S20Ultra
All of the nexus i rooted with custom firmware.
None of these phones had ever had 0123-4567 as a folder anywhere in the any root directory on the phones until this occurred yesterday.
And im well aware its usual that the phone asks for backups.
Your missing the entire point. Which is
A New directory appears
The phone notification also stated if i wanted to backup the photos in this.... NEW FOLDER.
upon examination of this folder it was just a clone of the sd card.
emulated and internal folders still appear as always did in the storage directory... but now theres a new resident.... 0123-4567 whom moved in yesterday.
What's difficult to understand???
Screenshots... notice SD card appears in the Root directory which is how its been since phone was launched and purchased 6 months or so ago. 0123-4567 Never appeared in storage until Sep 11 2020.
Notice that theres nothing in the other folders, however yesterday emulated had /0 which contained my sd card contents..... now its not accessible.
Google found my hidden root folder. I got 100gbs of porn store there
Just for comparison screenshot from my S5e tablet using the same Solid File Explorer Version. The only difference on my tablet is no synergy theming. Same apps installed on both devices.
Darkat70 said:
Screenshots... notice SD card appears in the Root directory which is how its been since phone was launched and purchased 6 months or so ago. 0123-4567 Never appeared in storage until Sep 11 2020.
Notice that theres nothing in the other folders, however yesterday emulated had /0 which contained my sd card contents..... now its not accessible.
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ur phone must have been glitched before then and all ur other phones..
u have to look at ur permissions as well.. ur clearly not root and to view storage storage/emulated you need root permissions..
Xxxx-xxxx IS YOUR EXTERNAL SDCARD
it could have been google photos wasnt saving to extsd or settings changed or app was updated or u created a new folder or saved something to ur extsd that prompted it to ask if u wanted to back it up..
also if u look in ur own screenshot sdcard is just a symlink to /storage/emulated/0 which is your internal storage.
theres not really any other way to explain it. it is normal behavior, not a virus or anything, xxxx-xxxx is ur extsd, its no virus, its not root (u dont have any special root permissions or anything) so im still not sure what else u need answered. If you still disagree with something then that wont change any of the facts
ive had every samsung since original smartphone, multiole goigke phones, some lg phines, some zte, asus and even some motos and they were all the same so either unvr paid attention to it before or who knows.
also doesnt matter what apps u have installed or anything.. if u put a extsd into ur tablet ull see the same or similar xxxx-xxxx in same directory
Darkat70 said:
Just for comparison screenshot from my S5e tablet using the same Solid File Explorer Version. The only difference on my tablet is no synergy theming. Same apps installed on both devices.
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cuz u dont have a extsd in ur tablet
elliwigy said:
cuz u dont have a extsd in ur tablet
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Im not rooted but Solid File Explorer is a hugely popular file browser that any Android enthusiast would know can allow you to browse through the root of the phone.
And there is a 64gb SD Card in my tablet.
None of.my phones were glitchy they all worked flawlessly thank you for your input, but you obviously have no idea what i am saying
Darkat70 said:
Im not rooted but Solid File Explorer is a hugely popular file browser that any Android enthusiast would know can allow you to browse through the root of the phone.
And there is a 64gb SD Card in my tablet.
None of.my phones were glitchy they all worked flawlessly thank you for your input, but you obviously have no idea what i am saying
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then ur tablet isnt reading ur 64gb sd card
elliwigy said:
then ur tablet isnt reading ur 64gb sd card
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Its working fine, i have music and documents i use daily on it.
Darkat70 said:
Its working fine, i have music and documents i use daily on it.
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ok then where is it mounted?
elliwigy said:
ok then where is it mounted?
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Sat in the sim tray next to the sim with files im using daily.
Your welcome.
Darkat70 said:
Sat in the sim tray next to the sim with files im using daily.
Your welcome.
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lol not physically mounted obviously.. where is it mounted in android? you should be able to find out inyour file manager.. of course i understand if its mounted at /storage/XXXX-XXXX and you dont want to say cuz you would be wrong..
life goes on