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Move apps to SD - Unrooted Froyo Guide. Noobs Guide

First of all, all credit goes to williamj1 who created this post on another forum!
it might be useful for people on this forum as they are always saying that they are running out of space but are scared to root. Well give this a go and see how it goes.
Noob's Guide to this Process. (The phone doesn't need to be rooted)
*Updated: Widget Info / Guide / Fix *
*Updated 2: Added some more info for windows 7 users and for new SDK*
Note:
This requires Froyo 2.2
It doesn't void your warranty
It doesn't delete existing apps
It's perfectly safe
It doesn't require rooting.
Download the SDK from here- Android SDK | Android Developers
Extract using something like WinRar
Copy the second folder into the sdk named "android-sdk-windows" to the desktop.
Open the folder on the desktop and open the file, SDK Manager.exe (as no such file as setup.exe exists in the new version of the SDk)
Close the command / windows command prompt window that opens
Untick all options you are promted to download except ones like the manuals, and Essentially, ensure the USB driver option is selected / ticked.
Let these files download
Ensure on your phone, USB Debugging is on - Go to Settings/Applications/Development/USB Debugging and ensure its ticked / on.
Download and install HTC Sync from HTC's website for your device.
Connect your phone by USB and select the HTC sync option when it pops up with charge only, disk mode etc.
Allow the sync to complete.
Open windows command promt. Start / Run
Type in (without quotations) "cmd"
The following should appear. (with your user account instead of "your user name" - note its "users" in windows 7, not documents and settings
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
15. Type in the following after the ">" at each step (without quotations,and including spaces and capital letters)
"cd desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools" (might be "cd desktop\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools" in windows 7)
"adb devices"
"adb shell"
A $ sign should pop up
"pm setInstallLocation 2"
Another $ should pop up
(to revert back to default you would change setInstallLocation 2 to setInstallLocation 0) easy isnt it?
And your done. Close everything, disconnect phone, turn off phone and then turn it back on again.
16. Now the phone will be set to install all apps you install onto the SD card. However, current apps on phone will mostly still be stored on the internal memory. This process doesn't move these apps for you, it adds the ability. So you must now manually move those already installed on the phone.
To do this, go to settings / applications / manage applications
Then you just click on an app, and the move to SD card box should no longer be Grey. So you must now move all the apps you want onto the SD Card.
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Note: I would not advise moving apps like widgets, or anything system related. Furthermore, for example, I have the 3g watchdog app constantly running, so it is advisable to keep apps like that on the internal memory.
See below for more information on widgets...
If you get an invalid path message, it suggests it cannot find the required folder you are asking it to. My method only works if you have saved it to the desktop. If you have saved it elsewhere it won't work. You would have to redirect the desktop part of the code ("cd desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools") to somewhere else.
For example if you saved it in my docs instead, it would be - "cd My Documents\android-sdk-windows\tools". That's why I used the desktop, it's far easier to code the cmd to find the file.
Finally, part of the problem is that when you extract the core sdk rar file, it is extracted to a folder wherever it was saved originally titled android-sdk-windows, but in that is another folder called android-sdk-windows, and then only once you open that second folder do you gain access to the tools, usb driver folders and so on. Therefore, you must either, remove the first folder so you are left with just a folder named android-sdk-windows which inside contains tools... or you must recode my above to say "cd Desktop\android-sdk-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools".
Likewise, beware as I can't remember for certain, but I think the sdk in its core form is called android-sdk_r07-windows or something (08/09 too), so rename this to android-sdk-windows.
One final note. Fairly irrelevant to this process but since this is being viewed a lot I'll say it anyway. Don't ever use a task killer. Wrecks the phone! Happened to me, happened to thousands. Ask below for more info.....
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Widget Fix / Guide
Just to clarify about widgets for anyone unclear. There seems to be a bit of confusion here. This may have been said earlier I don't know, but again hopefully this is simpler. Ill add this to the first post too.
With this process, you can still use widgets, but not if they are on the SD Card (which they automatically will be assuming you got my original guide process to work.) Ive tested this, and it works every time for me. I know some widgets are weird but I think it will work. So to get a working widget....
Note: Some irritating widgets may require you to uninstall the app before you proceed to step 1.
Download and install the widget from the android market
Go to Settings/Applications/Manage applications/Downloaded (or All) and find/select your widget.
Select move to phone.
Turn off the phone
Turn on the phone
Voila. Widget should now work.
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Good luck. Any questions just ask. Ill check back regularly too. Hopefully, this guide is a little simpler for noobs

Is this just a more complex work around than doing it manually?
Sent from CM7

Meaple said:
Is this just a more complex work around than doing it manually?
Sent from CM7
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nope, by default if you have unrooted htc desire and if you install apps and games.. some of them can't be moved to SD Card because the "move option" is faded in manage applications.
This method will alow you unfade the button from games and apps. On mine all games are now moved onto SD Card when before only half were able to move

will this prevent me from rooting? i've tried to root my desire using unrevoked. when it reach the part of running root, unrevoked says error: fail to root. is your firmware too new?

[Guide] Move more (most) apps to SD without root (Simplified)
in
androidforums.com
search "[Guide] Move more (most) apps to SD without root (Simplified)"

dunstan92 said:
will this prevent me from rooting? i've tried to root my desire using unrevoked. when it reach the part of running root, unrevoked says error: fail to root. is your firmware too new?
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Yes it does. You need to reverse it.,
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mansourb3r said:
in
androidforums.com
search "[Guide] Move more (most) apps to SD without root (Simplified)"
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Its a sticky in the tips and tricks sub forum.

Hi,I'm doing everything correct but the sign $ didn't pop up,what's problem?

what does pop up?

works like a champ !
Thanks

Works fine also on gingerbread 2.3.
Now succeeded moving IGO to sd-card.
Nice

Yes it works on 2.2+ but there are 10 unnecessary steps

thanks a million for the help
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Thx, my internal memory was full, now i have 40mb free on it
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Thanks for this bro.
I appreciate it.

do people really not read threads?
I give up. Good luck to the stupid.
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Zealotic said:
Thanks for this bro.
I appreciate it.
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Hey, aren't you rooted? If so wtf are you doing in this thread wasting your time?

This is awesome.
Thanks a lot for this works like a charm.

[Guide][How To] Fix Sdcard / Find backups after cm10.1 Flash!

We all had that problem, we can't find our backups after flashing Cm 10.1. IT IS FIXABLE! So why would you factory reset through Odin? Here is how to fix it.
Step One: Make sure you are on a ROM with the play store. (When I flashed CM10.1, I had CM10 still on my sdcard with the Gapps, so I flashed that.)
I use ES file explorer, but you use what you want. Be sure to rename any important folders just in case so the files don't over lap.
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If you play games.. BACKUP YOUR DATA! THIS PROCESS DELETES GAME AND APP DATA! I AM SORRY! USE BACKUP PRO OR TITANIUM BACKUP IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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Step Two: Go into your 0 folder and highlight everything in there except Android. Shown here:
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"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Step Three: Hold down on a folder and select "Move to"
Step Four: it will bring up a box, go up till you get to the parent folder, shown here, and select SDcard (Internal SD!).
Step Five: After Selecting the internal SD Card, hit "ok" and it will move everything up to your parent folder where the "0" is. You can delete the "0" Folder (Make Sure there is nothing left in there that you need!), reboot into recovery, and get your backups back!
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Hope that saves someone from doing a factory reset with Odin! Any questions just ask!

corrupt files
i tried to transfer files between my internal memory to my sd card and half the files got corrupted, and also write protected my sd card afterwards. has anyone else experienced this?

bone6606 said:
i tried to transfer files between my internal memory to my sd card and half the files got corrupted, and also write protected my sd card afterwards. has anyone else experienced this?
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the only time I saw writer protected is when I used a computer...
Sent From My Galaxy S3 Running Stock...

Won't this just be a problem later when you go to download more stuff. The phone will continue to store files in the "0" folder and not the internal SD card or will it reroute all files to that folder from that point on?

ArmyGurl2011 said:
Won't this just be a problem later when you go to download more stuff. The phone will continue to store files in the "0" folder and not the internal SD card or will it reroute all files to that folder from that point on?
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I said in the guide to select the internal SD card. I will show you what I mean. This is what my Sdcard looks like before I delete the 0 folder.
This Should be your end result.
Sent from a Nexus Galaxy S3 Running 4.1.2

!!!
Thanks for this, I had about eight "0" folders, driving me nuts!

Lobster$ said:
Thanks for this, I had about eight "0" folders, driving me nuts!
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No problem! Hope this helped fix your problem! I had about 5 0 folders and I would see everywhere people having problems with it, so I thought I would post it.
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Whiplashh said:
No problem! Hope this helped fix your problem! I had about 5 0 folders and I would see everywhere people having problems with it, so I thought I would post it.
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Only issue that I encountered was I lost a bunch of my pictures in the transfer, When I selected internal SD to move them to, a box popped up saying if I wanted to override something and I clicked yes...I wonder if that was the issue. Also I lost all of the files that I downloaded to the internal such as new roms.

Lobster$ said:
Only issue that I encountered was I lost a bunch of my pictures in the transfer, When I selected internal SD to move them to, a box popped up saying if I wanted to override something and I clicked yes...I wonder if that was the issue. Also I lost all of the files that I downloaded to the internal such as new roms.
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I didn't have that problem... you moved everything right? Maybe all add to the OP to change the picture file name. Maybe that will save ot
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Whiplashh said:
I didn't have that problem... you moved everything right? Maybe all add to the OP to change the picture file name. Maybe that will save ot
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Actually I recall that I ran out of internal memory while the move was going on so some things probably didn't make the transfer. All those "0" folders really sucked up my space!

Lobster$ said:
Actually I recall that I ran out of internal memory while the move was going on so some things probably didn't make the transfer. All those "0" folders really sucked up my space!
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When the 0 file is made, it adds extra empty folders. You could delete those
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Real Racing 3 save data?

hi guys,i must change my rom but i have a problem with Real Racing ,is this any way to do a full backup,i won,t restart from zero this play again

Titanium backup
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UtkarshGupta said:
Titanium backup
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i,m afraid titanium daose.n save my profile ,i.v had this experience with nova3 ,saving apk+data but after it I was forced to start from scratch.

Go into /android/data/com.eagames.r3_row/ then back up doc folder.
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thanks my friend ,is it sure? have you tested it?

I really think by the name of the files in the folder. After flashing oprn titanium backup and change the android id back if it has been changed.
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I think I can confirm as there are some save games out there
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Is there any way of backing up the download data.. its not there in /android/data/com.eagames.r3_row/ (just 5Mb of save-game data i guess)..,
cus i have no intention of downloading whole over again..... i need to do a wipe cache/factory reset via CWM... since it not there in the usual location i'm worried..

Yeah its possible go to my files then settings and enable show hidden files
now go to android / data from your device and copy the folder to your micro sd
wait it to finish it will take some time due to the size of the game
now connect your phone to pc and backup the game data to your pc from your sd
you can check the size its about 1.97 gb .
Hope it help
Sent from my GT-N8000 using xda premium

No . Open my files and enable show hidden files. Then rename .depot folder in the com.eaggames.... folder to anything like 123. Then copy it to pc. When you wanna restore just rename it back to .depot .. windows doesn't read .files.
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UtkarshGupta said:
No . Open my files and enable show hidden files. Then rename .depot folder in the com.eaggames.... folder to anything like 123. Then copy it to pc. When you wanna restore just rename it back to .depot .. windows doesn't read .files.
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Really frustrating games like this still do not have cloud saves in this day an age... especially when you pay actual money on in game currency.

babak said:
hi guys,i must change my rom but i have a problem with Real Racing ,is this any way to do a full backup,i won,t restart from zero this play again
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Go backup pro will save the apk file + the data of it ( like profiles and game settings ) so no worries nothing will be lost
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device : note2
ROM : cm10.1 nightly
kernel : RedPill 1.47
modem : DLK7
recovery : TWRP

Real racing 3 supports cloud saving. Just go into options (clog icon) then in the upper right corner theres an option to manage saved games in the cloud. Be sure to link your facebook account so you can download your save fine in the new rom.
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This may give you some help not sure but you could go trough it once.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461755
OR TRY THIS
Hands up if you've ever had the following problem...
Your Android is almost completely full. The SD card is splitting at the seams as it tries to hold all your data. But, you can't uninstall any of your enormous games. Why? Because you'll lose your save files.
Well, put your hands down. A solution is here.
Thanks to a new app called Carbon, you can back up and restore Android app data. It's free, it's easy to use, and you don't need to root your 'droid device to use it.
You can grab the app from Google Play here, then follow our step-by-step guide to backing up and restoring save games on Android.
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First things first, you need to download a couple of things. On your Android, grab the free Carbon - App Sync and Backup app from Google Play.
On your computer, get Carbon Desktop. It's free, and works on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
Launch both apps, and then connect your Android device to your computer over USB.
You will be asked to enable USB debugging on your Android. It's supposed to be for development use only, but Carbon needs it to send the backup data to your PC.
Carbon should bounce you to the necessary options screen. If it doesn't, just go into 'settings', choose 'Developer options', and find 'USB debugging'.
If all has gone well, the Android app will now show a list of all the apps you have installed on your device. It's simply a case of picking the apps you want to back up by hitting the checkboxes.
If you choose 'App Data Only' (at the bottom of the screen), Carbon will only keep your save game, and not the app itself. This will make your backup file smaller, but it means you'll need to re-download your apps from Google Play.
When you've picked the appropriate games, hit 'Backup'.
Now, it's time to choose where you want to store your backup file.
Note that most of these options - like Schedule Backup, Dropbox, and Google Drive - only work on the premium version of Carbon.
But, you can back up to your computer for free. Just choose 'USB Storage' while your 'droid device is connected to your PC or Mac.
We're done. You can now delete the game from your Android smartphone or tablet safe in the knowledge that your save game has been backed up.
Okay. We deleted Bad Piggies and then downloaded the app from Google Play again.
Now all you need to do is plug your Android device into your computer, load up the Android app, and choose the 'Restore and Sync' tab. Pick 'USB Storage', or choose the cloud solution you used in step 4.
Tick the apps whose save games you want to recover, and hit 'Restore'. Your save file will transfer from your PC to your Android, and your in-game progress will be restored.

You dont need root or anything. There is a save file on the net with 9999999 credits. Just google real racing 3 save file. If i find it on my oc i will link it
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1. Install Real Racing 3 and start, then quit (delete them from the multitasking)
2. Unzip the downloaded files and copy and replace the files from the
"Documents" folder to/ sdcard/Android/data/com.ea.games.r3_na/doc.
Overwrite the existing data.
!!PLEASE MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR FOLDER FIRST!!
Then start game and be happy.
There another user name.
Just logout and login again. (facebook acc)
http://www25.zippyshare.com/v/60200005/file.html
Tested and works
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thanks guys, the final solution for me was cloud on facebook ,carbon is nice but i can,t use my pc for these operations and i would,t some file for infite credts because i like ti soffer and win ,hahhaha....

Has Anyone considered manually backing up the data/obb folder on the sd card and using titanium backup for the apk and savefiles worked for me....
Note 2,
Rom = Omega 16
([email protected] black,[email protected] pack)
Kernel = Perseus 35
(Cpu [email protected],Gpu [email protected])

Don't the online save work? I have cloud saving on mine?
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You save my game!!!!
UtkarshGupta said:
Go into /android/data/com.eagames.r3_row/ then back up doc folder.
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Thankyou very much, I install a diferent rom thinking save data was uploaded to facebook, more than 10 hours of gameplay just by coping the doc folder from 0/android/data to /android/data/:cyclops:

backup doesnt work..
Hi,
Its a bit complicated here but as of new update i did copy whole doc folder to my Pc.
I attempted to install update but i could not because it was showing 100% and it wasnt doing anything in update screen. Then i connected to my pc and noticed all files from Doc folder are missing (deleted by updateer?)
So i uninstalled the game and installed over again. Fine game was working but every time i paste the backup folder doc to replace it on my phone, game would just delete it so i m back to lv1..
Please help,
using Galaxy S2

Easy way back up your Real Racing3 data is:
1. In game, seetings login with your Facebook account
2. Click in seetings on Cloud Save
3. Click on Upload To Cloud
That´s all!!!
When you are loging with your facebook acount on other android device in this game and click on Load From Cloud than your save data and your progresion is there

Video got corrupted and suddenly deleted while transferring

I was taking a video of a full concert which was around 40 mins and everything playback perfectly fine.
I attempted to transfer the video into my computer but it couldn't get through since I don't have enough storage in my computer. I deleted a few files to make some space for this video, then I copied and wait. Not long after, I tried to go back to my phone and it said something about the video being corrupted, then it suddenly deleted by itself. I was so shocked when it happened, thinking it was some kind of glitch, but the video really got deleted and there's absolutely not trace of it. I thought maybe the video got transferred to the computer, but there was nothing as well. The video just completely disappeared! I tried to recover it using fonelab but without root it couldn't do the "deep scan" but if I really have to root my brand new phone then I will. I'm really pissed because it was a really long video and something special to me and I can't believe it just disappeared like that... What actually happened and how can I fix it?

There could be several things. If the video was on the phone's sd card then it's possible it was caused by the sd card. If you were moving instead of copying the video it could have corrupted during the move. You talk like the video was on the phone but if you do have a card inserted are you sure it's not on the card?
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Tel864 said:
There could be several things. If the video was on the phone's sd card then it's possible it was caused by the sd card. If you were moving instead of copying the video it could have corrupted during the move. You talk like the video was on the phone but if you do have a card inserted are you sure it's not on the card?
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It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?

andrewlay said:
It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?
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On your PC look here
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp
When copying from external > PC it actually copies there first, then copies from there to wherever you asked it to save to
Slight chance it is still in there, it might not be named the same or have the .mp4 extension, so look for a file dated the same time / date you copied it / recorded it, and same size, then copy to desktop or somewhere and rename to .mp4
(Make sure show file name extensions is enabled to see the .mp4 extension)
If it's not there, run a data recovery software on your MicroSD on a PC

andrewlay said:
It seems like the video was originally saved to my sd card actually. I remember just dragging the videos to a folder in my computer, and I'm pretty sure that means "copy" not "move/cut" because it's from an external drive. Do you know any ways of how I can recover it?
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You can try installing something like EaseUS on your PC and see if it will recover anything on the SD card.
https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm

*Detection* said:
On your PC look here
C:\Users\YOUR USERNAME\AppData\Local\Temp
When copying from external > PC it actually copies there first, then copies from there to wherever you asked it to save to
Slight chance it is still in there, it might not be named the same or have the .mp4 extension, so look for a file dated the same time / date you copied it / recorded it, and same size, then copy to desktop or somewhere and rename to .mp4
(Make sure show file name extensions is enabled to see the .mp4 extension)
If it's not there, run a data recovery software on your MicroSD on a PC
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Damn I looked over in that folder and I can't find anything about it. Does it matter if I've shutdown my computer because I thought the clipboard gets deleted or something?
Tel864 said:
You can try installing something like EaseUS on your PC and see if it will recover anything on the SD card.
https://www.easeus.com/datarecoverywizard/free-data-recovery-software.htm
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How does it scan my sd card in my phone? It seems like it only lets me scan my internal computer storage not any external drive like my phone...
Also, something interesting I found while going through he folder that had the video, is that there's a 0 byte file name temp_video but it was created 2 days after this incident happened... I don't actually think this is it because there were actual 2 video files and 4 pictures that got "corrupted and deleted" when I did it.

andrewlay said:
Damn I looked over in that folder and I can't find anything about it. Does it matter if I've shutdown my computer because I thought the clipboard gets deleted or something?
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That is a temp folder it won't get deleted when you shutdown like clipboard does, I think it's every 30 days or something when it auto deletes stuff from there, so if it's not in there it might not have ever copied to the PC in the first place
andrewlay said:
How does it scan my sd card in my phone? It seems like it only lets me scan my internal computer storage not any external drive like my phone...
Also, something interesting I found while going through he folder that had the video, is that there's a 0 byte file name temp_video but it was created 2 days after this incident happened... I don't actually think this is it because there were actual 2 video files and 4 pictures that got "corrupted and deleted" when I did it.
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If it originally saved to the MicroSD card (external sd) in the phone, put it in a card reader and connect to PC, if it was saved directly to the phone internal storage you might need a mobile data recovery software if EaseUS Windows version doesn't see it
Try this
https://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery-software/free-android-data-recovery.html
Did you ever play the video back successfully on the phone? Completely from start to end?
You might have to accept that it never recorded properly in the first place unfortunately, and if that is the case, no data recovery will help as there was no video to recover

*Detection* said:
That is a temp folder it won't get deleted when you shutdown like clipboard does, I think it's every 30 days or something when it auto deletes stuff from there, so if it's not in there it might not have ever copied to the PC in the first place
If it originally saved to the MicroSD card (external sd) in the phone, put it in a card reader and connect to PC, if it was saved directly to the phone internal storage you might need a mobile data recovery software if EaseUS Windows version doesn't see it
Try this
https://www.easeus.com/android-data-recovery-software/free-android-data-recovery.html
Did you ever play the video back successfully on the phone? Completely from start to end?
You might have to accept that it never recorded properly in the first place unfortunately, and if that is the case, no data recovery will help as there was no video to recover
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seems like I have to root my phone for the app to work? what's the most simple way to root it? and once I root, can I unroot it again so I don't void my warranty?
I didn't play back the video from start to finish since it was around 40 mins in total long but I did play parts of it and skipped some and I have no doubt the phone actually recorded and saved it... I just don't know why it suddenly disappeared when I was trying to copy it.
I'm really scarred of this happening again... What should I do to prevent it? I've already changed the recording so that it records to my device storage and not the micro sd.

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seems like I have to root my phone for the app to work? what's the most simple way to root it? and once I root, can I unroot it again so I don't void my warranty?
I didn't play back the video from start to finish since it was around 40 mins in total long but I did play parts of it and skipped some and I have no doubt the phone actually recorded and saved it... I just don't know why it suddenly disappeared when I was trying to copy it.
I'm really scarred of this happening again... What should I do to prevent it? I've already changed the recording so that it records to my device storage and not the micro sd.
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If it recorded to the MicroSD why do you want to root your phone?
Put the SD into a card reader on the PC and run the recovery scan from there
And no you cannot unroot to avoid warranty issues, once rooted warranty is void forever

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Hello, it seems that the insufficient capacity cauesed your dada coruppted and deleted, I think you should stop the process to avoid data overwritten and the download a recovery tool. YOu can try some freeware, I have used the Bitwar data recovery to recover my files, this tool is free and easy to use, you can reover your files with three simple steps.
Hope it can help you.

Uninstalled System Apps reappear all the time

So i wanted to uninstall some bloatware and telemetry apps with mixplorer. But shortly after i delete them, they just reappear in the folders.
Never had this on oxygenos 9. What happened here on oxygenos 10? Is there some service that just restores deleted system apps or something?

MarcTremonti said:
So i wanted to uninstall some bloatware and telemetry apps with mixplorer. But shortly after i delete them, they just reappear in the folders.
Never had this on oxygenos 9. What happened here on oxygenos 10? Is there some service that just restores deleted system apps or something?
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You can't mount /system as rw in Android 10 while booted. Any changes that you do (or try to do) will get reverted after a reboot. It is possible to do that via TWRP though.

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You can't mount /system as rw in Android 10 while booted. Any changes that you do (or try to do) will get reverted after a reboot. It is possible to do that via TWRP though.
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Ahh, didnt know that. In TWRP it indeed worked. Thx mate! :good::highfive:

@shadowstep @MarcTremonti I'm experiencing this SAME issue and it's driving me crazy but I don't quite understand the solution that was given here and apparently worked; would one of you kindly explain this further so I can solve this problem for myself? I'd really appreciate it .

FamilyGuy0395 said:
@shadowstep @MarcTremonti I'm experiencing this SAME issue and it's driving me crazy but I don't quite understand the solution that was given here and apparently worked; would one of you kindly explain this further so I can solve this problem for myself? I'd really appreciate it .
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Whatever changes you're making in the /system partition, make them through TWRP's built-in file manager (instead of attempting to make them via a root file manager while booted into android -- which won't work anymore):
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@shadowstep I'm a bit confused. I'm trying to uninstall apps using Titanium Backup. How do I uninstall an app using TWRP? I can do that via the file manager? If so, how?

FamilyGuy0395 said:
@shadowstep I'm a bit confused. I'm trying to uninstall apps using Titanium Backup. How do I uninstall an app using TWRP? I can do that via the file manager? If so, how?
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You have to delete the folder containing the app via TWRP's file manager, for example, /system/app/<AppName> or /system/priv-app/<AppName>.

@shadowstep I just did this for the YouTube app and the app still exists and functions normally. Any idea what I did wrong? Also, does the TWRP file manager actually lack a search function to make sure all YouTube files are indeed gone?

FamilyGuy0395 said:
@shadowstep I just did this for the YouTube app and the app still exists and functions normally. Any idea what I did wrong? Also, does the TWRP file manager actually lack a search function to make sure all YouTube files are indeed gone?
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You probably removed it from the system partition, but have an update from Play Store installed (which will be a normal app, uninstallable normally like any other installed app after booting). Also, TWRP is only a recovery environment, not a full fledged, feature rich UI. It's meant to be minimalistic and small in size.

@shadowstep I know I deleted the entire folder in data/app but, doing a search in my file explorer (Solid Explorer), I still see some leftover stuff from YouTube in my root folder (specifically, in system/product/app, config/sdcardfs, and a ton of other folders actually). Are you aware of any recovery file browser I can flash and use that has a search function? I ask this because I have a feeling I'm going to run into this crap again with other apps, and would prefer to not have to write down all these folders and manually delete them all individually as that'll take forever.
Also, since you've been enormously helpful, I'd love to get your input on another Android question that's been burning in my mind lately and I cannot for the life of me find any solution online or in the many forums I've been to:
I'm trying to download some files from one of my apps to my android phone hooked up to an external hard drive. However, the app will not let me download to the hard drive, and instead auto installs to the Downloads folder in my internal storage. When an app doesn't let you choose a download location, is there anyway around this where I can force the app to download files where I want it to?
I'm sorry to burden you with all my junk but you've truly been the only helpful person I've been able to find to answer these questions I've been having.

FamilyGuy0395 said:
@shadowstep I know I deleted the entire folder in data/app but, doing a search in my file explorer (Solid Explorer), I still see some leftover stuff from YouTube in my root folder (specifically, in system/product/app, config/sdcardfs, and a ton of other folders actually). Are you aware of any recovery file browser I can flash and use that has a search function? I ask this because I have a feeling I'm going to run into this crap again with other apps, and would prefer to not have to write down all these folders and manually delete them all individually as that'll take forever.
Also, since you've been enormously helpful, I'd love to get your input on another Android question that's been burning in my mind lately and I cannot for the life of me find any solution online or in the many forums I've been to:
I'm trying to download some files from one of my apps to my android phone hooked up to an external hard drive. However, the app will not let me download to the hard drive, and instead auto installs to the Downloads folder in my internal storage. When an app doesn't let you choose a download location, is there anyway around this where I can force the app to download files where I want it to?
I'm sorry to burden you with all my junk but you've truly been the only helpful person I've been able to find to answer these questions I've been having.
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If you're on OOS 10, the system instance of YouTube is actually in the product folder (/system/product/app/YouTube). That's the folder you have to delete via TWRP's file manager to remove YouTube from the system partition.
If you still see YouTube installed after removing that, then it's most likely a user instance of the app (system instance = pre-installed by the manufacturer; can only be removed via root, user instance = normal installation by the user/Play Store; can be removed via normal uninstall while booted).
You don't have to remove any other file(s). The APK is the main thing.
Regarding your second question, I'm afraid that's something I don't know. I've never had to do that so never dug into it. Google is your best friend at this moment. Good luck!

@shadowstep I've now deleted both folders in TWRP and the app is still here . I also can't delete it normally like a non-system app. I'm about to lose my mind .

FamilyGuy0395 said:
@shadowstep I've now deleted both folders in TWRP and the app is still here . I also can't delete it normally like a non-system app. I'm about to lose my mind .
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Hmm. In that case, try the Magisk method using Terminal Debloater: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-terminal-debloater-debloat-t3584163

shadowstep said:
Hmm. In that case, try the Magisk method using Terminal Debloater: https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-terminal-debloater-debloat-t3584163
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THANK YOU SO MUCH! That module did the trick! For some reason, there are still some apps that are being pesky and not getting detected/deleted, but that module helped get rid of almost all of these annoying apps. Thanks again!

FamilyGuy0395 said:
THANK YOU SO MUCH! That module did the trick! For some reason, there are still some apps that are being pesky and not getting detected/deleted, but that module helped get rid of almost all of these annoying apps. Thanks again!
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Glad I could help.