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[Q](SOLVED) Personal Audio files

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
Edit:
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.
jadeddave said:
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...

[Q] Cannot delete contents in extSDcard

So I recently found out that I cannot delete the contents within my SD Card, worked before.
I have tried it with the stock file explorer from samsung and ES file explorer. What happens is that I try to delete it, it disappears, then I load up the file manager app again and the files are there!
I can load up these files no problem (video files and everything plays well)
Does anyone know any way to fix it?

kazemitsui said:
So I recently found out that I cannot delete the contents within my SD Card, worked before.
I have tried it with the stock file explorer from samsung and ES file explorer. What happens is that I try to delete it, it disappears, then I load up the file manager app again and the files are there!
I can load up these files no problem (video files and everything plays well)
Does anyone know any way to fix it?
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Download, " Folder mount" from google play, it will detect a faulty SD card & will fix it, reboot, you will have again a functional Ext. SD Card.

lsherif said:
Download, " Folder mount" from google play, it will detect a faulty SD card & will fix it, reboot, you will have again a functional Ext. SD Card.
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Ok I officially feel retarded...
Somehow my PC set EVERY FILE to read only...

kazemitsui said:
So I recently found out that I cannot delete the contents within my SD Card, worked before.
I have tried it with the stock file explorer from samsung and ES file explorer. What happens is that I try to delete it, it disappears, then I load up the file manager app again and the files are there!
I can load up these files no problem (video files and everything plays well)
Does anyone know any way to fix it?
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sorry didnt see your comment about it being fixed.I deleted what i wrote.

[Q] Stock Rom: Unable to write to SDCard

Hi.
Just purchased a SM-T800 and was wondering if there is an easy fix for me to be able to write to my SD Card? Do I need to be root to be able to do this ?

x10civ said:
Hi.
Just purchased a SM-T800 and was wondering if there is an easy fix for me to be able to write to my SD Card? Do I need to be root to be able to do this ?
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Kit Kat changed the way sd cards work.
The easiest way i know to fix this is to Root your device and then install this app
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix

I have the tab s 8.4 and have a micro SD card coming in this week. I might be misinterpreting this post but does Kit-kat really not let the user copy over downloaded files onto external storage? I'm the kind of guy that usually immediately roots but was enjoying the stock experience for once. Definitely a bummer if this turns out to be true.

No, it let's you do it fine. But you have to use the My Files app. Not the app of your choice. Unless you root and change that.

whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...

Thank you for your reply.
Will follow your instructions this weekend. Thanks again Galactic2.
Cheers

celtichazard said:
whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...
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Which browser you use?

HughesNet said:
Which browser you use?
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I use Chrome and yes now I have torrent fixed to download large files to my SD card

ES File Explorer File Manager
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager

celtichazard said:
whit this fix App sd card? i try to resolve the problema with large torrents i try todownload directly to my sdcard becuace torrent say cant find the location of folder when i choose microsd download folder to download files ...
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You need to be rooted and applied the app to sd card fix before you can download torrents direct to sd card. Otherwise you can download straight to your tablet then transfer to sd card using the my files app.
Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk

You can't transfer apps to SD , from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.

henklbr said:
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager
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Oh awesome I already use ES for everything. Thanks!

dw1ght said:
Oh awesome I already use ES for everything. Thanks!
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I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.

shadow78 said:
I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.
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Exactly..
As said before... You can't transfer apps to SD, from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.

shadow78 said:
I cannot copy or move anything using ES. The only workaround I found is connect the tablet to a PC and copy or move the files with widows explorer.
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Yup, SD card came in today. ES can't do it. Time to root I guess...

xRevilatioNx said:
Exactly..
As said before... You can't transfer apps to SD, from the Playstore "AT ALL", unless you are ROOTED.
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Tried the app you linked and unfortunately it did not work. My problem was finally resolved with the Wanam Xposed application SD card fix. That works fine if anyone else has any trouble. But honestly it is so irritating that any of this is necessary to get full use of my device. I am rocking 128 gigabytes loud and proud
Okay well maybe not. Big file I was moving to SD is now gone and I can longer write to the SD. Bummer. No idea what went wrong.
Second edit: so the JRummy Apps "SD Fix" on the Play Store seems to have me covered for now. Fingers crossed...
Third edit: Gahh once again read only. No idea what the issue is. SD appears empty, can't read or write. Any help would be appreciated. For now I have a useless slice of plastic sitting in my otherwise perfect tablet.

henklbr said:
With this app, you DON'T have to ROOT your device, and you can copy/move file from device to SD-card vice versa:
ES File Explorer File Manager
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I made a mistake in this: sorry!
On my Note 3 (also on Android 4.4.2), ES File Explorer works correctly with copying/moving files from/to SD-card...
Strange it's not working on the Tab S...

dw1ght said:
Tried the app you linked and unfortunately it did not work. My problem was finally resolved with the Wanam Xposed application SD card fix. That works fine if anyone else has any trouble. But honestly it is so irritating that any of this is necessary to get full use of my device. I am rocking 128 gigabytes loud and proud
Okay well maybe not. Big file I was moving to SD is now gone and I can longer write to the SD. Bummer. No idea what went wrong.
Second edit: so the JRummy Apps "SD Fix" on the Play Store seems to have me covered for now. Fingers crossed...
Third edit: Gahh once again read only. No idea what the issue is. SD appears empty, can't read or write. Any help would be appreciated. For now I have a useless slice of plastic sitting in my otherwise perfect tablet.
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I had this problem with my 32gb sandisk card, it even said made for android on the packaging but it was very unreliable, sometimes there and sometimes not, even tried the usual test apps for these sdcard on my pc and they reported genuine with no errors. In the end i decided to buy a samsung 64gb card and it works reliably with stock apps but i have not got around the kitkat restriction cos i dont want to root yet.
Sent from my SM-T805 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

TimC149 said:
I had this problem with my 32gb sandisk card, it even said made for android on the packaging but it was very unreliable, sometimes there and sometimes not, even tried the usual test apps for these sdcard on my pc and they reported genuine with no errors. In the end i decided to buy a samsung 64gb card and it works reliably with stock apps but i have not got around the kitkat restriction cos i dont want to root yet.
Sent from my SM-T805 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Same story with my card, SanDisk and android packaging. I might look into getting an official Samsung card. Thank you for the reply!

uTorrent update
The new update on uTorrent:
✔ (NEW) Save to external SD cards (Solution for Google/KitKat external SD card restrictions)
In case anyone didn't know.

[Q] Cannot delete files from external SD

Using ES File Explorer Pro, I get the prompt popup to allow permissions to delete from External SD when I try to delete something, but it just errors out with "Task failed"
Anyone know how to solve this without root? Worked in Nougat

*Detection* said:
Using ES File Explorer Pro, I get the prompt popup to allow permissions to delete from External SD when I try to delete something, but it just errors out with "Task failed"
Anyone know how to solve this without root? Worked in Nougat
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Is what you're trying to delete something that was on the card prior to putting it in the S9? Also, can you create a folder with ES on the SD card? I ve tried deleting an empty folder on my SD using ES with no problem and I can create and delete folders on it. I'm trying to remember if my card was formatted in the S9 but drawing a blank.

Tel864 said:
Is what you're trying to delete something that was on the card prior to putting it in the S9? Also, can you create a folder with ES on the SD card? I ve tried deleting an empty folder on my SD using ES with no problem and I can create and delete folders on it. I'm trying to remember if my card was formatted in the S9 but drawing a blank.
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Nope, it appears I have no permissions other than read on it (At least from within ES File Explorer Pro), but connecting the phone to a PC I can copy and delete from it fine
The files I am trying to delete were copied from PC to S9 Ext SD mostly, some are from S7 but no difference with permissions, although there are some on there that we sent to me via S9 WhatsApp and some created in S9 photo editing apps, so not sure how they ended up there without any write permissions unless the problem is ES itself

had that on my 128Gb sd card. It appears it had gone read-only ... for good. dead card for me try on a computer if you can delete a file or if it's also read-only

thorcyar said:
had that on my 128Gb sd card. It appears it had gone read-only ... for good. dead card for me try on a computer if you can delete a file or if it's also read-only
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Yea works fine on a PC, or with the phone connected to PC

OK so I found a post on another Android forum from way back in 2014, someone with the exact same problem on their S5, one of the replies suggested that this is a Samsung restriction and that only their "My Files" file manager app can delete from external SD, so I tried that and it worked fine
Yet some of you say you have full permissions with ES File Explorer to write/delete on EXTERNAL SD? (Not the internal storage)

*Detection* said:
OK so I found a post on another Android forum from way back in 2014, someone with the exact same problem on their S5, one of the replies suggested that this is a Samsung restriction and that only their "My Files" file manager app can delete from external SD, so I tried that and it worked fine
Yet some of you say you have full permissions with ES File Explorer to write/delete on EXTERNAL SD? (Not the internal storage)
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Yep, I made a folder and deleted it then I found an epub book Moon Reader had placed there and I deleted that also using ES Explorer Pro. You probably checked this but when you look at ES in Settings>Apps>ES File Explorer Pro>Storage, do you have a box at the bottom under for "allow access"? I ask because I have a box there for "Deny Access"

Tel864 said:
Yep, I made a folder and deleted it then I found an epub book Moon Reader had placed there and I deleted that also using ES Explorer Pro. You probably checked this but when you look at ES in Settings>Apps>ES File Explorer Pro>Storage, do you have a box at the bottom under for "allow access"? I ask because I have a box there for "Deny Access"
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I don't no, I just have CHANGE for changing where the app is installed, either Internal or External

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I don't no, I just have CHANGE for changing where the app is installed, either Internal or External
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I was hoping that was it. In ES Explorer's settings under storage I have that DENY ACCESS box at the bottom.

Tel864 said:
I was hoping that was it. In ES Explorer's settings under storage I have that DENY ACCESS box at the bottom.
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That probably is it, but why wouldn't I have it?
Mine looks identical but without that box
Which phone is that? S9?
Asking because even the wording is different, mine says Internal Storage, yours says Device Memory

Right, it's the S9 and the install of ES Explorer is just a straight install, nothing fancy done. I think you're right though, we're possibly looking at the cause,

Tel864 said:
Right, it's the S9 and the install of ES Explorer is just a straight install, nothing fancy done. I think you're right though, we're possibly looking at the cause,
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Seems very strange that the wording for internal storage would be different between two S9s with the same app installed, cannot see how that would be possible unless the firmware was causing it
Maybe firmware differences have changed some SD permissions, I'm running the latest O2U firmware BRE5 May 1 security Patch

*Detection* said:
Seems very strange that the wording for internal storage would be different between two S9s with the same app installed, cannot see how that would be possible unless the firmware was causing it
Maybe firmware differences have changed some SD permissions, I'm running the latest O2U firmware BRE5 May 1 security Patch
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Could be since I'm still on the Feb patch. I thought about clicking that "deny access" box but I'm afraid it won't repopulate with a "allow access" box. I guess you've tried moving the app and data to the SD card to see what that does. I did move mine to SD and back to internal and it still works.

Tel864 said:
Could be since I'm still on the Feb patch. I thought about clicking that "deny access" box but I'm afraid it won't repopulate with a "allow access" box. I guess you've tried moving the app and data to the SD card to see what that does. I did move mine to SD and back to internal and it still works.
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Yea same result on internal or external and nothing new appears on the info panel either, maybe one of their amazing security updates has blocked SD write permissions then, not really a big fan of this, why would an SD card be blocked for stuff like that? Obviously if we put an SD card in our phones it's because we want to read and write to them

One more suggestion if you haven't tried it. Pop in another SD and try it, preferably one you can format in in phone.

Tel864 said:
One more suggestion if you haven't tried it. Pop in another SD and try it, preferably one you can format in in phone.
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Yea good plan, I`ll give that a shot at some point, atm I've just re-enabled "My Files" for when I want to delete something, no extra steps than opening ES to delete something really, unless I forget and try to use ES first :silly:

Found the issue, I had disabled "My Files" stock file manager as I don't use any other file manager than ES, but it turns out that ES requires that to be enabled to give ES File Explorer External SD card permissions, for some retarded reason
Enabled it, tried to delete a file, it asked the same permissions question, except instead of just saying "Failed" this time, it opened My Files and told me to select the External SD card, after which it deleted the file successfully
So ES File Explorer Pro is so great it requires yet another file manager to work properly

*Detection* said:
Found the issue, I had disabled "My Files" stock file manager as I don't use any other file manager than ES, but it turns out that ES requires that to be enabled to give ES File Explorer External SD card permissions, for some retarded reason
Enabled it, tried to delete a file, it asked the same permissions question, except instead of just saying "Failed" this time, it opened My Files and told me to select the External SD card, after which it deleted the file successfully
So ES File Explorer Pro is so great it requires yet another file manager to work properly
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Huh, didn't know that. I always just ignored the stock file manager so I guess that's why I never came across that.

Tel864 said:
Huh, didn't know that. I always just ignored the stock file manager so I guess that's why I never came across that.
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Yea I just disable what I'll never use so it's not crowding up the app drawer / taking up resources running in the background 'just in case' I want to open it at some point lol, Android is dumb
They swear apps sitting in the background take up no resources, but they do, they swear those apps will give back those resources when requested by active apps (Thought they did not take up any resources? )
I have tested many times the opening speed of an app that is sitting in the background vs 100% closed, and it is an unnoticeable difference
But anyway back on subject, yes, ES File Explorer cannot work properly on a Samsung without the stock file manager being active

Ok, I just used Package Disabler Pro to disable "My Files" and it didn't affect ES, I was still able to delete an entire directory on my SD card.

Root Directory Folder Just Appeared

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?

digitaljeff said:
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