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ADB help - how to push an entire directory?

Alright. I need help with this and Google can't help me. I need to recursively (i.e. all of the content in the directory) move an entire folder from Windows to my internal sd-card but no matter what I do, I just can't get it to work.
I now there's a way, somehow.
EDIT: Pitch-in: The sd-card is mounted as /mnt/sdcard/ right?

what about just zipping it? i dont think adb can do that easily

Lets say you have a folder called Wallpapers on your PC use the code below (assumes you copied Wallpapers folder to android-sdk\platform-tools):
Code:
adb push Wallpapers /sdcard/Wallpapers/
If you don't specify the destination folder (Wallpapers) on the sdcard then it will place the contents of the folder on your sdcard. No need for mnt in the destination.
Edit: unsure of how this will behave with subdirectories within the folder you're trying to push. You might have to push each subdirectory separately.

CMNein said:
Lets say you have a folder called Wallpapers on your PC use the code below (assumes you copied Wallpapers folder to android-sdk\platform-tools):
Code:
adb push Wallpapers /sdcard/Wallpapers/
If you don't specify the destination folder (Wallpapers) on the sdcard then it will place the contents of the folder on your sdcard. No need for mnt in the destination.
Edit: unsure of how this will behave with subdirectories within the folder you're trying to push. You might have to push each subdirectory separately.
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Working for me as I type. I don't know about the sub-directories as I just put everything into one folder and will move them to their new home once they finish transferring. Up until now, I've been moving everything individually. I didn't know you could move folders so this is awesome. Save me a lot of typing lol.

gurusportscanada said:
Working for me as I type. I don't know about the sub-directories as I just put everything into one folder and will move them to their new home once they finish transferring. Up until now, I've been moving everything individually. I didn't know you could move folders so this is awesome. Save me a lot of typing lol.
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a thanks is enough, no need to necrobump a thread over a YEAR old, just to say it works.

I honestly just zip the file with all directories on my computer than adb it over. Extract with root explorer and move then delete zip file. Easy and simple
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/me bashes his head against the wall.

beekay201 said:
/me bashes his head against the wall.
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when you do a folder you also do all it's sub folders

patalo said:
I honestly just zip the file with all directories on my computer than adb it over. Extract with root explorer and move then delete zip file. Easy and simple
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Im stupid.... This is best idea lol, and so obvious...

[Q] Copy large backup directory to PC

Hi guys,
I am trying to figure out a way to copy clockworkmod directory to my PC, as the backups are taking up too much unncessary space on the phone. The problem is that via MTP Windows Explorer simply hangs and doesn't copy a thing. My guess is that the underlying issue is the huge number of very small files in the /blob sub-directory.
Could anyone guide me how to accomplish this task, please? Or, alternatively, what other methods of backing straight to the PC are there?
Much obliged!

zkvvoob said:
Hi guys,
I am trying to figure out a way to copy clockworkmod directory to my PC, as the backups are taking up too much unncessary space on the phone. The problem is that via MTP Windows Explorer simply hangs and doesn't copy a thing. My guess is that the underlying issue is the huge number of very small files in the /blob sub-directory.
Could anyone guide me how to accomplish this task, please?
Much obliged!
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MTP sucks. I prefer to use adb for this: adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod D:\your\path\here
If you don't want to use the commandline, you can alternatively use an app like ES File Explorer to access a LAN share (shared folder/drive on your computer) and copy files this way.

adb pull?
Any time I transfer anything large it's what I use.
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/ /Backup/
I believe that's the directory.
Just rename the "clockworkmod" folder to whatever it truly is if not.
This will put a "Backup" folder on your C:\ drive.
Edit:
Ninja'd.

Thank you very much, guys! I hadn't realised that adb pull could be used for copying a whole directory.

Reverse of this
Can anyone tell me how to reverse this using adb (i.e. move the directory back onto the phone)? Thanks.

grouseuk said:
Can anyone tell me how to reverse this using adb (i.e. move the directory back onto the phone)? Thanks.
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[GUIDE] How-to copy files from/to your device
from Petrovski's sig

Thanks for the help with ADB pull. I knew about the push command, but being the noob I am I would never have thought that the opposite was that simple.
Now I have a GNex and I'm almost out of internal memory. I've copied my entire clockworkmod folder to my PC. I was wondering if I could delete the contents of the clockworkmod folder off of my phone (since it's all on the PC) to regain some storage space, and then only return the deleted contents to the phone when I need to do a nandroid restore without any problems occurring. I wouldn't want to go do all that only to arrive upon a large problem when I try to go back to stock JB JRO03C or anything like that.

kbolt said:
Thanks for the help with ADB pull. I knew about the push command, but being the noob I am I would never have thought that the opposite was that simple.
Now I have a GNex and I'm almost out of internal memory. I've copied my entire clockworkmod folder to my PC. I was wondering if I could delete the contents of the clockworkmod folder off of my phone (since it's all on the PC) to regain some storage space, and then only return the deleted contents to the phone when I need to do a nandroid restore without any problems occurring. I wouldn't want to go do all that only to arrive upon a large problem when I try to go back to stock JB JRO03C or anything like that.
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I want to know this exact answer as well.

if you dont rename the folders, you wont have a problem.

I've found that the GNex toolkit makes it pretty easy to make backups, move them to your PC and restore plus a whole lot more. It's pretty good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310

+1 for adb

Large File Tip
THANK YOU!!
Jubakuba said:
adb pull?
Any time I transfer anything large it's what I use.
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/ /Backup/
I believe that's the directory.
Just rename the "clockworkmod" folder to whatever it truly is if not.
This will put a "Backup" folder on your C:\ drive.
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Ninja'd.
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Unable to see clockworkmod folder through file explorer
HI All,
Am not able to see the clockworkmod folder through File Explorer. Whereas after i take a backup through recovery, i can see the backup exists in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup.
Please help.

Hi All,
Can anyone help with the above issue?

Use adb pull or an ftp server running on your device.
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have my rom backups in flash drive. how to put them back in nexus

i made back up using rom manager premium and then copied these back ups to my pc uisng rom manager , then i shifted them to my flash drive which i can connect via stick mount,, my problem is i want to keep these in flash drive and move in and out when needed , could you guys please tell me how to put them back in the required destination and what is that folder where i should put them

khuzema9 said:
i made back up using rom manager premium and then copied these back ups to my pc uisng rom manager , then i shifted them to my flash drive which i can connect via stick mount,, my problem is i want to keep these in flash drive and move in and out when needed , could you guys please tell me how to put them back in the required destination and what is that folder where i should put them
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My backups were saved to /data/media/clockworkmod/backups. So either you can adb push your backups to there or you can put the backups onto the sdcard of your phone and use a file manager on your phone to move them to the correct folder.

Powers88 said:
My backups were saved to /data/media/clockworkmod/backups. So either you can adb push your backups to there or you can put the backups onto the sdcard of your phone and use a file manager on your phone to move them to the correct folder.
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thanx so much for reply. infact i am trying to do it. i am on cm 10.1 and using both root manager as well as both the manager with the rom to put it back when i copy paste the backup, it says successful but they dont show up , neither the memory space is occupied. can you please tell me adb commands as well method for manager

khuzema9 said:
thanx so much for reply. infact i am trying to do it. i am on cm 10.1 and using both root manager as well as both the manager with the rom to put it back when i copy paste the backup, it says successful but they dont show up , neither the memory space is occupied. can you please tell me adb commands as well method for manager
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Off the top of my head I believe it should be this (assuming you have the drivers installed for adb and usb debugging turned on)
Open Command Prompt
adb pull /data/media/clockworkmod/(whatever the name of your backup is) c:/
this line will copy the backup you want to the root of drive C, if you want it somewhere else just change the last file path

And how can I put it back to he same location
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khuzema9 said:
And how can I put it back to he same location
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replace the word pull with push
its one of those basic ADB commands that everyone should learn if they are messing with their phone at all....

just enter 'adb', OP - it will give you all available parameters that adb has and a small description for each, although some are pretty much self explanatory.

[Q] Hidden Files :S

Need some help guys :crying:
So I wanted MIUI and the recent version 37 was being buggy so I went down to a older version I believe it was android 4.1 Didn't like it so I went back to my nandroid 4.2.2. and now all my files are gone/hidden. It shows that I have used 9.5 gigs witch is right. But when I look at it in ES file ex and my computer only the original folders show like alarms download dcim music pics none containing any of my files.
The /0 doesn't have them either, If someone could help me show/find these folders it would be incredible as all my music pictures videos and everything are in there with no backup. THanks!

Try Adb pull data/media/ or Adb pull /sdcard/ with any luck all your files will be somewhere in there. After format your sdcard and Adb push your files back
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namtombout said:
Try Adb pull data/media/ or Adb pull /sdcard/ with any luck all your files will be somewhere in there. After format your sdcard and Adb push your files back
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Thanks for the reply I'm not exactly sure how to do Adb I will go ahead and look it up. Thanks again, anyone else have any ideas? I'm really hoping I don't lose all my pictures from the last year.

Found it! It was deep in device/data/media not sure how it got there i'm just glad I found it.

GS3 Broken Screen... NEED a folder from internal storage

Hey everybody,
I recently broke the screen on my gs3 and am trying to retrieve a folder from the internal SD.. I am not rooted and the folder is a hidden folder that I placed there.. . I adb pulled my entire internal SD and everything showed up but this folder...n any help would be appreciated

touchpro55 said:
Hey everybody,
I recently broke the screen on my gs3 and am trying to retrieve a folder from the internal SD.. I am not rooted and the folder is a hidden folder that I placed there.. . I adb pulled my entire internal SD and everything showed up but this folder...n any help would be appreciated
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Hey, do you know the background to Linux terminal? make sure you're in the right directory "pwd", and do "ls" to see if your folder you're needing is in there.

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lemonboi5 said:
Hey, do you know the background to Linux terminal? make sure you're in the right directory "pwd", and do "ls" to see if your folder you're needing is in there.
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Hey thanks for the reply... can u be more detailed in your commands? the commands I used were suppose to pull EVERYTHING for my internal storage. these look like adb shell commands... I used the windows command prompt to pull my files before... after I CD\ to the adb tools folder

anybody have a command line that could tell me what is on my internal storage? everything including hidden folders? like drowsing by directory

PWD will show the directory you're in, and LS will show files and directories within that directory, use CD (change directory) to navigate and make sure you find it. You can use a push command to move the file to your SD Card, and then get them that way onto your PC to back up or just keep them on the SD Card..