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How to access the internal storage of my Desire

Dear all,
I have problem to manipulate and access to internal storage of my Desire (/system/app and /system/lib/). Even though Root Explorer/ Estrong Explorer/AndExplorer can see the system file but I cannot move/edit/copy/paste files to those above mentioned folders. And the Droid explorer on my PC can also see all files on Desire but not make me copy files into system folder. I'm using root Desire phone with the LeeDroid 1.3a ROM. Newest super permission users 2.2 is also included in this room and the Read/Write permissions have been set for any explorer. Is there any way for me to make PC recognize internal storage as drive (like external SD card) or is there any solution to copy files into system folder on internal storage successfully? Because I would like to install Java for my Desire but ADB and some method require to copy file into internal storage. Pls advise me about installing Java to run MIDlet Java Games and show the way to show the problem of internal storage recognition and root permission. Thanks for all. Hope to hear good news from all of you !!!

You cannot access write in /system whilst the phone is booted. You can only do this via ADB when in recovery.
Regards,
Dave

Well i take it you are trying while the android system is booted.
That won't work, as the phone has nand protection. Instead you should boot into a custom recovery and use "adb push" commands to copy files over.
Hope you can figure it out otherwise ask
edit: too late

mortenmhp said:
Well i take it you are trying while the android system is booted.
That won't work, as the phone has nand protection. Instead you should boot into a custom recovery and use "adb push" commands to copy files over.
Hope you can figure it out otherwise ask
edit: too late
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Fristly, thanks for all of your advice. But in the recovery mode, PC does not recognize USB toogle connection. So how to activate the ADB sell to make the command input? Pls advise me for more detail.

In fact to me, ADB can recognize my HTC desire in window XP but when my Desire has already booted into main screen. When in recovery mode, ADB cannot detect my HTC desire (adb devices). Pls tell me install ADB driver so that ADB in winXP can detect my Desire even in recovery mode. Thanks.

[Q] How to acces phone instead of SD card storage?

Hi guys.
I wonder how I can access the phone storage space through windows explorer, I only seem to be able to get access to the SD card when I plug the usb in?
(running CM7)

I don't think its possible. To access phone storage space use ADB. If you are familiar with linux commands, use ADB and enter ADB shell. From here you can play by all linux rules and by obtaining su, you can pretty much do anything

why don't you try dropbox?

I remember there is kind of root explorer for windows. I can't locate it now but you may do a search for it.

Nietzschean said:
Hi guys.
I wonder how I can access the phone storage space through windows explorer, I only seem to be able to get access to the SD card when I plug the usb in?
(running CM7)
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I think you can through ADB,
adb shell
su
cd sdcard
ls
now you can see your files in your SDcard...
if I have misunderstanded youe meaning????
I'm a chinese vegetablebird....and my english is very.....

maybe he wants to have the access to the phone memory through usb?
He can now view and edit files on his sdcard.

I can put mp3's on my sd card, I don't know how to store them on my phone

Nietzschean said:
I can put mp3's on my sd card, I don't know how to store them on my phone
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If your phone is rooted you can copy files from the memory card to the phone's memory with a file explorer which has root privileges (Root Explorer, Yaffs Explorer, etc.). But I think it doesn't make any sense, because if you want to listen to those mp3 songs, your music player doesn't have direct access to phone's memory.

I prefer ADB shell or Terminal Emulator just because it's funner that way but the obviously easier route is to use a file explorer with root privelages. I like to feel like a geek and do it the hard way

I just don't get what the point is of having 1.5gb of storage space on the phone if you can't acces it?

Try droidexplorer , search for it ..

The point of 1.5GB phone storage is for you to install apps from the martket or other side loading apps. Accessing to SDcard for other media contents is more likely logical indeed.
But if you want to put mp3 into your phone internal storage, then this is another not so logic as you can have it in your SDcard with still the phone apps can access it rather easily.
However... if you have a short mp3 ringtones and want them to be in the phone internal storage. This one is considered making sense. Well you can do it by using root explorer to copy/move your mp3 ringtones to your phone internal storage.
Steps required:
1) rooted defy
2) root explorer installed and working properly
3) have your ringtones ready in your SDcard.
4) launch root explorer and make sure you're under read/write full access
5) copy/move your ringtones to system/media/... ringtones,notifications,alarms (depending which of your choice) and give them access right as per the default tones settings.
6) You need to delete internal sound .db in data/data/com.android.provider.media/databases.
7) exit and restart your phone. This restart required for the phone to recreate the database you deleted to the latest updated one according to the intenal storage contents.
8) Check your phone ringtones in settings for the existance of your newly installed ringtones..
Note: And of course you can still access your phone internal storage thru your root explorer app. It's more like it practical than for you to find a PC and get adb shell to gain access to your phone internal storage.

[Q] All files not showing on PC

I have tried with file manager and found the files i was looking for in android/data/something but when i connect my GN to my PC (win7 32bit) i only get a few folders and files,
I have tested with both USB modes and I only get the basic folders such as
Alarms, Android, DCIM, Downloads, Movies, Music, Notifications, Pictures, Podcasts, Ringtones.
and the file manager reports more folders present :/
also the files i'm trying to access are within the android folder (which is visible on PC) but in filemanager there are 10-20 folders found in android/data that are missing on PC. PC only shows 3 folders in android/data
It also appears to be possible for other users to access the exact same file at the exact same filepath, why can't I?
is there a feature on GN or ICS that makes it impossible to access some files from the PC or is this a bug/flaw?
in case you guys need to know what files i'm trying to access, it's the game files to GTAIII

I kind of have a similar problem.
When i connect my phone to a windows 7 computer it mounts okey and shows me the files. If I create a folder on the phone from windows explorer, unmounts the device, I can not see this folder on the phone via a file manager unless i reboot my phone. This also applies the other way around. If I create a folder on the phone from a file manager, then mount the phone to the computer, I can not see the folder until I reboot my phone.
Is there a fix for this? Is it a bug? How can i resolve this? It's very frustrating.

MTP/PTP doesn't offer all the features the full USB transfer mode has. Search will help you find the pros and cons of this.
Workaround: Use an app like WiFi File Explorer or Airdroid.

[Q] Help: trying to access root files on device

I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Verizon (if that matters). I have installed a couple of custom ROMs over the time I've had it, and I've now noticed that all of my older files are not accessible. I found these files, but they are located in other directories off of the root. When I connect to the phone, using Windows Explorer, I am taken to the directory /storage/emulated/0, and from here I can copy off files to my PC.
There are other files from prior installation that I would like to backup, that I cannot seem to access from Windows Explorer, and these files are in the following directories, /storage/sdcard0 and /storage/emulated/legacy.
I have tried using adb.exe and it cannot find my device. I have installed the USB drivers from Samsung, and that didn't work either. I have also done reboots of my computer and phone, and a combination of things, and none have worked. I have tried Android Commander, which doesn't see my device, but I assume it will not see it if adb.exe cannot see it either.
Can anyone offer any suggestions as to how I can get my files off of my phone, and copied over to my PC?
Thanks for any help in advance!

advanced question - internal and external file transfers

I have a rooted 5x nougat with twrp recovery and stock rom. When I attempt to copy my TWRP backup to my computer via MTP file transfer, I cannot. Same with my titanium backup folder. I also tried to move my TWRP backup to my DCIM folder such that I could try PTP file transfer but that didn't work either.
Indeed, i cannot even transfer files within my own phone's file directory. I'm using root Explorer. I've toggled and made the file system read-write. I tried to change file folder permissions, and that failed.
Any advice Xda family? I have the proper drives installed.
Apologies in advance if my verbiage isn't accurate technically. I'm pretty good with android but by no means an expert.
Mario

File Transfers
I'm not really sure as to why you'd have problems moving files within your phones internal storage, however I do have a solution (work around, really) to your MTP problem, as long as you have ADB working.
I also never got MTP working so I just use a file manager to check the path to the folder I want from my phone to my computer, and then use the command:
Code:
adb pull /path/to/folder/on/phone /path/to/destination/on/computer
And if I want to put something from my computer on my phone, I do the opposite command:
Code:
adb push /path/to/file/on/computer /path/to/destination/on/phone
Additionally, if you really need to move files around on your phone, you can use:
Code:
adb shell
su
mv /path/to/file /path/to/destination
Hope that helps!

Thanks. It does help and I have adb. I'll try that method. I'm not sure why I'm having that issue either.