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Can't delete folder?

How the hell can i delete a folder that can't be seen via PC connection but i can see it using es file explorer?
I can't delete it using ES even with root enabled....

zerozoneice said:
How the hell can i delete a folder that can't be seen via PC connection but i can see it using es file explorer?
I can't delete it using ES even with root enabled....
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Depending on where it is you need to mount it first. Which folder are you trying to delete?
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I had a folder that became corrupted (repeatedly interrupted game data downloads, I think). I was unable to delete it (even as root) and received an Access Denied error. I was able to rename the folder (so it wouldn't conflict anymore) and delete the majority of its contents (still received the Access Denied error on a file or two). I eventually had to do a full wipe via fastboot -w to get rid of the corrupted files.

had the same problem. had to reflash su.zip and it worked. can't explain it though. just reaching at straws

matt30 said:
Depending on where it is you need to mount it first. Which folder are you trying to delete?
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it's the folder created by the Photaf application.
i uninstalled the app and the folder is still there...permissions are writable, not hidden...
i can rename it, but can't delete it....and the subfolder within it as well...
i remember it happened once before and the only way to get rid of it was to reinstall the ROM (AOKP). Once installed, i could delete the folder.....

Try reinstalling the game and using settings/application/name of game clear data
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bwcorvus said:
Try reinstalling the game and using settings/application/name of game clear data
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no effect, still can't be removed
LE: WTF, i just plugged in the phone into USB for charging and i saw the folder?! It deleted just fine?
Damn weird didn't do anything different than yesterday when i couldn't even see the folder via PC...

Thank you!
My Asus Transformer (TF101) hasn't been able to download anything to the Download folder for months now. Even Opera (which I installed just to try and fix this) could only download to a different folder. I did what you said, plugged it into the computer and first renamed the folder with ADB but couldn't create a new Download folder. "File already exists." Lies. Windows Explorer said it was still there as Download so I deleted it in Explorer and created a new folder named Download. The create failed but Android said it was there and Voila! I can download again. Very weird, but not ready yet to reformat in fastboot. Thanks guys!

If you're rooted you may be able to delete the files from /data/media, which is the true location, instead of the visual SD that you are seeing.
Could also be a file ownership issue.
Using a terminal emulator, use the following command to list ownership and permissions:
ls -l
(Lower case letter L, not i or 1)
Most of the files and folders should show up as media_rw, but the problematic ones may show up as numbers. To fix them, boot into CWM recovery, plug in the USB cable, go into adb shell. Also make sure that /data is mounted in the CWM mounts menu. Then:
cd /data/media
chown -R media_rw.media_rw *

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.

Galaxy nexus custom rom problem

I tried to install a custom rom on my Gnex(codename android) and i'm stuck at some point. I enter in recovery mode,do a backup,wipe data and when i select install zip from sdcard i can't find the .zip file. What's the problem ?
Sorry for my bad english.

Just put the zip file in the "sdcard" without unziping it.

joooe said:
Just put the zip file in the "sdcard" without unziping it.
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As you probably now, gnex doesn't have a micro sd card slot. I just have "internal storage", i watched a tutorial and did exactly like that guy.
Search youtube for "How To Load a Custom ROM on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus" i'm not allowed to post url's

Adb works in recovery, if you used fastboot to unlock the bootloader of your device you should have adb:
Code:
adb push <rom_name.zip> /sdcard/
In a terminal/CMD on your computer with your device plugged in

R: Galaxy nexus custom rom problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
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I think he is really new to the Android platform and gnex,
Exactly like he said dont unzip
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I'm not REALLY new..
I have my phone unlcoked and rooted. I tried with adb push but it doesn't work. Any other solutions ? I did not unzip it.

When you select install zip from sdcard, do you get a list of all your folders on your SD card? Do you know how to navigate to the location of your .zip? If it doesnt show up, then your either in the wrong location or its not a .zip file. Thats really the only two things it could be.

No
I don't have a list of all my folders. I'm pretty sure i'm not in the wrong location and yes,it is a zip file.

Xhexus said:
I don't have a list of all my folders. I'm pretty sure i'm not in the wrong location and yes,it is a zip file.
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Well something is wrong if you aren't getting a list of all your folders on your SD card. What exactly happens when you select "install from SD card"? Just a blank screen?

Sounds like he wiped /data instead of doing a factory reset
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Xhexus said:
I have my phone unlcoked and rooted. I tried with adb push but it doesn't work. Any other solutions ? I did not unzip it.
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What do you mean it "doesn't work"? What error comes up?
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[Q] TWRP not reading current files in storage.

So as of recently TWRP will not read the current files in my storage on my OG. I download new files and reboot recovery to flash, IE kernel, and TWRP still shows old files and not new ones. I've gone through and deleted old files and left only the new ones in the sdcard directory but TWRP still reads only old files. I'm using root explorer to delete/ move files, i have flashed the recovery about five times through GooManager, and have even flashed an older TWRP in fastboot. I'm stuck... any input??

What ROM are you on?
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I had this same issue after flashing CM. Had to erase internal storage.
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janob09 said:
So as of recently TWRP will not read the current files in my storage on my OG. I download new files and reboot recovery to flash, IE kernel, and TWRP still shows old files and not new ones. I've gone through and deleted old files and left only the new ones in the sdcard directory but TWRP still reads only old files. I'm using root explorer to delete/ move files, i have flashed the recovery about five times through GooManager, and have even flashed an older TWRP in fastboot. I'm stuck... any input??
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It will recognize the 0 folder as your SD card. You can either move all the files out of 0 copy to sdcard and delete 0, or just move stuff that you want to flash into the 0 folder. I did the latter because every time I flash aosp the 0 folder returns.

I looked for the 0 folder, but found nothing. But it did seem to happen shortly after flashed cm. Must be it I guess I'll have to format storage.

I have this problem and I can't restore or flash a rom since I can't find the files. When you say delete internal storage what does that actually do? I don't want to lose everything including my backups (which I did save on my laptop) and not be able to restore my phone. I am currently just rooted stock but did flash CM10 to play a little bit.
Put my zip files in the 0 folder and my TWRP theme in the TWRP folder inside the 0 file and it see them and works. This zero file thing is weird. I'm hoping I can get rid of it eventually.

bruiserman said:
I have this problem and I can't restore or flash a rom since I can't find the files. When you say delete internal storage what does that actually do? I don't want to lose everything including my backups (which I did save on my laptop) and not be able to restore my phone. I am currently just rooted stock but did flash CM10 to play a little bit.
Put my zip files in the 0 folder and my TWRP theme in the TWRP folder inside the 0 file and it see them and works. This zero file thing is weird. I'm hoping I can get rid of it eventually.
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You could try and sideload a rom with ADB to the directory that TWRP is reading from.

If you use Root Explorer and go to root(mount R/W), you can access your 'new' backups under data/media/TWRP. This is where I found all of my back ups after flashing a new ROM. This seems to be default storage for back ups, at least for me, so I copied my original stock back up form my 'sdcard' partition and brought it to the new location. That way I have an original configuration in both places; cover all the bases that way. Hopes this helps others......:good:
BTW - I am running EOS right now; not sure if this will be the case for every ROM flashed.......

Some folders are missed when device attached to PC

hi,
i need a bit help.
when I attach my One Plus 3 to my PC it is detected and I can access to some folders and files like DCIM folder and some images in it. But: I made some photos in the last couple of weeks which are placed in DCIM/Camera folder. But this Camera folder is not visible in DCIM folder which I see when the device is attached to my PC.
Same with Titanium Backup folder. I see this folder if i browse through my device with app ES File Explorer, but I cannot see this folder on my device when it is attached to my pc.
What is wrong here?
Thx !

Known problem. Don't know for any permanent solution, but (at least from my experiences) there is a workaround. Connect the phone to the PC while booted into recovery mode instead of system. It should list all folders then.
Alternatively you can use ADB commands (adb pull) to get files from phone. This always works.
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Explorer23 said:
Known problem. Don't know for any permanent solution, but (at least from my experiences) there is a workaround. Connect the phone to the PC while booted into recovery mode instead of system. It should list all folders then.
Alternatively you can use ADB commands (adb pull) to get files from phone. This always works.
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oh, thanks!
Your workaround worked

tobyffm said:
oh, thanks!
Your workaround worked
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I remember this comment saying something else a minute ago ... ? Glad it worked.
If you're still interested in adb method - it works great for many files as long as they are in the same folder. You have to pull whole folder as there is no simple way to select multiple files.
Another alternative is to somehow connect phone to PC via network. I usually use Solid Explorer (but there are good free alternatives) to connect to my PC's shared folder and then copy files to it via this app.
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yes, tried again to doublecheck and then it worked
thanks for your help, thread can be closed @ Mod