Hello - I was going through my directories on an unrooted device to see if I can track how a
hosts.txt file keeps appearing in my downloads folder
Coming across some weird folder names and files - some are in the root and not in the folders
IE: There is as folder called "D" with very whacky /sus type names
Winrar allows you to see a lot more in depth than my files
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Just wondering how to download system files. ActiveSync's explorer shows it moving over, but never appears on my desktop.
Reason I am asking is because I would like to edit some of the screens (such as in call)
Also would like to delete junk that I am never going to use....
open active sync and click on explorer and drag the files you want to your desktop edit them drag them back to folder when ask to over write choose yes hope this helps
Not allowing me to drag them?
is your phone cid unlocked
I used Window's search engine and it is popping up in the temp files directory for some reason....
So with that squared away, anyone know how to delete files that are "secure"?
I Downloaded A Theme From The Forum (EnamoRED) But Didn't Like Certain Parts Of It. I Am On A Mac. On My Evo Im Running The Latest Stock Rom W/ Full Root.
I Extracted The Signed Zip File Which Then Revealed Two Folders, "META-INF" & "system".
I The Navigated To "system" and that revealed two files also, "app" & "framework".
I Then Went Into "framework" which revealed two files "com.htc.resources.APK" & "framework-res.APK".
I Extracted Them And Within Those Two Folders Were Plenty In Each Of Them. I Went To "Res" In Each Of The Two Folders (com.htc.resources & framework-res) And Changed A Couple Of PNG's.
Now I Want To "Archive" The Two Folders In "System/Framework" Back To ".APK". Also I Don't Know If I Would Need To Resign Them.
After I Have Everything Ready I Can Zip It Up, But Im Not Sure If Ill Have To Resign The ".Zip"?
Thanks Guys.
WILL DONATE TO SOMEBODY WHO CAN REALLY HELP!!!!!
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This Is What I Have. Original On Top, My Edited Files On Bottom. Just Need To Make My Folders ".APK'S" And The Sign The Fianl Zip.
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Somebody Please Help!!!!! Im Going To Be Away From My Computer Soon And Would Liek To Batch This Up!
I just started getting into theming a bit too. I have a win7 PC so it might be a little different, but the tutorial i was following said to open the zip/apk's with an extractor, drag the drawable folders out, make your changes, drag the modified files back in ( "update" the archive if prompted ) & then sign the original zip file. I forget which thread it was, but they said signing it may not be necessary.
yes, what Veritas06 said. Don't rezip all the files that you extracted, just drag and drop the files you modified into their respective folders in the pre-existing archive. Signing should not be necessary if you do it this way.
With HTC apk's in the /system/app folder, usually you can just remove and reinstall the new apk to change, the ones in /system/framework should work the same way.
Thanks guys, so what im trying to do is re-instate an apk file back to an apk. i extracted it so that i can edit the pngs within. was i supposed to extract it? from what im reading, with 7zip you can change files within an archive without extracting it? is that what im supposed to do to keep my file as an apk? i also have a win 7 pc that i donated to my mom but i still have access to it so may try it.
This Is What I Have. Original On Top, My Edited Files On Bottom. Just Need To Make My Folders ".APK'S" And The Sign The Fianl Zip.
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I've been searching for a solution to this problem for awhile now, and I finally found one. Using Windows Phone Device Manager I was peering through the files on the phone and found 3 xml files that hold the key to adding podcasts to markets that do not have support already.
These two xml files are located in the \My Documents\Zune\PimentoCache\Keepers folder
Downloaded_TunerConfig.xml
LKG_TunerConfig.xml
And the last one is located in the root of the Windows folder
TunerConfigDefault.xml
Now all you have to do is find your specific market (Canada in my case) and add the line pod="1" to the string, so:
<market id="en-CA" mkt="1" zpass="1" sdjloc="1" sdjmkt="1" music="1" xbox="1" ratings="ESRB" catalog="en-CA" mtax="1" atax="1"/>
becomes:
<market id="en-CA" mkt="1" zpass="1" sdjloc="1" sdjmkt="1" pod="1" music="1" xbox="1" ratings="ESRB" catalog="en-CA" mtax="1" atax="1"/>
And as simple as that, podcasts appear!
I used WPDM to transfer the files, but it was a bit finicky when the file already exists, I've found that by uploading the files with the extensions changed slightly (ie. .xml1) and then changing the file name, it replaces the old file.
Hay guys
I am facing some strange issues on my galaxy nexus 4.2.2 unrooted
I have notice that in my phone there is a file name THUMBDATA3-1763508120 in DCIM--->thumbnail folder of size 1.5 GB.
And even after deleting this file no space of my sdcard is released . Means my SDCARD is still showing the same space as before .
and after some time it recreate again with same size when i use camera for some time.
One more thing in my phone I have 9.35 GB of data content but SDCARD is showing 11.5 GB of space out of 13.3 GB
This may help , please confirm
Using a disk space analyzer, I was surprised to see that my Android tablet had 1.03GB of photos. This was odd to me, because I knew there were only a couple of photos on the device.
I pinpointed the problem to thumbnails. These are tiny copies of photos used by some apps to more quickly display pictures. Specifically, the 1GB was being taken up by a thumbnail index file, and I didn't need to lose that 1GB to a function I don't use on the tablet. I erased the file as follows:
1. Open a file manager on Android. I use File Manager from Rhythm Software.
2. Ensure that it can display system or hidden files. This is an option somewhere under Settings. In File Manager, tap Menu > Settings > Show Hidden Files.
3. Navigate to \mnt\sdcard\DCIM\ .thumbnails. By the way, DCIM is the standard name for the folder that holds photographs, and is the standard for pretty much any device, whether smartphone or camera; it is short for "digital camera IMages." Another BTW: when a folder name is prefixed with a period, then it is a hidden folder in Android (such as .thumbnails).
4. Select and erase the file that's about 1GB and contains the word 'thumbdata." The exact file name will vary.
After I did this, image viewing apps like Gallery operated just fine, with no apparent slowdown from the loss of this file.
In this way I freed up 1GB on my Android v4 tablet, 1GB on my Android v4 phone, and 750MB on an older Android v2 phone.
Keeping the 1GB Free
Because .thumbdata is a system file, Android recreates it. Indeed, you may find more than one copy in the .thumbnails folder, if you have reinstalled Android or similarly redid the system in some way.
To keep Android from creating the 1GB file anew, we need to create a dummy file that fools Android. In short, we create a text file with a text editor, and then move it to the thumbnails folder. Here are the steps to doing this:
1. Use File Manager to determine the exact name of the thumbnail index file. On one of my Android devices, the name is .thumbdata3--1967290299. Write it down.
2. Start a text editor or word processor on the Android, and then create a new text file.
3. Use the Save As command to save the file in the DCIM folder. (We move it to the .thumbnails folder in a later step.) Save it with the same name at that index file, such as ".thumbdata3--1967290299". Now, depending on the text editor's capabilities, it might not allow the "." prefix or a blank extension. Thus, you might end up with thumbdata3--1967290299.txt as the file name. We fix this in a later step.
4. Exit the text editor, and then switch to File Manager. Now, it is important you use a file manager like Rhythm Software's File Manager app, because it does what some others cannot: it can (a) rename file extensions and (b) access hidden folders.
5. In File Manager, navigate to the \DCIM\ .thumbnails folder. If the thumbdata3 file is there again, erase it again.
6. Move up a level to the \DCIM folder, and then right-click the thumbdata3--1967290299.txt file name. ("Right click" means hold your finger down on the name until a menu appears.)
7. From the menu, choose Rename, and then rename thumbdata3--1967290299.txt to .thumbdata3--1967290299 -- (a) add the dot (.) to the start of the file name, and (b) erase the ".txt" from the end of the file name.
8. Click OK (or Rename) to finish renaming.
9. Right click the file name, and then choose Move (or Cut).
10. Navigate down to the .thumbnails folder, and then tap Paste.
The dummy file will now prevent Android from creating the huge index file.
simplymonis said:
Hay guys
I am facing some strange issues on my galaxy nexus 4.2.2 unrooted
I have notice that in my phone there is a file name THUMBDATA3-1763508120 in DCIM--->thumbnail folder of size 1.5 GB.
And even after deleting this file no space of my sdcard is released . Means my SDCARD is still showing the same space as before .
and after some time it recreate again with same size when i use camera for some time.
One more thing in my phone I have 9.35 GB of data content but SDCARD is showing 11.5 GB of space out of 13.3 GB
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I just answered this in another post but check it
I have root on my device, so I did the following.
Using Root explorer I went to the folder /DCIM/.thumbnails (hidden) and deleted the huge file. Then with the "+" I chose "New file" and named it the same as the previous .thumbdata3-.... it created a file that is 0 Bytes and then I went and used the camera and the apps, so far the file stays the same size, so maybe that trick will work for others too. Good luck.
So I'm putting together a package of a zillion Notications & Ringtones onto my phone's external SD card.
First thing I notice is that the filename I see in Windows is not the same name as what comes up when I go to select a Ringtone in Jelly Bean.
Any idea why that is, or how I can make the filenames the same in Windows Explorer AND Android?
CZ Eddie said:
So I'm putting together a package of a zillion Notications & Ringtones onto my phone's external SD card.
First thing I notice is that the filename I see in Windows is not the same name as what comes up when I go to select a Ringtone in Jelly Bean.
Any idea why that is, or how I can make the filenames the same in Windows Explorer AND Android?
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This is because android pulls the name from what is listed in the properties section and not the files name.
zelendel said:
This is because android pulls the name from what is listed in the properties section and not the files name.
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Do you know where the properties are that this gets changed?
Because I took one test MP3 and made two copies of it.
1) Name & Properties name unchanged.
2) Name changed to "Test" and properties name (which was blank) left unchanged.
3) Name chnaged to "Test2" and properties name set to "Test 2".
All three came up in Android with the Windows filename.
It's hard to find the ones that have different filename. I literally have like 1000 ringtones.
Okay, it actually does work. Sort of.
It just takes Android a LONG time to change the filenames for some reason.
If I copy all my name-changed ringtones to the phone, it initially displays the filenames. But after about ten minutes, if you go back in again it shows the new filenames.
Just need to be patient.
Also, it will only display the new filenames if there is nothing listed for the filename in the file properties "Detail" tab. If there is a name in the "Detail" tab, then Android reverts to that name instead of whatever file name I assign it.
Right now I'm trying to google up some sort of batch program that will remove the "Details" name from all my files.