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asus sl101 slider running cyanogenmod 10

This problem actually started around when I upgraded to cm9.1 and I think I got an error that my android profile had changed or something. from that day forward I have been unable to delete anything in my downloads folder.

The following did not work

  • rm /sdcard/download/filename
  • removing with rootbrowser
  • adb shell> rm /sdcard/download/filename
  • remounting the sdcard

I get the error that the folder is read only and when I try to change permissions it wont let me.

I was able to

mv /sdcard/download /sdcard/download.back
mkdir /sdcard/download

but still cannot delete from the old download folder.

Eek!

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can you paste here the output of ls -ld /sdcard/download; mount | grep sdcard ? – sputnick Sep 30 '12 at 0:32
u0_a37@android:/ # ls -ld /sdcard/download; mount | grep sdcard drwxrwxr-x root sdcard_rw 2012-09-30 00:27 download /dev/fuse /storage/sdcard0 fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1023,group_id=1023,default_permissions,allow_ot‌​her 0 0 – Joshua Robison Sep 30 '12 at 1:59
is it possible that a program like titanium backup is somehow rotecting them even above root? – Joshua Robison Sep 30 '12 at 2:00
Did you try the full real path ? rm -rf /mnt/sdcard/download – sputnick Sep 30 '12 at 2:22
I just tried it now and got the error, "read-only file system" the trouble is, it's not true. other things on sdcard delete fine. – Joshua Robison Sep 30 '12 at 2:31
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You have a special mount point* for /mnt/sdcard/download, so

  • umount it with umount /mnt/sdcard/download
  • remove the directory rm -rf /mnt/sdcard/download

And try to figure out what cause your Android to use this special mount.

If you just want read-write access, run this command : mount -o remount,rw /mnt/sdcard/download and then you will be able to rm anything inside.

*figured out by the discussions in your question thread

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u0_a37@android:/ $ umount /mnt/sdcard/download failed: Invalid argument – Joshua Robison Sep 30 '12 at 3:00
1|u0_a37@android:/ # mount -o remount,rw /mnt/sdcard/download Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory 1|u0_a37@android:/ # – Joshua Robison Sep 30 '12 at 3:00
i wonder if some parental software i installed a long while back or titanium backup or some software is causing this. but i deleted all the data and cache before flashing this rom. several times... – Joshua Robison Sep 30 '12 at 3:02
You should be root to do it – sputnick Sep 30 '12 at 3:05
sorry, copy pasted the wrong line. ----------------------- u0_a37@android:/ # umount /mnt/sdcard/download failed: Invalid argument – Joshua Robison Sep 30 '12 at 3:10
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