A file system is the logical structure to organize (store, retrieve and update) data on a storage device.
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Where on the file system are SMS messages stored?
Where in the file system are SMS messages stored?
I'm using ES File Explorer to browse around but can't seem to find this - is it on the phone or the SD, and where?
I have an HTC Wildfire but I ...
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What's the Android equivalent of /etc/fstab?
Sometimes I really wish they hadn't messed around with Linux so much! I know there's an /etc/fstab in there somewhere, but where?
I'd like to mount some partitions with alternative filesystems ...
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Why did /sdcard/ turn into /sdcard/0/ with 4.2?
I've never seen this before so I'm assuming that it happened when I upgraded to 4.2: I'm fairly certain that /sdcard/ used to take me straight to my sdcard, but now when I go to that path (in CWM ...
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Access Android device's file system over Bluetooth or Wi-Fi
I'm looking for a way to access the file system of an Android device (Nexus S) wirelessly, as its USB port has become unfit for anything but charging. Ideally, I'd like the same functionality as ...
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Filesystem hierarchy, that defines the directory structure and directory contents of Android?
I have searched, but haven't yet been able to find, an authoritative documentation of the filesystem hierarchy of the Android OS.
Can someone tell me whether this exists at all and if so, where?
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Best Practice for transferring images to an Android phone?
I switched from iOS to Android, and wish to transfer my pictures.
Where on the filesystem should I put the pictures? I first thought /DCIM/camera, but that's the directory for pictures shot with the ...
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How to create a shortcut to a text file
I have a text file somewhere on the SD card.
How can I create a shortcut to this file on the "desktop" to open it immediately?
(HTC Wildfire)
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How to delete a specific file in Android so that it can't be recovered?
From my experience a file deleted from a computer filesystem can often be recovered unless it is overwritten with a special program (that's usually called "shredding").
Is an Android-based HTC ...
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Which files/folders on my SDCard are unsafe to delete manually?
I've had my Droid for nearly a year now, and in the process of installing and uninstalling apps, moving data to and from my SDCard, and all the various things one does with a phone the SDCard has ...
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Where does the 'set as wallpaper' feature save your picture in Gingerbread (2.3)?
I had an image from a website which I set as my background inside the browser. I am wondering now where I can find the image in the file system, because I can't find it online anymore. I already ...
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What is the location of attachments that I download from the Gmail app?
I can't find where the files are saved after I download them from an email message.
I'd be glad if you could direct me to the location.
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why “ls -al” does not show file size info in /dev/socket directory?
In /dev/socket directory, if runs "ls -al" in adb, there is no file size information. I would like to know why there is no such information, in the condition that in other directories can show file ...
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Is there a way to mount a Windows shared drive so I can access those files on my phone?
I have a shared network drive full of files I want to access from my phone over wifi.
Is there a easy way to mount it on my phone?
I have a rooted Motorola Milestone.
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Sharing files between users in 4.2.1
I have a Google Nexus 7, unrooted, running stock 4.2.1. I have set it up for two user and we seems to be enjoying it.
Recently I ran into an issue about sharing files. In User1's account I copied few ...
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How do I undelete or recover deleted files on Android? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I recover a deleted file on Android?
Is there a way to recover deleted files on Android phones without using standard USB storage recovery tools?
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Will Android read any other non-FAT file-system on SD card?
I use Sound Juicer to rip all of my music. I have a lot of songs that published in a different language, and moreover that use different characters. I find the native file system doesn't support much ...
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Is there a maximum number of files per directory or maximum directory size?
Recently I made a directory with > 20,000 small mp3 files in it. Not all the files successfully copied across from my desktop computer and if I tried to add any more I received an error message ...
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Android limited to 1 hour video recording?
At the moment, I am using the standard video recording app for video recording. I have found that the recording automatically stops after just 1 hour. Is this a deliberate limitation placed on the ...
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What exactly is framework-res.apk
As far as I understand it, it is a big system file that apparently controls a big part of the phone. I am interested because I wanted to do some themeing and so far I had edited SystemUI.apk, but if I ...
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How to check filesystem (/sdcard) for errors?
I would like to check my /sdcard, and possibly other internal partitions as well, for errors on the file system level.
I am wondering how this could be accomplished.
I am using a Samsung Galaxy ...
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Is it possible to reorganize the SD card? Because it is a mess in there
One of the things I hate about Android is the folder organization. Each app creates its own folder, usually in the root of the SD card. When I'm trying to find something, I have to search it through ...
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Is it safe to manually delete the contents of the .Trash-1000 folder on my SDCard?
Can anyone please provide an explanation (or a good resource) of how the folder /mnt/sdcard/.Trash-1000 functions and whether or not it was safe to manually delete its contents? Based on the name and ...
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Where can I find the OTA update file?
I'm trying to locate the zip file that contains the OTA update for my Droid Bionic. Right now, its failing to update, and every time it fails it deletes the file and I need to re-download it (takes a ...
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How to browse file:/// URLs on my Android device?
I have some extensive documentation in HTML format that I want to carry around with me. On my old Gingerbread phone, I was able to save the entire "site" onto the phone's sd card and browse it with ...
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Media on external sd card can be browsed but not seen by other apps (including settings>storage). Not part of the .nomedia file fiasco!
As the title says, if I fire up a file browser I can access all the files on the sd-card without a problem. I can even view the pictures with the gallery and the music app plays my music files ...
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Path where Firefox Mobile Addons store their data?
I've installed Firefox Mobile on my Asus eee transformer and installed the scriptish add-on for using some userscripts.
Some of them require editing. The problem is I don't know which path contains ...
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Why are some files under /proc are universally readable?
Why are some files under /proc are universally readable by anyone using adb?
e.g.
/proc/<pid>/statm
/proc/<pid>/maps
/proc/<pid>/smaps
We can even cat the content of these files, ...
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Why do I get “not enough space” when I copy an APK file to /system/app?
I recently rooted my HTC Desire Bravo because I needed read/write access to /system/app in order to be able to copy an APK file there.
I wrote here on stackexchange on the best solution to root the ...
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Why are there 2 folders SDCard and SDCard2 on a ViewSonic GTablet?
I see that there's a folder named sdcard and another named sdcard2 on a ViewSonic GTablet. If I put the SD card in my PC, the sdcard2 folder is recognized by the PC. If I connect the tablet to the ...
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Check and fix SD card errors within Android itself?
Sometimes my SD card gets "corrupted" and this leads to many read/write errors. Usually, connecting the SD card to the windows 7 and selecting the "Error Checking" (Right click the drive > Tools > ...
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Is it possible to list all files on SD card created by a certain application?
I would like to see which files on my SD card a certain application has written. How would I go about doing it?
I don't know how writing files from an application works in Android. But maybe these ...
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Can't access my old files after switching ROM from AOKP to CM, even though they're still there
Initially I thought this was a problem with Google Play / Apollo, but I realize now that when I plug in my phone via USB, I can't see any of the many, many folders and files present on /sdcard that I ...
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Cannot make changes to specific folder
My phone is rooted with aokp build 38 on it. It is a Verizon Galaxy Nexus (toro)
There is a folder /sdcard/data that I can't make any changes to. Some of my apps are trying to use this folder but are ...
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selecting a chime in Caynax Hourly Chime
In Caynax Hourly Chime when I select chime option a dialog with a Search button appears. But while I have some sound file in my SD it do not show them. How can I choose chime file in this app?
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why is my file system suddenly read only?
Some background:
My HTC Desire HD has several issues.
The first issue being that I can not connect to it using a USB cable.
So I found that I can tell ADB to work over wifi and I was using this ...
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Where does Runkeeper keep its data files?
I was recording my path with Runkeeper for hours until the battery ran out. Now when I try to "Resend" the path to Runkeeper online it fails after a while.
I need to find the path file so I can ...
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Local files revisited: Opening local HTML files (file:///path/to/file) in Chrome on Android 4.x
There are other questions on this same topic, but I'm finding that on 4.0.4 with my HTC One, I can open file:/// URLs just fine with Firefox, but not with Chrome or the Android browser. Those two ...
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Reason SD cards come FAT formated instead of Fat32?
I found my SD card to be FAT formated instead of a modern filesystem (at least fat32).
This comes with the disadvantage of large allocation unit size (32kb) whilst most of the files are less than ...
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How to clean up old application folders from prior ROM?
I installed CM10 on my GS2, and during the process I didn't format the file system as I wanted to retain my photos and music on the device. I was aware of an app called "SD Maid" that is supposed to ...
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System audio files appearing in playlist
I wasn't satisfied with the selection of sounds the phone was giving me for the alarm, so I installed ES File Explorer and picked out some ringtone sounds from the phone's system/media/audio folder. ...
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Does Android have a 2.1GB file size limit?
I have tried many voice recording type applications and the best I have found only allows me to do a recording upto a maximum file size of 2.1GB. I can do many of these 2.1GB recordings as I have a ...
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download bigger than 4 gb file on android 4.0.4
How can I download files bigger than 4 GB on my Micromax A110 phone?
FAT32 file system says that it does not support files larger than 4 GB. I know there is one more way to do that: EXFAT file ...
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Where are the .apk files of currently installed apps stored on my Android device? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Where in the file system are applications installed?
How can I view the .apk files of currenly installed apps on my android phone?
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How do I get permission to create this file in an android shell?
I'm trying to root a Kindle and I'm stuck. Getting permission denied and don't know how or what permissions to change.
mike@Inspiron:~/Downloads/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools$ adb shell
...
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copy folder structure from internal memory to sd-card
I use the amazon downloader to buy mp3s with my android device. My problem now is that I cannot change the download folder but want the files to be moved to my sdcard. I already found a cron tool to ...
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How to visit the /data folder on my Android on my PC?
For example
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts.db
I cannot see it both in Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04.
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How does it looks like on the galaxy tab?
Im wondering about the filesystem on the galaxy tab, could i for example connect it to a camera, transfer some images, fix red eyes and transfer the images to a storage device like a usb pen or a ...
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Finding data created by a certain application?
I'm looking for the data-store of a certain application so I can take backups of some files that are important to me. Connecting the phone to my computer and browsing the file-system I get revealed a ...
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How to check support for ext2 filesystem
I have android mobile with gingerbread 2.3.4 installed in it.
I want to know if my device(kernel) supports ext2 filesystem. Is there any terminal command to check the support for ext2 filesystem ?
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How to create a symlink after I rooted my Samsung galaxy w GT-i8150?
How do I create a symlink from my /sdcard/NaviSEA to point to /sdcard/external_sd/SD/NaviSEA?
Even after rooting my device I still get "Operation not permitted" error and I did allow with su in my ...
