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No, you won't invalidate your warranty.* Keep in mind that Root Explorer requires root, though, and rooting will invalidate your warranty. I personally love Root Explorer, so I recommend the non-root version: Explorer.
* I haven't read your warranty, but I've never heard of a condition that bizarre. This is not legal advice; I am not a lawyer.
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The information below is from a developer website, it is the closest I could find to a definitive answer.
From website:
If you're using API Level 7 or lower, use getExternalStorageDirectory() to open a File that represents the root of the external storage, then save your shared files in one of the following directories:
* Music/ - Media scanner classifies ...
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These files are for the Transformers: Dark of the Moon film which was included promotionally with your Nexus 7. The movie was not, at least in my case, pre-installed on your device, as it takes a considerable amount of your available storage space (especially if you have an 8GB unit!).
I'm guessing you must at some point have unknowingly hit the small ...
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Settings >> Connect to PC >> USB Connection Type
should be set to "Disk drive" (you can set this as a default connection type, but I prefer to do it manually when I need it).
Also, you can set it via the notifcations bar by clicking on the USB connection type as it appears; a selection box of the various options should appear.
Once mounted, ...
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Over Wi-Fi
Install a small app SwiFTP FTP Server. (original link 'dead' - 2012-09-22, see 'http://ppareit.github.com/swiftp/' instead ) Just, setup username & password. After tapping Start button, your device will become FTP server & the app will give you URL (handy if you don't know device IP & FTP URL format). On PC, you can use any FTP client ...
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Linda File Manager allows you to do that. Just long press the file and select Create Shortcut. A shortcut icon shall appear on your Home screen
As a side note, it is also a nice file manager.
There might be tons of other options, though.
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You cannot restrict where the applications write the data on the sdcard. You can go and delete what ever you want on the sdcard, but it may be data for an application. If you move it, the application will think it has been deleted or doesn't exist, and it will just create the data in the same place again.
Google recommends applications use the ...
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You'll need a file manager, and just browse to the same path that you do when you attach to email.
If the Xoom doesn't have a file manager, I recommend Root Explorer. If you don't have root you can try another, like Astro File Manager.
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WiFi File Explorer allows browsing of the SD card through a web based interface. Quite nice, but perhaps difficult to copy a large number of files.
http://lifehacker.com/5626268/wifi-file-explorer-manages-your-android-sd-card-from-a-web-browser
On Air (Wifi Disk) 'allows you to easily transfer files over your Wi-Fi connection by accessing it as if it were ...
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Android can't/doesn't keep track of arbitrary data created on the SD card. If you're looking for regular app data such as settings, it's located at /data/data/qualified-app-name where the name is something like com.rovio.angrybirds for Angry Birds, for example.
As eldarerathis notes you'll need to be root to view the data partition; it's protected to ...
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According to this thread /sdcard is the internal storage of your device. It is so named because Android counts on a FAT/FAT32 filesystem at that mountpoint for data storage. The optional external sdcard mounts to /sdcard2 and is evidently not available via USB from the tablet. These are the "user serviceable" locations in Android. To work with files outside ...
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If you open a file as Context.MODE_PRIVATE, then the file is created in /data/data/app_packagename and is only accessible to your app. You can see the permission and owner of these files in command line.
adb shell ls -al
drwxr-x--x 1 app_28 app_28 2048 Dec 6 2011 com.android.mms
But files in sdcard is public to all user, so you cannot find ...
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You don't mention which Android phone you've got, depending on which phone (and how much your manufacturer's customised) you've got, it may be slightly different from OtherMichael's instructions.
With stock Android (as on the Nexus One, HTC Magic, G1, etc), when you plug your phone into the PC's USB you should see a USB icon appear in the notification area. ...
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The answers to How do I copy pictures onto a folder on the home screen? provide a couple methods of creating shortcuts (it requires another file manager).
As well, the Root Explorer file manager allows you to set the default path when it opens; you could set it to the path of this folder, so you wouldn't need to browse to it.
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I use FTPServer ( http://www.appbrain.com/app/ftpserver/lutey.FTPServer ) to browse and copy files to and from my phone over wifi. On Ubuntu you can connect to an FTP server and browse it as if it is a directory.
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I just found ES File Explorer which seems to do what I need, and a little bit more. This looks pretty promising. I'll report back if I have any issues with it, but for now it seems to answer my question.
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Prerequesites:
unlocked phone ('fastboot oem unlock' command)
installed Android SDK with accessible adb and fastboot executables (both are part of the SDK)
Cyanogenmod 7/9 or 10 image from get.cm (or whatever ROM you want)
Nexus S CWM recovery image from clockworkmod.com
Steps:
Flash the CWM recovery image:
Switch off your Nexus S, press volume up ...
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The app Rings Extended combined with any free file manager will do what you want. Once installed, picking a ringtone will pop up a window asking which app to use for ringtone selection. Tick the option to make it a default and choose "Rings Extended". It will then allow you to pick any supported music file from your SD card for ring and notification tones.
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Samba Filesharing is a great app for connecting over wifi, but does require root. I use it regularly myself. Just turn on wifi, fire up the app, and then you can browse your SD card from your pc.
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There are many ways, you can use ADB over wifi, run an FTP or SSH server on the phone, or use Dropbox.
The easiest to set up is Dropbox, but it's fairly limited which files and you can synchronize. The best solution would be installing an FTP/SSH server on the phone, but setting up those might be difficult.
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I know it's off topic, but the instructions are on the Android developer pages here. See the section under "Troubleshooting ADT Installation".
If you are still unable to use Eclipse to download the ADT plugin as a remote update site, you can download the ADT zip file to your local machine and manually install it:
Download the current ADT Plugin ...
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When in the message window, "long press" the image (hold your finger down on the image for a second or two) and a menu should pop up giving you the option to download or save the attachment.
When you go to your gallery you'll usually see attachments you've downloaded in a folder called "Downloads" or "Messaging."
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While File Expert is a good app there are great apps out there.
I was hesitant to switch because I didn't want to install another app for ftp sharing, but I discovered Solid Explorer. It's the best File manager app for android, bar none.
It has an exceptional text editor with optional monospace font(!), size setting and line wraps can be disabled! And of ...
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File Expert at the moment cannot open such files.
I recommend using the app called ES File Explorer! It's free and you just enable root option in the Properties, and you have root access.
DO NOT buy File Expert's root plugin as it's a waste of money!!!
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Always been that way and if you don't change the name it will overwrite the image.
Till now, haven't found any fix or a work around, besides using another APP from the market.
This two have been recommend in the past and work just fine:
GO SMS Pro
Handcent SMS
Just confirmed and this Google Play Search, still gives you the two above app as the best ...
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File Expert will give you both on-device, Explorer-like access to your files, and access over WiFi from your browser, an FTP client or Bluetooth. You won't need a separate browser-access app. It is well reviewed and free/no ads.
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If you are just talking about files, I'd take a look into FTPSyncX or FolderSync. I can only talk for FTPSyncX, as I am using it myself -- but most of the following should be valid for both apps:
You can setup directory pairs (one on your device matching another on your PC), and have them sync bidirectionally or unidirectionally. You can configure the sync ...
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That's odd, photos are usually stored within a DCIM directory of the SD-Card. Never heard that one would store them as binary blob within a sqlite db.
Anyways, you cold discover the contents of the sqlite db with the sqlite (sometimes sqlite3) tool. But you need some basic understanding of SQL syntax.
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No, using a file manager will not invalidate your warranty. Rooting often will though. On my phone, I personally use Astro File Manager.
If you want a solution to manage all your files from the desktop, our company produces a solution called SnapPea. It's an easy way to manage contacts, apps, music, and videos from your Windows desktop.
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