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19 questions linked to/from How to identify the app/process which re-mounts partitions R/W, creates files and changes file permissions?
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What app creates files with random numbers as names on my SD card? [duplicate]
I have multiple files that appear seamingly randomly on my SD card with numbers as names such as :
40956591289
531333794524
19002876503010
The files are empty and can be created multiples times a ...
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Is it possible to find out what apps created a given file/folder? [duplicate]
I want to keep track of the application that created the folder.
I use an Android phone.
And some apps automatically creates unnecessary folders in the root directory of my phone.
I want to know where ...
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How to view network traffic requested by a specific app?
There are lots of discussion on how to see which app is requesting network connection. I have tried the following apps:
tcapturepacket
wifi monitor
connection tracker
However, none of them was ...
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Why reading permission to /proc/1/maps is denied and why doesn't the denial appear in logcat?
I'm developing a native app for Android, and I'm occasionally confronted with permission denied which doesn't trigger a log in the logcat logs.
For example, trying to run:
shell@kltevzw:/ $ cat /proc/...
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How to create a copy of a file immediately when it's created?
I have an Android app that will create a file and immediately delete it. I want to know how can I catch this file or create a copy or even disable user permissions to delete a file. I have root access ...
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What's the "debuglogger" directory?
What is the directory "debuglogger" (/storage/emulated/0/debuglogger) for and how to completely remove it? In a week it uses almost 5% of my phone's memory. I have to delete it manually to ...
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What is causing some photos and videos to get replaced by 0 byte files?
Some of my photos or videos get replaced by 0 byte files every now and then, which is quite infuriating. Even more confusingly, sometimes later they do reappear. I don't want this question to be too ...
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Background apps get killed (by something other than battery optimization)
All of my background apps get killed when I turn off the screen.
This is particularly annoying for my most-used messaging app, WhatsApp.
I've looked at the obvious "Battery Optimization" option:
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Monitor and identify which apps create a specific file/directory [duplicate]
From time to time, there is a directory (and files inside of it) that is created on the internal memory of my device. I keep deleting it, but after a few days/weeks, it's back. The folder in question, ...
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How to create a copy of a file immediately when it's created? [duplicate]
I have an Android app that will create a file in /data/ and immediately delete it. I want to know how can I catch this file or create a copy or even disable user permissions to delete a file? I have ...
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Purpose of sdcardwritable file
In some directories there's .sdcardwritable file. It's a empty file. What is purpose of this file?
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Name and type of virus on Android which is attacking file system and storage drives
There's a virus on my Android phone which is attacking the file systems and storage drives attached to my device.
I need help identifying the virus, so that I may further my research and come up with ...
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Finding which process writing to storage
I suspect my phone being infected by malware. Every now and then, there's a folder named LSF_PUSH in internal storage, containing APK from app called SnackVideo and other random pictures from its ...
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How to find out which apps are creating *.space files in Internal Storage?
There is a folder at internal memory: .space/
Inside it has one folder that is a big hash name (probably sha1sum), and inside that folder there are lots of files (also named as a hash something like ...
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Malware downloads APK
Some app is repeatedly downloading APK files in my Lenovo Android phone.
How can I find which program is doing this ?
I have installed all my apps from Google Play store.
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