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Tagged with sd-card file-management
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How do I clean up remembered files in builtin files app?
Default files app is showing many files (mostly photos) that don't exist anymore. How to clean it up?
All of these files existed under /sdcard and were cleaned via synchronization with my PC over ssh. ...
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How to create a shortcut to some file in another folder?
I have a PDF on the folder ExtSD/Documents/. I need to make a shortcut of this file to the folder ExtSD/CurrentlyReading/.
So simple on Windows... Apparently never asked on Android.
If it's of any ...
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MicroSD card file system keeps getting corrupt for no obvious reason
Since when I got my current phone (May 2018) I had to reformat my MicroSD card about 3-4 times, probably because of file system corruption. (It's a SanDisk 8GB one, for those who are wondering. And ...
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Why can't I see a folder in "/storage/emulated/0" on PC through MTP? [duplicate]
I use a banking app in my Android 8.1.0. All receipts are saved in /storage/emulated/0/APPNAME.
I can see the APPNAME folder and the receipts on Android if I use an explorer app like Google Files. ...
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Accessing device with broken touch sensor and LCD using adb
After a drop, my phone's (Galaxy J3 6v) screen (both LCD and touch sensor) are completely unresponsive. I believe I have USB debugging turned on, but cannot be sure.
I have a Linux machine with ...
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Why are third party apps entirely excluded from USB OTG since Android 7?
Android KitKat rendered SD cards next to useless for writing, but did not affect USB-OTG at all.
Android 6.0 put USB OTG into read-only, which can be a good thing, but sometimes, I want to write to ...
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Is there a way to stop Android from creating folders on the SD card such as "Android" and "Download"?
In the SD card of an Android device, some folders such as "Android" and "Download" are always automatically created.
Is there any to stop it?
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Change video timestamp on non-rooted device?
I thought I'd be clever and compress some old video files taken with my phone camera using the Video Dieter 2 app. It worked fine, except the new files have new (random) names and their modified ...
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googleota directory on SD what is it? A duplication of DCIM folder, or else?
In my Android device I set the default location of file (photos, video, etc.) to be saved to SD memory card. Recently I had some problems with my phone/SD-card and did a backup of the SD files to my ...
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Moving /storage/sdcard0 from NAND to a removable MicroSD card: will it break anything?
Background information
I own a Samsung Galaxy S Relay 4G running Android 4.1.2. It comes with 8 GB of built-in NAND flash, which is almost full by now. Luckily, it also has a MicroSD card slot.
My ...
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how do I view files on micro sd?
I just saved the files from my flip phone to a micro sd card, and put that micro sd card in my android tablet. I went to the file manager, but I didn’t see anything for mounting the sd device, or that ...
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Missing 2.2 GB of space on my micro SD card
I pulled my micro SD card out of my phone (LG G3) and inserted it into my PC (Kubuntu 14.04). I was in the process of moving several large video files off of the SD card onto my computer. Moving these ...
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Can I disable an Android app to read write some folders in SD card? (CLOSED)
So many Chinese Android apps always creates garbage in SD card, like there is their's home. Some apps auto downloads binding apps to SD card, when I deleted them, they come up next time! So is there ...
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Does Android 4.4 KitKat come with a stock file manager?
I was playing around with the Google SDK and realised that I could not browse the filesystem/external storage, etc. I feel extremely silly asking this, but how do I browse the SD card?
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Manage files left by uninstalled apps?
I just realized that when an app has the "SD card access" it has access to the entire SD card and all the other apps that use the SD card. I would have assumed that each Apps data is "sandboxed" like ...
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How do I install a .apk on my Nexus 7 using the browser?
I recently got an Asus Nexus 7 Tablet shipped to me, and want to be able to use all of the .apk files I have saved on my computer (all purchased/downloaded legitimately). Here's the issue:
I'm in the ...
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Cannot access all my folders from my SDCard via USB
I plug in the USB cable to my computer. I click on Open Device to view files, I get to the root of my SDCard. The problem is that there is a directory missing.
I can see it with my file manager on ...
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samsung duos s7562 how to see/browse contents of sd card
How can I see/browse the contents of my sdcard on my new and shiny samsung duos GT-s7562?
android ver = 4.0.4
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Unable to copy files to /sdcard
Due to a configuration error I made combined with an OTA update (Android 4.1.2), I had to re-unlock my bootloader to regain root on my GSM Galaxy Nexus. This process wipes the entire phone, including /...
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airdroid app FileManager doesn't access to sdCard
AirDroid is a impressive app, but I'm not able to access from pc to th SD content, only to the internal folders (also named sd card I think)
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could someone please post a screenshot of the default file structure of the sd card for Android 2.3.5? I [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which files/folders on my SDCard are unsafe to delete manually?
I have searched the internet for what I felt would be a simple question. I have had my Evo for almost 18 ...
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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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Browse or mount SD card over WiFi on Linux?
Is there a way to browse the contents of my SD card from my Linux (Ubuntu 10.04) machine over WiFi?
I used to connect with a mini-usb cable, or send files through gmail. Surely there must be a way to ...
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List of special Android SD card folders?
I've seen mention of special folders on the SD card such as "ringtones" and "notifications" .
What is the full list of special folders recognized by Android's (Froyo preferred) configuration and its ...
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