Can anyone tell me if I can delete files from my sdcard that start with a dot, as in .adobe? What other files can I delete without crashing my system? I'm running CM7 and the current nightly.
Thanks!
Do you have a mac? If you do and transfer files from it to the phone you will get duplicate files. Usually .(insert file name here) is a copy. When I transfer roms from my mac to the phone. I always have a duplicate. Yes you can delete the .(files) and you'll be fine. I always have:
.trashes
.android_secure
.downloadTemp
And dont delete them becuase I feel they are necessary.
If you dont have a mac I dont know.
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How can i install the apk files?
I cp them to my sd card, but their size is zero byte, can't be installed or read profile....
Who can help me?
Best off asking in the android section
if they are 0byte then the files do not appear to have been copied to the device correctly, how are you transferring them?
Dear All
I can't update the apps that moved on SD card, but has no problem after moving back to phone ? Anyone know the solution ? Thanks
I had the same problem. I was able to resolve the problem by mounting my phone to USB. Then delete the file smdl2tmp1.asec in the /sdcard/.android_secure/ directory.
After deleting the file from the sdcard, I was able to install all apps again
you can do two thgs.
1:delete the file smdl2tmp1.asec in the /sdcard/.android_secure/ directory wt he said if not
2:you may try this, go to setting and choose save to phone instead of sd card. this may allow updates.
cphkelvin said:
you can do two thgs.
1:delete the file smdl2tmp1.asec in the /sdcard/.android_secure/ directory wt he said if not
2:you may try this, go to setting and choose save to phone instead of sd card. this may allow updates.
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i can't find the .android_secure folder. does my phone need to be rooted?
finally!
After reading through a million posts and blogs and pulling out my hair, it was the smdl2tmp1.asec causing all my problems!!! Thanks for the post! Of the hundreds I've read, this is the first reference to the right thing.
any other ideas?
I'm having the same problem. That directory on my phone says it's empty. Yet
, I still can't update apps on the SD card. Any other ideas?
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My .android_secure folder was also empty but other sources said there's another folder to look,
./mnt/secure/asec/
this folder requires root access and using root explorer
i put a 32 gb micro card in the tab after loading about 2gb of music on it, it found the card then only recognized about ten files while either deleting or replacing the remaining files with numbered files that come up as unreadable format. i have placed a folder labeled no media but that seems not to work. even sent it back to viewsonic and they reset it to factory ( i did that also) sent it back and it stil does it . any suggestions would be appreciated. its a stock gtab no mods
This is a known issue on some mods, although I didn't know stock also suffered from this problem. You need to create a file named ".nomedia" and place it in either the root directory, or the directory where you store your media. Note that you cannot create this file in Windows. Mac or linux may be able to, but the easiest way is to use a file explorer like ES File explorer, which has the ability to create a file.
thanks for the tip
i will give it a try and let you know what happened,
nope not working
tried as you advised , made a .nomedia file reloaded the sd card put it in wanting the world and the same thing happened. all but a few files were left and then there were 20 to 30 numbered files where there used to be mp3 folders.plus if i select one of these files it says unable to open this file type
Hello,
I have backed up my data with the Clockwordmod because I wanted to install a new Android version, because it hasn't booted anymore.
Now everything works fine, but when I recover my data backup, it hangs up again.
With unyaffs I extracted all content, and now I want to recover just specific .asec files, that means just for specific Apps I need the data of.
How is that possible? I can't find any solution!
Thank you,
casbar
All asec files reside on your SD card in the .android_secure directory.
Hans Schmucker said:
All asec files reside on your SD card in the .android_secure directory.
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When I replace those files with my versions and run the app, or reinstall that before, it doesn't work!
Please help me, I need those data.
casbar
Nobody an idea how to fix this problem?
casbar
Why do you want the asec files? From what I can tell, they seem to contain resources, not data. So reinstalling and moving to SD should get you to exactly the same point as reinstalling and re-using your old asec files. The data AFAIK remains in the /data/data directory, even if you move from SD.
(Take this with a grain of salt though, I havent't really looked into asec files yet)
Listen, I have reistalled my phone, deleted all data. before I done it, I backed up the datain the Clockwordmod Boot menu. Now I just want to reuse my old files (which are asec files).
I cannot migrate the whole backup, because then my phone doesn't boot aymore, so I have to just use the asec files of specific apps.
I dont know how !
Please help me
i have the same problem, but i want to restore the whole apk of flashplayer because i can't find that exact apk which worked fine on my huawei sonic
USE LINK2SD to get them decrypted.
Hi;
I just use Link2SD, MOVE to PHONE; even if it's on the phone. LINK2SD will decrypt and move them to the /data/* Directory
Cheers,
BuBu.
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Hello all, could not find this problem in search, so.
I bought a 32gb to replace the 8gb I was using, and im having trouble moving the files from .android_secure to the new card.
i copied files in usb mode from the galaxy to my computer and then swapped the sd cards , then tried to copy stuff back. but it just aint working , windows shows everything copys over except the .android_secure dir that is. my device will not recieve the files. and some other stuff in just plain dir's are not found when using root explorer. WTF is going on here.
Can anybody please help.
Thank You
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Hello all, could not find this problem in search, so.
I bought a 32gb to replace the 8gb I was using, and im having trouble moving the files from .android_secure to the new card.
i copied files in usb mode from the galaxy to my computer and then swapped the sd cards , then tried to copy stuff back. but it just aint working , windows shows everything copys over except the .android_secure dir that is. my device will not recieve the files. and some other stuff in just plain dir's are not found when using root explorer. WTF is going on here.
Can anybody please help.
Thank You
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Have you tried doing all your copying on a PC? I mean, taking your 8GB to a PC... copying files to a temp folder. Putting the 32GB card into the PC and copying all your files to the new card. I have always done this and I had no issues with folders not copying properly.
WarrantyVoided said:
Hello all, could not find this problem in search, so.
I bought a 32gb to replace the 8gb I was using, and im having trouble moving the files from .android_secure to the new card.
i copied files in usb mode from the galaxy to my computer and then swapped the sd cards , then tried to copy stuff back. but it just aint working , windows shows everything copys over except the .android_secure dir that is. my device will not recieve the files. and some other stuff in just plain dir's are not found when using root explorer. WTF is going on here.
Can anybody please help.
Thank You
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Like the pserson above me said, have you tried on the PC? Also when you do copy it over on PC make sure that you have all administrative rights on your computer so it can go through.
I know this is a tad old, but A nandroid backup such as done by 4EXT Recovery or even ClockworkMod should backup the .android_secure folder/partition/etc (in 4EXT Recovery when you do a backup, it saves the boot, system, data, cache, sd-ext/sd-ext2 into a backup which can be then be copied over to a new card after you partition it how you want, then run the restore process).
Likewise you could probably tarball it via adb shell in order to transfer it across file systems that do not support linux permissions and ownership flags.