First time ive noticed that i have a lost.dir folder in my usb storage that is about 3gb in size. Is it safe to delete the contents of this folder?
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yes, but it will come back.
I've read somewhere that LOST.DIR is like recycle bin in Windows.. Used for recovering files.. Haven't tried it though
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Been using a macbook to transfer files to my SD in the X10... i realized that it made like 15+ .tmp files on in the directory /sdcard/. should i delete them?
Deleting them wont do any harm from my point of view. I have deleted them many times and I haven't faced any problem
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AdY
Thanks!!!
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Hi all.
I have ICS 4.0.3 routed with stock kernel. I have just noticed that when I try and save files to my internal usbStorage folder the process fails. The folder is empty and I have even erased all data just in case. I can save to any other folder on the internal SD card. I am a bit of a newbie so I may be doing something wrong.
Can anyone help?
Thank you.
Tim
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The usbStorage folder is only for use with USB OTG. If you don't have something plugged in, such as a memory card reader or hard drive, use of that folder will do nothing useful.
Thank you for such a quick reply. I am under the misapprehension that I have put videos in that folder in the past. Obviously not!
Thanks again
Tim.
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Hello, i have problems with this folder... i cant delete it
I delete and appear another time, how to delete completely????
This have 1.18 gb!!!! And dont have memory available!!! With the thumbnails folder are 3 gb....
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xperia_pro said:
Hello, i have problems with this folder... i cant delete it I delete and appear another time, how to delete completely???? This have 1.18 gb!!!! And dont have memory available!!! With the thumbnails folder are 3 gb....
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LOST.DIR is a necessary system folder which the Android OS will recreate if you delete it. If you are running low on memory space, then you should remove rarely used files and apps to gain memory space.
LOST.DIR does recreate itself in external storage like a SD Card and a USB Disk which gets really irritating.
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So I saw that I had an SDcard0 file and an SDcard file. I deleted the SDcard0 file and it deleted everything on my SD card....how screwed am I? :/
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If you have a backup made, your fine. If not, its lost.
Don't delete system folders unless you know what you're doing.
ramongarza said:
So I saw that I had an SDcard0 file and an SDcard file. I deleted the SDcard0 file and it deleted everything on my SD card....how screwed am I? :/
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On a scale to one to ten? About a 8.
If you have rooted your phone, you can get an undelete app (like Fahrbot's Undelete for Root Users on the Market) and recover the folder... hopefully. There's a chance it won't catch the files or whatever. If you're not rooted, I don't think it would be possible to get them back, but I may be wrong (check Google, they may know).
In case you were wondering why this happened, I'll tell you. Android is based on Linux. Linux has these links to files/folders called symlinks. Now, for whatever reason it is, Android has multiply links to the sdcard (probably to help with compatibility). So while they may look like two different folders, they lead to the same place. Think of it as two doors to the same house.
Good luck!
If you are on a 4.2 ROM (One found in Original Development):
The SDcard0 and SDcard are all links to /Data/Media/0. Use a root browser to navigate here and see of your SD cards contents are here. I'm not sure if deleting a symlink will also delete its source, so you may still have the SDcard just not a way to access it without root permissions. If you can see your SD card in /data/media/0, PM me and I'll try to help you restore it. If you don't see anything here, or don't see your SD cards contents (before wipe), I'm sorry to say this but your pretty screwed.
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My internal SD card was not allowing me to update, for lack of space, so I moved the camera folder to my external SD card using Astro. There was a duplicate folder, so I chose to rename it. It went through all the hundreds of files, I saw through the progress bar, but when it finished, the created destination folder shows as empty. Files gone from original location. What can I do to make files show in the destination folder?
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My internal SD card was not allowing me to update, for lack of space, so I moved the camera folder to my external SD card using Astro. There was a duplicate folder, so I chose to rename it. It went through all the hundreds of files, I saw through the progress bar, but when it finished, the created destination folder shows as empty. Files gone from original location. What can I do to make files show in the destination folder?
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Try downloading scanmedia from play store if that don't work try diskdigger.... I accidentally deleted all my photos and diskdigger restored em but try scanmedia first
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Try downloading scanmedia from play store if that don't work try diskdigger.... I accidentally deleted all my photos and diskdigger restored em but try scanmedia first
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This is exactly why I never keep photos, videos and music on my SDCARD unless I have a backup. SDCARD's are too unpredictable for me to trust them with information that is not backed up in another location.