Can't delete ExtSdcard files - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I've neved had a problem deleting files from my external SD card.
Just installed Boeffla Kernel 2.12 and now I can't delete any file, I'm rooted and using Root explorer. (but I can from my PC connecting the phone to it, it's not a card problem). Also I've used Boeffla for a long time, no issues with it till now.
Anyone has experienced this issue? How can I fix it?
Thanks.

What rom?
In terminal emulator type "mount" and paste the output here (in code tags) please
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The result.
It's AndyX Rom 6.0 4.1.2
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Can you create files there?
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Yes
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nauete said:
Yes
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Odd. Permissions look correct.
Can you flash the previous kernel version back and test please?

Oh my! I've just realized that some of the files I was trying to delete had wrong permissions! Changing them allowed me to delete those files.
But i can't understand why, i've copied them from the pc as allways, why some files had proper permissions and others don't?
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You're not supposed to be able to change permissions on sdcards. They should take the permissions specified at mount :/
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nauete said:
Oh my! I've just realized that some of the files I was trying to delete had wrong permissions! Changing them allowed me to delete those files.
But i can't understand why, i've copied them from the pc as allways, why some files had proper permissions and others don't?
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rootSU said:
You're not supposed to be able to change permissions on sdcards. They should take the permissions specified at mount :/
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Guys, how did you solve this issue??
I'm trying to copy some folders/files from sdcard to extSdCard. The progress seems ok, but I noticed the contents I copied were not in the extSdCard after I rebooted.
Just so you know, I'm stock rooted...
[SOLVED]
I've sent it to SanDisk, since it was defective. Got a new one back...

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gazhead said:
CWM ?
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Crazy idea you crazy fool
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Ben36 said:
Crazy idea you crazy fool
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I played with CWM but I'm newbie in this. I choosed Backup there and it makes it. But I'm not able to find where it stores that bakup file(s)... I'm searching folder structure using Root Explorer but I don't what to search and where
Sd card. Clockworkmod. Backup.
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Ben36 said:
Sd card. Clockworkmod. Backup.
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Uaaaau, perfect! And now waht? I see there 6 files :
.android_secure.vfat.tar ......1,50k
boot.img...............................16MB
cache.ext4.tar......................7,50k
data.ext4.tar.........................243,53MB
nandroid.md5.......................249b
system.ext4.tar......................490,77MB
What to do now? My speculation is to copy it to computer and use flashtool to create .tft file from these files? Sorry for my stupid questions....
Noo. Don't go that far in. Stay in the folder i told you. And copy the whole folder there (it's named as a time and date) to your pc as a backup.
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That's a complete backup. You can keep it on your sd card and just restore when ever you need
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Ben36 said:
Noo. Don't go that far in. Stay in the folder i told you. And copy the whole folder there (it's named as a time and date) to your pc as a backup.
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That's a complete backup. You can keep it on your sd card and just restore when ever you need
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Ben36 - thank you very much for all your infos! :good:
Now if you mess about you can always restore or use advanced restore and just restore system only etc
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Now if you mess about you can always restore or use advanced restore and just restore system only etc
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[Q] CM hides my old "stock" partition.

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do you have old files in your phone or they are gone??
secard/0 directory is accessible from PC and from root explorer too.
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So, the default directory I see when starting the file explorer from the phone and the pc is /sdcard which has the "new" files and no subfolder named 0. I tried going to /storage/sdcard0 and /storage/emulated/0 but it takes me to the same folder. The strange thing is that when in cwm recovery I go to "install update from sdcard" I see the "old" folder and have to go to ./0 to get to the files I can access from the phone and pc.
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that's the way CM10.1 works, been discussed a hundred times, use search
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that's the way CM10.1 works, been discussed a hundred times, use search
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That's the way Android 4.2.x works not specific to CM, but yeah your advise holds Search thoroughly before asking questions.
Your old internal sd data that you were using with Android 4.1.2 is now in /data/media when you are using any Android 4.2.x based ROM
Thank you vary much! Found it! Sorry for reopening this topic, I did not know what to look for
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Guster47 said:
TI did not know what to look for
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http://lmgtfy.com/?q=/sdcard/0
Hahahaha! Nice! Thanks again!
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rootSU said:
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First, like always, sorry for my English.
I want to know if we can create a partition like we make on windows for "backup" some folders. For when installing a new ROM.
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pablotnt said:
First, like always, sorry for my English.
I want to know if we can create a partition like we make on windows for "backup" some folders. For when installing a new ROM.
(I miss SD card!!)
So we format internal storage for a clean install but don't touch the other "new" partition with our data (pics, ringtones, roms, mods, docs, etc...)
I hope someone understand what I try to write.
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For storage.
I want a partition for Android and other for data. Like in a PC.
I can format Android partition and don't loose data.
It's possible?
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pablotnt said:
For storage.
I want a partition for Android and other for data. Like in a PC.
I can format Android partition and don't loose data.
It's possible?
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I think so but im not the person to ask. Ill talk to some devs and if any know how to do this ill lead them to this post.
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Nope
The partition is in the pit file and cannot be modified as you wish
Nandroid is good enough for you to backup, via a custom recovery
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ytwytw said:
Nope
The partition is in the pit file and cannot be modified as you wish
Nandroid is good enough for you to backup, via a custom recovery
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Thanks for following the link and helping this person
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Thanks very much @pickles523 and @ytwytw for your time and answer!
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pablotnt said:
Thanks very much @pickles523 and @ytwytw for your time and answer!
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Just thank them i just led them here
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