Previously I had Samsung's official firmware, I rooted a phone and flashed CM10.2. I wanted to delete everything I had on internal storage, but it showed me like it is already empty, despite I had only 2 gb left on internal storage. I went to "Device: mnt/shell/emulated folder and I found there all files I previously had on internal storage, including photos, music, app data etc. Can I delete those files in that folder (except sub folder 0, which is mirror for current internal storage)?
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No you cannot delete your internal /sdcard
Read stickies in general. The one about 4.2 and /sdcard
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Thanx for answer.
I deleted android/data, DCIM and all music under mnt/shell/emulated folder. Now I have 6 gb free on internal storage and I didnt erased any system files. For example, there were files for Real racing 3 (in mnt/shell/emulated/android/data folder), which I had installed on 4.1.2. It took a lot of space.
So far everything works OK, I hope it will stay in that way
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Did you read the thread?
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Did you read the thread?
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Now I did - it is hard to search on a phone, but I found it. You explained very nice everything there, thanx. Luckily, I kept folders 0, obb and legacy untouched, so I guess I didn't do any damage? I also didnt restore from a Titanium backup when I installed CM10.2, but I installed everything from a scratch. Because of that, can I erase all folders except 0, obb, legacy and clockwork mod?
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Hello.
I'm on the latest CM7 stable and am not able to delete any files or save any files to SD-ext. The files will show "deleted" or "saved", but if I reboot, the deleted files will be back or the new files will be gone. I have 1.5GB free on my SD. Any Ideas? Do you think it may be because it's formatted as FAT32 (just noticed that today)?
Thanks!
No one has a clue or any suggestions?
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P05TMAN said:
Hello.
I'm on the latest CM7 stable and am not able to delete any files or save any files to SD-ext. The files will show "deleted" or "saved", but if I reboot, the deleted files will be back or the new files will be gone. I have 1.5GB free on my SD. Any Ideas? Do you think it may be because it's formatted as FAT32 (just noticed that today)?
Thanks!
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Might want to format it because I had that problem with my 32 gb when I bought it.
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Might want to format it because I had that problem with my 32 gb when I bought it.
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tried formatting, but after I did & put it back into my phone all of the files were back! WTF....so weird
Hey all, I accidentally deleted the folder .android_secure in mnt/sdcard. I realize that transferring files from my phone to my computer is impossible now. Anyone have any ideas what to do?
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AsherChua said:
Hey all, I accidentally deleted the folder .android_secure in mnt/sdcard. I realize that transferring files from my phone to my computer is impossible now. Anyone have any ideas what to do?
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format the Sd card... Else try copying the file from backup if u made one.. Then reboot.
.android_secure stores encrypted versions of the apps moved to external SD card. You'll have probably to reinstall some apps. Hopefully the data is intact on the system partition.
Appreciate the help guys! Thanks!
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I need a little help i have a problem with Link2SD. I assign 500 mb to ext2 partition, and i have all my apps in the sd card, playstore, facebook and 2 others are linked. Well my problem is that, i have a notification for less space in internal storage :/ when i trying to install some new games ( well i have like 5 games installed already on the sd)... So why i have just 19% free space in internal storage if i have all my apps in sd? PD : see the image and sorry my bad english
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Link all apps. Don't move them to SD Card.
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move your apps to internal storage and then link them
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Im gonna try that . But i have another issue, why when i install apps automatically install on sd card, i remember in old version of link2sd, new apps are linking to sd and no install on sd. How i can activate that if is possible?
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Im gonna try that . But i have another issue, why when i install apps automatically install on sd card, i remember in old version of link2sd, new apps are linking to sd and no install on sd. How i can activate that if is possible?
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In Link2SD go to settings, Check Auto-Link.
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In Link2SD go to settings, Check Auto-Link.
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Yeah that is activated at the first but for some reason didn't works, idk but now is working, thanks.
I've been having a similar problem to the OP. Am I right in thinking you move ALL applications to internal storage, even the ones that install to SD card by default and then link them?
I guess there's a problem with your rom or kernel. Who knows
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I guess there's a problem with your rom or kernel. Who knows
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But is this the way to do it? Make sure user apps are are on PHONE before linking?
I'm using LinkSD and it saves me a lot of space in /data.
The way it works :
When installed, an app has three or four parts : the .apk file, the .dex file (in a deodexed ROM), the data folder and, eventually, one or more .so in /data/data/app_folder/lib
- If the app is in internal storage, every parts of it are in /data : .apk in /data/app, .dex in /data/dalvik-cache, data folder and libs in /data/data/name_of_the_app folder
- When the application is moved to sd Card, the .apk file is moved in /mnt/asec/, but the .dex and the data folder remains in internal storage (some applications may also have data in SD Card)
- When the application is linked, the .app, the .dex and the .so files are moved to /data/sdext2 (which is the place where the 2nd partition of the SD Card is mounted), only the data folder (without libs) remains in /data/data (internal storage).
So, the best way to save place in internal storage is to link user applications (no need to move it to internal storage first, it also works when the application is in SD Card).
All my 50 user apps are linked, and I still have 85 Mb free in /data.
I'm trying to figure out where all my memory is going..... and i noticed and I have seen this before of the infamous "0" file that is inside of the sd memory. Two different things; is it accumulating memory, and how do I get rid of it?
It is an exact duplicate of the sd card.... and lots of times my recovery twrp 2.5.5 can't find downloads Bc it can't find "0"....and i have to move the files after downloading just so the recovery can find it.
I'm not near a pc so could I move the whole" 0" file to sd card somehow? Perhaps create a temp folder move it there and the delete sd files... Recreate sd card and then move all files from "0" back into sd card files and get rid of "0" all together.... Something like that..... Not having a pc on vacation
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The "0" folder is the primary internal sd card location on AOSP 4.2 roms, when you flash back to Touchwiz is becomes "0". The zip here will remove all of the files in that folder and put them back in the right spot for touchwiz roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1683644&d=1359382056
When I am on touchwiz I use the recovery zip above and then delete the 0 folder.
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The "0" folder is the primary internal sd card location on AOSP 4.2 roms, when you flash back to Touchwiz is becomes "0". The zip here will remove all of the files in that folder and put them back in the right spot for touchwiz roms http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1683644&d=1359382056
When I am on touchwiz I use the recovery zip above and then delete the 0 folder.
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Shall I flash this in twrp?
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Shall I flash this in twrp?
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Yes
I flashed it vis twrp but I still see the "0" file with the items in it that needs to.be on sd card not "0"
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I flashed it vis twrp but I still see the "0" file with the items in it that needs to.be on sd card not "0"
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Check your sd card, do you have duplicates?
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Check your sd card, do you have duplicates?
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No
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This is the two files or sd and sd0
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Leave it. The 0 file is normal and is the way it's is supposed to be. Legacy, '0', sdcard, and sdcard0 are all pointing at the same file. Delete a file in one place and it will be gone in all those places.
As long as you only have one '0' location you don't have a problem. Mostly just use sdcard (as you would on any device) and everything will work as it should. In some cases when setting a path in an app the app will follow the /storage/emulated/0 path. Just treat '0' as if it was sdcard.
These multiple paths to the same file location are called symlinks. Here is an explanation about symlinks and what they are used for.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link
All this is because Google turned JB from a single user device to a multiple user device, each with their own acct/login.
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Wow thank you all for.chiming.in and looking into.this thread....you have answered my questions better than I would have imagined
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ezas said:
Leave it. The 0 file is normal and is the way it's is supposed to be. Legacy, '0', sdcard, and sdcard0 are all pointing at the same file. Delete a file in one place and it will be gone in all those places.
As long as you only have one '0' location you don't have a problem. Mostly just use sdcard (as you would on any device) and everything will work as it should. In some cases when setting a path in an app the app will follow the /storage/emulated/0 path. Just treat '0' as if it was sdcard.
These multiple paths to the same file location are called symlinks. Here is an explanation about symlinks and what they are used for.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_link
All this is because Google turned JB from a single user device to a multiple user device, each with their own acct/login.
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This is only true if he stays on 4.2.
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akellar said:
This is only true if he stays on 4.2.
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Tru dat - didn't notice where OP said he wanted to revert.
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I am actually running all 4.1.2 touch wiz roms right now...... So how can I revert back to not having sd0?
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After flashing cm11 my all files and folders on internal memory is gone but it is showing in recovery
Any idea how to access it ?
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Taha Haq said:
After flashing cm11 my all files and folders on internal memory is gone but it is showing in recovery
Any idea how to access it ?
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4.2 and forward see the internal memory differently than the old stock 4.1.
If you go to (system root)/data/media, you'll see the files you're looking for from the internal memory, plus a folder titled "0", which is what is NOW recognized as internal.