Has anybody figured out a way to store data from app to a flash drive? I've tried multiple things like moving files on es files and even tried the directory bind app to no avail... Any other ideas?
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Do a search for Directory Bind on this site. It does what you want. Caveat: I can't get it to work with 4.2, so I reverted to 4.1.2 until the emulated directory structure issue is solved.
I actually got the app from the page on xda... I just tried four times with two apps and can't get it to work... I know the two files have to match perfectly... I do have a question though... Did u rename the storage file extsdcard or did I just rename the file in the app to usbStorage?
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I figured out why it wasn't working...I'm on job 4.2.
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I use usbStorage because Stickmount mounts my flash drive there. 4.2 uses /storage/shell/emulated/0/usbStorage/sdn1/* for its source, and /sdcard/* for its target. I can bind them (especially on a second mount, when n=b), but apps don't find the real target. More correctly, Directory Bind doesn't allow me to specify the real target.
It works great in 4.1.2, so I am running 4.1.2.
I'm not the lowest of the low, but I am the slowest of the slow.
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Is there anyway to get the setup files you download from the market? I'm after the Software Data Cable. I found most of the setup files in /data/app but for some reason that setup file wasn't in there or the app-private folder.
Yes I know I can re-down load them all, but I prefer to have my set up files on hand
thanx in advance
CRAP......wrong section to post this in...sorry everyone :/
No one knows???? :\
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After the ICS update, we now have a "vendor" directory within our system folder.
This folder seems to hold duplicates of folders found within the "system" directory (which includes the "app" directory, containing bloatware and copies of apps from "system/app").
My questions are:
What is the purpose of the "vendor" directory?
And, can the "vendor" directory be safely deleted all together? (I did give this a go, and up to now, do not seem to be experiencing any side effects.)
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Vendor directory is there since gingerbread. That is where sony put all miscellanous files. For example all apk's inside the vendor/app are only being used by setup guide. If setup guide is launched for the 1st time it copies all the contents inside vendor directory and being copy pasted to it's respective directories.
It was mainly made for the use of the factory reset in the settings app in the phone. Wherein if you do a factory reset the phone delete's all the data it contains and return back the 3rd party files back in case you uninstalled it.
Oh, I never noticed it while I was on GB. The only reason I noticed it this time was because I had bloatware running from the vendor dir (such as Lets Golf).
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Yes. If you were a ROM developer and want to integrate some optional apps(let users have the right to uninstall it if they want to) then the best place to put it is in the vendor directory.
How does that work then? As with the bloatware I had, I had to use root explorer to remove it from the vendor directory to stop it from being available on the device, the option to uninstall in the settings menu wasn't available.
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I'm not sure if it was a bug or what but that's not the case on GB. Probably sony intended it to be like that or they have done some minor errors.
Anyways I don't see any good reason why the likes of let's golf be considered as a system app. It won't even work unless you download it's game data.
Ah I see.
Yeah, I'm with you on that one, totally not cool of them to make a game a system app .
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Due to vendor app partitions.
We get very less space around 40 kb in system partitions
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To get rid of this f***** use less partition .
Flash arc s fw.
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Is there no other way of completely removing the partition without having to flash an S rom?
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92jacko said:
Is there no other way of completely removing the partition without having to flash an S rom?
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No there is no other method
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This is a Question Thread! [Q & A]
MOD ----> Move or Delete
Why he ask 4 questions in 1 thread and put it to General...
The answers are also questions so move!!!
What are these files for after rooting my Nexus 7 I found them in the sdcard dir, /storage/sdcard/!ReadyToFlash/Root_Files/busybody.zip and /storage/sdcard/!ReadyToFlash/Root_Files/CWM-SuperSU-v0.94.zip and /storage/sdcard/TWRP/.twrps? Should I delete them if I do not wish to use them?
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those are the super user and busy box apps . They were pushed to your device by the root method you used. They are quite small in size and are not hurting anything being there.. I would just leave them be. But they were pushed there then extracted to the correct directories.
A different opinion:
If you are using TWRP for recovery, then keep that folder and delete the !Ready... one. If you are using CWM for recovery, then you can delete both folders.
Not much point in keeping files you don't need.
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When I download and install an app (from the play store for example), I assume it comes down as an APK file which (I assume again) gets deleted.
Is there a way to recreate a .APK file from the installed app so I can save them all somewhere? Some tool maybe?
thanks
Alan
Just look in /data/app you'll find all your user installed apps as apks.
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vogonpoetlaureate said:
Just look in /data/app you'll find all your user installed apps as apks.
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Thanks - do I need to be rooted to access /data /app? when I look in /data with ES File Explorer, it tells me the directory is empty.
Alan
alan sh said:
Thanks - do I need to be rooted to access /data /app? when I look in /data with ES File Explorer, it tells me the directory is empty.
Alan
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Yes /data and subdirectories are only readable by root/system user.
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recently noticed i am unable to open the device storage setting on my rooted kfhd7. initially thought it was a bug with go launcher ex as it has a few issues with menu settings in its new update but since trying other launchers including stock i am still unable to select storage settings. anyone else had this issue?
thanks
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recently noticed i am unable to open the device storage setting on my rooted kfhd7.
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Make sure you still have /system/app/MediaProvider.apk, that it is not corrupted, and that you have not frozen or disabled "Media Storage" using Titanium Backup or a similar app.
thanks. mediaprovider.apk is still in /system/app and mediastorage looks ok in tit backup. unsure if either are corrupted but size of the apk is 22kb.
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You can copy it and rename the apk to .zip then open it... if it opens it is probably not corrupt
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was just about to copy it to my computer and can see another file in system/app called mediaprovider.odex.
would this be the cause of the problem? this other file
is 120kb
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