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[Guide] Adding Files To SD Card While In Android[No Reboot Required]

I haven't seen a guide on this, so I will make one for you guys. I'm sure many of you have noticed that if you copy a file from your PC to the SD card while in Android, then use the file browser, the file doesn't show up unless you reboot. This is an annoyance when installing apps, so I present to you this guide.
1. Download and extract the Android SDK.
2. In the "android-sdk-windows" open up SDK Setup, and install the USB driver package. [thanks memin1857]
3. Open up the "android-sdk-windows/tools" folder, this is the folder you will be putting your files into, in order to copy them to the SD card.
4. Open a command prompt, and cd into the directory containing the folder in Step 3 (IE: If you extracted the folder to C:\ in step 1, you would do
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
5. Type ADB Shell
6. Type su to get root access
7. Type mount -o remount rw /sdcard to mount the sdcard
8. Type exit to exit the shell
9. Type adb push nameoffile.apk /sdcard replace nameoffile.apk with the filename of whatever you want to copy
10. Success!
You can also copy folders this way, simply type the folder name instead of the file name, in place of nameoffile.apk. Just tested this with several files, and it works perfectly

YAY!!! Waited for a while allready! Thanks!

good job brother!

wow...this is so complicated...can i suggest another way?which is use an app from market called websharing file/media....this is fastest way for me to transfer files...just connect bot your pc and device to the same connection(wifi).Then you can just transfer files from your pc internet browser...there is no need to install any desktop server client...just direct transfer...speedy too...1 mp3 song just about 5or 6 seconds...if you want download this app in full version and free...i think you can find it on www.4shared.com

Easy version
Droid Explorer works from adb too.
http://de.codeplex.com/
It uses the same mechanism (adb) with Android SDK but has a visual interface.
BTW if you will use android sdk only, you don't need to install all sdk packages (takes huge amount of time), you only need usb drivers.
(Droid Explorer has drivers included)

Or u can jus add the files thru USB connection n use Dev Tools's media scanner.
Sent from my HTC HD2 running DarkStone HD2Froyo v1

Good
Nice, iiNFAMOUS CHRiS

What is the difference between this and Auto Mount which is on the Android Market?

nzxtneo said:
What is the difference between this and Auto Mount which is on the Android Market?
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When you use Auto Mount, it mounts the USB drive so you can drag/drop files onto the SD card, but if you do that method, when you try to find the file on your phone, Android won't see it unless you restart your phone.

iiNFAMOUS CHRiS said:
When you use Auto Mount, it mounts the USB drive so you can drag/drop files onto the SD card, but if you do that method, when you try to find the file on your phone, Android won't see it unless you restart your phone.
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Weird, maybe it depends on the build but I have never had to restart the device after I move files over with Auto Mount.
I just remove the usb cable from the HD2 and I got a notification on the top left that says "preparing SD card" and after that I am good to go.

How to copy CWM backups to PC from /mnt/shell/emulated?

So, CWM saves its backups and blob directory in /mnt/shell/emulated which is not accessible via MTP. I've started using TWRP for all my new backups but I would like to copy the existing CWM backups to my PC before wiping the directory on my phone. It's currently using 8-9 GB. However, when I try to move the directory from /mnt/shell/emulated to a directory in a directory in /sdcard, the move operation ends instantly and nothing is copied. I'm wondering if the problem is that I don't have enough free space. I've got about 2.5 GB free.
EDIT: It appears that you need to have enough space to copy the entire directory before deleting it. The phone ran out of space halfway through a file copy using ES File Explorer. I guess that's why Root Explorer won't allow the move to begin.

Use adb to pull the directory to your computer, adb pull /mnt/shell/emulated

I would like to do this as well like I used to do with older versions of CWM on my Gnex. Then it was as easy as moving the large backup file found in /sdcard/clockworkmod/ folder.
I just tried that adb pull command mentioned in the post above and this starts to copy the entire contents of my phone to some unknown source on my PC (I can't find where?).
How would one go about simply backing up a CWM nandroid restore file onto a PC?

dralways said:
I just tried that adb pull command mentioned in the post above and this starts to copy the entire contents of my phone to some unknown source on my PC (I can't find where?).
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It copies to the directory that you ran the adb command from, so if you run abd from c:\windows\apps\adb it'll copy the files there

peachpuff said:
Use adb to pull the directory to your computer, adb pull /mnt/shell/emulated
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Thanks for the help. I don't know why I didn't think to do that myself.

Create a folder on your computer and open the command prompt from that directory. And then run adb pull /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
This way only the backups will be copied to your pc, not the whole storage.

cmd prompt not working
dushan90 said:
Create a folder on your computer and open the command prompt from that directory. And then run adb pull /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
This way only the backups will be copied to your pc, not the whole storage.
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Hi, I just ran into this issue also. I tried the cmd prompt but it doesn't pull anything. It says 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I know it's been a while since the last post but thank you.

SlickJamesBtch said:
Hi, I just ran into this issue also. I tried the cmd prompt but it doesn't pull anything. It says 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I know it's been a while since the last post but thank you.
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>Go to your android sdk folder/platform-tools.
>r.click an empty space while holding down the shift.
>Select Open Command Window here
>then run the adb command
This should work

dushan90 said:
Create a folder on your computer and open the command prompt from that directory. And then run adb pull /mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
This way only the backups will be copied to your pc, not the whole storage.
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how if I want to put it back into CWM? is there any specific way to do that? or I just have to copy and paste the data to the "/mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup" directory.

Haven't you tried this?

How to uninstall applications?

Hi!
I've just rooted NST with NookManager.
I'm a total noob in android world (as I don't have any smartphone) and I'm searching for basics about rooted android devices since two days but I didn't come to a solution to my problems.
Simply I want to uninstall some apk as described in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933615
I don't have titanium pro or root explorer.
How to install/uninstall apps and how to take full control about entire nook file system?
Thanks

yell! said:
Hi!
I've just rooted NST with NookManager.
I'm a total noob in android world (as I don't have any smartphone) and I'm searching for basics about rooted android devices since two days but I didn't come to a solution to my problems.
Simply I want to uninstall some apk as described in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1933615
I don't have titanium pro or root explorer.
How to install/uninstall apps and how to take full control about entire nook file system?
Thanks
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It depends on the Launcher you are using.
By default you should have "ReLaunch" installed.
To uninstall an apk, just select it in the app list and hold for a little bit longer. A dialog containing "uninstall" option the should pop up.
The other way is to use "NookColorTools".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=868366
Install it , run it, select "manage applications", select certain apk, uninstall it.
edit : you should probably place 'NookColorTools' in /system/app/ using ADB
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Installing apk's
1 way - put 'some_app.apk' on mSD card and select it using any file manager.[/COLOR]
2 way - configure ADB, connect your nook and type 'adb install /your_apk_location_on_harddrive
3 way - install Google Play using 'NTGAppsAttack', install "searchmarket.apk" (i uploaded it somewhere, check my posts), search for apk in google play and install it.
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To uninstall a system apk
Read the forum before deleting any system apk's.
Most of them are necessary for the system to work.
1 way - get any file manager that can mount root partition (Rhytm file manager ; ES file explorer) , select "root explorer" in options, navigate to '/system/app/', Move/delete any apk that you desire.
2 way - configure ADB, connect nook, type 'adb shell', 'mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system', 'cd system', 'cd app', 'ls' (to see apk list), 'rm apk_name.apk'.
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To install a system apk.
configure ADB, connect nook, type 'adb shell', 'mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system'
exit ADB, from your system type 'adb push /your_apk_location /system/app'
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If you encounter problems with installing from mSDcard search for "howto allow install non market applications on android'.
Remember that only Apk's for Android 2.1 will install. 2.2+ versions will give you an error.

That works great except for MetroUI and Apple 4S. Neither of which seem to want to uninstall from the play store and there's no app entry to hold down on to force deletion.
Plus ESfilemanager isn't letting me go to the system menue else I'd delete the apk there and while ReLaunch /will/ for some reason let me go to /system/apps since it won't let me move the library.apk back to the app folder from backup I'm not sure I trust it to not somehow fubar a delete.
Plus my sister deleted my nook backup image.
Any ideas how to safely clear these thins for someone that's clueless on how to use ADB from ubuntu 12.04? A link to an idiot's guide would be nice if nothing else.

Goggles2114 said:
That works great except for MetroUI and Apple 4S. Neither of which seem to want to uninstall from the play store and there's no app entry to hold down on to force deletion.
Plus ESfilemanager isn't letting me go to the system menue else I'd delete the apk there and while ReLaunch /will/ for some reason let me go to /system/apps since it won't let me move the library.apk back to the app folder from backup I'm not sure I trust it to not somehow fubar a delete.
Plus my sister deleted my nook backup image.
Any ideas how to safely clear these thins for someone that's clueless on how to use ADB from ubuntu 12.04? A link to an idiot's guide would be nice if nothing else.
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>TUTORIAL - EVERYTHING ABOUT ADB - Fully Illustrated
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241935
-use ADB to install NookColorTools
-go to 'manage applications' (in NCT)
-delete what needs to be deleted
Deleting files is needed only when you want to get rid of a system app.
Don't forget to mount system partition with write permissions. Otherwise you will not be able to copy NCT to /system/app/

You are a lifesaver (and is this thing pinned? I don't recall seeing it pinned. Hell best way of hiding a thread is put it at the very top with a sticky and making it red blinky bold letters.)
OK derp. That guide's windows. Need something linux-centric. I've a feeling after the initial setup it's similar
On command line 'adb devices' gets me nothing even with nook in usb mode.
Edit again: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/20770-gu...-adb-and-fastboot-in-linux-ubuntu-and-mint12/
Using that guide. Will edit/respond with results.
Edit the Third: Odd. Didn't have ot use ADB. ReLaunch let me install. Now to figure out wtf about mountingaccessing internal storage as root.

Thank you for your replies!
I prefer the ADB method via USB, I do not like to modify things by touch screen.
I installed ADB, server is running and nook is connected by usb cable, but no devices are found
Google does not help me (or I am failing with keywords) and I do not want to use a wireless connection.

yell! said:
Thank you for your replies!
I prefer the ADB method via USB, I do not like to modify things by touch screen.
I installed ADB, server is running and nook is connected by usb cable, but no devices are found
Google does not help me (or I am failing with keywords) and I do not want to use a wireless connection.
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Make sure you have the driver installed properly. See the wiki article on installing the ADB driver for the Nook Simple Touch.

yell! said:
Thank you for your replies!
I prefer the ADB method via USB, I do not like to modify things by touch screen.
I installed ADB, server is running and nook is connected by usb cable, but no devices are found
Google does not help me (or I am failing with keywords) and I do not want to use a wireless connection.
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Use "ADB konnekt" to connect with your pc via wifi.
If you want to connect via USB you have to turn on "USB DEBUGGING" (manually of using NookColorTools)
and add correct udev rules (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1918512) on linux.
There are some differences in adding udev rules in different versions of Ubuntu/Debian/Mint. I have no idea on how to do that on Fedora,Gentoo etc.
Don't know how to do that on windows. This info can be found using a search engine x]. Look for ("android device adb setup windows")

[Q] ADB pull problem on linux

Hi All,
I am in the process of trying to root and install a custom rom on my Nexus 4 4.4.2. I am a new linux user (Linux Mint 16) and my rooting experience is limited. When I try to do an "abd pull /sdcard/ /sdcard/" this is what it says
adb pull /sdcard/ /sdcard/
pull: building file list...
pull: /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.gallery3d/cache/imgcache.1 -> /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.gallery3d/cache/imgcache.1
cannot create '/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.gallery3d/cache/imgcache.1': No such file or directory
I was able to successfully do an abd backup...
USB debugging is enabled.
I get the same error whether the phone is connected as a Media device (MTP) or Camera (PTP).
any reason why the pull command wont work?
Any help is appreciated!

smokewagon said:
Hi All,
I am in the process of trying to root and install a custom rom on my Nexus 4 4.4.2. I am a new linux user (Linux Mint 16) and my rooting experience is limited. When I try to do an "abd pull /sdcard/ /sdcard/" this is what it says
adb pull /sdcard/ /sdcard/
pull: building file list...
pull: /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.gallery3d/cache/imgcache.1 -> /sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.gallery3d/cache/imgcache.1
cannot create '/sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.gallery3d/cache/imgcache.1': No such file or directory
I was able to successfully do an abd backup...
USB debugging is enabled.
I get the same error whether the phone is connected as a Media device (MTP) or Camera (PTP).
any reason why the pull command wont work?
Any help is appreciated!
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Maybe this will help?
http://www.herongyang.com/Android/adb-push-and-pull-Command.html
Not a big fan of the CLI.
Sent from my Nexus 7 (2013)

Your problem (almost certainly) is that you don't have a /sdcard directory (folder) on your computer unless you created one (there certainly is no default /sdcard in a linux desktop system).
I also don't know how you installed ADB on your computer.
(This should work, otherwise I'll have to change what I wrote below).
Try this:
$ cd ~/Desktop
(This changes you to your desktop directory, if you are not already there)
$ mkdir sdcard
(this will make a new directory called "sdcard" on your desktop, you should see it pop up on your desktop)
$ adb pull /sdcard/ ~/Desktop/sdcard
(should pull the contents of /sdcard from your phone and put them in your newly created directory on your desktop: ~/Desktop/sdcard)
BAM
A little extra basic info for you, and welcome to linux. Soon you have the power to take over the world (ha ha ha... no, actually I'm not kidding at all).
As a basic rule, you should pretty much always be working inside of your home directory, for dealing with your personal files. Your home directory is /home/yourname. On my computers, my home is /home/kirk. My wife's home directory is /home/amy.
"~" is a shortcut for the home directory, for whomever is logged in at that moment.
If you wanted something that is on your desktop, it would be in the directory: /home/yourname/Desktop (~/Desktop). If you wanted to use your documents directory, it is : /home/yourname/Documents(~/Documents).
/home/yourname is where you usually where want to do your stuff.
"/" is the very root directory of the whole system, so you would be better off not creating and doing things like making directories like "/sdcard". That's a bad move. Leave root for system files. Not that you are necessarily going to destroy something by creating a /sdcard directory. But it'll cause you a few hassles.
So, use /home/yourname/sdcard (~/sdcard). Or if you want it on your desktop, (like I did above) use /home/yourname/Desktop/sdcard (~/Desktop/sdcard). Doing things inside of /home/yourname(~) means that you are the owner of that folder and everything in it, not root.
Otherwise you will just be causing headaches for yourself and having to grant yourself root permissions to work with those files (hassle). There's no good reason to do that to yourself. And if you did give yourself root permissions, and screwed up other stuff in the root directory like in: /etc or /dev or /bin, then you will REALLY be irritated.
Stick to your home for your personal files. /home/yourname (~)
Leave "/" or the "root" directory for system files.

You could check my little bash program for adb for Linux too. It's a program to be used in the terminal and it'll pull data off the sdcard etc. You can find it here
Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.4

Thank you all for the help, I'll let you know how it goes.
Do I need drivers for my nexus 4 to work with Linux?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

smokewagon said:
Thank you all for the help, I'll let you know how it goes.
Do I need drivers for my nexus 4 to work with Linux?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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Try it without any installation of drivers just install adb tools and try the command line or my little tool. If it's not working, check the guides how to set up the usb-rules for adb
Sent from my Nexus 4 running Android 4.4

Thanks, will do.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk

iowabeakster said:
Try this:
$ cd ~/Desktop
(This changes you to your desktop directory, if you are not already there)
$ mkdir sdcard
(this will make a new directory called "sdcard" on your desktop, you should see it pop up on your desktop)
$ adb pull /sdcard/ ~/Desktop/sdcard
(should pull the contents of /sdcard from your phone and put them in your newly created directory on your desktop: ~/Desktop/sdcard)
BAM
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BAM INDEED! It worked! I am pulling the contents now. Thanks a ton, and thanks for the other basic linux info, I will put it to good use.
Any other tips on using Linux to root android?

Shooooot....
So after the pull command finished, i opened the sdcard directory I created on my desktop, and it was empty....the pull command said this when it was done...
1733 files pulled. 0 files skipped.
2129 KB/s (995292697 bytes in 456.480s)
Any ideas?

Ok, I played with some settings and got it to work, though I don't know why it worked.
USB Debugged is enabled.
The first time I tried to 'pull' i had my USB computer connection set to "Camera (PTP)" - it didn't work.
I tried again changing the USB computer connection to "Media device (MTP)" - it didn't work.
I changed it back to "Camera (PTP)" and my computer recognized it in a different way than the first time (a dialog box popped up asking me what I wanted to do with the pictures that were on the device I had connected, this didn't happen the first time).
I am glad the pull command finally worked, I just wish I knew why.
I guess it's a tough road being a linux NOOB and a (near) Android NOOB. It's good to learn something new and keep my brain young.

[SOLVED] Unable to save to user storage except Download, UID and perms appear ok

After doing a restore with CWM of 4.4.4 backup, I'm unable to save files to user storage. Owner is 0 root, GID is 1028 sdcard_r, permissions drwxrwx--x, same as on my N7 '13.
Drive can export a file to ./Downloads though. ?:| Other files can save to that folder.
Have tried with Nova Launcher backup (can save backup file to ./Download, but no other), ES File manager ("EACCES (Permission Denied)"), Total Commander file manager. Helium backup can't backup locally either.
Noticed yesterday that I couldn't delete folders or move files from folders (Alarms, Notifications, Pictures), so did it in Recovery with ADB shell. Think that's just another symptom.
Never encountered this before. Anyone ever see this, fixed this?

Oh, one note. During my 5.1.1 order, I did a fresh wiped boot of 4.4.4, set up accounts and basic apps, and did a CWM backup. Moved it off with adb (adb pull /sdcard/ ./sdcard/).
After flashing 4.4.4 completely, I used CWM and adb push to move the entire backed up /sdcard/ back to the device so I could do a restore (adb push /sdcard/ ./sdcard/). Restored in CWM.
Could this have been an issue? /sdcard/ created by adb ?

Solved. Did a CWM backup and was readying to pull that off, and checked on a hunch. After mounting /data/, I shelled in (adb shell) and checked permissions (ls -ald /sdcard/0/ ) and lo and behold -- many (not all) of the folders were owned by root:root, not media_rw:media_rw. /sdcard/0/Download/ was not.
Changed ownership of all under /sdcard/0 (chown -R media_rw:media:rw * ) rebooted, and can save in those folders again. Hopefully that didn't bork something else up.