Can anyone please let me know, how to access the phone memory in Galaxy 3. There is My files folder in Applications which constitutes Memory Card. Do I need to root the phone to access phone memory?
vijay.gupta said:
Can anyone please let me know, how to access the phone memory in Galaxy 3. There is My files folder in Applications which constitutes Memory Card. Do I need to root the phone to access phone memory?
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yeps...!! basically that's d definition of rooting..!! ha ha...
Thanks Fido for the reply. Why is the phone memory inaccessible in android phones for normal users? Is there any specific reason for this?
It doesn't happens in other platforms such as Symbian, Blackberry etc.
they do d ryt thing.. Coz, if u r a newbie.. U may mess wid ur system... So it s a way to protect system files frm newbies..
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Just curious that if you have access to phone memory, what mess you can create?
You have access to phone memory freely in all the other platforms without rooting. Do you mean to say that the creators of those platforms are not doing right thing?
Android doesn't use the phone memory to save things, only for system stuff and installed apps. You cannot put music on your phone memory for example.
How to access your phone memory? You don't have to be rooted to view, only to change... You can just use bluetooth file manager or astro file manager to view (and copy). But you have to use another program to change things...
vijay.gupta said:
Just curious that if you have access to phone memory, what mess you can create?
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If you can access it, any application you install and run can access it without any limitation. This is good, if you know what you are doing, but it can be very harmful if you are not careful.
Humpie said:
You can just use bluetooth file manager or astro file manager to view (and copy). But you have to use another program to change things...
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There is no way you can access the phone memory without rooting. Rooting is "the program" that changes things.
Thanks all,
I have mtorrent insalled on my phone. when i go to the option to add torrent, it shows me the directories that are not visible when I go to My Files folder. I have not rooted my phone. Are these directories the phone memory directories?
How can I determine if they are directories for accessing phone memory?
Shall I give out the name for the few?
One thing more: I am not getting e-mail notifications only for this thread even though I am subscribed to this thread whereas I am getting for all others. What may be the problem for this?
vijay.gupta said:
I have mtorrent insalled on my phone. when i go to the option to add torrent, it shows me the directories that are not visible when I go to My Files folder. I have not rooted my phone. Are these directories the phone memory directories?
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Which directories are those? On the memory card there are hidden files and folders whose name starts with a dot (.). The My Files app won't list these by default, but in the Settings menu you can enable it, and it is possible that in mtorrent this is the default setting.
The name of the directories are:
.info
cache
config
data
dev
efs
etc
lib
proc
res
sbin
sdcard - This is my SD Card folder that shows the contents of my memory card
sqlite_stmt_journals
sys
system
tmp
d
default.prop
fota.rc
init
init.apollo.rc
init.apollo.sh
init.rc
recovery.rc
system.prop
This is the root directory. Can you copy or create files here?
what do you mean by root directory? are you referring to this phone memory by this term...no, i can only access them...dont create or copy any file here..
vijay.gupta said:
what do you mean by root directory?
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This is the root of the entire file system, without rooting you can't modify its contents (except the /mnt/sdcard folder and subfolders ofcourse).
So just confirming that without rooting the phone, one can access the phone memory but cannot modify its contents. Am i correct?
yes, that's correct
so, why i am able to access this directory (phone memory) only from some apps and not from all the apps?
Also, is there any other way that I can access (not modify anything) phone memory if my phone is not rooted?
Also, if anyone has rooted his phone, what may be the purpose that is solved? As far as I know, such users can install some apps that need root access for the phone?
I mean to say, what may be the reason for which the user may want modify permission to phone memory apart from installing apps that require root access?
Use astro , u can access ur phone memory even if unrooted (atleast see those foldres )
Thanks only4omkar. I am able to do that already using ttorrent app. But my query is different...can anyone please respond to that?
vijay.gupta said:
Can anyone please let me know, how to access the phone memory in Galaxy 3. There is My files folder in Applications which constitutes Memory Card. Do I need to root the phone to access phone memory?
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Wen u install applicATIONS, it gets installed in teh internal memory by default
Hi friends
i need to know how can i get files from internal memory as i used many program but when i want to access to system/bin/
files and want to copy some files its say permission access deniy and for also i cant brows folder data in memory of phone
can any one help me plz?
BR
root explorer.
husmanafper3 said:
Hi friends
i need to know how can i get files from internal memory as i used many program but when i want to access to system/bin/
files and want to copy some files its say permission access deniy and for also i cant brows folder data in memory of phone
can any one help me plz?
BR
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i used all apps that deal with root explorer evenmount write read to change permission but unfortuantly not work too
I use Root Explorer (paid version) you need a rooted device and give it permission when it asks.
In the top left corner it should say " Mounted as r/w" (read/write) so you can delete and what not
I have xperia arc
i tried to make it root but all method will make it flash and earse data from mobile and i dont want it..
i have files in the system files i want to get it without earse anything
help plz
BR
What rom/kernel are you using?
kernal version is 2.6.32.9-perf
android version is 2.3.4
build is 4.0.2A.0.62_R1B
thanks in advance
Hi everyone,
I need your help. I sometimes face strange issues with my Nexus 4 (Stock Room, Rooted, Matrix Kernel v5). Yesterday I wanted to copy a apk-file for installation on my phone from my home-server. I use ES File Explorer for that. I failed to copy the apk-file to /sdcard/folder-name (operation failed). then i navigated to /data/media/0/folder-name and tried it from there, also it didn't work.
i then copied the file to /sdcard/download and was able to copy it to that and to install it.
i don't really understand why it behaves that way, i was always able to go to /sdcard/folder-name and do what i want. i also noticed another strange thing. i connected my phone via USB (MTP-mode) to the PC and uploaded a few GB of MP3s to it (Folder: Music).
when browsing this folder with ES File Explorer, I cannot delete anything from that folder /sdcard/Music. THOUGH it reports "deletion successful" the files or folders do not get deleted but just remain on the internal SD-card. i could only delete the music successfully via "/data/media/0/Music".
who can explain briefly WTF is going on? i obviously do not really understand the concept and logic behind this. is there a maximum file/path length that must not be exceeded?
thanks in advance and best regards,
hallu
need to bump this, sorry...
does anyone have any idea as to why this phone is behaving the way it is?
I use root explorer and have ZERO issues. That includes pulling apk's.
Try a different file explorer to see if that makes a difference so at least you can determine if the issue is just app specific and not something else.
Check to see of ES isn't mounting certain folders with RW permissions.
Also the actual internal storage is /data/media/0/ so /sdcard/ is just a symlink to that folder. ES seems to be having problems with the symlinks.
Hey guys I need your help... Ive searched and searched and used youtube etc and I still cant figure this out. Okay I downloaded a torrent file and now it is in my internal partition and it is nothing but an empty file, 0 bytes. Now, I try and delete it and it does delete, until I press refresh and then it comes back into my downloads folder. HOW DO I GET RID OF THIS?? Ive triesd and tried, Ive tried to delete it while its on the pc, Ive completely wiped my device and re flashed the Foxhound ROM, and after all my apps and data boot up, I go into my file folder and there it is... still there. When I try and delete it on the PC it says it is write-protected and I dont know how to turn the permissions off it.
I am using ES File Explorer and have Root Explorer but dont really know how to use it to do anything. I know I have to change the write permissions cuz it wont even let me rename it. So can someone please walk me through this, I know it isnt a big deal being there as it is an empty file, but if theres nothing there I dont wanna see it. and its annoying lol. Thank you in advance.
Jeff
It might help to share the directory/FileName etc, also its a guess but if you used an android torrent app to download the file... You might need to remove the torrent from the from the app... It might be re-downloading.
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can anyone tell me how I can delete from USB or SD , ES explorer keeps giving me permissions pop up that doesn't work
I want an app that will let me delete files/folders/ etc from my SD or Usb I've tried multiple but no success .
Kodi almost worked but I can only delete pictures in " Program mode " so all the pics are named 000001 000002.jpg etc so I cant actually View what I want to delete so that's no good ..
seriously baffled by all this