[Q] problems transferring obb files.. - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

Hi guys, im totally new to this
So i've found out that i have to transfer this file called ''obb'' files for most premium games like Modern Combat 4.. Asphalt 8 etc, and its really frustrating that i've tried so many many times, but i still cant do it. I even did it whilst watching a youtube guide on how to do it.
How do i transfer obb files to my phone?
Here's what i usually do, please tell me where did i go wrong and what i should do!
I download the file
I open it up, because its in a 'rar' format, i unzip all the obb files.. usually four or five or them
then after extracting them all, i put them into my SD card of my s4, and i put them into a folder called Obb..
but when i tried transferring the obb files to my phone, because i have already transferred the first part of the obb file into my phone, when i try to transfer the remaining files to my phone, it says something like that '' would you like to transfer this file? there is already a duplicate of it in your phone '' .. along that lines..

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So I tried downloading some games and most of them required me to put sd data to android/obb folder. But the problem is that every time I tried to move/copy the file into obb folder, it shows me a error and will not let me copy/move files into obb folder. Is there any solution to this? I have googled everywhere but with no luck.
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I too had the same problem when tranfering from my PC to the phone.
The only solution I found until now is to copy to the external SD card, then from your phone use a file manager to copy from the SD to the Obb folder.
Riki277 said:
So I tried downloading some games and most of them required me to put sd data to android/obb folder. But the problem is that every time I tried to move/copy the file into obb folder, it shows me a error and will not let me copy/move files into obb folder. Is there any solution to this? I have googled everywhere but with no luck.
I am using the SGS4 I9500.
Thanks!
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I had same thing this morning. Couldn't copy over obb folder so had to copy the gully trees rather than move them
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douglassilva said:
I too had the same problem when tranfering from my PC to the phone.
The only solution I found until now is to copy to the external SD card, then from your phone use a file manager to copy from the SD to the Obb folder.
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Thank you so much, the method works perfectly

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Hi. Urgent help needed from the professionals out there.I have recently bought a samsung galaxy s4 mini GT i9190. I have been trying multiple times to copy the com.ea.game.fifa14_row onto the device under Android/Obb but on the multiple computers i tried to do copy onto my device , i get a message stating that this "main.128.com.ea.game.fifa14_row.obb" cannot be copied (The message pops up when the file is almost to the end of being copied ).This hack shown in the word attchment worked on my families samsung s3 mini as well as samsung note 10.1 unrooted.I cant seem to get the first part of the file copied to the root of my Samsung Galaxy s4 mini phone.Please see attached.
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Hi. Urgent help needed from the professionals out there.I have recently bought a samsung galaxy s4 mini GT i9190. I have been trying multiple times to copy the com.ea.game.fifa14_row onto the device under Android/Obb but on the multiple computers i tried to do copy onto my device , i get a message stating that this "main.128.com.ea.game.fifa14_row.obb" cannot be copied (The message pops up when the file is almost to the end of being copied ).This hack shown in the word attchment worked on my families samsung s3 mini as well as samsung note 10.1 unrooted.I cant seem to get the first part of the file copied to the root of my Samsung Galaxy s4 mini phone.Please see attached.
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Try Airdroid.
With it you send files to your phone via WIFI. This will somehow bypass the writing protection of the phone.
I'm using it myself as I can't find any other way around, only this works
:good: :good: :good:.You the King .I did as you said.The files copied fully over airdroid.The game is working fully.Realy appreciate it.Airdroid is awesome.One more thing, Is there a way to run games off the external sd card and not the device internal storage as the device internal storage is only 8gb on the samsung galaxy s4 mini
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Mosh786 said:
:good: :good: :good:.You the King .I did as you said.The files copied fully over airdroid.The game is working fully.Realy appreciate it.Airdroid is awesome.One more thing, Is there a way to run games off the external sd card and not the device internal storage as the device internal storage is only 8gb on the samsung galaxy s4 mini
Thanks Again
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You're welcome
I can't seem to find any way to save those big data files on sd card :/ sry
Its cool. At least your advice got me running this Fifa 14 with all the modes unlocked.Anyone out there having the same problem, just follow the response i received.This worked 100%
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Use airdroid, or copy the files to your external sd card and then transfer it to your Android folder on the phone itself. I use ES File Explorer to do the job
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From external sdcard copy to the internal sdcard
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Mosh786 said:
Is there a way to run games off the external sd card and not the device internal storage as the device internal storage is only 8gb on the samsung galaxy s4 mini
Thanks Again
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FolderMount is your friend. Google it up.
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[Q] Games wont work after restarting S5?

Hi, new to the forum here. I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S5 (Exynos variant), and have been facing issues while trying to get games to run. I tried putting the data files of various games in Android/obb (the obb folder isnt there by default, i had to create it) and then installing the apk and running the games, they work fine until this point. But when i restart the phone the games dont work, i checked the obb folder and its empty but it still takes up space. i couldnt delete the game files from obb since they werent showing up in obb but were still taking space. i had to factory reset the phone.
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kronos865 said:
Hi, new to the forum here. I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy S5 (Exynos variant), and have been facing issues while trying to get games to run. I tried putting the data files of various games in Android/obb (the obb folder isnt there by default, i had to create it) and then installing the apk and running the games, they work fine until this point. But when i restart the phone the games dont work, i checked the obb folder and its empty but it still takes up space. i couldnt delete the game files from obb since they werent showing up in obb but were still taking space. i had to factory reset the phone.
So any ideas what might be causing this?
PS Im running an unrooted phone at 4.4.2
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