So far I've tried hidden folder ".folderName", and putting a ".nomedia" file in there, tested it, still shows up in s finder. I've automated TB backup scheduled along with some other app backup which I don't want it to waste time/cpu/battery to index.
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I want to delete a few backups I did with CWM but I tried navigating to the location with ES File epxlorer and nothing. They are not saved to the 0\
Would another file manager do the trick? Astro?
You can't just manually delete 1 or 2 CWR backups anymore. You need the app to delete, then the next time it does a backup it will cleanup all the files. The new method CWR uses is to store all the files in one folder as blobs, so there isn't duplicate data. Then in the individual backup folders is probably just a few files that point to the blob files that pertain to that backup.
I know that doesn't answer your question as to where the files are in your file explorer app. But if you just want to delete select backups you're wasting your time for the above reasons. Just use that app if that's your goal.
Backups are saved in /data/media/clockworkmod, you can also set in recovery the way you want it to backup, the original way or the new blobs way.
And change the folder to copy the backup easier to the pc?
Not sure whether or not this is actually a EFS backup. It just showed up in my External SD card and it's named 'efs.tar.gz' and it's only about 5kB. What does the EFS folder contain? I have folders such as bluetooth, WiFi, IMEI, carrier, etc.
Is it necessary to do a EFS backup nowadays?
How would I do an EFS backup?
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Not sure whether or not this is actually a EFS backup. It just showed up in my External SD card and it's named 'efs.tar.gz' and it's only about 5kB. What does the EFS folder contain? I have folders such as bluetooth, WiFi, IMEI, carrier, etc. Is it necessary to do a EFS backup nowadays? How would I do an EFS backup?
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Yes, DO make a backup of your EFS folder. Find the folder on your phone (I am away from my phone right now, but I believe it is a folder off of the root directory). You can easily find this folder (on a rooted phone) by using a file manager app-- then copy the entire folder and keep one copy of it on your SD card and keep ANOTHER copy of the EFS folder on your desktop computer or off-phone on a disk.
There are several threads here by folks who have lost their EFS folders or some setting on their phones, which can only be re-aligned by the data stored in the EFS folder. I believe at least some of the data is unique to your own phone, so it can't just be copied from another phone without some effects.
EFS folder seems like a small thing until it is gone. Then it really is a major pain in the neck to recover. MAKE YOUR OWN BACKUP COPIES of it now. Please search some threads --usingthe term EFS! -- and you will see more details about the effects of corrupt or missing EFS files.
Good luck!
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Yes, DO make a backup of your EFS folder. Find the folder on your phone (I am away from my phone right now, but I believe it is a folder off of the root directory). You can easily find this folder (on a rooted phone) by using a file manager app-- then copy the entire folder and keep one copy of it on your SD card and keep ANOTHER copy of the EFS folder on your desktop computer or off-phone on a disk.
There are several threads here by folks who have lost their EFS folders or some setting on their phones, which can only be re-aligned by the data stored in the EFS folder. I believe at least some of the data is unique to your own phone, so it can't just be copied from another phone without some effects.
EFS folder seems like a small thing until it is gone. Then it really is a major pain in the neck to recover. MAKE YOUR OWN BACKUP COPIES of it now. Please search some threads --usingthe term EFS! -- and you will see more details about the effects of corrupt or missing EFS files.
Good luck!
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Good advice, but I think more than just the EFS folder itself needs to be backed up in order to be able to restore EFS information to the phone if needed. Backing up or making a copy of the actual EFS "folder" is only part of the equation. TWRP variants usually offer an option to properly back up EFS and I have also seen several apps on the market, but I have not personally tried any of them. If anyone has any experience in methods to back up and restoring the EFS information to the phone please post your experience.
So basically all I have to do is copy the efs folder located in the /~ directory and memorize the permissions. And if anything happens I can just restore that folder and the set the permissions back?
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So basically all I have to do is copy the esf folder located in the /~ directory and memorize the permissions. And if anything happens I can just restore that folder and the set the permissions back?
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yikes. . . not so sure (anymore) that a copy/paste and a chmod will be enough. . . A quick search for recover ESF provides numerous results inside XDA.
It seems that there are several methods to doing an effective backup of ESF data (and by effective, it means more than our copy folders!). The below thread by @tamirda offers several techniques for the I9500 model of the S4! This ESF process does seem to be "kind of" phone-specific, but perhaps some processes are fungible among all models.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392632
From my quick (as yet unfinished) reading of some of the threads, it seems good to also know your IMEI #, independent of the ESF folder. Also --as @scott14719 stated--- there *is* more to it than just replacing the folder contents
@emckai, before you question, I was sanguine just having the folder backed up -now I am not. So thank you for asking this question! The answer is more than I thought!
Already I hit Play and downloaded/tried one of the programs. It loaded and "backed up" my ESF folder -then hot booted. However, I have not trashed my ESF data to test it so I will have to wait and see. (Some of the comments made it sound not so promising.)
But it also seems Odin can backup the ESF/IMEI data and restore it as well! I was going to see if Mobile Odin could do this too but I am running a 4.3 rom and Mobile Odin does not work so well on 4.3 yet..
Thanks. . .I have some more reading to do to protect my ESF :victory:
Edit: not sure, but perhaps that tar file for your ESF might be left there from an original Odin Flash of a kernel or rom. . .
Yeah I did some reading also around the XDA forums and some information found on Google but the information I found wasn't that useful; mostly because it was device specific.
After looking inside the EFS folder, each file had it's own permission which would cause a headache at the end.
Doesn't TWRP recovery have the option to backup the EFS folder? But it would be the same thing? Because apparently there are 2 blocks on the device where the IMEI information is stored and whenever something happens to the EFS folder or one of the blocks, it'll trigger on the Samsung boot screen and restore whatever is contained inside those blocks.
There is a lot of misinformation going around stating about EFS so I'm just left confused.
I'm trying to access my Final Fantasy IV data folder to backup my save folder, but I can't seem to find the folder even though I already researched the specific directory. How do I access the "hidden" directory? I am using root access explorers set to show hidden files but that doesn't help.
Here is a link that shows the specific directory to backup the save file (read the second comment).
I changed the backup location because it was saying I didn't have enough space (I had plenty). Now my main folder is called TitaniumBackup, with everything in there. New folders are being created outside of the TitaniumBackup folder.
I thought of copying everything inside it and pasting it outside but want to know first if it's simply a folder or something else because, using a file explorer, the sdcard folder is empty and so is emulated/legacy.
Or could I rename the folder to make it the main one again? If so, what to?
To give you an idea of what I mean:
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I changed the backup location because it was saying I didn't have enough space (I had plenty). Now my main folder is called TitaniumBackup, with everything in there. New folders are being created outside of the TitaniumBackup folder.
I thought of copying everything inside it and pasting it outside but want to know first if it's simply a folder or something else because, using a file explorer, the sdcard folder is empty and so is emulated/legacy.
Or could I rename the folder to make it the main one again? If so, what to?
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Not sure how to fix your current issue, however, I experienced the same original error that you did. If you go into SuperSU and uncheck Namespace Separation, it will resolve that "low space" issue.
If you're on CM13 and using the built-in CM Root Manager, I'm not sure where the Namespace Separation option might be.
I changed the backup location too and everything is OK. Do you have the latest version of Titanium?
Another question, which SuperSU version are you using? Try the latest beta version of you don't have that installed already.
SuperSU 2.65 and latest Titanium.
I ended up just moving everything back to where it should be. It looks like it actually just moved everything in the TitaniumBackup folder, rather than renaming the main one. When I changed the folder location the phone froze and I had to long press the power button to reboot. It probably froze because it was moving everything, and I'm lucky rebooting didn't delete or corrupt any of my data (that I know of, anyway).
The original issue was solved by unchecking namespace separation. What's weird is, I could backup other apps, it was just Settings Storage that was giving the error.
Hello all. My question is how do I remove only a single file from the recent files list, (without deleting it from the entire phone or moving it to a new folder)?
I already know how to clear all the recent files, but that's not what I want. The recent files are just the way I want them except one extra I accidentally add, so I just want to remove one file from the recent files list, not delete it from the entire phone or clear the entire recent files cache.
I was able to do exactly what I am describing on my Galacy S6 my deleting the file in recent file, which just removed it from recent files, not from the entire phone.
As of right now I have an irritating work around. From recent files I MOVE the file to some other folder, and that removes it from the recent files list without full deletion from the phone. But this is annoying as all my files are now having to be moved to other folders and placed out of order just to get it off of recent files.
Any help wld be appreciated. Thanks in advance.