Good day, I have an S4(i9505) rooted w/ a stock google ROM.
I was moved files from the obb and to make the long story short the files in the obb folder went mssing but still seems to be taking up space.
I don't know what happened.
Any help is gladly appreciated.
Screenshot of my storage provided.
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Last month i have big problems with veeeeeeery big .thumbdata-xxxxxxxxxxx files which is automatically created in dcim/.thumbnails folder, after instaling 4.2.1 rom.Often this files eat whole free spce in internal memory, and then strat corruption of files, slowdowns etc. I tried many solutions online, and finally found . BTW my .thumbdata are using over 2gb internal memory because i have lot of pictures on external sd. Not any more
Simple solution is to delete .thumbnails folder, and create .thumbnails file with filemanager, or any other file explorer. Remember, u must do it on phone, on PC u cant create file that begin with "."\
After that Android cant create folder with same name like file in same folder, and your DCIM folder remains perfectly clean.
Over a month of usage, i dont have any problem with this solution, everything work normally.
Bye and hope this will help to someone.
yes yes!
yes! thank you! I have the same f****** problem. It's incredible how much space that thing takes up.
But are you sure I can jus't delete it? won't that cause more problems down the road?
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After a month of usage, everything works, i can't guaratee, but there is currenly no better solution.
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
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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Here are alot of usefull threads for your question https://www.google.nl/search?q=andr...hannel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=KzvqU9CLJaGh8weS3ICoCg.
I'm having a serious issue and I'm not sure if it has to do with the rom or an app... Idk, but it's extremely frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. And I'm sorry if it ends up being something that has nothing to do with a bug in the rom.
Here's what's happening:
I'll connect my to my pc through USB to transfer files and such. I navigate to my external SD card. I create a folder and transfer a couple of files into said folder. Done.
Now, idk if this happens automatically or after a reboot but... Basically, everything I do or put on my SD card gets deleted. It's like what I do gets reversed... The folder, the files.. Gone. Idk what's happening. Is it the rom? Or maybe an app?
I use Cyanogenmod 10/05 Nightly. I have ROM toolbox, and titanium backup. That's it. I recently did a full backup through my philz recovery. Could it be something I did through my settings?
It just started happening in the last week or so. I've changed nightlies but it's still happening. So I don't think it's the ROM.
Please help if you can. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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OneZeroEight said:
I'm having a serious issue and I'm not sure if it has to do with the rom or an app... Idk, but it's extremely frustrating. Any help would be appreciated. And I'm sorry if it ends up being something that has nothing to do with a bug in the rom.
Here's what's happening:
I'll connect my to my pc through USB to transfer files and such. I navigate to my external SD card. I create a folder and transfer a couple of files into said folder. Done.
Now, idk if this happens automatically or after a reboot but... Basically, everything I do or put on my SD card gets deleted. It's like what I do gets reversed... The folder, the files.. Gone. Idk what's happening. Is it the rom? Or maybe an app?
I use Cyanogenmod 10/05 Nightly. I have ROM toolbox, and titanium backup. That's it. I recently did a full backup through my philz recovery. Could it be something I did through my settings?
It just started happening in the last week or so. I've changed nightlies but it's still happening. So I don't think it's the ROM.
Please help if you can. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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- First, make sure you have properly eject the sd card before disconnecting it from the PC.
- Second, after disconnecting from the PC, use file explorer app on your phone to see if the files and folder are still there?
And using rootexplorer or similar make sure your extsd card has r/w access. I had the same issue and it worked okay after changing r/o to r/w.
Even after running the sdcard fix apps I need to do this from time to time.
sent from my Galaxy S5 running NeatRom v2.3
SD write issu
I did a fresh install but I'm unable to use sdcard. Every time I copy something to sdcard it dissapears after reboot.
Some apps also change their icons after reboot to the one with "sd" and when I try to open them it shows "App not installed".
I checked with Root Explorer and it shows permissions rwxrwxrwx.
I'm using NxtGen ROM. Any ideas? Also posted this in their forum.
Hello everyone,
I've searched endlessly on this topic with no luck. If there are any posts on XDA that relate to this issue, please do refer me to them.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. A few days ago, I realize that the DCIM folder has disappeared from my gallery. I do not have a micro SD card installed, so the DCIM folder is on the device storage. I've tried using recovery software such as "Jihosoft Android Phone Recovery" and "Wondershare Dr.Fone for Android", but I get loads of connectivity issues. I've tried using them on another S4 where only Jihosoft's worked, yet there are loads of deleted photos that do not appear.
Anyway, I am not asking about how to use such software, I just want to know if there is any efficient and solid way of dealing with this issue. It really bugs me to have valuable photos disappearing in thin air. Please and thanks !
-Kevin
Is the folder present when browsing with a file explorer?
That is basically an essential folder. Even if you delete it, android will create it again. So it doesn't just disappear.
try and do as little as possible that will make the phone write to your internal memory aka downloads (apps should be ok as it's in a different partition). if you do you are possibly overwriting a photo making it impossible to recover. I tried an app called dumpster recycle a few years back, I was impressed at the time at what it could recover...
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.baloota.dumpster
Internal storage files can't be recovered due to something called trimming.
I don't know if this has changed with the recent android versions.
never thought about that, yes trim effectively formats deleted files...
I saw a guide on how to do it some time ago, so it is possible. But it seemed like you have to go through a lot of trouble for this.
Hi guys,
First of all, great forum and great place to learn a lot of stuff about ROM's.
I have been using the forums here for a while.
Now I have a problem with my Galaxy S 4.
Galaxy s4 :gt- i9505 (Beglium)
16Gb version
Custom Rom: optimized cm 12.1 -20160118
android 5.1.1
I had some problems playing my music files on the phone, so i connected the phone to my PC.
I deleted my MUSIC folder from my EXTERNAL card.
Then I saw There are a lot more random folders in the ROOT of my EXTERNAL card.
So I deleted the LOG files, some maps that where for AD's (like GO sms), etc.
As far as I know, I did not delete any system files or folders.
While I was in the external card, connected to the PC, I saw that my INTERNAL card had wheeeeyyy much more free space than 5 minutes before. ( normally 0.9Gb free... suddenly 5.72GB free)
So i disconnected the phone and reconnected it again.
Again same thing.
Again disconnected it and on the phone I could not find ANY FILES, NO pictures, No downloads, NOTHING
Basically, my INTERNAL and my EXTERNAL are fully wiped.
with easeUS data recovery I can see all my files and maps on the external, BUT almost all of them are corrupted.
I can not recover them/ preview them.
I have not tried the internal memory yet. It is now doing a DEEP SCAN on the EXTERNAL card, connected to my PC via a SD Card Adapter.
Any possibilities to save something from the external and the internal memory ?
Everything else works normally.
My apps work, my contacts are ok.
PC is set to show hidden and system files => nothing to see
Recycle been on the phone is empty
used some recovery apps from the play store => nothing
Many thanks in advance.
PS: I have already done a search, also on google. But could not find anything useful.
Try Deleter.
I run easeUS recovery all night on the external memory.
Got back 5% of my pictures.
Most ara corrupted.
Same story for the internal memory.
Other suggestions, tips are welcome.
If the data was deleted corrupted then it might be restored corrupted.
I suggest, from now on, to upload your photos Google's servers with the Google Photos app.
You have unlimited storage for photos up to a certain quality.
Yep, i have installed google drive.
Sh#t has happened
Will try to use some other applications for recovery.
Had some pictures i needed.
Any names of really good software to recover sd card of internal memory ?
I told you, if the data was wiped in a corrupted state, then it will be restored in a corrupted stated. Because that's how it was the last time before it was deleted. It's like a checkpoint in a game. If you die, you will revive at the checkpoint in the same state you were when you reached that checkpoint.
You could give Deleter a try. But it won't magically repair corrupted data.
Try a program called recuva: https://www.piriform.com/recuva
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Try a program called recuva: https://www.piriform.com/recuva
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I won't recommend it. It failed to recover two videos from my SD card that I needed to recover for investigation purposes, even when status of these files were Excellent. After restored, these files were corrupted. The same thing went on my .OGG file that was deleted accidentally by dBpoweramp before Vorbis Comments ID Tag was applied.
Even my friend said that Recuva was unable to recover her deleted photos as it should be. Yeah, the same thing, corrupted.
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I have used recuva many times but, as with any software, it really depends on the state of the data at the time the software is run.
When one is desparate to recover files, I recommend trying as many programs as possible.
Hey guys.
Today i will try many different software.
I am trying to find a way to mount my internal storage as a drive with a driveLetter, so i can scan it.
Now its mte/umte or something like that.
So it has no driveletter.
Hey guys.
I managed to retrieve some pictures from the sd card.
Software i used.
[email protected]
EAsuse
Foenix recovery
For the internal memory.
Digdeeper
And some other ones on play store.
Just search for " photo recovey".
Maybe someone can use the names, if they get in the same situation as me.
Thx for the tips guys!