First off, HI ALL. Awesome community!! OK, so I am having the same can't write to SD issue as everyone else. I am rooted with TowelRoot and on KK 4.4.2. I have installed a few of the different "SD FIX" apps and upon looking at the platform.xml file the proper strings are there but I still cant write to or delete from EXT-SD. I have tried ES File Explorer and Root Explorer ( Donate vrs). Another thing that I noticed is that all the tutorials I have read say that there needs to be a space between the " /> at the end. My platform.xml doesnt have that, in fact, none of the strings have the space between the " and />. I tried to do it manually and got the massive force close of a lot of apps. Reverting back to the original didnt help. I had to do a factory reset. That stopped the FC issue but the paltform.xml file is the same with the added string and the nonexistant spaces. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!
what filesystem do you have on your card?
Either he has exFAT or FAT32. Can you tell us your exact device model? What ROM are you on?
Thanks for the reply. Model number is N900V and I'm on stock Rom rooted.
Considering that your platform.xml file is still stock, you might want to try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nextapp.sdfix
This app will automatically detect whether you need the fix or not. If you do need it, it'll do it for you.
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I DL and ran app. Says not needed. Does anyone have the original file so I can start this process over? Or will that bork something? I'm a noob but I am a little tech savy. One anomaly that doesn't make sense to me is that in my xml file, none of the strings have a space between the " and />. Does that make a difference? I'm confused. lol
harmageddon4 said:
I DL and ran app. Says not needed. Does anyone have the original file so I can start this process over? Or will that bork something? I'm a noob but I am a little tech savy. One anomaly that doesn't make sense to me is that in my xml file, none of the strings have a space between the " and />. Does that make a difference? I'm confused. lol
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Does it make a difference? ...make a backup of your platform.xml. Then put space in between " and >, save and reboot.
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The whole xml is like that with no spaces. I originally used an SDFix app to do it. Never looked at it. It worked for a brief time then either I rebooted or something and it stopped. I added the space manually but noticed none of the strings had a space. Are they all supposed to have them or just to added/modified string? I did factory reset because I was getting the FC issue but that didn't reset the xml. Does anyone have the original so I can start the process over?
Try this. It already has the fix implemented. If everything else fails, you can still flash a stock rom and use the SD Fix app I posted before.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Yi7IW9DXQsdVF0aGl0Z3lJbGc/edit?usp=docslist_api
OK. I renamed the file to paltform.xml and renamed mine to bak. Moved it to the folder and did a reboot. So far so good, no FC. Upon using Root Explorer I still get the failed operation toast when trying to delete a file from EXT SD. If noone else has an idea I guess I will just have to flash a rom and try that. I'm going to del and reinstall Root Explorer and see if that does anything. I'll keep you posted. Thanks again for all the help.
OK so I dont know all what was messed up but here is what all I did. I went in to del the Root Explorer app and found that I had converted it to a sys app with TiBu. I undid that process, uninstall and reinstall. That didnt work, so I stuck SD in my puter and backed up files and then stuck card back into phone, robooted into recovery and did a wipe of the SD. Then I put a few test files back onto the card mounted by USB cable) and tried to make folder and del a diff file and it all seemed to work so all is good so far. As I am typing this I tried something else I couldnt do which was instll the XDA app. It kept saying something like it wouldnt write to the ext sd card. Well. I just installed it with no issues. Hooray!!!:laugh: So I dont really know what the issue was but it all seems to be going fine now. A BIG thank you to all that helped me in this. And Nitrous, I clicked the THANKS button on yours!! :good:
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I did normal nandroid backups everytime i make changes to the phone.
Howerver I Was using root explorer and was deleting things out of /data/data because Fresh1.1 doesn't use it/have things that I wanted to take out.. such as the data file for NFL, widgets..etc.
So I deleted all these. Thinking it was fine. And I still think it has no affect but when I went to install a apk from the sd card I get a parsing error.
At first I thought it might have been just that one file... but I uninstalled better root emulator and then tried to reinstall it and got that error msg.
So I reverted back to a backup I knew is good, but get the same error when trying to install APK from the sd card get the parse error.
Thanks,
-Nigel
Um... Go back to your last good nandroid... And delete the apks through ADB... (the correct procedure... Not how you did it.) Search the forums for "removing sprint apps" and follow the directions..
What it sounds like you did was mess up the directory structure.
azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Um... Go back to your last good nandroid... And delete the apks through ADB... (the correct procedure... Not how you did it.) Search the forums for "removing sprint apps" and follow the directions..
What it sounds like you did was mess up the directory structure.
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I have removed the apps via ADB but what I am saying is there is still data about the programs in the data/data directory. I deleted that stuff not thinking that it might affect it... Guess it did..lol not sure though..
Going to delete it via ADB and see what happens after I wipe the phone.
All nandroid backups that I know are good are still giving me the same error.
-Nigel
Wow, looks like the memory card was the culprit...???
I changed out to a different 4 gb card and all the programs that were failing are installing just fine...
I was using my RedHat machine at work so I wonder if **** got screwed up?
Welp... maybe looks like no restore for me..lol
-Nigel
Wow.. That sucks man, sorry.
Did you pull your SD card while the phone was running? (assuming you have a2sd)?
azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Wow.. That sucks man, sorry.
Did you pull your SD card while the phone was running? (assuming you have a2sd)?
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I got the same errors trying to restore paid apps into flipz 2.0.1 ROM yesterday. Im certain its not a SD card issue but I don't know how to move forward. I am going to D/L the Eris 2.1 ROM and see if my apps how up there. If not i guess i will just deal with it. Not sure my apps2sd was working in that one either because my internal memory kept going down when I D/L an app, but I had way less apps than on Modaco and my internal mem never went down. *shrug* oh well, lets check out this 2.1
Na I never pulled the card out while phone was on.
Not sure if my linux box at work did it or the fact that I was deleting files from /data/data in root explorer... I think it's the second thing that I was doing... :-(
I did end up doing a factory restore last night and redoing it. This time though when I was deleting programs I also did the proper way in adb shell to delete the files in /data/data. I can't get over even if you delete the APKs/odex in system/apps, it still leaves files and a data base file in the data/data directory.
Anywho, so far everything is running great and I freed up even more memory on the other partition because of the data/data and I can't get over how fast the phone is!
w00t w00t!
-Nigel
FYI,
I figured out how to get my apps to restore on the 2.0.1 flipz ROM. I had to go into titanuim backup and go to problems, which downloaded an updated busybox. Once I did that I went and tried to restore a paid app and WHOOO WHOOO, it worked.
I accidentally erased sdcard folder. I am rooted on 1.6, tried using astro to delete twitroidpro.apk from sdcard root, becuz it wouldnt install. didnt seem to delete, also tried droid explorer and didnt seem to delete, restarted phone and sdcard folder is empty!! Please help! Will flashing a stock 1.6 restore this?? I am currently running a sdcard recovery program r0linux, I hope it works, any ideas guys?? Please...
kind of a a n00b b
i just got my streak 2 weeks ago, so I dont need any info, I concerned about the folders/directories being missing.
New to android, experience with iPhone, I see it is very different.
Did I need permissions to delete the .apk from sdcard? it said file was -rw in astro, but when I deleted it it still was showing up.
ZOMG!
Got em all back! Sweet jesus! used r-Linux, lifesafer. Anyone have any ideas why file would not delete? and any idea isf any type of restore/ re-flash will restore sdcard?? thanks I hope this helps someone!
Need some help here:
I need to delete some of the backups I made with CWM recovery. I already have them backed up onto my PC, but need to delete them to make some room. For some reason I cant.
Ive tried root explorer, es file explorer, and my PC. Im unable to change the permissions of the files, and if you look at the pics I attached youll see they have some strange permissions, but I cant change them.
I am able to move the files anywhere else in the sd card folder, rename them, but no matter what I cant delete them. And when I try from my PC it shows them disappear, but they are actually still there.
If there is a way to format the sd card folder I will, but thats not an option in the settings, or CWM. Can someone please help me out here? This is really frustrating me. Thanks
No issues here when I delete backups using ROM Toolbox.
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No issues here when I delete backups using ROM Toolbox.
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I tried through ROM Toolbox and still couldnt delete them.
Gam3r 4 Life said:
I tried through ROM Toolbox and still couldnt delete them.
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Same, tried with multiple apps too.
I posted this in the other thread, but figured I would do so here in case other people needed the "fix".
Ok, so some good news and some bad news.
The good news is, I was able to put together a flashable zip that WILL DELETE the entire CWM backup directory from the sdcard. It is available here:
http://core.routed.com/CWM_Backup_Wipe.zip
You simply need to flash it via CWM. Easy peasy. I confirmed that the directory/files were all removed, AND the storage space is now available for other files (I checked df before and after).
The bad news is, before attempting to delete the directory, I first tried changing the permissions (recursively) to see if that was a better "fix" for this problem. Unfortunately, even with the directory 777 and the files 666, I still could not manually delete them through the system. Which means, whatever bug is causing this problem is much more severe than a file/directory permission thing.
In any case, until the CWM developer can figure out a way to fix this bug, at least we have a way to manually remove the backups and get our storage space back.
The script in the zip is very simple. It just does a recursive delete on /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup.
Enjoy!
phonic said:
I posted this in the other thread, but figured I would do so here in case other people needed the "fix".
Ok, so some good news and some bad news.
The good news is, I was able to put together a flashable zip that WILL DELETE the entire CWM backup directory from the sdcard. It is available here:
http://core.routed.com/CWM_Backup_Wipe.zip
You simply need to flash it via CWM. Easy peasy. I confirmed that the directory/files were all removed, AND the storage space is now available for other files (I checked df before and after).
The bad news is, before attempting to delete the directory, I first tried changing the permissions (recursively) to see if that was a better "fix" for this problem. Unfortunately, even with the directory 777 and the files 666, I still could not manually delete them through the system. Which means, whatever bug is causing this problem is much more severe than a file/directory permission thing.
In any case, until the CWM developer can figure out a way to fix this bug, at least we have a way to manually remove the backups and get our storage space back.
The script in the zip is very simple. It just does a recursive delete on /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup.
Enjoy!
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Just saying thanks for this, I hope they figure a fix out soon. Flash worked perfectly, for some storage space back. :good:
Today I rooted my S4 (i9505) using Chainfire's Auto-Root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803). I was trying to add permissions to my platform.xml file so my S4 could write to SD after the 4.4.2. update.
The root itself went fine, I had access and everything still worked perfectly. But I after tried to edit the platform.xml file (using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49603814 as a guide) and rebooting, I have a lot of apps force-closing and I can't read my storage when connected to PC. I could still use ODIN however, so I tried flashing the firmware again (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=27311) but this did not help.
If I had to be honest, I'm panicking a bit over here. I'm still in college and I really had to save up to buy my S4. I would be really bummed if I bricked it. Is there anything I can do to restore the file or maybe even factory reset it? Lose of files would not matter, I have backups. Thank you so much in advance guys!
Same issue
Hi, unfortunatelly I am having the same problem you describe. Were you able to solve it?. I just can't replace the platform.xml cause I did not copy it on the same etc folder. I am so frustrated
Mycoldshower said:
Today I rooted my S4 (i9505) using Chainfire's Auto-Root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2219803). I was trying to add permissions to my platform.xml file so my S4 could write to SD after the 4.4.2. update.
The root itself went fine, I had access and everything still worked perfectly. But I after tried to edit the platform.xml file (using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49603814 as a guide) and rebooting, I have a lot of apps force-closing and I can't read my storage when connected to PC. I could still use ODIN however, so I tried flashing the firmware again (http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=27311) but this did not help.
If I had to be honest, I'm panicking a bit over here. I'm still in college and I really had to save up to buy my S4. I would be really bummed if I bricked it. Is there anything I can do to restore the file or maybe even factory reset it? Lose of files would not matter, I have backups. Thank you so much in advance guys!
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javiersonico said:
Hi, unfortunatelly I am having the same problem you describe. Were you able to solve it?. I just can't replace the platform.xml cause I did not copy it on the same etc folder. I am so frustrated
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Me too. Edited the file and then everything just force closes on reboot. Any news?
Hi all,
I can't seem to get my obb folder to behave. After installing anything which makes a file inside it, the folder changes to a file inside any file manager including with root access.
In twrp it shows as a normal folder and can be deleted or edited, but once back in android, it reverts to this weird uneditable file...
Any clues? I can't (or rather won't) format internal storage as I don't have a micro SD and currently have lots of files in my root folder which I need in case of emergency (i.e. my twrp backups and some downloaded . zip files).
Any help would be appreciated! It's not an emergency I'm just trying to get a game working. Oh also, if it helps, when I try to download the game after folder has gone weird, play store gets to 99% then fails with error 0 every time.
darkglobe87 said:
Any help would be appreciated! It's not an emergency I'm just trying to get a game working. Oh also, if it helps, when I try to download the game after folder has gone weird, play store gets to 99% then fails with error 0 every time.
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You simply need to delete the obb folder from TWRP file manager.
If no success, connect your phone to pc and delete ithe folder from there. (or use some force delete software for your platform)
darkglobe87 said:
Hi all,
I can't seem to get my obb folder to behave. After installing anything which makes a file inside it, the folder changes to a file inside any file manager including with root access.
In twrp it shows as a normal folder and can be deleted or edited, but once back in android, it reverts to this weird uneditable file...
Any clues? I can't (or rather won't) format internal storage as I don't have a micro SD and currently have lots of files in my root folder which I need in case of emergency (i.e. my twrp backups and some downloaded . zip files).
Any help would be appreciated! It's not an emergency I'm just trying to get a game working. Oh also, if it helps, when I try to download the game after folder has gone weird, play store gets to 99% then fails with error 0 every time.
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Hi,
I'm also facing same issue, did you find any solution ?
Please help me too..
Don't know if this means anything but if I go into file manager after a reboot it's fine for a minute or two then goes back to being weird. Can't put my finger on what causes it. I've uninstalled magisk, clean flashed my ROM, only thing left to do is format internal storage but can't do that until I get an SD card for my ROM files and backups to go on.
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Don't know if this means anything but if I go into file manager after a reboot it's fine for a minute or two then goes back to being weird. Can't put my finger on what causes it. I've uninstalled magisk, clean flashed my ROM, only thing left to do is format internal storage but can't do that until I get an SD card for my ROM files and backups to go on.
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I also had the same issue with pixel experience rom. My Suggestion is to install a nougat based custom rom until someone finds a solution for that.
Prince Jhamat said:
I also had the same issue with pixel experience rom. My Suggestion is to install a nougat based custom rom until someone finds a solution for that.
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Thanks but that's not really a solution I want when it worked fine on previous builds.
Wow... You'll never guess...the issue is present in nougat ROMs too...
*facepalm*
i also faced the above problem in almost every oreo rom. But in the below rom it is normal.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/development/rom-cosmic-os-v3-1-universe-t3730547. i am using this rom as daily driver.
Hi All,
I deleted obb folder from going into root >> data >> media >> obb
Choose file manager like es file explorer or Aroma file manager.
But this is temporary solution not permanent after some time same issue will occur again.
Kindly follow this thread to solve obb data lost on Oreo custom Rom.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g5-plus/how-to/guide-how-to-solve-obb-data-lost-t3744711
Thank you so much!! I don't have an SD card at the moment, however, but happy to know a solution. Does anyone know the cause??
Is there a solution for this without SD card??
EDIT: I've noticed something. The issue described in this thread seems only to happen after connecting to WiFi and downloading apps from the play store. It doesn't seem to happen before I will do that. Hope it helps.
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Is there a solution for this without SD card??
EDIT: I've noticed something. The issue described in this thread seems only to happen after connecting to WiFi and downloading apps from the play store. It doesn't seem to happen before I will do that. Hope it helps.
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Did u find any solution ?
My theory says obb folder turns into file cause system link from data/media/obb should be revoked but I'm not smart enough to know how to create system links
I noticed that when I install the pubg mobile game manually I do not lose the obb folder, just like the friend mentioned above only occurs when the game is installed directly from the play store
For those who don't have rooted devices use this method until we get a fix