[Q][i9505] Public folders - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm running ownCloude, which is similar to Dropbox and syncs files between my computers and my Samsung S4. Now I want another app called MindMap to access these syncronised files on my S4.
I contacted MindMap and they said that ownCloud would need to store the synced files in a public folder for MindMap to access them directly. I checked how to get ownCloud to do that but no response on their forum. I assume I would need to root my device, locate the ownCloud folder where the files are stored and somehow make it public? I assume this is like CHMOD on Linux to make the folder accessible to anyone?
Many thanks guys! Always thankful to those who help on forums.

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copying XDA rom executable files

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I have done a search on the site and come up empty. What I am after to do is copy the window executable files from my PDA (of most interest is IE) to an SD card or my comp.
The PDA blocks this, and while I have seen alot of unlocking programs in this forum I am yet to find one to allow me to copy the files direct.
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Copy apps to another device

Hey guys.
Was out and about yesturday with my mate who also owns a Universal, and thought we would just fiddle around with them. I had MS Portrait and we wanted to try it out, but he didnt have it installed, and I did. I know you can install the program via a PC, or through a cab. But, what if you dont have these when you are out? I though Cabbackup would do it, however, i have heard that it is not WM5 compatible. So does anyone know of an app that you can copy programs from one device to another?
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Hi Trunk_z!
Programs are usually stored in /Program files/Name_of_app/ folder. You can transfer it via bluetooth, create a shortcut and use it.
Glaive said:
Hi Trunk_z!
Programs are usually stored in /Program files/Name_of_app/ folder. You can transfer it via bluetooth, create a shortcut and use it.
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Assuming it is completely contained within that directory. Wont work if the program installs files to another folder, like Windows, or edits the registry on the device...

Contacts Folder somewhere????

Is there a folder somewhere that has contacts stored in it? It might be in some code or it might not, just looking for a way to send a file of contacts through email. I have SPB and know the other ways, but really want to find a folder with the information in it. Does it exist? Thank you.
Ok found it. it's pim.vol in the My Device folder. can't do much with it as it's basically read-only and cant even delete it. so copyin and pasting won't work as the original folder can't be written over or deleted. sure there is a workaround somehow...
If you sync with a computer, you can export everything to either individual VCF files through Outlook and then zip them all together, or export as a list of comma separated values. Not sure of the best way to do it phone-only, though.

Non-existent folder stuck on desktop

Disclaimer: Ok, I know this is off-topic but I have found that the people here on this forum are pretty smart with their computer stuff so I'm fairly confident that someone here can help me with this.
I have a folder on my desktop called com2. I was using this folder a while ago for no important person, it was just a random name for a temporary new folder. When I was done using it, I deleted it. Or so I thought.
Now as you can see the folder is still there, and when I try to delete it Windows doesn't want to play along.
I can still drag and drop files into the folder, but then if I try to open the file that I place in there, it says there's a problem with the directory. I tried creating a new folder on my desktop with the same name but that spat an error at me.
Basically it seems that this folder doesn't exist at all yet for some reason it won't go away! Anyone know what to do?
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Try these:
http://forums.techarena.in/vista-file-management/1038943.htm

[Q] Can't find downloaded email attachments

I've had the DAF WP7 rom for about a month now..works pretty great after doing some registry tweaks. Anyway, I've put together this ebook (.epub format) and emailed it to myself and downloaded the ebook attachment from my gmail, and I downloaded an ebook/epub reader (Freda) from the Marketplace to see if the format was correct--to test the epub on my HD2. But when I launched Freda, the only ebooks that are displayed in the Bookshelf are the ones that came with the app..
I looked around in Touchxplorer to see if I could find my epub so I could try to copy and paste it to the root folder to see if Freda would be able to then find and load them, but the only thing by way of an email attachment I was able to find was in this folder.. APPLICATION DATA/VOLATILE/EMAIL ATTACHMENTS .. but the attachments I had downloaded were displayed as .DAT files--I don't know what this means..data files?--anyway, they won't open and I doubt Freda could recognize them anyway, even if I were to copy and paste them in root folder..
Anybody have any idea how I can find the files I've downloaded from my email as attachments? I noticed the first day I flashed the rom that the Storage Card in Touchxplorer wasn't a folder but just a file (I think it's a .DAT file also), so I guess the 16GB card I have in the phone is pretty useless? That sucks, but I at least want to be able to download files (besides pictures, those work fine) and be able to access them.
Thanks!
trevor4 said:
I've had the DAF WP7 rom for about a month now..works pretty great after doing some registry tweaks. Anyway, I've put together this ebook (.epub format) and emailed it to myself and downloaded the ebook attachment from my gmail, and I downloaded an ebook/epub reader (Freda) from the Marketplace to see if the format was correct--to test the epub on my HD2. But when I launched Freda, the only ebooks that are displayed in the Bookshelf are the ones that came with the app..
I looked around in Touchxplorer to see if I could find my epub so I could try to copy and paste it to the root folder to see if Freda would be able to then find and load them, but the only thing by way of an email attachment I was able to find was in this folder.. APPLICATION DATA/VOLATILE/EMAIL ATTACHMENTS .. but the attachments I had downloaded were displayed as .DAT files--I don't know what this means..data files?--anyway, they won't open and I doubt Freda could recognize them anyway, even if I were to copy and paste them in root folder..
Anybody have any idea how I can find the files I've downloaded from my email as attachments? I noticed the first day I flashed the rom that the Storage Card in Touchxplorer wasn't a folder but just a file (I think it's a .DAT file also), so I guess the 16GB card I have in the phone is pretty useless? That sucks, but I at least want to be able to download files (besides pictures, those work fine) and be able to access them.
Thanks!
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Generally the emailing of an attachment will only work if you can open the attachment in a WP7 application like Adobe or Excel. I have found that once downloaded and opened the file is visible and available from the application. For example, if you email a pdf file and open it, it is available when you open Acrobat, even after you delete the email.
For a file that cannot be directly run by a WP7 application, you are out of luck using email because it cannot be opened and there is no option to save it.
You might find some useful insights here:
http://www.wpcentral.com/sideloading-ebooks-now-possible-htc-windows-phones-homebrew
Freda
trevor4 said:
I've had the DAF WP7 rom for about a month now..works pretty great after doing some registry tweaks. Anyway, I've put together this ebook (.epub format) and emailed it to myself and downloaded the ebook attachment from my gmail, and I downloaded an ebook/epub reader (Freda) from the Marketplace to see if the format was correct--to test the epub on my HD2. But when I launched Freda, the only ebooks that are displayed in the Bookshelf are the ones that came with the app..
I looked around in Touchxplorer to see if I could find my epub so I could try to copy and paste it to the root folder to see if Freda would be able to then find and load them, but the only thing by way of an email attachment I was able to find was in this folder.. APPLICATION DATA/VOLATILE/EMAIL ATTACHMENTS .. but the attachments I had downloaded were displayed as .DAT files--I don't know what this means..data files?--anyway, they won't open and I doubt Freda could recognize them anyway, even if I were to copy and paste them in root folder..
Anybody have any idea how I can find the files I've downloaded from my email as attachments? I noticed the first day I flashed the rom that the Storage Card in Touchxplorer wasn't a folder but just a file (I think it's a .DAT file also), so I guess the 16GB card I have in the phone is pretty useless? That sucks, but I at least want to be able to download files (besides pictures, those work fine) and be able to access them.
Thanks!
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Maybe send the .epub to Freda for publishing and download it from the catalogue.
Or find the source code for Freda (it's out there somewhere) and use that to modify either your file or the program???
I'm not sure TouchXplorer (in WP7) sees any SD Card in any other way than a .dat file.
According to all the posts and literature the SD Card and the internal memory in WP7 at least, are in practice one and the same.
>Settings>about, to see how much Available Storage you have. Anything resembling a figure near to your SD Capacity means the SD Card is working and being read as expected by WP7.
hinds said:
Generally the emailing of an attachment will only work if you can open the attachment in a WP7 application like Adobe or Excel. I have found that once downloaded and opened the file is visible and available from the application. For example, if you email a pdf file and open it, it is available when you open Acrobat, even after you delete the email.
For a file that cannot be directly run by a WP7 application, you are out of luck using email because it cannot be opened and there is no option to save it.
You might find some useful insights here:
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I think that this might be the only way I can go.. I just want to load up my epub so I can preview the formatting and layout and make sure everything looks okay.
Thanks for the link!
stepthehen said:
Maybe send the .epub to Freda for publishing and download it from the catalogue.
Or find the source code for Freda (it's out there somewhere) and use that to modify either your file or the program???
I'm not sure TouchXplorer (in WP7) sees any SD Card in any other way than a .dat file.
According to all the posts and literature the SD Card and the internal memory in WP7 at least, are in practice one and the same.
>Settings>about, to see how much Available Storage you have. Anything resembling a figure near to your SD Capacity means the SD Card is working and being read as expected by WP7.
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Not sure if I'd be able to modify the Freda source code, or even to what end.. I got this XAP (don't remember what it's called just now) and on the opening page it had a lot of info about my device and the amount of free storage was around 12 or 13 GB, so I think that the ROM is using my SD card.. ah well, these ROMs are pretty new and I'm sure the devs will really surprise us with the features they can implement.
Thanks for the info buddy..
could you just rename the file type from DAT to epub? that's what I do when I want to read mobi on kindle app
To get an EPUB onto your phone for reading with Freda, put the EPUB into a DropBox folder, an OPDS catalog (for instance by running Calibre on your PC), or onto a web-site. Freda can fetch EPUB files from any of those locations.

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