Is it normal that folders such as /sbin, /root, /system etc. is visible on a stock ROM with a standard file manager?
Just a bit curious...
Yes, you can't edit em anyways without rooting.
Got it - thanks for your reply.
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Hey guys,
Has anyone been able to successfully remove the sample music tracks and pictures from the internal storage on the transformer?
I have tried Total Commander & ASUS File Manager as well as Windows MTP deletion, but the files just won't go away.
I have tried using ADB (it works on PressReader, the redundant Zinio app), but I can't seem to reference 'spaces' on the CLI.
So I 'cd' to system/sdcard/Music/ and attempt
rm 01 Buzz Dees_Mitkomm.mp3
which gives me "Can't find 01, no such..etc" which indicates it can't understand the spaces. Any tips for spaces?
I am rooted and busyboxed on Revolver 2.0 ROM, Android 3.2 and type-B60 transformer.
Cheers.
I don't see any sample files, maybe because I'm on custom rom. What does the asus file manger says when you want to delete them ? Maybe the files have read only access, but I doubt it. Try to delete them via the music player and via gallery.
Hope it helps.
Hmm. I guess they're not really intruding into my UX, so it's a minor problem atm.
You probably don't see any because when you flashed your ROM, it wiped the sdcard folder too. I used a modified recovery to ensure sdcard isn't touched so I don't have to put files back on every time / make unnecessarily large nandroid backups.
I have a bunch of different notifications and ringtones I'd like to use, but I cant insert them into the default directory along with the other ringtones. Is there anyway to do this?
Are you rooted? If so, you can use root explorer or es file explorer to mount /system as writable (I assume you are rooted if you know where to put the files) then copy your files.
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Волк said:
Are you rooted? If so, you can use root explorer or es file explorer to mount /system as writable (I assume you are rooted if you know where to put the files) then copy your files.
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So through Clockwork, I know how to mount /system, but then what? Do i start the phone as normal to get to the OS, and do my file swapping from there?
Or do I need to do something else?
**** i didnt see the part about Root Explorer. I'm download ES right now.
Why do you want to put it in your system folder and not on your SD card? Every time you flash a new nightly or release you'll have to put them there again.
No one ever uses ADB anymore for some reason, but if you're running windows you can create a batch file to delete the stuff you don't want and the push your files to the media folder. I have a batch file I run after every nightly to remove a lot of junk, here is the commands I use for the sounds. I don't push any sounds to the media folder b/c they are all on my sd card.
Code:
adb shell rm -f /system/media/audio/ui/camera_click.ogg
adb shell rm -f /system/media/audio/ringtones/*.ogg
adb shell rm -f /system/media/audio/notifications/*.ogg
stevew84 said:
I have a bunch of different notifications and ringtones I'd like to use, but I cant insert them into the default directory along with the other ringtones. Is there anyway to do this?
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You can put them on your External SD in Folders named ringtones and notifications. The rom should read it from there, or mine does. I am using Xborders GB 1.0.
Cant delete an audio file !!
I installed an audio app from the market. It gave options to "Set as ringtone" for its sounds. I set a tone. But now i cant remove it from my system/media/audio/ringtones !!. Its so irritating. I have a rooted xperia mini ( ROM - Jelly Vanilla Ex 2.1) ... I even flashed the stock firmware, wiped data and everything, but every time i set a new ringtone, it is present in the SOUND PICKER !. Can anyone please help me in this ??? Is this a virus or anythin >???? :crying:
Hey there. I am trying to get my infuse all uncluttered and re organized. can someone 1. either show me a tree of all the default/rooted folders and files on the infuse. Or 2. send or link the default/rooted system files and folders so i can just swap everything. Or can i just delete everything thru a file manager then reboot and it will auto organize all the default folders? I have been working on cleaning up and dont want to delete any of the files necessary for the system to run.
Your help is much appreciated.
Thank you!!
anythin that is visable with the stock file manager "my files" can be deleted...any root files can not be deleted with the exception of a few such as apks
Hi everyone, I'm trying to clean up my phone to make it faster and free up some memory. But while I was looking for files and folders that can be thrown away, I wasn't sure about few of them & couldn't determine whether I can get rid of them or not! Here are the folders and files I'm asking about (they're all located in the internal memory):
1- (.droidga)
contains some unknown files like (gad_ds), (gad_gt), (gad_install), and some other files with the extension of (.p)
2- (iten)
contains only one file (iten_v2.db)
The following ones are located inside (Android/data) folder:
3- (com.chartboost.sdk)
contains a file (chartboost.cb)
4- (ly.font)
contains a cache folder with many different files
can anyone please explain what these folders are & if it's safe to remove them or not!
Thanks a lot!
- Ramy
r.romyo said:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to clean up my phone to make it faster and free up some memory. But while I was looking for files and folders that can be thrown away, I wasn't sure about few of them & couldn't determine whether I can get rid of them or not! Here are the folders and files I'm asking about (they're all located in the internal memory):
1- (.droidga)
contains some unknown files like (gad_ds), (gad_gt), (gad_install), and some other files with the extension of (.p)
2- (iten)
contains only one file (iten_v2.db)
The following ones are located inside (Android/data) folder:
3- (com.chartboost.sdk)
contains a file (chartboost.cb)
4- (ly.font)
contains a cache folder with many different files
can anyone please explain what these folders are & if it's safe to remove them or not!
Thanks a lot!
- Ramy
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These files and folders are generated by the apps that you have installed. If you want to delete unnecessary folders then use Android Assistant(18 Features) from Play Store and do cleanup. This will also give you a slight performance gain.. But if you delete these folders then again it will be regenerated by the corresponding app.
One more advice if you are rooted and find reduction in performance then Wipe cache from cwm from time to time this will also help you.
Hope you got your answer.
Thanks
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These files and folders are generated by the apps that you have installed. If you want to delete unnecessary folders then use Android Assistant(18 Features) from Play Store and do cleanup. This will also give you a slight performance gain.. But if you delete these folders then again it will be regenerated by the corresponding app.
One more advice if you are rooted and find reduction in performance then Wipe cache from cwm from time to time this will also help you.
Hope you got your answer.
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Well I'm actually using another app called "Clean Master" & it does the job very well, but still these folders & files exist.
I know they're are not a big deal even in terms of the space they occupy, but the thing is I had tons of apps installed on my phone previously then I decided to do the factory reset few days ago. It feels much lighter and faster now, but even after the reset some folders created by apps I had before were not completely removed. I removed everything I know, but also wanted to go further and remove any other unnecessary files. I just wasn't sure whether the files I mentioned are system files or not.
& no my phone is not rooted.
Thanks a lot for the tips! :good:
Hi, I'm on android 10 stock version.
When I do a new installation I like to do a debloat of everything that does not interest me, I usually do it with adb shell and everything is ok.
The problem I am seeing is that when I am in the recovery, I access the /system/reserve and /system/india folders with the filemanager but I cannot see the files to delete them.
I can delete the entire folders but when I return to the system, the system emojis are deleted (any keyboard that you put does not have emojis, or for example if I have icons in the name of a contact it is not visible, it looks like a kind of rectangle, like if it were a character unrecognizable by the system).
From the rootexplorer pro, I can see the files in those two folders, but when I try to delete the files it tells me that "attempt failed". I have root permissions to delete from magisk. The files in the folders I see as R/O. I cannot switch to R/W.
I can only delete entire folders, but emojis disappear on next reboot.
PLEASE, does anyone know how to access those folders to delete the blotware that is in them? I have looked 5 days for xda and other websites and I can not find anything about it on this subject.
THANKS A LOT!
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Hi, I'm on android 10 stock version.
When I do a new installation I like to do a debloat of everything that does not interest me, I usually do it with adb shell and everything is ok.
The problem I am seeing is that when I am in the recovery, I access the /system/reserve and /system/india folders with the filemanager but I cannot see the files to delete them.
I can delete the entire folders but when I return to the system, the system emojis are deleted (any keyboard that you put does not have emojis, or for example if I have icons in the name of a contact it is not visible, it looks like a kind of rectangle, like if it were a character unrecognizable by the system).
From the rootexplorer pro, I can see the files in those two folders, but when I try to delete the files it tells me that "attempt failed". I have root permissions to delete from magisk. The files in the folders I see as R/O. I cannot switch to R/W.
I can only delete entire folders, but emojis disappear on next reboot.
PLEASE, does anyone know how to access those folders to delete the blotware that is in them? I have looked 5 days for xda and other websites and I can not find anything about it on this subject.
THANKS A LOT!
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Use terminal and this commands
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
Now you can use terminal/adb to delete files.
Or flash this in TWRP:
India_Fake_Partition_Deleter.zip | by Mauronofrio for Utilities
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