So I've been fighting with this for a while now. Whenever I try to move a Large file from my Xoom to the PC it gives me "Error Copying File or Folder: The requested resource is in use" I am currently running Team Eos Nightlies 23 but have been having the issue since Tiamat Moray. I even did a total wipe moving to the ICS builds. The funny thing is, if it is a file on the SD card I can transfer it via usb no problem, but if its something on the internal storage of my Xoom I can't seem to get it to move. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I use the device at work for covienence downloading files, but can't easily transfer them to my PC for safe keeping.
Try using the adb pull command and tell me how that works out
Code:
adb pull /mnt/external1/additionalpath/file.ext
(code above will pull the file and place it in current directory of where the command prompt is at)
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I have a broken (completely black) screen on my captivate Im trying to back up all my files from the INTERNAL memory. I can't see the screen so obviously I can't mount the phone to view the files on my PC. I have gotten 'pull /system/ /local/' to work however when I try something like 'pull /data/ /local/' it says "pull: building file list... 0 files pulled. 0 files skipped."
Basically, how do I use ADB to get all of my files to my computer? Help is certainly appreciated. After this I will probably reset the phone and then maybe sell it as is. Not too sure.
Question: Do u happen to have any recent clockwork backup and/or tibu backups on ur phone? If either is present u could directly navigate to those folders (in adb) and pull the files u want.
Alternate option: U cud put in an external sd card, and copy the files from internal sd to external sd if u are not comfortable with the pull commands.
diablo009 said:
Question: Do u happen to have any recent clockwork backup and/or tibu backups on ur phone? If either is present u could directly navigate to those folders (in adb) and pull the files u want.
Alternate option: U cud put in an external sd card, and copy the files from internal sd to external sd if u are not comfortable with the pull commands.
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I do not have any type of backups apps or anything like that on the phone.
I have an external sd card however Im not sure how thats different than using adb to copy the files from the internal memory to my computer. I am fine with using pull but maybe im using the wrong directory name for my personal files?
Have you tried qtadb or droidexplorer. Would be easier imo.
newter55 said:
Have you tried qtadb or droidexplorer. Would be easier imo.
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That requires a rooted phone right? My phone is currently not rooted and I don't know if I would want to. How come I cant just use the adb pull command on the folder with my data in it?
edit - i might have found a command that works, i will update when finished.
ok this worked for me: 'adb pull / d:\backup\'
thanks everyone for your help.
Yeah. Assumed you were rooted sorry. Just thought that way you could see everything and point and click.
So I have a similar situation to this only I have a phone that isnt rooted and usb debugging isnt enabled. However I know the phone boots on, and I can also get into recovery mode where I am able to ADB to get a basic shell, and see the device but that is about it. I feel that if I could enable usb debugging thru recovery mode I might be able to mount the /sdcard and then pull files from there. anyone got any ideas if I could get a reboot with usb debugging enabled from recovery or maybe just a command that I could use in shell via recovery?? Please Please lol. I have a strong feeling i might have hit a wall.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1164598
Hey guys,
I goofed. Big time. I accidentally wiped the sdcard in recovery mode when flashing to another rom.
I have her booted into red recovery and mounted the USB mass storage but it isn't showing up on my computer (I have a Mac that is running a dual boot of windows) on neither the windows or Mac side. Positive the drivers are installed on both.
Please help. If I can put a rom onto the card I'll be fine...but I can't get onto the card
Any suggestions?
Could use Odin or heimdall I've never tried to use mass storage while in recovery
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Downloading Odin currently. Will post results. I hate my slow school Internet :/
ODIN Worked. Thanks
Wiped SD using CWM
So I had a problem almost the same.
I was using JellyBelly 4.2, and didn't like it. I wanted to go back to Cyan 10.0 and installed the files on my phone. I decided it was a good time to wipe everything, and started to do so. One of the files was the SD format. So I did that, and then wipe/data factory reset. Crap. So now I have no rom installed, and no files on my SD card.
I need help to place my zip files for CM 10 on my SD card (they are on my MAC now). I can't start up my phone to enable file transfer. I can only boot into CWM recovery. Is there a (step by step) way to push files from my MAC onto the SD card? Or is there a different way to tackle this?
I have a GNex (Toro) VZW
MacBook running snow leopard.
I am afraid that anything give me advice on you're gonna have to pretend that I am really dumb and need step by step directions. I tried to push via ADB but got this error, I don't know the correct commands for that. View attachment 1508775 Any suggestions?
It seems you do not have the android sdk set up along with adb.
Is this it?
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It seems you do not have the android sdk set up along with adb.
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I thought I did. Here is what I have, I just don't know how to force my ROM's onto the SD card using it.View attachment 1508841
FIrst make sure you added the tools directory to your PATH.
There's a guide on how to set up the sdk on a mac: http://peter.boctor.net/2010/12/02/installing-the-android-sdk-on-mac-os-x/
you can skip the eclipse parts.
Of course, make sure you use your own path.
After that, adb should be recognized as a command.
To push, use this:
adb push "file.zip" /sdcard/file.zip
change "file.zip" for the location and name of the zip.
I often place files on my Home directory before pushing since it then only requires I specify the file name.
Problems with ADB path
So this is what I get when trying to install different commands into my path. I guess I am still doing it wrong? View attachment 1509964
You need to edit the Path to make it fit yours. Your sdk directory reads android-sdk-macosx 2.
It also depends on where you have that folder.
shooter5635 said:
Hey guys,
I goofed. Big time. I accidentally wiped the sdcard in recovery mode when flashing to another rom.
I have her booted into red recovery and mounted the USB mass storage but it isn't showing up on my computer (I have a Mac that is running a dual boot of windows) on neither the windows or Mac side. Positive the drivers are installed on both.
Please help. If I can put a rom onto the card I'll be fine...but I can't get onto the card
Any suggestions?
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Pretty sure usbmount never worked with red cem for us...at least ot never did for me
MaxJ360 said:
So I had a problem almost the same.
I was using JellyBelly 4.2, and didn't like it. I wanted to go back to Cyan 10.0 and installed the files on my phone. I decided it was a good time to wipe everything, and started to do so. One of the files was the SD format. So I did that, and then wipe/data factory reset. Crap. So now I have no rom installed, and no files on my SD card.
I need help to place my zip files for CM 10 on my SD card (they are on my MAC now). I can't start up my phone to enable file transfer. I can only boot into CWM recovery. Is there a (step by step) way to push files from my MAC onto the SD card? Or is there a different way to tackle this?
I have a GNex (Toro) VZW
MacBook running snow leopard.
I am afraid that anything give me advice on you're gonna have to pretend that I am really dumb and need step by step directions. I tried to push via ADB but got this error, I don't know the correct commands for that. View attachment 1508775 Any suggestions?
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Since your on jb with blue recovery you should be able to Mount USB storage from recovery...mounts and storage>mount USB>plug into computer
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Mounts
So when I boot CWR and go to the mounts and storage menu I only see the following options.
Mount /sdcard
Mount /system
Unmount /cache
Unmount /data
Format /sdcard
Format /system
Format /cache
Format /data
I've tried them all while plugged into my Mac, and nothing happens on any of them.
Try getting your adb set up.
I'm pretty sure that if you right click on the tools folder and go to get info or anything similar to properties, it will show you the whole Path.
Hello,
I am little confused about phones storage. Hope someone can help me.
OK, When I first configured my phone I installed TitaniumBackup and restored all my apps and data from my former phone HTC Sensation. Then I copied Sensations SD Card data to Nexus' internal storage via Windows. For example also the folder "WhatsApp".
When I connect the phone to my PC I can see its internal storage. In the folder "WhatsApp/Database" I can find some files like "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt" or "msgstore-2014-01-16.1.db.crypt".
Now I open ES FileExplorer, go to device/sdcard: there I can see mainly the same folders I copied from Sensation to Nexus. WhatsApp is also there. When I look inside I can't find any files like "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt" I see on "internal storage" via PC. but I see others like "msgstore-2014-01-24.1.db.crypt". What?! I don't understand that.
OK, next Test: Via PC I copy a file named 123test.txt to the Whatsapp Folder. Again I look via ES FileExplorer on the phone, what happens. Ola, I can see 123test.txt in device/sdcard. But not e.g. "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt". Aha... strange.
And while writing this question I had to copy the filename of "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt" from Windows explorer to paste it here. And now I can see also "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt" in device/sdcard on my phone, but not the ohers like "msgstore-2014-01-16.1.db.crypt". I touch a file in Windows Explorer on "internal storage" and after that it's copied to device/sdcard?
This can't be normal?! That's zero transparent... and weird...
Can someone please clear it up for me?!
THANKS!
dbsoundz said:
Hello,
I am little confused about phones storage. Hope someone can help me.
OK, When I first configured my phone I installed TitaniumBackup and restored all my apps and data from my former phone HTC Sensation. Then I copied Sensations SD Card data to Nexus' internal storage via Windows. For example also the folder "WhatsApp".
When I connect the phone to my PC I can see its internal storage. In the folder "WhatsApp/Database" I can find some files like "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt" or "msgstore-2014-01-16.1.db.crypt".
Now I open ES FileExplorer, go to device/sdcard: there I can see mainly the same folders I copied from Sensation to Nexus. WhatsApp is also there. When I look inside I can't find any files like "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt" I see on "internal storage" via PC. but I see others like "msgstore-2014-01-24.1.db.crypt". What?! I don't understand that.
OK, next Test: Via PC I copy a file named 123test.txt to the Whatsapp Folder. Again I look via ES FileExplorer on the phone, what happens. Ola, I can see 123test.txt in device/sdcard. But not e.g. "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt". Aha... strange.
And while writing this question I had to copy the filename of "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt" from Windows explorer to paste it here. And now I can see also "msgstore-2014-01-17.1.db.crypt" in device/sdcard on my phone, but not the ohers like "msgstore-2014-01-16.1.db.crypt". I touch a file in Windows Explorer on "internal storage" and after that it's copied to device/sdcard?
This can't be normal?! That's zero transparent... and weird...
Can someone please clear it up for me?!
THANKS!
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Maybe it's because I haven't finished my coffee yet, but I reread your post a few times and only sort of understand what you are trying to figure out...
Since the Nexus doesn't have external storage, then the Internal Storage you see in Windows is /sdcard. It sounds like maybe either the database files from your Sensation might not have transferred over to the Nexus correctly, or the older file maybe was rewritten with the version of the app on the Nexus? Or if it just doesn't show up when you copy the file to the phone while it is still plugged in, then it might not show up in a file manager on the phone until you unplug it and then the phone rescans the media to sync the contents so file managers can display everything. This is common behavior with the MTP set up. Let me know if I am not on the right path with the info and I'll see if I can help clarify more.
es0tericcha0s said:
Maybe it's because I haven't finished my coffee yet, but I reread your post a few times and only sort of understand what you are trying to figure out...
Since the Nexus doesn't have external storage, then the Internal Storage you see in Windows is /sdcard. It sounds like maybe either the database files from your Sensation might not have transferred over to the Nexus correctly, or the older file maybe was rewritten with the version of the app on the Nexus? Or if it just doesn't show up when you copy the file to the phone while it is still plugged in, then it might not show up in a file manager on the phone until you unplug it and then the phone rescans the media to sync the contents so file managers can display everything. This is common behavior with the MTP set up. Let me know if I am not on the right path with the info and I'll see if I can help clarify more.
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Hello es0tericcha0s,
what I do not understand is: Why do I see on my PC other files then on my phone?
Why I looked at that: On phones with SD Card I backuped all my SD Card before ROM changes. Then I just copy my backup back to SD Card. But now I am not sure what to backup. If I backup my internal storage via PC I have definitily not the current data in it!
I don't understand that behaviour?!
dbsoundz said:
Hello es0tericcha0s,
what I do not understand is: Why do I see on my PC other files then on my phone?
Why I looked at that: On phones with SD Card I backuped all my SD Card before ROM changes. Then I just copy my backup back to SD Card. But now I am not sure what to backup. If I backup my internal storage via PC I have definitily not the current data in it!
I don't understand that behaviour?!
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I'd have to go with good old buggy MTP. I've seen lots of these 'ghost files' in Windows explorer with my previous phone (GNEX). If both file manager apps and for instance adb shell do not show files that Windows explorer via MTP does show, you can safely assume Windows explorer is wrong.
Tip: for a more secure data transfer, copy your /sdcard content from your PC to the N5 using the adb push command. I believe there are even GUIs for adb nowadays if you don't like working on the command line.
Guys... I still do not understand that thing...
I installed CM11. Copied via Windows Explorer my Titanium Backup folder to internal storage. Nothing else. Then I restored WhatsApp to see what happens. Everything worked fine. Whatsapp is OK but has no media file I sent or received. OK, I can copy them from my backup to internal memory. BUT I CAN'T SEE ANY WHATSAPP FOLDER in my Windows Explorer. But in my phone file explorer I can see it!
This can't be normal!
How does one can make a consistent backup of it's phone with that behaviour?!
EDIT: After I rebooted the phone I can also see the WhatsApp folder in Windows... :/
Like I said: MTP is buggy. For reliable file transfers via usb use adb push and pull commands.
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This is sooo strange...
I made a TWRP backup. Then I used adb pull /sdcard/ /sdcardbackup to copy my storage with my TWRP backup to PC. But I can't find the backup on my PC after adb finished the copy job. Where is it? I searched with the explorer on the phone:
/sdcard/ -> I am redirected to /storage/emulated/legacy - this view is identical with my backup on pc
/storage/sdcard0/ -> I am redirected to /storage/emulated/legacy - same as above
/storage/emulated/ -> There are folders 0, legacy and TWRP and there I found my backup.
Shouldn't I find TWRP backups on my sdcard, storage, emultade, legacy or I don't know how the place is called?!
OK, I try to copy thios TWRP backup to my PC:
- via PC: I can't, because I see only the "internal storage"
via adb: I can't, too: E:\Nexus 5\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb pull /storage/emulated/TWRP /TWRPbackup DOES NOT WORK
BUUHUUUUUUUUUU unbelievable
How do you check where your data is? I don't...
You used a relative path for the destination folder, meaning that folder was created on the location where your adb executable is. Look for it there or use an absolute path for your destination folder.
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You're supposed to adb pull from /sdcard not /storage
If you didn't change directory (cd) in cmd / terminal, then your pulled data is in the directory that opens by default in cmd. Open cmd to see what path you let it default to. Often c:\users\username
Don't forget if you're in windows, you need to
adb pull /sdcard/source \destination
And linux
adb pull /sdcard/source /destination
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dbsoundz said:
This is sooo strange...
via adb: I can't, too: E:\Nexus 5\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb pull /storage/emulated/TWRP /TWRPbackup DOES NOT WORK
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Hello,
copy command should be ok. hoever. Why is TWRP backup saved to location /storage/emulated/TWRP, not on "internal memory"?
Really guys... this can't be normal. is there something wrong with my phone or ROM?!
dbsoundz said:
Hello,
copy command should be ok. hoever. Why is TWRP backup saved to location /storage/emulated/TWRP, not on "internal memory"?
Really guys... this can't be normal. is there something wrong with my phone or ROM?!
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No, it's something wrong with you. I'd be easier to copy the backup to the phone memory visible to a PC using a root explorer and then copy it to the PC that way if you can't get adb working
guys anyone any idea on this issue (me vs bacon vs *.flac files) :
- so, when the devices is up on system and connected vie MTP I can not copy *.flac files, it goes up to ~90/98% and stops (sometimes not only *.flac files don't wanna copy, happend with a *.zip file once)
- if I connect my bacon through TWRP MTP (mount storage via recovery), it copies and does it fast as hell, everything copies very fast w/o any issues
any suggestions.?
I tried CM12 Official Nightly and same issue appears...
can it be something from laptop.? than why it doesn't make problems via recovery mount.?
(tried same, and different USB ports 2.0/3.0)
(and also tried FULL Device Wipe, yes even Internal Storage was formatted and "fixed" from TWRP and Phillz)
Thanks
p.s. to be clear, it doesn't give any errors, just won't pass ~90/99% of copy progress, and if a have batch copy of multiple files like *.mp3 and other and a *.flac between them, copy progress stops at "the end of the *.flac file" and won't copy any other files (as like it didn't finish to copy the flac and other files are waiting).
I've got Cyanogenmod 12.1 on a Galaxy S2 i9100 and the storage is a pain in the arse to be honest. I know the switch from FAT32 to EXT4 with JB or KK was supposed to be better for security, but for access it is abysmal. I can't copy large folders to the internal SD or else half way through the process Windows will tell me the device has been disconnected, I also can't install large games like Football Manager 2015 or Sims Freeplay because after they have downloaded their zip/rar and try to extract it they just crash (even when the phone is not plugged in), and if I copy the downloaded archive to my PC and extract it there it will crash when I try to copy the extracted folder back to the Android/data/ folder.
Is there a fix for this? I had no problems using FAT32 for many years, but now I have an internal storage that seems to choose when it wants to be visible to my computer and will decide to unmount(?) when something is being copied to or extracted on to it.
krashd
Nobody have any ideas? I've googled like mad but can't find this problem anywhere. It has to be ext4-related though because apps and games have never had a problem uncompressing their data until after 4.4
This is annoying the bejesus out of me because Football Manager keeps me sane on the train :/
Not even 'adb push' works! I did adb push with the -p switch to see progress and everything is fine for a minute or two and then
failed to copy 'xx.xx' to '/sdcard/data/xx.xx': Read-only file system
This is officially driving me up the wall now, surely someone has an idea of why my internal storage stops extracting an archive or copying files after a short period :/