Here are some screenshots of my lost.Dir. One is showing the size and the other showing the contents. What is this and what is its importance to me?
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" LOST.DIR is created by the fsck utility (fsck = filesystem check)
it contains inconsistent data which was found during the fs check.
This can happen if you not properly reboot or power off the device, or if writing cycles can not be completed."
It can be safely deleted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1551773
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It's where files are put if they become corrupt or at least that is the only case I have seen of it. When my ext sd card needed to be reformatted it kept moving my music in it. Have you noticed any files missing? In my case all the files in the lost.dir folder were mp3 so I just changed the file extension but without knowing what those files are suppose to be you might as well just delete them
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Jarredw said:
It's where files are put if they become corrupt or at least that is the only case I have seen of it. When my ext sd card needed to be reformatted it kept moving my music in it. Have you noticed any files missing? In my case all the files in the lost.dir folder were mp3 so I just changed the file extension but without knowing what those files are suppose to be you might as well just delete them
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Yes, I flash to carbon, and I lost a lot of files on the SD, namely my music.
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If you haven't deleted them change their file extension to .mp3 and you may be able to recover the ones that are music files
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I tried to delete folder but its coming back.I formatted SD card changed customrom but folder appearing back
so what to do plz help
sims4793 said:
I tried to delete folder but its coming back.I formatted SD card changed customrom but folder appearing back
so what to do plz help
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try to format ur sd card using PC !!
i have tried that also
What folder lol
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Android automaticaly create few folders on sd card . If u delete he make again. Some apps also
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make it hidden
How do you make it hidden?
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make the folder's name begin with (.) like .data .private
Ok so sorry to jump in on this thread, so the program using the folder will still find it?. And how would you unhide it again from the phone?
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No, if you put . , then the program would make it again...
Some folders you just cannot delete...only way would be to uninstall the app, and then delete...
Also, folders like DCIM, .android_secure, cannot be deleted...
Don't worry, these folders hardly take up space...
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So does not really hide a folder unless its not being used. Not that usefull really.
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How do you delete nandroid backups you no longer want?
Thanks
Its saved onto the sd card. Find the folder of the backup and delete it.
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Thanks.... Even though I currently run 4Ext I previously had Clockworks Mod, and found the nandroid backups there.
There's really no other place for a file that large to be, unless you're using a SGS2 with an internal SD card. But its got to be some file, hunt around and I'm sure you'll find it
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I think CWM backup failed attemps due to lack of space have eaten my sdcard somewhere with hidden or partial files, as I deleted /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ and the problem persists.
My files are below 2GB. I have tried several tools such as SD Maid but couldn't solve the issue. Even walk all my sdcard tree manually with ES file explorer (hidden files included).
What do you recommend me to Iook at? I want to start using CM10 and test AD2P
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josjator said:
I think CWM backup failed attemps due to lack of space have eaten my sdcard somewhere with hidden or partial files, as I deleted /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/ and the problem persists.
My files are below 2GB. I have tried several tools such as SD Maid but couldn't solve the issue. Even walk all my sdcard tree manually with ES file explorer (hidden files included).
What do you recommend me to Iook at? I want to start using CM10 and test AD2P
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Yeah, it a issue of lots of people around here. Have u installed games like big one.?
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I have some games, but all the files, including hidden ones, are about 2GB, so something is taking 1.75GB
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josjator said:
I have some games, but all the files, including hidden ones, are about 2GB, so something is taking 1.75GB
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After Uninstalling the Game, you need to delete data from There downloaded folder. If you can find the folder of there, then can perform the action.
kataria.vikesh said:
After Uninstalling the Game, you need to delete data from There downloaded folder. If you can find the folder of there, then can perform the action.
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Wipe the Internal memory from setting's....
mj.vikram said:
Wipe the Internal memory from setting's....
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but that will wipe all data including installed applications data..
Try DiskUsage.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage&hl=en
It should help you identify what eats your sd card
Finally I found the source of the problem. CWM was doing backups in /sdcard/external_sd/clockworkmod/backups. Any backup that failed - for example due to lack of space - won't be seen by CWM, and apparently, by any file explorer in Android itself. I could see them in my PC. After removing I'm back to a normal situation
Hey everyone. I have maybe five or six back ups on my external sd and I tried deleting them through cwm, it doesn't delete the unnecessary blobs I have. My backups take over 15-20gigs.
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After you deleted the backups, did you select the option in recovery to "Free up space" on the internal or external sd card?
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No I didn't see that. Will that delete just the blobs?
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kench33 said:
No I didn't see that. Will that delete just the blobs?
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It'll delete the blobs that are not needed
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It deletes the excess blob files associated with the backups that you deleted. That's why they are separate options: delete backups and free up space. If you deleted backups saved on the internal, free up space on the internal via CWM. Same goes for the external sd card. It won't be a night and day difference unless you deleted say 4 backups of the 6 you previously had.
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If I'm running out of space on the internal SD card, can I just cut/paste the backup folder to my external SD card or does that mess up the backup/blobs?
Weird. It didn't free up space on my external sd
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ahpatel said:
If I'm running out of space on the internal SD card, can I just cut/paste the backup folder to my external SD card or does that mess up the backup/blobs?
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You would need to take the entire clock work mod folder.
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ahpatel said:
If I'm running out of space on the internal SD card, can I just cut/paste the backup folder to my external SD card or does that mess up the backup/blobs?
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You need to cut/paste the entire CWM folder which contains both the actual backup folder AND blobs folder. CWM backups are a two part deal. You're fine if you do this, I copy/paste one entire backup to my computer.maybe once a month. I only keep one backup on my phone and an older one on a computer.
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Weird. It didn't free up space on my external sd
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How many backups do you have on your external sd card?
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Five but in total I had ten and deleted just the back ups on my external sd
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Five but in total I had ten and deleted just the back ups on my external sd
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Hmm, 5 backups at 2 GB apiece should take up about 12-14 gb now. How large is the backup folder and how large is the blobs folder? You may have to delete more to delete more backups and free up space.
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The thing about the blobs are they are the shared data between your backups so if you deleted 5 backups but they were the same ROM just different days. It will only delete the blobs that were that ROM. So if your 5 now a're all different you really still have 5 full backups that still take around 10 gb or so.
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Sounds about right then. I have 6 backups and blobs take up about 12gigs.thanks guys!
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Trying to do a back up on my p3110 8gb, and don't really have enough space to do it,
For some reason it is also saving it before the SD card folder in data/media/something/backup/date
When I try to move it it tells me cannot move files after it attempts and moves a few I'm guessing this is due to file size and running out of space....
Is there a way to get cwm to save the backup to external SD, or at least to SD card directory instead of root? So I can copy the files onto my computer?
Or do I need to go on a deleting spree and potentially lose some gaming data....
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Yeah, just pick backup to external. Its like the forth or fifth option down in cwms backup and restore menu
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