Im just posting this info, maybe it could be useful for other searching this like me, i was trying to find over internet without success, the path for tripadvisor lockscreen images, just to save them and use it as wallpaper later. After a while researching into my folder root application using my S4, i just got to find the path, hope itll be usefull if you are looking for this:
/data/data/com.samsung.android.service.travel/files/images
tongueofcolicab said:
Im just posting this info, maybe it could be useful for other searching this like me, i was trying to find over internet without success, the path for tripadvisor lockscreen images, just to save them and use it as wallpaper later. After a while researching into my folder root application using my S4, i just got to find the path, hope itll be usefull if you are looking for this:
/data/data/com.samsung.android.service.travel/files/images
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Is your S4 rooted? I have an unrooted S4 (GT-I9500) and I couldn't find the particular path that you stated nor any folder with the name com.samsung.android.service.travel
I've been looking for ways to save those pictures too. Any help would be appreciated
Hi there, yes my s4 i9500 is rooted, i think You have 2 options:
1-Root your phone, it's really easy using chainfire's root and Odin, and search for path I mentioned.
2-Search if any folder app allows you to browse inside the whole android's files structure without being rooted, and search for the path I mentioned.
If step 1 or 2 are not successful for you but at least you can browse into the whole android's file structure ( as suggested in step 2) then you can make a search of jpg files using the search function of your file browser app and wait until it finish and look into results, the images you are looking for should appear and you will be able to check its path for future reference (In case this path would be different from mine)
Thanks. I'll root my phone and give it a try!
Rooted my phone, but still no luck. That particular folder doesnt exist on my phone, it seems
Searched for the images and no images appear either while I have it on my lock screen. Weird state of affairs.
How to do it in Mac OS X or iPhone?
tongueofcolicab said:
Im just posting this info, maybe it could be useful for other searching this like me, i was trying to find over internet without success, the path for tripadvisor lockscreen images, just to save them and use it as wallpaper later. After a while researching into my folder root application using my S4, i just got to find the path, hope itll be usefull if you are looking for this:
/data/data/com.samsung.android.service.travel/files/images
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Hi,
Do you know how to do it in Mac OS X of in iPhone Explorer?
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greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
injunwil said:
greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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for ease of use several people have create cabs out of their themes.. simply install the cab file. look for a thread created my mobile matt (username mchapman) it has several themes and mods in it.
one of the themes i've installed is a cab. however, it does not show up. that's what the problem is.
i guess the title of thread could be a little misleading. i'm not having trouble locating themes to install - tf3d config is having trouble finding them, after i do.
ETA - i searched for the thread you mentioned, but it says "mchapman" is an invalid username
ETA - i've found this instruction to be a little confusing. if somebody could PLEASE give me a little clarity on exactly what they are telling me to do:
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes
thank you
can someone just explain this one sentence, please.
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes
injunwil said:
can someone just explain this one sentence, please.
- Create the root of internal storage of your HTC Touch Diamond a folder named: Themes
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Means create a folder named Themes. no sub folder (or folder inside a folder).
injunwil said:
greetings all,
i've attempted to search this site and have read the wiki. i saw the sticky on not starting threads until exhausting other options, but i didn't find the answer to my particular question.
i installed teh Tf3d config, but none of the themes i've installed are showing up in the drop down menu under appearance. i've tried relocating them to various spots on my device and storage card, but nothing seems to work. in one tutorial, i read to creat a new folder named Internal Storage/Themes/ but my device would not allow this as a folder name and i've tried slanting the slashes in both directions.
one of the themes was a zipped file, the other was not. the zipped file was DL'd to my PC first, then i extracted the files to my device.
the TF3D config seems to be, otherwise, working fine. i've deleted a tab and rearranged the others.
any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Go to here for find themes, wallpapers, everything you need....please read and read some more before posting....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470023
slawcop` said:
Means create a folder named Themes. no sub folder (or folder inside a folder).
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is this something that requires a registery editor? i ask because, i've attempted making a folder with that name in several locations then placing the file in it. it still won't show up in the drop down menu.
exactly where do create the folder named "themes"?
thanx
injunwil said:
is this something that requires a registery editor? i ask because, i've attempted making a folder with that name in several locations then placing the file in it. it still won't show up in the drop down menu.
exactly where do create the folder named "themes"?
thanx
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Maybe this will help. If you were to create this folder on your pc instead it would look like this:
C:\themes <- C:\ is your root directory.
so on your phone the folder should appear in the list with windows and program files and document and storage card. It should be \themes NOT something like \Program Files\themes
I would like to change the gTask widget skin on Nexus.
Can anybody tell me where the file ( i suppose its .png) is located?
Assuming you're talking about the gTasks Beta by SSI, they're in com.ssi.gtasksbeta.apk\res\drawable
These 5 .png's
widget_border_bg_normal.png
widget_frame_complete.png
widget_frame_complete2.png
widget_frame_land.png
widget_frame_land2.png
thanx a lot, i will search for it..think that´s all I need
Edit: i´m searching for that with AndExplorer, but cannot find those files...
Am I using the wrong thing to search for it?..or is there are way to access those files via PC?
rori1 said:
thanx a lot, i will search for it..think that´s all I need
Edit: i´m searching for that with AndExplorer, but cannot find those files...
Am I using the wrong thing to search for it?..or is there are way to access those files via PC?
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Install gTasks on your phone. Plug your phone into your pc. Hopefully you have adb set up correctly. If not, there's plenty of threads on how to do so.
Code:
cd desktop
adb remount
adb pull /data/app/com.ssi.gtasksbeta.apk com.ssi.gtasksbeta.zip
Extract com.ssi.gtasksbeta.zip to own folder. Change your files. Zip back up to com.ssi.gtasksbeta.zip. Rename to com.ssi.gtasksbeta.apk. Resign with Stericsson's auto-sign tool. Uninstall previous version from your phone. Place your new version somewhere in /sdcard. Install via Astro or other FM. Your new app will not update from the market. You'll have to do this to every version you want to use.
Thank you veeeery much!!
This is the perfect way!
I love this ADB stuff, it works so easy, when you know how (am doing screenshots, to not forget )
Unzipped gtasksbeta on my PC..
Now I have to read about the auto signing thing, found lots of threads about that!
Thanks again!
Hello everyone. Although n00bs aren't allowed here, I do want to ask you a question that might be very n00bish. And maybe a little inappropriate. Or asked in the wrong section of this forum.
But here it goes: I want to try and edit a savegame for a game on my HTC Hero (baseball superstar 2010). So, first I tried to locate where all the files for this game could be installed on my phone. I did not succeed.
But with help from this forum, I found out that I might find the files by using Astro File Manager. I can use this app to click on the .apk from the game, that I have on my sdcard, and then choose the option 'browse file'. There, I find a lot of files! So, the first problem is solved.
The second problem is, that I cannot edit any of the files I then find. And I cannot find a file that has the datestamp of today, or yesterday, when I last played the game. Shouldn't there be a very recent file with the saved game data in it somewhere?
For me, it would be a lot easier if I could browse the apk on my desktop with a simple explorer. But if I hook up my sd-card to my pc, I cannot open the .apk. How can I accomplish this?
I hope I gave a decent description of my problems, and hopefully anyone can help me with A) finding out which file to edit B) how to open or edit this file and C) what to edit!
Thank you all in advance for your time and patience.
Use 7zip to open/extract the .apk file. You can use winrar too, but I like 7zip better. I'll try to find a link in a minute, or you can always google it if I don't post back quick enough for you.
Your questions are reeallly noobish ;-P
Apk files store libraries and other static files of your applications - there you could find images, texts, code, etc., but not runtime data like savegames. Look into /data/{package-name}/ - you could find package name in many places, I think it's in Settings -> Manage applications, but I'm not sure.
Very noobish yes
I have done something in the meanwhile, and that is: buy the real deal from the market. I no longer seem to have the .apk, but that should be no problem. Now the real game is officially installed onto my phone.
But ... where? I have tried looking in /data with my file managers, but they say that the folder is empty! So... where are my apps installed then? They must be on my phone somewhere. Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?
dekraan said:
Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?
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I'm not sure, but I think so. This directory is read-protected, so apps can't steal data of other apps. And I've mistaken: it's /data/app/{package-name}.
Hmmm. Do you know a good way to do that? I have a HTC Hero with the 2.1-update1 firmware (so my phone tells me!).
dekraan said:
Do I have to root my phone in order to see anything in the /data/folder?
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I think I'm correct in saying yes. I use RootExplorer and can see my apks in data/app, but if I use AndExplorer I can't.
XperiaX10iUser said:
I think I'm correct in saying yes. I use RootExplorer and can see my apks in data/app, but if I use AndExplorer I can't.
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Hi There,
I've opened another thread to stop the clutter, but: I have installed Root Explorer and used (I thought) Universal Androot to root my mobile phone. It did install Superuser, but when I open Root Explorer, I don't get a prompt to put it on the superuser list... so nothing seems to work. Do you know what I should do, and how I can do that?
dekraan said:
Hi There,
I've opened another thread to stop the clutter
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But thought you'd clutter the forum instead.
dekraan said:
but: I have installed Root Explorer and used (I thought) Universal Androot to root my mobile phone.
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You might be best searching your phones forum for a solution unless someone can offer you help here.
Iirc, savedata and settings would be in /data/data/com.gamevil.bs2010/
probably in a folder named "files".
start by looking in there.
other apps would be in /data/data/[packagename]
I've searched the forum on this, and unless I'm using the wrong key terms (very possible) I havent found any info contributing to this.
When downloading an app from the Android Market/Amazon Market, where exactly does the *.apk file get saved to? I like to have all my apk's in one area when flashing a new ROM, so I can just install them one after another (apps, widgets, live wallpaper, etc...)
Also, can anyone provide me with any info (preferably some link) in regards to Android's file management system, ie discussing in detail what folders hold what information and what that information pertains to?
One other question, what exactly is the difference between a filepath like:
mnt/sdcard & /sdcard in regards to opening/saving a file to/from those locations??
Apologize for the multiple questions, just thought Id save posts in doing so, and sorry if the information this is readily somewhere in the forum.
Thanks for any info on this!
EDIT: So I stumbled on the Android Developer's Site (feeling like a dumba$$)
http://developer.android.com/index.html
But I'm still unable to find an area pertaining to what I'm exactly looking for (the Directory Structure with explanation for GTablet Froyo) Am I missing something??
Dueces99,
Here is a start:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12439780&highlight=Memory#post12439780
If you are rooted, use ES File Manager or Root Explorer or the like
to open up the file system.
Go to /sdcard and you will see the file system. Most of the file managers
will let you toggle to / and you can see the file system from the root side.
Literally, that's the basis and if you're a lot more knowledgeable than me
you can work down from there to the various sub-folders relating to the
OS functions.
Hope this helps get you started to where you want to go.
IMO, I don't ever get into the file system like I have done with Unix or Linux
in the past. Most of what I have needed to do under Android I just do using
one of the file managers like free Root Explorer.
Rev
P. S. -- When you hook the tablet to your PC and look at the "G:"
drive or however else it shows up in Explorer -- you are looking at /sdcard.
I understand what you are saying, and I am already familiar (atleast Id like to think so) with the main directories (sdcard, sdcard2, etc..) of the file structure, and what info. they hold. My tab is already rooted, and I have Root Explorer, ES FileExplorer, and Wifi File Explorer installed.
What I am looking for is a detailed description of what each folder (default Android structure) is for, and what information is stored in them.
For Example:
/acct: This folder holds...
/data: ...
/data/data: ...
/sdcard: ...
/mnt/sdcard: ...
Guess you could call it a Definition/Guide for the entire Android Directory Structure/Format?
Like in my initial post, where is the default location that downloaded apk's from the market go?
Sorry if my post was misleading, I'm just trying to gain a better understanding of the Directory structure just so I can better navigate through the various file managers and more efficiently find what I am looking for.
I would think the Android Developer's Site would have exactly what I'm looking for, but I haven't been able to find it. Thanks for your input though!
Dueces99,
I hope you find it.
I have made the statement before and I'll stand behind it, "The hallmark of Android as an operating system is its bad documentation."
Good luck!
Rev
Hello all,
I am new here and just got my Galaxy S 4g. I am used to creating themes on the iphone and am getting very frustrated with this phone so far. I have rooted my phone, and also downloaded go launcher and a couple widgets. and a couple different file explorers.
Problems I am having is that everyone says the apps and themes are located in the phones data folder. My data folder is always blank with nothing inside. I search for the exact name or location of the apps and it says 0 files. I look at the apps running and details of them tell me they are in the /data folder, but My folder says empty. I even have the show hidden files checked.
Also I am trying to find a way to browse the phones files (not the memory card files) from my computer. I have now read over hundreds of pages of searches and can not find any answers.
Please help me.
the files that you are going to want to find are the framework-res.apk and twframework.apk.
those files are located in the system/framework/
i use android commander to push and pull files cause it is the easiest for me. you will need winrar to unzip the apk's but if you want to edit the .9.png's you will need APK manager to unpack the .9.png's and Ultimate Compiler to recompile after you edit or the png's will stretch wrong and look horrible.
There is a link on the main Android Themes page on XDA that has a wonderful write up in PDF about theming...
ill see what else i can post when i have time later to help you out.