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Lost Data During Upgrade to 4.2.1

So I downloaded the 4,2,1 blob from the Asus site. Before flashing I made my backup with TWRP recovery, and titanium backup to backup all my data.
I booted into fastboot, pushed the blob via flash system command. Rebooted, everything upgraded like normal. Rebooted into fastboot, flashed new TWRP for 4.2, and went through the process of re-rooting. All is fine and dandy except I lost my data. The card says 10GB is used, but I can only see the new file structure. It's like the data is there, but I just can't see it.
Here is a picture of what I am talking about.
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If anyone has an ideas how to get it back, I would appreciate it.

maybe this can help
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I think you'll find old files in 0 and 10 folders.

okrasitna said:
maybe this can help
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Thanks for the suggestion, but no dice. It says my data folder is completely empty.

install es file
and open /data/media
not /data/media/data
you can t open this folder with your windows explorer
only android explorer with root acces
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okrasitna said:
install es file
and open /data/media
not /data/media/data
you can t open this folder with your windows explorer
only android explorer with root acces
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Nevermind. I am an idiot. I forgot to re-enable root access for Es file explorer.
Thank you for your help.
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porksandwich9113 said:
Nevermind. I am an idiot. I forgot to re-enable root access for Es file explorer.
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Hi there, I have exactly the same problem you described, lost a years worth of lecture notes. Windows says there's gigs worth of stuff on there but the contents totals some tiny number of megabytes. Could you please fill me on in on what to do? I am desperate and spent a whole day doing all sorts of stupid things to try to get it back!

kamojamo said:
Hi there, I have exactly the same problem you described, lost a years worth of lecture notes. Windows says there's gigs worth of stuff on there but the contents totals some tiny number of megabytes. Could you please fill me on in on what to do? I am desperate and spent a whole day doing all sorts of stupid things to try to get it back!
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You need to be rooted but you will find all your data in /mnt/shell/emulated
From there you can move it back into the 0/ folder which enables it to be reseen by the OS.

SOLVED Where do apps install

This will be a noob question but its really starting to irritate me, where do apps install on kit kat? I cannot find any apps other than system and sys-priv I have checked data/apps and I have checked my internal storage card

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that's a stellar reply!
im dead serious guys I have over 100 apps installed and I cannot find the files, im specifically trying to see if I can get apn back and restore to work but I cannot find the file on my phone, I have gone folder by folder and im just not seeing it im not sure what im missing but im missing something. its been a long day and thought id just throw it up on here for some assistance.

Circaflex said:
This will be a noob question but its really starting to irritate me, where do apps install on kit kat? I cannot find any apps other than system and sys-priv I have checked data/apps and I have checked my internal storage card
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/data/app and /system/app.

jd1639 said:
/data/app and /system/app.
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/data/app doesn't exist for me, data does but no apps and system app doesn't show my apps from google play I also tried on sdcard data/app but nothing
basically for apn backup and restore to work I need to move the apk to sys/priv-app but I cant find the apk on my phone, this is turning into a very frustrating moment

Circaflex said:
/data/app doesn't exist for me, data does but no apps and system app doesn't show my apps from google play I also tried on sdcard data/app but nothing
basically for apn backup and restore to work I need to move the apk to sys/priv-app but I cant find the apk on my phone, this is turning into a very frustrating moment
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Are you rooted?

Circaflex said:
/data/app doesn't exist for me, data does but no apps and system app doesn't show my apps from google play I also tried on sdcard data/app but nothing
basically for apn backup and restore to work I need to move the apk to sys/priv-app but I cant find the apk on my phone, this is turning into a very frustrating moment
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they are in /data/app/, what are you using to find the files, a root enabled file explorer?
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simms22 said:
they are in /data/app/, what are you using to find the files, a root enabled file explorer?
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I am rooted, tried esfile explorer and slims built in from slimkat
ok so im a total idiot, for whatever reason es was not getting root access, nor was slimexplorer, rebooted and now they ask for root and I see the files, thanks guys its been a long day at the hospital

Now try find your keyboard app (if you don't use stock)
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Folders are listed as Files

Hi guys,
i've a weird issue when browsing my Nexus 5 when using the windows file explorer.
It's the same behaviour on several devices (Laptop, Desktop).
Some folders are listed as folders and browseable, but some folders are listed as files and not browseable.
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SDK etc. is installed
Can you help me to solve this issue?
It's no general issue whith my N5.
For example: I'm able to browse the phone as expected when using the app "Web PC Suite".
Thank you for your advice!

It's very common. Not sure there is a permanent fix. Reboot of both computer and phone should be a workaround.
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rootSU said:
It's very common. Not sure there is a permanent fix. Reboot of both computer and phone should be a workaround.
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Thanks for your proposed workaround but a restart doesn't solve my issue.
I've restarted my laptop and nexus several times but nothing has changed.
It might be interessting that always the same folders are detected as files.
Does that help?

Could try toggling usb debugging on the phone?
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Ben36 said:
Could try toggling usb debugging on the phone?
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Even after switching on/off usb debugging the folders are still mixed up as files and folders :crying:
wtf is going on?
In the meantime i got that desperate i totally stocked my Nexus (even with tamper-flag reset etc.) and voila,
folders were displayed as foldern.
Then after restoring my ADB-Backup (which i did right before stocking, of course) files and folders are mixed up again :crying:
Could this be a software issue caused by my nexus?
I'm using yesterdays omnirom-nightly with fraco Kernel R47.
But had this issue with a lot of rom-kernel combinations.
Please help :crying::crying:

leAndroid91 said:
Even after switching on/off usb debugging the folders are still mixed up as files and folders :crying:
wtf is going on?
In the meantime i got that desperate i totally stocked my Nexus (even with tamper-flag reset etc.) and voila,
folders were displayed as foldern.
Then after restoring my ADB-Backup (which i did right before stocking, of course) files and folders are mixed up again :crying:
Could this be a software issue caused by my nexus?
I'm using yesterdays omnirom-nightly with fraco Kernel R47.
But had this issue with a lot of rom-kernel combinations.
Please help :crying::crying:
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I also had the same problem before and dunno why this happens. But it got fixed own it own. LOL
Any ways as temporary solution I used pull function of adb.
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM /driveonpc
refer to my reply here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...byte-files-t2666686/post50741299#post50741299

varuntis1993 said:
I also had the same problem before and dunno why this happens. But it got fixed own it own. LOL
Any ways as temporary solution I used pull function of adb.
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/DCIM /driveonpc
refer to my reply here- http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...byte-files-t2666686/post50741299#post50741299
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hey, pal.
Thanks a lot that worked for me.
Actualy i tried something easier for the most folders.
I plugged in the Nexus to my Laptop and then renamed every folder which was shown as file to foldername2.
Then the folder was displayed as a folder in windows file explorer.
After renaming the folder to it's actual name it still was a folder and everything worked properly.
So i guess it's just necessary to update the folder. :good:

KitKat issue - Unable to delete stuff on ext SD card

Just got my Sony Xperia Z3. Still messing around to get a feel of the UI.
Was not able to uninstall File Commander as I find the UI badly design. So installed ASTRO File Manager, tried deleting a file from ext SD card. pops up a notice saying that due to KitKat design, 'write' to ext SD card is prohibited.
I uninstalled ASTRO File Manager and installed SOLID Explorer, deletion from ext SD card was not allowed as well.
Tried deleting same file using File Commander and it worked
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Probably will try File Expert but expecting the same rejection.

It is a well known issue with KitKat and is brought in on purpose by google.
Basically in an effort to increase security protection to the user only system apps can write to the SDcard. There is a way around it but you need root. Just google "Write to SD card KitKat" for further information and how to revert it.

gregbradley said:
It is a well known issue with KitKat and is brought in on purpose by google. Basically in an effort to increase security protection to the user only system apps can write to the SDcard.
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You believe in Santa Claus, too ?
Google tries to force you into using their cloud services, that's all magic.
But it's correct: You need root to edit the file platform.xml. After doing that, everything is ok again.
But DO NOT ROOT, yet ! You'll lose all DRM keys (making the horribly bad Z3 camera even worse) and X-Reality. And believe me: You really do not want to lose that.

Chefproll said:
You believe in Santa Claus, too ?
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What does this mean?
Google tries to force you into using their cloud services, that's all magic.
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If you say so
But it's correct: You need root to edit the file platform.xml. After doing that, everything is ok again.
But DO NOT ROOT, yet ! You'll lose all DRM keys (making the horribly bad Z3 camera even worse) and X-Reality. And believe me: You really do not want to lose that.
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Yes I know, its an old issue and well known how to get around it. And trust me, if I want to unlock my bootloader I will.

The only way around it is to save files in your File Explorer's App folder. With FX Explorer, for example, save your files into Android/data/nextapp.fx/files/
You'll be able to write and delete all you want.
File Commander works across all folders because it's a system apk.

Presumably with root you could just convert your file manager app of choice to a system app with the likes of Titanium and it would then work ok? Or just use one that uses root anyway (like Root Explorer).

Work root you just add one line to platform.xml and then it works just like it did before
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3Shirts said:
Presumably with root you could just convert your file manager app of choice to a system app with the likes of Titanium and it would then work ok? Or just use one that uses root anyway (like Root Explorer).
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Of course, with root you can get around any software restriction. However, in 2 - 3 years it'll be moot (hopefully sooner). It's like when Android dropped the menu key and everyone was pissed. After 2 years no one cares about the lack of a menu key anymore.

[Q] Cant delete files from SD card (jellybean)

I'm cleaning up my phone, PHOTOS only shows photos stored on the phone, it doesn't include photos on the SD card.
So I downloaded the SD card photos via Airdroid FILES and now want to delete them
If I right click on EXTERNAL SD CARD, I'm given the delete option, but if I dive into any subdirectories, all delete options are greyed out whether it's right click on directory or file, or select and click the trash can.
Any ideas? This is a Note 3 running Android 4.3

robroth said:
I'm cleaning up my phone, PHOTOS only shows photos stored on the phone, it doesn't include photos on the SD card.
So I downloaded the SD card photos via Airdroid FILES and now want to delete them
If I right click on EXTERNAL SD CARD, I'm given the delete option, but if I dive into any subdirectories, all delete options are greyed out whether it's right click on directory or file, or select and click the trash can.
Any ideas? This is a Note 3 running Android 4.3
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Would you please attach a screenshot here? Generally, if you right click on EXTERNAL SD CARD, there's no delete option.

Here you go
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And here you can see no delete option

Has nobody run into this before? I posted the screenshots that were requested. Was kind of expecting a response.

robroth said:
Has nobody run into this before? I posted the screenshots that were requested. Was kind of expecting a response.
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If AirDroid doesn't have the permission to delete files on your external sd card, the delete option will be greyed out. Or would you please give it a try on the phone: AirDroid--->Tools--->Files. Try deleting one photo there just to check if AirDroid has the permission. Thank you in advance

I think you're on to something. Using AirDroid on the phone itself, I attempted to delete a file from the SD card. The delete option was there, it said the delete was successful, but nothing was actually deleted.
What might prevent this from working?

robroth said:
I think you're on to something. Using AirDroid on the phone itself, I attempted to delete a file from the SD card. The delete option was there, it said the delete was successful, but nothing was actually deleted.
What might prevent this from working?
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AirDroid does not have the permission to delete files on your SD card

right, we determined that. my question was WHY would it not have permissions? What should I be looking at to fix that problem?

anyone knows how to fix it ?
cant set the external SD path