Google should provide it's own file explorer for management of files on any android device easy and secure. Maximum android don't come with a handy file explorer.I request Google to provide it's file explorer.
This is xda not Google.
You will never be heard if you say it here. Try contacting Google through their contact section in tips if you want but read below.
Another note, I doubt they'll take such a request. Just use es file explorer or something.
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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!).
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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?
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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
I used to have a version of ES File Explorer with Baidu cloud (Yun) support. This was a special version of the explorer, as it usually does not support this Chinese cloud service. After a system reset I am not able to find it anywhere on the net.
Can somebody give me the apk of it?
Thanks very much.
i9o said:
I used to have a version of ES File Explorer with Baidu cloud (Yun) support. This was a special version of the explorer, as it usually does not support this Chinese cloud service. After a system reset I am not able to find it anywhere on the net.
Can somebody give me the apk of it?
Thanks very much.
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It might be too late to reply to you, but in case you haven't found it.. Below is the official website.
http://www.estrongs.com/
Send Whatever you want via Whatsapp​
Hello Friends.....
Whatsapp is the most popular cross-platform messenger app , in which you can text and send all kinds of media files and contact files(size < 16 MB) , But if you want to share a .exe or .pdf or .docx or .xml ........ files , then it is not possible , right???
Don't Worry using this method you can transfer any type of file via whatsapp.....:angel:
Things required :
* Your Android mobile with Whatsapp installed in it
* File manager app ( I recommend ES File explorer )
* A low sized .mp3 file ( don't take a file greater than 1 Mb )
How to send :
( Here I am using a .apk file , let it be test.apk )
1) Place the test.apk file and the mp3 file in a folder in ES File explorer
2) Select the two files and compress it using ES ( in normal mode )
3) Let the compressed file be compress.ZIP
4) Then rename the compress.ZIP to compress.MP3
5) Now you can share it normally using Whatsapp as an mp3 file
How to decompress :
( After receiving the file , the file will be in mp3 format , So in order to extract the test.apk file follow the steps )
1) In the file explorer go to Whatsapp/Media/WhatsappAudio
2) For e.g. if I am receiving the file today , then it will in the name AUD20141117-WA0000.mp3
3) Copy the file to any other folder and rename it back to AUD20141117-WA0000.ZIP
4) Now you can easily extract the files.....
Thats It.........
If you want this as a video guidance for this,then please do visit my channel "itassistors " in YouTube( www youtube com/user/itassistors )
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Sir,
This isn't a proper forum for this type of guide.
Please try to understand the purpose of this forum and in the future read the stickies of every forum you want to open a new thread.
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Thanks for understanding
Good Luck
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Hi guys I ask myself this question I have not been able to find solution
With es file explorer in the network cloud that I added that use google drive.
Now I would like to create a shortcut to a folder in my google drive in the root directory of the SD card, not in the care home where there are app widgets (that is, the first screen you see when you turn on the device).
I did not succeed, when I press the folder and hit on property the only option that comes out is create shortcut on the home. I tried also with other file managers but nothing.
Does anyone know a method maybe even downloading some application?
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Hi guys I ask myself this question I have not been able to find solution
With es file explorer in the network cloud that I added that use google drive.
Now I would like to create a shortcut to a folder in my google drive in the root directory of the SD card, not in the care home where there are app widgets (that is, the first screen you see when you turn on the device).
I did not succeed, when I press the folder and hit on property the only option that comes out is create shortcut on the home. I tried also with other file managers but nothing.
Does anyone know a method maybe even downloading some application?
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Hi and thank you for using XDA Assist
About your question i'm not so sure if it can be done but i'm sure you will got an answer by asking it here
Hope you will find an answer
Regards
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