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Sdcard2 video is deleted unexpectedly

Anyone else have this issue?
Latest vegan
Using original 16 gig micro sd from my droid.
Fat32
I loaded a video from my laptop ubuntu 10.10 into root of sd.
Test playback on ubuntu from sd.
Safely remove drive.
Power off gtab
Insert sd
Power on gtab
Video shows up and plays on gtab with doubletwist.
(video was converted to mp4 via arista transcoder galaxy tab preset)
Power off gtab
power back on
Video is gone.
Even videos in a bunch of nested folders on the sd I did not try to play (.mov vids) are gone. The folders and other non video files are still there.
Should I not be using sdcard2 at all?
Any issues with usb flash?
Thanks
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place an empty file named ".nomedia" in any directory on the sdcard that you have video files. They won't be deleted

Sweet! Thanks.
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.nomedia fix
I created a new folder. Nomedia onto root of sdcard2 using iFileManager.
Didn't work. Files with subfolders (videos) still missing.
In fact, this sdcard2 reports it is empty. Like all space is free minus the folders.
Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks

rezmax said:
Am I doing something wrong?
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Yes.
Read post #2 again carefully.

rajeevvp said:
Yes.
Read post #2 again carefully.
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Do you mean create a file or a folder named .nomedia?
I can create a folder but not a file. what am I doing wrong?
thanks

khedquist said:
Do you mean create a file or a folder named .nomedia?
I can create a folder but not a file. what am I doing wrong?
thanks
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During the brief period of time I used vegan tab I had this same issue and was able to resolve it by making a folder called .nomedia and putting the videos in there but I was then required to manually specify to my video app what folder the videos were in.
I dont remember if I tried making the .nomedia file in the video folder or not so that might work as well but I do know for sure that any video in the .nomedia folder will not get deleted.

khedquist said:
Do you mean create a file or a folder named .nomedia?
I can create a folder but not a file. what am I doing wrong?
thanks
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To repeat post #2, above:
place an empty file named ".nomedia" in any directory on the sdcard that you have video files. They won't be deleted
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I don't know how to make it any clearer than that.
There are a number of ways to create an empty .nomedia file.
1. Create a new text file with some name and then rename it to .nomedia.
2. Run this command inside a Terminal Emulator window:
Code:
gTablet$ [B]touch /mnt/sdcard/SOME/DIR/.nomedia[/B]
3. Or, this one:
Code:
gTablet$ [B]> /mnt/sdcard/SOME/DIR/.nomedia[/B]
4. Or, this one using adb:
Code:
C:\> [B]adb shell touch /mnt/sdcard/SOME/DIR/.nomedia[/B]
Note: Type in only the stuff in bold.

[Resolved] Missing apk files for existing/working apps

I am using Astro file manager looking in /data and it is empty. I checked to make sure I can see hidden files (.file) I am looking in the folder from phone not sd card. I even tried to search for the specific file but it did not exist. The file I am looking for is "com.swype.android.inputmethod.apk" When the search completed it only found the backup of these files, not the ones that are currently being used.
I am still very new at this, so I'm sure it is operator error at some point. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hyjaqd said:
I am using Astro file manager looking in /data and it is empty. I checked to make sure I can see hidden files (.file) I am looking in the folder from phone not sd card. I even tried to search for the specific file but it did not exist. The file I am looking for is "com.swype.android.inputmethod.apk" When the search completed it only found the backup of these files, not the ones that are currently being used.
I am still very new at this, so I'm sure it is operator error at some point. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I don't think you can use Astro to do this. You're going to have to use something like Root Explorer.

That was the problem, Astro does not allow access to the system files.
Super Manager is free in the market and solved the issue. Thanks!
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Need help for system file

hi all
I cant see my system file before or after installing any custom ROM Please hep me
Regards
siddhu

Dont creat new thread bro...post in Q and A section.

u need root explorer.
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mjbri0613 said:
u need root explorer.
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I installed root explorer too but i cant get the system file

I can't recall if root explorer has the option to set the home folder (phone is off, can't see), but it's easy enough, no matter what your home folder is. at the top, if there is a "parent" folder, you will see an unnamed folder, called "..."
that is your place to go "one folder up"
example:
/ is your main folder that contains all other data and folders in your phone.
/system is your system folder.
if you see something like this:
/mnt/sdcard/external_sd
then you are browsing files on your sd card.
let's say you have these folders on your sd card as you browse using root explore:
()...
()adobe
()ebooks
()Titanium
click on the ()... to go up to the next folder. when you reach the main root, you'll see something like this (not exact):
()cache
()data
()mnt
()sys
()system
I can't make it any simpler to find than that. good luck...

[Tool] Use your external sd card for large files or game data

Only a few days with my note 10.1 and I'm already out of space (internal memory) due to large game data. The same thing happened to me with the galaxy tab plus earlier this year. Back then I used folder plug and my problem was solved but it seems that in my current situation folder plug doesn't work. That's when I heard of directory bind. I gave it a try and BINGO. The setup is pretty straightforward once you get the hang of it. I would recommend it to anyone who (just like me) runs out of internal storage on their GN 10.1. You can download directory bind from here
How to:
1) Install it of course then run it
2) Menu then add new entry
3) Target (where the file/folder you want to move is). Long press and it will give you a list of directories to choose from.
4) Source [where you want to put it (somewhere in your external sd I believe)]. Use /mnt/extSdCard/ instead of the one that is there by default.
5) Save
6) Enjoy!
NB:1) The disk icon before your link should be green if not just click on it. If it's red that means something is not right, check your directories again
2) Your device has to be rooted

can't download from 4shared , do you have other place to download? and some screen shot will be good too,
thank you

ommx said:
can't download from 4shared , do you have other place to download? and some screen shot will be good too,
thank you
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Just checked 4shared and it's working fine. Anyways here's a new link (hope it works) .
I also included some screenshots

I can download now, thx will give it a try

this is perfect thanks, i tried it earlier but didnt put the /mnt/extsdcard/ part in, it actually works now

Hi there,
Tried to use it with Dolphin browser, in order to change the default download directory to the external SD card. As Dolphin itself can't.
No matter what I try, it just makes my downloaded files disappear from my browser's view (ES explorer).
They actually are somewhere, as I can run them from the download-window from the Dolphin browser, but ES explorer can't even find them.
Too bad.
Would have been a nice work around.
Regards,
***EDIT***
As soon as I unbind both the directories, the files reappear. In the sdcard directory that is (not etxSdCard)...
***EDIT 2***
No matter what explorer I use.

Don't use this method. Bugs many amd last files as well.
Consider swap method by other post
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Dioky said:
Hi there,
Tried to use it with Dolphin browser, in order to change the default download directory to the external SD card. As Dolphin itself can't.
No matter what I try, it just makes my downloaded files disappear from my browser's view (ES explorer).
They actually are somewhere, as I can run them from the download-window from the Dolphin browser, but ES explorer can't even find them.
Too bad.
Would have been a nice work around.
Regards,
***EDIT***
As soon as I unbind both the directories, the files reappear. In the sdcard directory that is (not etxSdCard)...
***EDIT 2***
No matter what explorer I use.
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That's weird i don't have such an issue with it. Did you double check your directories? I use root explorer with no issue at all (although sometimes player pro seems to show duplicates...)
hagalah said:
Don't use this method. Bugs many amd last files as well.
Consider swap method by other post
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I haven't messed around with the other methods yet. However I'm gonna keep your comment in mind

Do you have your ES Explorer settings to show hidden files?

directory bind won't even install for me. it just keeps saying i am out of space, but i have 8.8 gb free. am i doing something wrong?

doesn't work on my S3. i put correcly directories as in the pictore. it cut files to my ext sd card. when i start this app it always want to download again data

slackGIR said:
directory bind won't even install for me. it just keeps saying i am out of space, but i have 8.8 gb free. am i doing something wrong?
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I get that to it pisses me off.. So I flash cm10 and it fixed it so far I do miss some functions tho..
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mmm, interesting...very interesting...

[Q] Files copied back to Download do not show up

Hello,
After backing up my phone and flashing the final 5.0, I copied the files in "Download" back to my phone. Strangely I cannot see them when I open Download from apps. With a file explorer I can see them though I've downloaded some stuff and those are visible together with the copied files with a file explorer, so the path must be right.
Do I have to do some operation in order to have everything accessible from Downloads? I feel very noob...

The download app only sees files that IT downloaded. When you wipe, download app will only see new downloads. Not files already in the folder.

rootSU said:
The download app only sees files that IT downloaded. When you wipe, download app will only see new downloads. Not files already in the folder.
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Thanks, that's what I thought. Any fix?

tikkalamt said:
Thanks, that's what I thought. Any fix?
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There isn't that I know of.

rootSU said:
There isn't that I know of.
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Well, at least I don't feel like a total noob now, thanks!