I have two files under Documents & Other in the Files folder named MyWorkLog.txt and ssoLogs.txt that I don't believe to be important and would like to delete, but I don't want to screw my phone up. Are they safe to delete or no?
Chris92881 said:
I have two files under Documents & Other in the Files folder named MyWorkLog.txt and ssoLogs.txt that I don't believe to be important and would like to delete, but I don't want to screw my phone up. Are they safe to delete or no?
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I would check the timestamp of its last modification, and have a look into the text files.
Then decide if the files are currently used and contain important data, or not.
Maybe better to move the files into a backup folder first, check if everything still works fine, and delete the files later.
It is just a lay out of codes that make up your screen usual when you download PicsArt and sometimes your texting/messaging app.
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Hi everyone, I'm trying to clean up my phone to make it faster and free up some memory. But while I was looking for files and folders that can be thrown away, I wasn't sure about few of them & couldn't determine whether I can get rid of them or not! Here are the folders and files I'm asking about (they're all located in the internal memory):
1- (.droidga)
contains some unknown files like (gad_ds), (gad_gt), (gad_install), and some other files with the extension of (.p)
2- (iten)
contains only one file (iten_v2.db)
The following ones are located inside (Android/data) folder:
3- (com.chartboost.sdk)
contains a file (chartboost.cb)
4- (ly.font)
contains a cache folder with many different files
can anyone please explain what these folders are & if it's safe to remove them or not!
Thanks a lot!
- Ramy
r.romyo said:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to clean up my phone to make it faster and free up some memory. But while I was looking for files and folders that can be thrown away, I wasn't sure about few of them & couldn't determine whether I can get rid of them or not! Here are the folders and files I'm asking about (they're all located in the internal memory):
1- (.droidga)
contains some unknown files like (gad_ds), (gad_gt), (gad_install), and some other files with the extension of (.p)
2- (iten)
contains only one file (iten_v2.db)
The following ones are located inside (Android/data) folder:
3- (com.chartboost.sdk)
contains a file (chartboost.cb)
4- (ly.font)
contains a cache folder with many different files
can anyone please explain what these folders are & if it's safe to remove them or not!
Thanks a lot!
- Ramy
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These files and folders are generated by the apps that you have installed. If you want to delete unnecessary folders then use Android Assistant(18 Features) from Play Store and do cleanup. This will also give you a slight performance gain.. But if you delete these folders then again it will be regenerated by the corresponding app.
One more advice if you are rooted and find reduction in performance then Wipe cache from cwm from time to time this will also help you.
Hope you got your answer.
Thanks
kk9999gada said:
These files and folders are generated by the apps that you have installed. If you want to delete unnecessary folders then use Android Assistant(18 Features) from Play Store and do cleanup. This will also give you a slight performance gain.. But if you delete these folders then again it will be regenerated by the corresponding app.
One more advice if you are rooted and find reduction in performance then Wipe cache from cwm from time to time this will also help you.
Hope you got your answer.
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Well I'm actually using another app called "Clean Master" & it does the job very well, but still these folders & files exist.
I know they're are not a big deal even in terms of the space they occupy, but the thing is I had tons of apps installed on my phone previously then I decided to do the factory reset few days ago. It feels much lighter and faster now, but even after the reset some folders created by apps I had before were not completely removed. I removed everything I know, but also wanted to go further and remove any other unnecessary files. I just wasn't sure whether the files I mentioned are system files or not.
& no my phone is not rooted.
Thanks a lot for the tips! :good:
the current/default config of viber for its received images is
/sdcard/viber/media/viber images
im not an android expert, but i learned that "to hide" a folder, we simply put a period/dot (.) before it
so if we want to hide photos folder from the gallery, we simply rename the folder into .photos
and the contents of the .photos folder would no longer be displayed on the gallery
however, i dont wanna rename the /sdcard/viber/media/viber images folder because i'm 99.9% sure, there would be conflict with viber settings
question:
how do i change the received files folder of viber so that i can direct its download/storage to .whatever folder?
just wanna follow-up..
You can add an empty .nomedia file to any folder you want to hide from image apps. Every good image app will respect this and will not show images in such folders ...
prom85 said:
You can add an empty .nomedia file to any folder you want to hide from image apps. Every good image app will respect this and will not show images in such folders ...
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genius! it indeed hide the images inside the said folder
but i have another prob..
when i wanted to "show" the image files again, when i deleted the .nomedia file
still the images are not displayed
it has become irreversible
how do i revert the process?
huhuhu
You probably have to kill the image app (or maybe clear it's cache) and restart it. It depends on the image app, but it of course can cache data...
QuickPic is good and has an entry in the menu to hide and unhide folders and to show hidden folders as well... hiding a folder in there does just add and delete such a .nomedia file
I didn't start having this problem until i loaded an app called "CLEAN SWEEP, and " Whats APP".. does any one of these apps change some properties that are hard to find that now makes any of my pictures i download from my messaging app, or camera go straight to "MY FILES" instead of showing in MY GALLERY like they used to do. I have deleted the old download folder to see if it wold start a new one , and it did, but still is not showing up in my gallery, just my files. the only pics showing up in my gallery are the ones on my sd card. can some one please help us out here.. galaxy s5 owner
BigBoi2U said:
I didn't start having this problem until i loaded an app called "CLEAN SWEEP, and " Whats APP".. does any one of these apps change some properties that are hard to find that now makes any of my pictures i download from my messaging app, or camera go straight to "MY FILES" instead of showing in MY GALLERY like they used to do. I have deleted the old download folder to see if it wold start a new one , and it did, but still is not showing up in my gallery, just my files. the only pics showing up in my gallery are the ones on my sd card. can some one please help us out here.. galaxy s5 owner
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Check the folder where you stored your pics...
For a file called "no media" if u found that delete it...
If this doesn't work delete the . thumbnail folder in DCIM folder.....this should work...
But to see that file or folder.. Hidden files must be shown via file manager...
If you not found that connect ur device to pc or laptop then delete that folder....
Hope this helps
DastanShaikh said:
Check the folder where you stored your pics...
For a file called "no media" if u found that delete it...
If this doesn't work delete the . thumbnail folder in DCIM folder.....this should work...
But to see that file or folder.. Hidden files must be shown via file manager...
If you not found that connect ur device to pc or laptop then delete that folder....
Hope this helps
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Ok I just want to make sure of no catastrophic failures, lol.. I opened "my files" clicked device storage, and scrolled all the way to last files listed without opening any folder, and I see a file called .nomedia, is this the file? You did say open a folder to find this file, but in this case its not in a folder. 2, I clicked on .thumbnails in the DCIM folder and I see images, when I delete this file, will I now loose these images? I am awaiting further instructions before I do anything, because I have moved to quickly before and lost a lot of images before.. Please and thank you for your assistance.
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Ok I just want to make sure of no catastrophic failures, lol.. I opened "my files" clicked device storage, and scrolled all the way to last files listed without opening any folder, and I see a file called .nomedia, is this the file? You did say open a folder to find this file, but in this case its not in a folder. 2, I clicked on .thumbnails in the DCIM folder and I see images, when I delete this file, will I now loose these images? I am awaiting further instructions before I do anything, because I have moved to quickly before and lost a lot of images before.. Please and thank you for your assistance.
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If u delete images in . thumbnail folder.... Your images will be fine....its just a cache folder which is generated to show images on gallery... Dont worry u can delete it and delete the. Nomedia file....
And u will get your images...
DastanShaikh said:
If u delete images in . thumbnail folder.... Your images will be fine....its just a cache folder which is generated to show images on gallery... Dont worry u can delete it and delete the. Nomedia file....
And u will get your images...
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OK… I JUST HAD TO DELETE THE .nomedia file, and I'm back to normal! Thanks a WHOOOOOOOOOLE BUNCH!
BigBoi2U said:
OK… I JUST HAD TO DELETE THE .nomedia file, and I'm back to normal! Thanks a WHOOOOOOOOOLE BUNCH!
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No need to say thanks just press the thanks button
Sorry if this is the wrong section for this question, as its really out of place, and I fear the pictures are just forever gone.
When I installed Android 5.1.1, my phone created a new "0" sub directory, and so I had to move everything into a new directory. My pictures from KeepSafe will now not show up. When I open the app it doesn't show anything. I tried deleting and installing the app again and backing up the colder, deleting it, and restoring the backup. Anyone know a way to get the pictures back?
The old KeepSafe you could just use a file explorer and change the extension and see the image but it has a new encryption now.
The pics that were in the app were family vacation pictures, in case you're wondering, and they were cluttering my gallery so I decided to move them to the app and I was gonna move them out later. Now they are not showing up.
Keep safe
1). Clear data of keepsafe
2). Install lucky patcher
3). Open the menu of patches for keepsafe
4). Remove license verification lunch app you are ready to go
Important : first do it ......
You have to copy your old file of keep safe ,find in SD card / folder name .keep / copy and replace it it with new .keep folder , which is created by keepsafe
It worked for me ,I hope it will for you too
I have tried changing the location, rebooting my phone, changing the file to a .zip, etc. but nothing is working. When i change it to a zip and try to open it, it says the archive is damaged. When i delete the backup file and then recreate a backup, its still just a "File" type of file. Am i missing a setting or something? No matter where i place the backup it's the same thing. Im trying to turn it into a folder so i can drag in other backup files. I keep breaking the phone due to the locked bootloader, and the other 3 times titanium made a folder with all the backup contents in it.
P.S. I dont want to back it up to something like google drive. Someone always says to do that on every thread i look at