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Inability to copy files to \Windows

Hi, I have a somewhat odd problem. I'm trying to change the sound of the alarm on my phone (I've read all the threads on it, I know how to do it).
However, when copying files from my computer to the device's \Windows, everything appears to copy fine, and then... they just aren't there.
I have attempted this from both my Mac and from an XP machine and I get the same result both times.
Is there something I could be overlooking?
Oh, and it's WM6.1.
Haartelijke dank
Colin

try copying to your storage card and then using the phone to copy to windows. It sounds pretty weird to me though.

Could it be that you need to display hidden/system files by enabling this option in your file explorer?

wmp won't update libriary

is there a limit to the number of songs you can have. i have about 5gigs worth of music, but when i go to update libriary it gets to the "adding new files" and freezes. does anybody know whats up!

wmp wont' update libriary
delete hidden folder WMDRM and try again

darocsfinest1 said:
is there a limit to the number of songs you can have. i have about 5gigs worth of music, but when i go to update libriary it gets to the "adding new files" and freezes. does anybody know whats up!
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Are you sure it freezes? Mine just takes *ages* to finish that stage.
But yes, delete that folder and you'll be able to rebuild your library from scratch.

kenlester said:
delete hidden folder WMDRM and try again
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Delete the folder (that he said above) via file explorer. You can usually find the folder in the root of your storage card. Works everytime. G/L.

unable to find the hidden folder WMDRM, used the search program on my phone asnd still no luck . do i have to sync my tilt and delete it thru the cpu.

If you are using the standard file explorer, make sure that you have the "show all files" option switched on.

i wish it was that simple
yeah it is. win i pulled up winrar to un rar a file i saw it as a folder but i can't get to it. still haven't sync phone, @ wrk

If it 1 thing its another
SQLDBA said:
Delete the folder (that he said above) via file explorer. You can usually find the folder in the root of your storage card. Works everytime. G/L.
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after this it updating says it found 2087 files but only adds the file save to the phone not the memory card. doeas this sound familiar to any one

yeah use Total Commander or another "good" file explorer. & remove the "WMDRM" folder... it should be in the root folder of your SD card...
even then, if you have a TON of mp3's you may have to wait 5 minutes while it updates... I've had to reboot when it freezes & its hard to tell when its just taking forever & when its frozen :S
If that STILL doesn't work, try putting your files back on your desktop computer, then put your SD card in your computer, and re-transferring them that way.
Hope that helps

can anyone convert this Pwi file?

I can't open this PWI file neither in my computer nor in xperia.
I thought may be you know some way to open it(or convert it) for me.
It contains some text:

Did you try google?
http://www.orneta.com/help/synchronisation/how.to.open.pocket.word.ink.pwi.files/

yes.
I have installed my mobiler to open it in ppc then copy to pc.but my ppc can't open it too!(may be because I typed the file in other rom now I have installed another rom)
I have read about activesync and outlook and ... but as I said I can't open the file in my ppc then I can't sync it with my computer.(As I think)

Sorry, the file turned out to be emppty when opened using the notes app on my experia. I sometimes change the file extension to .txt to open notes from pc... shows some junk but the text can be seen. Try that ... but i think ur file is corrupted.

Sorry, the file turned out to be emppty when opened using the notes app on my experia. I sometimes change the file extension to .txt to open notes from pc... shows some junk but the text can be seen. Try that ... but i think ur file is corrupted.
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Because of the size it is not empty.may be corrupted but any way to restor/repair? thanks.
It is important for me if anyone can help

backup SD content to another SD

since im working this days pretty far from my home i arrive late to my home perhaps in my work i have my usb wire so i can use the massive storage.
the thing its the files for linux like .nomedia and so on, so i cant copy to windows and then copy again to the new SD since i dont have time to install linux at home (and maybe i dont have space lol ) so anyway to do in windows? because i buy a 8 gb SD and i need transfer all my files :s thanks =D

Why do you need the .nomedia files? Can't you just show hidden files in windows and copy them all?
You don't even need to install linux, just grab a live cd and your good to go.

evilkorn said:
Why do you need the .nomedia files? Can't you just show hidden files in windows and copy them all?
You don't even need to install linux, just grab a live cd and your good to go.
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live cd indeed i have a distro iguess if not i need download... and i said .nomedia as example there is a lot of "system" files

you know, I'm sorry for the dumb question.
I've just selected all, copy, and pasted onto a new card.
Does this not copy everything?
sorry, nevermind, I read that wrong

jbrinkley said:
you know, I'm sorry for the dumb question.
I've just selected all, copy, and pasted onto a new card.
Does this not copy everything?
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could be, perhaps windows take some files and "configure" or add a extension for this files and do not a copy. for example try make a .nomedia file in windows and you have an error, so when you copy windows could not copy or rename or add a extension .
but maybe in some cases do a exact copy, not happen to me at least on w7 isnt copy all files ._.

[Q]Strange folder : .eCtcQjbu1dgnvtFnvnr6yepTp1M=

Hello, I would like to ask if somboby know for what is : .eCtcQjbu1dgnvtFnvnr6yepTp1M= folder in internnal memory and SD Card?
Also, I have problem with some images....you can see the attached file....the files are brocken and not usable.(all those images are only on SD card)? What si this problem with SD Card?
I'm not sure if we have connections between the 2 questions.
Thank you in advance.

pavl0v_xda said:
Hello, I would like to ask if somboby know for what is : .eCtcQjbu1dgnvtFnvnr6yepTp1M= folder in internnal memory and SD Card?
Also, I have problem with some images....you can see the attached file....the files are brocken and not usable.(all those images are only on SD card)? What si this problem with SD Card?
I'm not sure if we have connections between the 2 questions.
Thank you in advance.
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Is the folder empty or is something in the folder?

gripfly said:
Is the folder empty or is something in the folder?
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These is file ".nomedia".

Aha ok. I think an app created the folder with the .nomedia file. The .nomedia file hides for example pictures in gallery app.

what application that creates it?

I have it as well. Which app is it?

I have it too! Dont know from where its come

I have similar folder and i found that "Office suite" create it.

I have it too in my SD! :S:S:S

SoulFury said:
I have it too in my SD! :S:S:S
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I think it might be swype keyboard that creates it. Or maybe Nandroid Online Backup.

office suite
no it's definitely office Suite

Every android update we are getting an extra folder lol
TapaTalked from my Xperia™ Z (C660²) running Dirty Unicorns ROM!

The .nomedia file that is usually created to hide media (audio/video) is a zero byte file. This OTOH, is an 80 byte file with some gibberish that appears to be encoded in various languages. Definitely a marker file from some malicious programme. Could be even towelroot!
Here's the text from the .nomedia file copied from es file explorer text editor:
ĄЏ우굏庙낉࿊袞၆

Yes, But, Why, And Why Now...
Just got this folder with cryptic extension .eCtcQjbu1dgnvtFnvnr6yepTp1M= an hour ago, with its 1 KB .nomedia file (*), when I resumed my tablet on the PC USB (99% held ok for 9 hours),
BUT—Windows (7) also complained that the external sdcard (the location of said) needed to be scanned...which...was also all okay (after a lengthy scan time on 16 GB)...
I have the uptodate OfficeSuite 7 (com.mobisystems.office version 7.5.2129; USB storage in use by the PC), as well as the oem OfficeSuite (ver 1.5.290; enabled but never used)...
(N.B. Sometimes when I turn On the USB storage the estrongs file manager app will complain.)
Ray.
* .nomedia says 4ÇX‚LÍOýÞÏцXËøôÍð[email protected]†;··!O.bÿ)=îŽ}ål§Cÿ“Ì6¥ÛÎuÈ‹AüÎÊ{bÜgã’=TÄ ÎQA&b0ôE

Cookie Ninja said:
The .nomedia file that is usually created to hide media (audio/video) is a zero byte file. This OTOH, is an 80 byte file with some gibberish that appears to be encoded in various languages. Definitely a marker file from some malicious programme. Could be even towelroot!
Here's the text from the .nomedia file copied from es file explorer text editor:
ĄЏ우굏庙낉࿊袞၆
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Did you ever figure this out for sure? I am curious what made you think it might be towelroot? I used that APK but it is not on my system anymore and I just had another strange directory appear with naming similar to the ones in this thread.
I do not have the office application or others mentioned in this thread so that rules those out.
I can tell you that the directory name is clearly Base64 encoded. It decodes to more characters but I don't know their meaning yet (looks like gibberish/random).
In the last month the directory has appeared twice on my internal storage and SD card in the root. Both times I deleted it along with the .nomedia file that was 80 bytes.
One other detail... I noticed most threads about this topic are related to Xperia phones but I happen to have a Samsung Galaxy S4.

Yup. I transfer files between my devices, and I had this folder on both of my nexus (Nexi?) N7 and N10! This Folder on. Dell 7 disappeared: after reflash using mykit_batch. Surprisingly, after formatting and reinstalling from flashtool, both XZ are clean now.... go figure!
Edit...
This is the nomedia text from my N10
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Dead Cookies leave no trails...

Finally. I solved what caused these strange directories and files for me.
In my case it wasn't the transfer of files. It was a an app. Others had mentioned OfficeSuite caused it and I found out they were right, but I didn't have OfficeSuite which confused me.
I found out I had the Oxford English Dictionary which was from the same company as OfficeSuite.
Every time I started the app it would re-create the folder and .nomedia files.
My phone is rooted so I did a little more looking in to it and there is a file in the application's directory under /data/data/<appname>
So in my case it was:
/data/data/com.mobisystems.msdict.embedded.wireless.oxford.dictionaryofenglish.full/
Under that folder there is another folder called "files" which contains a strange file called ".mssnDatabase2". If you notice the file is 80 bytes in size. It happens to contain the exact same data as the .nomedia files that are created.
So that's how I figured out what was creating the strange folders for me. I hope that helps others.
BTW, the application (the dictionary) in my case appears to send the company quite a bit of info they don't need so I uninstalled it. You might want to check yours too.

I have this .eCtcQjbu1dgnvtFnvnr6yepTp1M= folder too with inside a .nomedia file
I dont know which app created it but i think it is office suite because i installed it and few others apk. However if i delete it after some time it come back.
Just to say

An OfficeSuite folder. A genius way to name it, whatever the dev was smoking.

zeemenshater said:
An OfficeSuite folder. A genius way to name it, whatever the dev was smoking.
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You just made my day^^