I've downloaded a couple .mp3's from a website that show up in the downloads folder within the browser (stock). They are available as ringtones in the system, but do not show up in the stock music app. I've use OI Filemanager to look in the logical locations but can't find them anywhere! I've also used terminal and ran:
#find / -name '*.mp3'
and all that shows up is the amazon app location...
Really noob-ish question, but I can't for the life of me find these files...
epicphotoeye said:
I've downloaded a couple .mp3's from a website that show up in the downloads folder within the browser (stock). They are available as ringtones in the system, but do not show up in the stock music app. I've use OI Filemanager to look in the logical locations but can't find them anywhere! I've also used terminal and ran:
#find / -name '*.mp3'
and all that shows up is the amazon app location...
Really noob-ish question, but I can't for the life of me find these files...
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on mine they show up in a /sdcard/download hope this helps
So I've been told, but the only thing that shows up in there, both with terminal and mounted in windows, are pictures I've gotten via mms...
Is there anywhere else they could go? like ext2/3?
are you using a userinit.sh script with media2sd. if so then it could be on your ext2/3/4 (whichever applies to you) partition
No sir. I haven't quite figured out how to use that yet. I haven't really modded my phone in almost a year until a few days ago. Still reading up on those things.
well this may be out on a limb but you can check /system/media since you said they show as ringtones but not on your sdcard.
Not there either...
How about this, is there a way to edit the default download location to something I want?
epicphotoeye said:
I've downloaded a couple .mp3's from a website that show up in the downloads folder within the browser (stock). They are available as ringtones in the system, but do not show up in the stock music app. I've use OI Filemanager to look in the logical locations but can't find them anywhere! I've also used terminal and ran:
#find / -name '*.mp3'
and all that shows up is the amazon app location...
Really noob-ish question, but I can't for the life of me find these files...
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well whenever i download mp3s from jamglue.com i find my downloads i nthe download folder on sd card
use astro file manager. better features.
but anyways... this is waht i do
1i find the mp3 download in sdcard>download
2. i rename the file and put .mp3 at the end. and click yes whenever i says iam changing file blahblahblah
jsut make sure whenever u rename the file to put .mp3 at the end. i am pretty sure this will work in OI tho
brian_v3ntura said:
well whenever i download mp3s from jamglue.com i find my downloads i nthe download folder on sd card
use astro file manager. better features.
but anyways... this is waht i do
1i find the mp3 download in sdcard>download
2. i rename the file and put .mp3 at the end. and click yes whenever i says iam changing file blahblahblah
jsut make sure whenever u rename the file to put .mp3 at the end. i am pretty sure this will work in OI tho
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They are not in:
/system/media (or subs)
/system/sd
/sdcard
/sdcard/media (or subs)
/sdcard/download
they did not show up using:
#find -name 'wakeup.mp3'
or several variations of that.
when mounted on the pc, no search finds these files.
Not using compcache or a userint.sh
They will not show up in the music app, but can be used as ringtones/notifications.
What all did you use for args with find?
# find / -name \*.mp3
_or_
# busybox find / -name \*.mp3
or whatever the file/extension name might contain. I wouldn't use the actual name because I found a lot of downloads not called the file name, they were called things like download1.mp3 etc so try searching for the extension maybe. If find from / doesn't find anything I would be suspicious that it actually downloaded lol
epicphotoeye said:
They are not in:
/system/media (or subs)
/system/sd
/sdcard
/sdcard/media (or subs)
/sdcard/download
they did not show up using:
#find -name 'wakeup.mp3'
or several variations of that.
when mounted on the pc, no search finds these files.
Not using compcache or a userint.sh
They will not show up in the music app, but can be used as ringtones/notifications.
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wellll... idk what to tell you but i suggest using jamglue.com to download your music.. you would have to make a free account first tho. jamglue is seems a lot simpler
Same issue on my girlfriend's G1. Her's has CM 4.2.5, and have tried downloading mp3 ringtones from myxer.com. They show up in ringtones, but cannot be located within the entire file system. I tried downloading a picture through the web browser and it ended up in the sdcard/download folder as expected.
Anybody figure out where mp3s are ending up??
In mine, they are in sdcard/Music. Take a look there. I believe that was a default folder on the original card.
Thought I checked just about everywhere including the folders mentioned above (and now below):
/system/media (or subs)
/system/sd
/sdcard
/sdcard/media (or subs)
/sdcard/download
/sdcard/Music
I will take another look later tonight and leave an update if I found them or not.
Pretty strange imo.
try taking a logcat and starting the download
Depending on the app, sometimes it will create its own folder on your as. Have you looked thoroughly for any new folders?
edit- sorry, dbl post
Just checked back all over the sd (now including the Music folder). Plugged the sd card into my pc and searched it and did not find the files we just downloaded. Can't find it anywhere on the phone's internal memory either.
Downloaded the Log Collector app, but it does not give the option to log the Browser app. Any other log apps that might allow this??
Any other ideas?
Thanks!
Just do adb logcat in cmd prompt
put the code that appears after downloading the mp3 in code tags or at pastebin.com
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As above. Anyone knows?
bryant_16 said:
As above. Anyone knows?
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put it in the media>ringtone folder.
bryant_16 said:
As above. Anyone knows?
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Ok... I'll bite. Ringdroid from the market. Any other answer will take some info.
As in, the ringroid will put the ringtones in the sd card memory not the phone memory, i tried copy paste over but fail.
To place them into the phone memory you will need to either copy them using the terminal or push them through adb.
using adb, place the file(s) in your tools folder
Code:
adb push filename.mp3 /system/media/audio/ringtones
In the terminal, if you place them in the root of your sdcard
Code:
cp /sdcard/filename.mp3 /system/media/audio/ringtones
I am not sure if you need to remount or not to push/copy into the folder or not.
It says read-only file system as the error.
jairomeo said:
To place them into the phone memory you will need to either copy them using the terminal or push them through adb.
using adb, place the file(s) in your tools folder
Code:
adb push filename.mp3 /system/media/audio/ringtones
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Try:
Code:
adb remount
That should fix the "read only" problem.
i'm not using adb... I'm using the second method which is in the terminal.
Do yourself a favor and go get Root Explorer from the market. It lets you move any file to anywhere.
Move your files to /system/media/audio/ringtones and remember to check to see if the files that are there are .ogg or .mp3. If they are .ogg just rename your files after you move them.
What you mean I have to rename the files after i move them?
What's the exact application name? I tried searching on market but could not find any.
bryant_16 said:
What's the exact application name? I tried searching on market but could not find any.
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I like SUFBS but ES (or estrong) file explorer is good also. SUFBS cost a buck or 2 but I think it is worth it. Either way your phone needs to be rooted for this. You do have root right?
Yeah, phone is rooted. I tried ES Strong Explorer but cannot work, it says something about permission or something like that..
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What you mean I have to rename the files after i move them?
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I'm not sure if it's a "hero thing" but sometimes the file extensions in the ringtones folder are not .mp3. They are .ogg. If you look into the folder and see .ogg files just change the extension and you'll be all good.
As for the apps. Look for "Root Explorer". I believe there are both free and paid options. The paid one isn't very much $$ so, considering how much easier it makes things, give up the loot and support a dev.
I tried searching under market, but cant find it..
id use terminal with cmds, would be a tad faster and a bit more reliable, in my opinion, but as of searching on your behalf i have found root explorer a paid version and estrongs free version by searching "root" while in the market. estrongs sounds unstable. If your going to pay for a good file explorer get SU file manager&terminal. (and...SAA?ror)
How do I use terminals? I tried but that say permission thingy..
Did you mount the system?
OK dude. If you're rooted I assume you have somebody's recovery. Boot to recovery and go into console (Alt+x). Now do this.
<enter>
mount /system <enter> (maybe mount /system/media if just /system doesn't work)
mount /sdcard <enter>
cp /sdcard/yourfolder/yourringtone.mp3 /system/media/audio/ringtones <enter>
reboot
You should be good to go.
Can I do that in terminal? As in one of the application in my HTC Dream?
I might be missing something really obvious here, but how are you supposed to create the .nomedia file so that the music player won't see files from system folders? I have a whole bunch of mp3's appearing in my music player because of Real Football 2010. If I try and create the file on Windows 7, it says "You must type a filename". Any help?
navmanyeah said:
I might be missing something really obvious here, but how are you supposed to create the .nomedia file so that the music player won't see files from system folders? I have a whole bunch of mp3's appearing in my music player because of Real Football 2010. If I try and create the file on Windows 7, it says "You must type a filename". Any help?
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Open notepad, rename file ".nomedia" and change the file type from txt to "all files". Try again, report back.
rename it on the phone
Easier way is to create a folder directly inside the one that has the music files (did this on letsgolf it has tons of sounds) just tap create folder and name it .nomedia works for me.
Creating .nomedia folder in windows 7 solution
1. Goto command prompt : Run->cmd
2. Goto your flash drive e.g. F:
3. Goto you desire folder e.g. CD gameloft
4. type "copy con .nomedia" and press enter
5. press F6 and press enter.
This will create the .nomedia file in windows.
Old thread but here is a no Computer needed option:
Download ES File explorer (its free)
Install and open it
Navigate to the folder you want to exclude (remember it propagates down e.g. if you place it in the root of SD then the whole of SD is excluded including all the sub-folders)
Press Menu and select "new"
Select "File"
Call it .nomedia
Rescan your memory Cards
Sorted no PC required
thanks all above
fluke said:
Easier way is to create a folder directly inside the one that has the music files (did this on letsgolf it has tons of sounds) just tap create folder and name it .nomedia works for me.
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works perfectly for me GSII
navmanyeah said:
I might be missing something really obvious here, but how are you supposed to create the .nomedia file so that the music player won't see files from system folders? I have a whole bunch of mp3's appearing in my music player because of Real Football 2010. If I try and create the file on Windows 7, it says "You must type a filename". Any help?
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The easiest way. Download and use from market the studio kuma .nomedia manager.
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Does creating a .nomedia file in a folder also stops it from scanning lower folders?
Ex.
\Mystuff
\Mystuff\lotsofstuff
\Mystuff\lotsofstuff\pics
Will putting it in \Mystuff stop it from scanning the lower folders?
androidmonkey said:
Does creating a .nomedia file in a folder also stops it from scanning lower folders?
Ex.
\Mystuff
\Mystuff\lotsofstuff
\Mystuff\lotsofstuff\pics
Will putting it in \Mystuff stop it from scanning the lower folders?
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The following is a partial quote of the post that is the fourth slot up from yours:
t0ska said:
3. Navigate to the folder you want to exclude (remember it propagates down e.g. if you place it in the root of SD then the whole of SD is excluded including all the sub-folders)
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I have created a ".nomedia" file but the pictures in that folder still shows up in the gallery.. Anyone have similar experience?
Using SE Xperia Arc.
Restart ur phone so that media scanner runs once...
Gallery excluder is another app from the market you can use, even to restart the media scan afterwards to apply the changes.
navmanyeah said:
I might be missing something really obvious here, but how are you supposed to create the .nomedia file so that the music player won't see files from system folders? I have a whole bunch of mp3's appearing in my music player because of Real Football 2010. If I try and create the file on Windows 7, it says "You must type a filename". Any help?
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You can open notepad via Windows->notepad and ctrl+S to save it (with blank content), in the "File name" field, you type ".nomedia" and in the "save as Type" field, you chose "All files (*.*))"
Good luck!:good:
No need to create file or using an application
You don't need to find a way to create that file. Connect your mobile to pc by USB and browse in your sdcard. Enable show hidden or system files from your operating systems file explorer. Find a .nomedia file and copy it to the new location you want. This is more practical. Also if you have a root explorer on your Android, you don't even need a pc.
AW: How to create the ".nomedia" file....
Another way doing this (imo the best):
1. Open terminal emulator and navigate to the folder
2. Type: touch .nomedia
3. Done
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all the music files and images are not showing up
t0ska said:
Old thread but here is a no Computer needed option:
Download ES File explorer (its free)
Install and open it
Navigate to the folder you want to exclude (remember it propagates down e.g. if you place it in the root of SD then the whole of SD is excluded including all the sub-folders)
Press Menu and select "new"
Select "File"
Call it .nomedia
Rescan your memory Cards
Sorted no PC required
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I misplaced .nomedia file into home dir. and then rebooted my device. Gallery or music player not showing anything. I removed .nomedia file and then I tried but it won't work..:crying:
daxdax89 said:
how do you delete file after?
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You need to enable hidden files in Windows Explorer.
daxdax89 said:
Ok deleted it,now my player/album dont see media anymore.....
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I'm confused. Are you saying it didn't see media before and after the file was in the directory? Did you restart?
As the title ask's, does anyone know how to keep these from playing in the music app. I know I can not delete the sound files or the game will not play (already tried ), but jogging and at work is getting a little annoying when every other song on shuffle is a golf wave lol. Any help would be appreciated.
Put empty .nomedia file in the gameloft directory on sdcard, and reboot.
+1 to that.
Do I use root explorer and please be more descriptive..noob. Thanks
try the app MixZing... lets you specify the root folder where you store all your music you want to shuffle from... nice replacement for the stock...
Jack_R1 said:
Put empty .nomedia file in the gameloft directory on sdcard, and reboot.
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Can't seem to let me create a .nomedia file, perhaps you meant to make a .nomedia folder?
Make a blank text file in Windows. Rename it .nomedia and copy it onto your n1
Does not work.. Any more suggestions?
xoltrix2000 said:
Can't seem to let me create a .nomedia file, perhaps you meant to make a .nomedia folder?
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Windows won't let you create a file with no name, only extension. It doesn't mean anything for Android, which is Linux and operates with such files. Create the file on the phone with the following command in Terminal Emulator:
echo "" > .nomedia
Move the file to the right place using Windows, if you want.
nazrin313 said:
Does not work.. Any more suggestions?
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Check that you did it correctly, and reboot. There is no other way, and this one works - if it doesn't for you, you're most probably doing something wrong.
Will try the emulator method.. thanks
If you're doing it in Windows, open a command prompt to rename the file.
rename <filename> .nomedia
You might already have a .nomedia file in some of your directories already. Using Astro you can copy them to the Golf folder.
However if you don't and you have Windows, create a blank text file on your memory card in the Golf folder and call it nomedia.txt, then when you put it back in your phone use Astro to rename it to .nomedia
Both methods need an SD Card memount for the media software to scan, so either plug the USB in and select Mound then Unmount or reboot the phone.
I've read many times around the forum that apps can be installed by pushing them to the correct directories, but I'm not quite sure how to do that. When my phone is connected to my PC, I can only view the /sdcard directory. In ES File Explorer I can view the other directories but I'm looking for some clarification on how to proceed with pushing apps
pushing means to move the app / file directly to the place it should be, instead of letting the phone do it.
example: if you have an app that will not install, you use a app such as root explorer (many others out there too) and you get that app, move it to /system /app and there ya go, the app is in its right place.
the same goes for files, and other things, there are lots and lots of folders / subfolders, and sometimes this method is the only way. its fairly simple.
i hope i cleared that up for ya ???
azzledazzle said:
pushing means to move the app / file directly to the place it should be, instead of letting the phone do it.
example: if you have an app that will not install, you use a app such as root explorer (many others out there too) and you get that app, move it to /system /app and there ya go, the app is in its right place.
the same goes for files, and other things, there are lots and lots of folders / subfolders, and sometimes this method is the only way. its fairly simple.
i hope i cleared that up for ya ???
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OK I think you have
I can put the app on my SDcard...then using ES File Explorer, I can copy the file, move to the directory I want, and paste the file. If I do this with an app, will it require installing, or will simply putting it in the proper directory allow me to run it ?
Thanks !
it will not need installing this is the beauty of it. Pushing it, you are putting it where it belongs - manually, hence the saying 'manually push through file explorer'
but once you have put the desired app / file in its correct place, its advised to reboot instantly, other wise it may not show up.
oh and finally, to do such things the system (phone) must be mounted as RW
azzledazzle said:
it will not need installing this is the beauty of it. Pushing it, you are putting it where it belongs - manually, hence the saying 'manually push through file explorer'
but once you have put the desired app / file in its correct place, its advised to reboot instantly, other wise it may not show up.
oh and finally, to do such things the system (phone) must be mounted as RW
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Thanks for your help AzzleDazzle! Can I mount as RW through ES file explorer, or is it advised to do so through the ADB with standard linux chmod commands?
no you dont need to go through so much hassle.
im not sure if there is an option in file explorer for RW but there is with root explorer
you can also download sgs tools this can mount RW too, and even most kernels have this feature too
was looking around and was not able to find the OEM directory for walpapers/live wallpapers for the DS7, is it in a special directory or a designated android OS directory? I presume it is in one of the directories which would require rooting to access (already done) like the system folder. I was also trying to add/remove various audio (.ogg) files which I found in the /system/media/audio folders. I was able to copy them but it seems I cant edit/add/replace the files. Which I believe is because I need to change the directory from (R) read only to (RW) read/write in order to make changes to it, which I presume means I need to unmount/mount the directory or drive first - can someone point me in the right direction please. I am still kinda a noob for things like ADB and terminal emulator but I am learning.
Thanks in advance for any help in this modification.
sent from my DS7
crockashat said:
was looking around and was not able to find the OEM directory for walpapers/live wallpapers for the DS7, is it in a special directory or a designated android OS directory? I presume it is in one of the directories which would require rooting to access (already done) like the system folder. I was also trying to add/remove various audio (.ogg) files which I found in the /system/media/audio folders. I was able to copy them but it seems I cant edit/add/replace the files. Which I believe is because I need to change the directory from (R) read only to (RW) read/write in order to make changes to it, which I presume means I need to unmount/mount the directory or drive first - can someone point me in the right direction please. I am still kinda a noob for things like ADB and terminal emulator but I am learning.
Thanks in advance for any help in this modification.
sent from my DS7
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Give ES File Explorer a shot:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&feature=search_result
It's free and will do root exploration (requires that you set the home directory to "/" and enable rw, which are all easy to find in the menu). You can then edit, delete, and rename your files with aplomb.
Thanks for the info on ES file explorer. I was able to revise files in the media/audio folder. works rather well.
I am still having trouble locating the wallpaper and live wallpaper files. (wife wants live wall paper from her SGs4g on the tablet as well).
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Thanks for the info on ES file explorer. I was able to revise files in the media/audio folder. works rather well.
I am still having trouble locating the wallpaper and live wallpaper files. (wife wants live wall paper from her SGs4g on the tablet as well).
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Which one is it? I'm sure it can be found on the ol' interwebz.
I found live wallpaper installers in system / app
the specific one she is looking for looks like a water puddle (rocky background) with autum leaves (red, yellow, orange) floating around with raindrops.
There are a few other cool ones I like as well, but they are more for the tech geek types (which the wife is not). The main thing I am having trouble with is finding the specific directory in which the wallpapers and live wallpapers are located. from some of the previous posts in various forums it is probably located inside a .apk file, but the actual directory where the images (or .apk file) are located seems to vary with each device which is making it harder to locate. I would actually like to aggregate a collection together and be able to install it on all my devices (LG G2x, DS7 and TF101)
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Thanks I will take a look and see what I can find out, if they are images it should be pretty straight forward if inside an .apk file I will have to figure out how to edit and re-assemble so it will work
crockashat said:
the specific one she is looking for looks like a water puddle (rocky background) with autum leaves (red, yellow, orange) floating around with raindrops.
There are a few other cool ones I like as well, but they are more for the tech geek types (which the wife is not). The main thing I am having trouble with is finding the specific directory in which the wallpapers and live wallpapers are located. from some of the previous posts in various forums it is probably located inside a .apk file, but the actual directory where the images (or .apk file) are located seems to vary with each device which is making it harder to locate. I would actually like to aggregate a collection together and be able to install it on all my devices (LG G2x, DS7 and TF101)
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I found live wallpaper installers in system / app
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Thanks I will take a look and see what I can find out, if they are images it should be pretty straight forward if inside an .apk file I will have to figure out how to edit and re-assemble so it will work
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Glad I could help. If you browse the directory, you can't miss them.
Ps
Just looked... its livewallpaper.apk.
If you rename the .apk to a .zip, you can open it using any file unarchiver ( including on your android phone / tablet). I tested using the free androzip on the market
Here's the whole apk. See if it works as is ( dropbox linked)
http://db.tt/EVWBacd
Livewallpaper apk
pyraxiate said:
Glad I could help. If you browse the directory, you can't miss them.
Ps
Just looked... its livewallpaper.apk.
If you rename the .apk to a .zip, you can open it using any file unarchiver ( including on your android phone / tablet). I tested using the free androzip on the market
Here's the whole apk. See if it works as is ( dropbox linked)
http://db.tt/EVWBacd
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Thanks again, I knew I could copy the .apk and rename the extension to .zip to unpack the file to examine it's contents, do you know if I can just zip it back up and rename the extension to get it installed and working again, or do I need to re-compile the file first befor installing? (gona have to do some searching, I'm not sure about this)