[Q] SD Card files only viewable in recovery? - One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello everyone,
I just upgraded to 4.3 from 4.1.2 for the first time.
When in recovery I can view all of my original SD card files (prior to upgrade) when I select the "choose zip from SD card" option. However, when I plug my phone through USB to view my SD card contents there's an entirely fresh file structure which does not include my personal files. I also tried through ES File Explorer and I still cannot view my old files. It only works through recovery.
Can someone please point me in the right direction to get my old files back? I know the file structure changed but I'm not sure how to go about migrating my old files.
I'm running InsertCoin with the latest T-Mobile Radio if it helps.

Toshinobu said:
Hello everyone,
I just upgraded to 4.3 from 4.2.2 for the first time.
When in recovery I can view all of my original SD card files (prior to upgrade) when I select the "choose zip from SD card" option. However, when I plug my phone through USB to view my SD card contents there's an entirely fresh file structure which does not include my personal files. I also tried through ES File Explorer and I still cannot view my old files. It only works through recovery.
Can someone please point me in the right direction to get my old files back?
I'm running InsertCoin with the latest T-Mobile Radio if it helps.
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Use a program like ES file explorer or root explorer
Navigate to /data/media/0 and see if you see your files in there or data/media/emulated something like that

CharliesTheMan said:
Use a program like ES file explorer or root explorer
Navigate to /data/media/0 and see if you see your files in there or data/media/emulated something like that
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Thanks for the reply Charlie. I'm using ES File Explorer. There are no files or folders inside /data/. I checked /storage/emulated/0/ and /storage/emulated/legacy (not sure if that's what you meant) and they are not there either.

Nevermind, found it. ES File Explorer had hidden files turned off and root explorer off as well.
Thanks again!

Toshinobu said:
Nevermind, found it. ES File Explorer had hidden files turned off and root explorer off as well.
Thanks again!
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If you have two TWRP folders, delete the TWRPs file that's in the empty one (not the one that's got your backups in)

CharliesTheMan said:
If you have two TWRP folders, delete the TWRPs file that's in the empty one (not the one that's got your backups in)
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I'm actually on CWM not TWRP.

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gtrplr71 said:
How do I move a file from my downloads to the root on my sd card?
I downloaded cyans new rom and recovery won't find it so I need to move the file
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Use one of the file managers to copy and paste it to the root of your card.
Ok so using astro I find the file hightlight it click the menu hit copy and then what do I do to paste it?
long press on the sdcard folder and a list should come up and you click paste.
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Titanium backup update.zip question

Where is th update. Zip file located
I creaed update.Zip file but im not able to find it
Its located in /sdcard
i still not able to find it
when you create the update.zip file, and it's finished, the notification bar will have a notification about the path, check that. If it's not there, may be the zip was not created successfully.
/mnt/sdcard/update.zip
Was this solved? I can't find the file either.. it's not in the root of the sdcard, I've tried to create it twice and searched for it. Any help would be appreciated!
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dont you get a notification of completion of the process and when you pull it down, you can see where its located ?
I'm having the same problem. If I look with root explorer, it exists on the root of the SD, but I can't see it in windows? Maybe it's a 2GB file limit thing or something?
but the update.zip is not more than 4MB
nokiamodeln91 said:
but the update.zip is not more than 4MB
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Yeah, I tried to make a smaller one, and it's still there but I can't see it in windows. I tried renaming it as well and that didn't work either.
the7thson said:
Was this solved? I can't find the file either.. it's not in the root of the sdcard, I've tried to create it twice and searched for it. Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks.
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Answering my own question - its definitely located in the root, just not visible in Windows no matter what I do. Use a root explorer to grab it and move it to a flash drive or remote network location, that's what I did and it worked great.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
I used wifi file transfer. I was able to download the file from there.
I had this problem. Try simply unplugging your phone from the USB cord, wait 5 seconds, then plug it back into your PC. Your PC should now see the update.zip.
One of common prob's with MTP !!
just do a search in root explorer, i got 4 locations of the same file on my galaxy s3 so you can find it in anyone of those.
and yes it is the same file in all of those locations, i even tried to change the name on one of them to check if all of them changed and they did
/data/media/0/update.zip
/mnt/sdcard/update.zip
/mnt/shell/emulated/0/update.zip
/storage/emulated/0/update.zip
Move the file out of the root directory and put it a folder, any folder. It will then show up on windows.
the7thson said:
Answering my own question - its definitely located in the root, just not visible in Windows no matter what I do. Use a root explorer to grab it and move it to a flash drive or remote network location, that's what I did and it worked great.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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This worked for me! Although I used the stock file manager. After moving the update.zip to another location using file manager, I was able to see the file via Windows as well.
just change the file name and retry. worked for me
C:\> adb pull /sdcard/update.zip

[Q] Backup entire custom rom and settings via Clockwork or other

Hello!
I have a new european HTC One with Trickdroid v8 installed and Clockwork 6.0.3.3
How to backup entire rom with settings ? I have used the backup function in Clockwork recovery, but I cant find the back file on my internat memory - i want to copy it to my computer just in case.
What is best solution to make backup of my entire phone with rom ? Using clockwork recovery software or some other function ?
cavist said:
Hello!
I have a new european HTC One with Trickdroid v8 installed and Clockwork 6.0.3.3
How to backup entire rom with settings ? I have used the backup function in Clockwork recovery, but I cant find the back file on my internat memory - i want to copy it to my computer just in case.
What is best solution to make backup of my entire phone with rom ? Using clockwork recovery software or some other function ?
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The CWM backup is located in '/data/media/clockworkmod/backup/' (from root) and is not visible from the pc.
Using ES file explorer or root explorer copy the folder in the '/data/media/clockworkmod/backup/' directory to '/data/media/0/' and then you'll be able to see it from your pc and copy across....... remember to delete the copy from '/data/media/0/' afterwards
rider5512 said:
The CWM backup is located in '/data/media/clockworkmod/backup/' (from root) and is not visible from the pc.
Using ES file explorer or root explorer copy the folder in the '/data/media/clockworkmod/backup/' directory to '/data/media/0/' and then you'll be able to see it from your pc and copy across....... remember to delete the copy from '/data/media/0/' afterwards
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Unfortunately, i do not have such directory path like you specified.
I installed Clockwork Rom Manager and it tells me the backup is in inaccesible area, path: Device: mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
But the mnt/shell folder is empty and I cant find clockword folder. Any solution to this ?
cavist said:
Unfortunately, i do not have such directory path like you specified.
I installed Clockwork Rom Manager and it tells me the backup is in inaccesible area, path: Device: mnt/shell/emulated/clockworkmod/backup
But the mnt/shell folder is empty and I cant find clockword folder. Any solution to this ?
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When navigating to root with a file explorer are you unable to see the directories I listed?
rider5512 said:
When navigating to root with a file explorer are you unable to see the directories I listed?
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Using your path, I can only go for: Device: /data/ and it is empty
cavist said:
Using your path, I can only go for: Device: /data/ and it is empty
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No it can't be empty.... check your file explorer is root enabled, if you're using ES then settings>tools>root explorer
rider5512 said:
No it can't be empty.... check your file explorer is root enabled, if you're using ES then settings>tools>root explorer
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Now it works like a charm. Thank you very much for your help!

[Q] /sdcard/ is not found ?? - Solved

So i did something stupid on my moto x. I made a TWRP backup a while ago and i wanted to delete it. So using ES file explorer i found this folder which looked like TWRP backup in root. so i deleted it but turns out it was my internal memory which was pointing to this location.
Now every time i open ES file explorer it says '/sdcard/ is not found' and it says 0.0B if i check SD card analyst in ES file explorer.
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accesses external sdcard through file manager?

I have done a search on the forum and couldn't find an answer. I have a rooted note 8 running Nougat 7.1.1. I have an older version of ES File Explorer (did use the newest version but rolled back because I didn't like it).
How can I access my external sdcard with a file explorer? I originally thought it was because of the newest ES File Explorer but when I rolled back I couldn't find it either. I can do a search for a specific file on the sdcard but I don't see it in a directory. So if I don't know the file name, I can't get to the external card. Any ideas?
nursemm05 said:
I have done a search on the forum and couldn't find an answer. I have a rooted note 8 running Nougat 7.1.1. I have an older version of ES File Explorer (did use the newest version but rolled back because I didn't like it).
How can I access my external sdcard with a file explorer? I originally thought it was because of the newest ES File Explorer but when I rolled back I couldn't find it either. I can do a search for a specific file on the sdcard but I don't see it in a directory. So if I don't know the file name, I can't get to the external card. Any ideas?
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Use the stock file manager the phone has ( My Files )
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