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Quick little question here. I was playing music on my tilt last night and it started bogging down and operating really slow. The music started to get all choppy and was jumping around all over the place. Eventually exclamation points appeared next to pretty much all my music. I went in to look at my storage card to see what was wrong with the files and now pretty much everything on my memory card is gone. The only thing left on my card is inbox mail attachments. All my pictures/videos/audio/files/cabs are all gone. But, its still reading that my 2 gig card has only .8 gig left.
Basically 2 questions
1) Do I just have to bite the bullet and reformat my card now?
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2) My background was a picture I took that was stored on my card. The image is still there but I can't find the photo. It's a very sentimental picture that I'm trying to keep. How would I be able to keep it?
any suggestions? insight?
I'm really taking a shot in the dark here but if windows mobile is anything like windows, it will store a copy of your background image in a system folder and use that for displaying the background. If this is the case, then you should be able to find a copy of it somewhere in the windows folder.. have you poked around at all?
As for the issue with your memory card, are you able to read it on your computer via usb? Or if you have a card reader, can you read anything off of it from that?
l3urton32 said:
Quick little question here. I was playing music on my tilt last night and it started bogging down and operating really slow. The music started to get all choppy and was jumping around all over the place. Eventually exclamation points appeared next to pretty much all my music. I went in to look at my storage card to see what was wrong with the files and now pretty much everything on my memory card is gone. The only thing left on my card is inbox mail attachments. All my pictures/videos/audio/files/cabs are all gone. But, its still reading that my 2 gig card has only .8 gig left.
Basically 2 questions
1) Do I just have to bite the bullet and reformat my card now?
and
2) My background was a picture I took that was stored on my card. The image is still there but I can't find the photo. It's a very sentimental picture that I'm trying to keep. How would I be able to keep it?
any suggestions? insight?
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This may be a dumb suggestion, but if all else fails (to save your photo), you can uncheck all your today plugins, and take a screenshot, so just your photo would show.
Probably not ideal, but it was just a thought
there are many card, usb flash, sd, etc. data recovery / rescue apps.
they will find and recover anything--reformatted, deleted, whatever.
get one as soon as possible. and save to your PC
amkaos said:
there are many card, usb flash, sd, etc. data recovery / rescue apps.
they will find and recover anything--reformatted, deleted, whatever.
get one as soon as possible. and save to your PC
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These usually only work if it is a quick format, (quick format just deletes the table) - so not really "anything"
zeezee said:
These usually only work if it is a quick format, (quick format just deletes the table) - so not really "anything"
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He didn't say anything about a format, quick or otherwise. These programs are designed to read the raw data so if they're a chance there's something left on there, it's worth trying.
Woops! I thought I had deleted some incriminating pictures from the gallery and with astro file manager BUT while looking through the SD card , I found old deleted pics!
How can I really delete pictures without them showing up in some cache directory?
I heard that in-order to do so you needed to email them to someone totally random. I can give you a totally random email address for this purpose if you like ;-)
I think there are Cache clearing apps on the market, last i remember anyways.
LOL...
Thats no good. It should delete without any apps...damn.
all it does is super compress them so they can be overwritten...
As you'll no doubt aware, most disks/SSDs, memory sticks, microSDs still contain most old "deleted" files, even if they aren't obvious, until where the data was has been overwritten by something else..
Couple of useful bits of code, TestDisk & PhotoRec can help recover lost stuff (or stuff someone thought they'd deleted (!!!!) )..
get them here..
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
NB Both these bits of software can completely screw machines/PCs/Laptops. whatever so BE CAREFULL!!!!!
I'm just about to try PhotoRec on the N1 and see what she finds... & will report...
My mate dodgy Rob found fascinating deleted SMS messages on his wife's (non-Android) 'phone.... the story of what he did about it is even funnier...
Cheers!
Lodger
Yup, Photorec can recover deleted stuff - .jpegs, .mov, .mpegs.. at least it did from my N1... - you have been warned ...
Running Ubuntu (Linux) & looking at the microSD card it reports 907 items on the microSD
Photorec recovered 3,724 items (!).. on the microSD and kindly copied them all to my Laptop..
If you really really need to feel confident something has gone then (I'm not an expert mind...) i understand you need to either..
a) (quick 'n dirty method ..) Fill up the apparently " empty" bit of the SD with garbage - eg some other .jpegs... or
b) To be really certain, re-format her: Several times... probably with several different file systems (FAT32, NTFS, EXT3...) , and don't chose the "quick" options...
Cheers!
Lodger
mine disappear after a soft reset
Damn.....not good. How am I suppose to receive rated r pics from girls and not have my gf find out!
iag48 said:
Damn.....not good. How am I suppose to receive rated r pics from girls and not have my gf find out!
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youre a horrible man
cymru said:
I heard that in-order to do so you needed to email them to someone totally random. I can give you a totally random email address for this purpose if you like ;-)
I think there are Cache clearing apps on the market, last i remember anyways.
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I developed CacheMate for clearing cache. It would not work for this purpose. There are a few places where the images would be stored. When in the DCIM directory in /sdcard using Astro, make sure you are viewing hidden file and directories. You can do this by check the "Show Hidden Files" checkbox in Menu > Preferences > Look and Feel. You need to delete the pics from the .thumbnails directory too. If you really want, you can always cue them up in the gallery and delete them that way (long pressing on the pictures brings up the multiple select checkbox). Hope this helps a little.
Thanks for the help.
Re: get pics back from sd card
Actually, the easy way to recover deleted photos from sd card or hard disk is to use a photo software. You can google it and you will get many photo recovery softwares. But they are mostly not free. I have come across the same thing like you. Finally, I get my pics back with Yesterdata.
Kind Tips:
Don't save the recovered data on your memory card again. Find another place for it like on your computer or other external disk, for safety's sake.
iag48 said:
Woops! I thought I had deleted some incriminating pictures from the gallery and with astro file manager BUT while looking through the SD card , I found old deleted pics!
How can I really delete pictures without them showing up in some cache directory?
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This should not happen as deleted pictures remains on the phone. But there are nexus photo recovery tool that helps to undelete photos on nexus phones. See this article: recover deleted photos on nexus phone
hope this helps.
No, I'm not a newbie.
But I having this bug on my Note. There's some files who's taking a lot of space here. Then I can't even install my keyboard app (swiftkey). So I thought. Backing up my usefull data from the internal storage (by windows) and then (yet by windows) format, then coming back with my usefull data.
Is there any harm doing that?
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No, I'm not a newbie.
But I having this bug on my Note. There's some files who's taking a lot of space here. Then I can't even install my keyboard app (swiftkey). So I thought. Backing up my usefull data from the internal storage (by windows) and then (yet by windows) format, then coming back with my usefull data.
Is there any harm doing that?
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No, if you include the hidden directories then that shoulnd be a problem.
I guess you mean MB and not GB!
I would be very careful and very sure before you proceed. Try to find out which app is eating your memory first. You may have the same problem again otherwise.
Certain music streaming apps, such as Spotify, will save huge amounts of data on you internal storage to make the streaming of music less data hungry!
Find the problem before applying a solution!
Good luck
Probably those sd card data..go to sdcard/android/data and delete all those files you don't use
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did we lose this capability in the Note 8? still haven't found a setting and my aqua mail isn't letting me select my extSD for storage of attacments. anyone find it or is it gone? any workarounds other than root?
I honestly thought that ability was removed several years back. Like maybe 3-4 years ago. I could be mistaken.
PsiPhiDan said:
I honestly thought that ability was removed several years back. Like maybe 3-4 years ago. I could be mistaken.
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thanks. wtg Sammy. take away the functions we use most. why allow large external sd cards if you can't store anything there. zero permissions to access it for important apps and no way to move hoggy apps there. nice. definitely rooting again. so tired of paying for fewer and fewer really usable features. dumbed down devices are not my thing.
toenail_flicker said:
did we lose this capability in the Note 8? still haven't found a setting and my aqua mail isn't letting me select my extSD for storage of attacments. anyone find it or is it gone? any workarounds other than root?
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haven't tested it yet, but found an option under Developer Options. hope it works.
Settings>Build (enable dev options)>Developer Options>Force Allow Apps on External
PsiPhiDan said:
I honestly thought that ability was removed several years back. Like maybe 3-4 years ago. I could be mistaken.
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Yes it was . Google removed that ability in kitkat.
Some applications have option to move to SD, but not all: settings/apps click on application, then storage. If you don't see "storage used - change" then that app is not movable. However SD card is not as reliable and fast as internal store, so I wouldn't move important apps even if I could.
toenail_flicker said:
haven't tested it yet, but found an option under Developer Options. hope it works.
Settings>Build (enable dev options)>Developer Options>Force Allow Apps on External
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Just tried this and it shows that it was "moved" to my SD card. The storage being taken up increased but on the internal storage it reflects the same. So probably didn't work.
Edit: Okay so it does work but not for all of the Apps/Games I tried. I'd say about 10% of the apps I tried didn't actually go over to the SD Card but the rest of them did.
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Just tried this and it shows that it was "moved" to my SD card. The storage being taken up increased but on the internal storage it reflects the same. So probably didn't work.
Edit: Okay so it does work but not for all of the Apps/Games I tried. I'd say about 10% of the apps I tried didn't actually go over to the SD Card but the rest of them did.
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some clarification for me...
so even though inside the "apps info" tab on a particular app, if it says "external storage" it may still live on internal? or will it show "internal"?
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some clarification for me...
so even though inside the "apps info" tab on a particular app, if it says "external storage" it may still live on internal? or will it show "internal"?
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Exactly, at least from what I'm currently experiencing. For example I had 18.2GBs before I moved GTA San Andreas which is roughly 2.8GBs. From what I can tell it didn't increase my space on the internal as I still have the same 18.2GBs but it also took up more space on my external SD card. So I don't know if it is some false positive but I've restarted a few times and installed other apps. The storage still hasn't changed. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this phenomenon?
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Exactly, at least from what I'm currently experiencing. For example I had 18.2GBs before I moved GTA San Andreas which is roughly 2.8GBs. From what I can tell it didn't increase my space on the internal as I still have the same 18.2GBs but it also took up more space on my external SD card. So I don't know if it is some false positive but I've restarted a few times and installed other apps. The storage still hasn't changed. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this phenomenon?
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Thanks for the follow up.
I moved some things over to SD card (i have a 400gb SSD card) like WhatsApp, philips hue, instagram.. things like that. Nothing serious like any CPU intensive apps. I "see" SOME more internal storage open up but i need to look into it further myself.
Still thanks for starting this discussion. I miss the old days of moving apps to SD (there used to be a program , apps2sd, that would do this in the early days of android) and 64gb is not a lot of storage for apps today. Most of us have over 100+ apps (on a power user device like this device, I would have expected more).
If understand its safer to keep apps internally so as to now cause issues, but having their ability to Mose simple apps like WhatsApp and such, can help.
I don't plan to root so being able to do this and KNOW it will work is intriguing.
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Yes it was . Google removed that ability in kitkat.
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I have kitkat on my N4 and I still have that ability. I am rooted of course.
pete4k said:
Some applications have option to move to SD, but not all: settings/apps click on application, then storage. If you don't see "storage used - change" then that app is not movable. However SD card is not as reliable and fast as internal store, so I wouldn't move important apps even if I could.
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the bigger picture for me, until root, is being able to allow different apps to store their images, docs, etc. on my extSD. things aren't working the way I think they should. man I hate knox. need root now.
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Still thanks for starting this discussion. I miss the old days of moving apps to SD (there used to be a program , apps2sd, that would do this in the early days of android) and 64gb is not a lot of storage for apps today. Most of us have over 100+ apps (on a power user device like this device, I would have expected more).
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you're welcome. did a search and was surprised someone hadn't already brought it up. I haven't seen anything that I can move, and it appears as if it's not working at all for me on Sprint. I'll check again later. got tired of things that didn't work and started to play.
toenail_flicker said:
the bigger picture for me, until root, is being able to allow different apps to store their images, docs, etc. on my extSD. things aren't working the way I think they should. man I hate knox. need root now.
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Google has been screwing with SD card access since Kitkat, if I remember correctly. They don't use it on their phones and messing with permission and all kinds of nonsense to make people move away from SD card to use and pay for their stupid cloud. At least now the permissions are set properly. Anyway, root could be difficult on Snapdragon, S8 just got root few weeks ago, around 6 months after release, so don't hold your breath. But I'm finding that a lot of stuff requiring root can be accomplished with ADB, I just wish somebody made a comprehensive list of ADB tricks. In the past I used root mostly for disabling bloatware and adding functionality, like adding AC3 codec, but there are workarounds for some of those things, just hard to find sometimes. Knox doesn't bother me too much, I may be using it's secure folder for sensitive data, like banking, credit cards, I just hope it's as secure as they say it is, because I have my doubts.
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...I'm finding that a lot of stuff requiring root can be accomplished with ADB, I just wish somebody made a comprehensive list of ADB tricks. In the past I used root mostly for disabling bloatware and adding functionality, like adding AC3 codec, but there are workarounds for some of those things, just hard to find sometimes. Knox doesn't bother me too much, I may be using it's secure folder for sensitive data, like banking, credit cards, I just hope it's as secure as they say it is, because I have my doubts.
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good info about adb. I'm out of practice with it and, yes, a comprehensive list of working adb commands would be great. I'm not in a hurry for root. I know it takes a while. and if we don't get it (I would be surprised) I can deal.
toenail_flicker said:
the bigger picture for me, until root, is being able to allow different apps to store their images, docs, etc. on my extSD. things aren't working the way I think they should. man I hate knox. need root now.
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I'm not one to root but the main reason i want SOME apps on SD is their folders they store their data in, like whatsapp for example. Conversations in WhatsApp span many years and gigs of videos and photos in a few of those conversations. Having that on an SSD card would be choice.
P.s. Lol love your screen name bro... :good:
Go into developer options and you can turn it on. You can put majority of your apps on your card. No system apps.
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I'm not one to root but the main reason i want SOME apps on SD is their folders they store their data in, like whatsapp for example. Conversations in WhatsApp span many years and gigs of videos and photos in a few of those conversations. Having that on an SSD card would be choice.
P.s. Lol love your screen name bro... :good:
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thanks.
and exactly what you said. some apps like whatsapp... and others. it's just necessary. for the moment I just want the permissions fixed and that's going to take disabling knox and/or applying a fix to do both like for the N4. not sure that type of thing is even doable anymore.
Ill keep an eye out on this thread. If you found more tips/updates on this please post.
I just moved a LOT of stuff over to SD. Evertying i could. Some things, google maps for example, didn't have the option of moving over, so maybe some of these will stick..
I was one danergously low on internal storage, but if i can move things over, I will.
jason504 said:
Go into developer options and you can turn it on. You can put majority of your apps on your card. No system apps.
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I found it on another screen instead of where I thought it would be. nice. it's working.
Hello guys
I want record my screen with samsung native application..
But all my vidéos are saved in my internal storage.
how to change folder of screen recordings from internel storage to sd card to save all my recordings there.. in s20 fe 5g ..one ui 3.1 ...pls
Thx in advance
I don't think there is a way, it doesn't seem to have been intended as a possibility. there's no screen recording or screenshot folders in the DCIM folder on the memory card.
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I don't think there is a way, it doesn't seem to have been intended as a possibility. there's no screen recording or screenshot folders in the DCIM folder on the memory card.
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Hi thx for reply... There is a folder of screen recording in DCIM of internal storage.. All my screen recordings are saving there.... I want use native samsung app to save in my external storage... .. I have screenshot of that folder
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I don't think there is a way, it doesn't seem to have been intended as a possibility. there's no screen recording or screenshot folders in the DCIM folder on the memory card.
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I have same folder in my samsung evo sd card 256 gb.. But i cant Save vidéos here
have switched your camera to save to external memory ? I have only the things I've put there myself in DCIM on external memory.
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have switched your camera to save to external memory ? I have only the things I've put there myself in DCIM on external memory.
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yes all my photos and videos from camera app are there ....but only screen recorder application save in my DCIM internal storage ...i dont know how to change in external storage ..i have only 128 gb internal storage and a lot of apps
I don't think the data partition for app storage is dynamic. you'll just have to transfer your screen recording manually or look for an app that'll do it for you.
ok bro thx for ur help .
splendid31 said:
ok bro thx for ur help .
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Try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.bukacek.filestosdcard&hl=en
_jis_ said:
Try this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.bukacek.filestosdcard&hl=en
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thx bro.. Yes it's good app.. I install it now
splendid31 said:
thx bro.. Yes it's good app.. I install it now
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Why would you use some random 3rd party app with spyware ads when you can use builtin file manager to do the same?
mxxcon said:
Why would you use some random 3rd party app with spyware ads when you can use builtin file manager to do the same?
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Why?
The same result can be achieved with other file managers, but with more work, more thinking, and more clicks.
In contrast, in this application you simply select files or directories and click on the big button and that's it. Everything quickly and easily. In addition, the app is positively received and praised by users.
Ads?
If advertising is a problem, use AdGuard.
PS: It's sad how much work users have to do to overcome the various built-in limitations and differences of Samsung One UI. Another example:
Samsung and Xiaomi can't ruin your Google Photos backups in Android 12
Say bye to compulsory screenshot and screen recording backups
www.androidpolice.com
3mel said:
I don't think there is a way, it doesn't seem to have been intended as a possibility. there's no screen recording or screenshot folders in the DCIM folder on the memory card.
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+1
@_jis_ not familiar with that google cloud bug but maybe something as simple as making a .nomedia file in screenshots and screenrecordings folders and wiping gallery data would solve it.
3mel said:
@_jis_ not familiar with that google cloud bug but maybe something as simple as making a .nomedia file in screenshots and screenrecordings folders and wiping gallery data would solve it.
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It's not Google Photos backup's fault.
The backup service is set up to automatically upload all files in the DCIM folder which is supposed to be reserved for "Digital Camera IMages" by name.
But some Android individualistic manufacturers (Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Realme) had chosen to store even screenshots inside it, that caused all of them to be backed up along with camera shots.
Using a .nomedia file is like using Beelzebub to cast out the Devil, because then, of course, the built-in gallery won't have access to those files too.
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It's not Google Photos backup's fault.
The backup service is set up to automatically upload all files in the DCIM folder which is supposed to be reserved for "Digital Camera IMages" by name.
But some Android individualistic manufacturers (Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, and Realme) had chosen to store even screenshots inside it, that caused all of them to be backed up along with camera shots.
Using a .nomedia file is like using Beelzebub to cast out the Devil, because then, of course, the built-in gallery won't have access to those files too.
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the built in gallery will be fine, I did say to put .nomedia in the screenshot and screenrecordings folders. that won't effect any other folders inside the parent or DCIM itself.
EDIT: oh you mean people wanting them in their gallery but not in their cloud storage. yeah in that case no easy fix. I don't use my phone like that so it's not something I've ever tackled. I don't use a gallery app or cloud storage.
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Why?
The same result can be achieved with other file managers, but with more work, more thinking, and more clicks.
In contrast, in this application you simply select files or directories and click on the big button and that's it. Everything quickly and easily.
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Um, i don't think you ever used builtin file manager. It's exactly the same process.
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In addition, the app is positively received and praised by users.
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Becuase buying fake 5* reviews is not a thing.
_jis_ said:
Ads?
If advertising is a problem, use AdGuard.
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Why would I want to install yet another app just to block ads of an extra app when I can use existing app or even google's file manager.
I'll trust those over some random 3rd party one.
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PS: It's sad how much work users have to do to overcome the various built-in limitations and differences of Samsung One UI. Another example:
Samsung and Xiaomi can't ruin your Google Photos backups in Android 12
Say bye to compulsory screenshot and screen recording backups
www.androidpolice.com
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0 work for me. I actually prefer for Google Photos to back up all my screenshots too. Makes it so much easier to work with them on my computer without have to explicitly transfer them.
that app does have some bad reviews from the slightly more tech savvy play store users.
I just pointed out an app that does my friends a good service.
I wish everyone would make their own opinion of the app based on their own experience.
https://www.appbrain.com/dev/Michal+Bukáček/
Michal Bukáček is an Android developer that has been active since 2011. The current app portfolio contains 11 apps. Overall, we estimate that Michal Bukáček's apps have collected about 20 million installs, 200 thousand of them in the last 30 days. An especially popular app is Files To SD Card, which is one of the most popular apps in Google Play with over 10 million installs.