Questions tagged [file-management]
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Why my Android 11 phone sets modification date of copied files to today?
I'm usually doing backup from a phone to a PC. Today I've noted when I copy files from Linux to my Android 11 phone (via USB cable, I've tried GUI and terminal, rsync output was that it cannot set the ...
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How to move photos in Android 10?
I have a LG lm-X320 with Android 10. I want to move all my photos to the installed SD card. I have quite a few albums created. When I looked at the native File Manager, it showed both DCIM and ...
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Are there file manager that can access two (or more) USB devices?
I have a USB hub with a built-in SSD and a SD card reader. If I connect it to my PC, I can access both the SSD and the SD card and copy files from the SD card to the SSD.
If I connect it to my phone (...
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How to make files from Termux visible in Slack?
Files created/downloaded in Termux and placed in storage/downloads is invisible to Slack until the whole phone is rebooted, or so it seems. On the flip side, files created/downloaded in Slack is ...
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Android TV (10) grant permission and write on external storage (USB)
I've tried different file managers on this Android TV 10, but none of them is able to write on the external memory. In the past and other Android TVs, I have written on external storage without this ...
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In which file format does Network Monitor Pro app on Android export it's config file?
I had imported a Profile in Tasker that sorts the files in my Download folder based on the file extension.
But there's a file from Network Monitor Pro's export and Google Files app doesn't show any ...
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In Samsung's My Files app, "Documents" category doesn't show all documents in "Documents" folder
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy A14 running Android 14. In Samsung's My Files app, I have some categories, and when I click on "Documents", I cannot see all documents listed in the "...
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Download video on Whatsapp
I have just received a video from a customer, via Whatsapp, and I'd like to download it.
There was no automatic download, configured on my Whatsapp, and now, even after having configured it, this has ...
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The subfolder under the Download folder is missing
Use the android file manager,Open the menu on the left,On the right side of the Download folder.
After I clicked the unload button, the file was still there and all the subfolders were gone.
Path: /...
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Arrange photos in Pictures app by date taken
I moved a large volume of photo files from my Samsung Galaxy S10 (running Android 11) to my computer for backup, but then copied them back, realizing that I still wanted them on the phone. Now some of ...
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How to make Fairphone built-in file manager remember the "move to" location?
Is there any way to make the built-in/factory-installed file manager on a Fairphone 3 remember the last target location I chose when I marked one or multiple files with a longer finger press and chose ...
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`adb shell mv` moves files but app doesn't work anymore, while it works if I move the same files via file manager
I try to move account-related files/directories of an app (for account changing purposes) via adb shell mv. Moving the files works great, but the app hangs while loading/login.
If I move the files ...
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I have added many photos from Camera to Album X for sorting. Is there any way to automatically add all remaining photos in Camera to Album Y?
Album X is supposed to be a "best of" album. However, I keep on noticing very good photos that I previously missed, and am adding them to Album X in an ad-hoc manor. It would be better to ...
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What is .Lenovoreaper in Lenovo tablet
In my file manager (of Lenovo tablet) i saw a hidden file with the name .Lenovoreaper when i tried to open it, they asked if I wanted to see the file through html viewer or google chrome, It is a 17 ...
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What is this uid file in com.google.android.youtube
I found this file in my father's Huawei Y9 2019,the path of this file is
Phone > Android > data> Com.google.android.youtube > files > offline > (Random alphabet and number folder) &...
