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Android includes a large number of directories, but the question arises - which folders can be deleted on the phone and which ones cannot be touched?
This article is suitable for all brands that produce phones on Android 9/8/7/6: Samsung, HTC, Lenovo, LG, Sony, ZTE, Huawei, Meizu, Fly, Alcatel, Xiaomi, Nokia and others. We are not responsible for your actions.
Attention! You can ask your question to a specialist at the end of the article.
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Before deleting folders, please read the article.
Android folders - structure
The list of folders may vary depending on the Android version. Some applications can create their own directories in memory - for example, instant messengers. However, in general, the list of folders will be the same on all versions of Android, so you just need to know what is stored in them.
- Cache - folder with temporary update files. If you are not going to update the system, you can delete it.
- data/app - installation files of all third-party applications. If you don't use them, you can delete them.
- data/data - settings, saves and other service information necessary for the operation of applications. If you do not use the installed programs, delete the directory.
- data/clipboard - data clipboard with the latest screenshots. It is not recommended to delete.
- data/dalvik-cache - cache memory area for the Java virtual machine, which allows the phone to run APK files. Files must be cleaned regularly, but cannot be deleted. (read)
The Documents folder stores a variety of documents. If they are not interested in the content, feel free to delete the directory. The same applies to the Bluetooth directory, which contains files received via this wireless technology.
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The DCIM folder stores photos taken with the camera. If you don’t have the photos you need, you can safely delete the catalog. Deleting the Images, Pictures, Musi, Audio, etc. folders will not affect Android operation.
Folders that cannot be deleted
There are folders in Android that absolutely cannot be deleted, since without them the system will not work correctly. Remember these names:
- efs - information about IMEI, Mac, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.
- etc - configuration files used when loading the system and processes of various built-in programs.
- lib - libraries necessary for the operation of programs and modules.
- mnt - images of mounted systems.
- proc - key information about the installed system.
- sbin - executable files of all programs involved in system management.
- sys - current system configuration.
Under no circumstances should you delete the system folder with all its subdirectories. System is the backbone of the system, so if you delete any data from here, you will have to flash the phone again.
Removal methods
To delete system folders, you need superuser rights - root. If you don't have them, then you definitely won't be able to break Android. If available, you need to be extremely careful - deleting important system files will result in you having to flash the device again.
If you figure out which folders can be safely deleted, then proceed to clearing memory using standard functions:
- Open the Android main menu and launch the file browser (file manager).
- , which can be deleted. Press it and hold your finger.
- When the menu appears, select Delete.
Increase A manager option with multiple selection support is presented. The delete button is located in this case at the top right in the form of a trash can icon.
The standard file manager does not display all Android files and folders. To clean your device's memory well, use ES Explorer or another third-party file manager.
- Launch ES Explorer.
- Choose what you will clean - internal storage or memory card.
- Hold your finger on the folder you want to delete. Once it's checked, start highlighting other files and folders.
- After selecting all the items to delete, click on the “Delete” button in the bottom menu.
Increase You can not use file managers on Android, but simply connect your phone to your computer by selecting the media device mode, in which you can view and change the contents of the memory.
Modern mobile devices have a fairly large amount of both internal memory and SD cards, which allows you to store a fair amount of a wide variety of information. Actively using this function, users often have difficulty finding the necessary materials, not knowing how to find a file or folder on Android. This is what we will talk about today.
Finding the photo you need, thanks to the standard Gallery application, is not difficult at all. But finding a file or folder by name will be much more difficult, especially if there are quite a lot of them stored on your smartphone. In such cases, we can use one of the programs under the general name “File Manager”.
Such utilities are usually preinstalled by the gadget manufacturer on any Android device. Alternatively, you can use an app from the Google Play store or another trusted source. Let's look at how each of these options works.
Using built-in tools
As mentioned above, almost all Android devices have file managers as standard software. It is worth considering that on different devices such applications may have slightly different names: “Files”, “File Manager”, “Dispatcher”, etc.
To find the desired file/folder, find it on your smartphone file manager(in the screenshot “files”), open, select the search area (phone memory or SD card), and then the category (for example, “documents”), a folder with files will open where you can select the one you need, or, click on the icon on the bottom panel with the image of a magnifying glass. After this, a keyboard will appear with which you need to enter the file name:
After which the search results will appear and we will see the file we are looking for.
Using third party software
If your smartphone did not initially have a standard file manager, then you can use a free one from any trustworthy source or from the official Google Play store. Let's see how such a tool will work using the example of the rather popular ES Explorer application.
After installation, launch the program, in the main window, if an SD card is not inserted, the sdcard section will be indicated - this is the internal memory of your Android device. If there is a memory card, it will be designated as sdcard0, and the smartphone memory as sdcard1.
Now we select the section in which we will look for the file or folder (sdcard1 in the screenshot), open it, and here we will see all the contents. To further search, click the magnifying glass icon located on the top panel and, using the keyboard, enter the name of the file/folder you are looking for:
After this, the program will find and display the search results. If you decide to use another file manager, the search algorithm will be exactly the same. And I have nothing more to add, we will assume that the question of how to find a folder or file on Android is closed.
Android is a full-fledged OS that has its own file system, through which various files are written to internal memory device or the microSD card inserted into it, depending on the user’s preferences.
The internal memory capacity of modern devices allows you to store a large amount of information of various kinds: audio and video recordings, photographs, archives, etc. Owners of a smartphone/tablet willingly take advantage of this opportunity and accumulate gigabytes and gigabytes of necessary and unnecessary files, later faced with the problem of finding them on their gadget.
If photos can be seen using the standard Gallery application, then what should you do if you need to find a file or folder based on its name? In this case, the application class under the general name comes to the rescue File Manager, a large number of which are present in the store or are already pre-installed by the phone manufacturer.
Finding a file or folder in Android using a file manager
If you initially did not have a file manager on your phone or tablet, then any free one from the official Google Play application store by entering the phrase “ file manager" We can recommend such a popular application as ES Explorer. The algorithm of actions in other file managers is approximately the same and intuitive. So, to find the file we do the following:
The application will find and display the desired object. If only part of the file name is entered, then FM will display in the search results all files and folders where a similar combination of characters occurs.
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Android Assistant software, Link2sd, X-plore, Root App Delete.
Transfer of system-critical applications using special software. You can use a special program, for example Android Assistant, which contains 18 necessary tools to control the system. How to use Android Assistant.
After installing Android Assistant from the Play Market on Lenovo ideatab s2110, s2109a, ideapad a1, a2109a, go to the “Toolbox” tab and select "App2Sd". Next, open the “Maybe” tab - this is a list of applications that can be transferred to the SD memory card. Select applications sequentially and press the “To SD memory card” button.
Using the “Batch Uninstall” button, you can see what programs are installed on the ROM and delete them immediately in a list.
If you still received root rights or you already had them, then we can recommend the program Link2sd. This program is for correctly transferring mobile applications from internal memory to the SD Card of Lenovo windows 8, a2107ah, s890, k900 and it effectively controls the cache and RAM, keeping them at a minimum level.
And through the program X-plore, you can visually see the system partition of ideaphone a800 black, a820, 720, s880 in the form of a diagram; to do this, click the “disk map” button.
Using Root App Delete, you can remove programs that are currently not needed and are useless.
Applications for rooting Lenovo: 360root, FolderMount, RAM Manager Free
Program 360root will help to issue root rights to a Lenovo b50, a328, s860, a6000 device running Android versions 2.2-4.4. The probability of obtaining root access is 90%. You can download the program from the developer’s official website at: 360root.ru.
How the program works. After launching 360root, to get superuser rights, press the button in the center of the screen. Then press the button to root the Lenovo phone.
We reboot the phone, now it will be possible to completely transfer all system-critical applications from the Lenovo s820, g50, b590, a7600 phone to an external drive, accordingly freeing up the built-in memory.
FolderMount- the application allows you to remove the root lock of a Lenovo phone based on Android 2.3 - 6.0. Through the program menu, you can do all the same manipulations with the transfer of system-critical programs.
You can download FolderMount through the Play Market.
RAM Manager- will allow you to create a swap file in your Lenovo s 50, a8, a916, tab 2 a10 phone, which frees up RAM and speeds up the operation of the Lenovo device. You can download Ram Manager through the Play Market.
After installing the program, you need to give it root rights.
Then select one of the operating modes:
Balance- maximum RAM optimization.
Balance (with more free memory)– Maximum RAM optimization for Lenovo with up to 512 MB.
Balance (with more multitasking)– maximum RAM optimization for devices with a capacity of more than 512 MB.
Hard Gaming- to run resource-intensive programs such as 3D games.
Hard Multitasking- to run several programs simultaneously.
Default settings of your phone- reset RAM settings to default.
Comparison of Root Uninstaller, Root App Deleter, Root Cleaner utilities for Lenovo.
Clean Master - Cleaning the Lenovo system from debris.
This is how, after spending some time, you can solve the memory problem on any Android phone, including Lenovo s 50, z90a40, pb2, P70 and other models.
But after this action, it is necessary to control the situation: periodically go to File Explorer and watch the appearance of new files and folders and react accordingly to this.
Video review: Cleaning Android from garbage.
This manual process can be automated through the use of special software, such as a mobile application. This is a simple and convenient program for cleaning the internal memory of a Lenovo device based on Android OS. This program speeds up the system well and optimizes the RAM of Lenovo a690 black, 770, 800, a2107a and other models.
SD maid app- analogue of Clean Master. SD maid analyzes junk files that remain after uninstalling old applications and puts them in the “Trash” section. After carefully viewing this section, you can give the “Delete Garbage” command. The "Refresh" button starts a repeated search junk files on a Lenovo phone.
Preliminary results.
Above it was said how to transfer files and programs to a removable Flash Sd Card drive and clear the memory.
In addition to this topic, you can talk about cloud storage, such as Google Drive, Yandex Drive and the like. Using cloud storage very effectively frees up not only internal memory, but also flash memory inserted into the phone 7, tab 2 30, tb2 tab 2 16, tab4 tab 4 plus tb. These services are free, provided you do not exceed the cloud space limit.
Using cloud technologies you can transfer photo files, videos, photos from internal memory mobile device Lenovo g580, 70, s660, vibe x2 to the servers of Internet companies Google, Yandex and others.
Let's look at the example of a service Yandex.Disk, How can you transfer photo and video files to the cloud?
1.Download the Yandex.Disk application from Google Play and install it.
3.The program automatically starts uploading photos, videos and documents to the cloud.
2.You can forcefully show which file should be sent to the “cloud” from Lenovo. To do this, press the button + and select the file or folder to synchronize.
In total, 15 GB of memory is available to the user in the “cloud” for free.
If you do not use your cloud account for a long time, your files will be automatically deleted.
Cloud applications for Lenovo vibe z2, a7, g570, a5000 and other models work in a similar way: Yandex.Disk, Google Drive, Picasa, Degoo, Dropbox, G Cloud, MEGA, BOX, OneDrive, [email protected].
But I would like to delve further into the topic of freeing ROM and consider various points when solving the problems of a Lenovo shoot shot mobile device.
Professional memory cleaning for Lenovo Android devices.
The following information was collected from various sources: websites, forums and may be useful to someone. But you must use it very carefully, because... it has not been tested by the author and thoughtless actions to apply these tips can permanently block your Lenovo phone or lead to expensive repairs.
SD Maid program - cleaning phone memory with root rights.
SD Maid- another program - a device memory cleaner, cache and has additional features: batch uninstallation of programs, forced closing of applications, increased performance by optimizing RAM and processor operation.
SD Maid is optimized to work on Lenovo tab3 tab 3, p2, a7600 h, k6 note power and other models. Tablet SD Maid Suitable for tablet computers from this manufacturer.
Video Review: Acquiring root rights, how to swap memory.
To use this program effectively, it is advisable to have root user rights.
Titanium Backup and instructions for freeing up memory on a Lenovo smartphone.
Titanium Backup- this program effectively transfers software to SD Card Lenovo a1000, s1 lite, a6010, tab 10, and updates after transfer also begin to be loaded onto an external drive. The transfer scheme using this device is described below.
Required:
1. Root rights.
2. Titanium Backup
3. File manager, for example Total Commander for Android.
Instructions:
1. Using Titanium, when starting the automatic mode, the system is cleared of “garbage”. Titanium Backup can easily clear dead files in dalvik-cash (menu->more->clear dalvik cache) on Lenovo shoot shot, 4 10 plus 64, k5, x304l 64gb. This program also has a good backuper, a service for rolling back the system to a previous state.
2. Through the menu - “integrate sysDalvik into ROM”, files are transferred from /cache/dalvik-cache to system/app.
3. Next, the programs are transferred manually, described above.
4. Removing useless system programs located in the system/app folder, but pay attention, if you delete something wrong, it will brick the device, the phone will need to be reflashed, in the worst case, you can only throw it away. You can delete the Market with its service, Google maps, live wallpapers, dead wallpapers, cyan themes.
5. Removing the English voice synthesizer Pico (/system/tts). And deleting system ringtones - ringtones from the /system/media/ringtones directory.
Another way to solve Lenovo memory full problem
I also had the same nonsense - “not enough memory” on Lenovo. Naturally, I transferred all applications to the memory card, except the browser. But the problem repeated itself, there was not enough memory again. And what’s surprising is that I transferred Opera and everything worked, so far there are no problems.
The Google Chrom browser also clogs up the system memory with its data a lot. Using it on Lenovo c2 power, tb3, zuk, phab 2 or another model is simply not realistic and not possible, maybe they will make it better in new versions. In the meantime, it’s better to delete it or replace it with another browser or use the built-in one.
Replacing the “internal storage” and “microSD” partitions
To radically change the situation with the lack of memory in Lenovo s 50, tb x704l, p1ma40 8gb 32, k 5, there is this original way: Swap the “internal storage” and “microSD”. What does this give? The system should treat the SD card as internal by default, and internal as SD.
Video review: How to change places Android memory. Android memory remapping.
To do this, you need to have root superuser rights on your phone and download the File Manager to Lenovo Root Explorer. Next we proceed point by point:
1.Open root explorer, go to the /system/etc folder, click on “RW rights” at the top and open the vold.fstab file in the editor
There are 2 lines (without the # sign at the beginning):
Question - Answer. What to do if photos are lost in the Gallery of your Lenovo phone
1.Question. What to do if the photos on the flash card of your Lenovo a820, 720, s880, ideaphone a800 black phone become cloudy or cannot be read at all. After transferring files from the Lenovo main memory to a flash drive, the files cannot be read, although the phone sees the card. When connecting the phone to the computer, they do not open. How can I get my photo files back to main memory? Answer 1. Perhaps you transferred not the original photos to the memory card, but previews and sketches. The original photos could remain in the internal memory of the Lenovo a690 black, 770, 800, a2107a phone in another folder, the program will help solve this problem DiskDigger. Answer 2. To prevent such situations from arising, before performing certain operations with the memory of your Lenovo phone, you need to make a backup (data backup). To do this, you need to connect your smartphone to your computer via a USB cable and completely copy all the memory, all folders and files to the PC’s hard drive. After these steps, you can move files to the SD card of your cell phone.2.Question. I had the error "Not enough memory on my phone". I deleted unnecessary files, folders and cache as recommended. Now, when viewing photos, when opening the “Gallery”, the system writes another error “Storage is not available”. I have a Lenovo s 50 phone. How to solve this problem? How to return photos, photos, photographs back to the Gallery?
Answer. In order to avoid such problems, you should always make a backup copy of the Lenovo main memory and flash card. In this case, when cleaning the system, you may have accidentally deleted the folder with photos on the memory card, which is located at: SDCARD/DCIM/CAMERA. You can try to recover lost files using data recovery programs: CardRecovery or PhotoRec.
On this page you can read instructions on how to connect, increase, clear, expand RAM, cache on a Lenovo s 50 phone on the OS platform on the screen with resolution, type and other models. How to empty and clean the internal storage, sd card on android Lenovo 7, tab 2 30, tb2 tab 2 16, tab4 tab 4 plus tb, tab3 tab 3, p2, a7600 h, k6 note power, a1000, s1 lite, a6010, tab 10, shoot shot, 4 10 plus 64, k5, x304l 64gb, c2 power, tb3, zuk, phab 2, s 50, tb x704l, p1ma40 8gb 32, k 5, s 1, 2 a10 70l, p1m, ideacentre aio, yoga 2gb, essential, z90a40, a5500, y720 4g, tb 4 8504x, x x3, 730x, a859, a369i, a316i, 850m, pb2, k10a40, p770, a660, p700i, a789, ideaphone s720 gray, P780 4G b, Sisley S90 32Gb, A2010, P70, A536, S850, A319, S60, Vibe Shot, K3 Note, g580, 70, s660, vibe x2, vibe z2, a7, g570, a5000, b50, a328, s860, a6000, s820, g50, b590, a7600, a8, a916, tab 2 a10, vibe p1, vibe pro, a2109, s2109, k1, thinkpad tablet 2, ideatab a2107 16gb 3g, yoga, ideatab s2110, s2109a, ideapad a1, a2109a, windows 8, a2107ah, s890, k900, a820, 720, s880, ideaphone a800 black, a690 black, 770, 800, a2107a, the answer to the question why it’s not enough, a problem with the device’s memory.
Instructions on how to clear, free up the internal memory, cache on the Lenovo A319, S60, Vibe Shot, K3 Note and other models are here. Find out where the files are and how to move or delete them correctly. How to clean the flash memory drive, SD card of an Android phone for the Lenovo tab 2 30 phone model based on a high-resolution screen and other models.
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Android is operating system, which has a file system. The file system contains a wide variety of files, including photos, video and audio recordings, archives, application folders, etc. The same photos can be seen using the Gallery application, the icon of which is usually located on the device’s desktop. But what if you need to find a file by name or a folder with music?
For such cases, you need to use a file manager. If you open the Google Play Store, you will see a large number of various file managers for every taste, including paid and free ones. It's up to you to decide which app you should use. We will show how to search for a file using ES Explorer as an example.
Download the file manager if it is not installed (some firmware has a built-in file manager) and run it. In the screenshot we see two memory cards: one is internal memory (device memory), the second is a memory card installed by the user.
Select the desired partition, for example, internal memory. Go to the section and see the folders. So, all your photos are stored in the DCIM folder, and music is stored in the Music folder (there are exceptions, be careful).
If you need to find a file by name, it's easier to use the search. Click the magnifying glass icon and enter the name of the file you want to find.
Please note that folders with system files are only available if provided.
