Help "ANDROYD" folder on external sd card. Yes, that's right, "ANDROYD"

Mikestony · Jul 3, 2015

Odd issue that I have not encountered before, and trying to search "Androyd" yields nothing but google trying to correct my search to "Android".
Anyway, I plug my stock, rooted LG G3 (Verizon), 4.4.2, into my computer to view the contents of my sd card.
Lo and behold, I see a folder that was created named, "ANDROYD".

And it seems to have the exact contents as my "Android" folder....and then some.
with the exception of a ".nomedia" file in the "Android" folder.

What created that "ANDROYD" folder? Not sure....
Safe to delete? Not sure...

I hope that image is viewable here...otherwise I'll re-post to compare the /data folders in each..

funkylogik · Jul 3, 2015

I obviously can't help mate (too dumb) but your pics are mega low res on my end :thumbsupdroid:

funkylogik · Jul 3, 2015

EDIT sorry that was just on the app. Crystal clear on chrome Android mate.
Good luck :thumbsupdroid:

AZgl1500 · Jul 3, 2015

either someone manually created that folder, or an app's developer has a typo in his programming skills.

Mikestony · Jul 3, 2015

AZgl1500 said:
either someone manually created that folder, or an app's developer has a typo in his programming skills.

Well, if it is an app, I'd have to pinpoint it somehow as I have installed a few apps since the last time I checked my SD card via the computer.
As far as someone manually creating that folder...how do you mean? Someone taking my device and doing that? Impossible...the people at work don't know anything about my device, and my family knows less than that :eek:

funkylogik · Jul 3, 2015

^^too much this lol. I'd be lucky if my friends/family could make a call on my (unsecured) phone

scary alien · Jul 3, 2015

I think I found the dev for the app that must have put that folder there, Mike:

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(sorry, I couldn't help myself

)

Anyway, this is a tad weird...it must be a true copy of the Android folder because I tried to make a symlink of Android to a new ANDROYD folder on my N5 and it wouldn't do it (I get "function not implemented" since I'm guessing symlinks aren't allowed in an "SD card" (pseudo or not)).

Dunno.

Mikestony · Jul 3, 2015

scary alien said:
I think I found the dev for the app that must have put that folder there, Mike:

http://data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAkGBxISEhUUEhQVFhQSFBQVFBUUFBQUFBQVFBQWFxQVFBUYHCggGBolHBQUITEhJSkrLi4uFx8zODMsNygtLisBCgoKDg0OGBAQFCwcHBwsLCwsLCwsLiwsLCwsLCwsLCwsLCw3LCwsLCwsLCwsNywsLCssLCssNywsKywrLCwsLP/AABEIAJ8BPgMBIgACEQEDEQH/xAAcAAABBQEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAFAQIDBAYABwj/xAA+EAABAwIEAwUECAYCAgMAAAABAAIRAyEEBRIxQVFhBhMicZEygaGxFCNCUmKiwdEWU3KS4fAH0kOCFSQz/8QAGQEAAwEBAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQF/8QAIREBAQACAQUBAQEBAAAAAAAAAAECERIDITFBUQQiE5H/2gAMAwEAAhEDEQA/APNPpbeakGLbzQfSl0rTiWxgYpvNOGJbzQYNSwlxGxn6SzmE76SzmEF0roRxPY4MQzmnfSWcwgWldpS4DY99JZzThiWcwgEJEcBtovpDOacK7OYWbSBLge2nFZnMJe9bzCy89UsnmjgW2nfocIMQs/mWWht2kQoNZ5pWVL3v0RMdBQhTUsM48DB4xb1RehgmG8b8OCmq4gWA4cpRaqYhrMsJMSBzlKMuiZPoEUDSQNR0/wCea7S699jFijufGBtbBtjw7/NUX4Z3L4LRGhPwJC7F4aNjaLp6KxmIXQESxmAtqBJnhCHlkboSZK4BcVyCOYYNla73ULp2Ew4iUuIYOCRo4XQkhN0pgriFWcZKn0KN1OEBHCWEsJEiNIXAJxCQhAdCSUq5A2RcQnFIgbEQ1KWpwTpWxJMFhw50OMAAklXcvZQa/U6mazBILHONMEkWcXNvEqphnN8TXTDh7TY1NIMyJ3HMKxSytoGoV+8dFmtZUBjjqEfJIC+IyihUwjsRTb3bqdYU3tD3OYQ8EtILriIQU5a4gubcDcC5HVPxGMrNpDDizHP7x3hIc50QJncAKDCYh1N7TNxB8wU7oIWtTtCkruGp0cymykDdISFgT3JhKAaQmFPKbCDdC4NCcGpwagkJYFLSpjeNk4U11UwPelTkIa02VrD+CHRMHhf1Cr4Zt4i5+CJsy59RwFMGQLx+yzk9tp8Q4hne3DogcbWQlpcHRMhem5Z2Fc5o1uiRJVHPuxxokGmCQNzCfJp/jkAUqEgeMAx4p4dE51YabQTwHTmqmMwlYDbfjzTMBlpDXPc7YTHE+ae9s7Fylhhp8VzvP7oVmuCAFoHGyL4KqCNt+HRVs0aGmALEcfmEqVjLwlATyVYw1DVdFrNboMgBV6m5V0NgeSoE3SxOuhckJSSrJxTH7J8pAUqEEFMVl1QJlOBuo2ekJaUulWO8CSpWHAJbo1FbSkLU6SkKpJIS6VydKAZ9IPMru/dzUUJy0IWy2S2TxRTDhwa9wm2lsjrc/JUcBThg8pRCuS2nTAN3ankDfeGz/agw3OMW4cTaB707DNnfg0KHH43U004kucHFxG0fZClpOhrjzsnO5UPr1zqMG0pn0h3NMNyUmlFJKMU7mrVCtNjuqOlOpmCFNOUSY0p2hOoPEXTzVaqhoi0pWgqYEJvet5oIkFROCldXaRAO66iI3WedaYRPl+HJcPkvWOyeXNp0w4gancY4LzbKKfjHVerZY/wADgouXZ19HDdHqTlMMGKggqnRMDqieXOung6c+02xXbLsuSyaYuJ4WAXmWKwr2S0g/iHMcl9KP0vEdFjs/wCzdOoCWtGroryxc8kyeK4EklxiOAA2CmzGo4MEwY5gbLQ5llncg6hBb6G6yeLxJe6IiNv8rObZZ48ewNimiVdwY8IQ6qZKJ4QeEJ3w5/ZMU8xCqd2rdfdQOKrGdiqItTSnvcuZSVEbC4NTi1K1Boa7Iuq5VvE7KpKVIi4FLK4JAshISklNQDiuSSkSBoCkp0yUlKmSi9PAOazU7wg+yDu7qOitO5E9NsNHkn46Wu/paB/vvJUmGZ4mjqJ8t/kFFXxBLyYHiMyRYX/ympRxNInQ47EHhF+vNLiTppgc5Pqi+cCkWM0OJIA1SALneEEzJ9wOVvRWiW+1EBOhOalUGaubupsOxpcA6Y4xEx0la2hlNHQQGhzXgaawALgJ48jNpQGda2wSxC1FDBmiWlrbTILmh0EXuSLq1jHai6qGsBcYeGgCDG7RwlBsf3tlDVFlsMG5lJstbIMgtcA7feCdigub5WGgvpXYRMbkT+nyQYPg8IXDVIa0GL3JI3ACK43KK9Jjaj2FrH+y7cHzjY+ao5e67WEEh1RnP7wXt9TLwKT6dQaqVYnwm+m1nN6Ss87p1fn6XPbzHsrh3Pqj0XpuAbp3sAsZ2Oy/RWeD9gub+aAttisK4tIbss866uhjqXYkzEMsC5oJ4EgFFsGzry2grzitgmh0d3WqGRLmmInqVTwVWu2pIdXpmbBzptNlpj2m1ZW3s9c1lpgQbSOB6qvjHQ2Y67oJlmJxHcudVEkTBn7PGVn3dtCXlrqeocNJkx5LXlLEcePep+1NMOoPJ3An0uvIMU+NbuJMBen53njK1GqA0tdocYPG1wvLMyqDQBxmSsmPXsDXophfZCFlFMO7whFckNr7qCqLKesbqvWcrx8FTaDJVhwTMMLKWEBDCbClcFGSgIcRsq+lWcQNlBCkI4XQnuSaUFpHC6U8tXCmgkZXKRzU2EAVycUg/wCt9kAkQCZdHhBjhKsV63eOk7k8yYHvVNjFNRbf3J6O477r1Bwknk0x7xCHVquw/wBhLinEJ2EwTqj9YIMC4A2teyuQOMEjzVHGNIdcI7gKjW1AH3YSRZvO0xvCf2gy1rGk6ha9M/eHEKqkJwmCaaXeagXhwApxJI5wtTl9Om9rT9Gw4MX+qvPMys1llNzfFGmQC0kG9+C0uDzZ1N1QFwcdZBlu4EXhLGd2mWGsZfoqMsdB0U6BAE+Cmz3DzSuqinTFWPCSG1GgWAPh1QOsKg3Pgxwc6ADs0CXQPwiIUWL7Xh7XMbS8Lt9TomDNw0fqtP5Zj7sG7SHsINOxB8UCdgSOfAofiMJEFpbD7FoMweU9UHo9rXsaGNps0iRoOotIPSVQzLtLXqbHu28GU5DR63PvKz0bQ1sI6neDpJievKFHVY4S6RcwRv7+qxT8a87vd/cU1tVx+07+4pG2QosDgYvILwDuJuRyML1LNzTqBviHdksj4RBXzmKh1zOx+Wy9r7F5yzEYWXuHeMhjhaTps1xB5iFhldeXd+TLvo7BYcU6lRw+2+f8LT5fe5sPms5Tv6o/hSYAWOOXd3aG2YSmeCZi8M0bBTYOu0Nug2fZqWOuxxGmQ1kSSeEkgA+a7dziwkty0tOeDTcyJBBn9UIrdj8K+nLacEwdTSQ4RMX96t5VnFHuyXgt5h1i3oVfyfGNdTkdY3uOBRjZYecvxjMwyt1Oi8vOrQx8Odd0Fps48V4/XYXuJPEle09v8WG4erH3YH/tb9V5AGrO6jk/R20pnCdUjZarulI+jKNuVXe9QBpJU78OU+lTgKoRabITiuXFIGlR1GKRNcg1aqCfcoSrelJoB3SCoAkKkeyExwQRupIXJQxLoQDAmuCkJTUEKYUS6IBMEiTAkCf02U+CpGod7mfgNlJmbKdKox2HdqAZTcSbxU3PxTNbj4j7ROo+ZVruV1qKdUEu0mJHPpy5o9kYbh6hp4lr2B4Em4LCLtcWxdsi45JmS5k1r3Gs0OFRvicANVMtM06jJ4g8OMlUc2zOpXfqe8uMBuo7kDb3K9om/ZcfjgajnMAbJPsDS0dGA3AUDKFTEOaxpBebN1OgQLxKqBrnGG8NzyWgwGQGrQqVKRPeUHNt97w6jHIiLJeQr/8AxtemW9+4NptMah4g3lMgcVXaAJdOoaiGfiM3ctG3ORiMJVbUA71tO/DVBA1efNZioIa0ch8TdTjvarluSIqtySTuo1zkxxWiSucoqhTrlSMy+s72Kbz10mPVAVFwKJnKnAeIR5uFvcrOIyug0w2uXDSST3Tmw7g2Cbjr8FDa9Gz3GZJutV2NwFR1Ul0t0skTYmbCQr+TZI3DUu/fGupIp6h7DeLgPvFFexGEjvXyTrdYkQSB0WPUl026GP8AcjTZa6w6brUYMCyylDwvLesrT4R1guaPRvYUDYXGm0+0Rfmo3nU0gGJ4jdZt3Z+vr1DEvO9iGR74APxXZ0/CZNjuIyiiZdpBPAzPoFHhQWyOVlnMRhseyC19J19nNc0m/wB6THotBhHO0S+NUXjb1V56k8DKa9sR/wAnYqGMbxqPHoy5+MLAnZHf+RMdrxbWDak2/wDU65+ACzdRyykeb+jLeR9BymhQ4cKdyrTBG5RqRMcmCJJXJqNBxTCnSuhANTSE9wXAJBG614VVxklXa48JQ8pBy4lICkJQREsLpSoDUYzC1qn/ANjuNFKo7SC0eAHcAcdkOrPIB+a9Ab2qosyptGk5nfvfTOmJIDQA4uPDa3mvPsyrFxJMSTwVmrYZ0yy8nY9Am1mGYExxI+SsZfWDCSWh0iLnZWnY6CSABNzaeGwTkKqOGcJ0FpDiRB/UnyWz7H4h7HthxDfra7gLAwHBpPuHxWZZiSTcNs0uEcI2nnuj+WEtZiCTduGazlepvHqVcSz9Ql8lkm+p0bQ8+18bpaoMmR/o5Jcrr/R6kjhTfHFrpbABHETw6KCpiX1CS4zJJgAADUZMAbXKRoHEn3rQ5KxgIaKbCebm6yTx3QBrdVRjJDdT2Nk7DUQJK2WKwjKeDo1qbwHjWHiYMhxEj4IAjTw7YgtAPCGx7lVrthwbMNNuXFB8PiXuuXn1UzfG6zXuLSLtDj8lpuJMznBupug/aEjkRzlG+w/Z1tWm/EVBIY7TTadieLjzUWKqvLQKtBxYDbU0tEn7p3C3XZJwOHBgBjoEDYEAAx0lZ1phN1m+0uBLu5dwAqTyBEcE/IMMGs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(sorry, I couldn't help myself )

Anyway, this is a tad weird...it must be a true copy of the Android folder because I tried to make a symlink of Android to a new ANDROYD folder on my N5 and it wouldn't do it (I get "function not implemented" since I'm guessing symlinks aren't allowed in an "SD card" (pseudo or not)).

Dunno.

Dan Aykroyd....haha, yeah, good one Scary

. Seriously, good one!

Thinking about deleting that folder and seeing what happens, but sure would like to know why it appeared in the first place.

Mikestony · Jul 3, 2015

Funny, I cannot delete anything off of my external SD card via Root Explorer ......error due to the KK bug and external sd's.
I thought I had installed the fix for that....
This is odd...stand by...rebooting to TWRP and clearing dalvik and cache.

I could try it from the computer, but this error I'm getting with Root Explorer is odd (since I bypassed that with an SD fix for KK)

Edit: cleared dalvik/cache.
Tried again to delete the "ANDROYD" folder with Root Explorer..
Keep getting this error:

Ignore the "Better Battery Stats...." popup....the device was just rebooted....

Edit again: Plugged the device into the computer and deleted the "ANDROYD" folder...phone almost dead now from rebooting so many times

I'll check back tomorrow night to see if anything acts wonky...

Edit: even though I deleted the folder via the computer, it still shows on my external SD when viewed with Root Explorer.... (phone removed from computer and refreshed Root Explorer)

Edit: plugged back into computer...cannot see the folder via Windows Explorer but I can see it via Root Explorer on my device...
I'm done for the night...

funkylogik · Jul 4, 2015

And is it empty now? (in root explorer)

scary alien · Jul 4, 2015

funkylogik said:
And is it empty now? (in root explorer)

Yeah, I'm wondering if it was cached somehow in Root Explorer?

Hey Mike, can you try this from either an adb shell or from a Terminal Emulator app?

C:\Users\Scary Alien>adb shell (or from Terminal Emulator)

-- first, let's make sure we've got super powers

shell@hammerhead:/ $ su

- navigate to the "SD card" area

root@hammerhead:/ # cd /sdcard

- list all of the files/directories that start with a capital "A" (note that I manually created the below ANDROYD folder earlier)

root@hammerhead:/sdcard # ls -ald A*
drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 2015-07-04 10:40 ANDROYD
drwxrwx--- root sdcard_r 1971-01-05 14:33 Alarms
drwxrwx--x root sdcard_r 2015-07-04 10:39 Android

- create a work file in our normal Android folder so we can see if it then/also shows up in the ANDROYD folder structure

root@hammerhead:/sdcard # touch Android/hello-there.txt

- now, let's see where that file lives

root@hammerhead:/sdcard # busybox find -name 'hello-there.txt'
./Android/hello-there.txt

- it's just in the my Android folder where we expect; if your ANDROYD folder is a mirror or is somehow replicating the Android folder you might also see the hello-there.txt file there, too (still weird and scary)

root@hammerhead:/sdcard #

Mikestony · Jul 4, 2015

WOW, thanks for the help @scary alien !
In the process of trying to figure out this "ANDROYD" folder bit, I had an issue with being able to delete items from my external SD card (being a KK bug), so I had to figure that out first.....
Long story short, my sd card was on its last leg...I had a new one laying around, so I formatted it, transferred (via computer and a card reader) the files I wanted over to the new card and inserted in my phone.

Needless to say, I did not transfer over that weird "ANDROYD" folder, and so far so good. (KK can read/write/delete files)
I'll be checking it (the external sd) every day or two, to see if the folder re-creates itself....and if/when it does, I'll be sure to refer back to your post up there Scary

Much much thanks to you my friend!

electricpete · Jul 5, 2015

Weird. The messed up sd card certainly doesn't explain the Androyd folder. I guess it will remain a mystery.

Mikestony · Jul 5, 2015

electricpete said:
Weird. The messed up sd card certainly doesn't explain the Androyd folder. I guess it will remain a mystery.

Yeah, the SD card bit was a separate issue, now fixed... But that folder??--keeping my eyes on the SD card for a reappearance [emoji2]

Mikestony · Aug 16, 2015

Just an update...over a month later and no reappearance of that odd ANDROYD folder.

El Presidente · Aug 16, 2015

Are we putting this down to user error then?

Mikestony · Aug 16, 2015

El Presidente said:
Are we putting this down to user error then?

**reported for trollish posting**

lol, if I could recreate that error, I would just to find out what it was

El Presidente · Aug 16, 2015

scary alien · Aug 16, 2015

Hey Mike, if I made and app and sent it to you, would you run it?

Mikestony · Aug 16, 2015

scary alien said:
Hey Mike, if I made and app and sent it to you, would you run it?

I don't get it o_O

scary alien · Aug 16, 2015

Mikestony said:
I don't get it

Code:

package sa.mess.with.mike;

@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState)
{
 super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 runShellCommand ("mkdir /sdcard/ANDROYD");    // mess with my buddy Mike :)
}

Hee-hee!

Help "ANDROYD" folder on external sd card. Yes, that's right, "ANDROYD"

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