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[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Awesome app I am using since my gs2.

I just wonder if it would be possible to add an include option (yes exclude exists ;) ) for app cleaning as it would be more straightforward when you have plenty apps and just want to clean the big f****ers only...

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] tetakpatak:
Dear [MENTION=608746]Dark3n[/MENTION], I would just like to inform you about something:

I am using dark UI versions of many Google applications (like Hangouts YouTube Play Store etc) made by the fellows from the Team Black Out thread.

The modified versions are flashed usually as zips in the recovery mode.

My SD Maid (pro, the newest ver) wasn't able to remove old versions of those applications when I needed to delete the old versions to flash the update ones, the apps were simply invisible for the SD Maid (yes, I have used proper settings and I could see all other system applications). Same thing on all my devices (running on KK or LP)

I could remove the old versions off those apps with TB app just as usually.

I'm not complaining - in contrary, I really love this application - I just wanted to report this, for the case that it isn't normal, or desired behavior.

With earlier SD Maid versions I never had this kind of situation.

Greetings! [emoji112]
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Statistics

If you are looking for all the details, record debug log while running something:

https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Reporting-a-bug#debugrun-log

Almost everything is "possible", but this would require quite a lot of work.

If you just want to remove specific files, you could create a system cleaner filter for it.

This doesn't sound normal.

Please make a ticket and provide a debug log of the AppControl scan.

What was the last version where this worked?
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Sorry i quoted the whole answer, but about the include, yes i indeed can do it via system cleaner filter (never dig into it TBH).

I understand an include option would be rather difficult to add.

So why not add while long pressing a file when in details for it (after performing an app cleaner operation) an option to add the path (which point to the cache directory of the app) directly to the system cleaner filter tab?

This should be easier to implement and would be much more user friendly than having to enter the full path in the filter IMHO :)
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
A direct context action in every other tools details view that creates system cleaner filters is messy.

I don't think your use case is so common that it would warrant that.

The explorer as general file tool already supports creating a system cleaner filter so a redirection from details views to the explorer makes more sense.

It would solve your problem and make way for future actions too, just add them to the explorer.
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Can you explain how to create system cleaner filters from the Explorer as i couldn't find in the option menu such item (just see the exclude option).

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Explorer#create-filter

https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Explorer#actions
[Android Apps and Games] tetakpatak:
Pity I didn't do it immediately, before I have flashed the updated Hangouts & YouTube. I promise to do it instantly if the problem reoccurs ever again.

At this point, it is hard to say if the issue really was related to the SD Maid app. It was quite long time ago when Google inforced the update for the last time, thus my updated version of the Hangouts and YouTube where force closing anyway and I had to completely remove them before flashing the new versions.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
If something seems weird, I don't mind people just making a ticket.

I'd rather close a few unrelated tickets, than miss fixing a bug :).

TiBu showing the apps but SD Maid not certainly sounds like a bug (if you have System Apps enabled in SD Maid).

I wonder if we should remove the "Show System Apps" setting? The initial idea was to prevent people from doing stupid things...
[Android Apps and Games] Namoi:
Thanks, it wasn't enabled in the settings hence i couldn't see it.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
@Dark3n: Just for your information. SD Maid Pro v4.4.1 is nicely running on Resurrection Remix N v5.8.0.
[Android Apps and Games] B3311:
[MENTION=608746]Dark3n[/MENTION] - I said a while ago that I'd do a Norwegian translation for you. Sorry, I haven't had time - real life has been busy and borderline chaos lately.

If you still want it I'll have time this weekend. But... do you/SD Maid really need it ? I don't think so.

Trust me on this - any Norwegian who is savvy enough to use your app understands English perfectly well. I got my son, who is 12 and completely bilingual, to show the app settings in English to some of his classmates. They're not bilingual but have been learning English at school since they were 8. They understood everything , no problems at all.

I often say that Norwegians don't speak English half as good as they think they do - true to a certain extent. But tech-wise - they get it. Hope any lurking Norwegians agree (maybe not with the bit about their English - beklager, min mening [emoji12]) .

I'm English, been here 18 years, and dream exclusively in Norwegian, may God have mercy on me..
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Real life first! No worries.

I still wan't it but maybe I'm wrong about needing it. It's good to hear that proficiency in english is high.

I'm not concerned about younger generations though, rather 50+ or so.

I've got many older german users who I wouldn't call "tech-savy", but they still enjoy the app, though can't handle the english help documents.

My analytics only show me country numbers though, I only get details regarding age and english proficiency from occasional support mails.

I guess the only way to find out is to translate it and then compare it against the previous month ;)?

You don't have to spend your whole weekend translating. Even a 1-2 strings a day would be cool.
[Android Apps and Games] B3311:
Understand completely. As a 50+ year old fart myself, the easier option is useful, if only to save my waning brainpower to deal with other things (a painful evening fixing the dishwasher last week being a prime example).

I'll look at it again on Saturday. And don't believe all your analytics - I'm 46 according to Google[emoji12]
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
I'm becoming 61 next year but I don't care if something is written or explained in English. And despite my age I'm happy not only to use my cell phone and my computers but to modify them to my needs...;):o
[Android Apps and Games] Cookie Ninja:
50 myself! All oldies unite!!!!

Dead Cookies leave no trails...
[Android Apps and Games] vagsvag:
53 here
[Android Apps and Games] KaMyKaSii:
[MENTION=608746]Dark3n[/MENTION] I like to copy photos/videos from WhatsApp/Telegram to a particular folder, but I also like to keep those media in their original folders so that they also appear in their app's chat. But I find your app's feature of deleting duplicate files quite useful but in the current system or I lose the files in the original folder or in the folder where I leave them all organized. So by me and by other possible users with similar needs, could you add an option to add exception folders in the duplicates tool? Whatever your response, thank you for your incredible work
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
[MENTION=6450691]KaMyKaSii[/MENTION] Something like this? https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Exclusions
[Android Apps and Games] KaMyKaSii:
Now I feel like an idiot, I was not aware of this function. Thank you very much!
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Maybe the design is not optimal, if you have suggestions for how I could make the availability of this feature more obvious, please let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
v4.5.0 BETA

@Dark3n: v4.5.0 BETA is running perfectly on Samsung GT-i9305's with Resurrection Remix® M v5.7.4 (MM 6.0.1_r66) and

Resurrection Remix® N v5.8.0-1 (Nougat 7.1.1_r4). No benchmarks; however, my personal impression SD Maid is performing even faster than before.:D

Great job!:good: Thanks a lot!

Please allow me to partially quote the OP:

Is this your birthday (31st Dec 1969) or a typo?
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
I think that is some- type of null or default original date that creeps into android when ROM is flashed (in my case)...or something like that. I see the same date with time stamp of 7:00pm in the properties of various partition or links (eg external sd card at /sdcard1) that were created when I flashed the ROM. Now that I'm checking deeper I see other system folders with date of Mar 1, 1970.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
I know current version is v4.5.0 why I titled my post this way.

Regarding your questions:

I personally don't see any benefits from the "activity manager"; however, there are certainly guys who are interested in having these shortcuts on their homescreens.

Despite certainly having root "Move to SD Card" didn't work (yet) for me. Still need to explore more thoroughly why the respective app wasn't moved.

---------- Post added at 15:15 ---------- Previous post was at 15:14 ----------

I quoted the OP of this thread; nothing regarding something on my device.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
A debug log of the SD Maid executing the action would be good.
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
I was just making sure people who might not have understood the joke about birthdays understood that the date you mentioned is a common default date ;).
[Android Apps and Games] SuperSandro2000:
Move to external SD does not work for me either. If I remember I take a log later.

App Control takes almost double the time now and if you reopen the scanning via the notification it will loop rescanning.

Do you use the native android method for moving apps? Cause most apps that add accounts or run at startup don't work with that.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
I've just opened a ticket on Github. Catlog and two screenshots attached to this ticket.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Thank you. <3 Tickets

https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/issues/614

I could get some info (see ticket).

On a side note:

A catlog is not the same as a "debug log" from SD Maid.

Catlog is an app that records androids "logcat", which is the main system log.

By default SD Maid does not print much information into because why do it if no one will look at it (spammy, wasted resources).

Only events of type "Warning" and higher are printed.

Catlog can be used, but first SD Maids debug level needs to be increased so the information we need is actually being printed into the logcat buffer.

Do that by entering the debug menu (long press settings entry), and change the debug level to "2".

Now force stop SD Maid, start catlog and reopen SD Maid. Now everything SD Maid does will be in the catlog recording.

Alternatively, because catlog/logcat requires root on newer devices, a debug run can be iniated for SD Maid. This includes changing the debug level to "verbose", but also tells SD Maid to write anything that would be written into the logcat buffer, into its own file. The advantage is that this is possible without root, the disadvantage is that we can only see debug info from SD Maid, not from the system.

In case of the "move to sdcard" bug, recording the actual logcat buffer (e.g. through catlog), is better, because we might see interesting errors from the system.

Which we did, a system error is visible in the log, but we can't reconstruct what steps and decisions SD Maid made up until that point.

In this case the error from the system says "Move location not mounted private volume". So now we should ask whether SD Maid uses wrong parameters for the move (the move action itself is a system function) or whether this is a circumstance where move is not possible and SD Maid should not have offered to force it. A debug log (SD Maid in verbose mode) would show us what SD Maids view of your devices storage is and whether we could use what SD Maid already knows to detect situations where this error would occur and thus not offer the "move" action.
[Android Apps and Games] Thebear j koss:
[MENTION=608746]Dark3n[/MENTION] yes catlog /matlog is more extensive and yes it can be exhausting if not used correctly, should close application, restart app, catch f/c or whatever issue, open-start catlog, pause immediately after it starts writing. Expand log, and then filter for application with issue and saved. Just an fyi for users that love to post 4 page logs in threads of their issue. But teamed with sd card maid's debug log and any other pertinent info, especially if you have any custom changes to your ROM or system, always helps devs out and makes things as easy as possible. I have been a tester of numerous applications, themes, ROMs, etc and just learning the basics of logging, whether debug, system, or logcat is something i cannot stress enough to users to understand. A lot of the stuff you can pay no mind to, but finding errors, fatals, etc. and just having the basics down on how to post them is key to being a tester for anybody on android. Thank you for this great app, i am a long time user and have never had any issue that wasn't found and fixed asap and i always have complete trust in sdcard maid doing what it is supposed to. It definitely is a huge help on my nexus 7 2013 which has minimal storage capacity, while clearing out the junk and leftovers that are just eating space. Thanks again for this great app and the fantastic support to us users. ðŸ‘ðŸ»

Those who cannot*remember*the past*are condemned to repeat it. The Dark Ages have returned...
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
Updated the above linked ticket with two SD Maid log files; one from a Samsung GT-i9305 running Resurrection Remix (RR) 5.7.4 (MM 6.0.1), and the other from a GT-i9305 running RR 5.8.0-1 (N 7.1.1). Both have the issue with the "Move to SD Card". Hoping the files are going to support you.

EDIT: @Dark3nwas easily able to isolate the reason for mentioned issue. It'd only work if I'd "declared" my external storage partially or totally as adoptable storage. This developer really cares about his application and his customers!:good::)
[Android Apps and Games] Jess182:
Solved
[Android Apps and Games] kos25k:
thanks to this fantastic app,i never make a f.reset more!!!my phone/tablet are flying!!!
[Android Apps and Games] bgdrls:
In last 4.5.0 beta, appControl during start is in queue almost 10 sec, before start loading apps. Don't know it's a bug, or should be like that.

He use to be much faster in previous versions.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
"In queue" means that the AppControl task didn't start yet. So it's either waiting for other tools to finish (if multiple tools are working), or it's waiting for the base setup task (root/permissions/binaries/storagedetection) to complete. If you think there is an issue please make a ticket and include a debug log so I can see what takes so long.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
SD Maid v4.5.2 should fix all the bugs you guys previously mentioned.

Thanks for the reports!

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues﻿
[Android Apps and Games] IronTechmonkey:
Get on up! You are one of the "hardest working men in show business" and I for one love the details and analysis you share. Cheers!
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
SD Maid v4.5.4, holiday bug fixes!

Want to go into production before the 24th :).

Probably staged rollout later today.

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues﻿
[Android Apps and Games] iceman004:
Is SD Maid is open source?
[Android Apps and Games] Citizen_Snips:
GitHub is listed in OP;

https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public

It's that what you're looking for?
[Android Apps and Games] :
None of the SD Maid versions I tested so far are working in MEMu App Player (Android 5.1.1 emulator). All I can see are green spinning circles, and this for minutes, hours ... The app never comes to an end.
[Android Apps and Games] Oswald Boelcke:
@Dark3n: v4.5.4 is working like a charm (as all previous versions before). Great job!

Wishing all Merry Christmas.

http://xdaforums.com/member.php?u=608746
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
[MENTION=5828527]iceman004[/MENTION] SD Maid is not open-source. If you have specific questions though, just ask.

I'd say SD Maid is open for drinks, meaning that if you are not a crazy person and you'd buy me a drink, I'd let you audit the code on my laptop :).

[MENTION=1890170]jwoegerbauer[/MENTION] So SD Maid hangs during setup of base conditions, the most common cause for this is SD Maid waiting for an answer from a superuser application. For further troubleshooting, please provide a debug log: https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Reporting-a-bug#debugrun-log
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
v4.5.5 is currently in rollout to production.

Fixes the duplicate list data bug in AppControl and a hang when vacuuming databases without the option "skip running apps".

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues﻿
[Android Apps and Games] Icetea:
"CorpseFinder" hangs after starting on my device! V4.5.5! Older version 4.4.1 PRO works as expected. Lollipop 5-0-2
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Debug log please.
[Android Apps and Games] Icetea:
it's me again. :)

tried the v 4.5.5 again. But after starting the app, section "corpse finder" it needs a lot more time to finish first scan! (in queue) 4x longer than with 4.4.1!

don’t ask for debug log, because i’m to stupid to generate it:p!

is it possible (and save) to try older versions from here (http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/darken/sd-maid/) to find the last error free working version?

deutsch:

habs nochmals probiert mit 4.5.5. Nach start von "Leichenfinder" steht 4x länger als in der alten Version 4.4.1 "in Warteschleife" bis der erste Scan beendet ist!

edit:

have allowed using internet for this app now. It seems to be better than. Really strange!!:D
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
If it says "In queue" during the delay, it shouldn't be related to a specific tool, but happen with all tools.

It's possible that a timeout during the update check is causing the delay.

If you want me to look into it, please provide a debug log.
[Android Apps and Games] Icetea:
as i wrote before, i am not able to do without more information! Please explain, what i have to do for it!
[Android Apps and Games] kyzn:
Had you spent that time googling how to create a logcat, you'd have better help by now. It's the first search result in Google. Information is readily available on the internet if only you were willing to put in the effort.
[Android Apps and Games] Icetea:
THX!

i think, it has need the same time to teach me, as to give me the right explanation!

A link would have been enough.

You are so kind!:p

* ignore list +1 *
[Android Apps and Games] rignfool:
Give a man a fish...
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I would argue that the information is readily available and a quick Google search is neither much effort nor difficult.

https://www.google.com/search?q=SD+Maid+report+a+bug

https://www.google.com/search?q=SD+Maid+bug+report

https://www.google.com/search?q=SD+Maid+debug+log

https://www.google.com/search?q=SD+Maid+how+to+report+a+bug

At least for me (even in private mode), the correct link is the first result:

https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Reporting-a-bug

a little bit lower on the page are the instructions for recording a log:

https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Reporting-a-bug#debugrun-log

Anyways, first update of 2017: SD Maid v4.5.6.

Finds more stuff, handles file date related edge cases better and is a little bit faster when accessing clutter data.

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues
[Android Apps and Games] Sebastian05067:
This app has tasker plugin?
[Android Apps and Games] Icetea:
THX!

ok, i have removed this 4.5.5/6.

the old version has to do the job now!

see 3. of my signature!:good::D
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Made a mistake during refactoring. AppControl crashes when uninstall or resetting apps... :(

Here is v4.5.7:

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
SD Maid v4.5.8 likely fixes the initialization delay when firewalling SD Maid and also fixes the SystemCleaner filter for `/data/system/dropbox` which broke in v4.5.5 when I added support for `/data/system_ce` and `/data/system_de`.

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues﻿

[MENTION=6302705]Sebastian05067[/MENTION] It has no Tasker plugin at the moment.

I'm also currently discussing the addition of an extra corpse filter for `/data/sdext2` (Link2SD/Apps2SD), if you can contribute some logs, check out: https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/issues/674
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
SD Maid v4.5.9 with a few more fixes that prevented v4.5.8 from making it into production.

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog

http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues﻿
[Android Apps and Games] tkalli:
Thanks, been using SDMaid since day one. Been a while since I posted.

:)
[Android Apps and Games] josephpatrick:
How exactly do i find recent modified files, in the last 5 min for e.g., noticed option of using days but not minutes, is there a way to check everything that a specific apk installation did to the system when installed
[Android Apps and Games] donjoe0:
Is my memory playing tricks on me or was SDMaid able to enable/disable starting apps at boot, as well as individual services being started by apps? I didn't need to use SDMaid all the time but I installed all updates coming out for it and now it feels like it's lost some powerful functionalities that it used to have. (Pro version here, so that's not the issue.)
[Android Apps and Games] Mesmurized:
App Control tab / Receiver Manager ?!!?
[Android Apps and Games] donjoe0:
Yes, and then?...

Start-at-boot used to be separately controllable, now it only seems to be controllable under Receiver Manager, where I find the BOOT_COMPLETED intent lumped in with other intents associated with the same receiver. All I can do is disable that receiver, but I don't want to block the reception of anything other than BOOT_COMPLETED.

And where are the service controls for each app? (If I even remember correctly that they used to be available before SDMaid was majorly redesigned.)
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
[MENTION=5184108]donjoe0[/MENTION]

What everyone calls "autostart" or "start-at-boot" are BroadcastReceiver components that react to the BOOT_COMPLETED Intent which the system broadcasts.

The broadcasts can't be prevented and you can't unregister a BroadcastReceiver only from specific Intent's. Deactivating "Autostart" works by disabling the receiver, very similar to how complete apps can be disabled.

If a receiver was registered for multiple Intent's, well tough luck.

This is how all apps work that offer this functionality, including SD Maid v3. v3 showed all receivers that are at least registered for the BOOT_COMPLETED Intent, but they may been registered for more.

So the "Receiver Manager" in SD Maid v4 does exactly what you want and what it did in SD Maid v3, except it now shows more details and gives more choice :).

Enabling/Disabling Services was never available, but if you make a GitHub ticket and can describe a good usecase, I might add it. Could fit well into current functionality.