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[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
Hi everyone.. I've switched to SD MAid from Clean Master and I find it really better.. just a couple of questions:

- I see there is the possibility to include some folders in a filter, but after creating it and running the system cleanup, the folders I selected are still there.. is there an option to delete them? I want to get rid of the folders created by titanium backup. lucky patcher, lightflow..

- Is there a way to add other elements (folders, files) to and already created filter? If i name the filter like the old one, it creates another filter and doesn't add the files to the old one..

Thanks!

EDIT: F**K! I selected a folder anbd it deleted all my internal storage.. the folder was the lightflow folder, i wanted to test.. great :(
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
The default filters can't be edited.

You can edit your own custom filters, but the edited one will be saved as a new filter.

Keep both or delete the old one.

I might change that though in a future update, i originally found that very useful, but I'm not so sure about that anymore.

You don't directly select folders in the system cleaner, you create a filter and then add criteria to only target the desired folders/files.

Custom filter creation can be dangerous, that's why there are numerous warnings before you can access it.

Always check the details of created filters before running the first deletion with a custom filter.
[Android Apps and Games] _jordan_:
Fantastic app. Been using it for years.
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
!

Thanks for your answer.. I tried to create a filter and then add it in the system clean but no luck.. Here's what I did:

1) Went in the SD Maid file manager

2) Selected my files and folders (lucky patcher, viber, data, other folders and the .enref file)

3) Created a filter named SD Card with all those files and folders inside

4) Went to system cleanup and tapped on the filter icon.. i see my SD Card filter in blue color, checked it

5) Run a scan for the system cleanup, but my filter doesn't show up..

I see when creating a filter that there are a lot of options (empty, requires root, not empty, folder, file) etc.. what should I do?

Another thing.. should I select folders from "legacy" or from "0" folder in my nexus 5?

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: I solved all my problems.. I used the folders in "0" instead of "legacy" and now SD Maid works like it should.. deletes the folders and files i want without any problem! I'm so glad I bought this app, you deserve every cent! I even set up a scheduling to do all my tasks in the night.. AWESOME!!!
[Android Apps and Games] deom2i:
Guys,

SD Main deletes my camera picture stored in phone memory.

how can i revert it in settings?
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
[MENTION=608746]Dark3n[/MENTION] I tried to use the scheduling feature, but I noticed this morning that it didn't work as intended.. the system cleanup hung on a file and it didn't finish.. This morning I opened SD Maid, ran a system cleanupp manually and everything went fine.. What could the problem be?
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
There is a small difference between running a filter with "needs root" and without.

One of the pathes (either "0" or "legacy") is not visible with root. This also depends on whether you use SuperSu or SuperUser.

This probably also was a factor here.

All deletions are final. How did this happen?

Difficult to say. Is that behavior reproduceable?

Also note that the filename that is displayed, is the last filename that was successfully processed, not necessarily the file it got stuck on.
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
I don't know if I'm wrong, but it happens that sometimes the cleanup fails for some files.. When done normally it just skips those files, while when done with schedules it stucks there.. Maybe you could change the behavior to skip the files and go on..
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Without being able to reproduce this i have no idea where to start looking into it.

There is no difference in how the routines are executed between starting them in the UI and from the scheduler. Only the way they are triggered differs.

It could possibly relate to the notifications being stuck and not the actual process.

If this happens you open SD Maid, does it show as stuck in the UI too?
[Android Apps and Games] Vinsane:
Yes. Let it think for 8 mins and nothing :(

Tried a few times...reboot...clear cache etc. Same.
[Android Apps and Games] rycheme:
This is a fantastic app! It's found a couple of corpses for me. I like to try a lot of apps, but don't always keep them and like to have a tidy system :)

Thunderbolt ¡das BAMF!
[Android Apps and Games] pbarnum:
Is there a way to make it delete unused folders left from apps that are not installed any more? I have a very cluttered SD card and I don't want to delete a folder that might be important...
[Android Apps and Games] rycheme:
+1

Thunderbolt ¡das BAMF!
[Android Apps and Games] v941726:
+10. this would be a perfect addition to this app
[Android Apps and Games] ironlood:
This was the idea that I originally thought of (my thread may still be referenced in 1st post)

Dark3n decided to develop the app and has done great work so far. At the moment we will just have to see how the app unfolds in the future.

Smells like WINNING from my T-959 xda premium app
[Android Apps and Games] Anon9mouz:
no corpses for me but im wondering if he plans on making a widget for this bc that would be very great to have
[Android Apps and Games] s1l3nt:
nice app works great thanks for this
[Android Apps and Games] ironlood:
A button for the homescreen that is like a quick clean for android ... i like the sound of that. i will definetly send the idea to the developer.

Smells like WINNING from my T-959 xda premium app
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I'm back from my trip :-). After i have worked through a flood of emails i will see about the next update for SD maid.

Im not quite sure why its halting there, you could try give it more time, depending on your device speed and file amount it could take some time.

8 minutes are usually enough though.

Looking at your screenshot it seems to hang at the last step "temporary files".

You can disable it in settings for now.
[Android Apps and Games] Djay1809:
Good to have you back

Just Incredible
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Update released, v0.8 is out.

Hope you all like it and it works smooth for everyone.

Here is the Changelog
[Android Apps and Games] zodiaxe66:
Wow,it really clean system and delete old and new non useable files.

great and usefull app....5*......thanx "maid"
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Pushed a quick v0.8.1

I don't like myself doing updates so often, but if i know of an error i feel bad leaving it in for to long ;).
[Android Apps and Games] lakid06:
Help! I just used sd maid on my captivate running cog and the power and home button are no longer functioning. Any idea on how to fix it? or what could have caused it?
[Android Apps and Games] TheeAssassin:
This is a great idea, giving this a try. I hate my SD card clutter!
[Android Apps and Games] Harshwardhan:
This does not clean folders left behind by uninstalled apps. Can I just delete them manually ?
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
It is almost impossible for sd maid to cause this. I think its more likely that this is a coincidence. There is really no file that SD maid touches that would or could cause this.

To fix your problem:

Did you reboot? You can take the battery out or use apps like "Quick Boot" to reboot your phone.

If this fixes the button, use sd maid again to see if it really caused it. In the faint chance that it really caused this, please describe the exact steps you took and what files were deleted.

You can see the files by long pressing an item in the lists, or doing a deletion and pasting an exempt from the android debug log.

I know ;(. This is a highly requested feature. The problem is that there is no way ( or i have not found it yet) to safely (we really don't want to delete used folders) know which folder on the sdcard belongs to which app and if it is unused.

The only option i see so far is to have a service running that monitors the whole file system when a new app is installed. But i don't know if i want to do this yet, it might use to many resources and get to complex.

A slight variant of this, to delete empty folders, will be included in one of the next version.

You can safely delete any folder on the sdcard except "Android" if you are certain that you don't need the contents anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Just pushed v0.8.2.

Nothing major mostly cosmetics and fixes in behavior.

You can view the full change log from inside the app now.

I have some ideas for cleaning individual apps, something like a list that lets you clean google maps cache, browser cache, widget caches, games caches, etc. one by one or all at once.

Also ironlood is working on some new icons for the menu :-), to be included in future versions.

Check the first post, i'm looking for beta testers.
[Android Apps and Games] eizonuts:
thanks for making this. the macOSX temp files really gets on my nerves!
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
I don't know, since the problem occurred two times in a row I chose not to run the tasks automatically and do it manually.. Will see later if I can reproduce it, but as far as I remember if I clicked on the stuck notification nothing happened..
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
[MENTION=608746]Dark3n[/MENTION] tried again this night and everything worked as intended.. The only thing that changed is that I didn't select to clean app cache (app cleanup).. Thanks again for your great software! You know what's missing? A widget or a button on the app to perform all the tasks we selected in the schedule in one click ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
If experimental features are turned on there is currently a button in the scheduler to run it immediately.

It is intented just for testing, but it does exactly what you described.
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
Now i can say that this app is perfect! You deserve the money we spent :D
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Those who want to test beta v3.0.2.9 should take a look here :).
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
Nice addons mate!
[Android Apps and Games] hollywoodtocome:
sd maid problems

Hi. Ever since i installed sd maid, my camera has been freezing up, and most of my gallery pics are all blacked out and wont pull up. Anyone can help me? I think its due to sd maid, but could it be something else?
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
Unless you deleted some system file with SD maid it's not related to this app..
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
The black gallery images are possibly a corrupted thumbnail database. Clear the thumbnail files then look for an app called media storage something, reset it to install status. Then it should be fixed, maybe reboot.

If the gallery stays empty you have to trigger a media scan. You can use the Explorer in the latest beta, select your images and choose force media scan.

It can be related to thumbnail cleaning but doesn't have to be. In any case this should fix it.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
SD Maid Beta v3.0.3.0 just left the nest :).

For those not in the beta community, here.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Beta V3.0.3.1 makes people with unrooted devices happy :

https://plus.google.com/116634499773478773276/posts/BqBrcMSCoAK
[Android Apps and Games] -CALIBAN666-:
nice update,last 2% german strings are translated,greeeeetz
[Android Apps and Games] karanrajpal14:
Can someone help me with creating a custom filter? I have an apk manager app. It's created a cache on my sdcard in which it caches the icons. I want to create a filter that removes the png files present in /sdcard/apkmanager/cache

I did try fiddling with the custom filters but it didn't work. I'd appreciate some help. Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Didn't test it, but something along:

- User readable

- Is File

- Basepath "/storage/emulated/0/apkmanager/cache/"

- Name ends with ".png"
[Android Apps and Games] karanrajpal14:
That worked. Thank you so much! Custom filters are so useful :D
[Android Apps and Games] luqman98:
I will complete the Malay translation in holidays in next week (hopefully as I'm busy with exams now)...

1. Love doesn't need any reason.

2. Wanna speed up 3G (not 4G LTE)?

Here it is:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2586876

3. My blog

4. Press the thanks button if I really helped/assisted you.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
SD Maid Beta v3.0.3.2 (332) :)
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
v3.0.3.2 has been put into staged rollout out,

https://plus.google.com/116634499773478773276/posts/EBRtzphx2he

If you already have the beta, it's the same apk, so you will not see an update.
[Android Apps and Games] aswinrulez:
i installed SD maid today and im finding it very useful but i have few things to clarify

1.When clicked databases it showed me a bunch of them which can be optimized so i clicked the database icon on the top right corner to optimize all and it did but if i refresh again it shows the same items as before. Even if i try to optimize on at a time after refresh it will show a lot of dbs. Is it supposed to be liek that?Are my dbs cleaned?

2.Corpsefinder shows folder which i set as download path for files downloaded using adownloader. I still use adownloader to download torrents. I have send a report.Please check into that.

3.In appcontrol when i try to toggle autostart for many apps,the service name or whatever that shows is com.urbanship.CoreReceiver. For more than one app. I thought it would be different for each app. So anyways i turned it off for the apps. Will turning the service off in one app affect other ones?

Edit: Im having rooted nexus 5 running purity rom 08/05 with franco kernel r50
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
@1: If you click a DB and afterwards its gone, nothing could be optimized. Otherwise if something could be done it will either display in red if the size increased or in green if the db size was smaller afterwards. So if you act on all databases and the list is empty afterwards, nothing could be improved.

@2: Will be fixed with v3.0.3.3, there was another app that used the same folder.

@3: Not sure what you mean here.
[Android Apps and Games] aswinrulez:
For 1 here is the case.I click databses it shows up like this

Then once i optimize it shows up like this below

If i refresh now it will show the first image.Is it supposed to show up like that?Is the db optimized?

Now regarding #3.If i click toggle autostart for Dictionay premium app it will show "com.urbanairship.CoreReceiver" and the ON. For FoodPanda app also it shows the same thing. Is the same thing supposed to be shown for both?Is it ok to click OFF for these?Will turning it off for one app affect other apps which shows the same "com.urbanairship.CoreReceiver"

Btw thanks a lot for replying to my queries :)
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Read what i wrote regarding databases again. Yes its supposed to be like that.

#3: If the applications are completely unrelated it should not show the same autostart receivers. I've tried it on my device and could not reproduce such an issue. If possible show me a few screenshots.
[Android Apps and Games] aswinrulez:
For 1 thanks a lot. Sorry i didnt understand it at first :D

For the 3rd,i tool screenshot of multipel apps and kinda put together just the message
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Doesn't looks like a bug, more likely that those 3 apps all use the "Urban Airship Android Library".

Also for explanations:

http://sdmaid.thedarken.eu/help

But its still a work in progress.
[Android Apps and Games] aswinrulez:
So turning it off in one app wouldnt affect other apps which use the same library right?
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Yes it doesn't affect them.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
v3.0.3.3 changes SD Maids startup routine to be faster and a fix superuser prompt issue.

Instead of initializing root and busybox during startup it is now done later in an "on demand" fashion.

Feedback is very welcome :).
[Android Apps and Games] :
On my device (SGS4 I9506) there seems to be a little problem with the Explorer component. It does not show the entire contents of /system/app (checked against other file managers). It lists only files from A to C. All other components are running very smooth and fast. Thanks for this great app. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
That sounds like a weird bug.

Are you using SD Maid v3.0.3.3?

Is your device rooted?

Is there anything weird about the files from D to Z ?

Do you know how to record a logcat?
[Android Apps and Games] :
a) I'm on SD Maid v3.0.3.3 but i have noticed it already on current PlayStore version.

b) My device is rooted.

c) I can see apk files from a to c + SuperUser.apk and thats the end of the list.

d) i can record a locat

Greetz
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Create a folder called "verbose_sdm" on your sdcard, then download this: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nolanlawson.logcat

Start a log recording, then open SD Maid (make sure it was not running previously), go to the Explorer and visit the directory in question.

Stop the recording and mail me the log (It might contain stuff you don't want to share publicly) :).
[Android Apps and Games] :
logcat snippet is on the way per mail to your PlayStore support address
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
The issue is related to your system busybox.

Normaly SD Maid uses its own busybox, but due to restrictions on stock samsung devices (KNOX and such... f you Samsung...) this is not possible.

So it tries the next best thing, it checks wether it can use an existing busybox in your system.

According to the log you have "BusyBox v1.21.1-linusyang"

Now the compatibility check is not very exensive, and it is possible that there is a flag that SD Maid needs, but this busybox just does not support.

Further down the log though when testing the busybox with a combination of find/xargs/stat it throws a "Segmentation Fault".

This sounds a little worse than just not supporting all commands, just not be a stable busybox.

Possible solutions:

- Install a different busybox.

- Or delete the current one (then SD Maid will try two more steps to get it working, 1 inject its busybox into a temporary filesystem, or 2 copy its busybox additionally into the system)

- Or replace the system busybox with SD Maid busybox, it doesn't have all applets, but the basic ones for file operations.

Also before you replace that binary, could you mail it to me? I might want to check it later see if i can improve SD Maids busybox test.
[Android Apps and Games] :
Yepp, changing busybox does the trick. I will send my old busybox binary for analysis tomorrow via mail. Great job. Thanks. :)

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9506 mit Tapatalk 2
[Android Apps and Games] :
I briefly want to report that changing to BusyBox On Rails (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.timos.busyboxonrails) has led to SD Maid copied his own busybox.sdm next to it. Now everything is working fine.

Have you already had time to have a look at the binary i sent to you?
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Nope. Will be some time before i look at it, not a huge priority for me atm.

If SD Maid copied its own busybox there it means that the compatibility check has determined that the "busybox on rails" is incompatible.

Copying the busybox there is always a last resort measure as it's not very "clean".

It's checked each time you launch SD Maid, if another approach starts working it will remove its injected busybox.

This state has no impact on SD Maids performance.

If you did not choose this for a specific reason you could try this one. Last time i checked it was compatible.

The compatibility issues are usually with certain flags that are not supported. Certain flags for xargs/find/ls are not on by default when building a busybox, but SD Maid needs them.
[Android Apps and Games] :
OK, but the busybox you suggest was exactly the one i installed before (and the binary i sent to you).
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I doubt that though, according to the log the busybox found in the system was tagged with "BusyBox v1.21.1-linusyang" while stericsons busyboxes are usually tagged something like "BusyBox v1.21.1-Stericson".
[Android Apps and Games] :
I finnaly found out that i have installed Stericson's BusyBox Installer from FDroid repository. Therefore the busybox found in the system was tagged with "BusyBox v1.21.1-linusyang". After installing the PlayStore version everything went fine and SD Maid sates "BusyBox v1.21.1-Stericson" whithout any injection of busybox.sdm. Even the Explorer now works as it should.
[Android Apps and Games] Spirt51:
LG p970 + SD Maid = HOME button not working

After cleaning at LG p970 4.0.4 Home button doesn't work!!!
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I don't think this is related to SD Maid.
[Android Apps and Games] rbird2:
SD Maid not on Amazon App Store?

Your "SD Maid" app is not on the Amazon App store.

I have some credit at the Amazon App Store and want to buy your app.

Please add SD Maid to the Amazon App store.

Thank you,

Rodger
[Android Apps and Games] pakitos:
I went to check the Spanish (Mexico) and pushed some updates in String and Description!

Now I wish I had PRO :(

Keep it up, loving the App!
[Android Apps and Games] kiul:
great app! thanks sir :good:
[Android Apps and Games] Spirt51:
No? it's. in 4pda I found a user with a similar problem. He says that helped only firmware is reinstall.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I've added SD Maid to XDAs DEVDB.

I cleaned up the first post and updated the description.

You can now also leave SD Maid a review on XDA if you like.

SD Maids latest stable version is now v3.0.3.4 and is currently being rolled out into production.

Grab it directly here, heres the changelog.
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
Scheduled clean doesn't seem to work with Android 4.4.3 (Purity rom).. I scheduled a task for 5am but when I wake up all the files are still there.. It worked great with purity 4.4.2..
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Can't confirm that, just tried it and it works fine.

Can you produce it?
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
I just noticed I had another busybox installed.. I installed stericson busybox, let's see if it fixes it.. Will report back tomorrow ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
What did SD Maid say in the Overview?
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
That's SD Maids internal busybox and according to the overview it works fine.

SD Maid won't try to use your system busybox so installing one or a different one won't matter.

A system busybox will only be used when the internal one doesn't run correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
Ok, I tried again and still scheduled tasks don't work.. What can I do?
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Schedule it for a few minutes in the future and have a log recording running with an app like this:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nolanlawson.logcat

If you have Android 4.4, wait at least another 3 min after the target time before aborting the log if it doesn't start.

Then mail me that log.
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
Well this is odd.. I scheduled a task and it worked now.. But if I schedule it in the night, when I wake up the folders are still there not deleted.. Will try again this night!
[Android Apps and Games] Vagelis1608:
I think that SD Maid fails to get a CPU wakelock on your ROM at night, because your phone is at deep sleep and your ROM doesn't allow the wakelock to preserve battery.

Can anyone confirm?

Sent from my GT-I8320 [CM7.2]
[Android Apps and Games] carlese:
I tried again this night but nothing happened.. So maybe it's like that.. I remember I had this problem with an earlier version of SD Maid and it was somehow fixed..