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[Android Apps and Games] djxpress:
I installed this app a few days ago. Loved it so much, I got the paid version. However, I had to restore my phone to factory default. I backed up this app with the free version of Titanium Backup. After wiping the phone, I went back to the Android market to redownload this app. After it installed, I couldn't find the icon anywhere. The Android market said it downloaded and installed, but there was no "open" tab, the one that's usually on the top left of the Android market, there is only listed the "uninstall" tab.

I also tried to restore from Titanium Backup, which says that it's been restored, but there is no open tab listed through Titanium Backup either. I cannot find the shortcut/app anywhere on my phone?
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I'm happy to hear you like my app :-), thanks for supporting my work.

The Unlocker just has to be installed, you don't have to start it by hand.

That's why there is no shortcut / open button for it.

If you start the free version, and the Unlocker is installed, it will detect it, use it to ask google if the app is bought, save the result and unlock the pro features. After that the unlocker won't be started again, but has to stay installed (it is only 34KB big).

Were you only confused by the missing open button / shortcut or did the pro features not unlock?
[Android Apps and Games] djxpress:
Thanks, that helped. It seems I just installed the unlocker and not the actual app! Installed the app and I'm back to running this great program!
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I'm glad to hear that, just send me an email if you have further questions ( or post in this thread, but emails usually work better ).
[Android Apps and Games] sakura_candy:
just purchased the unlocker (gave me an extra gig, yay!), noticed a few features I would like to see (if you have the time to make them~)

1. in "Duplicates", have an option to show only checksum+filesize clones. It's really great to find out I have 5 copies of the same ebook stored in various random directories (how did that happen...?), but it's kind of confusing to flick through the piles of images and stuff first

2. and if it's possible, can we have (optional?) scrolling text for the file path of the selected node? I really would like to see the entire path without longpress->details for every single one.

Or just enable landscape view?

3. does app cleaner clean up leftover downloaded game files from uninstallations? I cleaned up some stuff manually before remembering to download sdmaid, so I can't really check now...
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I'm happy to hear you like my app :-).

Might have some spare time over the holidays.

All shown files sets are exactly the same, determined first through filesize and then confirmed by checksums.

Do you mean filter by file type?

Check the settings, you can select what files types to show (i.e. only pdf files).

I can definitely take a look at scrolling text for the path.

Landscape view is enabled, if you turn your device, and orientation is enabled in your system, sd maid will switch view and stretch to landscape mode, which will show more of the filepath.

Depends where the files are stored, the app cleaner will take a look through all the apps cache directories.

If you mean left over files from market downloads, the system cleaner can take care of that.

Random files in /mnt/sdcard/AWESOMEGAME/*, can only be cleaned manually.

There is just no way to know what directory belongs to what app on /mnt/sdcard/, so only solution would be to gather data myself and from users, and make my own database.
[Android Apps and Games] sakura_candy:
Thanks for the info!

Um, sorry about that, I was messing with settings that day and auto-rotation was turned off. Just noticed landscape mode works this morning.

Yep, <3 this feature!

I figured as well, thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] SwiftJudgement:
For some reason SD Maid is failing to detect root status upon opening. When the app opens, it says "Checking root..." but never prompts me for superuser access. Is there a cache I need to clear?

EDIT: Sorry, it was a problem with my superuser binary not updating. All fixed now.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Small update almost done.

Nothing major, but polished a few things and small new features.

Current changelog:
[Android Apps and Games] eoghan2t7:
Thanks mate for you continued support ;)
[Android Apps and Games] DarkenCypher:
Very useful! :D

sent via Optimus Prime V
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Put 0.9.7.3 on the market just now.

Happy holidays!
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Just wanted to let you all know, i have a new app taking its first steps, so if you are interested check it out:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=20684369
[Android Apps and Games] tyfoxx:
Great, I look forward to future development on both apps.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I would be interested about some reports of SD Maid running on ICS.

I have tested it on the emulator, where there were no problems, but that is different from a real device.

Current changelog for the next update:
[Android Apps and Games] eoghan2t7:
I'll test it on the ics Rom I have for the optimus and report back give me a few minutes :)
[Android Apps and Games] eoghan2t7:
On my ics Rom all is working as it should and SD maid is a hole lot faster on ice than gb ;)
[Android Apps and Games] B1ny:
Everything works fine on my Galaxy Nexus on 4.0.2
[Android Apps and Games] :
Working fine on my phone with ICS.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Just put up v0.9.7.4 on the market.

Hope you guys like it, no completely new features, but lots of small improvements in behavior and behind the curtain :-).

There were some problems that caused SD Maid not run to its full potential on ICS devices, but especially the galaxy nexus.

This should be fixed now.

Changelog:
[Android Apps and Games] Theonew:
You mean v0.9.7.4 ;).
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
v0.9.7.5 also went up this night as a hotfix for an android 2.2 specific problem.

I'm not satisfied with the solution and once i find a better one, there will be another update this week.

****ing fragmentation...
[Android Apps and Games] sabret00the:
My installation seems to always be checking root when I start it up. No prompt asking for root and when it's finally finished it says that I don't have root access despite my phone being rooted.
[Android Apps and Games] buzzboy:
Just to say Thanks for a truly wonderful App. I have the Pro version, and it's worth every penny.

Highly Recommended everyone.

Cheers
[Android Apps and Games] scarmon25:
Couldn't agree more. I recommend this app to everyone I know with an Android phone.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Yes it will always be checked at start, but it only takes 1 sec.

If you have not permanently allowed or declined root access for SD Maid, the super user prompt should show up.

DO NOT SWITCH between allowing and declining root while SD Maid running.

If no prompt shows up, check your super user app if you declined sd maid.

Otherwise try reinstalling sd maid or reinstalling the super app (or clearing the super user app's database).

I have seen this behavior when the database of superuser got corrupt.

For further info i will need an android log.
[Android Apps and Games] Dan_Aykroyd:
Bug

Hey darken, sorry to bother you again. Recently I've bought a new copy for my new Google account even though you previously accused me (falsely) of pirating your app.

Now for the bug. While in the explorer mode, after navigating some directories (randomly, but mostly seems in the system / app ones) the "." and ".." on the top dissapear and there's no way to go to the above directory but to exit and reopen the app.

Now I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S I9000 2.3.5 stock.

I said I wouldn't bother you again but sadly I needed to write just to have this looked into.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] musashihatred:
SD maid

just tried now and is so freaking awesome~! thank you master. so far no bugs for galaxy y even using a stock or infected rom :D
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I make mistakes too, theres is no reason for you to be sorry.

Please turn on debug output in SD Maid>Settings>General and send me a log of when it happens.
[Android Apps and Games] sabret00the:
You gave me the idea to check app protector pro to see if that was causing the problem and it was. For some reason that, superuser and this wouldn't play nicely together.
[Android Apps and Games] jazzboyrules:
Not compatible with AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II?

I would like to install this app but I can't install it as the market tells that my phone is incompatible for this app. It's not compatible with even your Diagnosis app..

Can you please provide a solution for this?

Thanks.

UPDATE: The issue got solved. The problem was because of me modifying the LCD density. That problem got fixed using this solution.
[Android Apps and Games] azazel71:
Thanks for posting that link, run 190dpi and it always causes problems with market, not any more

sent via my ABSOLUTION DHD
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Thank you for providing the solution.
[Android Apps and Games] B3311:
Great app, many thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
I'm currently working on a tab that will be called "App Control", which will (in its first version) allow you to remove apps (including system apps), reset apps to default and freeze/unfreeze them.

Need to rant a bit...

Why do people keep giving me 1 star ratings, saying the free version doesn't do anything? This is very upsetting.

@"stefan", why do you give me a 1 star rating complaining the android market only allows you to use a credit card to purchase apps? How is this my apps fault? You should be banned from the market :mad:
[Android Apps and Games] scarmon25:
This is something I myself have wondered from time to time. Some people have no concept of ownership in what responsibility belongs to what. I see this very often in which a app developer is punished for things beyond their control such as the market pay methods you mentioned. The best explanation I can come up with is when dealing with the entire world, you're bound to come across some people with sub-intelligence. Please know that regardless of what some of the people may say. You do put out a quality product and that the ones that do know what to expect from an app know and appreciate this. Very few apps I come across in the market can do what no other app does. I mean there is a million apps and most do what another app already does. Yours is unlike those apps. So keep doing what your doing and it will pay off. Don't let people like that get ya down.

As for the feature you talked about. I really like the idea of that tab with those controls. I consider your app to be a maintenance app as I'm sure I should. Those features definately fall within the maintenance catagory. Look forward to the progress of this.
[Android Apps and Games] Dirk:
I understand the frustration. To help redress the balance i have added a 5 star rating and glowing review. You deserve it.

Keep up the great work!
[Android Apps and Games] superstargoddess:
I have been using this for a good while, it's quite effective and well worth the money. <3
[Android Apps and Games] brmayhem:
Just purchased PRO version. Thank you!

Had one question about "optimizing DBs" however. After checking it I receive the message that 187 databases are occupying a space of 9.05MB. I then click on Optimize which in turn does not free any space. Am I experiencing an issue, or does this simply mean that the DBs cannot be further optimized?
[Android Apps and Games] scarmon25:
I get this from time to time. Generally means there isn't any more that can be done. Its a SQL vacuum and that's not like cache and general trash. So occasionally it will clean and occasionly it won't depending on if there is anything to clean or not. So its normal. If I didn't explain that right then the OP will clear it up.
[Android Apps and Games] brmayhem:
Makes complete sense. Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
If you want further info you could read this

http://www.sqlite.org/lang_vacuum.html
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Sent you this mail but forgot to attach screenshot:

Sent from my LG-P500
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
From my answer to your email:

This basicly means for now we will have to run the system cleaner multiple times to take care of nested empty directories.

Regarding those directories not getting deleted.

Are they simply not getting deleted, or are they being recreated?
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Well, after I clean, then check again (to clean empty dirs) they are still there, I don't know if they are recreated... I will try to clean them manually and see... will report in a short time..

You can add a "quick recheck" to clean empty dirs faster, without scaning 4 times:)

Ok, so the /cache/ download can't be deleted with a root explorer, but cache/recovery can...

Edit2: cleared cache in recovery, but they are back... the cache/recovery is actually an empty dir caused by /cache/recovery/last-log.txt... and it won't get deleted in sd maid, but works in root explorers...

But why can't cache/download be deleted? It is empty...

Sent from my LG-P500
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Hm difficult to diagnose, there was an older version which excluded /cache/recovery, i think it was v0.9.6.6.

Maybe you could turn on debug output and produce a log of the cleaning process.

A log from SD Maids start will also show all excludes.
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Sent you a log...

Sent from my LG-P500
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
The log yielded had the answer :-).

Current security measures to protect against any wrong going won't allow the system cleaner to delete a folder inside /cache.

Because it already is sorted into "/cache" it won't be sorted and picked up by the "Empty directories" entry, which wouldn't list it anyways as it doesn't go down to that level.

I'm not sure yet how i will solve this or if at all (need to weigh PRO's and CON's). I had to draw a line somewhere between cleaning as much as possible and safety.

The problem lies with the hundreds of devices out there and thousands of different ROMs.

While some device/ROM might store unnecessary data in way Y in location X, another might think its a good idea to store important Z in X.

It is on my TODO list now to review that code and i thank vlt96 for bringing it to my attention :).
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
It is just an empty directory... the only folders in cache that shouldn't be deleted are lost+found (can't be deleted) and dalvik-cache (it causes lots of errors until reboot) but all problems caused by clearing cache.are fixed by a reboot... cleaning the empty directories in there should be fine;)

Glad I helped... a temporary fix would be to hide the empty dirs there... when searching:D

Sent from my LG-P500
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
It "should" be fine, but not necessarily is ;-). I don't want to take changes when deleting users files :p.

A temporary fix would also be to just add that directory as an exclude :-).
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
By "should be fine" I meant "can't be wrong"

Cache is always recreated at boot:D

Sent from my LG-P500
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Yeah but FCs until reboot is not that well either...

We had that in some earlier version of SD Maid.

Users were not very kind ;-(.
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Well, those fc's were also present for me when I once deleted all the /cache

I think just excluding those 2 dirs is best... not worth risking... wish you luck!

Sent from my LG-P500
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
If you want to chat you can always come on IRC :-).
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Nope... I gotta go do important bussiness... play homm:D

Sent from my LG-P500
[Android Apps and Games] 9kx:
Simply Awesome!

Discovered your app via a comment on the Atrix_forums this morning, and purchased it this afternoon.

Great app! Thanks for being so meticulous.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
The new update is nearing completion.

Thanks to everyone who helped me beta test.

Current changelog:

For the curious ones: Some screenshots of the visible changes.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
So v0.9.8.1 is on the market now.

Enjoy the weekend!

I would have said 0.9.8 is on the market now, but it is already v0.9.8.1 as there was a small bug causing SD Maid to decline starting on unrooted devices.

Stupid bugs... always creeping in on huge updates... :-(, but it's fixed now :-)

Thanks to everyone who reported this so quick.
[Android Apps and Games] scarmon25:
As always great work. Everything is running great and love the new features.
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Do you thing of an ICS UI update? Would be nice, this is the app I use since the 1st day I rooted my phone, and I occasionally used it before too:D

I was born in the '90's... 1290's >:)
[Android Apps and Games] DarkhShadow:
Probably not, app still supports 1.6 and maybe it can't be done, either way it just seems like bloat you to a lightweight app

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
It makes it lighter on ICS... but the UI is OK:)

I was born in the '90's... 1290's >:)
[Android Apps and Games] DarkhShadow:
Only like 3-5% of all android phones are ics

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Yep, but have you seen the new supersu app? It has 500kb, and ui is great, and apex launcher had 300kb a few weeks ago:D

I was born in the '90's... 1290's >:)
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
It's not so much the size but backwards compatibility.

Once there are more ICS users and less older versions of android floating around SD Maid will get a facelift too.

But then i will still have to weight "new feature" vs "new UI" :-).

Maybe put a poll into SD Maid at that point and let the users decide...

Afterall we are not using SD Maid for it's beauty, rather for her inner values and work ethic, or not ? :D

Screenshot of current android version statistics (out of the developer console) for the tools category:

More donuts than ice cream sandwhiches :P
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
Actually, count 4.0 and 4.0.3 and you get more:)

The thing is, ICS is 5 months old, 1.6 is... veeeeery old... but UI is nice anyway, just wanted to ask:)

I was born in the '90's... 1290's >:)
[Android Apps and Games] scarmon25:
I say update it at ya own time and when you feel its the right timing. It runs fine on ICS as I've used it on a couple leaks for my phone. And as for the UI it looks really nice the way it is. It doesn't really matter to me what a maintenance app looks like as long as it works properly. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't welcome a facelift to the ICS look. But in due time.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Currently reviewing android markets bug reports, trying to fix some of the rare and more exotic bugs.

Will release a bugfix update around the weekend.
[Android Apps and Games] scarmon25:
Sweet. I'll have to keep an eye out. Checked out some of your other apps today too. Like the Root validation app, and the diagnostics and the the F@#* my senses LoL. That one was a trip and got a kick out of the story behind it. Keep up the great work man.
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
Made little banner for SD Maid, check first thread page :D.

Current changes for next update:

Opening the biggest files directly in the explorer will be in one of the next updates.

I'm also checking the option to add checking of odex files to the corpse finder.

I have been thinking if an autostart editor would be right for SD Maid, i fear though that i reduce SD Maids usability by just adding to many features.

It might needs a UI revamp then, i can't keep adding tabs.
[Android Apps and Games] vlt96:
I hide what I don't use, you should also put "Hide pro features" as default :D
[Android Apps and Games] crazyonins:
App not compatible with your device in market.:(

From my S2
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
But then the users won't see what they could have, if they bought pro ;-).

You are most likely running a custom screen density, there is nothing i can do about that, Google has to change the market to remove this restriction.

Search XDA, or Google, there are some threads about this.

If you send me an email, i can send you the file.
[Android Apps and Games] scarmon25:
Sounds like some more great features. I swear you just keep adding to the value of this app (good thing) with some really nice features.

As always great work and keep it up :)

Tapatalked
[Android Apps and Games] napacan:
installed on sgs and it works great until now
[Android Apps and Games] DarkhShadow:
Anymore info? Not useful as is....
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
On another topic:

Does anyone ever really look at the detailed output of "Optimize Databases" ?

I thought about switching it to the misc tab and making it execute with just one button, showing the gained space at the end, no longer giving details.

In return i would move "Show biggest files" into his own tab, making each entry clickable,taking you to the files location in the explorer.
[Android Apps and Games] BanziBaby:
Hi,

Used this app all the time on Darky's 9.5 rom (Froyo) & it always found corpses left after uninstalling apps etc, now on Jetpack Mod 8.2 (Gingerbread) & it never finds anything other than Dr Web app or Poweramp album thumbs links.

Phone is rooted Galaxy S & app is permitted in Superuser.

Cheers,

Banzi.
[Android Apps and Games] scarmon25:
I think I may have checked it like one or twice when testing it but under normal use I really never look at the log output it gives. So no, It wouldn't bother me if it was moved and something else was put in its place.

Tap-a-Talked
[Android Apps and Games] Dark3n:
From Froyo to Gingerbread a bug got fixed which caused most of the corpses, because the uninstall was just broken.

This doesn't mean Gingerbread is perfect, it just does not happen so often anymore.

So no need to worry here, its perfectly fine.

Poweramp shows up because the dev choose to save the album tracks in /Android/data/_hisPackageName, the underscore prevents it from being detected as belonging to poweramp.

Which means it gets detected as corpse while it still is installed, but also stays when it gets uninstalled, at which point is is a corpse then.

I talked to PowerAmps dev about changing that, but he intented this behavior to keep the album covers after uninstall.

I don't think this is the best solution, but he wouldn't change it, his choice :).

It is one way to keep the albumcovers inbetween reinstall, but how often do you really do that. In reality people using poweramp and removing it sometime later, will have this directory remain behind and will probably never know about that.

I would have saved the covers in the media folder for photos, this way one can browse the albums and after uninstall they are still clearly visible to the user so he can then choose to delete them or keep them.

Or just skip the whole "keeping albumcovers" and remove them uninstall, they can surely bereaquired again the same way a second time.

I dont know the "Dr Web App", possibly a similar issue.

If the entries bother you, just exclude them and remember those folder are still there when you uninstall those apps.
[Android Apps and Games] BanziBaby:
@Dark3n

Many thanks for the detailed explanation, was wondering if it was related to GB or not.

Thanks again for the great app & the updates for it.

Cheers,

Banzi.
[Android Apps and Games] r0bsN:
installed on sgs2 ... Works like a charm! thanks
[Android Apps and Games] ekric19:
Really Really thanks,,, this days i've been wondering about an app like this.
[Android Apps and Games] milsabords:
Hi,

I have purchased SD Maid and I used it to clean my Note, but now I cannot install any app from Market. The apk downloads OK, but the installation stalls forever.

Please help !

Edit: Please ignore, it's working again. Did a few reboots. Also installed some apps from my PC.
[Android Apps and Games] DarkhShadow:
Tried clearing play stores data and then rebooting?

Sent from my ice cream powered Nexus S