Re: Why is Android creating (garbage?) external sdcard directories?

R.Wieser wrote on Fri, 1 Nov 2024 15:34:59 +0100 :

Andrews,
 

what does Android do with all those (garbage?) directories on the sd card?

 
When you check the "internal storage" on your smarthone you might notice
that the same directories are on there too.

Yes. They're there also. Same garbage that I have never needed to use.
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IOW, what you see is (most likely) the OS regarding your SD card as its
backup medium - and as such initializing it for future usage.

Well, some of it is the installed apps but the point is I make a single
top-level directory on the internal memory just as I do on the external sd.
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It doesn't matter what the name is, but I make it "0000" for the internal
sdcard and "0001" for the external sdcard for three simple reasons:
1. It shows up on top in a typical sort
2. It tells me instantly which card I'm looking at
3. It's easy to remember when typing "/storage/0000-0001/0001"
   (which a lot of the Android servers require you to tap out by hand)
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Yes, I noticed that happening to - when my USB stick got inserted into the
smartphone of a friend of mine.   I don't like it either.

Well, Windows does the same thing so I also make a top-level directory on
Windows to store my stuff (C:\data), where I do the same on Android.
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