Android 11 cannot access Android/data folder

[blackhawk]

Hi there

A newbie...just joined today....just wanted to know if anyone managed to use Total Commander to copy files to Android system folder......if not, please message me. I just found a way to do it....

So what's the big secret?

 

[arg_]

Yes, please share here

 

[frodo52]

if you goto the folder in android system where you want to copy your files to, head to the folder route at the top and copy the whole route including the 3 forward slashes.
Then head to the files that you want to copy.....select as normal, then click to copy or move, when the window appears just paste your route and click copy/move...

 

[frodo52]

Sorry guys, if I forgot to mention that I was using TOTAL COMMANDER

 

[Macaroni Slick]

Thank you, but... no joy there on Android12 on a Samsung GalaxyS22
Anybody's solution would be appreciated

 

[Bkblues]

If you have root permission, this problem is well solved....

 

[willcor]

Thank you, but... no joy there on Android12 on a Samsung GalaxyS22
Anybody's solution would be appreciated

Strange ,i have a S22 ULTRA 5G
not rooted .Android 12
I can use Total Commander to access and move ...!

 

[willcor]

Thank you, but... no joy there on Android12 on a Samsung GalaxyS22
Anybody's solution would be appreciated

I tried to illustrate it with screenshots ..it might help ...?

 

[bearss69]

This is what happens when I click "-> Installed apps". The "Use this folder" button doesn't work and it says something about protecting my privacy when I try tapping it. I'm using total commander app.

 

[Eldok]

Hello,
A mirror of root/data/data is root/data_mirror/data_ce/null/0/, with full read and write access.
Tried successfully with Solid Explorer on Pixel 7 Pro (Android 13, Magisk 25.2).
I discovered this mirror thanks to Total Commander.

 

[Macaroni Slick]

One can run KODI on a post Android 10 platform if you do this:

After updating access to google, you can run it on a Android 10+ platform like Amazons Fire Tablet or an Android phone.

Adding Google to it is in your future and THIS move is the way to go if you're developing on the tablet.

How to Install the Google Play Store on an Amazon Fire Tablet

You're not stuck with the Amazon App Store.

www.howtogeek.com

A bit of research and work has yielded a workaround for using Kodi on an post Android 10 phone or tablet that has been derived from Kodi's WIKI.

HOW-TO:Change data location for Android - Official Kodi Wiki

kodi.wiki

I have SUCCESSFULLY duplicated the instructions on an Android 12 phone and an Android 11 tablet.

Thanxeversomuch for your private encouragement in my research.

Coop and Collab!

Lately, I scour pawn shops for Android PRE 10+ tablets, phone, These run KODI well on a standard install.

 

[kingman90]

Thank you so much for your response !
Sorry for the late reply. But I got it to work eventually

How?

 

[Myrrhman]

How?

So sorry for the late reply.
I honestly cannot remember.
I think i just followed the instructions of the of the person i quoted.

 

[kingman90]

So sorry for the late reply.
I honestly cannot remember.
I think i just followed the instructions of the of the person i quoted.

Thanks,
I tried Mixplorer app. It works fine

 

[Tesla84]

Total Commander ( Play store free version ) can also access Android /data .
No root ,
I'm on Android 11 .
I use it eg......to copy /move "items" from the data folder , to to another directory .
However don't know if it will suite your "needs"
good luck .

link

Total Commander - file manager - Apps on Google Play

Android version of the desktop file manager Total Commander (www.ghisler.com).

play.google.com

Wow! Total Commander just BLEW MY MINDDD!
It is the only one that did it for me, and man, once you graps the user interface, it truly is a total commander! Pro all the way! God Bless! Thank You! Now I can finally locate my downloaded podcasts and back them up on my Huawei Watch GT2 Pro as mp3 to listen to while out exercising.
I've got a brilliant file explorer app, I don't know why they didn't include this one final feature - to access SD\Android\Data directory - that would have made it perfect! But Total Commander completes the task!
Cheers!

 

[juandante]

You can access ans files in /data/media/ (aka internal sd card or /sdcard/)

And also /external_sd/data/

Bye usine the sym. links : /mnt/runtime/default

Default subdirectory = read and write permissions

I didnt find how to access /data/data/

 

[juandante]

Hello,
A mirror of root/data/data is root/data_mirror/data_ce/null/0/, with full read and write access.
Tried successfully with Solid Explorer on Pixel 7 Pro (Android 13, Magisk 25.2).
I discovered this mirror thanks to Total Commander.

It works. I fond my solution on top thanks to yours. Also I use Xplore, it is as powerful than Total Commander.

So tu resume, on Android 13 (for me, probably 12 and 11 also), most root apps like Titanium Backup are obsolete for the moment because they use "previous" directories as /data/data/ and /data/media/0/

Those directories are locked maybe a chmod or chown can fix the problem (I didn't test)

The correct directories are now ,for rooted Android of course:

/data_mirror/data_ce/null/0/

and

/mnt/runtime/default/

Also, those folders are symlinks from Android boot, probably will not be present in recovery like standards TWRP

 

[arg_]

@juandante, is your phone rooted? In my case of non-rooted Mi11/Android 13 and Solid explorer neither /data or /data_mirror are shown in root folder. And when clicking on /mnt/runtime I get a "unable to browse ..." error.

Total commander does not show the root level folders at all

 

[chris1892006]

How do I fix this if I get this error when trying to grant permission?

 

[juandante]

@juandante, is your phone rooted? In my case of non-rooted Mi11/Android 13 and Solid explorer neither /data or /data_mirror are shown in root folder. And when clicking on /mnt/runtime I get a "unable to browse ..." error.

Total commander does not show the root level folders at all

You need a rooted phone to browse those folders, also, simply put, if you can't browse a folder on a non rooted phone, there is very high chance that you need root to browse it (no random app like X-Plore, Solid Explorer or what not will help)

So yes my phone is rooted

There is something I would like to add, it seems that the /data_mirror/ (it's sub dirs) folder is /data/data/ but looks like files can be accessed, but permissions are blocked (impossible to change them). So extracting files can be OK, but restoring to this directory can be problematic.