[APP][1.6+] SD Maid - System cleaning tool

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Thebear j koss said:
Doubtful. More likely a permissions thing as android 14 won't be out for another 6 months...
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Sounds right....
The cleaner attempts to do its job on an app, several times, without success.
Then, it moves on to the next app, same thing.
Once its done it's thing on every app, at the end, it shows 0 kb cleaned.

Just wanted to put it out there, in the event others are considering taking Android 14 for a test drive......
 
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k44mos said:
Is there a way to download a trustworthy apk of SD Maid Pro? I'm afraid what I find online are not virus free.
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The play store. Downloading from those sites are considered WAREZ and you are basically stealing from developers. Install sd maid from the play store and there is a go pro link.
 
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Just noticed this fails to delete every time.
Not sure why or what's changed between my device and/or the app to cause this.

Other than that this is my go to app for all of its features which have served me well. Well worth the price of the PRO features and to support the developer of this fine application.
 

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wugga3 said:
Just noticed this fails to delete every time.
Not sure why or what's changed between my device and/or the app to cause this.

Other than that this is my go to app for all of its features which have served me well. Well worth the price of the PRO features and to support the developer of this fine application.
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It has no size. It's 0bytes. Probably a placeholder for that app.
 
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12 years ago SD Maid 1 started on XDA, in this thread, in March 2011.
So I think it's in good tradition that SD Maid 2 does so too :giggle::

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[APP][8.0+] SD Maid 2/SE - System Cleaner

SD Maid SE (aka. SD Maid 2) is the successor to SD Maid (SD Maid 1/ SD Maid Legacy). A new app, optimized for modern Android versions, and ready for Google's future challenges 😌. Description: SD Maid SE is an open-source zero-bull**** system...
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I'd be thrilled if any of you would help me test it.
I promise it's not as rough around the edges as SD Maid 1's first versions 😅.

SD Maid 2 shares some features with SD Maid 1 but not all:
Currently available are CorpseFinder, SystemCleaner, AppCleaner and AppControl.
I'm very likely re-adding a StorageAnalyzer.
Still on the fence about the Explorer and Duplicates tool.
Not planning to re-add the Searcher or Databases tool.
I want to focus on more narrow set of core tools to not spread my time too thin.

Why a new SD Maid?

I like working on SD Maid, but I'm burning out on the codebase.
All the time I could spend on improvements is drained away by adjusting to Google's ever changing requirements.
The codebase just wasn't designed for what Google requires with every new Android version.
The last major rewrite of the same magnitude was in 2015 when we went from v3 to v4.

I'm basically doing one band-aid fix after another...
I can and want to do better... I want to update the UI too, more modern, theming...
Basically tear the whole app down and rebuild it...
But SD Maid 1 has a huge user-base, of which one half would be happy about a rewrite as an update and the other half would scream in terror about me ruining the app.

They liked it the way it was.

(I personally wouldn't like it either if a dev just changed the whole app with an update.)

So the solution was obvious: A fresh start.
Write a new SD Maid, make it a separate app and let both co-exist.
People can keep using SD Maid 1 or switch to SD Maid 2 at their discretion.

SD Maid 1 will keep getting some updates (security fixes, etc.), but no new features or bug fixes related to changes in new Android versions.

You can switch to SD Maid 2/SE if you have at least Android 8, and you should probably switch if you have Android 12+.

You may also like that SD Maid 2/SE is open source!
There is still a pro version. If you download from Google Play, you are required to buy it, if you download from Github you are asked to donate.

For what SD Maid needs to do, quite a lot of sensitive permissions are required.
More so with each Android update.
With all of the malicious actors in this space, I think it's prudent that apps with so much power become more transparent.

I've contemplated open-sourcing SD Maid 1 too, but for now decided against it.
It's not set up to be a "nice open source project" and the 10 years of commit history might contain swear words towards certain companies and other things that I don't want to accidentally publish 😅.
 
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Furious Froyo said:
Does the new version allow me to install APK's? I know you had to remove that option with the previous version because of Google.
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Currently not. I'm on the fence whether I should re-add explorer features or leave that to "real" explorer apps.
e.g. I never managed to catch up with a smooth mechanism to install apk bundles... :(
Dev time wise, the explorer was super costly...

Do you know if any explorer apps lost the install permission? I argued with Google a bit and got the feeling that they don't want any app to have that permission.
 
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Currently not. I'm on the fence whether I should re-add explorer features or leave that to "real" explorer apps.
e.g. I never managed to catch up with a smooth mechanism to install apk bundles... :(
Dev time wise, the explorer was super costly...

Do you know if any explorer apps lost the install permission? I argued with Google a bit and got the feeling that they don't want any app to have that permission.
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Hi, I'm a new user for sdmaid. Can I use the "old" version on Samsung S23? Because I see on Google Play that sdmaid 2 is in early access and I'd like to wait for not beta release. Thanks. I purchase the pro version: that purchase works also for sdmaid 2 or only for "old" version. Thanks again.
 
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RealBearTears said:
Hi, I'm a new user for sdmaid. Can I use the "old" version on Samsung S23? Because I see on Google Play that sdmaid 2 is in early access and I'd like to wait for not beta release. Thanks. I purchase the pro version: that purchase works also for sdmaid 2 or only for "old" version. Thanks again.
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There is no device you can't use SD Maid 1 on.
How well it performs in comparison to SD Maid 2 depends on your device, and your apps.
SD Maid 1 Pro is only valid for SD Maid 1.
 
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Hi Dark3n,
Been a long while. Just noticed the new version which I will certainly download. I am on Android 14(Beta) and not sure why, but SD Maid runs very slowly when deleting. I assume it is Android 14.
 
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You can record a debug log of this and I'll have a look, but if this is not a simple fix then I don't plan on fixing it for SD Maid 1, will do though for SD Maid 2 if it also happens there.
 
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Switched to SD Maid 2 Pro. AppCleaner running slower than it did on SD Maid 1 when on Android 13.
Has to be Android 14.
 
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Just wondering when I've ran both version of SD maid and SD Maid SE... Why the results are so varied of both the number of items and the reported size? None the less been loving SD Maid Pro for many years now across many devices. Thanks d4rken.
 

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    Item counts seem to mostly match, seems to be a only a difference in size calculation. 68kB vs 365kB for the same 47 /data/system/dropbox logs :unsure:

    Not sure which one is more accurate here, will have to try and reproduce.
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    Description:
    Ive started working on a tool to clean up after apps (inspired by this thread).

    Nobody is perfect and android neither.
    Apps you have already deleted sometimes leave data behind.
    The system constantly creates logs, crash reports and debug files you don't really need.
    The market leaves temporary files of downloaded apps behind.
    Lets not go on here...

    SD Maid is a universal file tool that helps you keep your device neat and tidy.
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    Features
    • Storage overview
    • Root explorer & search
    • Find & remove left over files from uninstalled apps
    • Freeze, Uninstall, Export or kill apps
    • Toggle autstart entries
    • Find & delete common unnecessary files
    • Clean applications by removing various cache files without loosing any data
    • Find & delete duplicate files
    • Overview over biggest files/directories on your device
    • Optimize your SQL databases
    • Show last modified files
    • and more...

    Installation instructions
    * Install this like any other app.
    * If your device is rooted, you will be asked if you want to grant SD Maid root permission upon its first launch
    * It is up to you what you choose, in each case SD Maid will make best possible use of its features.
    * Have the SuperUser application remember this choice, repeated prompts can cause unexpected behavior

    Download links
    SD Maid can either be downloaded from Google Play or direct from my server, appropriate links are collected here. The unlocker for SD Maid Pro can currently only be obtained through Google Play. I really recommend to only use these two sources. If you can't verify that the apk files are original you may put your device at risk.

    Changelog
    A detailed changelog can be found on Github and most update release posts also contain some explanation of what's new.

    Bugs / Requests
    Please use the issue tracker for any kind of bug reports or feature requests for both SD Maid stable & beta. I'll also discuss issues else where but usually a lot of helpful information gets lost if it's not organised, so I prefer the issue tracker :).

    Beta testing
    If you are interested in beta versions and want to help test new features you can find the appropriate links here There is also some discussion in SD Maids G+ community.

    Translations
    If you want to help translate look here: SD Maid @ crowdin.com
    Thank you!

    Help document
    See sdmaid.darken.eu/help

    Privacy
    See sdmaid.darken.eu/privacy

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    SD Maid - System Cleaning Tool, App for the Android General

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    Status: Stable
    Current Stable Version: -
    Stable Release Date: 1969-12-31

    Created 2014-06-02
    Last Updated 2017-08-15
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    How to help me troubleshoot your issues

    Please see here for instructions on how to best report bugs:
    https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Reporting-a-bug
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    Weekend beta v4.3.0 brings a truckload of core improvements.

    Here are the links if you just want to dive in:

    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download
    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog
    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues

    Some notes:
    • Tools will now display 'allocated size' instead of 'apparent size'. Allocated size is the size an item actually takes up on your storage (i.e. a 1 byte file actually uses 4096 byte on storage). Apparent size is a files length, how large the file itself tells us it is (i.e. a file may say it is 8096 byte long, but actually only takes up 4096 byte). A big source for discrepancy between sizes are caused by "sparse-files", these are files that contains a lot of 0000000. If the file system supports it, a sparse file of length 1GB could be saved on a 1MB storage. I think we are mainly interested in size on our storage (allocated size), not how much data something uses when sending it over network (apparent size). This will be most noticeable with the AppCleaner (which will show larger amounts because of many small files) and the SystemCleaner (which will show smaller ammounts, due to thumbnails often being sparse files). The Explorer will show both sizes if they differ, format 'allocated size (apparent size)'.
    • SD Maid now ships with toybox instead of busybox. Toybox is smaller and it fixes an issue I had with busybox. It's debatable whether toybox is faster, but looking it's code it is at least a lot leaner. Toybox is also something that all future Android versions will ship which gives us a lot of room for good compatibility on future Android ROMs (e.g. if we have to use the system toybox binary instead of SD Maids own). Busybox was not installed in most ROMs. Why not both? SD Maid is now compatible with both toybox and busybox, and will fallback to a busybox on your system if that is what it takes to run without issue on your device. Maxium compatibility :)!
    • If you have root SD Maid will no longer ask for secondary storage permission. There were too many problems with people on chinese (rooted) ROMs that did not manage to grant the permission. You can still grant it manually via advanced settings. In theory, i thought performance should be better with secondary storage permissions through the storage access framework, but I couldn't actually measure it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
    • You will probably never see the 'BUSYBOX error' page again because this only happens with root and SD Maid will now give up root if it would otherwise mean showing the error and giving up.
    • AppControl doesn't load app sizes by default anymore and is thus much faster. Also has improved filtering options (right side drawer).
    • The tool "Biggest" is now called "Storage analyzer" and has been completely rewritten.
    • Explorer now supports unpacking any type of 'zip' files (.zip, .apk etc) (without root for now).
    • The LastModified tool is gone (bye!), and the Searcher now has options for minimum and maximum age (hi!).
    • There is a new (better?) clutter reporter tool which uses GitHub. Let me know how it works and what I can improve, clutter reports is what gets us closer and closer to a 100% detection rate.
    • Besides dozen of bugfixes, there have also been multiple core changes that attempt to improve performance of SD Maid by reusing objects and making data lookups faster.
    • Not that you can see it, but many of the changes made it also a lot easier for me to better write unit tests for modules of SD Maid :cool:

    All unit tests, I currently have, passed, but due to the amount of changes and changes to the core structure, I expect a few bugs, so this is a beta only release. Catching them and adding more tests is what a beta is for though, right :)? (give the issue tracker some love!)
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    I made some good progress on the weekend so SD Maid v4.10.0 is here.

    This update is dedicated to the duplicates tool and a beta-only release.

    Let's start with the biggest change: The previous autoselection dialog is gone and SD Maid now performs an automatic selection based on a set of criterias you can adjust. So now you press the autoselection button and it just happens.

    The previous dialog allowed you to select one and only one type of criterion to select files by. There isn't really a right and a wrong way to do that, but based on many mails I received there is certainly a popular preference. I've put these preferences as "defaults" into an extra screen (check the option menu) which you can adjust.

    Currently we have the following defaults:

    - Priority 1: Media Provider, try to keep files that are indexed by the Media Storage app and try to delete those that are not indexed. The most common type of support mail I get is people complaining that SD Maid deleted their images, because they only look in the gallery app, they think SD Maid deleted them all, but the remaining copy is just in a space that is not indexed.

    - Priority 2: Storage location, assuming the user has an extra sdcard, try to keep the files on the sdcard and delete the files in internal storage. The assumption is that the user always wants to free space on internal storage.

    - Priority 3: Path nesting, we prefer to keep shallowly nested files as those are easier to find and access.

    - Priority 4: Modification date, we prefer older files because we assume that the newer file is an unwanted copy. E.g. older picture comes from the camera app, while the newer picture is a copy from an instant messenger app.

    I'm looking for feedback whether you think this is the optimal default setup.

    You can also find these details in the wiki: https://github.com/d4rken/sdmaid-public/wiki/Duplicates

    The second new feature is "pruning media storage references". It's a not too rare occurence that apps show empty/grey thumbnails for image files that have been deleted, because the media storage database still contains a reference. SD Maid will now check the database for references to images deleted by the duplicates tool and then delete those references.

    There have also been various changes to the user interface. I'm slowly changing some of SD Maids core UI architecture to allow for a more responsive UI interaction. The duplicates tool is just the first tool getting this treatment. The UI should lag less on low end devices and it should also no longer freeze when running selection on thousands of files. Play a bit around with the autoselection, using single click/long click on items and let me know how it goes.

    I've also added a box that shows the task result prominently. Task results were previously rather hidden away (navdrawer, startpage, notifications) and you couldn't easily view them in the actual tool they belong too, which is a bit backwards, isn't it? I plan to add this "task result box" to other tools too. With more space to display infos we can then also make the result messages a bit more detailed.

    Some texts such as the selection criterion explanations are not translatable yet as I'm looking for your feedback on the wording. Is it clear what each option? Please let me know.

    Oh and the duplicates settings have been moved into their own file and gotten a "reset to default" option, once the other tools get this we can finally have a nice and clean backup option for settings :).

    There have been a few other changes, but I think this is enough wall of text. Check the changelog ;).

    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog
    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues
    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download
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    v4.10.1 is out.

    I've fixed reported crashes (thx @IronTechmonkey ) and spend time rewriting quick access and other progress related feedback to improve performance. In some case there were multiple dozen callbacks per second which just wasted UI resources. I've limited this to ~70ms update intervals which is about the lower edge of delay at which humans can notice motion.

    Using ConstraintLayout I've also made several UI hierarchies flatter which should also improve performance when redrawing elements to display progress updates.

    Now that the duplicate criteria screen no longer crashes, I'm looking for some feedback on the texts/wording of each option before they are made translateable.

    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/changelog
    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/issues
    http://sdmaid.darken.eu/download
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