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How to delete read-only audio files on a NOKIA N900? – new challenge
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Yosondua
2011-01-29 , 21:43
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Thank you Raif
You advice was very useful. Here is how I proceeded;
To download rootsh from Maemo repositories
To open Xterminal and to write the follow;
~ $
sudo gainroot
/home/user #
cd MyDocs
/home/user/MyDocs #
ls -a
/home/user/MyDocs #
cd .sounds
/home/user/MyDocs #
rm -r
directory
/home/user/MyDocs #
exit
~ $
exit
Where
directory
was the name of the folder containing read-only files.
Of course the result was that read-only audio files were removed successfully!
Lessons learned;
Definitely, you must download rootsh in order to gain "full access/privileges" (it is how I understood in my newbie level) to modify/erase files on system. Otherwise if you try just using simple Xterminal privileges, you certainly will find same files but you won't be able to delete them.
I spent some time searching the folder containing the problematic audio files. It was hidden denoted by ".folder", so make sure to include the "-a" in your search to list hidden files and directories (I know, i know... this is a super basic recommendation)
Ask always for help, some issues are really easy to solve, so don't act impulsively... some friends recommended me to reset/reimage/reflash fully the device... other people mentioned that my 36GB card was damaged and it shall be replaced... wtf?
Thank you for reading!
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