Need tech support (android bullshit) (resolved)

hedge, 23 days ago

I have the option to see hidden files using Material Files (won’t let you look inside Android folder tho); if you need something more heavy duty there’s Ghost Commander. Both are available on F-Droid. There’s also Files from GrapheneOS, which might be available on the Play Store, but not sure about that one.

sleepybisexual, 22 days ago

Thank you.

Actually found a solution for what I needed without using this but this might help for future reference, rhx

user224, 23 days ago

You mean directories starting with a .?

Depends on the file manager, nothing to do with Android. Which file manager do you use?

sleepybisexual, 23 days ago

I mean private directories like app data.

I tried the stock retroid one. Fossify and thunar on my PC, none worked

andscape, 23 days ago

I believe you need root to access those, plus a file manager that supports it (I use Mixplorer which does). Otherwise, as someone else suggested, you can access them from a computer over ADB or MTP.

user224, 23 days ago

Oh, stuff in Android folder?

That’s been restricted since I think Android 11.
You can still access it using a computer with MTP.

Though there may be some better solution I don’t know of.

Damino, 22 days ago

You could also access it via ADB, and Shizuku lets you access ADB permissions on the device itself. No root required either, but the app needs to be built to use it. I found this file manager to work pretty well.