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Can't delete filename with emoticons

Posted: 2017-04-25, 09:55 UTC
by HAL 9000
Have a file with this name:

Kaby Lake = 💙💙💙.mp4

When trying to delete it gives error.

Posted: 2017-04-27, 09:09 UTC
by ghisler(Author)
How did you create it? I tried these methods:
1. Renamed a file to this name directly on Android. -> Could delete it just fine.
2. Tried to upload a file with this name via USB to the device -> it doesn't even show up in Total Commander...

Posted: 2017-04-29, 09:09 UTC
by HAL 9000
I did it this way:

1) Download and install jDownloader 2 on Windows:
http://jdownloader.org/download/index

2) With jDownloader, download any youtube video containing smileys. For example this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAiH6rdr78Q

3) Now copy the video to the smartphone using MTP. In the smartphone it will generate a file with 0 bytes size (probably it's an android bug).

4) Try to delete the file from android. It fails. However, on Windows it works.

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Posted: 2017-04-29, 20:11 UTC
by mrle
Try to delete it from:

/data/media/0/

Posted: 2017-04-29, 22:44 UTC
by HAL 9000
mrle wrote:Try to delete it from:

/data/media/0/
Error: Cannot open file/folder!
data

Can't open /data folder requires root access.

Posted: 2017-05-03, 14:52 UTC
by HAL 9000
You have to delete the file from windows using MTP

Posted: 2017-05-21, 20:27 UTC
by HAL 9000
Correction: you have to delete the folder containing the file from MTP.