Help with deleting an error.

[787bcgr]

Hey guys, in my app, I have an error track. I've tried deleting it but the app won't erase it. Any ideas?

 

[Razerman]

Hey guys, in my app, I have an error track. I've tried deleting it but the app won't erase it. Any ideas?View attachment 475676

What did you do to get it?

I think you need to manually delete it from the data/data/jp.co.polyphony.GTCourseMaker/files/ -folder.

 

[787bcgr]

What did you do to get it?

I think you need to manually delete it from the data/data/jp.co.polyphony.GTCourseMaker/files/ -folder.

I think I was editing a track and accidentally exited without saving the changes.

 

[508920]

I think I was editing a track and accidentally exited without saving the changes.

I have three of those It happened when I switched to another application (like google to check the real circuit length) without saving the track in Course Maker. When I switched back to the CM it started with the PD logo and the track I was making changed to an error.

 

[Razerman]

@787bcgr
@508920

Deleting the corrupted course files from the data/data/jp.co.polyphony.GTCourseMaker/files/ -folder most likely gets rid of them.

And if either of you can provide those corrupted files here, I could take a look at them and possibly fix them (In case you lost some work there).

 

[787bcgr]

@787bcgr
@508920

Deleting the corrupted course files from the data/data/jp.co.polyphony.GTCourseMaker/files/ -folder most likely gets rid of them.

And if either of you can provide those corrupted files here, I could take a look at them and possibly fix them (In case you lost some work there).

Is root necessary for that method?

 

[SCClockDr]

Is root necessary for that method?

Yes, BlueStacks comes rooted, smart devices not rooted initially, The first thing I do with a device though, once in possession. I use Root Explorer as my goto file/folder manager.

 

[787bcgr]

Yes, BlueStacks comes rooted, smart devices not rooted initially, The first thing I do with a device though, once in possession. I use Root Explorer as my goto file/folder manager.

I have to look up how to root my device then. Thank you all for the help.

 

[eran0004]

I think I was editing a track and accidentally exited without saving the changes.

I got one of those corrupted files when the app crashed in the middle of a transfer.

 

[Razerman]

I have to look up how to root my device then. Thank you all for the help.

You don't necessarily need root, though it makes everything alot easier. So if you have no problem on going for root, I'd say go for it.

But you can get to those files without root aswell: https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...k-limit-at-least-on-tpe.336947/#post-11039329

 

[SCClockDr]

I have to look up how to root my device then. Thank you all for the help.

XDA-Developers Forum is my GOTO resource for all things root. YouTube may yield results as well but XDA-Developers Forum is way more trusted by me.

 

[508920]

@787bcgr
@508920

Deleting the corrupted course files from the data/data/jp.co.polyphony.GTCourseMaker/files/ -folder most likely gets rid of them.

And if either of you can provide those corrupted files here, I could take a look at them and possibly fix them (In case you lost some work there).

I've searched through every folder in my phone (I installed the course creator with an .APK) but couldn't find it. Neither on my SD card nor Internal memory.

Any other solution?

 

[Razerman]

I've searched through every folder in my phone (I installed the course creator with an .APK) but couldn't find it. Neither on my SD card nor Internal memory.

Any other solution?

That's because you need to have rooted device in order to browse into that folder using your android device. If you don't want to root your device, there is an alternative way which is a bit more complicated but works just fine.

With adb, you can backup and restore your apk/data.

1. Backup
Backup command: adb backup -noapk jp.co.polyphony.GTCourseMaker
You will get backup.ab file which contains the track files.

2. Edit
2 A) Extract and modify
Now you need to delete the track(s) which is/are corrupted. That backup.ab file is zlib compressed so you will need to decompress it in order to edit it's contents. Compressed data starts at 0x18. After you've got it decompressed, you can extract it with for example winrar, just rename the decompressed file to have the extension *.tar and double click it.

The track files will be in path apps\jp.co.polyphony.GTCourseMaker\f. You can just directly modify what you want.

2 B) Packing
So, now you will need to get the modified files back into backup.ab file/create a new one. Would be nice if you could just drag and drop them back to winrar but you can't because it handles the slashes in the way that android won't be able to read them. Now this is where bsdtar can make a tar file which android can read. After you've got the tar file made, you will need to compress it and add the android backup header.

3. Restore
Restore command: adb restore backup.ab
Will restore the backup.ab file back to your android device.

Now to make step 2 a bit easier:
You can download my Decomp_Comp.exe from here along with little video tutorial:
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/thre...k-limit-at-least-on-tpe.336947/#post-11039329

Remember to take a copy of the original backup.ab file in order something goes wrong.