SDCard Watcher
Free AppAbout SDCard Watcher
SDCard Watcher is a tool to help you identify the apps cluttering your storage with obscure directories.
Ever wanted to know which game created that strange save directory?
Unsure which directories are from uninstalled apps, and which ones you should still keep?
For appholics installing lots of apps, SDCard Watcher is an invaluable tool to keeping the storage clean.
SDCard Watcher runs a background service that monitors the SDCard base directory (or any directory) for changes. When a new file is added, it makes a note of what app was currently running in the foreground at the time.
The background service utilizes the kernel's inotify feature, and therefore uses virtually no resources.
NOTE: Since the app can only identify what was running in the foreground at the time, it cannot correctly identify new files from background apps - instead the foreground app will be blamed.
NOTE: If the app doesn't seem to be detecting changes on the sdcard, try enabling notification icon in the settings to help keep the service alive.
Source code now available!
https://github.com/desaster/sdcardwatcher
Ever wanted to know which game created that strange save directory?
Unsure which directories are from uninstalled apps, and which ones you should still keep?
For appholics installing lots of apps, SDCard Watcher is an invaluable tool to keeping the storage clean.
SDCard Watcher runs a background service that monitors the SDCard base directory (or any directory) for changes. When a new file is added, it makes a note of what app was currently running in the foreground at the time.
The background service utilizes the kernel's inotify feature, and therefore uses virtually no resources.
NOTE: Since the app can only identify what was running in the foreground at the time, it cannot correctly identify new files from background apps - instead the foreground app will be blamed.
NOTE: If the app doesn't seem to be detecting changes on the sdcard, try enabling notification icon in the settings to help keep the service alive.
Source code now available!
https://github.com/desaster/sdcardwatcher
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
New in 1.2:
- Bugfixes
New in 1.2:
- Bugfixes
More downloads SDCard Watcher reached 10 000 - 50 000 downloads
Version update SDCard Watcher was updated to version 1.2
More downloads SDCard Watcher reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
More downloads SDCard Watcher reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
What are users saying about SDCard Watcher
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+1 star for opening the source code. It's a good idea, but without a logging system and an easy way to view logged events, the app is just an annoyance with it's notifications. You should look into using fanotify on rooted devices to get all file system activity on a mountpoint. Also, a backlog of events is critical.
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This app didn't worked for me.. It always show Xperia home app as culprit even though i created folder with es file explorer and file comander app
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Worked well
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Not bat
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Worthless, I couldn't see it doing anything. Actually slowed my phone down a lot. Had to uninstall.
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Since I installed this it has done absolutely nothing...a complete waste of effort...
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SGS3, tested, nothing logged.
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Now I when I clean up my SD card I know exactly what I'm deleting. Would be nice to be able to exclude a specific file from the toast notifications (I use an app that deletes and recreate the same file often in a folder that I otherwise want SD Watcher to monitor)
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I've been looking for an app forever that will be the "tattle tale" of other apps that write to the SDcard.
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"250912...tryout...thanks..."090313"
by C####:
This app didn't worked for me.. It always show Xperia home app as culprit even though i created folder with es file explorer and file comander app