[HELP] How to delete wrong encoded directory?

[gphg]

I made a tiny bit mistake, I extracted a zip that originally Japanese encoding on Termux with zip (default, has not extra option). It creat a directory contains seve files. This directory cannot be deleted by File Manager.

The directory is located under ~/storage/shared/Something/Other/

What should I do?!

Attempts (these are done by Termux):

1. Move/rename into something else: rm * tmp returns No such file or directory
2. Remove its parents which it located: rm -rf Other returns Directory not empty
3. abd shell and remove files by its inode
   

Potentially duplicate: #3228

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Information from termux-info.

Termux Variables:
TERMUX_API_VERSION=0.50.1
TERMUX_APK_RELEASE=F_DROID
TERMUX_APP_PACKAGE_MANAGER=apt
TERMUX_APP_PID=10150
TERMUX_IS_DEBUGGABLE_BUILD=0
TERMUX_MAIN_PACKAGE_FORMAT=debian
TERMUX_VERSION=0.118.1
TERMUX__USER_ID=0
Packages CPU architecture:
aarch64
Subscribed repositories:
# sources.list
deb https://termux.mentality.rip/termux-main stable main
# x11-repo (sources.list.d/x11.list)
deb https://termux.mentality.rip/termux-x11 x11 main
Updatable packages:
curl/stable 8.9.0 aarch64 [upgradable from: 8.8.0]
fzf/stable 0.54.2 aarch64 [upgradable from: 0.54.1]
libcurl/stable 8.9.0 aarch64 [upgradable from: 8.8.0]
libtirpc/stable 1.3.5 aarch64 [upgradable from: 1.3.4-1]
libtreesitter/stable 0.22.6-1 aarch64 [upgradable from: 0.22.6]
libxml2/stable 2.13.3 aarch64 [upgradable from: 2.13.2-1]
neovim/stable 0.10.1 aarch64 [upgradable from: 0.10.0-2]
openssl-tool/stable 1:3.3.1 aarch64 [upgradable from: 1:3.2.1-1]
openssl/stable 1:3.3.1 aarch64 [upgradable from: 1:3.2.1-1]
tree-sitter-lua/stable 0.1.0-1 aarch64 [upgradable from: 0.1.0]
tree-sitter-markdown/stable 0.2.3-2 aarch64 [upgradable from: 0.2.3-1]
tree-sitter-vimdoc/stable 3.0.0-1 aarch64 [upgradable from: 3.0.0]
termux-tools version:
1.43.1
Android version:
14
Kernel build information:
Linux localhost 5.15.123-android13-8-00834-gccec15a1eea3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue May 28 05:19:33 UTC 2024 aarch64 Android
Device manufacturer:
OPPO
Device model:
CPH2631
LD Variables:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=
LD_PRELOAD=/data/data/com.termux/files/usr/lib/libtermux-exec.so
Installed termux plugins:
com.termux.api versionCode:51
com.termux.boot versionCode:1000

Factory reset

As no solution to be found, factory reset is planned on next week.

Dirty Solution

This does not require factory reset, at cost an installed app under Android/media to be sacrificed.

1. Get adb ready and run adb shell. The parent directory of corrupted file can be moved to specifics directories:
   • /sdcard (this is identical to /storage/emulated/0, I have no idea)
   • /sdcard/Android/media (unlike /sdcard/Android/data, the numbers of Apps that using this directory is not many: mine WhatsApp and Telegram, I have no idea)
2. Carefully move /sdcard/Android/media/com.whatsapp/WhatsApp
   • Once the directory is moved, it can be renamed into something else:
     
   • Tried move it to /sdcard/Android/data and /sdcard/Android/obb, doesn't work
3. Uninstall WhatsApp, be sure all of its data is remotely backed up.
4. Confirm if the files is deleted. Reinstall the uninstalled App if necessary.

This is less time consuming than factory reset. Fell free to this topic here.