Can't delete videos from internal storage

[walcolm]

Dumped some videos into /sdcard/mnt/dcim/
When I tried deleting them I get a message that the drive they're on is write protected

I have tried to use astro, stock file manager; my file.

Anybody experiencing such?

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[Srambo217]

Never had this issue. Were these digital copies of DVDs you own? If you're rooted, have you tried Root Explorer? That should do the trick.

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[GSDer]

How did you 'dump' them into that location? (BTW, the actual path is /mnt/sdcard/dcim - not the other way around) It's possible that whatever method you used to copy the files there also set the file permissions to read-only. Or perhaps the files were originally read-only. Anyway, a different file manager may allow you to see what's going on and to fix it. Try:
ES File Explorer: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop
Ghost Commander: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.ghostsq.commander
Root Explorer: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer
Solid Explorer: http://market.android.com/details?id=pl.solidexplorer
X-plore: http://market.android.com/details?id=com.lonelycatgames.Xplore
or any one of the hundred other file managers out there. (Note: some of those links I provided may be to the paid version of the app but there are free versions of all of them. Also, I used to like Astro but with their latest updates they've really buggered it up.)

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[walcolm]

Thanx for the response guys

The files were hidden in 'audio manager' prior to now. I moved them to that location recently

Which of the apps listed will allow me change file attributes?

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[walcolm]

Never had this issue. Were these digital copies of DVDs you own? If you're rooted, have you tried Root Explorer? That should do the trick.

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Not rooted and no they are not from DVDs. Just clips downloaded from the web

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[Srambo217]

Not rooted and no they are not from DVDs. Just clips downloaded from the web

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Audio Manager ay?
I'm telling!

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[walcolm]

Audio Manager ay?
I'm telling!

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[cherry1608]

Hello, I'm also having the same problem. Were you able to fix it? I need help. :CC