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Files Move File

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Move the file holiday_photos.jpg from Podcasts within the sdk_gphone_x86_64 storage area to the DCIM within the same sdk_gphone_x86_64 storage area in the Android filesystem.

App
Files
Time
2m 33s
Actions
13
Step-by-step trace (13 actions)
  1. open Files (failed): Open Files to move the exact file between folders in internal storage.
  2. open com.google.android.documentsui: The app-name launch was ambiguous; use the Android Files document manager's package ID instead.
  3. tap “Show roots”: Open the storage navigation drawer to locate internal storage and the Podcasts source folder.
  4. tap “internal storage”: The roots drawer is visibly open despite the no-effect notice; select the internal storage entry to find Podcasts.
  5. tap “Podcasts folder”: The internal storage contents are now visible; open Podcasts to locate the exact file. The earlier storage-root tap did work despite its no-effect notice.
  6. scroll down: Podcasts is already open despite the no-effect notice. Locate the exact file further down its file grid.
  7. longpress “exact holiday_photos.jpg file”: Select the exact file, not the similarly named suffixed copy, to bring up file operations for moving it.
  8. tap “selection More options”: Open the selected file's operations menu to choose Move to.
  9. tap “Move to…”: Select Move to… for the selected exact holiday_photos.jpg file.
  10. tap “Show roots”: The move destination picker is in Downloads; open its roots drawer to choose internal storage and DCIM.
  11. tap “internal storage in destination drawer”: The roots drawer actually opened, despite the no-effect notice. Select internal storage to navigate toward DCIM.
  12. tap “DCIM destination folder”: Open the DCIM folder in the move destination picker; the root has already been reached.
  13. tap “MOVE into DCIM”: The destination picker is already inside DCIM, as the breadcrumb and heading show. Tap MOVE to commit the selected exact file's transfer here.

Verdict: The MOVE button was tapped, and the file manager returned to Podcasts with a “Moving 1 item” message. This indicates the move was initiated; no error is visible.