Ok, I took the plunge and installed Remix OS on my laptop. Its an HP M6 Sleekbook and so far, Remix is running superb. Its actually become my default bootup option. However, I found that it lacked a few things.
First, even though I created a 60Gb partition, Remix OS was limiting app space to 4Gb. Well, that sucks. But I found a pretty quick tutorial for modifying "Data.img" to make it larger and since have my whole partition dedicated to app space. Its nice. (There are premade "Data.img" files on Reddit if you want them. I did not because they were limited to 8Gb, 32Gb, and 64Gb. I needed a pretty specific 55Gb limit.)
Then I found that I wanted root. Well, to do this, you will need a version of Linux, like Ubuntu. I followed this guide running Ubuntu from a 32Gb flash drive and it worked great. I'm now rooted! Guide: http://rootmygalaxy.net/root-remix-os-using-ubuntu-guide/
Well, while this works like a desktop OS, I was a bit surprised to find that there's no way to mount drives. Especially NTFS drives. Think of the benefits this could have!! We could have a version of Android that basically runs on ANY 64-bit computer with NTFS mounting/read/write support! Its almost the ultimate in lightweight PC repair utility.
Guess what?? Paragon NTFS & HFS+ app works beautifully. It will automatically detect and mount your NTFS drives. There is a downside. It will also mount the hidden partition Microsoft uses when installing Windows, as well as any recovery partitions you might have. Also, it doesn't remember aliases given in other operating systems. (Example: My external drive is called "Backup". Paragon mounts it as ParagonNTFS_5.)
You can now use USB drives with Remix OS. They show up in the file manager, or you can access them through the Paragon app. Paragon app is completely free, too. This just keeps getting better and better!
Now if only we had a way to flash zips designed for custom recoveries. I sure do miss Xposed on this thing. (AdBlock, Minminguard, YouTube Adaway)
bobdamnit said:
Ok, I took the plunge and installed Remix OS on my laptop. Its an HP M6 Sleekbook and so far, Remix is running superb. Its actually become my default bootup option. However, I found that it lacked a few things.
First, even though I created a 60Gb partition, Remix OS was limiting app space to 4Gb. Well, that sucks. But I found a pretty quick tutorial for modifying "Data.img" to make it larger and since have my whole partition dedicated to app space. Its nice. (There are premade "Data.img" files on Reddit if you want them. I did not because they were limited to 8Gb, 32Gb, and 64Gb. I needed a pretty specific 55Gb limit.)
Then I found that I wanted root. Well, to do this, you will need a version of Linux, like Ubuntu. I followed this guide running Ubuntu from a 32Gb flash drive and it worked great. I'm now rooted! Guide: http://rootmygalaxy.net/root-remix-os-using-ubuntu-guide/
Well, while this works like a desktop OS, I was a bit surprised to find that there's no way to mount drives. Especially NTFS drives. Think of the benefits this could have!! We could have a version of Android that basically runs on ANY 64-bit computer with NTFS mounting/read/write support! Its almost the ultimate in lightweight PC repair utility.
Guess what?? Paragon NTFS & HFS+ app works beautifully. It will automatically detect and mount your NTFS drives. There is a downside. It will also mount the hidden partition Microsoft uses when installing Windows, as well as any recovery partitions you might have. Also, it doesn't remember aliases given in other operating systems. (Example: My external drive is called "Backup". Paragon mounts it as ParagonNTFS_5.)
You can now use USB drives with Remix OS. They show up in the file manager, or you can access them through the Paragon app. Paragon app is completely free, too. This just keeps getting better and better!
Now if only we had a way to flash zips designed for custom recoveries. I sure do miss Xposed on this thing. (AdBlock, Minminguard, YouTube Adaway)
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Wrong forum?
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bobdamnit said:
Ok, I took the plunge and installed Remix OS on my laptop. Its an HP M6 Sleekbook and so far, Remix is running superb. Its actually become my default bootup option. However, I found that it lacked a few things.
First, even though I created a 60Gb partition, Remix OS was limiting app space to 4Gb. Well, that sucks. But I found a pretty quick tutorial for modifying "Data.img" to make it larger and since have my whole partition dedicated to app space. Its nice. (There are premade "Data.img" files on Reddit if you want them. I did not because they were limited to 8Gb, 32Gb, and 64Gb. I needed a pretty specific 55Gb limit.)
Then I found that I wanted root. Well, to do this, you will need a version of Linux, like Ubuntu. I followed this guide running Ubuntu from a 32Gb flash drive and it worked great. I'm now rooted! Guide: http://rootmygalaxy.net/root-remix-os-using-ubuntu-guide/
Well, while this works like a desktop OS, I was a bit surprised to find that there's no way to mount drives. Especially NTFS drives. Think of the benefits this could have!! We could have a version of Android that basically runs on ANY 64-bit computer with NTFS mounting/read/write support! Its almost the ultimate in lightweight PC repair utility.
Guess what?? Paragon NTFS & HFS+ app works beautifully. It will automatically detect and mount your NTFS drives. There is a downside. It will also mount the hidden partition Microsoft uses when installing Windows, as well as any recovery partitions you might have. Also, it doesn't remember aliases given in other operating systems. (Example: My external drive is called "Backup". Paragon mounts it as ParagonNTFS_5.)
You can now use USB drives with Remix OS. They show up in the file manager, or you can access them through the Paragon app. Paragon app is completely free, too. This just keeps getting better and better!
Now if only we had a way to flash zips designed for custom recoveries. I sure do miss Xposed on this thing. (AdBlock, Minminguard, YouTube Adaway)
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Yes, wrong forum. This is for the Ultratablet, not for the Remix OS
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I did do a search under all of A500, which was related to this but did not get an exact answer.( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085361&highlight=FAT32 )
I am considering buying the Iconia Tab A500. Trying to do as much research as possible, as my step #1 with any tablet would be rooting. I have been reading reviews and was very surprised to see this on a http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/acer-iconia-tab-a500/4864-3126_7-34644168-18.html?tag=userReviews;summaryList.
Where the guy says:
The Iconia works great with USB wireless mouse and keyboards, detects all flash drives or drives (formatted as FAT or FAT32 - limitation of Honeycomb)
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This i very surprising to hear on a linux kernel and I would think this is very limiting.
Is this true even on a rooted machine?
Is this just a matter of fact with Honeycomb?
Please teach me of wise one(s)..
Thanks.
Honeycomb unrooted will support keyboards, mice, and FAT/FAT32 flash drives without a problem. You can also gain NTFS support by rooting.
Its a kernel limitation. With that, however, there are several roms and kernels in the development section that add ext4, hfs, ntfs support.
If this post was helpful, give thanks
I guess the two downfalls I see with FAT32
1) File size
2) Will file transfer from my linux box be in only one direction (from the linux box to the tab) because the tab cannot read the file structure of the other machine? (In my case I have a dual boot machine with 2 NTFS partitions, 1 ext4 and 1 swap)
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I guess the two downfalls I see with FAT32
1) File size
2) Will file transfer from my linux box be in only one direction (from the linux box to the tab) because the tab cannot read the file structure of the other machine? (In my case I have a dual boot machine with 2 NTFS partitions, 1 ext4 and 1 swap)
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These guys talk back and forth between their Linux boxes and their tabs I believe.
I think you'll get a quicker response to your question there?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158260
YeeP said:
I guess the two downfalls I see with FAT32
1) File size
2) Will file transfer from my linux box be in only one direction (from the linux box to the tab) because the tab cannot read the file structure of the other machine? (In my case I have a dual boot machine with 2 NTFS partitions, 1 ext4 and 1 swap)
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When you plug the tab to a computer (Linux or Windows, maybe Mac? not sure), your OS will mount what it sees. For me, my Win7 laptop mounts the internal SD card of the tab, and so does my Ubuntu box. When the card is mounted, I just copy files to it or from it by dragging and dropping. This is what I do with large fiels.
This is of course not practical for very large files, but for smaller files (like music albums, etc.) you of course have the option of using samba (SMB) or ftp/scp for moving files back and forth between your Linux box and the tab on your wlan. What I've done is that I mostly just copy stuff from my Linux box through samba, just share a folder, set it to copy. Sometimes I plug in the tab and transfer files over the cable. I have a pretty elaborate home network setup with bunch of stuff shared there, so it's usually easier for me to just copy things straight off of the network shares than to go unplugging usb drives from the server they're normally at and plugging them straight to the tab. So that's why I haven't really missed the option of mounting more other file systems, I just generally tend to use the tools (smb / ftp) that don't require actual mounting, just connecting.
I have portable hard disk which doesn't get detected on my stock a500 if I format it as ntfs. I was thinking why should I use ntfs if I can use ext3 on my acer a500 and windows 7.
My problem with fat32 is that I can't copy files larger the 8gb.
Can anyone help me get started by answering below quetions.
How do I format my hard drive to ext3?
Will iconia a500 can read the drive natively?
How to enable windows 7 to read and write to ext3?
If you're running 3.2 it should, had no problem on mine...
There are apps out there that will format to ext3, Easius partition manager is a free one, but windows does NOT recognise the linux file structure. There might be apps that allow it to be read but since I don't need I haven't looked....
Just remember that its fairly easy to format to ext3 but might be harder trying to format back to fat32 or ntfs....
thanks for your quick reply. I will search for available software for windows 7.
The software exists for Windows 7 but it isn't the most glamorous. I used an app called ext2explore. My AV on windoze sees it as a virus but it isn't. It works with ext3 and ext4 formatted hard drives too.
If your tab is rooted you can install drivemount from the market. It allows your tab to read NTFS files, as well there are custom ROMS that allow it too. That might actually be easier than getting Windoze to read your ext partitions.
You are rite hardslog. After Googling and finding softwares that would not enable me to work the way I want I finaly came to the conclusion it's best to leave it as is. I think it's bit simpler to root it and get ntfs mount, then trying to get windows 7 to recognize ext3.
Thanks for the reply.
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You are rite hardslog. After Googling and finding softwares that would not enable me to work the way I want I finaly came to the conclusion it's best to leave it as is. I think it's bit simpler to root it and get ntfs mount, then trying to get windows 7 to recognize ext3.
Thanks for the reply.
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Anytime! Or you could format your Windoze computer and put something like Ubuntu on it!
I gotta say, I'm struggling mightily here.
I'm running stock on my Nexus 10, with 4.4.2, rooted with TWRP installed as recovery and with SU installed.
I'm trying hard to see if I can watch movies on USB using the OTG cable. All my movies are MKV's on my HD. I could convert to .mp4 if I have to.....but
I've played around mounting the stick with Stickmount as well as Nexus Media Importer. Both will mount the drives but I can't read anything on them.
I finally got it to where I could read files if they were on my Hp 16 Gb stick formatted Fat, not NTFS or ex-Fat. It will not read my Patriot 64's in any format.
I went to Stickmount Playstore page to d/l the 2 zip files that would enable NTFS support and moved them over to /SDcard. Didn't seem to make any difference.
It used to be I could play any video file of any format, of any size, on any sized stick. What happened? Do any of the other roms do any better at supporting this? Are there known limitations to KitKat? Are there work arounds/enhancements/fixes available? Should I run a different kernel?
Any help would be most appreciated.
OK. So here's where I'm at. I now come to see that the only drive that will work is a FAT32 format and that it has to be 16 gb or less in size. It doesn't matter what format the file is in. It won't read NTFS or exFAT.
Is that the experience of everyone else or what?
I've also found that I cannot format a larger drive (eg: 64 gb) in windows. It only allows exFAT on this size. I can, however, use something like EaseUS Partition Manager (free) and format the drive that way into FAT32 at least allowing a greater number of movies on 1 stick.
Next hurdle though, is how to get around the 4gb size issue.
You can try using USB OTG HELPER without any limitations as to the type of stick or drive (FAT NTFS table format) you can use. The downside that I have noticed with all those programmes that enable OTG function via root methods is that they tamper system files which in turn cause future system file update errors. (I had to manually find and replace some files in order to make my 4.3 update from 4.2 happen)
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Hello.
I use my nexus player as Kodi player
I have upgraded to android 6.0.
When y connect a USB memory stick formated in NTFS or ExFAT, android didnt mount the file system, I can only format the USB stick.
With Fat32 usb memory stick, Android mount the file system and I can access the files (/STORAGE/XXXXX).
But with the fat32 system, i can't copy file > 4 Go (big MKV video) on the memory stick (fat32 limitation).
Can you help me ?
Thanks, and sorry for my bad english.
I have run into the same issue. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like anyone has built an ASOP Marshmallow 6.0 kernel with ntfs or exfat enabled. One option is to downgrade to 5.1.1 and use Kernelfox's kernel and another option possibly is to be install CM 12.1 rom.
I found this issue annoying as well... I finally just plugged the USB stick into my router and load my large .mkv files from there... but you'd think android would support ntfs sticks... oh well.
root
install stickmount
that is the only way i know for sure to do it. i have an external drive connected directly and play large 20gb plus mkv rips doing it this way. there is a file you must install on the root but just read all the instructions in the stickmount description in the store
knives of ice said:
root
install stickmount
that is the only way i know for sure to do it. i have an external drive connected directly and play large 20gb plus mkv rips doing it this way. there is a file you must install on the root but just read all the instructions in the stickmount description in the store
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Does this work on 6.0? I currently have two 1TB drives on 5.1.1. I couldn't get them to work on 6.0 when it first came out.
brkshr said:
Does this work on 6.0? I currently have two 1TB drives on 5.1.1. I couldn't get them to work on 6.0 when it first came out.
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yes, it definitely works on 6.0
you need to make sure you follow the instructions for the file that needs to be installed with stickmount. all the instructions are in the stickmount description in the store.
knives of ice said:
yes, it definitely works on 6.0
you need to make sure you follow the instructions for the file that needs to be installed with stickmount. all the instructions are in the stickmount description in the store.
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Awesome, thank you! Just didn't want to flash 6.0 and find out it doesn't work again and have to go back.
brkshr said:
Awesome, thank you! Just didn't want to flash 6.0 and find out it doesn't work again and have to go back.
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Have you attempted the merge? Can you post your results please?
xconwayx said:
Have you attempted the merge? Can you post your results please?
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Yes sir. I installed 6.0.1, rooted and installed Stickmount. Everything works. The only thing different from Android 5.1 is when I plug my hard drives in, I have to go into ES File Explorer and unmount both drives, because of Android 6.0's built in OTG support. Then I can go into Stickmount and mount the drives as usual. It adds an extra step, but I think it's worth it because Android 6.0 looks much smoother than 5.1 did.
Edit: I've also found out in the past that things go smoother if you unmount drives in stickmount before you take out or plug in another drive.
Edit2: Also, my drives are NTFS formatted. Stickmount asks you to download 2 files when you first open it. I suspect these are the NTFS and EXFAT compatibility files, because I've never had a problem with NTFS drives.
brkshr said:
Yes sir. I installed 6.0.1, rooted and installed Stickmount. Everything works. The only thing different from Android 5.1 is when I plug my hard drives in, I have to go into ES File Explorer and unmount both drives, because of Android 6.0's built in OTG support. Then I can go into Stickmount and mount the drives as usual. It adds an extra step, but I think it's worth it because Android 6.0 looks much smoother than 5.1 did.
Edit: I've also found out in the past that things go smoother if you unmount drives in stickmount before you take out or plug in another drive.
Edit2: Also, my drives are NTFS formatted. Stickmount asks you to download 2 files when you first open it. I suspect these are the NTFS and EXFAT compatibility files, because I've never had a problem with NTFS drives.
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Thank you for sharing these findings! Much appreciated.
brkshr said:
Yes sir. I installed 6.0.1, rooted and installed Stickmount. Everything works. The only thing different from Android 5.1 is when I plug my hard drives in, I have to go into ES File Explorer and unmount both drives, because of Android 6.0's built in OTG support. Then I can go into Stickmount and mount the drives as usual. It adds an extra step, but I think it's worth it because Android 6.0 looks much smoother than 5.1 did.
Edit: I've also found out in the past that things go smoother if you unmount drives in stickmount before you take out or plug in another drive.
Edit2: Also, my drives are NTFS formatted. Stickmount asks you to download 2 files when you first open it. I suspect these are the NTFS and EXFAT compatibility files, because I've never had a problem with NTFS drives.
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Is there anyway to automate the unmount/mount? I'll be stetting this up for someone else, and don't want to redo it everytime he resets the device.
matthelm said:
Is there anyway to automate the unmount/mount? I'll be stetting this up for someone else, and don't want to redo it everytime he resets the device.
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Not that I know of
I know that it's too much later but after suffering the inability to mount neither exFAT nor NTFS in stock MM in my Idol 3, i leave the program that mounts successfully both file systems, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.tcplugins_ntfs_ro
It's weird but in LP i could mount exFAT file systems without any external program and after upgrading to MM it's not possible, sometimes AOSP gets worse. Anyway, before that i used to make use of this app to mount NTFS and still work in MM, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.mounter
I have a seicane head unit and it only supports 32G USB drives. I was wondering if since Android was based on linux if it was possible to format the drives as ext4, xfs, or exfat and get the correct kernel module loaded so that the unit can support larger drives/files?
Android supports exFAT. The problem is not with Android it's the card reader in the unit that limits the capacity.
I've read that if you format the larger device as a FAT filesystem on a computer it will be recognized in the device, so it doesn't seem like a hardware limit. But, using FAT wastes space on many small files and also has a 2G file size limit. That's why I was wondering if I could get other filesystems supported. I'll try to format the larger drive with exFAT and see what happens.
Use a PC to format FAT32
You'll likely need to download a program to do it correctly, latest windows "can" only do it from command prompt, and often (always?) doesn't work. After making you wait an hour or two.
I gave up and downloaded "AOMEI Partition Assistant". Several minutes later, done and working... before, it wouldn't even recognize the card.
PS different device though I heard it's a shared issue for Chinese Android Headunits
I ended up just formatting a couple of 64G drives as FAT32 and they worked just fine. I was just hoping to be able to use exFat, xfs, or ext4 to avoid file size limitations. But, I'll just live with it for now.
CraigLS said:
I ended up just formatting a couple of 64G drives as FAT32 and they worked just fine. I was just hoping to be able to use exFat, xfs, or ext4 to avoid file size limitations. But, I'll just live with it for now.
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exFat was proprietary by Microsoft and fully closed and therefore never supported on Android.
Microsoft has just made it open source (5-6 months ago?) and it is now being supported on Android 10.
ext-2/3/4, xfs, cramfs, squashfs and a few other file systems are directly supported by Android. Depending on what the manufacturer has compiled into the kernel, it is sometimes read-only on SD-cards and USB-sticks (and the compressed ones like cramfs, squashfs and yaffs(2) are always read-only)..
So your luck may vary, but exFat only on Android 10+.
I use a sandisk 256 gb usb flash drive in my seicane movies,music,photos,etc Mounts and ejects just fine