Hi all. Only reason I am thinking of rooting my Shield TV is so I can write to my removable drives. From my understanding is that SDFix does not work with marshmallow. Is this correct? I Would love to access my non adoptable drive from my network. Or if rooted, can i also use FTP to read and write? Thank you.
robjbw said:
Hi all. Only reason I am thinking of rooting my Shield TV is so I can write to my removable drives. From my understanding is that SDFix does not work with marshmallow. Is this correct? I Would love to access my non adoptable drive from my network. Or if rooted, can i also use FTP to read and write? Thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hope this helps... looks like newest update on 1/18/17 (v5.0.1)
"Other Enhancements
*Added ability to write to attached USB or SD card storage."
forums.geforce.com/default/topic/988354/shield-tv/shield-experience-upgrade-5-01-feedback-thread-for-shield-2017-/
I assume you mean network access to the attached storage
SHIELD TV Gen. 2015
write access was, for me, only possible through root and a SMB/samba server.
Root via http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu from chainfire
SMB server via https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate + https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.packb for a native SMB server, normally i use a FTP-server like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lutey.FTPServer but was not able to get it running on the shield
SHIELD TV Gen. 2017
As of 5.0 i was not able to write to the storage
Actual there is no way to root the 2017 and therefore no SMB server.
The bootloader was updated and ca be unlocked but does not allow to flash the recovery, even if it tells you so (fastboot).
Android 7 recognize a manipulation and reflashes the stock recovery
But i am not sure if 5.0.1 added the network write access storage feature.
robjbw said:
Hi all. Only reason I am thinking of rooting my Shield TV is so I can write to my removable drives. From my understanding is that SDFix does not work with marshmallow. Is this correct? I Would love to access my non adoptable drive from my network. Or if rooted, can i also use FTP to read and write? Thank you.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Assuming we're talking a 2017 Shield, I actually managed to access my non-adapted storage over FTP. Without root.
I have a 5TB external HDD hooked up to my Shield, and sideloaded an FTP app. I set my external HDD as root-folder for said app, and could both read/write to it (most recent software update, 5.0.1). I wanted easy management/streaming from my PC though, so I installed WebDrive so I could mount the FTP server as a local drive.
Works like a charm, can post a how-to if required.
Radnu said:
Works like a charm, can post a how-to if required.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes please!
twe69 said:
Yes please!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Updated: We still need FTP to write to an external, non-adopted storage. Viewing can be done over SMB though!
Alrighty then, here goes nothing, please do keep in mind the "fix" you'll find down below is a quick and dirty one. It will allow you to both read and write to your external storage over FTP, without actually needing to have root.
Requirements
1. Sideload Launcher by Chainfire
2. A file manager, preferably with cloud access. I prefer X-plore myself.
3. FTP Server by The Olive Tree (others may work, your mileage may vary).
4. Any FTP client to access your shiny new server.
Step 1
- Install the Sideload Launcher if you haven't done so yet, it will allow us to open APKs that weren't designed for AndroidTV. You can just grab it from the PlayStore.
Step 2
- We're going to need an APK from FTP Server. The easiest way so far seems to be to install it on another device (in my case, my trusty Note3), and "backup" the APK to your Google drive using X-plore as you can see *here*.
- After we've gotten the APK there, hop back to the Shield and open X-plore. Go to your Google drive and install the FTP Server we just put there.
Step 3
- Use the Sideload Launcher to open our FTP server and set it up. Tapping your D-pad "up" once gets us to the settings of the app. Open it, and scroll down till you're looking at something like *this*.
- Most of these settings are up to your own discretion, but I strongly advice to untick "anonymous login" and set a username/pw. The most important bit is to set the home-directory to your non-adapted HDD.
- Close the settings, and tap your D-pad "down" once. Click [ A ], and we should get a nice green icon saying we're up and running! Should be something like *this*.
- The app will "survive" Sleep-mode, but after a restart you'll have to toggle it on again.
Step 4
- Profit!
- You should be able to access your FTP server on your specified local port, and using WebDrive you can even access it easily on a PC. It'll look something like *this*.
- You can use your regular SMB share to view your files over your local network, the catch is that you'll need to use FTP to write to it.
Final note!
It looks like setting X-plore as "default handler" for the non-adapted storage makes it disconnect from your shield. Don't tick it!
I read that writing to the external usb HDD is now fixed in the latest update v5.0.2?
In which case enable the following Settings > Device > Storage & reset > SHIELD storage access > Over local network > On and map the drive to the laptop.
Is this correct? I need to test it out still.
twe69 said:
I read that writing to the external usb HDD is now fixed in the latest update v5.0.2?
In which case enable the following Settings > Device > Storage & reset > SHIELD storage access > Over local network > On and map the drive to the laptop.
Is this correct? I need to test it out still.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Don't think so yet. I *can* view and play it, but can't write to it. Screeny over here: imgur,com/ieuhlB0
Any one have luck with this yet? Really hoping to be able to write easy to the external storage.
candymann said:
Any one have luck with this yet? Really hoping to be able to write easy to the external storage.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
As I explained above, you actually can write to it using FTP (non-adopted storage, no root required whatsoever). Currently I would just advice using the regular SMB share to view it on other devices (since you don't want to download anything before viewing).
I've edited the instructions to clarify.
Here is something I discovered. When you hook up a USB flash drive or HD, it creates some folders on that drive. Android nvidia shield(something like that)
The nvidia folder it creates is writable. I am using a flash drive as non adoptable to play ROMs on with emulators. On the root of the drive I had issues. But once I moved my ROMs folder inside the nvidia folder all was well. No my emulators can load the ROMs from the nvidia folder created on the drive and write the save files to the same folder the ROMs are located in.
Hope this helps. Only issue is that when u restart, you get the annoying pop up asking to adopt the drive. I just hit browse each time.. Because I don't want to adopt it.. I just want it to store files..
Android went plum retarded post kitkat with drives and SD cards and write permissions.. Its very annoying and makes me long for the good OK days where u could just insert something and do with it slas you please... In my opinion they have over complicated what should be a rather simple procedure.. But it looks like this is the direction they have choose..
adam_ky said:
Here is something I discovered. When you hook up a USB flash drive or HD, it creates some folders on that drive. Android nvidia shield(something like that)
The nvidia folder it creates is writable. I am using a flash drive as non adoptable to play ROMs on with emulators. On the root of the drive I had issues. But once I moved my ROMs folder inside the nvidia folder all was well. Now my emulators can load the ROMs from the nvidia folder created on the drive and write the save files to the same folder the ROMs are located in.
...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Checked this and the [\\SHIELD\ExternalStorage\NVIDIA_SHIELD] folder is writable over SMB indeed.
Now it's just a matter of whether or not you're willing to put up with the popup.
Hope that helps ya. The android folder is most likely writable as well.
I remember this work around when lollipop came out and apps were not built with the proper permissions. You could use the apps folder in android on the SD card to circumvent this.
But yea I'm good for now just using the shield folder on my flash drive... I do wish there was a way to remove the popup on boot asking to adopt storage though....
I'm beginning to loathe nougat....
The later android versions are hardly usable for me without the use of xposed.
Anyways, hope that trick helps you and anyone else
If you have root couldn't you just mount the drive as writeable using a file explorer? I'm interested in writing to a removable drive in general (don't care about network access specifically).
Any news here?
I am on Nvidia Shield 2017 with 8.0.1 rooted.
I can only READ my attached NAS (network storage).
But I want to get WRITE access too
The workaround with the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder did not work... And Apps like SDfix ends up in error ??!
I own two Shields and need them to write to my NAS.
Does anyone can help me how to get this working?
Both Shields are rooted
Anyone know, if THIS is still actual? (4 years old)
Thank u very much
Kamikaze01 said:
Any news here?
I am on Nvidia Shield 2017 with 8.0.1 rooted.
I can only READ my attached NAS (network storage).
But I want to get WRITE access too
The workaround with the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder did not work... And Apps like SDfix ends up in error ??!
I own two Shields and need them to write to my NAS.
Does anyone can help me how to get this working?
Both Shields are rooted
Anyone know, if THIS is still actual? (4 years old)
Thank u very much
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same setup as you. I have been searching everywhere on a way to do this and no luck.
Related
As the title suggest, looking to see if its possible to read/write to the mounted sd card while its plugged into the Iconia Tab from my Windows file manager.
about 4 months ago i found an old Sandisk sansa at work, no one claimed it so the manager in charge of lost and found gave it to me tonight. Its a fairly old model, but it had an 8gig Transcend micro sdhc in it. its loaded with nearly 7 gigs of music. Id like to back up the contents and then wipe the card.
Also, is there a way to test the cards read/write speeds from the tab? i saw Sd Tools but it only tries to speedtest the internal memory with no option for switching to the external_sd.
Or, am i going to have to buy one of those little card readers for USB slots?
@Grimcreaper - you could look at this method I posted back in July. It's simple and it works. But I'll be honest for simplicity I prefer using a usb card reader, I know it's a nuisance taking the sd card in and out but virtually nothing can go wrong while you are using it.
Try this simple method
For anyone who wants to see the contents of their sd card on their PC and be able to copy/transfer files from one to the other, why not give this a try, it is very simple and works for my A500.
Before you start you need your A500 to be rooted and you need "USB Mount All version 1.3" from the Market cost $1.99
(1) Have your PC switched on, don't connect your A500 yet but switch the A500 on.
(2) Run USB Mount All and you will see your sd card as a "Device" named "ext_sdcard".
(3) Press the tab "Mount" next to your ext_sdcard. You will see two messages "Mount has been granted Superuser permission" and "Device successfully mounted".
(4) Press the "Menu" tab in the top Right hand corner of the screen, this opens a small box entitled "Settings". Press on "Settings" and you get 3 options, make certain all 3 options are ticked, ticking them if they are not. (The important thing is to have "Mount on Bootup" ticked"). Press the Back Arrow twice to get back to Home Page or where ever you started from.
(5) Re-boot the A500 and after it is back running connect it to your PC using mini usb connector.
(6) Now check your PC and open Windows Explorer, you will find under your A500 Device most of the folder/directories that are in /mnt/sdcard (which isn't all that relevent to this) BUT importantly you will find a folder/directory entitled "ext_sdcard" which for those of you who noticed is the exact name that "USB Mount All" called your sd card.
(7) Now use Windows Explorer to copy and paste whatever you want into the "ext_sdcard" folder.
(8) Please note that when you start to copy files you will get up a warning box stating "Do you want to copy XXXXX to your device?". You are given 2 choices (1) No skip this file or (2) Yes.
(9) Put a tick in the box at the bottom Left and click on "Yes".
(10) When finished safely disconnect your A500 from your PC and re-boot your A500.
(11) After re-boot go back into "USB Mount All", chose top Right menu and settings box and remove the tick from the 3rd option "Mount on Bootup". Each time you are going to copy, move or delete files first of all put the tick back in the 3rd box and when you're done take it out.
Your Done. If you use any File Explorer to look at /mnt/external_sd you will see all the files residing on your sd card including those you've just copied
DroidExplorer
Just wait for or load one of the 3.2 based roms...
Thank you guys for your answers
Yes you can!
I'm using the virtuous galaxy room and it's under the storages file» sd» mmcblk1 and there you go. Way easier than pulling the card out every two seconds
@Grimcreaper - Further to what I originally posted, I have to apologise and endorse what "verdigny" posted. "DroidExplorer" is IMO the best and easiest way of achieving your goal. I must blame an early onset of Alzh or alternatively too many visits to the bottle for forgetting that I in fact have DroidExplorer on my PC and it does everything you want so easily. Back in July when I posted my screed I hadn't seen or downloaded DroidExplorer and that is why I worked out that painfully long and convoluted system.
Thanks again for more info would have responded sooner but ive been stuck working some killer hours right before my vacation kicks in.
Another question, anyone know how to test the speed of the micro sd card?
I found 1 app but it only works for phones i think as it only shows the tabs internal memory with no options for doing an external sd card source, cant remember what its called as i uninstalled it
trying to find out if its worth using on my tab or if its to slow.
Gonna edit this again, appearently i didnt fix it. BusyBox doesnt want to work on my tablet now. says its not rooted and wont install it. so im lost
Went into SU and had it "forget" the busybox installer, but its bringing up a lot of things it didnt the first time i installed it..
Is there anything to worry about with an install of busybox? is it easy to remove if i need to for updating the tablet or anything once i remove SU access? all of these warnings have me a bit scared since im a total noob with android devices but being able to access the sd card constantly through the tablet from windows would make things a lot easier
@Grimcreaper - can't help with sd card speed, a bit out of my league. As far as "BusyBox" is concerned may I make the following comments. I presume each of the following statements are true.....(1) you are using the stock/standard Rom and Kernel (2) you have rooted by using Iconia Root [ v1.1 or v1.2 or v1.3] (3) you are on Honeycomb 3.1 (4) you use "RootChecker" free from MktPlace (5) you used "BusyBox Installer" free from MktPlace.
I am not an expert but in your position my "path" would have been......(1) Root the A500 (2) Apply BusyBox Installer (3) Install RootChecker. Assuming Rooting goes ok you should have no problem installing BusyBox and then use RootChecker which in it's "Advanced" mode will confirm your Root was successful and will also confirm successful installation of BusyBox. By installing BusyBox, apart from anything else, you gain access to certain system/scripting/"linux type" commands such as 'cat' 'chmod' 'chown' 'clear' 'dd' 'egrep' 'ping' etc.etc.
If you need "Iconia Root" I can point you to the XDA page or can attach it to a followup post, but reading your post again I'm presuming you already have it. A small point, when it comes to updating OTA updates from Acer I found on the last update from 3.01 to 3.1 that after restoring certain "bloat" files I was able to update without uninstalling Root and at the conclusion of the update Root was still operative.
Hope I havn't missed your point and wasted your time with a load of drivel.
Quick addition - Do a search in Market for "software data cable" and look at the first 2 free apps. Haven't tried them myself but might interest you.
Checking out rootchecker now, everything else on the list is accurate.
According to rootchecker i am rooted, which i did using the iconia root 1.3 i believe some time ago to get the netflix stuff working by backing up replacing the libmonv file.
It also shows Busybox as correctly installed too, version 1.18.4
Grimcreaper said:
Another question, anyone know how to test the speed of the micro sd card?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
find a pc program to download and check it.
here are a couple,
Crystal Disk Mark
or
HD Tach is a low level hardware benchmark for random access read/write storage devices such as hard drives, removable drives (ZIP/JAZZ), flash devices, and RAID arrays. HD Tach uses custom device drivers and other low level Windows interfaces to bypass as many layers of software as possible and get as close to the physical performance of the device possible.
The trial version of HD Tach measures the sequential read speed (at various points on the device), the random access speed, interface burst speed and CPU utilization of the drive. The registered version adds sequential write testing.
Hello everyone,
I am kind of new to Kodi and FireTV Stick but already fell deeply in love with all of it’s features. Last week I installed a MegaPack for Kodi which comes with all the repos and addons already installed. Really love it but I guess that this image I installed can be stripped down to reduce size and overall hardware needs.
The instructions to install the MegaPack required a 1 GB download and adbfire. In adbfire with the help of the restore button the whole extracted “MegaPack.zip” was copied to the FireTV Stick and everything worked fine.
Now yesterday I tried the following: I installed Kodi on my Laptop, installed the same MegPack (which in case of Windows just requires to copy all the folder to C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Roaming/Kodi) and made some changes. These changes I then copied again with the help of adbfire to the stick and voila it worked…
To keep it short my question is the following: Is my described procedure “good”? I really love the ease of setting up Kodi on the PC and push the files to the stick. With help of mouse and keyboard the setup process is much more convenient. I am just not sure if this might lead to technical problems. Anybody can tell me if I was lucky with my try yesterday or that this is a perfectly fine way to do it? The addons on Kodi for Windows and FireTV Stick are the same?
Thank you very much in advance and happy Kodiing
Thanks Anhaussner for the information!
Could please post the download link for the MegaPack for Kodi that you have installed?
I also would like to know how to install this MegaPack and on which folder you will have to copy all these files?
anhaussner said:
Hello everyone,
I am kind of new to Kodi and FireTV Stick but already fell deeply in love with all of it’s features. Last week I installed a MegaPack for Kodi which comes with all the repos and addons already installed. Really love it but I guess that this image I installed can be stripped down to reduce size and overall hardware needs.
The instructions to install the MegaPack required a 1 GB download and adbfire. In adbfire with the help of the restore button the whole extracted “MegaPack.zip” was copied to the FireTV Stick and everything worked fine.
Now yesterday I tried the following: I installed Kodi on my Laptop, installed the same MegPack (which in case of Windows just requires to copy all the folder to C:/Users/xxx/AppData/Roaming/Kodi) and made some changes. These changes I then copied again with the help of adbfire to the stick and voila it worked…
To keep it short my question is the following: Is my described procedure “good”? I really love the ease of setting up Kodi on the PC and push the files to the stick. With help of mouse and keyboard the setup process is much more convenient. I am just not sure if this might lead to technical problems. Anybody can tell me if I was lucky with my try yesterday or that this is a perfectly fine way to do it? The addons on Kodi for Windows and FireTV Stick are the same?
Thank you very much in advance and happy Kodiing
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Only thing is that the two file systems are different, you need to change the file system on the fire stick, one of the maintenance programs can change it for you, download "The Community Portal" & goto mantenance/advance settings & then select "convert physical paths to special" this will fix the file system to Android from the Pc version. If you need to install this install it from File manager/add sources & type in- http://noobsandnerds.com/portal
then name it what ever you like & select ok, then install from zip, not go to programs & open it.
Hope this helps If so hit that like button
Ideally, I would install the build on the Fire Stick, tailor it to your requirements (stripping out the add-ons you don't want etc) and then performing a backup via ADBfire. You'll then have a build perfectly set up to restore to any new Fire Stick using only the "Restore" feature also in ADBFire. It would be the cleanest method to do it.
For example, I do the same for my builds. However, I applied the same restore to the Fire TV, and while most things worked some did not (and there shouldn't be that much variation between the Fire Stick and TV.)
Hello all,
I've been working on getting Quasar running on the Fire TV 2, which was a little difficult as it doesn't support a FAT32 file system for storage (no pre-allocation), but that's all the Fire TV supports out of the box.
I'll try and write a simple guide to achieve a working version, but I don't have pictures at the moment, so when I do another setup at the end of the week, I'll check back and try to add some with more detail.
This guide assumes you have already rooted and are running the rbox pre-rooted ROM (in my case, 5.2.4.0).
First, I used a Linux VM and an external card reader to partition a microSD card.
MS-DOS partition table, 2 primary partitions using auto alignment (parted).
First partition 1GB in size, type FAT32.
Second partition, rest of free space, type ext4.After saving, created the filesystems using "mkfs.vfat" & "mkfs.ext4" as these tools didn't seem to be included on the AFTV.
From here, install Kodi v17.
I downloaded the ARM v7 APK from their website and installed using adb from my laptop.
Then, find and install a copy of "Apps2SD ROOT" - I used version 11.3.
Launch Kodi for the first time, to create the data directories, then exit again.
Insert the microSD card.
The AFTV2 should auto-mount the 1GB partition at the beginning of the card and ignore our ext4 at the end.
Open "Apps2SD" and using a mouse, go to "Link apps to SD card".
The first time you do this, it should ask you to set up the SD card.
Select ext4 as the file system type allow it to set up the mount script, so everything works on boot.
Now, we'll link Kodi:
Use the filter to select "User Apps", find Kodi and go into it.
At the bottom of this page about the app, click Link App.
Select the two data directory tick boxes and confirm the link.
At this point, it should move all the files then say when complete.Now go back and exit out of the app, back to the launcher.
Go into Kodi again and install the Quasar Android ARM build (I put the zip on a FAT32 USB drive).
When the initial settings box pops up, cancel out of it, as we can't set the download path here.
On my laptop with ADB connected, I ran:
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.quasar/settings.xml[/INDENT]
Edited the settings.xml file, from:
Code:
<setting id="download_path" value="" />[/INDENT]
To (this path should be linked to the ext4 partition on the SD card):
Code:
<setting id="download_path" value="/data/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files" />[/INDENT]
Then to push the settings back, I ran:
Code:
adb push settings.xml /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/plugin.video.quasar/settings.xml[/INDENT]
After this, a quick restart of Kodi was required.
From here, proceed like you would usually.
Issues I've noticed:
Although AFTV2 will play back 4K/2160p via Kodi/Quasar, the video output is only 1080p.
There is a fix for 4K playback in SPMC, but it's tough to get Quasar provider support in v16 of Kodi.
Hopefully 4K playback will be supported in the v17 release by the Kodi team when it is officially released.
Regards,
iamacarpetlicker
Good morning,
This is the only actual guide to getting quasar to work with a usb stick i have been able to find (without changing the internal storage and making kodi much slower in the process). It is kinda confusing though :/
So a couple questions
Will this also work for AFTV 1 instead of 2? (I am on the ROM ver 5.1.1 currently but have a 1st gen fire tv)
What if i already have kodi installed? Can I just skip down to the quasar push/pull directions? Or is there something i'd have to do first? like: "(this path should be linked to the ext4 partition on the SD card)" - How do i do that without installing kodi and doing all the steps previous to it? Can i just make a directory on the usb stick manually and bam? or no?
If i am not going to be installing kodi at the same time do I need to multi-partition the usb stick or could i just format it to ext4 and follow the adb push/pull directions for quasar download path? (it is currently formatted with one partition as ext4)
Any and all help is very much appreciated I love quasar and just bought a usb stick to get more out of it and have been searching for days on how to do this and tried quite a few things. THANK YOU
Hello AsinineRepublic,
Yes my apologies, I don't have a lot of personal time for stuff like this so I was never able to come back and update the guide properly.
Since writing this, my parents got some Fire TVs that came with a newer firmware that wasn't rootable, so I briefly investigated how Quasar could run on a stock firmware device.
I made a proof of concept storage driver for go-torrent that would allow storage to FAT32 (the only storage the FireTV 2s support natively) and a nice guy called Denis worked on a port of Quasar to go-torrent.
I'm not sure about a USB stick, as we've only tested it on the internal micro-sd on the FireTV 2s.
You can get a copy of the plugin here:
https://github.com/stonedonajax/plugin.video.quasar/releases
Just set the storage driver in settings to FAT32 and the path to: /storage/sdcard1/Android/data/com.xbmc.kodi/files/
The in-memory driver, in our personal testing, crashes a lot or interrupts playback, so I'd avoid it if possible.
Thanks,
iamacarpetlicker
Thank you, this worked for me as well
Hi I downloaded the first quasar add on for android arm and i couldn't get it to give permission to my memory card I formatted it to fat 32 it would only give permission to external storage but I changed storage type to memory and used /storage/emulated/0/Movies/and it streams brilliantly with my vpn but how to I get it working with my memory card many thanks for posted this brilliant add on thanks for your help when I insert my memory card and change storage to fat 32 and choose my memory card it won't give me permission using fire TV 4k
Gave up with this addon after searching many methods and repository.
---------- Post added at 11:07 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:53 AM ----------
Github guide link if anyone have?
Hi everyone.
I want to apply this thoughts:
I want to share an folder adressed from win 10: android, this is filled with subfolders: music, downloads, documents.
I want that the music example get his input direct from android/music
If I delete/create something in A so it has also delete/create in B, in both direction full automaticly
So how can I make that?
Since 120 minutes I have got knowledge about smb and share function by windows. But the rest I can't imagine.
I excuse my self I didn't find a network forum I put it here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android
https://www.dropbox.com/install
bbsc said:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android
https://www.dropbox.com/install
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thx but i meant native without apps, i already know about that like onedrive, poketdhare,airdroid.....
secondelric said:
Thx but i meant native without apps, i already know about that like onedrive, poketdhare,airdroid.....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Android cannot access smb shares without third-party apps. You'll need to access smb share to sync it from Android's side.
Windows cannot sync folders (without problems) not using third-party apps.
In theory, you can install something like rsync on both Windows and Android but it will be "apps" too.
Dropbox works just fine under Windows and Android and you'll not be limited to your home network only.
Ok, u right but vortell give me a good tip,
İ search by google and its called: mount
İm looking right know, how it could be works or not.
nice app is smb sync or mount a samba share on the phone...
So I research and found out that is possible to mount an network share folder as folder in android (where the system get access and apps to) with dsfile and ssqhelper. But I'll need cfis support from kernel. As I know standard kernel doesn't support it and direction goes to custom kernel (where I got no experienced yet or if any custom kernel would support it). For me is now stop with this througts but just to test it I will install an custom kernel with cfis support to see how it will be works.
Thx all for help.
Hi all,
First of all - forgive me if the subject has been up before - I did a bit of searching, but could't really find much about the subject.
I'm generally very pleased with the Mi A1 (my 4th "main" android phone after HTC Desire, SGS3 & OPO) but one thing that is giving me a bit of grief is this thing with access to my sd card, more precisely with copying content to the card by using different apps like root explorer, dropbox, dropsync pro etc.
Two very common actions in my usage are:
- Start an ftp-server on the phone and push new episodes of whatever tv-series I'm watching for the moment from computer to phone
- Open root explorer in my phone and copy stuff from my Dropbox folder to my phone (and back)
Neither of these actions can be done in my A1 (stock Oreo). The phone actually give the appearance of giving me the option to choose the sd-card but when trying to actually transfer something there it get's stuck before finishing or just return an error when trying.
So my question is - to get back to actually having rights to transfer stuff to my SD card without any problems, which of the below options would be the "easiest":
1. Does this work if I downgrade to Nougat?
2. Would rooting be enough if I stay on Oreo?
3. Can I transfer more freely with LOS 15.x?
4. Other options?
I actually found one thread mentioning this as a problem in stock Oreo so I know I'm not alone with the problem.
Thanks in advance,
/gosa
Hi,
Found this when searching Google for solutions this problem.
At the moment my only way of getting files onto the memory card is to download them to the internal storage and then using "Stock" file manager to copy them to the memory card... A bit to many steps if you ask me.
I was thinking that rooting might solve it but haven't gotten around to it yet.
hi
gosa said:
Hi all,
First of all - forgive me if the subject has been up before - I did a bit of searching, but could't really find much about the subject.
I'm generally very pleased with the Mi A1 (my 4th "main" android phone after HTC Desire, SGS3 & OPO) but one thing that is giving me a bit of grief is this thing with access to my sd card, more precisely with copying content to the card by using different apps like root explorer, dropbox, dropsync pro etc.
Two very common actions in my usage are:
- Start an ftp-server on the phone and push new episodes of whatever tv-series I'm watching for the moment from computer to phone
- Open root explorer in my phone and copy stuff from my Dropbox folder to my phone (and back)
Neither of these actions can be done in my A1 (stock Oreo). The phone actually give the appearance of giving me the option to choose the sd-card but when trying to actually transfer something there it get's stuck before finishing or just return an error when trying.
So my question is - to get back to actually having rights to transfer stuff to my SD card without any problems, which of the below options would be the "easiest":
1. Does this work if I downgrade to Nougat?
2. Would rooting be enough if I stay on Oreo?
3. Can I transfer more freely with LOS 15.x?
4. Other options?
I actually found one thread mentioning this as a problem in stock Oreo so I know I'm not alone with the problem.
Thanks in advance,
/gosa
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here one more with the same problem. I have the My A1 in ROM Stock Oreo 8 with root via magisk, and it is tedious and annoying not to be able to write to the external SD. I use ADM, apps for downloads Torrent, Solid Explorer.
Having Root I had the opportunity to try several possible solutions. Here some of them (note: none worked, nor resolved) I expose them in case someone else wants to try, possibly something will work for them.
Root ??????
SDFix: KitKat Writable MicroSD. (Developed by NextApp)
Magisk Modules??????
App Systemizer
ExSDCard Access Enabler
Xposed ??????
Marshmallow SD fix
KitKat SD Card Full Access (Caution: gives many errors in OS)
Handle External Storage
One way to take it with Solid Explore (it's more visual than the Stock Explorer):
* Solid Explorer, to paste or write to SD, always go to Root / mnt / media_RW / SD Card
As I mentioned. None of the above worked for me.
The only way to solve the problem momentarily is to download and use the apps all in the internal memory, with the stock file explorer moving the files to the external SD in a step later.
If someone can give light to this problem or a possible solution I will be very grateful.
*(sorry for my English)
Have you tried binding folder/creating softlink
Could you explain how it is done? Or inform about the subject.
Just got 8.1 and the problem is gone.