The title says it all which file explorer do you prefer root explorer or SU? Maybe one has an advantage over the other what are your thoughts?
Root explorer is good in that you can easily edit permissions. It has corrupted a file on my SD card from time to time though. Haven't tried SU. Right now, I actually use ES file explorer because I'm running cyanogenmod which allows me to mount the filesystem r/w using ESFile Explorer. EStrongs feels more polished than root explorer IMO, plus it's free.
nukedukem said:
Root explorer is good in that you can easily edit permissions. It has corrupted a file on my SD card from time to time though. Haven't tried SU. Right now, I actually use ES file explorer because I'm running cyanogenmod which allows me to mount the filesystem r/w using ESFile Explorer. EStrongs feels more polished than root explorer IMO, plus it's free.
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Hello, which is the best file manager for android? root explorer or astro or something else?
for galaxy s
thanks
Root explorer is my favourite
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+1 for root explorer. Also this thread is kind of pointless.
I use root and astro, each for different purpouses. I generally use astro because it just works. I use root explorer to fiddle around with the os, also unzipping in it does not seem to work and the ui is a bit depressing so that's my main reason for astro. (Root explorer therefore for you is kindof pointless if you don't have a rooted phone)
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I'm trying to insert a hosts file into the etc folder to replace the one currently in it, but it says I do not have permission to go through with the overwrite of the new file over the old one. I use SuperUser and can't seem to figure out how to grant ASTRO File Manager access. Can anyone shed some light on this situation?
Miliwon said:
I'm trying to insert a hosts file into the etc folder to replace the one currently in it, but it says I do not have permission to go through with the overwrite of the new file over the old one. I use SuperUser and can't seem to figure out how to grant ASTRO File Manager access. Can anyone shed some light on this situation?
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Try using a different file explorer, one that is specifically a root file explorer.
I don't believe that ASTRO can access Anything requiring root permissions.
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Yes root explorer will be the easiest way unless you know how to do it with adb.
I have used super one click and still can NOT find root explore in app store on kindle but kindle has the superuser app (found in settings,apps,ect). Please someone tell me what im doing wrong or help me!! im about to throw my kindle.
amnovess said:
I have used super one click and still can NOT find root explore in app store on kindle but kindle has the superuser app (found in settings,apps,ect). Please someone tell me what im doing wrong or help me!! im about to throw my kindle.
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Are you using the google market? Allot of apps don't show in the Amazon market. If it isn't in the google market you could always sideload it.
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amnovess said:
I have used super one click and still can NOT find root explore in app store on kindle but kindle has the superuser app (found in settings,apps,ect). Please someone tell me what im doing wrong or help me!! im about to throw my kindle.
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<Root Explorer apparently cannot be side-loaded due to protected app. It appears that you need to install directly from the marketplace or another android application store.> - edit... others said this was incorrect and they were able to sideload Root Explorer. Not sure why we had issues. I was assisting a friend get his Market working and found that Root Explorer was no longer listed on Amazon App Store. We did find it on AppBrain, but the AppBrain app wouldn't install on the KF.
In the end we found that ES File Explorer had a 'unprotect system folder' option that allowed the Market APK to be moved into System/App. His market is now working great. Hope this helps. You should be able to fnd ES File Explorer on XDADev or on the Amazon App Store (free app).
I finally got it uploaded and now i save the apl files to sd card and when i go in to move them to system > app it sas that "you can not paste becasue the file system is read only and when i try to change the permissions it give a weird error
please help
i have ed but i cant find unprotected folder ou spoke of. please tell me if i did this wrong but i took the apk's and just put them right into the sd card....is that where the are supposed to go before the sys>app folder?
how about installing it via adb? adb install <path to apk>
help please!!
when i try to install the andriod market it says' "the application market (process com.andriod.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. please try again.........please advise, also i have the vending.apk in the sys/app and when i try to change the permissions it says that vending.apk permissions can not be changed because the file system is read only
thank you
every time i try to do this when i try to mount it with...C:\Users\Guest1\Desktop\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools.... it says "remount failedperation not premitted
amnovess said:
when i try to install the andriod market it says' "the application market (process com.andriod.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. please try again.........please advise, also i have the vending.apk in the sys/app and when i try to change the permissions it says that vending.apk permissions can not be changed because the file system is read only
thank you
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You must not have root access. You should be able to change the file system to r/w if you have given superuser permission. Are you sure you have root access? What program are you using? (Super manager, root explorer, es explorer, etc.) Did you try using adb to change the permissions?
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You could use ES File Explorer from the amazon appstore. Just enable root mode.
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Just for reference, root explorer side loaded for me perfectly fine.
And you cant write to those protected folders without having root enabled.
Thelgow said:
Just for reference, root explorer side loaded for me perfectly fine.
And you cant write to those protected folders without having root enabled.
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My buddy kept getting an error that the app was unauthorized when trying to side-load. Tried to move it from sdcard/downloads to data/app and reboot and received the same error. Good to know Root Explorer can be side-loaded without having to install from the market directly if necessary. He was able to sideload all the other vvpGoogle apps and etc fine.
For anyone who can't download Root Explorer from the Amazon app store (I couldn't as I'm in Hong Kong) google root explorer apk and there are a couple of links with the apk for direct install - I think I registered for Mobiles24.com to get that and it worked fine for me.
However, I could only rarely change permissions with Root Explorer so I also searched for "Super manager android apk" which was better and easier to change permissions with. I also just started looking for Filestube/Megaupload links and then transferring by USB before installing with RE or SM
Still haven't got Android Market working - it loads and just says, "waiting for download to start"
I wonder if it's because it's my first Android and I don't have any devices listed?
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Just for reference, root explorer side loaded for me perfectly fine.
And you cant write to those protected folders without having root enabled.
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I also side loaded root explorer successfully.
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Rubarb said:
Still haven't got Android Market working - it loads and just says, "waiting for download to start"
I wonder if it's because it's my first Android and I don't have any devices listed?
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I had the same problem. From what I can tell its the vending.apk
It would install and load fine, but no downloads would ever actually kick off.
Use the market apk thats in that gapps zip with the rest of the apps.
From what I can tell that's the newer market anyways and flashier than the vending.apk one.
That gapps one worked first try for me.
root explorer error
Hi all
New to this, total rookie, so please be patient
I live in Canada, got fire so trying to get droid market place. As far as I can tell I rooted it correctly using superoneclick. I cant access amazon market.place from Canada so I got root explorer from mobiles24.com and installed it on my kindle (I assume this what is meant by side install)
So now when I go to run it, iget the following error.
The application root explorer (Process com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again
Thoughts on what is causing this?
There root guide for Linux/Mac includes the APK and automatically installs it. You could follow the steps the script uses to install, or just sideload it.
I side load'ed mine. No problem
blauciel said:
You could use ES File Explorer from the amazon appstore. Just enable root mode.
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This, although it's not as obvious to switch to Read/Write as root explorer. Menu->Setings->Scroll to the Bottom->Check Root Explorer->Yes on Superuser Prompt->Check Mount File System
What I did though was, I pulled the APK for Root Explorer from my data/app folder on my G2, then put that onto the Fire.
Then using ES File Explorer I installed Root Explorer.
I get an error message saying unable to write file, when try to write files to the System folder.
Can anyone help me out with this Plz?
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This is to stop people unwittingly breaking things.
Only play in the system folder if you know what you're doing.
You'll need a file manager with root privileges, the most popular is probably root explorer.
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Kearkan said:
This is to stop people unwittingly breaking things.
Only play in the system folder if you know what you're doing.
You'll need a file manager with root privileges, the most popular is probably root explorer.
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Thanks for that.
What can I do, as Nexus 7 isn't rooted and I just want to add a few notifications to the System directory, to alert me to various emails?
Rooting is easy and reversible if desired. If rooted, you could use ES File Explorer (free) or Root Explorer (costs, but worth it) to make the notification additions.
Groid said:
Rooting is easy and reversible if desired. If rooted, you could use ES File Explorer (free) or Root Explorer (costs, but worth it) to make the notification additions.
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Would I still receive Android updates with a routed Nex7?