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[SOLVED] CIFS support

A noob question support. Is there a CIFS support in the 2.6.32.21-gbe90714 kernel or a suitalbe cifs.ko file that one could use with the Cifsmanager app?
I am a bit lost here. I downloaded the DHD kernel source released, but had no luck locating the cifs.ko file. And I have no idea how to compile one myself. Can someone pinpoint me in the right direction?
update:
found some instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=783117 so I will see if I can get it working
update 2:
i have been able to build cifs.o (no cifs.ko was produced ) from the kernel provided by HTC, but it fails with insmod. The problem might be (besides that I have only a vague idea what am I doing) that the downloaded kernel is 2.6.32-g5ed1769 and my phone is running kernel 2.6.32-gbe90714.
Also compiling the kernel ends with this error
make[3]: *** No rule to make target `drivers/input/touchscreen/ntrig.o', needed by `drivers/input/touchscreen/built-in.o'. Stop.
Thats where I got stuck.
I have attached the file cifs.o produced.
Updare 3: Solved - see attachment in post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8865419#post8865419

Support/Troubleshooting forum sub section is needed, this Desire HD general is becoming a Desire HD trashcan..

M_T_M said:
Moved to general. Not a DEV thread.
Cheers,
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I placed in DEV since it deals with kernel compilation. Maybe it should be moved to theme and apps as I am trying to get Cifsmanager app working on DHD.

Small update: I have managed to get a cifs.ko from kernel 2.6.32.17 from G2 partially working. I have HEX edited the file and changed to my kernel version.
I can insmod the file and mount drive without a problem. I can than access the mounted drives a browse the folders, but when I try to open the file I get an error.
I do not seem to be able to find a 2.6.32.21 kernel compiled cifs.ko which I believe might work with HEX updating "-gbe90714".

*push*
looking for the right cifs.ko as well :\ would be really nice to be able to mount cifs shares without custom rom...

anyone got CIFS working on stock ROM?

CIFS working on 2.6.32.21-gf3f553d
here is a working cifs.ko for DHD kernel 2.6.32.21-gf3f553d
Code:
su
insmod slow-work.ko
insmod cifs.ko
insmod nls_utf8.ko
It's a hex edited and --strip-debug cifs to educe file size of the version from MikeMelbourne. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9780217&postcount=7
Works fine on my DHD (samba access and video playback with V Player).

nxtwrld said:
here is a working cifs.ko for DHD kernel 2.6.32.21-gf3f553d
Code:
su
insmod slow-work.ko
insmod cifs.ko
insmod nls_utf8.ko
It's a hex edited and --strip-debug cifs to educe file size of the version from MikeMelbourne. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9780217&postcount=7
Works fine on my DHD (samba access and video playback with V Player).
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Thanks for this, it works fine when I insmodded all the .ko's you zipped (that I placed in system/lib/modules/). On reboot though I cannot use cifs manager unless I insmod again. Do I need to insmod everytime i reboot?
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nxtwrld said:
It's a hex edited and --strip-debug cifs to educe file size of the version from MikeMelbourne. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9780217&postcount=7
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I understand the hex edit - would you mind telling me how you did the --strip-debug - I'd like to do the same.
They were compiled on a headless PII 400 MHz running Ubuntu Edgy Eft server.
-Mike-

You just need to have the android ndk, which I supposed you have since you have bee able to compile the kernel. So just run
Code:
/path/to/android-ndk-r4b/build/prebuilt/linux-x86/arm-eabi-4.4.0/bin/arm-eabi-strip --strip-debug /path/to/cifs.ko
you have to modify the path to cifs.ko a and android-ndk-r4b
I have bee trying to compile the kernel my self on kubuntu, but always finished with an error, so I just ended up hexediting other files.
Thanks for your files. I have been waiting for a working samba mount to stream my videos from NAS!!

keemyb said:
Thanks for this, it works fine when I insmodded all the .ko's you zipped (that I placed in system/lib/modules/). On reboot though I cannot use cifs manager unless I insmod again. Do I need to insmod everytime i reboot?
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I am afraid it has to be insmoded every time on boot. You can automate it with Gscript or Tasker apps.

Thanks @Nxtwrld for the strip-debug advice. The HTC kernel never compiled with my phone's config.gz - after each failed compile I would have to edit .config and disable the item responsible for the build failure. I ended up compiling the module by itself.
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Final compile - optimised versions against NDK R5.
Against the new Android NDK R5 I have just compiled:
* tun.ko - 18 KB
* slow-work.ko - 16 KB
* cifs.ko - 269 KB
* nls_utf8.ko - 4 KB
I have also debug stripped them - resulting in a total module size of 304 KB instead of 3.2 MB.
This time I compiled them on Ubuntu 10.10 instead of the ancient Ubuntu 6.10 I had been compiling on.
Again, these are for 2.6.32.21-g66cfb7a - feel free to hex edit them. I have tested both tun & cifs and they work.
Thanks again nxtwrld for the strip-debug advice.

Can you do the same for kernel 2.6.32.21-g3d0aaf ?

here you go.

thank you! Works very good!
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here you go.
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I've tried for hours so far to understand more about the android and how to install the files inside 2.6.32.21-gf3f553d.zip.
I have the Desire HD with stock Orange rom and that kernel, i literaly have no idea how to install thease moduals onto the phone.
My desire hd is rooted and is S-on I've tried things like Kernel Update Utility and also just trying to simply copy and paste the files into system/lib/modules didnt work since astro didnt let me paste.
If it wasnt nearly 1am and i wasn't trying for the past 3 hours i would have done more reading. I know its something simple im missing, just can't figure out what the process is to installing thease modules is. First Android phone, first day with it as you can probebly tell.
Any help will be apreciated.
Thanks

arielc said:
I've tried for hours so far to understand more about the android and how to install the files inside 2.6.32.21-gf3f553d.zip.
I have the Desire HD with stock Orange rom and that kernel, i literaly have no idea how to install thease moduals onto the phone.
My desire hd is rooted and is S-on I've tried things like Kernel Update Utility and also just trying to simply copy and paste the files into system/lib/modules didnt work since astro didnt let me paste.
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There's a free app in the market called "mount /system (rw / ro)" that can make your /system read-write (rw) or read-only (ro). After setting rw - you should be able to copy the *.ko files into /system/lib/modules.
Another alternative is to copy the *.ko files onto your sdcard (/mnt/sdcard).
You can then use an app (i.e. "Terminal Emulator") to enter these commands:
Code:
su
insmod /mnt/sdcard/slow-work.ko
insmod /mnt/sdcard/cifs.ko
insmod /mnt/sdcard/nls_utf8.ko
Alternatively, you can open CifsManager, open the Settings and specify a custom path to your kernel modules (i.e. in /mnt/sdcard). The recent version allows you to specify multiple modules, separated by colons. e.g:
Code:
/mnt/sdcard/slow-work.ko:/mnt/sdcard/cifs.ko:/mnt/sdcard/nls_utf8.ko
Hope this helps.

You should also check you kernel version and verify, that you are really running pin this kernel. I have no idea what the kernel for Orange branding is....

Amazing thanks, i did it with the terminal emulator method. First time i tried it, it wouldnt work. A restart later and i've rentered the comands and my computer drive is mounted. Works like a dream, thanks loads for th hex edited files and the walkthrough with diffrent options was so very helpful.

[How to] CIFS after 4.1.83 update

Anybody who wants to get CIFS working after 1.8.3 update (assumes you have cifs.ko and slow-work.ko from 1.5.7)
1) adb
2) su
3) mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-00007-g527fe10
4) cp <slow-work.ko location>/slow-work.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-00007-g527fe10
5) cp <cifs.ko location>/cifs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-00007-g527fe10
6) depmod -a
7) modprobe slow-work.ko
8) modprobe cifs.ko
9) reboot
This will load up CIFS automatically after every boot.
-F

I will move this to development when you reach the posts limit so you can have the chance to discuss overthere.
Thanks,

Can you upload these two files
I don't have them from 1.5.7
Thanks much,
Foogl said:
Anybody who wants to get CIFS working after 1.8.3 update (assumes you have cifs.ko and slow-work.ko from 1.5.7)
1) adb
2) su
3) mkdir /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-00007-g527fe10
4) cp <slow-work.ko location>/slow-work.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-00007-g527fe10
5) cp <cifs.ko location>/cifs.ko /lib/modules/2.6.32.9-00007-g527fe10
6) depmod -a
7) modprobe slow-work.ko
8) modprobe cifs.ko
9) reboot
This will load up CIFS automatically after every boot.
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Anybody who wants to get CIFS working after 1.8.3 update (assumes you have cifs.ko and slow-work.ko from 1.5.7)
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Can you explain how to get CIFS if we don't have cifs.ko and slow-work.ko from 1.57? Not new to linux, but new to working with android so step-by-steps are apprecaited.
Thanks

ibscum said:
Can you explain how to get CIFS if we don't have cifs.ko and slow-work.ko from 1.57? Not new to linux, but new to working with android so step-by-steps are apprecaited.
Thanks
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Well, you can build them from the source. But here are some useful ko's build for 1.57

Sorry for the noon question but what is cifs
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CIFS ...
... is a network protocol for sharing various thinks (files, printers, ...).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Message_Block
You are using in Windows to share folders on network. Linux implementation is called Samba. If you have that capability on your phone, you can mount your home network shares, watch movies directly from your phone without actually copying them on the phone and all sort of good thinks.
It is absolutely essential service, if you want to use your phone more extensively.

Do you know how to get nls_utf8.ko working with cifs?
Insmod nls_utf8.ko says "error inserting 'nls_utf8.ko': -1 Invalid module format
Foogl said:
... is a network protocol for sharing various thinks
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Grr, hopefully this doesn't cause a double post - having user error even getting a quick reply in...
I followed your directions above but had some issues. When copying the files over, I kept getting 'cannot stat ..." I gave it the full path, it was under the c directory, I even tried placing the files directly under C but no matter what it kept giving the same issue. I then just copied them onto the phone using mass storage method and then did a cp from adb shell to put them in the modules directory. I assume it needed to be copied using the shell as su in order for permissions to work out?
Then I did depmod -a, which worked fine. However, modprobe .. did not. It only retuns FATAL cannot find module etc. I tried giving it the full path to the files with no success. So a google search showed some people saying to try insmod instead. I treid that giving the full path to the files and it didn't return any errors. So I ASSUME it worked?
Not sure why this didn't go as smooth as your instructions. I feel like I hacked my way through it and it's likely gone awry. I wont be able to test this out with CIFS manager until later tonight. Any suggestions on where I went wrong or what I might need to redo?
Thanks!

Well, it worked like a champ. Thanks for the quick how-to and help. Now if I could find an app that will play .iso format movies it would all be perfect...
Update:
Not only does it work, it works great. Had some time to really play with it and I couldn't be happier. No more streaming from PC to phone (except for iso formats) via apps like VLC S&C. Simply browse to the mount which looks just like any other folder on my phone and open and play my media, or open my docs. Quality is excellent, can seek/skip whatever without any hesitation. In short, it acts just as though it's a local folder. I know this is old news to most of you. Just thought I'd share for those who aren't familiar with CIFS. I swear, this connects/mounts to my windows server and plays better than my windows PC.
Just to clarify, for those who my run into the same issues I did.
If it refuses to copy the files from your pc to phone under adb shell, just copy them to your phone via the usual usb mass storage drag/drop method. I placed them in a temp folder. then back to the adb shell, do the cp commands just adjust the path where the files live to the path on your phone (i.e. in the temp dir). I suppose you might be able to just move these into the modules dir using a file explorer w/ root privs but I wanted to be sure the correct file permissions existed by doing it with adb shell as su.
Then if, after doing depmod -a the modprobe doesn't work, use insmod. I gave the full path to where you copy these files in (/lib/modules/2.6.32.9-00007-g527fe10/<filename>). Again, not sure if thats needed or if it's smart enough to scan the full modules hierarchy for the file names.

This doesn't seem to work for me anymore after the GB OTA update. Anyone has it working for them?

norm688 said:
This doesn't seem to work for me anymore after the GB OTA update. Anyone has it working for them?
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Me either..
Cifs.ko for 4.5.91 would be awesome.

Me either..
Cifs.ko for 4.5.91 would be awesome.
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Agreed! Any help on getting Cifs running would be greatly appreciated.

Been searching for something and found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113191
Is there any harm in using a cifs.ko intended for a different device? I'm at work now, but might give this a shot when I get home to see if it's functional for Atrix. There's another thread under the development section asking the same question of where we can get a Gingerbread friendly module.
Any direction is appreciated.

theres a bunch of kernels (some included in ROMs) with baked in CIFs support such as the popular faux123's overclock/undervolt kernel.
Flash a kernel via clockwork, no muss no fuss.

theres a bunch of kernels (some included in ROMs) with baked in CIFs support such as the popular faux123's overclock/undervolt kernel.
Flash a kernel via clockwork, no muss no fuss.
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Hmm. Haven't taken the leap to unlock the BL. Haven't had a need for a custom ROM yet. Really, the only functionality missing for my purposes is this cifs module. I'd rather not have to unlock and bake a custom ROM just for a cifs module if possible.

fair enough. I figure if I'm rooting around system files (pun intended) might as well go the whole hog.
Then again I've run custom ROMs on all 3 droids I've owned so I'm kinda used to the assumption that whatever stock is, I can get it much faster/better

ibscum said:
Is there any harm in using a cifs.ko intended for a different device?
Any direction is appreciated.
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There shouldn't be... but I'm pretty sure the Module (cifs.ko) needs to be compiled for the specific kernel version. (2.6.32.9-00001-g41bc3e0 [email protected] #2) The Actual Android version (GB 2.3.4) does not matter.
So if you find a cifs.ko for THAT kernel version (or a Kernel thats close enough) it might work. It's trial and error.
There are lots of folks (far smarter than I am), who can grab the kernel source and compile a cifs.ko... I'll have to learn one of these days.

fair enough. I figure if I'm rooting around system files (pun intended) might as well go the whole hog.
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True. I have the official OTA 2.3.4 update and haven't seen any clear direction on whether I can unlock - looks like most of the information is related to those who unlocked with the leaked update. Granted, I haven't put much time into it since I've been content up until now. Might be time to start digging for info.
So if you find a cifs.ko for THAT kernel version (or a Kernel thats close enough) it might work. It's trial and error.
There are lots of folks (far smarter than I am), who can grab the kernel source and compile a cifs.ko... I'll have to learn one of these days.
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I believe the module I linked was from a Samsung device so I'm guessing it's a no go. Appreciate the info guys!

wintermute000 said:
theres a bunch of kernels (some included in ROMs) with baked in CIFs support such as the popular faux123's overclock/undervolt kernel.
Flash a kernel via clockwork, no muss no fuss.
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Took this advice and flashed faux123's kernel.
Not only does cifs work... my data speeds went from 300k average.. to 2mb average.
Thanks for the advice

[Q] Cifs unicode module for Android 3.1 (Prime 1.4)

Hello,
Just got my new TF and thanks to XDA I've already rooted it and installed rom Prime 1.4 to get a rooted 3.1 android version.
Everything goes fine except for mapping network shares. Mounting network shares with cifs manager is ok except that I'm French so some directories in my network got unicode characters and I can't mount them.
Does anyone know how to bypass this limitation ?
On my understanding, I should install a cifs.ko module compiled for the TF and the 3.1 Android version in /system/lib/modules but I don't know where to find such module.
Thanks in advance

Try es strongs file explorer. It allows you to add network shares.
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Thanks, but I've already done it without success.
The issue is not to map a share, this is working. The real issue is that share with unicode characters (like é, è, à...) are not working.
Thanks anyway

Im also rooted with prime 1.4 buf cant get any shared volume to mount via cifs manager. What am i missing here?

Have you tried adding 'iocharset=utf8' to the mount point options?

Don't know if this can help you or not, but my 1st mistake with cifs manager when I tried it fist time was that I haven't put anything on mount point.
What you need on the fields of cifs manager is:
Share Path: The path to your share ==> ex: 192.168.1.5/share (this is the shared dir on your server)
Mount point: The name of the "false" directory that will simulate that your share is on your tablet ==> ex: /sdcard/cifs/share (this is up to you but keep close to this)
Plus of course username and password (I thinks that anonymous connection is not allowed anyway)
Hope this help

Tortel1210 said:
Have you tried adding 'iocharset=utf8' to the mount point options?
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I don't know how I can do that. Is it an argument to parse in a field of cifs manager ? If so how should I do that ?
Can you help me with this please.

XPNect said:
I don't know how I can do that. Is it an argument to parse in a field of cifs manager ? If so how should I do that ?
Can you help me with this please.
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If you edit the settings for a mount point (Long press on it, then choose edit), there is an options text field at the bottom. Put it in there, save, and try mounting it.

XPNect said:
Don't know if this can help you or not, but my 1st mistake with cifs manager when I tried it fist time was that I haven't put anything on mount point.
What you need on the fields of cifs manager is:
Share Path: The path to your share ==> ex: 192.168.1.5/share (this is the shared dir on your server)
Mount point: The name of the "false" directory that will simulate that your share is on your tablet ==> ex: /sdcard/cifs/share (this is up to you but keep close to this)
Plus of course username and password (I thinks that anonymous connection is not allowed anyway)
Hope this help
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Thanks!!! Dont know how or why but now it works!

Tortel1210 said:
If you edit the settings for a mount point (Long press on it, then choose edit), there is an options text field at the bottom. Put it in there, save, and try mounting it.
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It works fine a big thanks.
I've been abused by the comment and I was thinking that this box was only for a domain name... feel stupid sometime

[Q] cifs kernel module?

Is it possible for someone with Linux experience to compile a cifs kernel module for use with the stock 4.0.3 kernel? I would like to be able to mount smb shares and know nothing of Linux compilation ...obviously I am rooted......and also, why doesn't a business class device come with cifs support? Lenovo...I'm looking at you....
Thanks to anyone who may help our with insight on this issue.

lmbea4 said:
Is it possible for someone with Linux experience to compile a cifs kernel module for use with the stock 4.0.3 kernel? I would like to be able to mount smb shares and know nothing of Linux compilation ...obviously I am rooted......and also, why doesn't a business class device come with cifs support? Lenovo...I'm looking at you....
Thanks to anyone who may help our with insight on this issue.
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Here it is. Compiled from the official Lenovo ICS sources. Needed to setup my build system anyway.
Edit:
If it doesn't work please post your precise kernel-version (setting->info) with all the characters and numbers and everything.

(exec format error)
I tried the file you made, placed it in the /system/lib/modules directory...Insmod /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko and got the (exec format error) ...am I doing something wrong...and also, thank you so much for helping! Awesome work
2.6.39.4-g9b8008b-dirty
[email protected]#1

lmbea4 said:
I tried the file you made, placed it in the /system/lib/modules directory...Insmod /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko and got the (exec format error) ...am I doing something wrong...and also, thank you so much for helping! Awesome work
2.6.39.4-g9b8008b-dirty
[email protected]#1
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Next try. If it doesn't work this time please post the last lines of dmesg

yes...but
Yes! the new module loads wonderfully ....now as for getting cifs manager to work,I keep getting "mount: no such file or directory" ...and yes I have the latest busybox, and yes I made the mount point rw...strange....also I noticed that other kernel modules have the cifs.ko and a md4.ko...could the problem lie in not having a md4.ko? Also, you are awesome at this, thank you so much for your continued help!

What I'm trying to accomplish
I'm trying to get the Cifs Manager application to function on my thinkpad tablet. I thought it might help to give out that information so you can see where I'm heading with all of this. Thanks again

lmbea4 said:
I'm trying to get the Cifs Manager application to function on my thinkpad tablet. I thought it might help to give out that information so you can see where I'm heading with all of this. Thanks again
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A logcat might tell you whats wrong. Try to start searching there, most times its something simple.
Edit: You might be right, a md4.ko seems to be necessary. Will build it as soon as i find out what md4 exactly is.
Edit2: And here it is. Its a crypto module.

awesome!!
That did the trick, cifs manager works great now!! Thank you so much!

lmbea4 said:
That did the trick, cifs manager works great now!! Thank you so much!
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Hi, could you share your process to mount cifs on thinkpad tablet? I have followed on one tutorial on thinkpadtabletforums. But failed unfortunately. Could you give me a hint? Thanks in advance!

cifs manager
kpf190 said:
Hi, could you share your process to mount cifs on thinkpad tablet? I have followed on one tutorial on thinkpadtabletforums. But failed unfortunately. Could you give me a hint? Thanks in advance!
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Sure, first download the cifs manager from the play store. (none of this works of you don't have root). then download the two files (in one zip file,2 posts up) and place the two files in the system/lib/modules/ directory. now, open the cifs manager app and go to settings. you need to check the "use insmod" and then in the option below that you need to put /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko:/system/lib/modules/md4.ko that whole thing, no spaces, the : will make it run the second command which is a required modules for the cifs one to work.
good luck

lmbea4 said:
Sure, first download the cifs manager from the play store. (none of this works of you don't have root). then download the two files (in one zip file,2 posts up) and place the two files in the system/lib/modules/ directory. now, open the cifs manager app and go to settings. you need to check the "use insmod" and then in the option below that you need to put /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko:/system/lib/modules/md4.ko that whole thing, no spaces, the : will make it run the second command which is a required modules for the cifs one to work.
good luck
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Noted and tried but still get msg as "mount: No such device".
I think I have no luck with CIFS...

Thanks Koshu and all. Mounted my NAS shares with no problems.

Link2SD or Directory Bind on 820n

Hi, anyone can get this programs to work?

I am using both. Runs very good. You need busybox and Root.
And you need SDFix for writing on sd card.

Okay, it's working, thanks for help!

Skorupa123 said:
Okay, it's working, thanks for help!
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Your welcome.

Mine is not working... I installed busybox and I have root, I also tried Sdfix, and edited the permissions file manually, but with no luck. Please help

justforlgp500 said:
Mine is not working... I installed busybox and I have root, I also tried Sdfix, and edited the permissions file manually, but with no luck. Please help
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More information, please. Directory Bind still not working for me, I bought Link2SD Pro and now it's working very well.

Skorupa123 said:
More information, please. Directory Bind still not working for me, I bought Link2SD Pro and now it's working very well.
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I am on Tomals rom, have Busybox flashed and SD-Fix. I am using Directory Bind Pro and Free Link2SD.
Both runs very good.