Hey there
I've been looking around for ways to access my MicroSD card directly, it's quite challenging.
I found some solutions, but I'm still looking for more tips.
Required: "Terminal Emulator", "Samba Filesharing" and root access
1. Get onto Terminal Emulator
2. Type "su"
3. Type: "mount -o bind /mnt/external_sd /mnt/sdcard/externalsd" (or folder of your choice)
4. Enable "Samba Filesharing"
5. Browse MicroSD Card from \\android\
Q: When I plug with the USB Wire, I don't see the externalsd folder. Is it an access issue or just unsupported? Only way I could access it was with samba filesharing.
Q: How to make this mount persistent? initrd and fstab are both overwritten on startup!
powercat_ said:
Hey there
I've been looking around for ways to access my MicroSD card directly, it's quite challenging.
I found some solutions, but I'm still looking for more tips.
Required: "Terminal Emulator", "Samba Filesharing" and root access
1. Get onto Terminal Emulator
2. Type "su"
3. Type: "mount -o bind /mnt/external_sd /mnt/sdcard/externalsd" (or folder of your choice)
4. Enable "Samba Filesharing"
5. Browse MicroSD Card from \\android\
Q: When I plug with the USB Wire, I don't see the externalsd folder. Is it an access issue or just unsupported? Only way I could access it wa
Q: How to make this mount persistent? initrd and fstab are both overwritten on startup!
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I use FILE MANAGER HD and it works just fine. I am still having problems with seeing the SD card thru my computer.
Yeah if you use the default USB way the acer iconia lets you browse the files, you can't view them - that's why you need to use "Samba Filesharing"
I use SwiFTP on my Galaxy S II and ES File Explorer on my Tablet to access and share files over FTP.
Maybe this is a possible solution for you, since it is much easier to enable SwiFTP Server than using Terminal session
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Is there a way to basically create a symlink to /storage/extSdCard on the internal sdcard? I'm using an app that will only let me view files on the internal card. I'm coming from an HTC phone and the external sd card appeared as /sdcard/ext_sd.
I've tried creating the symlink through Root Explorer, Solid Explorer, and manually via adb (with root). I've tried every location I can find for the internal storage (/storage/emulated/legacy, /storage/emulated/0, /sdcard). Every time it says "link failed Operation not permitted".
I'm wondering if there's a way I can basically mount the external sd card in an additional location (in this case under the internal sdcard)? I've used a custom firmware on a router before that had a flash drive mounted as both /opt and /media/USB, so I think it's possible to have a partition mounted in multiple places.
Does anyone know how to do this, or have suggestion for a different way to accomplish it? Thanks.
Would this help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285221
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Would this help you?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2285221
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Thanks, but I already looked into that. It won't work for this unfortunately.
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Ingenium13 said:
Is there a way to basically create a symlink to /storage/extSdCard on the internal sdcard? I'm using an app that will only let me view files on the internal card. I'm coming from an HTC phone and the external sd card appeared as /sdcard/ext_sd.
I've tried creating the symlink through Root Explorer, Solid Explorer, and manually via adb (with root). I've tried every location I can find for the internal storage (/storage/emulated/legacy, /storage/emulated/0, /sdcard). Every time it says "link failed Operation not permitted".
I'm wondering if there's a way I can basically mount the external sd card in an additional location (in this case under the internal sdcard)? I've used a custom firmware on a router before that had a flash drive mounted as both /opt and /media/USB, so I think it's possible to have a partition mounted in multiple places.
Does anyone know how to do this, or have suggestion for a different way to accomplish it? Thanks.
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I use the FolderMount app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount&hl=en
I use it to create a symlink between the directory in data/data where Google Music stores files and my external SD card.
screwdestiny said:
I use the FolderMount app. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devasque.fmount&hl=en
I use it to create a symlink between the directory in data/data where Google Music stores files and my external SD card.
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Thanks, but I've already tried it and it won't work for this situation.
I found the solution, registered just so I can share this with you or anyone who needs it. Folder mount didn't seem to work for me either.
There is a file manager called 'Lidroid File' and a plugin for it called 'Super mount', both are available for free from the play store.
Install them, and then you can nicely pick a folder on the internal storage to mount the whole microSD in it, simple as that!
I needed this for Samba file sharing as I wanted to see the SDcard on the LAN and give it a network drive letter under windows 7.
Firsh said:
I found the solution, registered just so I can share this with you or anyone who needs it. Folder mount didn't seem to work for me either.
There is a file manager called 'Lidroid File' and a plugin for it called 'Super mount', both are available for free from the play store.
Install them, and then you can nicely pick a folder on the internal storage to mount the whole microSD in it, simple as that!
I needed this for Samba file sharing as I wanted to see the SDcard on the LAN and give it a network drive letter under windows 7.
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Any updates to your solution? Does this still work?
I'm trying to mount an ext3 formatted hard drive via OTG. Tried many different apps that are supposed to support ext3, but none of them work. Phone is rooted so that's not the problem.
I managed to mount the drive manually using Terminal and busybox mount command. I can now read and write to the drive using Terminal via the mount point /storage/UsbDriveA.
The problem is that, although I can access it from Terminal, it does not show up in file explorer "My Files", and is not visible from other apps. I tried using ES File Explorer, and although ES can see the mount point UsbDriveA, it shows up empty.
Also, in Settings->Storage, the drive appears not to be mounted.
How can I get the files to show up outside of Terminal?
OK - so I can't seem to figure out - what part of the filesystem is mounted to the computer when the phone is connected to the PC?
I thought it would be the below (all the same, as far as I know)
/mnt/sdcard/
/sdcard/
/storage/sdcard0/
/storage/emulated/0/
/storage/emulated/legacy/
BUT - when I connect the phone to the PC via USB, not all the files/folders are there....
Soooo... what path is mounted when you connect the LG G2 to a PC?
I'm on stock (rooted) 4.2.2
Hi,
I'd like to mount some folders from my NAS on the internal storage of my rooted Shield TV 2017. I tried the integrated network mount feature and it works fine, but unfortunately I can not select where it gets mounted. So all my mounts are in mnt/remote/ and thats not where I want them to be. So is there a way how I can mount a network share in a internal folder of my choice? NFS mount would be great. Is that possible?