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[Q] Inconsistancies accessing Device Storage from windows

I've just noticed this today and wondered if anyone else has see this?
There seems to be an inconsistancy between the tablet and the view of the Device Storage when connected to windows via micro usb port.
For instance. I connect the tablet to windows with micro usb cable and I view files under "Device Storage" which is the contents of the internal sdcard from /mnt/sdcard.
I also start up an adb shell and cd to the /mnt/sdcard directory. As expected, both show the same files. And if I create a file or folder in the windows exporer view, the file or folder shows up in the adb shell view as well.. great..
However, If I create a file or folder using the adb shell, it does not get reflected to the windows explorer view (until the tablet is rebooted). Likewise, if I create file in the explorer view and then delete it in adb shell, it stays around in the explorer view. Also, if I delete a file in the explorer view, it stays around in the adb shell view.
Anyone know what's going on here and why it doesn't stay in sync? Is the windows explorer view using some kind of cache view?
Thanks

Euclid's Brother said:
I've just noticed this today and wondered if anyone else has see this?
There seems to be an inconsistancy between the tablet and the view of the Device Storage when connected to windows via micro usb port.
For instance. I connect the tablet to windows with micro usb cable and I view files under "Device Storage" which is the contents of the internal sdcard from /mnt/sdcard.
I also start up an adb shell and cd to the /mnt/sdcard directory. As expected, both show the same files. And if I create a file or folder in the windows exporer view, the file or folder shows up in the adb shell view as well.. great..
However, If I create a file or folder using the adb shell, it does not get reflected to the windows explorer view (until the tablet is rebooted). Likewise, if I create file in the explorer view and then delete it in adb shell, it stays around in the explorer view. Also, if I delete a file in the explorer view, it stays around in the adb shell view.
Anyone know what's going on here and why it doesn't stay in sync? Is the windows explorer view using some kind of cache view?
Thanks
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I have had 100% of the same thing happen on my A500. I often find that my files are in the wrong location and I still cannot get the external SD to read from the computer.
I have another problem concerning these issues maybe you could help with. I may have either flashed an update without the proper files to go before it; or I have have forgotton to wipe something. Nonetheless, my A500 wouldn't boot. When I did some research, I went to this site {http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=2127076#post2127076} because it seemed in my eyes to have pertinent information. I got the update.zip to install and my A500 booted again! However, I could not get to stop two because my insternal SD card was wiped somehow and when I get to the main screen, do the circular unlock, the launcer, and many other programs repeatedly force close, so much so that I cannot do ANYTHING. How would you approach this, and is there a way for me to get into CWM. I have a recent nandroid backup that what 100% functional, and I would hope the MD5 sums would still match....
Any help/advice is greatly appreciated!

ibrooks.. try the instruction in post#1 of thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132760
That will wipe the data, which I believe is causing all your force closes.
Once that is done, then you can root with gingerbreak.
After that, you can continue the instructions from that thread you referenced. But instead, I would suggest flashing the official 3.1 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159443
Edit: The official 3.1 is not pre-rooted, you'll need to do the 3.1 root app if you want root access back.

Euclid's Brother said:
ibrooks.. try the instruction in post#1 of thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132760
That will wipe the data, which I believe is causing all your force closes.
Once that is done, then you can root with gingerbreak.
After that, you can continue the instructions from that thread you referenced. But instead, I would suggest flashing the official 3.1 that's pre-rooted from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1159443
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uh... it's not pre-root...it's stock and will need "iconiaroot" to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15456928&postcount=5

UnicornKaz said:
uh... it's not pre-root...it's stock and will need "iconiaroot" to root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15456928&postcount=5
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Thanks.. I guess I was thinking about the leaked version that was released with pre-root. i've updated my post.

I've had that problem happen when I was trying to downgrade from the leaked 3.1. I was getting frustrating trying to flash different ROMs and the about kept showing the same version over and over again. Finally I realised that the files were just being copied to the device storage instead of the SD card. Taking the card out and copying the files directly did the trick.
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Great! Nice to know that I'm not cRaZy! I was having quite a time last night trying to copy files back and forth from the tablet, only to have them not show up where I knew they were in Windows explorer when connected via usb,.

[Q] MicroSD folder in root?

I've seen mention of accesing the /mnt/external_sd folder from the root when browsing the a500 from a pc. This is also shown on some of the custom rom youtube install videos. How is this done? An app or symlink? I have rooted and I'm currently running the 1.0.3 taboolan rom.

You just need a root file explorer app. There are a few out there but I'm using Root explorer. You need to grant the app superuser access (it will prompt when you first load the app) and from there you can access that folder.

i have es explorer and antek explorer, which both allow me to access it, but i was trying to directly access the folder from windows 7 when browsing the device. Any advice there?

rjaynes said:
I've seen mention of accesing the /mnt/external_sd folder from the root when browsing the a500 from a pc. This is also shown on some of the custom rom youtube install videos. How is this done? An app or symlink? I have rooted and I'm currently running the 1.0.3 taboolan rom.
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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.

[Tutorial] Stream videos on Cifs / SMB share using CifsManager (req. ADB & Root)

Here's something a lot of people are trying to do and are asking questions about, so I tought it would be nice to put it on all in one thread.
Works with Stock firmware and kernel! - NOOB A-B-C EDITION for Windows-
Requirements:
Root access;
Android SDK installation - ADB commands;
What to do:
1- Download this file (Thanks pershoot!) and unzip it.
2- Now copy it into the SDK's "platform-tools" folder. (Default path for a x64 Windows computer should be something like "C:/Program Files (x86)/Android/android-sdk/platform-tools/"
3- Enable USB debug (Settings / Applications / Development) on your Tab and plug it into your computer.
4- On your PC ( ), open a Command Prompt. (Start Menu / Program Files / Accessories)
5- Browse to your /platform-tools folder. (Type in a couple "cd.." [Enter] "cd.." [Enter] to be sure youre at root , then type in "cd Program Files (x86)/Android/android-sdk/platform-tools")
6- Type in
"adb shell" [Enter]
"su" [Enter]
"mkdir /mnt/sdcard/Movies/CIFS" [Enter] // This is your mounting point. I recommend to use an empty folder within "Movies" 'cause it'll be easier to use with the Video Player app
"mkdir /data/local/modules" [Enter]
"push cifs.ko /data/local/modules" [Enter]
"chmod 755 /data/local/modules" [Enter]
"chmod 644 /data/local/modules/cifs.ko" [Enter]
"insmod /data/local/modules/cifs.ko" [Enter]
7- You can now unplug your device and install CifsManager;
8- In CifsManager, select "Menu" (Right of "screenshot button") / Settings
- Check "Load cifs module"
- Check "Load via insmod"
- Path to cifs.ko will be "/data/local/modules/cifs.ko"
9- Configure a new share in CifsManager correctly (IP address/folder to mount, mount point should be "mnt/sdcard/Movies/CIFS" or whatever you chose.)
That should be it; I'm now able to flawlessly stream 720p movies directly from my NAS over WiFi. Rooted Stock UXKK2 ROM & Kernel (Android 3.2)
Thank you, come again!

I stream from cifs/samba (windows) shares using es file explorer and bs player. Browse the lan tab to my shares and open the file. No root required. I also use wild media server and upnp.
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Another vote for upnp here. I have a nas with a server on it and with bubble upnp and mx player I haven't found a file that I can't play.
Twonkey is a good and really simple to set up upnp server. Check it out.

Right; but the difference is that with this trick, all those smb/cifs shares will appear within your Tab's own storage; and will be accessible by all apps!
For example, the wonderful Mizuu Media manager now thinks my Tab has something like 12tb of storage; and I have hundreds of movies and tv shows with all the covers, screencaps, fanarts, trailers, actors and movie info and shyt exactly like in XBMC on my computer. See a couple screenshots
It actually is fully compatible with XBMC .nfos and stuff; if you backed it up in separate files. =)
The thing is this will work with ANY app; add zillions of mp3's to your library, or ebooks.. etc..

wewewi999 said:
Right; but the difference is that with this trick, all those smb/cifs shares will appear within your Tab's own storage; and will be accessible by all apps!
For example, the wonderful Mizuu Media manager now thinks my Tab has something like 12tb of storage; and I have hundreds of movies and tv shows with all the covers, screencaps, fanarts, trailers, actors and movie info and shyt exactly like in XBMC on my computer. See a couple screenshots
It actually is fully compatible with XBMC .nfos and stuff; if you backed it up in separate files. =)
The thing is this will work with ANY app; add zillions of mp3's to your library, or ebooks.. etc..
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Very cool advantage. Any performance boost when mounting with your method versus browsing via file managers like ES?

GorillaPimp said:
Very cool advantage. Any performance boost when mounting with your method versus browsing via file managers like ES?
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In fact access through CIFS.ko a bit slower. I did not compare it with ES but with Ghost file manager.
Transfer rate with CIFS.ko is about 1.1 MB per second.
Ghost file manager - 1.4 MB per second.
I like ES because it's creating SMB shares on a fly and let you open up file with corresponding apps, so movie can be opened with video player and would stream.

I use plex.. It works great.
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Is this working with Seagate Goflex satellite? Has anyone tried this? Thank you.

Will mapped folders show up in Mass Storage Device Mode?
Thanks for the wonder tutorial.
Can I asked if the phone is plugged into another PC or host as a Mass Storage Device, will the mapped folders also show up?
I thought it would be interesting if it does and I can plug it directly to the USB port of my TV where it could play the media files directly as a USB drive.
Thanks.

Ignore me, misread the last post.
Andre

Thanks for your guide, I've cifs.ko, kernel support of this and cifs manager.
I've a bad problem with a not latin char, so i tried add nls_utf8.ko modules but dont works
Any idea? Thanks

I'm also using cifs manager but a lot of my MP3 don't show artist, title a.o. means when mounted it can't read the id3tag...somebody an idea??
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Sorry duplicare post

Hi. I would like to mount some shared folders on my android 4.0.4 (Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 - P7500) but when I use this tutorial the CMD on laptop (windows 7) says:
sh/system/bin: push: not found
So I tried almost everything to get cifs.ko moved to data/local/modules but there is not much I can do. Can you help me out? What I do wrong?
Also ADB cant list my device (the list is empty) even though I tried installing many drivers (google, KIES, samsung). It got listed only oce but then it was "error: device offline" Please help me out.
Thanks in advance,
Matt

OK. So I used root explorer instead of ADB and moved cifs.ko to data/local/modules. Unfortunately it can't be installed thru insmod because there is another error (exec error). Any clues? Pleeease...

anybody know of a way to mount cifs over 3g/4g??

OK. So I used root explorer instead of ADB and moved cifs.ko to data/local/modules. Unfortunately it can't be installed thru insmod because there is another error (exec error). Permissions are set correctly. Wrong cifs? Any clues? Pleeease...

cavemandaveman said:
anybody know of a way to mount cifs over 3g/4g??
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can be accomplished with a VPN connection to your file server and the vpn built into android.

Need some help too
I have a Belkin N750 as a router. It comes with Twonky as a media server. On the Allshare devices I have at home I'm not able to play MP4 videos with subtitles and that's when my android devices come in handy.
Using ES File Explorer and MX Player I'm able to play MP4 videos with subtitles from my NAS.
For that I use a Razr XT910 and a Samsung GT N8000.
This setup works very well as long as it runs on ICS.
Recently I upgraded my GT N8000 to JB and it stopped working.
Now it has to download the video before start playing.
Does anyone know what I have to do to have it working back as it used to be?
Thanks.

Help with the question above anyone?

[Q] How to replace files in filesystem

Hello,
i need some help.. the gps in my phone takes alot time to lock(?)...
someone created a gps.conf to replace the original file in system folder.. however i cannot replace the file neither edit it (i have root and tried it with ES Explorer)..
am i doing anything wrong? and how can i access the filesystem by usb? i tried booting the phone with power+vol up/down.. but there (pink screen) no drive was mounted..
thanks and sorry for possible english errors!

if you are using ES File Explorer, you need enable 'root' option and 'mount / /system as read/write' option to replace the gps.conf file

I have same problem.
I had rooted and flashed CW to get 2.2.1 -> Official 2.3 -> ICS
But on step 2. what needs to root and CW to get ICS it is impossible to get the system rooted and flashed again.
When going with + - on boot to magenta screen, Windows (Or Linux) does not recognize any drives to be mounted. Were there a external MicroSD card in slot or not.
I have now rooted device two different way and both say that device is rooted. Even the phone itself says that it is rooted. But no sudo is working so I can not even enable SE Manager root functions or to re-mount any partition as read-write mode because applications does not have root rights.

lovetide said:
if you are using ES File Explorer, you need enable 'root' option and 'mount / /system as read/write' option to replace the gps.conf file
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i forgot the rw option! i've mounted / but forgot w permissions
thanks a lot, lovetide!
and about the usb mount of /?
when i am in the pink screen and connect the usb shouldn't i see the 3 drives (fs, internal sd, sd)?

No, only image folder.
Sent from my ragelis

Done it. Replaced the file

storage/emulated need to make rrw but cant. I have root.

I am on android 7 and have an issue with the emulated folder. by default it is not readable or writable. the problem that i am facing is that when I am in an app and going back threw folders to access a removable flash drive, I cant get out of the emulated folder and into the parent folder (storage).
In a file explorer if i view /storage/emulated permissions, it is not readable or writable by anything other than root. If i try to change permissions, I get an error access denied.
I havent tried it through shell yet. What would that look like?
anyways, anyone got a fix for this? I want to make the folder rrw or fully rw

Hmmm what apps are you using. Name your file explorer and it's version.
What did you use to root, what package from what source?.
Personally i flashed supersu from supersu.com/download which is systemless root.
Some apps and file explorers may not be compatible with systemless root.
For example i use es file explorer v3.2.5.5 and i had to copy paste the content of /su/bin to /system/xbin in order to recognize root and enable rw permissions.
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I will look into that. I think I have system root though and using esfileexplorer pro.
Emulator apps are my issue though. I try to navigate to my flash drive to set up sons and save. Storage is fine but storage/emulated though is tricky.. Some apps will just recognize that it don't have access but still let it up folder to /storage/ where I can then select flash drive...
Other apps will get hung on the emulated folder.. Not letting me folder up further.
Its a pain.. And to solve, I would just like full access to emulated

adam_ky said:
I will look into that. I think I have system root though and using esfileexplorer pro.
Emulator apps are my issue though. I try to navigate to my flash drive to set up sons and save. Storage is fine but storage/emulated though is tricky.. Some apps will just recognize that it don't have access but still let it up folder to /storage/ where I can then select flash drive...
Other apps will get hung on the emulated folder.. Not letting me folder up further.
Its a pain.. And to solve, I would just like full access to emulated
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Thing is that you need to get a popup to grant permissions to the root of the extrrnal storage you want to use, then a windows will open where you can select your device and then hit select button.
You're not getting that.
So i suggest to change to systemless root which is proven to work and test by yourself.
I do not have AndroidTV installed but full Android Nougat yet that basic feature if i remember correctly is available even without rooting because i backup my stuff to my external USB flash drive before flashing custom firmware and i never rooted while in AndroidTV.
Now, i use Hyperspin with Retroarch and all my hyperspin folder with system,roms,etc is in my external USB 3.0 flash drive and works great no issues with those apps recognizing the external storage. Same goes for writing to my microsd with other apps
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