Hi, all.
If I use ES File Explorer to back up an app, the .apk is written to the /sdcard/backups/apps folder. If I plug the N7 into my Windows 7 64-bit laptop and browse to that folder, the .apk file is not listed. Other files in that folder (also .apks) are listed. I recently unlocked and rooted it using mskip's Toolkit. I can't recall having this problem prior to rooting. Prior to rooting, I definitely backed up a few apps and copied them to my laptop. They were instantly visible in Windows Explorer. I also have no problems copying files from Windows to the N7, and those are immediately viewable in ES File Explorer.
After a ton of searching and reading, I tried two sdcard rescan apps, but neither work to make the files visible. According to ES File Explorer, the .apks on the N7 are readable, writable and not hidden. Oddly, after backing up more apps today, then going out, leaving the N7 connected to my laptop, they were suddenly visible in Windows Explorer when I got back. This makes me wonder if the rescan process takes a long time to run. From reading about those rescan apps, it seems it shouldn't. Maybe these rescan apps don't work on all folders on the sdcard? Hard to tell.
Is it possible that the drivers installed by the Toolkit could cause this? I have tried disabling "Developer options" (of which only "USB debugging" was active) - no dice; rebooting using the Rebooter app - no change. The difference I see between the fully stock, out-of-the-box N7 and the unlocked and rooted N7 is that the latter now shows up in Windows as a removable device (MTP Device). Normally MTP devices don't show up as things that can be ejected (Kindle Fire HD is that way). That would seem to be driver-related.
One last test I tried was plugging it into my wife's laptop (no Toolkit installed) to see what I can, or cannot, see. I'd never attached the Nexus 7 to her laptop. Two of three drivers installed successfully (the one called "Nexus" did not install, but "Nexus 7" did). The Auto-Play dialog popped up, and I opened Windows Explorer from there. Still only the same six files listed under /sdcard/backups/apps.
Clearly others are experiencing this problem, but I've yet to read a explanation. I thought I had solved it when new backups showed up, but after that five new ones are not visible, while the ones that eventually appeared were still listed (11 total files, of which six appear in Windows Explorer).
This is similar to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1785408
If it should be merged, please do.
Cheers.
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I'm having the same issue. This is nonsense. We shouldn't have to jump through hoops just to view files we recently put on out devices. If ANYONE out there knows of a fix, please chime in...
im having the same issue. issues that were not there on 4.1, i have a feeling its jelly bean 4.2 related but not sure. i see some files but not all. i know theyre there because i can see them on the nexus7 itself but some files are not visible on windows.
gotcha13 said:
im having the same issue. issues that were not there on 4.1, i have a feeling its jelly bean 4.2 related but not sure. i see some files but not all. i know theyre there because i can see them on the nexus7 itself but some files are not visible on windows.
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Are the "some files" that are not visible via MTP newly created? For instance you used a root-priv file browser to copy the .apks to someplace in /sdcard, and then went looking for them immediately afterwards from the PC?
"Newly" meaning... since the last time the N7 was rebooted?
It's unfortunate and horrid but I'd be willing to bet the files will show up just as soon as the N7 is rebooted. Disconnecting (safely) from the PC and reconnecting doesn't seem to do the trick, but rebooting the N7 will. Ugh.
You need to reboot and wait for those files to be scanned, they will appear eventually. Or use AirDroid.
I hate MTP.
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downloaded filed from utorrent app are not visible in Windows Explorer
Hello,
I am useing Sony Xperia SL recently installed the Jelly bean update that rolled out, its not rooted. The issue is, the files that is download from utorrent app are not visible when i connect my phone to PC, however when i browse to the same location on my phone using ASTRO file mananger the files downloaded are visible and works fine.
Usually any video file that is copied or downloaded will automatically appear on the Movie gallery, even this is not happening.
please help me out guys.
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Guys,
After a failure to get my phone to connect to odin-3 when it was in download mode, I took out the battery (since I did not know how to get it "out" of download mode) just to get it to boot up again.
No harm, as odin did not start to copy the firmware to the phone (since it could not communicate with it), the phone was working and all my apps were there, however, when I plugged my phone into my laptop the PC Kies application would start but my phone to attempt to load "MTP Appliation", however it would just flip back to the touchwiz screen and back to MTP Application then back to touchwiz again (non-stop).
Not sure why this is happening, or what I broke ?
I have since (using Odin) flashed my phone with the latest (European) firmware but the problem is still there, MTP mode just restarting all the time and kies never connecting (I also tried reinstalled the Desktop Kies app).
Anyone know how I can get this working again?
On a related note, i also installed doubletwist (before the steps above) and had to turn on usb debug mode.
I have since turned it off when not syncing with dkubletwist but noticed sometimes the music player saying mass storage device mode is on?
I wonder if some "state/lock" file is left behind somewhere on the phone?
Could the use of doubletwist be related to my problem?
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As per my post in the other thread, this method seemed to sort the problem when I had a similar issue. Not sure if you're using a different launcher, but that is what caused the problem for me. Changing to TW didn't help even after killing the other launcher (ADW or Pro). However, once set to default (TW), I could reboot the phone and it would connect fine (without flicking on and off). There's no real need to Keis though if all your contacts are with Google as USB storage mode is more convenient.
I had this problem too. It was caused because only in idle mode of the Samsung home launcher can keis connect. You may have installed a different launcher. Try the following:
Put usb to keis mode in settings
download home switcher from the market
run home switcher an set touchwiz as default home
Reboot phone (task killing other launchers don't work for me.)
make you phone is in the home screen - press home to get there
now connect the cable with keis running on pc
sync everything you need to
In future I suggest you move all contact to Google so they sync over the air and you'll no longer need keis. crappy software!
Thanks so much.
I got launcher switcher and it listed my launcher as unknown. I just switched it to touchwiz and set that as default.
Once i get home i will restart the phone and test connecting with kies.
Thanks for the QUICK reply.
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So your recommendation did not work for me.
What did work is actually unmounting the internal sd card and formatting it.
Unfortunately My camera is crashing when i open it.
Funny thing is that my phone sseems so fast now (no lag).
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No harm, as odin did not start to copy the firmware to the phone (since it could not communicate with it), the phone was working and all my apps were there, however, when I plugged my phone into my laptop the PC Kies application would start but my phone to attempt to load "MTP Appliation", however it would just flip back to the touchwiz screen and back to MTP Application then back to touchwiz again (non-stop).
Not sure why this is happening, or what I broke ?
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Same problem here and I never used Odin. Must be something different ... any ideas are welcome.
BTW: which latest firmware did you install?
Has anyone of you for whom formating the internal SD card solves the problem installed SoundHound? I spent the last hours with formating the SD card and then copying back my data piece by piece and by this I found out that the "soundhound" folder is the thing which leads to the problem. I have all my data back on the internal SD card except for the "soundhound" folder and the connection works! If I now copy this folder back the problem of the restarting "MTP Application" returns. If I now delete the folder again it is working again! So at least for me SoundHound or furthermore it's folder on the internal SD clearly is the problem! Also if I copy the folder to the external SD card instead of the internal one, the MTP connection does not work and if I delete it again it works!
Can anyone confirm/reproduce this?
//edit: After looking to the content of the folder I would assume that the problem is that the MTP Application has a problem with specific file extensions since the folder only includes files with no or extreme long file extensions.
Thanks! same here, soundhound is the problem.
I must say that Soundhound itself is not the problem. The long file extensions of the saved files are the problem. They're more apps which use such files like e.g. the skyfire browser. Just delete them and it will work again.
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I must say that Soundhound itself is not the problem. The long file extensions of the saved files are the problem. They're more apps which use such files like e.g. the skyfire browser. Just delete them and it will work again.
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Thanks a TON. I mounted my card in the data storage mode, opened the internal card in my computer and did a search for *.*, switched to detail view, sorted by file type. There were several files with long extensions in the folder "TunnyBrowser" which is created by DolphinBrowser HD. I uninstalled it, deleted the folder and now it connects fine again!
SoundHound + Kies issue fixed
Hi guys,
I am a developer at SoundHound and am responsible for our Android app. Sorry to hear about the problem you've been having with our app and the Samsung Kies software.
Just wanted to let you know that we've updated our app to be compatible with the Samsung Kies MTP sync software. As has been mentioned in this post, the problem is caused by files on the SD card with long or missing file extensions.
So please upgrade to the latest version of SoundHound on the Android Market. If you uninstalled SoundHound because of this issue, I hope you'll give us another shot!
Naturally, we can't do anything about other apps that generate these offending filenames.
If you continue to have any problems, please feel free to respond to this post or PM me.
Thanks!
Rico
Ok, Ive been at my wits end trying to figure this problem out. My Nook is properly rooted and even has the ADP thing show up in my device manager. I got market working and played Angry Birds for a few hours last night. The only problem Ive run into is actually getting files, such as E-books, music, etc from my PC to the device. When plugged in, the device doesn't show up in my computers like normal.
My first attempt was unmounting the SD card, removing it from the Nook and inserting in my PC. It showed up under My Computer as a "boot" device. I was able to explore it and the only viable folder that contained folders such as music, downloads, etc was under something called .002trash (as I remember). I placed a few files in the download folder, placed it back in my Nook, rebooted and searched for them with a file manager I got off the market. The folders I originally saw when i mounted the SD card in my PC were there, but the files I placed in their were not.
I also tried the SDK route, installed and reinstalled a multitude of times and cant for the life of me get my device to show up. Also tried a market app called Astro. The only problem with this app is it requires me to enter my server name a bunch of other info. Im more of a hard wired type of person so not too technical with wireless. I attempted my 192.168...... number and that was a no go.
There may be a simple solution to this problem but I haven't been able to find it in the past few days and totally frustrated. Any help is greatly appreciated.
You may want to check out this thread, I was having similar problems and this is what I had to do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1251765
Had my Nexus 7 for a month or more now and decided to start rooting it, but problem is that I'm trying to copy all my files to my Mac Book pro, its copying then stops, barely copied any files with android transfer so I dual booted to windows 7 and same thing, I have more than 10 gb of files on my Nexus 7 but only see 6 gb worth of the copied files. All the folders are there but it seems like it doesn't have all the contents inside. Anyone having similar problems, I rather abandon rooting then deleting my files. But there are apps that's necessary for me that requires root. Thanks
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I think there is a max file size issue with stock android on nexus.. Try to copy the largest file by itself and see what happens . Also get a log file of the process to see where its giving errors or stopping and why. This can help you get better response from on here other then people guessing..
If you do not know how to get the log files. You should google it. As running custom roms its a Must to know as well as many other terminal commands..
Good Luck
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Had my Nexus 7 for a month or more now and decided to start rooting it, but problem is that I'm trying to copy all my files to my Mac Book pro, its copying then stops, barely copied any files with android transfer so I dual booted to windows 7 and same thing, I have more than 10 gb of files on my Nexus 7 but only see 6 gb worth of the copied files. All the folders are there but it seems like it doesn't have all the contents inside. Anyone having similar problems, I rather abandon rooting then deleting my files. But there are apps that's necessary for me that requires root. Thanks
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Make sure the Nexus isn't going to sleep during copy. I found that if I had the device plugged in and it went to sleep and I tried to go back to view the folders, I had to wake the Nexus up again otherwise it wouldn't detect anything on the internal storage.
I've rooted my NST using NookManager 0.5.0 and also installed the same version of NTGAppsAttack. I am extremely new to all of this.
Basically, before installing the AppsAttack (I think it was this install that triggered my problem), I was able to view the entire root directory of my Nook, (/system, etc) but now all I can view is /sdcard. Even when I remove the SD card, I still can't go up another level. How do I get back to be able to view all the root directories on my nook?
Thank you and sorry in advance if this is a stupid question - my searches proved fruitless
Edit: Also, while I'm on here (and this could be a related problem), when I plug my NST into my laptop via USB, I can't see the Nook. The NST is charging successfully, but I want to be able to see my NST's file structure.
If all you've done is root with NM and install the Google apps I don't know how you could have been able to see the entire root file structure when connected via USB (is that what you meant?).
The drivers installed when you connect your NST to your computer don't provide for this kind of file view, only for storage, both internal and external (i.e., the two sdcards). You would typically have to install an app (like Root Browser or Root Explorer) in order to examine the system structure.
So.....?
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I've rooted my NST using NookManager 0.5.0 and also installed the same version of NTGAppsAttack. I am extremely new to all of this.
Basically, before installing the AppsAttack (I think it was this install that triggered my problem), I was able to view the entire root directory of my Nook, (/system, etc) but now all I can view is /sdcard. Even when I remove the SD card, I still can't go up another level. How do I get back to be able to view all the root directories on my nook?
Thank you and sorry in advance if this is a stupid question - my searches proved fruitless
Edit: Also, while I'm on here (and this could be a related problem), when I plug my NST into my laptop via USB, I can't see the Nook. The NST is charging successfully, but I want to be able to see my NST's file structure.
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Basically, before installing the AppsAttack (I think it was this install that triggered my problem), I was able to view the entire root directory of my Nook, (/system, etc) but now all I can view is /sdcard. Even when I remove the SD card, I still can't go up another level. How do I get back to be able to view all the root directories on my nook?
Thank you and sorry in advance if this is a stupid question - my searches proved fruitless
Edit: Also, while I'm on here (and this could be a related problem), when I plug my NST into my laptop via USB, I can't see the Nook. The NST is charging successfully, but I want to be able to see my NST's file structure.[/QUOTE]
You don't mention how you're trying to access the root directory. If you're using ReLaunch that was installed with NookManager, to change the launchers behavior from the home screen click on the gear in the upper right corner, this enters you into the settings menu, click on advanced settings, general settings, make sure that the don't leave start directory item is unchecked, go back and under file manager settings check show hidden files and uncheck hide known extensions. Back out again and in the main advanced settings menu scroll down and click on the save settings and restart item. You should be able to view anything on internal and external storage. As for Windows , unfortunately without 3rd party software it will only display the first partition on any external device.
OB
OverByter said:
As for Windows , unfortunately without 3rd party software it will only display the first partition on any external device.
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If all you've done is root with NM and install the Google apps I don't know how you could have been able to see the entire root file structure when connected via USB (is that what you meant?).
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Sorry, I wasn't clear. I can't view ANY file system, nothing, when I connect my Nook to my laptop (Windows).
As for viewing my root file system on the Nook, it is via ReLaunch and when I reset the settings I was able to view it.
Have you tried a reboot?
The Nook usually has two UMS (USB Mass Storage) volumes showing.
They will show up in Windows on the task bar as two drive letters (I: & J: or whatever).
Whether those drive letters have anything backing them is another question.
I disabled that junk on my Nooks a long time ago.
Some of the problems are that it restricts you to FAT volumes and delegating volumes is a bad idea anyway.
To "see" files you need a file explorer app or UMS or just use ADB.
hello all
for the past week I've been doing all that I can (but I'm by no means an expert) to get my favorite ol' NSTG rooted. I intend to use it as just a reader with gmail and google voice installed so I can text from it. however, I'm running into more problems than I bargained for. been slowly working on it for a week, tackling one problem after another, but now it seems I'm at my wits end with my inexpert troubleshooting skills. I'm hoping I can glean some of xdas superior hacking abilities. I'm following the root guide as per http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1675706.
so far, I have rooted my Nook. Since there is no native file explorer, I cant side load apps from my sdcard. I've installed es file explorer from google.com/play from my tablet onto my nook and that worked fine for about a minute. I tried installing apps, but I was encountering an error message where it says my sdcard is full (which it wasn't). OK, so i need to adb install nookmanagers packageinstaller.apk (page 13 of forum). well, computer sees my nook as a USB storage device, but adb devices refuses to acknowledge my Nook (I've enabled USB debugging). the Nook Imple Tocu driver wasn't installed, although all of the other usb devices associated with my nook installed fine. I factory restore and tried reinstalling the driver to see if it would work. rerooted, but this time added some apps to the glownooter-1-12-25 under data/apps but only 1 app was installed (einknorefresh out of market search, es file explorer, and Renee NST reader). still stuck without a file explorer, I tried reinstalling es file explorer but google play won't let me, thinking I've already on my device. back to adb, the same issue of adb devices not recognizing my device.
so now, I have a rooted NSTG with gmail working, but the native web browser fails after clicking on a google search result, and I have no file explorer (without an idea how to get a file explorer onto it). idk how to access the apks on my sdcard, and if I did, how I could get the package installer.apk working properly, as adb doesn't see my devices.
if all else fails, I'll just try another root method >_<. but honestly, I'm not looking to use this intensely. just to read PDFs that the native reader doesn't do well, with gmail and google voice (maybe even placing calls with a microphones headphones through the microusb port if that possible, as I saw a thread suggesting that), multi touch and USB otg. but hey, one thing at a time here
XDA gods, I leave the fate of my favorite ereader in your hands, and thanks in advance.