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[Q] Dual Booting (from SDCARD) WM6.5 and a NAND based ROM? (eg. HyperDroid CM7)

Hi,
Might by NOOBISH but I have searched and searched for a way to do this, I love Hyperdroid-CM7 but I need to be easily able to access my home network and home pc with WM6.5 and stream video, file exchange etc...
How do you make a NAND based ROM like Hyperdroid CM7 run in dual boot using Haret/Loader off your SDCard?
I have read some details on the Hyperdroid development page, but nothing step by step that I could follow or easily understand.
As far as I get it you unzip the NAND ROM .zip into /Android on your SDCARD, then put haret and CLRCAD on either SDCard or in the /Android folder too...
Done this but when I run Haret it asks for a default.txt file??
Any Help would be much appreciated...

magicianhumphrey said:
I need to be easily able to access my home network and home pc with WM6.5 and stream video, file exchange etc...
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?? why you think that with Android you wont be possible to stream video file exchange etc? i think you should take a deeper look on Android OS
and to be able to boot from SD a NAND based ROM i believe you have to do some coding cause haret all its do is just run the rom, now if the rom is coded to boot in NAND its differed. (Don't believe me in this part haha don't know much but i will advise you to take a better look on ANDROID cause it can co-operate with you pc for your files,video,media etc )

Dakargr said:
?? why you think that with Android you wont be possible to stream video file exchange etc? i think you should take a deeper look on Android OS
and to be able to boot from SD a NAND based ROM i believe you have to do some coding cause haret all its do is just run the rom, now if the rom is coded to boot in NAND its differed. (Don't believe me in this part haha don't know much but i will advise you to take a better look on ANDROID cause it can co-operate with you pc for your files,video,media etc )
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Thanks, Yeah I thought that Android would have a network file manager, as it's Linux based, and my daughters net book runs Linux NetBook Remix (which highly recommend btw!) - but that allows me to go straight on to my Windows Network via wi-fi and mess around with files on my PC and stream etc.
OK so here's the question, if I go 100% Android to run my fave NAND build, what App/Apps do I need to stream music/video and move files around on my PC via my phone?
(I don't mean remote desktop, although some idea of apps for remote desktop would be nice too )
Cheers.
- Again I searched a lot for decent network file manager I can run from the Droid, not much luck, I heard VLC can be good to Stream Videos etc, looking into this one...

Please Recommend some Apps somebody!

Look at THIS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094372

Qnkel said:
Look at THIS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1094372
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Your a star mate, that looks like just what I need!!
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Again *bump* if anyone does have any ideas of actual APPS that allow network file management from the Android phones that would be great!..? (Then my need for a dual boot would be nill)...

you can use every filemanager (es, mega, oi, etc.) which supports smb-shares. simply connect to your windows-networkshare and use what ever app (mediaplayer, gallery, etc.) to "stream" your files. you can even mount those smb-shares as folders into your folder-structure of android. if you do so you can use the share like the files where on your phone. at least esfilexplorer can mount smb-shares to local folders. i am not sure about the others.

CIFS Support With Rooted Stock?

Hello all,
I have hardly posted on this forum because I usually don't need to. My answers are usually answered in some thread or another. I have been lurking for a couple of years now. Thanks to all the XDA users who help out.
I am perfectly satisfied with the Nexus 7 completely stock, with one exception: I want to access windows and linux/samba shares from the tablet over Wifi. I do not want to install a custom ROM to do this. I saw a thread or two that mentioned this briefly, saying there was a kernel that does this, but mostly it is all vague. I found one kernel in the development forum that provides CIFS, but I do not know if that will work with the stock rom if I were to flash it.
Would someone please help me understand this? All I want is to use files on my other computers.
Thanks in advance!
-David

You can access files on a network with ES file explorer.
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If you want to mount the CIFs shares as local directories then you need to be rooted and the stock ROM will need some additional kernel modules. You don't need a custom ROM in that respect, but you do need to root the device. Cifs Manager, which only works as root anyway, will allow you to load the modules and then manage the mounting/unmounting of the shares.
There's the N7 specific modules in qwerp_'s thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781411. The 10th post of that thread tells you how to add those modules.
There's a Cifs Manager thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756158 which details some common problems and set up tips.

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If you want to mount the CIFs shares as local directories then you need to be rooted and the stock ROM will need some additional kernel modules. You don't need a custom ROM in that respect, but you do need to root the device. Cifs Manager, which only works as root anyway, will allow you to load the modules and then manage the mounting/unmounting of the shares.
There's the N7 specific modules in qwerp_'s thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781411. The 10th post of that thread tells you how to add those modules.
There's a Cifs Manager thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756158 which details some common problems and set up tips.
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Thanks Thankyousam! A little redundant, but thank you. I'll try this out tonight and report back how it went. I appreciate your thoroughness!
-Dave

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hesperaux said:
Thanks Thankyousam! A little redundant, but thank you. I'll try this out tonight and report back how it went. I appreciate your thoroughness!
-Dave
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Just so everyone knows, I got this to work flawlessly , but I had to go through hell to make sharing on Windows 7 work properly . I'm going to document that here for everyone's benefit.
Before I start, the end result was watching VOB format movies over wifi for 2+ hours with no issues at all. Very pleased with this. You can't do this with a basic SMB browser (because it has to download the file before viewing it).
I followed a lot of tutorials online after my initial attempts at sharing over the network failed. I wanted to do this WITHOUT a HomeGroup and WITH USER SECURITY ENABLED. I didn't want to share everything to Everyone like most tutorials suggest.
It turned out that sharing worked fine, with or without HomeGroup enabled, but only with other Windows 7 machines. This is because Microsoft hates my life and because it doesn't support "legacy" devices by default. The coolest part about all of this is that there is no way to fix this except by editing the registry directly. I will paste the registry fix into this post and also link to the source (Microsoft) just in case the link goes down.
Open: regedit.exe as Administrator
Navigate to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\MSV1_0
Create: DWORD (32-bit), called "AllowLegacySrvCall"
Set: AllowLegacySrvCall = 1 (binary, hex, or octal, doesn't matter if it's value is 1)
(I am a new user and cannot post links...)
support.microsoft.com/kb/957441
Another important thing: in the Network and Sharing Center, you'll need to edit advanced sharing options and enable 48- and 56-bit encryption support for older protocols (Don't use the 128-bit encryption because it probably won't work with most other devices, like the tablet).
Lastly, in your CIFS mount options (in CIFSManager this is the last input box in the settings) you may need to add domain=WORKGROUP,sec=ntlmv2
This is because the username it logs in with may or may not need to be specified according to the workgroup you are in (or domain, if applicable). The security option tells CIFS.ko to use one of the more recent authentication protocols that Windows 7 requires by default. You can change this default setting in Windows 7, but I think it is better to use the updated authentication method from Android since it appears to be supported.
Hope that helps anyone who is raging about this. I know I did.
If I think of anything else that's important, I will try to update this post. If anyone has any questions about getting this to work, let me know!
Thanks again to all who helped me figure this out. CIFS is wonderful!
-Dave

FireTV as Download Centre

Since the FireTV is always on it is perfectly suited as a Download centre when combined with an external HDD.
At the moment I'm runnig NZBGet mobile to download media from usenet to my external HDD which is mounted using Stickmount. By installing python for android I managed to get VideoSort to work, which is a script which automatically recognizes the TV-Show/Movie for you and names it accordingly, moves it and cleans up any left-over thrash. Works very well so far.
Combined with some usenet indexing site which build rss feeds (or remote push to NZBGet) for any new episodes/movie releases you can automatically download any new stuff which you might want. Some even import any stuff from your Trakt/IMDB watchlist. As XBMC is running on the same machine it is also easy to let XBMC update the library when any new media is added.
Wonder if anyone else has set up anything like this? I looked into installing transmission through optware on the FireTV but couldn’t install optware as it wouldn’t let me remount. Can install uTorrent and control that from your phone but as far as I saw I couldn’t get it to run a cleanup script after any download is done. Really want it to be all automated so for now I’m only using usenet, which I prefer over torrents anyway.

you have just made my day you have no idea. ive been working on getting a renamer to work on my fire tv i already have a torrent based downloader with a custom rss feed to download but i couldnt for the life of me find one.
as for clean up im not quite sure what you mean but this is my setup
Flud run auto download through rss and updates decently when it downloads when its done it will delete the torrent file and there is an option to move the file when it is done downloading
i have my hdd mounted and all files are moved to the uncatagorized folder but after that i i cant sort them so im gonna try your method but a really good app i found is watchdog it auto updates the xbmc library a lot better then anything else
if theres anything i can help with let me know
thanks again
Also flud will delet old items and if its renamed and moved it should be able to delete the old unnecessary folders
so since videosort requires NZB do you know a way to make it work without it?
P.S. Sorry about my grammar its my worst subject and I was more excited to post then check haha

Dragracekid said:
you have just made my day you have no idea. ive been working on getting a renamer to work on my fire tv i already have a torrent based downloader with a custom rss feed to download but i couldnt for the life of me find one.
as for clean up im not quite sure what you mean but this is my setup
Flud run auto download through rss and updates decently when it downloads when its done it will delete the torrent file and there is an option to move the file when it is done downloading
i have my hdd mounted and all files are moved to the uncatagorized folder but after that i i cant sort them so im gonna try your method but a really good app i found is watchdog it auto updates the xbmc library a lot better then anything else
if theres anything i can help with let me know
thanks again
Also flud will delet old items and if its renamed and moved it should be able to delete the old unnecessary folders
so since videosort requires NZB do you know a way to make it work without it?
P.S. Sorry about my grammar its my worst subject and I was more excited to post then check haha
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The VideoSort script can be modified to work with torrents as well. It uses some variables passed by NZBGet (Download Directory, NZB-name, etc) to process the download. If there is any torrent client for android which allows you to call a script after a download is done and has some way to pass the download location it should work. I don't know of any torrent client on android that does this though. uTorrent, transmission and more allow for this in their Windows clients.
What I did before I got python working was I shared my external HDD with my Windows network using Samba Filesharing. Then I just had a simple batch file setup which would sort the media by using Filebot.

So there isn't an equivalent sabnzbd suite (sickbeard, couchpotato) for the Android fork like you have on openelec?
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What if we use tasker to trigger an event when a file or folder gets moved to the UnCategorised folder? The event being a Python script that I found called turbo sort it works great.
Also one more thing I would love to get flexget working to scrape rss feeds have you looked into this at all?
I've made a lot of progress on this and the last day I'm somewhat close to making a thread that explains how to make an automated system but I've got to make sure everything works flawlessly first.
Bad grammar this time is due to voice keyboard lol

nzbget version?
I've been messing with nzbget on gbox and fire for some time now. Now gbox has openelec sabnzbdsuite is perfect. Before that was using nzbget and it worked well, however latest version with extraction would start loading on ftv but just hang. I did manage to get old version to run fine but no auto extract. Which version you using? Did you manage to add unrar pp script?

nadimsoze said:
So there isn't an equivalent sabnzbd suite (sickbeard, couchpotato) for the Android fork like you have on openelec?
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Not that I know off. Think there is a Sickbeard version for android though. I tried to install SABnzbd through optware on my tablet but couldn't get it to work well with python. You should try NZBGet, works well. Also is less resource intensive. If you combine NZBGet with indexer to automatically add stuff and use the NZBGet post processing scripts to order the media you will basically have sabnzbd/sickbeard/couch into 1 app by just running NZBGet combined with an indexer (I use DogNZB).
Dragracekid said:
What if we use tasker to trigger an event when a file or folder gets moved to the UnCategorised folder? The event being a Python script that I found called turbo sort it works great.
Also one more thing I would love to get flexget working to scrape rss feeds have you looked into this at all?
I've made a lot of progress on this and the last day I'm somewhat close to making a thread that explains how to make an automated system but I've got to make sure everything works flawlessly first.
Bad grammar this time is due to voice keyboard lol
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The script I use, VideoSort, is a evolved version of the Turbo script. Good idea on Tasker to watch for the folder. Think that should work. You can try it yourself, install Python for Android and use it to run the script.
xokol2lvox said:
I've been messing with nzbget on gbox and fire for some time now. Now gbox has openelec sabnzbdsuite is perfect. Before that was using nzbget and it worked well, however latest version with extraction would start loading on ftv but just hang. I did manage to get old version to run fine but no auto extract. Which version you using? Did you manage to add unrar pp script?
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The NZBGet version I have already has parcheck and unrarring build in. Only need to add post processing scripts if you want to do more. Atm I have 3 running, 1 to rename a specific format and place them in my tvshow/seasons/episodes folder structure. 1 to notify XBMC and 1 to notify me of new downloads on my phone.
Running this version:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatlittleapps.nzbm&hl=nl_NL

The NZBGet version I have already has parcheck and unrarring build in. Only need to add post processing scripts if you want to do more. Atm I have 3 running, 1 to rename a specific format and place them in my tvshow/seasons/episodes folder structure. 1 to notify XBMC and 1 to notify me of new downloads on my phone.
Running this version:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.greatlittleapps.nzbm&hl=nl_NL
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That's odd, that's same version that just hangs of aftv for me. Maybe time to break it out again and start from scratch.

Can't quite get it to work
Hi Nedle,
Thanks for writing this post I've been scratching my head over this for days.
Ive set up sickbeard for android just for TV post processing with rss feeds from probably the same nzb indexer as you, its a bit hit and miss really because some of the extracted files are labelled 2 folders deep with the parent folder showing the show details, another folder with random characters and then finally the video file with more random characters. It seems like sickbeard will only pick up strangely labelled files in the parent folder and not go digging.
It looks like getting videosort to work could hopefully sort this out, I'm not sure how to get python running properly. Ive tried running the r5 version from the link you gave and the python3 version with no success. I've put the videosort zip in the download folder and tried to import it into python but it pops up with an error. Videosort on Nzbget continues to fail in pp.
What process did you go through to get python to work? I'm sure I must be making a rookie error here
Thanks!

Nedle said:
Since the FireTV is always on it is perfectly suited as a Download centre when combined with an external HDD.
At the moment I'm runnig NZBGet mobile to download media from usenet to my external HDD which is mounted using Stickmount.
How did you that setup? Specifically, the nzbget sideloaded on your aftv? Did you sideload google play store and download directly to your machine? Any help/instructions would be helpful...
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olliewings said:
Hi Nedle,
Thanks for writing this post I've been scratching my head over this for days.
Ive set up sickbeard for android just for TV post processing with rss feeds from probably the same nzb indexer as you, its a bit hit and miss really because some of the extracted files are labelled 2 folders deep with the parent folder showing the show details, another folder with random characters and then finally the video file with more random characters. It seems like sickbeard will only pick up strangely labelled files in the parent folder and not go digging.
It looks like getting videosort to work could hopefully sort this out, I'm not sure how to get python running properly. Ive tried running the r5 version from the link you gave and the python3 version with no success. I've put the videosort zip in the download folder and tried to import it into python but it pops up with an error. Videosort on Nzbget continues to fail in pp.
What process did you go through to get python to work? I'm sure I must be making a rookie error here
Thanks!
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Sorry for a very late reaction, didn't see this until now. Scripts will have to be executable, think android doesn't allow this on the sdcard. To fix this all my scripts are located on my external hdd. Furthermore you will need to set the path and call the videosort script from a shell script as it won't work directly (atleast I couldn't).
So in my nzbget scripts folder I have a call_VideoSort.sh script, which calls VideoSort.py. The libraries which VideoSort needs (guessit) I copied to /sdcard/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid\extras\python.
call_VideoSort.sh contains all the Nzbget stuff: The options for format, folder structure, etc. Then at the bottom it simply has:
Code:
export PYTHONHOME=/data/data/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid/files/python
export PYTHONPATH=/storage/sdcard0/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid/extras/python:/data/data/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid/files/python/lib/python2.6
export PATH=$PYTHONHOME/bin:/system/bin:/system/xbin:$PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/data/data/com.googlecode.pythonforandroid/files/python/lib
python "<PATHtoVideoSort.py>"
Let me know if you need any help and I'll see if I can.

jnusraty said:
Nedle said:
Since the FireTV is always on it is perfectly suited as a Download centre when combined with an external HDD.
At the moment I'm runnig NZBGet mobile to download media from usenet to my external HDD which is mounted using Stickmount.
How did you that setup? Specifically, the nzbget sideloaded on your aftv? Did you sideload google play store and download directly to your machine? Any help/instructions would be helpful...
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Yes, I have the playstore installed and installed NZBGet from there. But you can just sideload nzbget as well, shouldn't be a problem. Downloading stuff is pretty straight forward. If you want to automatically sort your media you will need post processing scripts which require python. That takes a bit more tinkering to work, as you will have to install python and make the scripts executable.
If you get stuck anywhere let me know what errors you get and I'll try to help. You can use http://apps.evozi.com/apk-downloader/ to download the nzbget apk and sideload it.
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Mount to folder on NAS

Hi guys,
I was wondering if anybody knows a way to map to a folder on my NAS. Specifically what I would like to do is have a folder somewhere on my Nexus Player that is a shortcut to a folder on my NAS. I want applications to be able to access files not located locally on the device.
Even more specifically I am trying to play my nes and snes roms that are located on my NAS. The apps work fine but they can not find files over my network like esfile explorer can for example.
My player is unlocked and rooted.
Thanks,
Rob

Just got it to work with the Lollirock ROM, and i bet thats ur ounly option unless u find a kernel that supports CIFS, dont think the official one does it?
*EDIT* - Oh, ye, right..., found this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...ent/kernel-unleashed-nexus-player-v1-t2977254 , bet that will work to,
i used this app to enter "permissive" mode, i read that u needed it: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrbimc.selinux
and a modified version of the CIFS Manager 1.5a app found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53760495&postcount=537
to be able to mount my NAS's samba share like:
192.168.x.x/Download/Games
/mnt/cifs/Games

Thanks!!! will try as soon I as get a chance!!!

ummmimrob said:
Thanks!!! will try as soon I as get a chance!!!
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Can you let us know which option you went with and how well it worked? I'd like to do this since Stickmount isn't working out well for me.
Thanks

OK I just want to first say THANK YOU!!!!!
Now I will try and tell you all that I did. I have done so many things I am not sure exactly what combination of things worked. I will tell you that you definitely need to be rooted and you also need the modified cifs app as previously mentioned. I also installed the kernel that supports cifs as mentioned. as far as permissive mode goes I do not have the app mentioned but I do believe I did this manually through a terminal. this may or may not persist without editing some file I am not sure? I hope this was at least some help. Thanks again!

and just to add a short rant... Why is this not a normal part of android!!!!! especially the nexus player! A device that they want you to connect to your tv and with this basic feature could make it a fully functional htpc. WTF google!!!!

ummmimrob said:
and just to add a short rant... Why is this not a normal part of android!!!!! especially the nexus player! A device that they want you to connect to your tv and with this basic feature could make it a fully functional htpc. WTF google!!!!
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I am with you on that. However, if they added all of those features, it'll introduce too many variables for them to work with when troubleshooting. I think that's what it comes down to
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ummmimrob said:
OK I just want to first say THANK YOU!!!!!
Now I will try and tell you all that I did. I have done so many things I am not sure exactly what combination of things worked. I will tell you that you definitely need to be rooted and you also need the modified cifs app as previously mentioned. I also installed the kernel that supports cifs as mentioned. as far as permissive mode goes I do not have the app mentioned but I do believe I did this manually through a terminal. this may or may not persist without editing some file I am not sure? I hope this was at least some help. Thanks again!
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Ur welcome, ^.^

QUESTION= Root so I can write Access to Removable drive?

Hi all. Only reason I am thinking of rooting my Shield TV is so I can write to my removable drives. From my understanding is that SDFix does not work with marshmallow. Is this correct? I Would love to access my non adoptable drive from my network. Or if rooted, can i also use FTP to read and write? Thank you.

robjbw said:
Hi all. Only reason I am thinking of rooting my Shield TV is so I can write to my removable drives. From my understanding is that SDFix does not work with marshmallow. Is this correct? I Would love to access my non adoptable drive from my network. Or if rooted, can i also use FTP to read and write? Thank you.
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Hope this helps... looks like newest update on 1/18/17 (v5.0.1)
"Other Enhancements
*Added ability to write to attached USB or SD card storage."
forums.geforce.com/default/topic/988354/shield-tv/shield-experience-upgrade-5-01-feedback-thread-for-shield-2017-/

I assume you mean network access to the attached storage
SHIELD TV Gen. 2015
write access was, for me, only possible through root and a SMB/samba server.
Root via http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu from chainfire
SMB server via https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate + https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.icecoldapps.serversultimate.packb for a native SMB server, normally i use a FTP-server like https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=lutey.FTPServer but was not able to get it running on the shield
SHIELD TV Gen. 2017
As of 5.0 i was not able to write to the storage
Actual there is no way to root the 2017 and therefore no SMB server.
The bootloader was updated and ca be unlocked but does not allow to flash the recovery, even if it tells you so (fastboot).
Android 7 recognize a manipulation and reflashes the stock recovery
But i am not sure if 5.0.1 added the network write access storage feature.

robjbw said:
Hi all. Only reason I am thinking of rooting my Shield TV is so I can write to my removable drives. From my understanding is that SDFix does not work with marshmallow. Is this correct? I Would love to access my non adoptable drive from my network. Or if rooted, can i also use FTP to read and write? Thank you.
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Assuming we're talking a 2017 Shield, I actually managed to access my non-adapted storage over FTP. Without root.
I have a 5TB external HDD hooked up to my Shield, and sideloaded an FTP app. I set my external HDD as root-folder for said app, and could both read/write to it (most recent software update, 5.0.1). I wanted easy management/streaming from my PC though, so I installed WebDrive so I could mount the FTP server as a local drive.
Works like a charm, can post a how-to if required.

Radnu said:
Works like a charm, can post a how-to if required.
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Yes please!

twe69 said:
Yes please!
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Updated: We still need FTP to write to an external, non-adopted storage. Viewing can be done over SMB though!
Alrighty then, here goes nothing, please do keep in mind the "fix" you'll find down below is a quick and dirty one. It will allow you to both read and write to your external storage over FTP, without actually needing to have root.
Requirements
1. Sideload Launcher by Chainfire
2. A file manager, preferably with cloud access. I prefer X-plore myself.
3. FTP Server by The Olive Tree (others may work, your mileage may vary).
4. Any FTP client to access your shiny new server.
Step 1
- Install the Sideload Launcher if you haven't done so yet, it will allow us to open APKs that weren't designed for AndroidTV. You can just grab it from the PlayStore.
Step 2
- We're going to need an APK from FTP Server. The easiest way so far seems to be to install it on another device (in my case, my trusty Note3), and "backup" the APK to your Google drive using X-plore as you can see *here*.
- After we've gotten the APK there, hop back to the Shield and open X-plore. Go to your Google drive and install the FTP Server we just put there.
Step 3
- Use the Sideload Launcher to open our FTP server and set it up. Tapping your D-pad "up" once gets us to the settings of the app. Open it, and scroll down till you're looking at something like *this*.
- Most of these settings are up to your own discretion, but I strongly advice to untick "anonymous login" and set a username/pw. The most important bit is to set the home-directory to your non-adapted HDD.
- Close the settings, and tap your D-pad "down" once. Click [ A ], and we should get a nice green icon saying we're up and running! Should be something like *this*.
- The app will "survive" Sleep-mode, but after a restart you'll have to toggle it on again.
Step 4
- Profit!
- You should be able to access your FTP server on your specified local port, and using WebDrive you can even access it easily on a PC. It'll look something like *this*.
- You can use your regular SMB share to view your files over your local network, the catch is that you'll need to use FTP to write to it.
Final note!
It looks like setting X-plore as "default handler" for the non-adapted storage makes it disconnect from your shield. Don't tick it!

I read that writing to the external usb HDD is now fixed in the latest update v5.0.2?
In which case enable the following Settings > Device > Storage & reset > SHIELD storage access > Over local network > On and map the drive to the laptop.
Is this correct? I need to test it out still.

twe69 said:
I read that writing to the external usb HDD is now fixed in the latest update v5.0.2?
In which case enable the following Settings > Device > Storage & reset > SHIELD storage access > Over local network > On and map the drive to the laptop.
Is this correct? I need to test it out still.
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Don't think so yet. I *can* view and play it, but can't write to it. Screeny over here: imgur,com/ieuhlB0

Any one have luck with this yet? Really hoping to be able to write easy to the external storage.

candymann said:
Any one have luck with this yet? Really hoping to be able to write easy to the external storage.
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As I explained above, you actually can write to it using FTP (non-adopted storage, no root required whatsoever). Currently I would just advice using the regular SMB share to view it on other devices (since you don't want to download anything before viewing).
I've edited the instructions to clarify.

Here is something I discovered. When you hook up a USB flash drive or HD, it creates some folders on that drive. Android nvidia shield(something like that)
The nvidia folder it creates is writable. I am using a flash drive as non adoptable to play ROMs on with emulators. On the root of the drive I had issues. But once I moved my ROMs folder inside the nvidia folder all was well. No my emulators can load the ROMs from the nvidia folder created on the drive and write the save files to the same folder the ROMs are located in.
Hope this helps. Only issue is that when u restart, you get the annoying pop up asking to adopt the drive. I just hit browse each time.. Because I don't want to adopt it.. I just want it to store files..
Android went plum retarded post kitkat with drives and SD cards and write permissions.. Its very annoying and makes me long for the good OK days where u could just insert something and do with it slas you please... In my opinion they have over complicated what should be a rather simple procedure.. But it looks like this is the direction they have choose..

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Here is something I discovered. When you hook up a USB flash drive or HD, it creates some folders on that drive. Android nvidia shield(something like that)
The nvidia folder it creates is writable. I am using a flash drive as non adoptable to play ROMs on with emulators. On the root of the drive I had issues. But once I moved my ROMs folder inside the nvidia folder all was well. Now my emulators can load the ROMs from the nvidia folder created on the drive and write the save files to the same folder the ROMs are located in.
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Checked this and the [\\SHIELD\ExternalStorage\NVIDIA_SHIELD] folder is writable over SMB indeed.
Now it's just a matter of whether or not you're willing to put up with the popup.

Hope that helps ya. The android folder is most likely writable as well.
I remember this work around when lollipop came out and apps were not built with the proper permissions. You could use the apps folder in android on the SD card to circumvent this.
But yea I'm good for now just using the shield folder on my flash drive... I do wish there was a way to remove the popup on boot asking to adopt storage though....
I'm beginning to loathe nougat....
The later android versions are hardly usable for me without the use of xposed.
Anyways, hope that trick helps you and anyone else

If you have root couldn't you just mount the drive as writeable using a file explorer? I'm interested in writing to a removable drive in general (don't care about network access specifically).

Any news here?
I am on Nvidia Shield 2017 with 8.0.1 rooted.
I can only READ my attached NAS (network storage).
But I want to get WRITE access too
The workaround with the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder did not work... And Apps like SDfix ends up in error ??!
I own two Shields and need them to write to my NAS.
Does anyone can help me how to get this working?
Both Shields are rooted
Anyone know, if THIS is still actual? (4 years old)
Thank u very much

Kamikaze01 said:
Any news here?
I am on Nvidia Shield 2017 with 8.0.1 rooted.
I can only READ my attached NAS (network storage).
But I want to get WRITE access too
The workaround with the NVIDIA_SHIELD folder did not work... And Apps like SDfix ends up in error ??!
I own two Shields and need them to write to my NAS.
Does anyone can help me how to get this working?
Both Shields are rooted
Anyone know, if THIS is still actual? (4 years old)
Thank u very much
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Same setup as you. I have been searching everywhere on a way to do this and no luck.