Running CM7 N84 with the 5/23 OC kernel and untimely uboot...
I recently have been trying to find a way to watch video over my network without having to download it to my nook l. (VLC stream and convert is unstable for me and involves a big loss of quality)
There are two apps in the market that solve this problem perfectly, except for one major issue: they crash root explorer so badly that only flashing a nandroid backup can fix it.
Cifsmanager and mount manager both mount network shares to /mnt. From here I could open my network video files just as easily and reliably as if they were on the nook itself. . . For a while.
But using either program seems to cause a major problem with root explorer and another file manager I sometimes use. It doesn't happen straight away, but after a little while, (I think it may be when the mount point is unmounted) I try to open root explorer and it hangs, and then force closes, leaving the system highly unstable, breaking market and constantly maxing out the cpu, and nothing seems to fix it.
I tried rebooting...still a constant 1200 in cpu spy, even while doing nothing on conservative governor, plus a broken market, and everything is laggy and unresponsive. So I tried re-flashing CM7 and the OC kernel, wiping cache and dalvik cache. STILL the same problem!!!
Only restoring a nandroid backup fixes it. I've just done that three times today, trying to find some way to get it to work...at first I thought the problem showed up only when the share was mounted, so I tried unmounting before opening a file manager and just browsing to the videos in vital player. Nope. I STILL got the NEVER-ENDING CRASH. Then I thought it might just be a problem with cifsmanager, so I tried the same thing with mount manager instead... same problem.
Does anybody have any idea either why root explorer crashes after a cifs share has been mounted and even (or perhaps especially) after it has been unmounted again, or how a crash can cause such long lasting damage?
I am tempted to try one more thing... changing the mount point to some other location, intead of /mnt. But after doing three nandroid restores in one day, I am hesitant!
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I've been using CIFS Manager for some time on my phone, and now on my Nook, and have never experienced the problems you're describing. I've noticed if I leave shares mounted on my phone, it will kill the battery quicker, but I believe that it's because it's keeping the WiFi connection open and preventing it from disconnecting when the phone goes to sleep. But I've never noticed high CPU usage, on the phone or the Nook.
ChrisDDD said:
I've been using CIFS Manager for some time on my phone, and now on my Nook, and have never experienced the problems you're describing. I've noticed if I leave shares mounted on my phone, it will kill the battery quicker, but I believe that it's because it's keeping the WiFi connection open and preventing it from disconnecting when the phone goes to sleep. But I've never noticed high CPU usage, on the phone or the Nook.
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Huh.
Are you running CM7, with OC? Where do you have your shares mounted - /mount/cifs or somewhere else? And do you use root explorer? It is root explorer which crashes after I unmount cifs shares, and it is only when root explorer crashes that I have this issue.
xxiworld said:
Huh.
Are you running CM7, with OC? Where do you have your shares mounted - /mount/cifs or somewhere else? And do you use root explorer? It is root explorer which crashes after I unmount cifs shares, and it is only when root explorer crashes that I have this issue.
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I'm on CM7 nightly 87 (was using nightly 76 before that), but not an overclocked kernel (I used the setting in CM7 to overclock to the 925 mhz, but I'm not using that other kernel).
And yea, all shares are mounted to /mnt/cifs I mount a share, use Root Explorer to access/copy the files on the share, and then unmount it with CIFS manager. Root explorer works fine afterwards - the /mnt/cifs directory is gone as soon as I unmount.
The only issues I've had with Root Explorer is sometimes when I try to start it, it'll hang with a black screen before I get the initial directory listing, I've never had it crash later on.
Curious what could be causing your issues. I just tried unmounting a share while Root Explorer was still open, thinking that might cause it to crash, but nope, kept working fine. The mnt/cifs/NAS directory was still there after being unmounted, but Root Explorer just found it to be empty.
Not to discount all the effort people put into kernels, but from my experience with my phone, I tend to stay as close to stock as possible (CM7 stock, in this case). I've just found most 3rd party kernels and tweaked roms to always be a bit flaky - there's always something that's not working or causing some sort of problem. Maybe you could try the stock CM7 kernel.
Oh, and for the cifs manager settings, I just have "load cifs module" checked, I'm not using any separate .ko files (like I have to on my phone).
Have you tried File Expert? Its a file explorer with network options. I stream movies from my computer that way. And it has network discovery as well.
Oh and its freeee!!!!
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ChrisDDD said:
I'm on CM7 nightly 87 (was using nightly 76 before that), but not an overclocked kernel (I used the setting in CM7 to overclock to the 925 mhz, but I'm not using that other kernel).
And yea, all shares are mounted to /mnt/cifs I mount a share, use Root Explorer to access/copy the files on the share, and then unmount it with CIFS manager. Root explorer works fine afterwards - the /mnt/cifs directory is gone as soon as I unmount.
The only issues I've had with Root Explorer is sometimes when I try to start it, it'll hang with a black screen before I get the initial directory listing, I've never had it crash later on.
Curious what could be causing your issues. I just tried unmounting a share while Root Explorer was still open, thinking that might cause it to crash, but nope, kept working fine. The mnt/cifs/NAS directory was still there after being unmounted, but Root Explorer just found it to be empty.
Oh, and for the cifs manager settings, I just have "load cifs module" checked, I'm not using any separate .ko files (like I have to on my phone).
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So I tried it again, with somewhat better results. Root Explorer would still crash on me - it hangs on a black screen before getting the directory listing, just like you describe, but if I don't exit out in time, it Force Closes. However, the crash did NOT cause the CPU to go crazy this time, or break market. I'm not sure why this part of the problem didn't recur, but I mentioned in my OP, cifs manager had also been crashing another File Manager program, by Joydao. I've since uninstaller that program. Maybe that was the culprit for the CPU issue?
Once I got a hang at the black screen, Root Explorer was essentially broken though, as every time I tried to load it, it gave me the black screen, even after rebooting.
However, I noticed that when it gave me the black screen it wasn't giving me the "root explorer has been granted superuser access" that pops up whenever root explorer starts normally, and since cifs manager needs superuser access as well, I thought this might be the culprit. So I opened up superuser, went into the settings. I clicked "check for update", and it crashed. I re-opened superuser and clicked "check for update" again, and it told me it was up to date. After this, root explorer started working normally again.
For now, I'm going to keep cifs manager installed, and hope for the best
racks11479 said:
Have you tried File Expert? Its a file explorer with network options. I stream movies from my computer that way. And it has network discovery as well.
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Just checked it out and it looks really nice. It only wants to open unknown file types (videos, etc.) in an installed browser instead of letting me choose an installed video player, for example. Couldn't find anything in the settings to add more programs to an "open with" list.
Other than that, it seems pretty good. Love the network discovery. CIFS Manager seems to provide a little more seamless access, mounting shares right to the phone so any app can access files (if you mount it to a directory on the SD card, which works even though I believe it's discouraged). But I'll be keeping File Expert installed too, the interface is really nice and easy to use.
xxiworld said:
So I tried it again, with somewhat better results. Root Explorer would still crash on me - it hangs on a black screen before getting the directory listing, just like you describe, but if I don't exit out in time, it Force Closes. However, the crash did NOT cause the CPU to go crazy this time, or break market.
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Glad to hear it's not causing quite so much trouble now. Yea, sometimes something completely unexpected is causing the problem. I've found the combination of cifs manager and Root Explorer to work really well, so I wouldn't be surprised if the problem was as a result of some other conflicting app.
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Anyone else having problems with Astro file manager? After updating to 3.0.203 Astro would not work on my nook, but it works fine on my cell phone. Now when I try to access the sd card I would get this message saying "directory does not exist, create error writing file". Root explorer has no problem mounting the sd. any ideas?
There is a hidden second column, pull it out from the extreme right.
WOW! totally miss that. its like a secret trap door. not sure if i like this update. once again, thanks joe
Yeah, I think I like the older version better, everything is way too blue and bloated now. I liked how lite weight Astro was...
After being used Astro for months w/o issue, just after update to new version, I got FC when running it.
I had the same problem, but i had to set the right path in Astro preferences. Open Astro, go to Preferences and there set "Removable/MicroSD" for External storage and "Removable/USBdisk1" for pen drive. Hope it helps.
*And sorry for my bad English.
Whoa I was having this problem too. I'll have to try the secret 2nd column. I agree, the old version was way better. Every time I open it now I just stare at it confused. I've been primarily using File Expert for a while now.
Does Astro with the SMB plug in work? It crashes for me all the time. That is why I use File Expert.
I noticed an issue with my favorite file explorer the other day, when trying to copy a large file over wifi, it would fail every time when letting the tablet sleep. I am using an alternate file explorer for those large file copies but really wish I could move back to ES FE. Anyone have this experience? It fails literally every time I do a file over a few hundred Meg. I don't have the issue on any of my other android devices, but none have ICS. Maybe an issue with ICS and that program? Or just my Prime? It is not losing the signal, just stops the transfer--- still shows that it is going but never completes and file size never changes.
I have the same problem. Beside that I'm somehow unable to cancled a transfer, I had several failed downloads of huge files. Also switched to a different file-browsers which works without problems.
Mine failed too...
Can anyone confirm other devices that have ICS having the issue? It would be helpful to know if it had something to do with ICS or just the prime. I actually installed it based on recommendations from this forum and found issues with it on my first large file transfer... I can agree on how powerful and simple it is but switched over to File Explorer HD because it works. Not that I recommend FEHD, full of ads and still not "HD" enough for the prime
Is there a manual somewhere how to transfer files with wifi using es explorer?
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slowatsch said:
I have the same problem. Beside that I'm somehow unable to cancled a transfer, I had several failed downloads of huge files. Also switched to a different file-browsers which works without problems.
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It's not a prime (or ICS) specific problem. It happens frequently across all my devices with ES File Explorer. And as far as I can tell, there's no way to cancel a copy once it's started.
wohli - there may be a manual somewhere but it really is pretty easy. Just tap the "local" selection on the top left corner of the app, then choose LAN. You can either scan for servers with SMB shares or you can attach one by using the "add" dialog, that will ask for user/pw, IP or name, domain (optional). Then hold on a file from one of the shares for the copy option. Then use the same menu at the top left to get back to local, then tap the paste button at the top.
vels13 - Thanks for the info!! Question: Why do you think there are so many people that recommend ESFE if it doesn't even do a decent wifi copy? I have seen it plastered on every "first apps to install" post and "recommended apps" post!!
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wohli - there may be a manual somewhere but it really is pretty easy. Just tap the "local" selection on the top left corner of the app, then choose LAN. You can either scan for servers with SMB shares or you can attach one by using the "add" dialog, that will ask for user/pw, IP or name, domain (optional). Then hold on a file from one of the shares for the copy option. Then use the same menu at the top left to get back to local, then tap the paste button at the top.
vels13 - Thanks for the info!! Question: Why do you think there are so many people that recommend ESFE if it doesn't even do a decent wifi copy? I have seen it plastered on every "first apps to install" post and "recommended apps" post!!
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I actually like the app and use it for wifi copying, but it does halt frequently when copying files over wifi and that's kind of frustrating. Usually happens on really large files or when you queue up a bunch. I don't think I've ever been able to queue up say 10 video files and get them all to finish. The annoying thing is when it finally does stop copying, you can't cancel and restart, you have to force close the app or reboot phone. I've experienced this on transformer prime, galaxy 10.1, and my HTC glacier. Works great for smaller files though.
This is probably obvious, but I believe the Prime is set to turn off wifi when sleeping by default. This might be an ICS default.
You can change it under Wifi->Advanced.
Yeah, same here. Both my phone and Prime have that problem w/ ES.
I don't know if there's a better WiFi file manager on the market but I really like ES.
Even if wifi is set to sleep when the prime does... the prime will not fully sleep with a data stream going of any kind. Other File explorers do not fail when it sleeps.
vels-- Why would you use something that constantly errors, and has the issues that you described? Like I said, I am using File Explorer HD.. at least it works!
Does ANYONE know of a good file explorer that will pull files down from wifi reliably? It would also be nice if it had most of the features from ES and even better yet if it displayed at native resolution for our primes!!!
Anyone?
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vels-- Why would you use something that constantly errors, and has the issues that you described? Like I said, I am using File Explorer HD.. at least it works!
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It works well enough for what I need it for 95% of the time. If I need to transfer a big file or a lot of files, it's quicker to do it over USB anyways.
guys,
you may use airdrod for wi-fi file transfer if that's what you wanted
Try Ghost commander. Not a good interface, but work well for wifi transfer, and you can see a speed - current/average.
it's the same man
jordanmw said:
Can anyone confirm other devices that have ICS having the issue? It would be helpful to know if it had something to do with ICS or just the prime. I actually installed it based on recommendations from this forum and found issues with it on my first large file transfer... I can agree on how powerful and simple it is but switched over to File Explorer HD because it works. Not that I recommend FEHD, full of ads and still not "HD" enough for the prime
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Nothing new, the problem still exists, you can't move large files, I'm keeping try to move a 2GB file with no luck.
I have CM7 installed internally on my 16 GB Nook Tablet. I also have CM7 on my HTC Incredible 2.
I use both devices to copy files to/from a Linux server via SMB/CIFS protocol unsing ES File Explorer's built-in functionality. When I connect from my HTC Incredible 2, browsing and copying is very snappy. In fact, file transfer rate is slightly slower than my laptop on WiFi, but directory browsing is noticeably faster on the Incredible 2.
The Nook Table is another story. It is unbelievably slow. It might take 2-3 minutes to connect to the server and show the directory contents. Each time I browse into another directory, the same long wait happens. Also, copying files to or from the Nook Tablet takes 5 - 10 times longer than from any of my other systems. Sometimes, the transfer will hang at 100% and never complete, other times is seems to hang at 100% but will complete if I allow it to sit for 5 or 10 minutes.
I can perform other activities over the network without issues, such as SSH using ConnectBot, web browsing using Dolphin or the built-in browser and email via the Gmail app.
I have tried removing and re-installing ES, and even factory resetting the Nook and re-installing CM7. Neither had any affect on performance. Any ideas?
try using CIFS manager instead of ES File Explorer maybe is better, ES is known to beat CIFS manager for stream music and videos but maybe copy to/from your linux server is faster with CIFS Manger.
~ Veronica
if you 'turn on logging' and capture some data about what it is doing ( instead of working right ) . . . maybe the log will give us a clue . . . maybe . . .
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possibly the cm7 dev crew still have bugs to shake out ?
Thanks for the suggestions
I tried CIFS manager. It was a bit better, but not much. I was having having some other odd WiFi issues and really poor battery life, so I ended up reflashing CM7. The problems seems to have largely gone away after that. It still isn't as fast as my Incredible 2, but well within the acceptable range.
Hi folks,
so heres the thing, I recently partitioned and formatted my sd card (16gb), it all worked fine, now however some apps are freezing to open or they open quite slow, like the gallery, music player, winamp, etc, is like it was trying to read the filesystem but is just sitting there like in a loop, after a while android tell me the app is not responding and asks me if I want to force kill it. So, the phone doesnt become unresponsive, everything else still works, ES file explorer for example can get into the FS's and I can check all my files just fine, is just that maybe because of this extra effort, even when those apps are not running the OS itself is probably hanging on accesing the filesystem as well and this is consuming too much cpu and IO, the phone goes real hot, hence the battery runs out darn fast, from full charged to death will be no more than 8 hours.
In the terminal I ran "df" and checked the /proc/mounts and I can see /mnt/sdcard mounted twice, along with other mounts repeated as well, Im not sure if this ir normal or not, though they are not identical, they differ on the device file or type of FS.
Is like if android was having a very hard time trying to read the files.
Last time when I first got the sd card same thing happened when I installed it and trasnferred some files, the only way to fix it was doing a hard reset and reinstalling all my apps. I dont want to do this again because this phone is now too much customized and would take hours to set it back
So, has anyone come across with this issue and has any idea on how to fix it without the hard reset?? ... and no, normal reboot doesnt fix it neither soft reset.
Im running the ATT atrix 4g with v2.3.
thanks
I have recently noticed a directory appearing in the root directory of my SD card entitled "SexyAlbum." I have not downloaded any apps or files remotely remotely related to anything that this name would suggest. And every time I delete the directory, it reappears within minutes. It is always empty, and always contains the subdirectories "Saved_images" (which is empty) and "cache," which contains another empty subdirectory called "images."
I have run anti-virus scans, but the scans don't seem to detect any virus or malware. However, since this directory reappears every time I delete it, I am convinced it's malware.
Any ideas on how to address this problem? It happens on both my ICS phone and my JB Nexus 7. Thanks.
There must be a app related to that! Go to manage apps and see if you can find the culprit!
Lifehacker7 said:
There must be a app related to that! Go to manage apps and see if you can find the culprit!
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Thanks. After spending almost all day and night yesterday reformatting my devices, I figured out that this obnoxious directory appears to be installed by the Dolphin E-book add-on to the otherwise terrific Dolphin browser. This really shakes my confidence in Dolphin's integrity, or at least the integrity of its add-ons.