Hi.
I have a Motorola Atrix 4G, manufacturer ROM, not rooted, Android 2.2.2.
This morning the phone alarm went off as usual (Ben Harper) but then suddenly stopped.
Checked it, no mp3 avalable anymore but in fact, the whole (internal) 'sdcard' folder had disappeared.
Re-booted: a new sdcard was created. All my personal files have disappeared.
Any idea, anyone on how to recover the previous 'sdcard' folder?
Thanks.
Extract the SD card from your phone and connect it directly to your personal computer. Do you see the previous content of the SD card?
It's not an external SD, it's the internal phone memory, located in /mnt/sdcard though.
domzeo said:
It's not an external SD, it's the internal phone memory, located in /mnt/sdcard though.
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Have you tried a restoration app (e.g. Undelete or Hexamob Recovery)?
Theonew said:
Have you tried a restoration app (e.g. Undelete or Hexamob Recovery)?
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Both require root. I don't have root privileges.
domzeo said:
Both require root. I don't have root privileges.
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That seems to be the only way. Have you considered rooting your device?
domzeo said:
the whole (internal) 'sdcard' folder had disappeared.
Re-booted: a new sdcard was created. All my personal files have disappeared.
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I searched the internet and couldn't find anything similar. I can't believe it only happened to me!?
Theonew said:
That seems to be the only way. Have you considered rooting your device?
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I wouldn't mind doing it now but I believe that this would remove any remote chance of undeleting my old /mnt/sdcard, don't you think?
domzeo said:
I wouldn't mind doing it now but I believe that this would remove any remote chance of undeleting my old /mnt/sdcard, don't you think?
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It shouldn't negatively your chances in any way.
What do you recommend for rooting the atrix 4G?
domzeo said:
What do you recommend for rooting the atrix 4G?
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See here: http://atrix4ghacks.com/atrix-4g-hacks/how-to-root-atrix-4g-the-easy-way/.
I am away from home for a few days with no cable. I'll keep you posted on rooting and files recovery as soon as I have a chance to try it out.
Hi. I tried the procedure above.
Failed.
RSD indicates:
"ERROR: Flash failure: Phone[0000]: Phone did not re-enumerate after RAM-downloader was sent. (Error Code: 3e),
Detailed Error Details: Direction of the Error=No Direction, Command Value=0, Code Group Number=257"
Phone shows: "sec_exception: febe, 35, 35"
I tried to uninstall the most recent drivers that were already installd on my PC and use the drivers included in atrix4groot.zip but that did not work either.
Also tried this "http://www.theandroidsource.com/atrix-4g-root-rooting-roms-hacks-overclocking-etc/1476-how-root-motorola-atrix-4g.html" to no avail.
Hi.
So in the end, I did not manage to root my Atrix and I lost my /mnt/sdcard again today.
I have filed a support request to Motorola.
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Hi, I cant download or transfer apps to my sd card! people say that if i download astro it will fix but it didnt! So im looking for a way to fix it. can anyone help me
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x12CHRIS18x said:
Hi, I cant download or transfer apps to my sd card! people say that if i download astro it will fix but it didnt! So im looking for a way to fix it. can anyone help me
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If you're referring to USB Mass Storage in FRX07, then don't hold your breath.. unfortunately, it's a known issue.
maff1989 said:
If you're referring to USB Mass Storage in FRX07, then don't hold your breath.. unfortunately, it's a known issue.
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It's unfortunately an issue with the loop'd mounts. If you create dedicated partitions for at the very least data - USB mass storage actually does work. hyc did some patching on this, not sure if that's in FRX07 or not. I haven't tried 07 on dedicated partitions yet.
Droid Explorer does a pretty damned good job of faking it tho...
arrrghhh said:
It's unfortunately an issue with the loop'd mounts. If you create dedicated partitions for at the very least data - USB mass storage actually does work. hyc did some patching on this, not sure if that's in FRX07 or not. I haven't tried 07 on dedicated partitions yet.
Droid Explorer does a pretty damned good job of faking it tho...
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Ohhh I see thanks for the correction.
I noticed in the default rootfs.img for FRX07 that the init does in fact check for a dedicated data partition, although I'm not sure if it puts that partition to use as the data partition (that coding looked a little confusing :\). I assume it would otherwise it wouldn't make sense to check if there's no mount commands following...
It sounds intriguing, though.. May give the dedicated data partition a try; could help with performance, let alone fix USB MS
EDIT: Seems this idea has already been put into effect for FRX07... http://www.neopeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7441
maff1989 said:
Ohhh I see thanks for the correction.
I noticed in the default rootfs.img for FRX07 that the init does in fact check for a dedicated data partition, although I'm not sure if it puts that partition to use as the data partition (that coding looked a little confusing :\). I assume it would otherwise it wouldn't make sense to check if there's no mount commands following...
It sounds intriguing, though.. May give the dedicated data partition a try; could help with performance, let alone fix USB MS
EDIT: Seems this idea has already been put into effect for FRX07... http://www.neopeek.com/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=7441
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Indeed, but CWM of course uses different mount points than XDAndroid...
so XDA:
p1 - fat32
p2 - rootfs
p3 - system
p4 - data
CWM from Neopeek:
p1 - fat32
p2 - system
p3 - data
p4 - cache
So you can certainly setup dedicated partitions and use XDAndroid's rootfs. If you use CWM, just be wary, the layout is different. CWM is easier because it installs Android to these partitions for you - otherwise you have to move the data to the partitions yourself .
arrrghhh said:
CWM is easier because it installs Android to these partitions for you - otherwise you have to move the data to the partitions yourself .
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By this, you mean copying, say, the rootfs.img to the second partition, or would the rootfs need to be extracted to the partition? I assume the latter..
maff1989 said:
By this, you mean copying, say, the rootfs.img to the second partition, or would the rootfs need to be extracted to the partition? I assume the latter..
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Yes, the latter. Same with system.ext2 and data.img - these need to be expanded onto the dedicated partitions.
What I did was mount the system.ext2 file (looped) on my Ubuntu server. Mount a data.img (looped) as well. Then I stuck a mSD -> USB converter plug in the server, and formatted the card with fdisk assigning the partitions. Mounted those partitions in Ubuntu, then tar'd the data over (IIRC there's issues with cp, doesn't preserve permissions).
Code:
cd /dir1; tar cf - . | (cd /dir2; tar xf -)
is how I tar'd it.
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Yes, the latter. Same with system.ext2 and data.img - these need to be expanded onto the dedicated partitions.
What I did was mount the system.ext2 file (looped) on my Ubuntu server. Mount a data.img (looped) as well. Then I stuck a mSD -> USB converter plug in the server, and formatted the card with fdisk assigning the partitions. Mounted those partitions in Ubuntu, then tar'd the data over (IIRC there's issues with cp, doesn't preserve permissions).
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cd /dir1; tar cf - . | (cd /dir2; tar xf -)
is how I tar'd it.
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Oh wow... that's a bit different than I anticipated, although your information is very much appreciated the dir1 and dir2 refer to the mount points for the system.ext2 and data.img, respectfully, correct? And it's two commands in one, separated by the "|" correct?
Off-topic.. What's IIRC?
And also, I can comprehend that "tar'ing" files means copying them in some way, shape, or form, but how would that preserve permissions over simply cp'ing them from the mount point in Ubuntu to the partition on the SD card? Or perhaps even manually copying the files to the SD partition? Considering these actions are performed in Ubuntu, I would assume permissions wouldn't be altered :\
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Oh wow... that's a bit different than I anticipated, although your information is very much appreciated the dir1 and dir2 refer to the mount points for the system.ext2 and data.img, respectfully, correct? And it's two commands in one, separated by the "|" correct?
Off-topic.. What's IIRC?
And also, I can comprehend that "tar'ing" files means copying them in some way, shape, or form, but how would that preserve permissions over simply cp'ing them from the mount point in Ubuntu to the partition on the SD card? Or perhaps even manually copying the files to the SD partition? Considering these actions are performed in Ubuntu, I would assume permissions wouldn't be altered :\
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IIRC = if I recall correctly
Yes, that's all one command and dir1 is the system.ext2 mount or the data.img mount (the source), dir2 is the mount point on the card (destination).
I don't know why cp doesn't preserve permissions - there's probably some switch you can pass that will preserve perms. I'm not an expert here, I only know I had a boatload of issues when I just used cp... Talked to some experts, and they gave me that tar command - which worked perfectly.
Idk what you are talkin about! so is there way to fix this situation?!
x12CHRIS18x said:
Idk what you are talkin about! so is there way to fix this situation?!
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You can fake USB mass storage with Droid Explorer. That's really the only option on looped mounts.
Where can I get droid explorer?
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x12CHRIS18x said:
Where can I get droid explorer?
Sent from my Touch Pro II with Froyo
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Here, let me Google that for you...
Haha thanks man! But I'm still having trouble.... I downloaded droid explorer then it told me that I have to download android sdk tool so I did and its still telling me that I have to download android sdk tools
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x12CHRIS18x said:
Haha thanks man! But I'm still having trouble.... I downloaded droid explorer then it told me that I have to download android sdk tool so I did and its still telling me that I have to download android sdk tools
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So... did you click the link to "do it for me" or whatever it says during install, or did you pick a manual install? You should just let the application do it for you, otherwise you have to download it yourself and then point it to whatever directory you installed it at... Oy.
I downloaded the zip file
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x12CHRIS18x said:
I downloaded the zip file
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Ok, would you like a cookie?
I still have a problem, droid explorer doesn't recognize my phone. i have my phone in debug mode
x12CHRIS18x said:
I still have a problem, droid explorer doesn't recognize my phone. i have my phone in debug mode
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Did you get an 'XDA' device in device manager? Did you read the FAQ and install PDAnet if the drivers with Droid Explorer don't work?
yeah i got XDA but it wont let me install it, it keeps on saying "cant find device". Do I have to download PDAnet if i cant install it?
Currently trying to back up all the data from my phone after dropping it in the pool a week ago.
took my 10 tries to get adb working. I've backed up my SMS/MMS messages from telephony but I want to dump my internal sdcard as well.
I tried doing adb pull /sdcard but it told me that it's not a valid directory.
Help please?
randomafk said:
Currently trying to back up all the data from my phone after dropping it in the pool a week ago.
took my 10 tries to get adb working. I've backed up my SMS/MMS messages from telephony but I want to dump my internal sdcard as well.
I tried doing adb pull /sdcard but it told me that it's not a valid directory.
Help please?
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First why use adb? If you don't have one get an adapter its cheap and very usefull.However if you want to go via adb try using QtADB. Also your problem might be fixed if you put /mnt/sdcard/ instead of just /sdcard/
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nerot said:
First why use adb? If you don't have one get an adapter its cheap and very usefull.However if you want to go via adb try using QtADB. Also your problem might be fixed if you put /mnt/sdcard/ instead of just /sdcard/
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oof. forgot to mention, this is internal storage, not an SD card.
/sdcard/ is where the external sdcard is mounted. If by internal sdcard you mean "the memory that resides on my phone", that should just be / (i.e. the root directory). I am not sure what your device is, so my understanding of your situation might be off, but give that a try instead.
If you tell us what phone you have it will help us a lot
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As has already been mentioned there are probably better ways to do this but if it is necessary to use adb for this task you might want to try using the "adb shell" command just log in directly to the device so you can interrogate the file system.
Since I don't have an actual device I can't really tell you where your "internal memory" storage is located. I believe everything that is user specific is located under the system directory (i.e. /system).
I wouldn't advise this however if you're not familiar with navigating Linux from the command line.
hi guys, i'm new in this forum, and i'm new to android too, i just bought a htc desire x and want it to be root, but i have problem when trying to get token id in hasoon2000 HTC Desire X All-In-One Toolkit V2.0 [1-1-2013], it says C:\ Document is not recognized as an internal or external command openable program or batch file.
usb debugging is already connected, please any one kindly fixing my problem, thx
sorry for my bad english. btw i'm from indonesia
Did you follow these steps?
How To Use. THIS IS FOR THE PC ONLY. No plans ever for Mac or Linux. Sorry.
1. Download the toolkit DO NOT RENAME THE FOLDER
2. Download Winrar from here. Install it after you download it
3. Extract the folder anywhere.
4. Run the program.
thx for replying so quick, after i downloaded then i extract to desktop and just run the program by clicking the symbol written as desire, am i doing it right?
Try to unpack it somewhere else on a root of some partition of your PC, try to unpack it to non system partition.
ok thx, i'll try it tomorrow, i'm sorry i've to go home coz it's 11.41pm already in my town, and i'm still on friend's house.
thx anyway for your reply, i'll let you know the progress
hi nlooooo, i did what u told me to do and it worked, i unpacked to (Cdrive, but another problem came on my device when i clicked get token id.
here is the picture shows the problem
@nlooooo.....i just tried your way on rooting this device, and same problem came up on step 8 when getting token id, still it says C:\ Document is not recognized as an internal or external command openable program or batch file, i've found out my device still locked, is it because of the device still lock? here's the image shown
problem solved
hi nlooooo......i've rooted my device, just try to put all the downloaded file to C:drive, and followed your tutorial on your thread, and i succeeded, at least i saw superuser on my device, thx alot for your tutorial.
No problem, that's why we're here. If you see it then it should be it. Try to install some app that requires root privileges (Titanium Backup for ex) and see if it can get SU rights.
hi.....any recommendation of apps or what to do after this rooting? cos i really a noob in android and root things. thx
uso_diario said:
hi.....any recommendation of apps or what to do after this rooting? cos i really a noob in android and root things. thx
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Yeah install AdFree, and get rid of the ads
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Yeah install AdFree, and get rid of the ads
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Well, it works for me with wifi but not with mobile data, it's configured over APN IP.
nlooooo.....sorry to bother you again, but i think my dx still not rooted, cos when i installed titanium backup root it comes like this, what do i hv to do?
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Yeah install AdFree, and get rid of the ads
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heyyy........thank you
uso_diario said:
nlooooo.....sorry to bother you again, but i think my dx still not rooted, cos when i installed titanium backup root it comes like this, what do i hv to do?
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Go and open Superuser app, swipe to first screen and see if the binary is installed. Then go and clear data for Titanium and open it again.
If you still have the problem use some root explorer to check folder system/bin if there is a file named su.
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Go and open Superuser app, swipe to first screen and see if the binary is installed. Then go and clear data for Titanium and open it again.
If you still have the problem use some root explorer to check folder system/bin if there is a file named su.[/QUOTyes..there is binary installed, but it says outdated binary notification ticked
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That's ok it should be like that. For me Titanium is working fine I have no problems.
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That's ok it should be like that. For me Titanium is working fine I have no problems.
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hi nlooooo........finally i got it fixed by start it all over again today........i'm new in this forum, don't know whether i can click your thanks button or not, but i will try it anyway, thx a lot
ps: i think it clicked
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hi nlooooo, i did what u told me to do and it worked, i unpacked to (Cdrive, but another problem came on my device when i clicked get token id.
here is the picture shows the problem
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I've got the same screen too, nothing is happening. What did you do to make it work?
i am getting stuck at last step i am always getting this message sending 'unlocktoken' (0kb) .
i have not installed htc sync app but just directly installed the drivers for unlocking purpose.
the boot loader is recognizing the usb connection as Fastboot usb.
using windows 7 32 bit operating system.
tried putting the unlock_code in c drive and desktop but it doesnt work.
the file is just a 1kb file.
the default view is shown as a vlc player file.
any help will much appreciated. this is my 1st htc mobile and am not used to this kind of rooting. previously owned a samsung so was using odin a lot.
I have tried numerous things with the HDX to get it rooted again, SuperOneClick and numerous other one click root applications that failed, of course. The best way to get root, I figured, is to downgrade the OS. I have the .BIN file and, as the Amazon website states (for upgrade, of course) that we must stick it to internal storage, then do the usual upgrade business. However, the downgrade doesn't work. The is a file somewhere on the system that prevents it, and I wonder if we could find it and delete it, using the PC if necessary. Thanks for your cooperation.
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I have tried numerous things with the HDX to get it rooted again, SuperOneClick and numerous other one click root applications that failed, of course. The best way to get root, I figured, is to downgrade the OS. I have the .BIN file and, as the Amazon website states (for upgrade, of course) that we must stick it to internal storage, then do the usual upgrade business. However, the downgrade doesn't work. The is a file somewhere on the system that prevents it, and I wonder if we could find it and delete it, using the PC if necessary. Thanks for your cooperation.
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I'm just curious as to if you never had root or lost root.
zXiC said:
I'm just curious as to if you never had root or lost root.
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Yes I did have root, I used AOSP ROM, and made it almost pure android. I found a nice tool called "Android Commander" that has the ability to access the system files from the pc. I was attempting to flash the previous version of Mojito OS using the casebook utility but failed, and as far as I figured I might just be able to extract and maybe delete the file the check for automatic updates, and thus do a manual update on the kindle, which literally requires dropping in the .BIN file into internal storage and the lb upgrade it. Then use the old root method, so if you are interested you could help me locate that file
Hi,
I have been using Remix OS for weeks now. It is an amazing operating system. I have tried Linux and Mac as an alternative for Windows, and only Remix OS made me use use it as my main OS. I would keep it as my main OS but I have this major annoyance with the latest version. For some reason, I could not access my secondary hard drive. This sucks because that's were I keep all my files and downloads. If someone could please post a working guide on how to enable it, I would be very thankful.
Thank you.
I'm currently using StickMount & works perfect, except for one thing... SD Maid: I don't know to do to the System Cleaner section not recognize the other partitions... tried adding them to the exclusions but does'nt work, I can only unmount then remount.
xSilverLight said:
I'm currently using StickMount & works perfect, except for one thing... SD Maid: I don't know to do to the System Cleaner section not recognize the other partitions... tried adding them to the exclusions but does'nt work, I can only unmount then remount.
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What are you excluding? /sdcard/usbStorage/ or /data/media/0/usbStorage/
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What are you excluding? /sdcard/usbStorage/ or /data/media/0/usbStorage/
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I Tried several routes except /data/media/0/usbStorage/... i'll try with that and tell you later thanks :silly:
xSilverLight said:
I'm currently using StickMount & works perfect, except for one thing... SD Maid: I don't know to do to the System Cleaner section not recognize the other partitions... tried adding them to the exclusions but does'nt work, I can only unmount then remount.
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Thank you. I will give it a try and I will post the results. I am currently running 403 64-bit. I'll play around with StickMount first before I reinstall 3.0
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I Tried several routes except /data/media/0/usbStorage/... i'll try with that and tell you later thanks :silly:
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Some apps can be a bit odd when using root (and not follow symlinks); /sdcard should be a symlink to /data/media/0 so that might work here...
Digong said:
Thank you. I will give it a try and I will post the results. I am currently running 403 64-bit. I'll play around with StickMount first before I reinstall 3.0
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Hope it work for you, good luck
HypoTurtle said:
Some apps can be a bit odd when using root (and not follow symlinks); /sdcard should be a symlink to /data/media/0 so that might work here...
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Yes xD, hope it works, I'll try in a while.. I'm still in Windows :fingers-crossed:
Digong said:
Hi,
I have been using Remix OS for weeks now. It is an amazing operating system. I have tried Linux and Mac as an alternative for Windows, and only Remix OS made me use use it as my main OS. I would keep it as my main OS but I have this major annoyance with the latest version. For some reason, I could not access my secondary hard drive. This sucks because that's were I keep all my files and downloads. If someone could please post a working guide on how to enable it, I would be very thankful.
Thank you.
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First follow directions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/guide-modify-remix-3-0-101-t3428553
Next install SuperSU from Play Store
Next install StickMount from Play Store
In StickMount mount mass storage devices
You will find your drives in folder called usbStorage
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lollyjay said:
First follow directions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/remix/remix-os/guide-modify-remix-3-0-101-t3428553
Next install SuperSU from Play Store
Next install StickMount from Play Store
In StickMount mount mass storage devices
You will find your drives in folder called usbStorage
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lollyjay,
i tried to follow the command and i got an error:
i am sure about the path, cause i have always converted RemixOS to NTFS without issues.
Please advise.
Digong said:
lollyjay,
i tried to follow the command and i got an error:
i am sure about the path, cause i have always converted RemixOS to NTFS without issues.
Please advise.
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Ignore my posted screenshot above. I got it resolved by moving the RMXTools folder to the desktop instead of my secondary hard drive.
@lollyjay, xSilverlight thanks for your help guys. It worked. I am using Solid Explorer as my File Manager and although it is no longer showing by default, I can always add it to bookmark for easy access.
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Ignore my posted screenshot above. I got it resolved by moving the RMXTools folder to the desktop instead of my secondary hard drive.
@lollyjay, xSilverlight thanks for your help guys. It worked. I am using Solid Explorer as my File Manager and although it is no longer showing by default, I can always add it to bookmark for easy access.
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Very glad to see you solved it
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Very glad to see you solved it
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thanks again. however, i ended up rolling back to 403 64bit. 3.0 seems slow and laggy in my system. 8ball pool crashes too :/ will wait for a better update.
edit fstab.remix_x86，fstab.remix_x86_64，https://source.android.com/devices/storage/config.html
cd /sys/dev/block ，ls -al，cd /sys/block
example fstab
none /cache tmpfs nosuid,nodev,noatime defaults
/devices/*/usb*/* auto auto defaults voldmanaged=sdcard1:auto,encryptable=userdata
/devices/platform/*/mmc* auto auto defaults voldmanaged=sdcard1:auto,encryptable=userdata
/devices/*/* auto auto defaults voldmanaged=sdcard1:auto,encryptable=userdata
I don't HDD should /device/platform/……，you can cd /sys/block，ls -al