Hello dear people.
I have a M8S II and I've hooked up an external usb hdd to it. Since we cannot root it yet, I have few questions.
Is there any chance to use samba on it without root? My goal would be to transfer all movies to hdd, but to be able to copy it as well when I download something new.
At this point, I cannot write to it? Any reason besides android limitations? Tried connecting with es file explorer to my pc and to copy it to the external hdd, but I cannot write to it.
Thank you all in advance for your help.
Best regards,
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Hi,
I recently bought a Archos Gen9 ICS.
Using the host cable I can copy from internal memory to USB (fat32) without a problem. This also works when connecting the USB using the 3G input.
However when I connect an external HDD (ntfs) using the 3G input it's recognized, but I can't copy files to it. In the default file manager I don't even have the "paste" button when I select the drive. Astro said something about the drive being read-only.
(btw...copying files to the usb-stick didn't even work with astro...it always complained about not being able to create a new directory. Anyway if the default file manager works, that's fine by me)
What could be the problem here? Is it file system related or...?
Hope someone knows the answer.
Thanks in advance!
neva
Write support on ntfs file system isnt given.
You could reformat your hard drive as fat 32 but i wouldnt do so.
You would lose support for big files over 4 gb, you would lose all your data, etc.
it is kernel related, perhaps it might be possible to trick your archos if you feed it with ntfs-3g, but i dont know if it is possible. It would be tricky, you would have to find arm binery therefore. There is a thread here on xda in same subsection gen9 android developement.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1463679&highlight=ntfs-3g
You could try that and report if you successed.
Greatings.
Thx for your quick reply.
I didn't know that ntfs write wasn't possible at the moment...
I'll probably convert my hdd back to fat32, or buy a "bigger" usb stick
Hi,
If this has been asked before i apologies but i've searched, used google, and never really found the answer i'm looking for.
I have a nexus 7, OTG cable, flash drive and stickmount installed. As an external storage device this works fine for movies, audio etc.
I'm not experienced with android having only previously used it on my touchpad, and wondered if the following was possible.
Is there an app that can essentially clone the externally mounted USB drive so that when installing an app with a large data download i can choose to download the data to the externally mounted usb drive instead of the main device memory. An example, Spiderman has nearly 2GB of data and i would prefer to move it using an app rather than having to continuously move the data file from the root to the external USB using es file explorer.
Many thanks for the help
Doobdonk said:
Hi,
If this has been asked before i apologies but i've searched, used google, and never really found the answer i'm looking for.
I have a nexus 7, OTG cable, flash drive and stickmount installed. As an external storage device this works fine for movies, audio etc.
I'm not experienced with android having only previously used it on my touchpad, and wondered if the following was possible.
Is there an app that can essentially clone the externally mounted USB drive so that when installing an app with a large data download i can choose to download the data to the externally mounted usb drive instead of the main device memory. An example, Spiderman has nearly 2GB of data and i would prefer to move it using an app rather than having to continuously move the data file from the root to the external USB using es file explorer.
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Hard Link feature of ext4 partition can help you.
Hi everyone,
I attached my Xperia Tablet S to my PC using the USB Cable but cannot see the SD Card in the directory.
I think it should be called 'sdcard2' but it is not there! I wanted, using the PC, to transfer some files between the internal storage and the external SD card.
Off to search more about this but any advice appreciated!!
Ofiaich
Won't show i'm afraid.
Alternatives would be an SDCard reader, or transfer the files to your tablet, then using the file transfer app, move them over to the SDcard.
Hi SWFlyerUK,
thanks for your reply!
I understand those options but what I had hoped to do was to have two windows open on my PC, one with the Xperia Tablets internal memory, and one with the SD Cards content. I could then drag multiple files from one window to the other!
I use an Android App file manager as well as Astro File Manager and use those to copy and paste.
Thanks again,
Ofiaich
SWFlyerUK said:
Won't show i'm afraid.
Alternatives would be an SDCard reader, or transfer the files to your tablet, then using the file transfer app, move them over to the SDcard.
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That sony 'File Transfer' app on the xperia tablet s sucks. There needs to be a direct way from the computer via a usb cable to access the external sdcard (sdcard2). Is this a dead end? Is anyone working on this? Maybe JellyBean will enable this? My Samsung can do it so I cant give up.
Hey, if writing out to the sdcard2 can be solved then I'm sure this can be as well. Sony told me that it was impossible to write to the sdcard2 by any means other than the 'File Transfer' app and that was definitely wrong. So maybe not ever seeing the sdcard2 from the pc via a usb cable is wrong as well.
saf4xdadev said:
That sony 'File Transfer' app on the xperia tablet s sucks. There needs to be a direct way from the computer via a usb cable to access the external sdcard (sdcard2). Is this a dead end? Is anyone working on this? Maybe JellyBean will enable this? My Samsung can do it so I cant give up.
Hey, if writing out to the sdcard2 can be solved then I'm sure this can be as well. Sony told me that it was impossible to write to the sdcard2 by any means other than the 'File Transfer' app and that was definitely wrong. So maybe not ever seeing the sdcard2 from the pc via a usb cable is wrong as well.
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make an update to 6b, everythink is fine
flight727 said:
make an update to 6b, everythink is fine
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I'm a little behind I suppose.....
saf4xdadev said:
Really? when you say 'everything', could you elaborate please?
1- can you write to external sdcard2 from any type of app on the tablet, rooted or not?
2- can you see and read/write/transfer files to/from the external sdcard2 from a pc via usb cable, rooted or not?
Those two things would be huge to me......any corroboration from others on this? Thanks
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You can write media files to sdcard2
1- some apps are blocked to write to sdcsard2
2-from pc i can write to/from the external sdcard2
but when you use this option
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2050126
the tablet has rooted and firmware 6b
OK, sorry if my terminology is incorrect but you should get the gist of what I'm asking.
Let's get this out of the way though, because of how I use my N9 I absolutely *CANNOT* root it, too many apps that I use daily will not work on a rooted device!
OK, so what I want to know is what is the best file browser for USB OTG support and is there a way that a USB OTG drive can be auto-mounted so that applications, e.g. VPlayer, Comic Rack, can see it as a drive and read the contents?
I have tried Antek Explorer Ex and File Commander and they don't appear to see the USB drive. ES File Explorer can see the drive but I'm not a big fan of the interface.
I know there is Nexus Media Importer but is that a "normal" file explorer too? Will it also automount the drive into something readable by other app? (I don't mind paying for apps if they do what I want)
Thanks
not rooted. most apps won't end up showing whats on the drive. Stock android doesn't mount drives (trust me I wish they did - similar to how samsung does) not sure if you need root for Nexus Media Importer but that would be your other option
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en
I think StickMount can manually mount HDDs and flash drives for other apps to see without root.
The automount option requires root privileges though.
ES file Explorer works well. They updated it for lollipop sometime last week!
file expert also works well...
Thanks for all the advice.
Stick mount doesn't work on a non-rooted tablet, it FC's
I've settled on using ES File Explorer for the moment,
bobjbain said:
Thanks for all the advice.
Stick mount doesn't work on a non-rooted tablet, it FC's
I've settled on using ES File Explorer for the moment,
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How did that work? I've been trying to get ES File Explorer to recognize my Meenova for the whole day. I have a 64GB FAT32 microSDXC plugged in through Meenova. ES recognizes that something is plugged in, it just freezes when trying to open it. The only app successfully opening it up it Nexus Media Importer.
UAL4588 said:
How did that work? I've been trying to get ES File Explorer to recognize my Meenova for the whole day. I have a 64GB FAT32 microSDXC plugged in through Meenova. ES recognizes that something is plugged in, it just freezes when trying to open it. The only app successfully opening it up it Nexus Media Importer.
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Never heard of a Meenova before but it looks nice, I've only used a thumb drive with 64gb sdcard plugged in via a USB OTG cable and that has worked fine.
Hello Everyone,
I am using redmi note 4 Snapdragon version miui 8.10.0 MCFMIDI. I want to connect my device to Toshiba 1 tb hdd.
A few days back I was able to connect my device to Toshiba 1 tb hdd but now I am not able to connect now. I am able to read the contents with es file Explorer by cannot write on hdd.I am using stickmount app to connect. I have already transferred approximately 100 GB of data directly from my phone to 1 tb hdd without any difficulty. There is also no power problem as many complain. Toshiba takes 900mah power which is what a 64gb or more USB drive takes. I can connect my 64GB USB drive which is formatted in NTFS format and I am having no difficulty in transferring copying the files but in external hard drive I am unable unable to connect now.
My device is rooted.
Kindly somebody help.
Thanks
Best Wishes
kk100 said:
Hello Everyone, I am using redmi note 4 Snapdragon version miui 8.10.0 MCFMIDI...
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I don't have this device but, your best bet is to post this question within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3527620
Good Luck!
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kk100 said:
Hello Everyone,
I am using redmi note 4 Snapdragon version miui 8.10.0 MCFMIDI. I want to connect my device to Toshiba 1 tb hdd.
A few days back I was able to connect my device to Toshiba 1 tb hdd but now I am not able to connect now. I am able to read the contents with es file Explorer by cannot write on hdd.I am using stickmount app to connect. I have already transferred approximately 100 GB of data directly from my phone to 1 tb hdd without any difficulty. There is also no power problem as many complain. Toshiba takes 900mah power which is what a 64gb or more USB drive takes. I can connect my 64GB USB drive which is formatted in NTFS format and I am having no difficulty in transferring copying the files but in external hard drive I am unable unable to connect now.
My device is rooted.
Kindly somebody help.
Thanks
Best Wishes
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[ SOLVED]
There was no help from anybody. I solved this by myself. I am posting very late (SORRY FOR THAT).
There is this thing you have to keep Documents in Settings Enabled.
1, Go to settings /Installed Apps /Documents /Now Enable it.
2, You have close all apps then Clear Ram Now open ES file Explorer Now connect the 1tb Hdd to the phone through USB Now there will be a pop up asking to open the file One will be ES file Explorer or may be another Explorer and other will be Stickmount app open only Stickmount app not any file Explorer the Stickmount app will start working and give you notification that the hdd is now connected Now open already opened ES file Explorer you will now be able to transfer files. Es file Explorer will not show the real size and free size but it's in working condition. ENJOY
If you can afford please purchase the Stickmount pro version. We should appreciate the developers and if we can afford then definitely buy the app.
I think some apps are very necessary for all Android user's and we should purchase the app if affordable.
I Have transfered a total of more than 200Gb to my 1tb hdd only by my phone.
IMPORTANT - Its highly advisable that you disconnect Mobile data and Calling Switch to airplane mode because when the data is being transferred any notification can disrupt the transfer and there will be another problem it will stuck in middle then another problem arises you will not be able to connect to hdd again. Now you have to find a PC and connect the hdd and do file repair usb which is asked in PC automatically. I had this problem and suffered a lot gave lot of time and energy tried to find Android apps to fix this but not found it.
Hoping somebody will benefit from my problems
Best Wishes