I need to mount an external drive (compact flash card) to send large jpegs as an attachment. I'll have wi-fi or hspa speeds available.
Is this possible with the G2 - now or in the near future?
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There is the CIFS module on the dev section. Seems you could mount an external share with the drive plugged into it and shared? I have not tried the module yet but it seems to allow mounting network shares. Might be the easiest way to mounting nirvana. I want to try this with a ubuntu samba share which has mp3s on it later.
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One of the things I really miss about my old phone is that because it had an SD card I could just mount the phone as mass storage and I had full access to /sdcard as if I plugged the card straight into the laptop. However because I can no longer do this on my Galaxy Nexus getting files off of the phone has become a real hassle. I'm running Linux, for which there are no good MTP implementations (either they don't work at all, or are very very slow). Also because I no longer have direct access things like filesystem metadata (timestamps, etc) are lost when copying files over from the phone to the laptop. Add to this that there are far more host devices that will read mass storage than MTP. I've also tried things like FTP servers and other ways of pulling data, but none of them are as good for my needs as the old mass storage method.
Is there any way I can make a separate /sdcard partiton, mount it with Android's fstab (or whatever Android is using for an fstab), format it how I please, and have Android just let me umount the partiton from the phone and mount it on the host device when plugged in? How would I go about doing this? is it possible to make the stock AOSP allow mass storage again or would I need a custom ROM?
Has anyone got NTFS mounting to work, specifically from an OTG adapter and external hard drive? I see an old thread about NTFS mount, but the search function is broken on XDA (when clicking on a search result, it just takes you to the front forums page, not the actual thread you clicked on), so I can't read it.
I tried Paragon NTFS+, which works with my hard drive drive & OTG adapter when using my LG G2, but on my Note it fails to mount. Paragon doesn't give an error message, it just tries to mount for a few seconds then does nothing. I also tried NTFS Mounter, which crashes when trying to mount.
I ended up using Wireless File Transfer Pro to transfer a large file because MTP is broken on my laptop with all devices. I've tried everything under the sun to fix MTP, but it's just broken until I reimage this machine.
FWIW, I'm using CleanROM 1.5.
snake2332 said:
I tried Paragon NTFS+, which works with my hard drive drive & OTG adapter when using my LG G2, but on my Note it fails to mount. Paragon doesn't give an error message, it just tries to mount for a few seconds then does nothing. I also tried NTFS Mounter, which crashes when trying to mount.
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There are a couple NTFS Mount apps on the Play Store, none of them are working as of yet though.
When trying to mount using ntfs-3g and fuse.ko by hand, ntfs-3g stops with some sort of permission error.
My guess is it doesn't work with SELinux on Enforcing yet.
meks007 said:
There are a couple NTFS Mount apps on the Play Store, none of them are working as of yet though.
When trying to mount using ntfs-3g and fuse.ko by hand, ntfs-3g stops with some sort of permission error.
My guess is it doesn't work with SELinux on Enforcing yet.
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USB Plugin for total commander works.. It's a paid app but it works... Only thing though, you need to Total Commander as the File manager. It will also copy a file, temporarily, to the tablet. But it does read the NTFS 1.5Tb drive I plug in....
Ext HDD + OTG + NTFS
If you want your SM-P600 to mount and read NTFS formatted Hard drives you will nee to install the kernel shown here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2615959
After you do that you can install Paragon or USB OTG helper,the hard drive should be mounted and your tablet should be able to show the files on it if you use ES file explorer
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If you want your SM-P600 to mount and read NTFS formatted Hard drives you will nee to install the kernel shown here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2615959
After you do that you can install Paragon or USB OTG helper,the hard drive should be mounted and your tablet should be able to show the files on it if you use ES file explorer
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Anything for sm-p605?
I have just rooted my Sony xperia s thinking that this will help me in trying to recover files. However I am still having issues with this.
Thing is when you plug the device in it just shows as a media device and not an actual physical drive so any recovery software that I use can not pick up the individual drives.
What else can I do so that when the phone is plugged into the pc it is recognised as a physical drive and given a drove letter?
This would be a huge help as I have lost quite a few different files that I would like back.
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Karl
One way is to use Samba Filesharing over WiFi.
Once you have established a connection on your PC (NetBIOS Name) you can then map a drive.
This assumes you have root access on your phone and a WiFi LAN.
Well, there is this app which helps You Mount internal storage as usb storage on PC, but it is a paid app:
Xperia SDCARD Mounter
Edit : There seems to be a free version here: [APP][P] SD Mounter as Mass Storage V2.0
Hi, if any of you tried to connect a flash drive with ntfs file system? Unfortunately my 32gb sandisk extreme is unrecognizable. I have tried programs like StickMount, Paragon NTFS Mounter and exFAT, NTFS & HFS +, and only the last one detects the flash drive but can not read the files on it.
Did you download the helper functions for StickMount and put them in the correct place? I've successfully reading a NTFS external hard drive on my S5 with that combo but haven't tried it on my tablet.
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Unfortunetly no. Can U help me?
EDIT: I put ntfs-3g on internal storage ( /sdcard ) but it still does not work. StickMount shows that mass storage is mounted in sdcard/usbstorage/sda1 but I dont have folder sda1 :/
EDIT2: I found where StickMount is mounted usb (data/media/0/usbStorage/sda1). I see all files but when I try to open (pdf or mkv movie) shows error (Adobe or VLC found usb error try to refresh media library).
EDIT3: When I copy file from usb to my sdcard everything is working. Any ideas how to read files from mounted USB or what is wrong?
Dizzyrul3z said:
Unfortunetly no. Can U help me?
EDIT: I put ntfs-3g on internal storage ( /sdcard ) but it still does not work. StickMount shows that mass storage is mounted in sdcard/usbstorage/sda1 but I dont have folder sda1 :/
EDIT2: I found where StickMount is mounted usb (data/media/0/usbStorage/sda1). I see all files but when I try to open (pdf or mkv movie) shows error (Adobe or VLC found usb error try to refresh media library).
EDIT3: When I copy file from usb to my sdcard everything is working. Any ideas how to read files from mounted USB or what is wrong?
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I too have have tried all the different apps to read any OTG flashdrive. NTFS, 32bit and so on, none would work. Advised by one of kernel developers that rom/kernel must support OTG mounting and stock kernel does not. So it's not what you are doing but the stock device doesn't support. Only available by installing a custom rom/kernel that does. So far I think there is only one I know of for the 10.5 wifi. Not what sure what you are running but check the two threads for a kernel that will for you device. Good luck and if you find one, please come back and post what u found.
I've done some digging and found little about the issue. one not-very-useful thread here, one Magisk module that refuses to run on 9.0, and one kernel that claims to support NTFS, but just keeps crashing my pixel's SystemUI.
Does anyone know a way to add reliable NTFS or exFAT access to the Pixel 3XL? I format a microSD card or thumbdrive on the phone and it formats to FAT32. And worse, when I plug it into the computer I get "this filesystem is corrupted, scan to fix". format FAT32 on the PC, and us it on the phone (or fix the 'corruption' i mentioned), and it says the drive is corrupted when plugged into the phone, instead.
Try formatting to exFAT or NTFS and the best I can get is "this drive needs formatting" when it's plugged into the phone. (Even after installing the one kernel I found that's supposed to support NTFS, ElementX.)
Rooted, Magisk'd, TWRP'd, etc... surely there's some reliable option, someplace? I can't believe a phone this advanced can't even handle exFAT like my ancient LG could.
christiebunny said:
I've done some digging and found little about the issue. one not-very-useful thread here, one Magisk module that refuses to run on 9.0, and one kernel that claims to support NTFS, but just keeps crashing my pixel's SystemUI.
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What are you using to read the OTG drive and what are you trying to do with the files? For example, if you want to read and transfer files from a NTFS formatted drive you can use a file explorer that supports NTFS like MiXplorer or SolidExplorer. But... if you are trying to stream some big ass 10 Gb .mkv movie files directly from the drive, it's not gonna happen.
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What are you using to read the OTG drive and what are you trying to do with the files? For example, if you want to read and transfer files from a NTFS formatted drive you can use a file explorer that supports NTFS like MiXplorer or SolidExplorer. But... if you are trying to stream some big ass 10 Gb .mkv movie files directly from the drive, it's not gonna happen.
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I'll give that a try, thank you! currently all I've been using is ES file Explorer Pro, which doesn't see it at all, either.
I love mix explorer, and it sees the sdcard, exFAT or NTFS.... but transferring is 1-2MB/s, which is unusable for anything big enough to need exFAT/NTFS
I can't believe there's no way to add in the capability via magisk module/flashable zip/etc
" But... if you are trying to stream some big ass 10 Gb .mkv movie files directly from the drive, it's not gonna happen. "
For this to happen you need an app called JS USB OTG, it can play big mkv files like it's playing from internal memory.
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" But... if you are trying to stream some big ass 10 Gb .mkv movie files directly from the drive, it's not gonna happen. "
For this to happen you need an app called JS USB OTG, it can play big mkv files like it's playing from internal memory.
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I purchased the "USB Media Explorer" and I can open music/video and copy to internal storage.
You cold use "USB Photo Viewer" for trial, To see if you can read photo on USB disk with ext fat format.
these two Apps both made by Homesoft, LLC.