Are there any kernels for the S3 (ATT version) that supports NTFS? I'd like to be able to use my phone to let my kids watch movies when on car trips or something but dont' want to take up the room on my phone's SD card. I have a flash drive and the correct cable to connect it to my phone, but its NTFS formatted and have files over the FAT32 size limit. My S3 is Stock Rooted and would like to keep it that way. Moving to an AOSP ROM isn't what I want right now so a kernel for stock sammy is needed.
You don't need a kernel look for Paragon NTFS in the market. It needs root access and it won't mount automatically but its really easy to use.
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PMentior said:
You don't need a kernel look for Paragon NTFS in the market. It needs root access and it won't mount automatically but its really easy to use.
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Thanks! I don't use it often so automounting isn't an issue. Imma check it out right now.
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Does the Galaxy Nexus Support exFAT file format / system?
I did a search but ppl only vaguely mentioned exFAT.
If exFAT is not supported, has anyone tried making ext4 drives using this?
http://shuffleos.com/1847/ext2fsd-read-write-ext4-ext3-ext2-partitions-windows/
I dunno about xfat but I'bee unable to get ext2fsd on Win&64 bit to work properly with my ext4 partitions (64 bit Ubuntu). Sometimes it can read it, mostly it hangs while I'm waiting for it to open.
That's lame. Android needs to add exFAT support or create ext4 drivers for Windows.
Or else, Windows Tablet 8 is going to kill the Android tablet market!
The Galaxy Nexus doesn't function as a USB storage device when attached to a computer. It communicates via MTP instead. This renders the underlying filesystem of the partitions on the phone itself somewhat irrelevant. No, no one has hacked in a way to force the phone to act as a USB drive yet.
Sooo, in light of that, what are you talking about?
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The Galaxy Nexus doesn't function as a USB storage device when attached to a computer. It communicates via MTP instead. This renders the underlying filesystem of the partitions on the phone itself somewhat irrelevant. No, no one has hacked in a way to force the phone to act as a USB drive yet.
Sooo, in light of that, what are you talking about?
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The ability to read USB Flash drives attached to the device. It won't read exFAT and getting Windows to read/write ext4 is a big PITA.
I just ordered a Samsung OTG cable so I can use my 64gb USB Flash drive as extended storage for the phone. But I have a lot of video files larger than 4GB that won't work with FAT32.
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The ability to read USB Flash drives attached to the device.
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Reported to work with 4.0.2 using stickmount, dunno what filesystems they had on the sticks. I'd be inclined to try ntfs after fat32.
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Reported to work with 4.0.2 using stickmount, dunno what filesystems they had on the sticks. I'd be inclined to try ntfs after fat32.
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My cousin says that his Transformer Prime can read NTFS out of the box. Would love to see that kind of support in our phones.
Can someone recommend an app or mod that let's you create a partition or mounts the nexus as a mass storage device ...mtp is worthless damn you samsung
bigdade said:
Can someone recommend an app or mod that let's you create a partition or mounts the nexus as a mass storage device ...mtp is worthless damn you samsung
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400034
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400034
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Not quite what he asked for. StickMount is for mounting USB sticks to the nexus if you use it in host mode.
You would have to make the partition first and probably format it as fat32 because the reason there's no UMS is that all the data is on one ext4 partition, which afaik won't work for UMS (windows is still vey iffy with ext4).
I've not seen anyone get into repartitioning the GN but one could easily miss it...
try airdroid over wireless, it's a great app that gives you full access to your phone via a browser on your pc so long as the 2 are on the same wireless network. Multiplatform - works fine with my Ubuntu.
yeah I've tried Airdroid and wifi explorer pro and I still can't transfer my movies which are mkv
Automatically mount and dismount NTFS/FAT/EXT2/EXT3/EXT4 formated USB Sticks, USB HDD, SD Cards
!!! REQUIRES ROOT !!!
!!! Tested on Samsung Galaxy SII ICS 4.0.3 (CF, Siyah, N.E.A.K kernels) !!!
Works on following ICS devices:
- Samsung Galaxy S2
- Samsung Galaxy Note
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
Once Ntfs Mounter is installed and you connect a NTFS formated USB stick with the USB host / OTG cable, the application will mount your drive.
Device partitions will be mounted to: /sdcard/usbStorage/UsbDriveA...UsbDriveF
SD Card will be mounted to: /mnt/sdcard/external_sd
You don't need to run the Ntfs Mounter each time, drive should be mounted automatically.
What's new in 0.5 ver
- file systems support: NTFS, EXT2, EXT3, EXT4
- SD card support. The card is visible in all applications including standard android apps (camera, file manager,...).
- user applications can be installed into the NTFS, EXT2, EXT3 or EXT4 formatted card
- multi partitions support on USB drives
- full system integration - no more messages that card or USB drive is not formatted or blank
- standard android notifications are used instead of old Ntfs Mounter notifications
- USB drives are mounted into: /mnt/sdcard/usbStorage/UsbDriveA,.../mnt/sdcard/usbStorage/UsbDriveF
- some bugs are fixed
Technical notes:
1. ICS 4.0.3 with 3.0.15 kernel (CF kernel at least) already contains fuse driver
2. The app installs ntfs-3g if it does not exist in the system
3. App receives MEDIA_NOFS event and tries to mount all unmounted /dev/sdXXX devices as NTFS volumes
Feel free to post your comments, suggestions, bugs, etc...
Don't punish me a lot, it is my first android app
If you like the app, you can donate me a beer or two :fingers-crossed:
Download:
Ntfs Mounter on Market
I don't know you, but I love you!
Amazing work.
Running fine on WanamLite 11.5 (DXLP9) with Phenomenal Medium (SpeedMod K3-16)
Thank you so much.
Rgds
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Very cool app, i was programming a similar app, but with support for plenty of FS...
Does it auto-mounts also multi-partitioned devices? Like an external HDD
Good work, keep it up!
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Does it auto-mounts also multi-partitioned devices? Like an external HDD
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It should mount multi-partitioned devices. But I didn't test this. I need USB-hub with external power to mount my HDD. I'm going to buy one soon.
So, if it doesn't mount multi-partitioned devices it will do this soon
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It should mount multi-partitioned devices. But I didn't tested this. I need USB-hub with external power to mount my HDD. I'm going to buy one soon.
So, if it doesn't mount multi-partitioned devices it will do this soon
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Cool!
I will test the multi mounting tomorrow
Thanks dude it looks awesome !
Thanks! I was looking for something that would ease my life
I tried downloading from market but it's saying my device is not compatible with this version.
What's prob mate?
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I tried downloading from market but it's saying my device is not compatible with this version.
What's prob mate?
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Do you have ICS installed?
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Do you have ICS installed?
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Yep, using wanamlite and apolo kernel. Maybe cook rom & kernel is the cause?
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it works with ICS wananlite v11.5 (4.0.3) + Siyah v3.2.3 as pic below:
it mounts perfectly my pendrive 4gb formatted as ntfs but it appears as blank device. Btw it's not blank, it has a mp3 and jpg file inside.
any idea?
Can anyone upload the apk file here. Tks in advance.
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it mounts perfectly my pendrive 4gb formatted as ntfs but it appears as blank device. Btw it's not blank, it has a mp3 and jpg file inside.
any idea?
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Sometimes it happens. I will add additional error handling for this, so that we can find the issue.
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Can anyone upload the apk file here. Tks in advance.
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Will upload it here
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Sometimes it happens. I will add additional error handling for this, so that we can find the issue.
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in siyahkernel (and some others), hotplug notifications are parsed and if a block device is plugged in the kernel tries to mount it to /mnt/ntfs folder using kernel's in-built ntfs module and mounts in readonly. although I have not tested it, it may cause an issue mounting the same block device using ntfs-3g. if it is a problem 1) I can stop that hotplug mounting if there is an ntfs-3g binary or if your application is installed or 2) you can sleep several seconds and umount /dev/block/sdaX before mounting it using ntfs-3g.
I do not want to remove the readonly mounting because there are lots of people using it to watch movies and they may not want to install additional app to do that. so here are the questions:
- where do you copy the ntfs-3g binary?
- is there any way of detecting your app except for searching it directly in /system/app folder?
- or maybe there is no collision. did you test it with siyahkernel? (I would but I've lost my otg cable, I need to order another)
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so here are the questions:
- where do you copy the ntfs-3g binary?
- is there any way of detecting your app except for searching it directly in /system/app folder?
- or maybe there is no collision. did you test it with siyahkernel? (I would but I've lost my otg cable, I need to order another)
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1. /system/bin/ntfs-3g
2. I think, only look at /system/app
3. No, I didn't test it with siyahkernel.
There is no error handling for mounting and installing ntfs-3g at all, it is in my to do list
finally! thank you for writing this much needed app
update:
tried with NEAK 2.0.4 but only mounted status success but empty ntfs folder
Great app, unfortunatly does not work as I am on Siyah Kernel. I'm hoping you will figure it out and fix it (anyone of you) becouse i like this kernel but i like ntfs very much too
Also this is the app I've been waiting for, even wrote similiar "idea" of it some time ago but i didnt have any responds :/
Does not work on N.E.A.K. 2.0.3 too :| hmm..
Siyah, N.E.A.K and some other kernels support has been added. Please let me know if it is not working on these kernels.
The app should be updated from the market
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Siyah, N.E.A.K and some other kernels support has been added. Please let me know if it is not working on these kernels.
The app should be updated from the market
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You're loading fuse now?
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So far the only solution I've found is a custom kernel and only for the international version...any thoughts for those of us with AT&T?
I believe it does take a custom kernal. We'll just have to be patient on a kernal dev to implement it. I noticed on Ktoonsez's kernal I was able to mount my ntfs thumbdrive and see the files. I didn't try copying any files from it to my phone but that should work. I was unable to play the music files on my thumb drive though and although I haven't tried it, I assume I wouldn't be able to write to it as well.
I installed NTFS Mounter and StickMount and between the two, have been able to mount NTFS flash drives using the rooted stock AT&T ROM with stock kernel.
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I installed NTFS Mounter and StickMount and between the two, have been able to mount NTFS flash drives using the rooted stock AT&T ROM with stock kernel.
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Interesting - I'm skeptical of apps with so few reviews though! NTFS Mounter also does not list the S3 as compatible but good to hear that it's working for you.
Is StickMount necessary? Mine seems to auto mount FAT32 just fine.
So after research before I post I found out thet the 64 cards use exfat and android does not support that, rather it supports fat32, after trying different software I cannot get it to work in my phone (sgs 4) running wicked rom. I have tried to format it several times and it will work in my camera just not phone so the card is fine. Is there a easy way and hopefully free way to get a 64gb card to work in our phone, as this would be a one time use. So any help is welcome, fyi I tried ease use partition master free, and also what came with win8 but windows pushes ntfs or exfat, no option to run fat32, one more thing there is no issues losing files the card is blank.
Thanks Rob
Try fat32 format: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
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So after research before I post I found out thet the 64 cards use exfat and android does not support that, rather it supports fat32, after trying different software I cannot get it to work in my phone (sgs 4) running wicked rom. I have tried to format it several times and it will work in my camera just not phone so the card is fine. Is there a easy way and hopefully free way to get a 64gb card to work in our phone, as this would be a one time use. So any help is welcome, fyi I tried ease use partition master free, and also what came with win8 but windows pushes ntfs or exfat, no option to run fat32, one more thing there is no issues losing files the card is blank.
Thanks Rob
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Out of the box the S4 support exFat.
I have a 64GB card exFAT format running in Infamous S4 ROM but with Infamous kernel. You'll need to find a T-mobile base kernel for your ROM. If you want to format to FAT32 there's a lot of free program to do it.
Thanks for the help. One other question, I remember with my s2 and even s3 (at first) kernals were separate from roms now it seems you cant find a stand alone kernals. I just looked at forum and everything is rom/kernel combo, so I guess it would be hard to run infamous kernel with a wicked rom. Both are great but I just have a liking to the wicked (rom) at the moment. Kernal is to far back end for me to know the difference from one to another. Although I I had infamous a while back, before sd card.
1) Install a Linux distribution to your computer.
2) Run Gparted.
3) Format SD card to Fat32.
robandcathy said:
Thanks for the help. One other question, I remember with my s2 and even s3 (at first) kernals were separate from roms now it seems you cant find a stand alone kernals. I just looked at forum and everything is rom/kernel combo, so I guess it would be hard to run infamous kernel with a wicked rom. Both are great but I just have a liking to the wicked (rom) at the moment. Kernal is to far back end for me to know the difference from one to another. Although I I had infamous a while back, before sd card.
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The kernels are in the Original Development section along with a few other AOSP ROMs.
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Try fat32 format: http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm
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+1 on this. I don't know why everyone seems to think formatting in FAT32 is bad. We all ran FAT32 on our 64GB hard drives back in the day. Even if you have a ROM/Kernel that will read exFat, FAT32 is a better choice for compatibility with recoveries and with other devices.