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Kernel 2.6.32-2.6.25 and initrd update with lot of changes

There are many changes on initrd that affect both 2.6.25 and 2.6.32, so:
When you update you need to apply this.
If someone post something like wifi doesn't work and he/she didn't apply the update i'll find a way to burn his phone remotely!
I fixed the problem of wifi for polaris (now we use the same module, thanks dzo)
The new initrd:
switch to correct version of modules between 2.6.25 and 2.6.32
change the name of the device
probably fix data corruption
2.6.32 kernel has a new parameter for fake sync so you can make all test you want (please post results in this thread)
2.6.25 is unchanged so when you flash you change only the initrd.
Haret users please download initrd from here.
if you have problem with data connection please let me know!
I suggest you to download latest version directly from atools.
To apply update you can use the boot menu or atools (BSE->select data and system partitions-> select intall update-> put install-seq.sh in sdcard/andboot/)
Download page here
changelog:
updated androidupdate.tgz with su fix
For releaser:
Entract the update on your distro
remove the /system/etc/ppp directory
put the ppp file (extract the zip) on /system/etc/
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Release your new distro.

Thank You l1q1d
Appreciate everything you do!
I am a Vogue user on sdcard sys-date.img (not ext2), I have updated the 'must' and used the haret lzma, and zImage-11-23-10 .32 kernel but still get this:
sh:2 unknown operand
Automode for system
/init: line 319: /bin/losetup: not found
/init: line 319: /bin/e2fsck: not found
[ 24.743286] EXT2-fs: unable to read superblock
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop1 on /system failed: Invalid argument
Failed
Failed to mount /system

try now, when i update busybox some apps are moved in /sbin/
Thank you for the info

l1q1d said:
try now, when i update busybox some apps are moved in /sbin/
Thank you for the info
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Sorry got the same result with the new 'NEED' updated.

Do you have di problem with atools or when you boot?

Somthing is wrong with download link i get this ::
XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
Location: http://androidhtc.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=androidhtc/kernel-release.git;a=tree
Line Number 23, Column 117:function padLeftStr(input,width,str){var prefix='';width-=input.toString().length;while(width>0){prefix+=str;width--;}
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

try with another browser...

Yep link is working just fine. Tried it in IE8 and firefox with no issues. Sounds to me like your browser is having a hell of a time trying to parse xml.

Well it seems to work ok for me, wifi still works, and I will experiment with the vsync setting later.
One problem, the superuser app doesn't work anymore, typing su in a terminal gives:
su: unknown user root
and now roguetools won't work either obviously.
Any ideas what could have caused this? Clearing superuser data didn't help.
I would try to remove the superuser apk and reinstall it from the market, but I can't remove it because I don't have root access now!

So does each kernel now have it's own module folder?

Yes every kernel has his own dir
for su problem:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /system
echo "root::0:0:root:/:/bin/sh" > /etc/passwd
mount -o remount,ro /system

l1q1d said:
Yes every kernel has his own dir
for su problem:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /system
echo "root::0:0:root:/:/bin/sh" > /etc/passwd
mount -o remount,ro /system
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Unable to mount error (not root)
can we just make a passwd file and put
root::0:0:root:/:/bin/sh
will that work?
BTW, very nice update

clemsyn said:
Unable to mount error (not root)
can we just make a passwd file and put
root::0:0:root:/:/bin/sh
will that work?
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That worked I am able to su now, it doesn't open my su app but I can logcat and rogue tools work (after letting it sleep)

clemsyn, how did you do it?
I put "root::0:0:root:/:/bin/sh" in system/etc/passwd in an androidupdate.tar, but it hasn't worked, I still get the same error

l1q1d said:
if you have problem with data connection please let me know!
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I applied the patch to 3 different rom freshly installed, Clemsyn's latest international, Scoot's CyanogenMod RLS4c and latest fat free froyo.
Wifi is working correctly but I cannot get 3g-gprs data to work.
APN seems correctly configured.
Am I the only one?
No overclock, panel 3, tilt, atools 1.02 and 0.11 (tried both)

Thank you for update,
is there any chance, that this update can fix thiis problem?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844695
I flashed like hell on weekend and wasnt able to load any page with any 2.6.25 build (I tested many FroYos and even one Eclair). Sad is, that other than WiFi, system was fast and stable :-/
With 2.6.32 I was able to randomly load google.com page but very slow (less than 1kb/s) and cant connect with google acc still. On the top of that system wasnt so stable as with 2.6.25.
Its really weird, that I am only one, who have problem with loading pages
Can it also be caused by my radio: 1.65.38.14 (Touch Cruise Polaris POLA100 panel=1)? Its great for WM 6.5.3, but maybe not so great for WiFi on Andorid? Or is there anyone with working WiFI and that radio?
Otherwise, can someone post a link to tested and best radio for Android (I prefer Fat Free FroYo build, if someone tested it)

mmec2 said:
clemsyn, how did you do it?
I put "root::0:0:root:/:/bin/sh" in system/etc/passwd in an androidupdate.tar, but it hasn't worked, I still get the same error
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dont put quotations "".

Grandelama said:
I applied the patch to 3 different rom freshly installed, Clemsyn's latest international, Scoot's CyanogenMod RLS4c and latest fat free froyo.
Wifi is working correctly but I cannot get 3g-gprs data to work.
APN seems correctly configured.
Am I the only one?
No overclock, panel 3, tilt, atools 1.02 and 0.11 (tried both)
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You are not alone I am also having issues with mobile data. I'll look into it later on. I believe it's just a PATH issue in the sysinit.rc but I could be wrong.

for data connection try this:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /system
rm -r /system/etc/ppp
ln -s /smodem /system/etc/ppp
mount -o remount,ro /system
@spellshaper: next time use search button in polaris section!!!! Flash 1.59.46.12 radio.

l1q1d said:
Do you have di problem with atools or when you boot?
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The problem lies when I boot, it's before the animation starts or after the 'D-PAD press' to get into the options menu for installation, etc.

[Q] How to change Bluetooth MAC Address

Is it possible to change it using root or adb please?

Why would you want to?

Nope. Impossible

NeoTechni said:
Why would you want to?
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just wanted to clone my wife's one for the hands free in the car to avoid having to switch through the menu in the car.

I was unable to locate /pds as per http://pocketnow.com/tweaks-hacks/motorola-atrix-4g-how-to-change-wi-fi-and-bt-mac from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992326. I suspect every phone maker puts Bluetooth address where they wish...
However I was able to locate a zero byte bt_mac_addr file with no extension in /proc folder. It is empty both when bluetooth is on and off.
I hope someone more technically skilled than me can figure out if it can be populated to change the bluetooth address succesfully.
Thanks in advance

I looked at the '/proc/bt_mac_addr' file again using root explorer this time and can see my bluetooth mad address in it and could edit the address and change permissions to it but the modifications don't stay saved even after reboot though the root explorer says changes saved successfully. Can someone help me modifying the file please.
I'm on rooted 2.3.3

/proc is a virtual Filesystem provided by the Linux Kernel. The changes you made there won't persist a reboot cause it only gets saved in Ram.

Thank you. Does it mean I need a script of some type? Is it possible to achieve a change some other way? The pocketnow article seems to do it for the motorola phone but by modifying text file in another folder which I cannot find.
I followed the same process as follows using below commands
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\APK\bt_mac_addr /sdcard/download/bt_mac_addr
1 KB/s (18 bytes in 0.015s)
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
$ su
su
# cp /sdcard/download/bt_mac_addr /proc/bt_mac_addr
cp /sdcard/download/bt_mac_addr /proc/bt_mac_addr
cp: can't create '/proc/bt_mac_addr': File exists
Is there another file I can change for it maybe?
Thanks again for all the help.

If you really want to do it then you can (On stock rom) use the same trick that is used for adb remount (Put an echo whatever into into /etc/install-recovery.sh)
You need to make sure it runs as root as well
Have a play around.
Installing the insecure adb apk (From Paul Modaco).
and
adding to the end.
/system/xbin/echo 8D:64:22:01:E2:A9 > /proc/bt_mac_addr
looks like it should work.
(If you have an unlocked bootloader then you can just do it from init.semc.rc in the initramfs)
Or you can look at the method (I posted the manual method in the rooting/insecure adb thread).
This presumes that this is actually working (Its possible you might have to restart a service to actually change it).

just make a simple init.d script

Thank you both. I Will look at it when i'm at the pc. A bit scared having never done anything similar. I Appreciate your guidance very much
Sent from my R800i

Thanks again for your previous replies. I tried "/system/xbin/echo 00:01:02:03:04:05 > /proc/bt_mac_addr" using script manager with superuser permissions granted and running in root mode but it gives the following error: "echo: write error: Input/output error". Same problem in gscript unfortunately.
Would you please tell me what this means and kindly suggest what I should do. I have not figured out yet how to do adb insecure or init.d but hope you could suggest the best way after seeing the above error.
Thanks in advance

ps3taker said:
Thanks again for your previous replies. I tried "/system/xbin/echo 00:01:02:03:04:05 > /proc/bt_mac_addr" using script manager with superuser permissions granted and running in root mode but it gives the following error: "echo: write error: Input/output error". Same problem in gscript unfortunately.
Would you please tell me what this means and kindly suggest what I should do.
Thanks in advance
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You probably have to remount /system writable

Atarii said:
You probably have to remount /system writable
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Thank you - I tried this but still same error

ps3taker said:
Thank you - I tried this but still same error
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try this:
Code:
echo "00:01:02:03:04:05" > /proc/bt_mac_addr

DooMLoRD said:
try this:
Code:
echo "00:01:02:03:04:05" > /proc/bt_mac_addr
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Thanks - I tried this but it still gives the same input/output error unfortunatelly
Besides mounting system as rw via script manager option I also enabled run at boot, run on network change, run as root but still no change before and after reboot.
I hope you could think of something please. Maybe /proc folder needs to be mounted rw but i'm not sure how or if it is not rw already - root explorer has no problem openning it rw straight away...
Thanks again for everybody's help in advance

ps3taker said:
Thanks - I tried this but it still gives the same input/output error unfortunatelly
Besides mounting system as rw via script manager option I also enabled run at boot, run on network change, run as root but still no change before and after reboot.
I hope you could think of something please. Maybe /proc folder needs to be mounted rw but i'm not sure how or if it is not rw already - root explorer has no problem openning it rw straight away...
Thanks again for everybody's help in advance
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It won't work as that interface is read only
Sent from my R800i using XDA App

Thanks for trying to help.
I wonder if there is another file somewhere. Any idea what Play's equivalent of Motorola's Atrix 4G folder called "/pds" is - as it it seems to work for them: http://pocketnow.com/tweaks-hacks/motorola-atrix-4g-how-to-change-wi-fi-and-bt-mac
Thanks again for all the help - it was exiting to try scripts and other things you pointed me to.

[Q] NTFS USB-SD mounting problem on doomkernel ICS v5

Greetings from Rome everyone, this is my first post
I've been using doomkerner v5 for ICS for quite a while and thought it had all kinds of supports though when I started experimenting with NTFS USBs and SDs I relized that the ntfs support stated by doomlord doesn't work automatically.
I'm using:
LT18i 4.1.B.0.587 firmware
doomkernel ics v5
ICS stock 4.1.B.0.431unsigned with root
Latest busybox installed
ScriptManager installed
I have installed USB-OTG Helper which added to the /data/data/X a ntfs-3g script/exe designed for all xperia 2011 devices
My ntfs sd doesn't work on boot so I followed the guide the comands given by the otg-usb helper author
Code:
ntfs-3g -o umask=0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /sdcard/empty_dir
but i get: ntfs-3g: not found
even with 'busybox' prefix, why? should i put the file in a specific folder?
when i try to mount manually, even with busybox i get: permission denied
Online i found that there are 2 solutions on of which gives me error when i type
Code:
$ su
or
# chmod 755 ntfs-3g
the second one works and the file 'opens', though I still cannot access my ntfs sd.
I tried making a script combining the 2 commands above but i still get: ntfs-3g: not found
Does the ntfs support on doomkernel work for all of you?
Could someone with the knowledge please help me write a script or exe that loads ntfs support for SDs and USBs on boot?
Any will be greately appreciated.
BTW I'm really happy to have joined you guys, looking to learn a lot from you.
Ciao

Can anyone help me solve this please?

[modules] cifs.ko, md4.ko, nls_utf8.ko, stock [4.2 / 4.2.2] 3.4.5-g4e6298b / gaf9c307

I have managed to get CIFS working on stock Nexus 10.
It's quite a bit more problematic on the Nexus 10 than normal.
There are 2 main issues to deal with. Newer versions of the Linux kernel require a UNC variable to be passed to them and the current version of busybox doesn't do this. There is a patch out. I have extracted the patched busybox binary from craigacomez's AOSP Nexus 10 rom.
(Check it out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1998585 ). Otherwise it should work on the stock mount command if you specify the unc= mount option with the share.
The other issue is the multiuser stuff. If you execute the mount command from inside Terminal Emulator (or a script program) it looks like it mounts ok and you can 'ls' in the directory but it doesn't work for Android apps, they just see an empty directory but if you do it via a 'adb shell' it works fine in Android apps. My theory is ADB is outside of the multiuser stuff. adb actually ships on the device.
1) Unlock bootloader (fastboot oem unlock)
2) Flash recovery adb flash recovery whatever.img
3) Root device (flash CWM-SuperSU-0.98.zip)
4) Install BusyBox (from the market)
5) Copy md4.ko and cifs.ko to device. The files can go anywhere you like. In this example I will just use the root of the sdcard. Some people like them in /system/modules or /system/lib/modules
6) busybox mount -o rw,remount /
7) adb shell
8) Override /system/bin/busybox with the patched version (maybe move it first so it's backed up).
9) insmod /sdcard/md4.ko
10) insmod /sdcard/cifs.ko
11) busybox mount -t cifs -o username=MYUSER,password=MYPASS,unc=\\\\192.168.1.1\\storage //192.168.1.1/storage /data/media/0/cifs/Storage
You will need to manually preform the last 3 commands each time you reboot the device from a adb shell.
NOTE: You can probably get rid of the -o flags completely. In theory the patched version of busybox makes the UNC bit redundant. Possibly you can use the stock busybox with the UNC flag and avoid using the patched one totally. I have just included it to be sure.
Make sure you type 'busybox mount' not 'mount', by default they are different binaries. Otherwise you can remove the /system/bin/mount command and make a new one linking /system/bin/mount to /system/bin/busybox.
Possibly there is some way to get the mount working in the multiuser environment without requiring busybox. If you figure it out please tell ☺
Some threads on the issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34397868#post34397868
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733490&page=6
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg17650.html
The modules are for 3.4.5-g4e6298b.
EDIT: I added nls_utf8.ko by request
EDIT2: Since adb comes on the device, it is possible to use it to connect to local host:
1) Install cifs modules to /system/lib/modules
2) Install Script Manager from the play store
3) Copy script to device
4) Start SManager
5) Find your script and open it.
6) Tick the su box
7) Hit save
8) Goto home sccreen
9) Add a 'SMShortcuts' widget to your home screen
10) "Add one script shortcut"
11) Choose your script
12) Optionally use this pretty icon ☺
13) Give it a nice name like "Mount Shares"
Here is a shell script...
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
# Your settings here
USERNAME="USERNAME"
PASSWORD="PASSWORD"
IPADDRESS="192.168.1.1"
SHARE="storage"
MOUNT_POINT="/data/media/0/cifs/Storage"
# If you need to change the mount command edit this
MOUNT_CMD="\
mount -t cifs \
\
-o \
user=$USERNAME,\
password=$PASSWORD,\
unc=\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\$IPADDRESS\\\\\\\\$SHARE \
\
//$IPADDRESS/$SHARE \
$MOUNT_POINT"
COMMANDS="\
insmod /system/lib/modules/md4.ko; \
insmod /system/lib/modules/nls_utf8.ko; \
insmod /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko; \
$MOUNT_CMD
"
# Starting ADB...
PORT=`getprop service.adb.tcp.port`
setprop service.adb.tcp.port 5555
adb kill-server
adb start-server
stop adbd
start adbd
adb connect localhost
# Make sure we only use the first device (sometimes there is more than one)
SERIAL=`adb devices | head -n2 | tail -n1 | cut -f1`
if [ "$SERIAL" = "" ] ; then
echo "ERROR: Could not find ADB device.";
fi
echo Mounting share via adb...
adb -s $SERIAL shell su root -c "$COMMANDS"
# If you started adb, then stop it here for security:
adb disconnect localhost
stop adbd
setprop service.adb.tcp.port $PORT
start adbd
RESULT=`mount | grep $MOUNT_POINT`
if [ "$RESULT" = "" ] ; then
echo "Mounting failed..."
else
echo "Mounting sucess!"
fi
echo Done... You may close this script window.
EDIT3: Added usbserial.ko, option.ko and usb_wwan.ko
EDIT4: Some users have reported that the need to modify the script to get it working with their version of SU.
EDIT5: I have uploaded modules for 4.2.2, kernel 3.4.5-gaf9c307 but I haven't actually tested them myself (still on 4.2.1). Apparently the adb loophole has also been patched but it is possible to reenable it by putting a RSA key onto the device. Check out this set of instructions here.
EDIT6: I have updated to 4.2.2 on my Nexus 10 and can confirm the new modules work.
You must setup the adbkey or you will get a "device: offline" message. By default adb when adb first runs it tries to create the keys in the $HOME dir which is /data/.android, but the data directory isn't accessible by the 'shell' user.
I got it working simply by setting the HOME variable to /sdcard and restarting the adb server in the script then Android popped up a query (I have update the script above).
IMPORTANT: The Android Media scanner recursively scans folders for media to add the the database so it shows up in programs like Google Music. On large shares this can be a long process and use heaps of battery life. To prevent this add a blank file with the name ".nomedia" to the root of your mount points (or each individual share if you aren't used 1 folder for all your mounts). This will stop music showing up in programs though.
If you find that the device stops responding (the launcher might work but apps fail to load) or you get reboots (often after the previous bug) this is probably due to a bad wifi connection.

Is it posible to make a CWM flash file?

Great
This is great progress, do you know if there is some way I can use the same to mount my usb OTG with ADB shell so that I can read/write to my pen drives from my android apps/file managers?
I have tried using the busybox mount but that didn't work, do I need the modified mount or will none of this help anyway?

alias_neo said:
This is great progress, do you know if there is some way I can use the same to mount my usb OTG with ADB shell so that I can read/write to my pen drives from my android apps/file managers?
I have tried using the busybox mount but that didn't work, do I need the modified mount or will none of this help anyway?
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Code:
busybox mount -t FSTYPE /dev/block/sda1 MOUNT_LOCATION
Example:
Code:
busybox mount -t vfat /dev/block/sda1 /storage/sdcard0/usbotg

craigacgomez said:
Code:
busybox mount -t FSTYPE /dev/block/sda1 MOUNT_LOCATION
Example:
Code:
busybox mount -t vfat /dev/block/sda1 /storage/sdcard0/usbotg
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How is this different to what I'm doing already? Mounting this way doesn't work, only the process that mounted it can see the files.

Although I don't have nexus 10, I am having the similar mounting issue on my nexus 7 until I saw this post.
Advise about "adb shell" really helps me resolve the multiuser issue.
Thanks for sharing.

Any chance you could post the nls-utf8.ko for utf8 support?
Thanks!

H3g3m0n said:
1) Unlock bootloader (adb oem unlock)
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Isn't it fastboot that unlocks the bootloader, and not adb? (unless adb can do it too; I've only heard of fastboot though)

momulah said:
Is it posible to make a CWM flash file?
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Not a high priority right now as currently you need to do the manual adb shell stuff by hand to get things mounted, a little extra setup work isn't a huge difference.
alias_neo said:
How is this different to what I'm doing already? Mounting this way doesn't work, only the process that mounted it can see the files.
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Are you mounting in a 'adb shell' or locally in something like terminal emulator? My OTG cable won't be here for a while so I can't really test myself.
weasal said:
Any chance you could post the nls-utf8.ko for utf8 support?
Thanks!
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Posted, haven't tested it but it seemed to insmod fine.
espionage724 said:
Isn't it fastboot that unlocks the bootloader, and not adb? (unless adb can do it too; I've only heard of fastboot though)
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Yeh typoed, i'll fix that now.
Currently I'm thinking of ways to hack around the 'adb shell' requirement, as a basic hackish fix would be to make a program that turns on adb wireless, connects to the local device and issues a command. Of course possibly there is a 'proper' way to do mounting. Another lazy way for those with their shares on a Linux system would be a script issue commands to the server via a ssh, getting it to log back into the phone and mount stuff over adb wireless.

alias_neo said:
How is this different to what I'm doing already? Mounting this way doesn't work, only the process that mounted it can see the files.
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I've been working on getting OTG support natively in my AOSP based custom ROM and I have had some success... check out my ROM for details

H3g3m0n said:
Currently I'm thinking of ways to hack around the 'adb shell' requirement, as a basic hackish fix would be to make a program that turns on adb wireless, connects to the local device and issues a command. Of course possibly there is a 'proper' way to do mounting. Another lazy way for those with their shares on a Linux system would be a script issue commands to the server via a ssh, getting it to log back into the phone and mount stuff over adb wireless.
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Just wanted to thank H3g3m0n as I was able to successfully mount over adb. Also came up with a workaround to bypass connecting to a PC, grabbed the arm fastboot binary from this thread and installed it on my nexus 7. Used it to connect wireless adb on the 10 and ran the mount commands on the 7.

H3g3m0n said:
Posted, haven't tested it but it seemed to insmod fine.
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Thanks, I'll give it a try!

You might find my posts #156 and #162 at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1781411&page=17 helpful.

Sorry for the noob ? ...
What are the KO's do?
What is the practical use of then.
Sorry I did a little research on then but I could not find an answer in layman terms
Thank you for allowing me to learn.
Sent from my toroplus using xda premium

spdwiz18 said:
Sorry for the noob ? ...
What are the KO's do?
What is the practical use of then.
Sorry I did a little research on then but I could not find an answer in layman terms
Thank you for allowing me to learn.
Sent from my toroplus using xda premium
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loadable_kernel_module

craigacgomez said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loadable_kernel_module
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That helps allot.... Now i have an understanding of ko's in general. But what specificly do the modules this thread refers to do and the practical use of then. Thanks foot the help.
Sent from my toroplus using xda premium

spdwiz18 said:
That helps allot.... Now i have an understanding of ko's in general. But what specificly do the modules this thread refers to do and the practical use of then. Thanks foot the help.
Sent from my toroplus using xda premium
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These modules are needed to enable support for CIFS (Windows share) mounts...

spdwiz18 said:
That helps allot.... Now i have an understanding of ko's in general. But what specificly do the modules this thread refers to do and the practical use of then. Thanks foot the help.
Sent from my toroplus using xda premium
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Basically you can setup a shared folder from a remote computer. It allows you to have files on another system accessible as if it was part of the internal storage in the device.

Just found out that Android ships with the adb binary on the device itself (after crosscompiling it myself :/, oh well the experience was useful).
It should be possible to setup a script to start the adb server, connect to the localhost and execute the mount without too much difficulty.

Ok, added a script and instructions to the front page for simple on tablet mounting.

[Q] Mounting network folder as a local directory

Hello all.
I'm running my FireTV as an entertainment system. It's rooted with Kodi, Mobdro, RetroArch, ePSXe w/ Sixaxis PS3 as controller etc.
Since the FTV only has 8GB of local storage, I was wondering if there's a way to mount a samba share into a local directory so I can load emulator games without transferring them. Majority of the emulators only scan ROMs / ISOs etc on local directories.
Unfortunately, apps like cifsmanager and mount manager are broken since android 4.3 I think.
Thanks in advance.

Maybe this might be helpful:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-tv/general/run-script-firetv-boot-t2986158

This works for me:
Code:
busybox mount -t cifs //my.ip.address/my.share /sdcard/somedir -o username=guest

jocala said:
This works for me:
Code:
busybox mount -t cifs //my.ip.address/my.share /sdcard/somedir -o username=guest
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Hello there.
Thanks for the help. But do you mind answering a couple of Qs because I'm a filthy nub when it comes to this.
1. Where do I run this command? Do I connect to my FTV using adb and just type this in?
2. How would this work if my Samba share has spaces on it?
3. Do I run this everytime I reboot my FTV?
Thanks again

Squalll13 said:
Hello there.
Thanks for the help. But do you mind answering a couple of Qs because I'm a filthy nub when it comes to this.
1. Where do I run this command? Do I connect to my FTV using adb and just type this in?
2. How would this work if my Samba share has spaces on it?
3. Do I run this everytime I reboot my FTV?
Thanks again
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1. As posted, it would be run from the command line, from a root prompt. I use busybox, so you need that as well for my method.
2. I stay away from directories with spaces, but it may work with quotes, idk, haven't tested. It works with embedded spaces if they are inclosed in quotes: e.g:
Code:
busybox mount -t cifs "//192.168.1.200/media/my folder" /sdcard/cifs -o username=guest
3. Easiest thing to do would be to put it into a script that runs at boot. That's the approach I'm taking with my program adbFire. I'm testing this functionality now.

oops.... guess that was already answered. Anyhow, can't leave text field blank so; Yeah this works great. I got mine all set up with Advanced Launcher kodi addon. Tested with a few emulators and ISOs load near instantly

Thanks for the replies. Though I noticed something peculiar and I would like some insight.
I noticed that after I haven't used the FireTV for a while. Maybe 24 hours. The mounted folder kinda "disappears" for a bit but come back. For example, I use ES File Explorer and go to /mnt/obb/ and it will just keep "Loading" until I just press back. Same thing when I used adb shell, cd to /mnt/obb/ and use ls. It just stays there until I force exit. But after a waiting around a bit like 10 mins or so, the mounted folder shows up no problem.
It kinda feels like you need to ping /access it or something, fail, wait a bit then it shows up.
I hope what I said isn't too confusing. If it was I apologize.