Anyone got it working or is there any kernel that makes it work with stock ROM?, dont wanna go through all the hassel off reinstalling everything, :/
I wanna mount a network share in the file system so apps think that its part of the unit for apps without network browsing features.
Got root and twrp.
Hi all, if your goal is simply to play music and video from your NAS to your android device, you can use Kodi (xbmc) that can access cifs path directly!
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Hi,
I'm looking for some advice on gettings CIFS working so I can mount network storage to my phone. The phone is connected to the network full time as a gaming platform and requires in app access to network files (ROMS) to play various games. The only way I can figure out how to access the ROMs is through mounting.
So, I've played around a bit with CIFS apps and haven't had much luck. I've tried CIFSmanager and Mount Manager.
The phone is running Android 4.2.2 AOKP milestone 2 and 3.0.85 lean kernel 7.1-00041 gc1d5b9c. The phone is rooted of course and running busybox.
I'm guessing the problem is a lack of CIFS modules. When I check system/lib/modules/ none of the cifs stuff is there. Getting the CIFS modules for the correct kernel seems somewhat challenging.
Can someone point me in the right direction or alternate paths I can take?
Hey, I kno its possible to view network shares and access them on android with apps like solid explorer and es explorer, but is there any way to mount a network share into jb/kk do that other apps can access the data natively (like poweramp for example) ?
I vaguely recall it working on my nexus s on ICS , but I can't seem to find any information about JB/KK. I tried both CIFS manager as well as the other mount manager app and neither of them seem to work. Anybody with any suggestions ?
You would need a kernel with loadable module support, Google removed it.
This is a good place to start:
forum(dot)xda-developers(dot)com/showthread.php?t=2469040
Hi all, if your goal is simply to play music and video from your NAS to your android device, you can use Kodi (xbmc) that can access cifs path directly!
I would like other apps to be able to access the contents of a shared network drive.
hey, i have an unrooted firetv and im trying to play some roms through xbmc (using rom collection browser). the roms are located on a NAS drive which all my devices have access to. I was able to get the plugin to import the roms and scrape the data but when i try to play any rom using an emulator i installed i get a message saying "unable to locate path sda1/blahblahblah/roms, path does not exist". I figure that this is because the device wont allow me to play the roms from the network shared
but if i were to root my drive - would it be possible to play the games i have from the shared drive or would i have to try something else like Samba or mounting a USB stick and porting the games to it?
even though XBMC can see the network drive.. im not sure if the fire TV itself does, so how would i let my firetv have access to the shared drive so i wont see this message anymore?
anyone able to help? im wondering if side-loading this SMB app on the fire tv will allow the device itself to see the shared folder and play games from it
has anyone tried this as yet?
I didn't really see a post based on general experience everyone's having, mainly just different issues installing and what not. I'm also having a few issues that I didn't find much about and I'm hoping someone else ran into this and solved it.
I love the ROM so far. It's way better than stock IMO. I love having access to the play store without anything additional and the CM11 feel is awesome. The controller works fine on CM11 navigating, opening apps, etc. The trackpad isn't the best experience for scrolling and switching between pages, but it's there if you need it. XBMC works awesome. I'm running Kodi and have no complaints at all. I downloaded Quick Boot (Reboot) from the play store and it works perfect. Reboots, powers off, and boots me into recovery. I'm running SNES9x and NES EMU and both work great. The default controller template for Ouya didn't work, I had to remap the keys. I have PS one and PSP emulators installed but haven't tried them yet.
Issues:
-I'm unable to set a static IP for the ethernet connection. It's not listed in settings. Not sure if this is something I can set via SSH, but I'm unable to get in with the root password for the Ouya. I know I can set a reservation on my router to keep the same IP but I wanted to see if I could set it on the Ouya.
-I can't get my PS3 controller paired. It doesn't even work hard wired. I am aware of the steps on pairing and it did work fine on the stock rom, but it's supposed to work when you first plug it in as well. I've tried sixaxis to set the master but that didn't work either.
-CWM backup. I can backup without any issue in CWM but I was looking for the backup on the SD card so I could copy it to my machine for a backup but couldn't find it using ES explorer or Root explorer. The path in CWM shows \SDCARD\Clockworkrecovery\backup but the backup folder does not exist. However in advanced restore in CWM it shows the backup.
One last thing. I couldn't find a step by step in reverting back to stock. I have found the zips to flash but 'm not sure if I can just flash the stock fw and reboot or if there is something else required. I didn't want to test until I could figure out how to copy the CM11 backup from the device.
Appreciate everyone's input and look forward to hearing your experience as well!
My current Nexus 10 is on it last legs and I decided to pick up a Galaxy Tab T800 10.5 inch wifi only in good/Used condition on ebay and should receive it next week.
While I await it, I'm starting to look at its rooting process and if I should root it not. I assume it is coming unrooted, but won't know for sure till I get it and what version of Android it currently has. I'm not completely new to rooting as I have done it before on my Nexus 10 and Note 2 phone (yeah, time to upgrade). Its just been a while since I need to root something.
But do you think rooting it and going with a custom Rom is that much better than the Stock Rom?
Also, I did only buy a 16GB version, as the majority of all of my video's are on a home server and I use either XBMC/Kodi and BSPlayer to connect and watch things. But I remember with my Nexus 10 it was also possible to Map a Folder to a local server. Does anyone know if that is possible with Galaxy Tab? The ability to map a folder/drive is great to navigate and view pdf's, pictures etc.
Thanks
PT
ptmuldoon said:
My current Nexus 10 is on it last legs and I decided to pick up a Galaxy Tab T800 10.5 inch wifi only in good/Used condition on ebay and should receive it next week.
While I await it, I'm starting to look at its rooting process and if I should root it not. I assume it is coming unrooted, but won't know for sure till I get it and what version of Android it currently has. I'm not completely new to rooting as I have done it before on my Nexus 10 and Note 2 phone (yeah, time to upgrade). Its just been a while since I need to root something.
But do you think rooting it and going with a custom Rom is that much better than the Stock Rom?
Also, I did only buy a 16GB version, as the majority of all of my video's are on a home server and I use either XBMC/Kodi and BSPlayer to connect and watch things. But I remember with my Nexus 10 it was also possible to Map a Folder to a local server. Does anyone know if that is possible with Galaxy Tab? The ability to map a folder/drive is great to navigate and view pdf's, pictures etc.
Thanks
PT
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Previous to my S1 10.5" I had a rooted Nexus 10. I rooted without tripping Knox to retain my warranty. Although I had my S1 for several months without rooting (5.0.2) there will a few things I missed:
- Viper4Android (superior audio replacement)
- GMD Gesture Control (including immersion mode)
- Enhanced Power menu
- Titanium backups
- Full RW access to the internal microSD card
- The ability to theme the TouchWiz UI
There are more reasons to root but those are the first few that I desperately missed from the N10.
The free ES File Explorer can map CIFS/SAMBA network drives and with root can access the entire internal storage with RW permissions. I use Plex/MXPlayer to access my NAS video collection without transcoding but the setup you mentioned would also work well even if you didn't root.
I found that after having full RW access to my MicroSD card (64GB) that you could do what ever you wanted as far as mapping is concerned. I get Titanium Backup to write straight to the mSD card and have never seen my 16GB device as too small, it just does not happen. With that said I am not a gamer so take the comment with a grain of salt. My mSD card is mainly filled with backups and music files.
As you are likely to no longer be under warranty I would advise rooting using the CF method which includes TWRP then you can try which ever custom ROM catches your fancy and switch safely as long as to take nandroid backups with the enhanced recovery.
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3DSammy said:
Previous to my S1 10.5" I had a rooted Nexus 10. I rooted without tripping Knox to retain my warranty. Although I had my S1 for several months without rooting (5.0.2) there will a few things I missed:
- Viper4Android (superior audio replacement)
- GMD Gesture Control (including immersion mode)
- Enhanced Power menu
- Titanium backups
- Full RW access to the internal microSD card
- The ability to theme the TouchWiz UI
There are more reasons to root but those are the first few that I desperately missed from the N10.
The free ES File Explorer can map CIFS/SAMBA network drives and with root can access the entire internal storage with RW permissions. I use Plex/MXPlayer to access my NAS video collection without transcoding but the setup you mentioned would also work well even if you didn't root.
I found that after having full RW access to my MicroSD card (64GB) that you could do what ever you wanted as far as mapping is concerned. I get Titanium Backup to write straight to the mSD card and have never seen my 16GB device as too small, it just does not happen. With that said I am not a gamer so take the comment with a grain of salt. My mSD card is mainly filled with backups and music files.
As you are likely to no longer be under warranty I would advise rooting using the CF method which includes TWRP then you can try which ever custom ROM catches your fancy and switch safely as long as to take nandroid backups with the enhanced recovery.
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Thank's for the great info and feedback. I'll plan to root it when it arrives (hopefully this weekend). But have 2 more general questions as you seem pretty familiar wit the tablet.
I know its personal preference. But have you found a preferred custom Rom you like? And are you sure you ESFile Explorer can actually Map a network CIFS/Samba share location? I can use ESFileExplorer to access my server and navigate the network shares. But I have not figured out how to actually map the shares to a local folder on the tablets. I'll have to revisit that ability separately though as its not big deal as XBMC/Kodi and others can still access the shares.
But when the shares are actually mapped to local folder, you can navigate them from pretty much any native app.
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... But have you found a preferred custom Rom you like? And are you sure you ESFile Explorer can actually Map a network CIFS/Samba share location? I can use ESFileExplorer to access my server and navigate the network shares. But I have not figured out how to actually map the shares to a local folder on the tablets. I'll have to revisit that ability separately though as its not big deal as XBMC/Kodi and others can still access the shares.
But when the shares are actually mapped to local folder, you can navigate them from pretty much any native app.
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As I rooted but preserved my warranty by not tripping the Knox counter (I can return to pure uprooted stock), I must keep the Samsung locked bootloader. The means I have limited choices in custom ROMs and no choice in custom kernels. The only ROM I could flash is Ironman. With all that said I decided to stay with stock 5.0.2 and just augment it with root apps that I listed in my previous post. That gave me all the custom ROM features I regularly use.
I think now I understand better what you wanted from mapping. So ES File Manager would not give you what you wanted as its cifs/samba maps are usable by other apps only when you use the ES file manager UI. For example click on a CIFS mapped video file in the ES file Manager UI and an associated video player plays the video. In the past I used XBMC on Android and that version included CIFS/Samba drivers that allowed me to access my network attached video collection. I suspect that feature still exists.
Now if you had video files on either the internal storage or external microSD card and wanted those directories available to XBMC the internal storage would be no issue but I think you need to use an app like Stick mount for the microSD. Stick mount creates a symbolic link on the internal storage (\sdcard) to directories on the microSD card allowing any app to access those files as if they were located on internal storage. That may accomplish what you want.
I still maybe misinterpreting what your trying to accomplish with mapping but I'm fairly sure one way or another you can get what your looking for especially as you'll be rooted.
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I think now I understand better what you wanted from mapping. So ES File Manager would not give you what you wanted as its cifs/samba maps are usable by other apps only when you use the ES file manager UI. For example click on a CIFS mapped video file in the ES file Manager UI and an associated video player plays the video. In the past I used XBMC on Android and that version included CIFS/Samba drivers that allowed me to access my network attached video collection. I suspect that feature still exists.
I still maybe misinterpreting what your trying to accomplish with mapping but I'm fairly sure one way or another you can get what your looking for especially as you'll be rooted.
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Yeah. It was tricky on the Nexus 10 to mount a CIFS/Samba share and needed specific cifs.ko and other modules. It was sorta of hit and miss and I remember most said it worked best when you mounted them to the /mnt/obb system file folder location. If you google it, you'll find bunch of topics leading back to posts on xda about it.
Its the same concept of mapping a share with a PC, etc. Once done, any program/app should see that information as a local system folder. So you could launch any app and if needed, navigate to your network share files to open a document., text file, pdf viewer, and so depending on what the app was looking for. Even ESFile Explorer would then see your network shares as a local system directory. And you could actually save your titanium backups directly to your NAS or network server, if you wanted to.