Title says it all. Is there any way to disable this? I'm using StickMount on a rooted FTV and every time it restarts for any reason the USB detection dialog pops up asking if you want to format the USB storage (my drive is NTFS so the native USB storage support can't read it, hence it wants to reformat it).
Obviously this makes me rather nervous... I just want to disable the dialog (or whatever it would take to stop it from popping up - I don't want or need the horribly limited built in support).
I use a hub to get around this issue, but it works to my advantage: I can relocate FTV apps to the FAT32 USB. Or you can make a small FAT32 partition in your USB and the rest is NTFS to make FTV happy.
cd2022 said:
I use a hub to get around this issue, but it works to my advantage: I can relocate FTV apps to the FAT32 USB. Or you can make a small FAT32 partition in your USB and the rest is NTFS to make FTV happy.
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Really strange things happen here.
When I put my 64gb sandisk stick into fireTV and let him format it, there will be right problems with FolderMount. For example FolderMount can not create a folder on the exStorage. So I decide to format it with hp storage format tool to a FAT32 64gb stick.
No the pop-up comes again but stickmount and FolderMount work fine again.
Is there no way to disable this stupid dialog?
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I format my stick into 2 partitions.
First you need to create one (small or big partition, like you need it) in fat32.
The rest into none or raw, but just not fat32.
Then put into you AFTV and let him create his ****.
Then back into a linux based lapto/pc and start gparted or your fav partition tool.
Make the rest to an secend fat32 partition.
Put into it again and mount stickmount the hole stick.
You should get sda1 & sda2.
One is controlled by your aftv, the secend is yours.
Now you can use apps like FolderMount and make mounts like puttin data/media/obb -> to your own (mostly it is sda2) stick partition. Works nice in my case.
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Ok, so I know there are loads of 'guides' on how to get your game data moved across to a USB device, and believe me when I say I've tried them all. They all seem to have different methods/information contained in them. Nothing is working and I need some help before my OUYA takes flying lessons...
- I have an 80GB USB HDD with a 40GB NTFS partition and a 2nd EXT4 partition (32GB).
- I've got the Play Store installed, plus some games from it, and want to move the gama data from Android/data and Android/obb to the HDD to free up my console's internal memory.
- OUYA 'sees' the NTFS partition of the HDD under Settings/Storage, but not the EXT4 (is this normal?)
- I'd REALLY appreciate it if someone could take the time to write a simple step by step guide for me (and I'm sure others will appreciate it too) to help me accomplish this, explaining the process from the ground up, what apps to use etc.
Just so you know, here's what I already tried:
- USB OTG Helper (mounted the NTFS partition to some obscure location on internal memory???)
- FolderMount (says it's moved data to the HDD, but when I browse the drive there's nothing there)
- Links2SD (using the guide posted here on XDA - mount script kept telling me there was no 2nd partition (which is BS) and again, nothing showing up on HDD if I browse it.
Am I being incredibly stupid or just missing something really obvious? Or did OUYA 'break' these methods with the last update?
Any help greatly needed and appreciated!
Unfrotunately I do not have a SD slot, only way I can connect microsd to PC is from phone via USB. And I cant find any info about this,(doesnt mean theres none)
But computer>management does not reconize the sdcard d. And computer> right click on sdcard only has format option ,it doesnt give me the option to formate to fat32. As anyone format their microsd to fat32 from phone? Please specify how.
Go to best buy and buy an adapter then plug it in and format. Google how to format exfat to fat 32 and it will answer all your questions and program to do it with. Don't do it thru the phone or very bad things may happen.
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There are 2 apps in Google play that can do this from your phone. I don't know the exact names however I posted on this before. Search play store for fat32 and see what you get.
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Hello,
I have a 3 TB external drive (seagate) and the new update from Amazon that allows you to connect via USB . I formatted my drive to Fat32 using a 3rd party Program because windows 8.1 I guess only allows you to format in exFat but I need fat32 right? no matter what though EXfat or Fat32 I only have 299MB of 299MB its not seeing 3TB. does anyone know what I am doing wrong here? Also what can I do to move the app+data to my External HDD say for a games I download from Amazon. the whole point is to be able to move game data thats what the people want....well that and downloaded content. Anyway is there an app that moves data and app or just data without root?
Thanks,
rj2763 said:
Hello,
I have a 3 TB external drive (seagate) and the new update from Amazon that allows you to connect via USB . I formatted my drive to Fat32 using a 3rd party Program because windows 8.1 I guess only allows you to format in exFat but I need fat32 right? no matter what though EXfat or Fat32 I only have 299MB of 299MB its not seeing 3TB. does anyone know what I am doing wrong here? Also what can I do to move the app+data to my External HDD say for a games I download from Amazon. the whole point is to be able to move game data thats what the people want....well that and downloaded content. Anyway is there an app that moves data and app or just data without root?
Thanks,
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You probably have a hidden partition on the drive. See here for more info: http://www.aftvnews.com/what-to-do-if-the-amazon-fire-tv-only-sees-197mb-of-a-usb-drive/
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You probably have a hidden partition on the drive. See here for more info: http://www.aftvnews.com/what-to-do-if-the-amazon-fire-tv-only-sees-197mb-of-a-usb-drive/
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I did have one thank you! I ended up using a this link here witch tells you how to delete hidden partitions http://www.brighthub.com/computing/hardware/articles/72858.aspx but i would not have known without your help. after that I used this http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/index.htm?guiformat.htm to turn it into Fat32 but the Highest it does is 2TB witch it a lot honestly for fat32.
Now all I need to know is how to move my application data to an external drive to free up space without root???
I have a 2 TB external drive (slim) and the Fire TV formatted it by itself.
My issue is connecting to an usb-c flash drive. My usb-c flash drive is Samsung 128gb. It works half of the time. What I mean is it works when I am home and not at work.
Right now work.
I plug my flash drive in to my pixel 2 xl.
ES file manager comes up
Show my usb drive with capacity then disappear
I got notification bar and pick transfer file
My flashdrive show up and disappear again
I have also tried ptp, midi, charge, and supply power. Same thing happens, show and disappear
I enable developer options.
I tried both enable and disable usb debugger
I tried selecting usb configuration from mtm to ptp.
I have an applocker app. I disable it and enable it.
I disable and enable smart lock
Google tech asked me to use their usb adapter. It works when I am home.
When I am home, I have no issue. my usb flash drive works fine.
I hope this is not similar to that star trek card game that Capt Kirk invented, Fizzbin. It aian't tuesday.
does anyone have any idea I can try?
Maybe I missed something.
maybe I enable something I shouldn't have
I am able to connect to a computer fine.
If I left the usb connected and restart, I get "still rejecting Samsung USB drive. Don't remove."
Hmm... are you saying your PHONE recognizes the OTG drive at home but not at work? Are you rooted and have tried StickMount? Sounds more like a drive going bad or a formatting issue and its just working half the time. How is your drive formatted btw? FAT32? You probably already know Android doesn't support NTFS. Also for the record, ES File Explorer is a serious P.O.S. Do yourself a favor and get Solid Explorer. It goes on sale around Xmas time and is worth every penny.
I do have solid explorer. I need to change the default to Solid. I used my phone to format my flash drive. Everyday at work is the same. Doesn’t work before 4:xx pm and works after that. Today I tried a 256 gb with an adapter and it was working (4:4x). After that i put in my samsung 128gb usb-c and it works. Both doesn’t work in the morning or before 4:xxpm.
My phone is not rooted.
Cyc323 said:
I do have solid explorer. I need to change the default to Solid. I used my phone to format my flash drive. Everyday at work is the same. Doesn’t work before 4:xx pm and works after that. Today I tried a 256 gb with an adapter and it was working (4:4x). After that i put in my samsung 128gb usb-c and it works. Both doesn’t work in the morning or before 4:xxpm.
My phone is not rooted.
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I asked how the drive was formatted, meaning what file system it was formatted to? You said you used your phone to format the drive, but the question still stands... Is it formatted with FAT32, exFAT , Ext3 / Ext 4? Whatever it is, use a PC to reformat it to a different one of these supported file formats. Try exFAT first. The whole "time" thing has no bearing on this whatsoever. It is either a hardware issue with the Samsung or a formatting issue with the drive. Note: please use the "Reply" button so I get notified when you respond.
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I asked how the drive was formatted, meaning what file system it was formatted to? You said you used your phone to format the drive, but the question still stands... Is it formatted with FAT32, exFAT , Ext3 / Ext 4? Whatever it is, use a PC to reformat it to a different one of these supported file formats. Try exFAT first. The whole "time" thing has no bearing on this whatsoever. It is either a hardware issue with the Samsung or a formatting issue with the drive. Note: please use the "Reply" button so I get notified when you respond.
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I am sorry for not responding back sooner.
I tried to format my usb to exfat, but my phone said it doesn't support that and need to reformat it. It reformated my flash drive to fat32
yeah I have a 256GB Sandisk Dual M3.0 OTG drive and my Pixel 2 XL always format the drive to FAT32 and can't support FILES larger than 4GB.
Are there kernels out there that support exFat for the Pixel 2 XL???
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.
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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.