Hello everyone,
I have a N5X to which I have wanted to add 32 GB of storage for the whole music and photos theme and free space on the mobile by buying a USB (Kingston DataTraveler microDuo 3C) ... Works perfectly ... I have some problems. ES File Explorer reads it without problems, I can even view photos, videos and play music from the browser of the ES File Explorer and from the same mobile browser (entering in "Downloads").
Right now I have some doubts:
1. I do not see anywhere the option to migrate the applications to USB memory. My idea was also to free up space passing certain applications that use little to the USB, but I can not find the way to do it. I have entered in applications but I do not see any button to move the application to USB or anything like that.
2. In its day I bought the PowerAMP since it seems to me an incredible player, very complete and with a barbarity of options. The problem is that I do not read the music I have in the USB. Does anyone know how to do it or have you read it? I'm using the ES File Explorer player ... but for my taste, compared to PowerAMP it's so poor.
(I accept proposals from powerful players who read the songs by OTG)
As a matter of fact, the N5X I have it from the factory (I am not root), I was one of the lucky ones that was left with a precious paperweight when it entered the blessed bootloop and thank God I had it without root and the warranty covered me ... And the Android version is 7.1.2.
In his day I had a nexus 4 that I did, but in the nexus 5x I never encouraged myself and after what happened to me less ... although if that was a solution to this story I would consider rootearlo.
Sorry for my bad english :angel: .
Regards and thank you very much in advance.
Anyone? Really?:crying:
Stickmount, if you have root, can help here.
Fif_ said:
Stickmount, if you have root, can help here.
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I just read a little about Stickmount (I don't know about that). I have seen that it serves to mount USB, which does the nexus 5x by default ... I can I read with Stickmount the files with all the applications? Have you tried it?
Thank you very much for your answer
Regards
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I just bought this phone and I have no idea where to begin. Salesperson was not sure either, so my question is 1) bought memeory card 1g, and was able to store 15 songs, but when I try to sync more it says not enough memory and to delete old files for storage. Okay how do you do that and I was told that 1g card will let me store bout 200 songs, hmmm. Next, browsing enternet explorer, says to close previous pages, like how? I just use it for pleasure, pics, music... but thus far having problems with it all, should i return it before my 14 days are up? Any help will be appreciated, yall!!!
sheeky2 said:
I just bought this phone and I have no idea where to begin. Salesperson was not sure either, so my question is 1) bought memeory card 1g, and was able to store 15 songs, but when I try to sync more it says not enough memory and to delete old files for storage. Okay how do you do that and I was told that 1g card will let me store bout 200 songs, hmmm. Next, browsing enternet explorer, says to close previous pages, like how? I just use it for pleasure, pics, music... but thus far having problems with it all, should i return it before my 14 days are up? Any help will be appreciated, yall!!!
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for web browsing download opera or skyfire cause internet explorer sucks
sheeky2 said:
I just bought this phone and I have no idea where to begin. Salesperson was not sure either, so my question is 1) bought memeory card 1g, and was able to store 15 songs, but when I try to sync more it says not enough memory and to delete old files for storage. Okay how do you do that and I was told that 1g card will let me store bout 200 songs, hmmm. Next, browsing enternet explorer, says to close previous pages, like how? I just use it for pleasure, pics, music... but thus far having problems with it all, should i return it before my 14 days are up? Any help will be appreciated, yall!!!
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First off welcome to the forum. Second, before you do anything, if you're not sure if you want to keep the phone, you should do some reading before you do any type of alteration or modifications to it. The're is a ton of stuff you can do, and a lot of apps , programs , etc. I hope you didn't spend too much money for that 1g card , cause with a 6.1 rom you can use up to 16gb card. The problem with the reg 6.0 rom is that is full of crap, the only reason is telling you to close previous pages is that you're running out of ram memory, I had the same problem when I first got the phone, but the difference with me is that I bought the phone with the notion that I was going to do a lot of initial work to get the phone where I wanted it to be.
E.G. I got a better rom right away, it took 4 different flashes to find the one I liked, I got a better web browser (opera mini) and did a lot of reading , on how to do all sorts of stuff and learn how to make it my own. Now I got a ton of nice stuff running on my phone. I got a lot of help from a lot of good people here. There's a lot of valuable info on all of the stickies on the top of the main page. SEARCH is your friend. You got to remember that this phone didn't come out yesterday, so if you decide to keep the phone , there's a 99.999 percent chance that someone already asked any question that you might have, so that's why we encourage everyone to search before making threads with stupid questions, that only takes minutes to find an answer. If you still don't find the right answer, you will find the proper thread to ask it. If you decide to keep the phone, ther's a million apps to get, a better music player, video player , weather apps , games , ringtones , automatic wallpaper changer, file changer , change your font , color of such font , backup software, the list goes on and on. Anyways good luck, and I hope my time will help you make a choice.
sheeky2 said:
I just bought this phone and I have no idea where to begin. Salesperson was not sure either, so my question is 1) bought memeory card 1g, and was able to store 15 songs, but when I try to sync more it says not enough memory and to delete old files for storage. Okay how do you do that and I was told that 1g card will let me store bout 200 songs, hmmm. Next, browsing enternet explorer, says to close previous pages, like how? I just use it for pleasure, pics, music... but thus far having problems with it all, should i return it before my 14 days are up? Any help will be appreciated, yall!!!
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1) Use the search option here on XDA or Google. I am sure you can find answers for 99.9% of the queries you might have. And if you can not find them at first, you need to try different wording also.
2) Are you sure you are storing them on the memory card and not on the phone memory? How big are the songs? If you rip songs from a CD you might have files that are too big. If you bought a new memory card it should be clean and without anything else, unless you also stored videos, pictures and what not. Something is not 100% clear here. You say you stored 15 songs on the memory card, but then you don't know how to delete them?
3) Don't use Internet Explorer. I use skyfire, its a great browser and I suggest you get it also.
roloracer said:
automatic wallpaper changer
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What automatic wallpaper changer?
uansari1 said:
What automatic wallpaper changer?
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Never heard of this awesome app?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459276
roloracer said:
Never heard of this awesome app?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=459276
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Looks cool... would be even sweeter if it integrated with Basehue.
I'll give it a go anyway.
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Looks cool... would be even sweeter if it integrated with Basehue.
I'll give it a go anyway.
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Yeah I love it 'cause I have like 600+ wallpapers on my sd card , so instead of browsing thru them to get one , I make theme packs with them to work with the WPC, place the packs on the WPC wallpaper directory, and the WPC does the rest.
I swear I did search first, even did a few general Google searches. Ultimately figured I'd try here.
So, my SD card is down to 500mb. I'm trying to clear up some space, and notice a file on the root of the card called .HPIMAGE.VFS. It's about 150mb. I tried to open it with root explorer, but it won't open it. So I long press on it and select 'open as text file', and root explorer force closes.
I Google searched, and found really random and confusing search results for it that made no sense to me.Thought I'd ask here If anyone has ever seen it, or familiar with it. I wanna delete it, but not if Android needs it. Oh, and when I plugged into a pc in mass storage/disk drive to try to open and inspect it, it doesn't show up on my card at all! That's the real kicker
I have no idea what it is and sure as hell don't remember ever downloading something like that.
If anyone knows anything about what this could be, or understands it, please let me know. It'd be much appreciated. Thank you.
Scott,
Do you happen to have (or have used that card in) a HP all-in-one printer? The .HPIMAGE.VFS file is a collection of thumbnails generated by the printer. That way when you put the card in the printer, it doesn't have to re-do the thumbnails and slow down scrolling through the pictures.
If you are not worried about the thumbnails (since the printer will regenerate the file), you can go ahead and remove it from your SD card. There is also an option in the preferences menu of the printer to stop the thumbnails from being generated.
Hope this helps.
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I swear I did search first, even did a few general Google searches. Ultimately figured I'd try here.
So, my SD card is down to 500mb. I'm trying to clear up some space, and notice a file on the root of the card called .HPIMAGE.VFS. It's about 150mb. I tried to open it with root explorer, but it won't open it. So I long press on it and select 'open as text file', and root explorer force closes.
I Google searched, and found really random and confusing search results for it that made no sense to me.Thought I'd ask here If anyone has ever seen it, or familiar with it. I wanna delete it, but not if Android needs it. Oh, and when I plugged into a pc in mass storage/disk drive to try to open and inspect it, it doesn't show up on my card at all! That's the real kicker
I have no idea what it is and sure as hell don't remember ever downloading something like that.
If anyone knows anything about what this could be, or understands it, please let me know. It'd be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Nivron, thanks so much man. I knew if I posted this here, at xda, someone far more tech savvy than myself would have some idea. Yeah, the search results I got did appear to indicate something about HP printer, and thumbnails, but also seemed to indicate a lot of confused people. (Like myself). I couldn't think of a time I used a printer (if in fact it was related to that). But your post jogged my memory enough that now I do remember I did exactly that on Halloween. Thanks so much man.
And toast, since it turns out this is entirely unrelated to Android or winmo, and by extension, xda, please feel free to delete. I love xda.
Again, thank you.
Glad you figured it out! XDA is a great place for info, indeed!
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Scott,
Do you happen to have (or have used that card in) a HP all-in-one printer? The .HPIMAGE.VFS file is a collection of thumbnails generated by the printer. That way when you put the card in the printer, it doesn't have to re-do the thumbnails and slow down scrolling through the pictures.
If you are not worried about the thumbnails (since the printer will regenerate the file), you can go ahead and remove it from your SD card. There is also an option in the preferences menu of the printer to stop the thumbnails from being generated.
Hope this helps.
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thanx nivron....that damn file was occupying almost 800 mb on my card.....ur reply helped me get rid of it peacefully!
Have had my Note II for a couple of days now. When I connect my phone to my computer and go into Windows Explorer I can see the "Card" and the "phone" and I can see files and folders on both. What I cannot see is any hidden folders/files (i.e. those that begin with a period).
I was able to see hidden folders on my old Galaxy S under Windows, but not the Note 2 for some reason.
I can, however, see the hidden files using "File Manager" from the google play store.
I have tried reinstaling the drivers (v1.5.14 and v1.5.16) several times. No help.
Have tried turing debug mode on and installing drivers. Nope.
Tried turning debug mode off and installing drivers. Nada.
Obviously, I am missing something somewhere. Any hints?
turn on view hidden folders in win 7
It's on. If I take the SD card out of my phone and put it in the pc, launch Explorer, the hidden (.) files and folders show up just fine.
If I put the SD card back in the phone, connect the phone to the computer, launch Explorer, I cant see the hidden files.
why do you need to see them natively in the phone?
there is nothing there that you should need to mess with...
Do you suppose it might be that the phone is not rooted?
yes, that is probably why..but, once again, what are you looking for that you need to see in the hidden folders/files?
Have a couple of directories on my SD card that I dont want scanned for photos/music,etc. Have a .nomedia file in those directories (I think) but they are still showing up in my pictures on my phone. Also, I have a directory from my old phone (.Fav.Apps and .eMail.History) that I wanted to be able to get to from my PC. I wound up just renaming the .Fav.Apps to _Fav_Apps and .eMail.History to _eMail_History which allowed me to see the directories. But still cant see the .nomedia files. Guess I'll just root the phone with ChainFires root and see what happens. Thanks.
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why do you need to see them natively in the phone?
there is nothing there that you should need to mess with...
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Because it's his phone and he wants it that way.
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LittleRedDot said:
Because it's his phone and he wants it that way.
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what are you, his mother?
considering how many times you screwed up your phone, you should be the LAST person who offers ANY advice on ANYTHING..
+1
●○●○takin a crap as we speak●○●○
wase4711 said:
what are you, his mother?
considering how many times you screwed up your phone, you should be the LAST person who offers ANY advice on ANYTHING..
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How many times have I screwed up my phone? And you're acting more like his mother than I am. Grow up
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Hey dot. Whats that?
×××some ppl×××
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Hey dot. Whats that?
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You heard me
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Uhhhhh. I withdraw the question.
I would also like to know how to see hidden files on my android through windows 7. I have my Doggcatcher program backed up but i cannot transfer the files to my new phone through the USB using Windows 7 and the drive is not removable (GNex to Nexus 5)
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Uhhhhh. I withdraw the question.
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My friend ...
Download winrar....
Then use it's interface to see any files you want ...
Including those files that will nuke your phone if desired ...
Tread lightly in there unless you are sure of what your doing...
Happy hunting ...g
Edit :
All this mother talk forces me too remind everyone that I ....
Am your daddy....LOL
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I'm shocked how incompetent these replies are...
"turn on view hidden folders in win 7"
"Do you suppose it might be that the phone is not rooted?"
Seriously guys, do you even understand the problem/question OP asking at all?
"Download winrar....
Then use it's interface to see any files you want ..." - WHAT??? WinRAR won't even see the phone at all!
You remind me of phone tech support who uses cards to "give support" and have no clue what you talking about.
By default THE PHONE doesn't show all the files because it connected as media server (MTP or PTP), that's why it might requires a driver, unlike usb mass storage type that doesn't.
If you need see all files you'll need another program such as Droid Explorer on computer or usb mass storage app on phone. Neither of them is perfect, the app for example only allows mount SD card, but not internal storage.
I got the files needed. I zipped the folder with the files i needed then transferred the zip file to my other phone and it worked.
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[email protected] said:
I'm shocked how incompetent these replies are...
"turn on view hidden folders in win 7"
"Do you suppose it might be that the phone is not rooted?"
Seriously guys, do you even understand the problem/question OP asking at all?
"Download winrar....
Then use it's interface to see any files you want ..." - WHAT??? WinRAR won't even see the phone at all!
You remind me of phone tech support who uses cards to "give support" and have no clue what you talking about.
By default THE PHONE doesn't show all the files because it connected as media server (MTP or PTP), that's why it might requires a driver, unlike usb mass storage type that doesn't.
If you need see all files you'll need another program such as Droid Explorer on computer or usb mass storage app on phone. Neither of them is perfect, the app for example only allows mount SD card, but not internal storage.
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Thanks for the insult ...much appreciated ....and I'm sorry to say that you are in fact wrong about not only my post...but the abilities of a program you must not spend a lot of time with..
My conscience is clear ...but I'm not so sure about a few others in this thread....g
Edit: read and learn....
Winrar is possibly one of the best file viewers/managers there is...and operates within the windows environment..
Now where did I put those pesky flash cards that my boss gave me when I hired on yesterday...
Oh...and pay particular attention to the portion of the article that explains the viewing of hidden files from within a mass storage device...and the ability to repair them in place as well...
I'm not opposed to being criticized...but I am opposed to being called incompetent ...which I clearly am not...g
http://www.downloadatoz.com/howto/how-to-view-hidden-files-using-winrar-4-0-,9888.html
http://www.techresorts.org/2013/01/winrar-hidden-file-viewer.html?m=1
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gregsarg said:
Oh...and pay particular attention to the portion of the article that explains the viewing of hidden files from within a mass storage device...and the ability to repair them in place as well...
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Ok, I admit, I was harsh and yes, you can use WinRAR to view WINDOWS hidden files, and only on mass storage devices, which by the way I don't see where this topic switched directly to mass storage as you trying to claim it has)
However you seem to fail understand the difference between windows hidden files and android as what the OP is having problems with. They are different things in most cases and WindRAR would not help at all, especially if you use your phone to see the files, not a card reader.
Hey guys! Nice to be here
I've always loved this place 'cause I always found the answers I was looking for but now, fortunately and unfortunately I need to ask for some info more directly.
Well, to put it in a nutshell, I preordered an ADATA UD320 microUSB stick and it doesn't work on my 2nd Gen Nexus 7 that was just updated to Android 4.3.
Oddly, it does work with my Galaxy S2 that's running on Android 4.1.2
Thanks for taking the time to read about my problem!
Cheers!
Nexus Media Importer and/or (when rooted) Stickmount don't work?
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Nexus Media Importer and/or (when rooted) Stickmount don't work?
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Well, I just got the Nexus a couple days ago and I don't want to root it for now, but the thing is that ADATA say that the UD320 is Plug and Play and doesn't require anything else. The stick should see the tablet as a host and I should get the message that removable storage was plugged in like I do on my S2.
I would try Nexus Media Importer, but it sucks that I have to use a third party app for something that should work without it. Now, I'm not complaining like a little baby because I truly appreciate this technology and the people that made it possible, but it would be so AWESOME if it actually worked
Anyway, thanks for the tips. If all else fails I'll try the Media Importer but I'm still hoping there could be some kind of fix...or at least people that have the same issue.
EDIT:
I eventually found this thread on Google Code:
code dot google.com in Android Issues with the tag 58277 (sorry, can't post links yet)
From what I understand, there seems to be a bug in Android 4.3 which seems to be preventing some units of Nexus 7 tablets from being able to host USB devices other than keyboards and mice...
Somewhere in the conversation (post #215) it's suggested by possibly a developer that this bug might be addressed in Android 4.4
If someone else is experiencing the same problem as I am and has more know-how about Android's more inner workings, I'd very much appreciate their take on this
I did try something that seemed to have worked. I used the instructions here:
otgtroubleshooter dot blogspot.cz in the article "android 4.3 issue 58277" (again, sorry, can't post links yet )
After this I used OTG Troubleshooter (Play Store) to see if it somehow resolved my problem. I got an "All OK!" after my first reboot, but my thumb drive still isn't being detected. Maybe this will work for others...
Well, hope to hear from someone soon...
Finally managed to make it work
Well, today I had a bit more time to skim that Google Code thread and found out that for someone it was possible to access their microUSB stick by installing Total Commander and the plugin USB Stick Plugin
I just connect my UD320 to the Nexus 7 and the plugin asked if it should be used by default for said thumb drive and it totally works! I can move files over to my Nexus and vice-versa, and also files can be deleted from the stick. I don't know if it matters or not but I formatted my stick to FAT32 beforehand.
I guess OTG Troubleshooter wasn't completely lying, but it still doesn't work with other File Explorers, unfortunately, so I guess the bug will be fixed in Android 4.4. I hope
'Till then, I'm happy to have found a temporary work around and I hope other people will also benefit from this
Cheers and good luck, and please do share if any of you find any other options for making this work!
Hi i set up my advancedsettings and they are working fine,mbut i seen lots of complaints about thumbnail taking up too much room, so to avoid that problem i want to set up some advancedsettings to stop this before it happens..
Im using the easyadvancedsettings tool in xbmc, can anyone tell me some good numbers to set so thumbnails dont take up too much space...
Thanks
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Hi i set up my advancedsettings and they are working fine,mbut i seen lots of complaints about thumbnail taking up too much room, so to avoid that problem i want to set up some advancedsettings to stop this before it happens..
Thanks
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Im using the easyadvancedsettings tool in xbmc, can anyone tell me some good numbers to set so thumbnails dont take up too much space...
you have 2 options.
1) move the thumbnails to external drive, if you are rooted and you can do this, here are some basic guides below from AFTVNEWS siste btw greate source for AFTV but do more research before you do anything since i haven't done this my self.
2) delete the thumbnails from AFTV drive on regular basis, i do every few weeks, it takes less 1 min. You should installed ES explore and run SD analyzer function to see which folders are taking up how much space. You can also install SD Maid PRO this app will find old files are no longer used which whill help even free up some more space on AFTV drive.
here is the link on xda form which user have been using to move thumnails to external drive.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2790246
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-use-a-usb-drive-as-the-fire-tvs-internal-storage/
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-play-media-files-from-external-usb-storage-on-amazon-fire-tv/