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[Q] USB Mass storage replacement?

Hi
I have my gnex since 4 month and I still search for a solution to replace the usb mass storage option that I had with my motorola defy(RIP).
So I was used to use USB mass storage for:
1- Store Keepass DB on SDcard and access it with Keepass Droid or Keepass portable (on my laptop) which point to my sdcard.
2- open and modify document on my SDcard
I know that there's dropbox or other online service but they are prohibited at work.
The other option I think of is that all the file from my phone automatically sync to my laptop when I plug the usb cable but I don't know how to do that!
Any suggestion?
Thanks
Daniel

You will never be able to setup the Galaxy Nexus to use USB Mass Storage.
MTP still lets you access files on your phone's virtual "SDcard" (just the /sdcard/ directory).

martonikaj said:
You will never be able to setup the Galaxy Nexus to use USB Mass Storage.
MTP still lets you access files on your phone's virtual "SDcard" (just the /sdcard/ directory).
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I know but i'm looking for other way to achieve this!
Having the phone syncing file automaticaly on the laptop when connected would solve my problem!
I want my file sync with the laptop file like folder sync do but with the usb cable to the laptop.
Thanks
Dan

lecrote said:
I know but i'm looking for other way to achieve this!
Having the phone syncing file automaticaly on the laptop when connected would solve my problem!
I want my file sync with the laptop file like folder sync do but with the usb cable to the laptop.
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Really don't think there's a way to do this. You're stuck with MTP on this phone.
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I use a WebDAV server app to mount my GN's storage on my computers. The app I use is called "WebDAV server" and can be found on Google Play. Once you start this app on your phone, you can use a WebDAV client program on your computer to mount the phone storage as a Windows drive or Mac shared folder. I use Windows and the free-for-personal use program called NetDrive as the WebDAV client. I don't believe I've found any difference between doing this and having the storage available as a USB mass storage device.

highvista said:
I use a WebDAV server app to mount my GN's storage on my computers. The app I use is called "WebDAV server" and can be found on Google Play. Once you start this app on your phone, you can use a WebDAV client program on your computer to mount the phone storage as a Windows drive or Mac shared folder. I use Windows and the free-for-personal use program called NetDrive as the WebDAV client. I don't believe I've found any difference between doing this and having the storage available as a USB mass storage device.
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I just achieve my goal with smb file sharing and mount my phone as a drive to my laptop over wifi works really great :good:
Thanks

lecrote said:
I just achieve my goal with smb file sharing and mount my phone as a drive to my laptop over wifi works really great :good:
Thanks
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Thanks for bumping a thread from September. Sigh
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[Q] Connecting Kodi on Fire TV to Mac on the Same Network

How do I go about connecting Kodi on my FireTV to my Mac on the same network? I'd like to back up Kodi and save the backups externally on my Mac, but I'm not sure how to access my Mac from the Fire TV. For example, when I go to the "Install from Zip File" window, I don't see any references to my Mac's hard drive listed in the sources there.

Raymondo17 said:
How do I go about connecting Kodi on my FireTV to my Mac on the same network? I'd like to back up Kodi and save the backups externally on my Mac, but I'm not sure how to access my Mac from the Fire TV. For example, when I go to the "Install from Zip File" window, I don't see any references to my Mac's hard drive listed in the sources there.
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You can try NFS or FTP (however ftp makes your password visible in Kodi's sources list). SMB and AFP shares never seem to work right for me on OSX with Kodi. Actually NFS can be a pain too.
You may just what to push the file to the SDcard with adbfire
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786505
To add the sdcard to the Install from zip file source selection list in Kodi:
System>File Manager>Add source>Browse>select root filesystem>select sdcard
click ok
give it a name like #sdcard, the Hash tag is only to put it at the top of the source list alphabetically.
You can delete the zip file when you are done with ADBfire too.

I appreciate the reply. Yes, I've been using the SDcard as my connection point, but I was hoping to be able to connect my Fire TV to my Mac so I could schedule Backup to automatically store backups off of the Fire TV. In lieu of my Mac, I attempted to use my Dropbox account, but ran into difficulties there as well, which I'll post in a new thread.

Create an smb (windows) share on your Mac. If you want to use a password for the share create a user for network shares or use your own (gives a warning about not secure password storage). Otherwise enable the guest account on your Mac for network shares and add your destination folder to the list of shares in system settings.
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Success! Thank you, superkoal, for pointing the way. I was able to finally connect my Mac to my Fire TV.
The only bummer is the Backup program add-on still throws an error when I try and do a backup to my Mac. (I thought it might be a problem with using Dropbox as a backup location). But at least I'm finally connected, and that will certainly come in handy elsewhere.
Many thanks!

Could someone please post this method with more details for us newbs? The only method I have been able to figure out (and I've tried LOTS of guides and a parade of programs) is using SSHDroid and Yummy FTP on my Mac. Something is lacking here as if you send a large file it seems to hang at 2.14 GB and never complete. Don't know if that's a SSHDroid issue or not.
Wound up moving to es file explorer and have a more stable connection with no issues sending that large file. Guide is on my site as it's loaded with pictures. I can't post links so go to hackthatphone.com, click tutorials, click the fire tv icon and you'll see the short guide list I have.
My next goal: learning how to unmount and remount an external hard drive through a powered hub, if it's even possible....

[Q] Backup single app on Fire TV

Is there a way to backup a single app on the Fire TV. Any way to pull it from the box via adb or something as an APK?
I'd really like to make a backup of my Hulu Plus app before updating. Because I am outside US, I always fear that updates can cause hassle with the geo-checking. In this case I could revert to my "old" backuped APK..

Geo IP checking is done on server side not within the app, so a backup wouldn´t help. That´s why many people are using VPNs.
There are some possibilities to backup an APK:
1.) use another app which can backup APKs for e.g. ES FileExplorer, Astro File Manager etc.
2.) Pulling it via ADB command: "adb pull <path_to_your_APK>"

Can only access files on external drive from Android settings, not from apps (Timurs)

Ok, I have a external harddrive connecetd via OTG charging cable on newest Timur's kernel.
The problem is.
If i go to the Android settings, then storage and usb I can see my drive, my files, and even open music files in VLC and play them.
The problem is, no programs (VLC, PowerAmp ect) can see the drive, or at lest the files if i brows from the apps.
How can i Fix this?
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Moving apps to USB storage and Official Updates, best way to do it?

Hi everyone,
On my 4k firestick and my firetv 3rd gen (dongle) I’m using an otg cable, and an external usb drive formatted using ADB partition command. In order to move the apps from the internal to external storage I either use de ADB move command or the MiXplorer, the downside on using the MiXplorer is that you have to copy the app to the downloader folder, uninstall it and then reinstall it from the folder and it goes straight to the usb partition, but this method looses al the login info, not a major drawback but nerveless a nuisance.
When it comes to update the apps from amazon’s official appstore we run in to an error if the app is located in the external drive, so the solution is either move it back to the internal storage, update it and move it back either by uninstalling it and downloading it again from the Appstore, moving with ADB command, or using the downloader app to find the newest version and install it over the old one, although this last method works it is prone to errors due to choosing the wrong apk version listed on those alternative sources (apkmirror and others).
So, my question is if there is an app with a graphic interface like MiXplorere that allows to move the apps to and from the USB storage in a similar way as the ADB command line? Is there a different method that I’m missing?
Thanks in advance,
London

london18 said:
Hi everyone,
On my 4k firestick and my firetv 3rd gen (dongle) I’m using an otg cable, and an external usb drive formatted using ADB partition command. In order to move the apps from the internal to external storage I either use de ADB move command or the MiXplorer, the downside on using the MiXplorer is that you have to copy the app to the downloader folder, uninstall it and then reinstall it from the folder and it goes straight to the usb partition, but this method looses al the login info, not a major drawback but nerveless a nuisance.
When it comes to update the apps from amazon’s official appstore we run in to an error if the app is located in the external drive, so the solution is either move it back to the internal storage, update it and move it back either by uninstalling it and downloading it again from the Appstore, moving with ADB command, or using the downloader app to find the newest version and install it over the old one, although this last method works it is prone to errors due to choosing the wrong apk version listed on those alternative sources (apkmirror and others).
So, my question is if there is an app with a graphic interface like MiXplorere that allows to move the apps to and from the USB storage in a similar way as the ADB command line? Is there a different method that I’m missing?
Thanks in advance,
London
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Hey,
Not sure if you've tried apps2sd Pro?
To use this this app you will have to set partitions on the extsdcard USB first.
If I remember correctly one partition is made ext4 and one FAT32.
The ext4 partition becomes apps adopted storage when mounted and the FAT32 partition becomes normal storage for downloads etc.
Hope this helps
Regards

Unfortunately, Apps2sd Pro only works in rooted devices, not the case here.
Any how thanks for the suggestion, let's if there is some other solution in this line.
Cheers,
London

london18 said:
Unfortunately, Apps2sd Pro only works in rooted devices, not the case here.
Any how thanks for the suggestion, let's if there is some other solution in this line.
Cheers,
London
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Hi,
Apologies I guess I just assumed you were rooted as most on here use rooted devices.
The only other (known) way is described here :
How To Increase Storage On Firestick & Fire TV in 2022
This post will explain how to Increase Storage on Firestick & Fire TVs. The Amazon Firestick is the most popular streaming device available on the
troypoint.com
Apart from that I know of no other way to use adopted storage on fireos without root.
Regards

Bertonumber1 said:
Hi,
Apologies I guess I just assumed you were rooted as most on here use rooted devices.
The only other (known) way is described here :
How To Increase Storage On Firestick & Fire TV in 2022
This post will explain how to Increase Storage on Firestick & Fire TVs. The Amazon Firestick is the most popular streaming device available on the
troypoint.com
Apart from that I know of no other way to use adopted storage on fireos without root.
Regards
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This is basically the procedure that I used to format the USB drive, but to move the apps he suggests to use ES file explorer, that was banned due to security concerns, so I was looking for an alternative...
Thanks again for the patience and attention.
London