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UPDATE 6-13-2011 !! HUGE UPDATE.... OTG DRIVES NOW SUPPORTED !! https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skidmrk.umswatcherotg
So it's been a long time since i've checked in. This is mostly due to where i was in the development of the new version. I couldn't really work on fixes when i'd rewritten the entire codebase. Well your waiting should be worth the wait. If you have the old version installed from the market you'll have an update waiting. After the update it will tell you there is a new version for Android 3.1 devices. It will take you to the market to download a new app "UMS Watcher OTG" I know this is kinda dumb not currently the android marketplace will not allow for device or os specific version. So i had to make a 2nd app specifically for 3.1 devices. (Since 3.1 is the first build to offically support OTG mode.)(i retained the old version for pre 3.1 devices)
All of the features of the old version should still exist. But now the mounting dialogs are all handled within app. You'll notice this time we actually have a full interface. More than just the simple settings page. UMS mounting should work just fine. Hopefully this will resolve all of the issues people have been having. At least i think it will. If there are still issues i will now be able to work on it since i'm done with the current code.
With the new version installed you'll be greeted with a dialog anytime you plug in a drive via an otg cable. This will then set UMS watcher otg as the default handler for that device. Then any time you plug that device in again it will automatically open the app. This is where you'll really see changes in the app. You will see each of your attached devices enumerated in an expandable list. If you expand any of the drives you'll see the partitions. You can mount and unmount any partition. When mounting you'll be asked the partition type and target mount point. I attempt to auto-detect the partition fs type but i'm not able to differentiate between versions of ext, and between versions of hfs/hfs+. Each partition's settings will be saved. and is keyed to the uuid of the partition. if you format/partition the drive those uuid's change. When finding the mountpoint you can browse the entire file system and even create new directories within app (i can't tell you how much time i spent working out an in app directory browser.) You will also notice partition sizes and disk usage. Note: you won't see disk usage until the partition is mounted (not really an easy way around it). You should be able to have as many simultaneous drives attached, (with as many partitions as you want).
You should know that the fs types are only supported if you're kernel has the modules for them. Tiamat currently has fat/ntfs/ext/hfs/hfs+ modules so all of these should work. The kernel modules will be loaded on demand, so no need to worry about loading them manually.
BIG NOTE:::: HFS+ DOES NOT CURRENTLY WORK.
This appears to be an issue with the kernel module, I'll start working with BRD to get it sorted out.
Checkout the about page to see all of the features.
With this big of a code change there are bound to be bugs. I'll work on them as quickly as posisble, email me or post here when you find any.
This has been a huge amount of work. (lots of learning) The code has gone up in size by almost 2 orders of magnitude. and has been hours and hours of work, so enjoy and if you do a review on the market would be nice. I really didn't anticipate the amount of downloads that i got on V1. >4000 . I also couldn't believe the different types of device, or locales. On that note if anyone wants to help me localize to other languages I'd really appreciate the help. (Google Translate might have to do).
As before any bugs or feature requests can go here or can be emailed to me at apps <at> skidmrk <dot> com . I really hope people like this and use it. (i'd hate to have all the work go out for nothing.)
Thanks to everyone who have helped out so far.
-D
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UPDATE 5-20-2011 !! TIAMAT UMS KERNEL FOR 3.1 HAS ARRIVED !!
Ok BRD sent me his 3.1 kernel with ums compiled in. I've attached it below.(install via CMR, following the instructions in the tiamat kernel post)
I haven't finished the updates to the app to add ntfs/fat/etc mounting. Things ended up getting a little busy. I should have an update for the app come sunday/monday (going camping for the weekend)
BRD tells me he can't really support the ums stuff any more so i guess i'll take over ums builds (assuming i can figure it all out).
Getting very close to 1000 market downloads. Wow i didn't ever expect that many. I noticed that we have quite a few people with non english locales. Does anyone want to offer translations. I can and will localize (i feel it's important).
Also any requests for the new app version. So far i have a request for unified otg mounting interface. Localization, Kernel Detection and Download. Anything else you'd like to see?
Enjoy the new kernel (and you can thank BRD for it... i didn't really do anything to build it).
Also you don't need to reinstall my app. Once you install the new kernel it will start working again.
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UPDATE 5-10-2011 !! We're on the market !!
Nothing new yet (waiting on the otg cable) but now you can get the app via the market:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.skidmrk.umswatcher
Please use this market link for downloads. It will be easier to keep your app updated ... i will however continue post the apks here and use this post to work with users (bug and features).
I haven't had a chance to test this on 3.1 because i've not yet updated... not to mention there isn't a kernel yet for 3.1.
As always feedback is much appreciated.
UPDATE 5-9-2011 NEW VERSION (new features)
Yeah for updates.
I finally figured out how to detect when something mounts the usb mass storage, so now the notification changes depending on the state of the usb mass storage. Finally it has the exact same behavior as android normally has.
I implemented the requested feature of automounting the usb mass storage. I'm not sure how many people would want it but it's there now (and kinda cool)
I've actually hooked in to the private api calls that android uses to mount usb storage (same call used in the native mount app). I figure that is a very safe way to do automounting. (and was a pain in the but to figure out)
Also out of necessity there is now an app you can run. This is just a page for managing settings. It doesn't have to be run for this app to work. Currently there is the "automount" setting and the "show notifications" setting. I figure with the automount feature this might serve useful on other devices for just that function, so those people can disable the notifications. I'll post this on the market as soon as i figure out how. (free of course).
As far as other devices go i tested it on my droid 1 and it works fine (for both notifications and automount). Feel free to test it on whatever you like.
Let me know if there are any other feature you want. I thought able customizing the notification (with sound, led, or vibrate) but that didn't make it in this build.
As before let me know what you think. Feedback can only make this better.
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For people still on tiamat 1.4.0 that want to use usb mass storage, have i got an app for you. I found it tedious to use the recommended scripter. So I saw this as an opportunity to write my first albeit basic application.
So attached you'll find it "Usb Mass Storage Watcher". The app listens for usb connections and when it detects one it will add the "mount usb" notification just like the standard android interface. Click on it and it will bring up the mount usb app.
The app does not need to be run at startup or ever really. When it is installed it registers itself as a listener for the usb connection events. It gets called by android os when those event happen. So basically it operates exactly like android is supposed to.
Special thanks to:
Kevin(at)TeslaCoil
LouZiffer(at)SDX
for their ShellCommand (su/sh) class.
Let me know what you think. I'd really like feedback.
-D
Just tested it, works great, thanks a lot.
Is it possible to have an option to turn on mass storage automatically when it finds a connection? I assume it could be ejected from Windows like a regular flash drive, so I wouldn't have to interact with the Xoom.
Thank you for this. It works perfecftly. I stuck with kernel 1.3.2 because I didn't want to deal with the whole script thing. I'm now running 1.40
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wow that is a nice app....thank you so much
can't open apk -.-
Hi! This is the app I was waiting for (I didn't realy understand the script thing)
Thanks...
Unfortunatly i can't open the apk file... If I try to, I get an Error (just now it in german): "Beim analysieren des Pakets ist ein Problem aufgetreten"
Google Translate : When analyzing the package a problem accured
Have I done anything wrong?
Im rooted, on tiamat 1.4.1 and in options I have checkt hat I can install apks from unknown origine
Did you download directly from your Xoom? If so, try downloading to your computer and copying it over. Either way should work, but it may help.
Thanks! Downloading to Pc and pushing over to xoom worked!
I love this app...
I am having a hard time with this. I installed the file just fine, but when I plug in a usb cable it doesn't do anything on my xoom I the auto play comes up on the computer but it just shows my xoom not the card. I have tiamat 1.4.1 installed. I've tried with USB debugging on as well as off. I have a buddy who's is working perfectly so I know what it should be doing but it's just not. Suggestions?
nevermind I read back through the change log and behold...
Version 1.4.1
Mass Storage has been removed do to stability issues. Your SD Card still works just fine without it!
More updates from Google AOSP.
Please visit Tiamat Xoom Kernel Github Repo for commit history.
so yeah... that's my issue
UPDATES
New Version - New Features - Better implementation
See Post #1
could you add hooks for NTFS mounting VIA OTG Cable........ that would rock!!
pyrator said:
could you add hooks for NTFS mounting VIA OTG Cable........ that would rock!!
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I've never looked into it but you're talking about mounting an external drive on the xoom (backwards to what my app currently does).
Are you just looking to automount? or do you want an interface like that used for mounting usb mass storage (ie notifications, page to enable/disable).
Technially that would an entirely different app but if i got my hands on an OTG and tested out how it all works i wouldn't mind looking into integrating it. But i just wanted to clarify specifically what you wanted it to do.
-D
For example when you hook up an externel HD via OTG Cable you have to run this command to have it mounted... If your app could automount it that would be a nice addition.
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Mounting USB disks
use gscript lite to mount disk(s), or you can test this script via adbwireless,...
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
mkdir /mnt/ntfsdisk
ln -s /mnt/ntfsdisk /ntfsdisk
ntfs-3g /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/ntfsdisk
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pyrator said:
For example when you hook up an externel HD via OTG Cable you have to run this command to have it mounted... If your app could automount it that would be a nice addition.
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Mounting USB disks
use gscript lite to mount disk(s), or you can test this script via adbwireless,...
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /
mkdir /mnt/ntfsdisk
ln -s /mnt/ntfsdisk /ntfsdisk
ntfs-3g /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/ntfsdisk
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+1 here
I'd love to see this kind of integration to your app. Don't mind throwing in some kudoes too on the market.
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Agreed, the same UI of the mount SD but with the option of mount and unmout USB storage would be cool.
I mentioned this thread yesterday to BRD. I really liked what the 1.4.0 did, but I'm stuck (by choice) to 1.4.1. If he can re-implement the mass storage in the next release with this and what Pyrator mentioned, we will have a very solid update indeed.
1.1 rocks! I love it!
OTG Cable
I'll implement the otg feature if someone can point me in the direction of a cheap otg cable that i can get fast.
Got mine in 2 days
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00474OYLG
siscim23 said:
Got mine in 2 days
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00474OYLG
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Thanks I'll start adding the feature as soon as mine gets here.
Hello,
I cannot get my USB Host Mode to work on my Note II... I have tried various ROM's/Kernel combo's, and the apps you can get in the play store. (USB Host Controller). I've also tried lots of devices, and provided the external power when it was needed. When I got this phone I wanted the stock ROM of it, and didn't even try the USB Host mode. All the ROM I've tested have been stock based, that shouldn't be the issue.
I know the USB-OTG adapter works because I've tried it on other phones, with the same devices I can't get to work on my own phone.
My Rom is CleanROM Ace 4.9, which is latest. Kernel is SaberKernel_23, also latest.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Maniac
Not much experience with it but I use 'stickmount' and can see USB storage with my dongle.
I'm with Telus and also using cleanrom 4.9 the below app worked for me
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
kingofkings11 said:
I'm with Telus and also using cleanrom 4.9 the below app worked for me
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mohammadag.samsungusbmassstorageenabler
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I just found this app yesterday, but, this is not the usb I'm looking for. This app allows you to mount the extsd as a USB device on pc. I want to use USB devices with my phone. Mount flash drives, mouse, xbox 360 controller, etc..
Maniac
MrManiacNF said:
I just found this app yesterday, but, this is not the usb I'm looking for. This app allows you to mount the extsd as a USB device on pc. I want to use USB devices with my phone. Mount flash drives, mouse, xbox 360 controller, etc..
Maniac
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What kernel are you running? USB-OTG functionality must be enabled in the kernel. I'm running Adam.Kernel v2.5 (for N7105/I317) and when I connect my flash drive to phone (via USB-OTG cable) you should see two messages in the top notification area: "USB connector connected" then "USB mass storage connected". Then open your favorite file manager and you should see another storage device "UsbDriveA" (the other two of course are "sdcard0" (internal) and "extSdCard" (external). When you click on "UsbDriveA" you should see the files on your flash drive. Two things to check: does your kernel support USB-OTG? (I'm pretty sure when I was on the CleanROM v4.9 (N7105XXDMC3) kernel, it also worked. Second thing to check is the cable... I see you mentioned it works on other devices, but I had same problem. Bought another USB-OTG approved cable (less than 6 bucks) and it worked flawlessly on the Note2.
By the way, there is a bug in the 4.1.2 firmware when you disconnect the cable from phone (even using the drop down notification and selecting "USB mass storage.. Select to remove...." your phone won't deep-sleep again unless you reboot (leaves a partial wakelock called "USB Unmounter" (something like that). However, when ready to disconnect cable, do it this way "Menu--> System Settings --> Storage --> and scroll down to "USB OTG storage"... then select "Unmount USB OTG storage". This will safely unmount usb cable storage and allow phone to deep-sleep again without rebooting. Hope this helps.
DoctorQMM said:
Second thing to check is the cable... I see you mentioned it works on other devices, but I had same problem. Bought another USB-OTG approved cable (less than 6 bucks) and it worked flawlessly on the Note2.
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Same here.
Sent from my SGH-I317M using xda premium
Got it working. It was my USB OTG Cable... Got a new one, now its perfect...
Thanks to all that replied
-Maniac
So i upgraded to cm 10.1.2 and i'm having a hard time trying to figure out how mount as mass storage rather than MTP or PTP
for the life of my, i can't find the option.
i'm running linux so MTP is not an option for me
anyone know where i can change it?
thank you
sam
when you goto storage hit menu do you see any other options when you click menu in your storage settings ?
denti said:
So i upgraded to cm 10.1.2 and i'm having a hard time trying to figure out how mount as mass storage rather than MTP or PTP
for the life of my, i can't find the option.
i'm running linux so MTP is not an option for me
anyone know where i can change it?
thank you
sam
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That's because they removed mass storage option in 4.2.2
denti said:
guess i'll find another way to move files around as MTP and linux no play well together
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Some linux distros support MTP. Ubuntu, for example, although it hasn't been officially backported to some older releases. But it is available for older releases in a developer's third-party ppa. Unfortunately, I can't post the link. Still, I prefer USB mass storage to MTP. But I'm going to try MTP for awhile and see if it grows on me.
I noticed that there are a number of apps that come up in the Android Market / Google Play Apps if you search for "USB mass storage", but I haven't tried any of them. There are also third-party apps that provide file sharing via wifi using samba or ftp. Not exactly what you're looking for, but I thought I'd mention it. ES File Explorer is an example. I use it, and like it, but I haven't used the particular features I just mentioned because, until my recent upgrade to JB 4.2 I didn't need them -- I used USB mass storage.
In a thread on AndroidCentral, someone said google does not want to use USB mass storage. I don't know if that's true, and if it is true, I don't know what google's reasons are for abandoning USB mass storage.
stcr1 said:
Some linux distros support MTP. Ubuntu, for example, although it hasn't been officially backported to some older releases. But it is available for older releases in a developer's third-party ppa.
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I tried this without success. At this point, I forget what the problem was, because I've tried so many different things. I think I was unable to get read-write access. It was read only. Not sure, though. But it didn't work for me.
stcr1 said:
There are also third-party apps that provide file sharing via wifi using samba or ftp.
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I tried a couple of these and they did not work reliably. I have a large git repo that I was trying to clone, and it would either silently fail mid-way (using Samba Filesharing for Android by funkyFresh), or git would complain about corrupt/missing objects (using Servers Ultimate by Ice Cold Apps). The latter also has an NFS server, but I wasn't able to connect to it. I kept getting a clnt_create Program not registered error. All of the problems here with both the samba servers and NFS could be specific to my hardware and software environment, and/or configuration settings. YMMV.
stcr1 said:
I noticed that there are a number of apps that come up in the Android Market / Google Play Apps if you search for "USB mass storage", but I haven't tried any of them.
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I tried a ton of these. The only one that looks promising (for my device) is Multi Mount SD-Card Lite by rafoid. I hope it works out. Haven't tried cloning my git repo yet. Again, my experiences could be specific to my hardware and software environment. YMMV.
Off topic: Along the way I found AirDroid. Looks pretty cool, but doens't look like a solution to the problems in this thread.
You can try this mod and see if it works for you. It is really 2 lines on a terminal:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800935
It worked for me before to force my phone go into mass storage mode. I haven't used it for the latest mods.
angler_fish said:
You can try this mod and see if it works for you. It is really 2 lines on a terminal:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800935
It worked for me before to force my phone go into mass storage mode. I haven't used it for the latest mods.
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That's a good idea. I sorta tried that, and it didn't work for me, but it obviously has worked for other people. I say "sorta" because I didn't use a terminal, but used an app in the Marketplace wihich is supposed to do the same thing. The app is USB mode switch for SGS1 on CM by Zatta. It's the subject of a thread here (showthread.php?p=21505914). I would post the link to the thread, but unfortunately I can't post links.
stcr1 said:
That's a good idea. I sorta tried that, and it didn't work for me, but it obviously has worked for other people. I say "sorta" because I didn't use a terminal, but used an app in the Marketplace wihich is supposed to do the same thing. The app is USB mode switch for SGS1 on CM by Zatta. It's the subject of a thread here (showthread.php?p=21505914). I would post the link to the thread, but unfortunately I can't post links.
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Just download a Terminal Emulator on Google Play. Search Terminal and the first one should work. Make sure you give it root privilege, as you are modding system files. Hope that helps!
angler_fish said:
You can try this mod and see if it works for you. It is really 2 lines on a terminal:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1800935
It worked for me before to force my phone go into mass storage mode. I haven't used it for the latest mods.
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I put CM10.1.2 on my phone a few days ago. Until today, whenever I plugged it into my computer it would go into mass storage mode as expected and everything was fine. Then, I installed Button Savior, which required me to enable USB debugging mode, and after that it connected in MTP mode every time. If I tapped the notification it would give me an option to uncheck MTP mode, but tapping that any number of times had no effect (the checkmark wouldn't go away). I tried the solution suggested in the linked thread, but now it's even worse. It no longer connects in MTP mode, but it doesn't connect in mass storage mode either. Now, it connects in something called "installer mode" with no option to change anything. It shows up in Explorer on my computer, but when I try to open the drive the computer asks me to insert a drive.
Any idea how I get my mass storage mode back?
Odd, teamchopsticks pulled USB mass storage from cm10.1 because of crashes when disconnecting from the computer.
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Cyanogenmod removed support for USB mass storage after CM10.0 because "The kernel support was flaky... USB mass storage has been deprecated by Google and is no longer supported."
https://jira.cyanogenmod.org/browse/CYAN-540
Multi Mount SD-Card Lite by rafoid on Google Play worked for me for awhile, then stopped working reliably. I lost some files as a result. Now I'm going to try adbfs:
https://github.com/spion/adbfs-rootless
(Thanks to dalingrin for this suggestion, made in this related thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2023066)
This article explains why Android moved from USB Mass Storage to MTP access for the internal storage.
hxxp://androidpolice.com/2011/11/18/impromptu-qa-session-with-android-engineer-dan-morrill-brings-to-light-reasons-behind-galaxy-nexus-lack-of-usb-mass-storage/
I picked up a USB flash drive to use for my Kodi thumbnails so I wouldn't keep running out of space on my Fire TV. I mounted the drive using stick mount, then added the code below to my advancedsettings.xml file, but I don't believe it's working. I'm assuming that when I pop the flash drive into my computer, I'd be able to see a bunch of thumbnail files on there, wouldn't I? But my thumb drive is blank. Below is the code I'm using. Am I missing something? Is my path in the TO line not specific enough? (I created an "xbmcthumbnails" folder on my flash drive.)
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.xbmc/userdata/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>/storage/usb/drive1/xbmcthumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
I don't think StickMount mounts USB drives as "drive1". It should be mounted at "sda" or "sdb"... You can use the "mount" command to see how your USB is mounted. Nothing to do with your issue, but StickMount worked correctly for me initially, but it never unmounted drives and wrongly showed mounted USBs when no USB was hooked to FTV. Plus, I could never mount USBs using volume names (instead of sda..) with StickMount. There is another app that worked very good for me, USB OTG Helper. Last I checked a while back, USB OTG app didn't do that either.
On a related note, the "from" tag can use Kodi special paths to identify locations within its install. You can modify your "from" tag to
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
This holds if you have not created any profiles in Kodi. If you have, check "special://profile". For reference, see http://kodi.wiki/view/Special_protocol
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I don't think StickMount mounts USB drives as "drive1". It should be mounted at "sda" or "sdb"... You can use the "mount" command to see how your USB is mounted. Nothing to do with your issue, but StickMount worked correctly for me initially, but it never unmounted drives and wrongly showed mounted USBs when no USB was hooked to FTV. Plus, I could never mount USBs using volume names (instead of sda..) with StickMount. There is another app that worked very good for me, USB OTG Helper. Last I checked a while back, USB OTG app didn't do that either.
On a related note, the "from" tag can use Kodi special paths to identify locations within its install. You can modify your "from" tag to
<from>special://masterprofile/Thumbnails/</from>
This holds if you have not created any profiles in Kodi. If you have, check "special://profile". For reference, see http://kodi.wiki/view/Special_protocol
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This will also work:
<advancedsettings>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>/storage/emulated/0/usbstorage/sda1/kodithumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>
dbdoshi said:
I don't think StickMount mounts USB drives as "drive1". It should be mounted at "sda" or "sdb"... You can use the "mount" command to see how your USB is mounted.
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he is likely using Busymount
which does mount as drive 1, again nothing to do with his issue though
jmerrilljr2 said:
This will also work:
<advancedsettings>
<pathsubstitution>
<substitute>
<from>/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/Thumbnails/</from>
<to>/storage/emulated/0/usbstorage/sda1/kodithumbnails/</to>
</substitute>
</pathsubstitution>
</advancedsettings>
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This appears to have done the trick, thankyouverymuch! I've got a new folder on my thumb drive called kodithumbnails, which contains folders for every letter of the alphabet. So it looks like it's working.
The only snag is now movie cover art doesn't appear, just the text name and a blank space above it. Another gentleman on this forum told me that this was expected behavior, and that I'd need to go in and delete a file from my Fire TV in order to bring the movie covers back, but I was not successful in finding the file (using ES File Explorer) anywhere on my Fire TV. I was looking for a file called "textures13db." Might that have changed with the update to Kodi? Or how else might I go about bringing back the cover art?
From within kodi itself
Raymondo17 said:
This appears to have done the trick, thankyouverymuch! I've got a new folder on my thumb drive called kodithumbnails, which contains folders for every letter of the alphabet. So it looks like it's working.
The only snag is now movie cover art doesn't appear, just the text name and a blank space above it. Another gentleman on this forum told me that this was expected behavior, and that I'd need to go in and delete a file from my Fire TV in order to bring the movie covers back, but I was not successful in finding the file (using ES File Explorer) anywhere on my Fire TV. I was looking for a file called "textures13db." Might that have changed with the update to Kodi? Or how else might I go about bringing back the cover art?
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You need to go to in Lodi itself settings/file manager/database/ highlight textures13.db and press c if using a keyboard or long press on your remote to bring up the context menu then press delete
Hello!
Just purchased a Fire TV 4k to replace my WDTV Live and I've run in to a bit of a problem. I have successfully rooted the machine and I installed Stickmount to be able to access my NTFS-formated external hard drive but Stickmount appears to be unable to see the drive. The drive is a Seagate 4TB, powered by a separate PSU but it does not appear to turn on at all either when plugged in to the Fire TV or when trying to mount it.
Is there something silly that I am overlooking? Is there a known issue with some drives or perhaps I am just really unlucky and this one won't work? Are there alternatives to using Stickmount?
All I want to do is have a nicer looking, better performing version of the WDTV to play my media... Why must you make it so tricky Amazon?
Anyway, really appreciate your help and patience!
okay so, turns out switching off debugging via USB allowed the drive to power up but it still doesn't seem to be mountable or, perhaps, i can't see the drive's contents on kodi.
any idea where that stuff usually goes?
I only rooted two days ago. Stickmount hasn't been useful for me. Paragon exFAT, NTFS & EFS+ however has been great with my NTFS hard drives. It seems to run and do most stuff automatically, it does have a couple of options. If your drive is alive after installation this is the process to get things working in Kodi.
1) Go into KODI and select the Video menu then Files below it.
2) Select Files from the menu then Add videos. A window called Add Video source should appear.
3) Click the Browse button. Select External storage. You'll see a folder named ParagonNTFS If your drive is mounted.
4) Select or Open ParagonNTFS then click OK on the right side of the screen.
5) The Add Video source window appears, click Add. Then OK
From there it's straight forward. Kodi will ask how you have your files stored, index them and other fun things. So far with hard drives I've found that the Fire TV 2 wants them to be powered or connected to a powered USB hub.
NutterNatter said:
I only rooted two days ago. Stickmount hasn't been useful for me. Paragon exFAT, NTFS & EFS+ however has been great with my NTFS hard drives. It seems to run and do most stuff automatically, it does have a couple of options. If your drive is alive after installation this is the process to get things working in Kodi.
1) Go into KODI and select the Video menu then Files below it.
2) Select Files from the menu then Add videos. A window called Add Video source should appear.
3) Click the Browse button. Select External storage. You'll see a folder named ParagonNTFS If your drive is mounted.
4) Select or Open ParagonNTFS then click OK on the right side of the screen.
5) The Add Video source window appears, click Add. Then OK
From there it's straight forward. Kodi will ask how you have your files stored, index them and other fun things. So far with hard drives I've found that the Fire TV 2 wants them to be powered or connected to a powered USB hub.
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ah fantastic, i shall look in to this. what's the easiest way to get ParagonNTFS onto the Fire TV?
May I make a suggestion if this doesn't work out? Your router might have a USB port designed to allow a hard drive's contents to be a network share. Not only will Kodi be able to access the drive easier, every computer/Fire TV will be able to access it, too.
Sizzlechest said:
May I make a suggestion if this doesn't work out? Your router might have a USB port designed to allow a hard drive's contents to be a network share. Not only will Kodi be able to access the drive easier, every computer/Fire TV will be able to access it, too.
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unfortunately mine doesn't. i have found out that my old WDTV Live acts as a NAS server of some kind (i guess, it allows a harddrive to appear on the network anyway) so i am using that for now and able to view all my files. i will try out Paragon or otherwise buy the cheap usb-ethernet device i was linked to via Reddit.
Glad I found this thread.
Here's a Mac guide for this. It will cover formatting a drive in NTFS and the program you need on the Fire TV to mount the NTFS drive and how to make this work with Kodi.
http://marksmods.com/Hack-the-Fire-...e-Fire-TV-and-use-an-External-Hard-Drive.html
I'm loving this Fire TV more every day.
Just for hard drive?
Guys, being limited to fat32 and related file size < 4gb is the biggest issue that really sucks with ftv for me. I have some questions, as you already successfully removed this limt.
Does this way by paragon ntfs help even to mount an usb stick? Will stick be mounted as otg (as fat32 before) or do i will find it in the paragonntfs folder, same as the HDD?
What method you took for rooting?
If used kingroot, did you apply factory reset after finished , as i read of this recommendation?
Thanks and cheers
Meandi51 said:
Guys, being limited to fat32 and related file size < 4gb is the biggest issue that really sucks with ftv for me. I have some questions, as you already successfully removed this limt.
Does this way by paragon ntfs help even to mount an usb stick? Will stick be mounted as otg (as fat32 before) or do i will find it in the paragonntfs folder, same as the HDD?
What method you took for rooting?
If used kingroot, did you apply factory reset after finished , as i read of this recommendation?
Thanks and cheers
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An external drive is an external drive. I don't see why there would be any difference to paragon whether you were using a flash chip or a spinning platter to contain your data files.
Rooted today and paragon app works well with flash chip. Anyone experience with CF stickmount? What's the difference to Paragon except it needs extfat formatted drives?
Paragon ntfs su notifications
Hi,
im on the latest prerooted rom on my 2gen fire tv with Paragon ntfs intalled.
But i always get these paragon su granted notifications on screen every 5-10min, which drives me crazy
Does anybody get the same notifications?
How do i get rid of them?