So Amazon Music now allows Prime members to download free Prime music to their mobile device for offline listening. Anyone know where on the device they store this music? If they're putting it on my phone instead of its external SD card, I'm going to be much more conservative about how much Prime music I download. Obviously they have security measures to keep the Prime music from being freely accessed outside of the Amazon Music App (and thus possibly shared), but something has to be stored somewhere... I just want to know where, exactly.
Apologies if this is a stupid question.
Using a rooted Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5, stock ROM (for now)
ant-iphone said:
So Amazon Music now allows Prime members to download free Prime music to their mobile device for offline listening. Anyone know where on the device they store this music? If they're putting it on my phone instead of its external SD card, I'm going to be much more conservative about how much Prime music I download. Obviously they have security measures to keep the Prime music from being freely accessed outside of the Amazon Music App (and thus possibly shared), but something has to be stored somewhere... I just want to know where, exactly.
Apologies if this is a stupid question.
Using a rooted Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5, stock ROM (for now)
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i would like to know this as well. I just downloaded an album to my phone and the amazon music app says there is data on my external sd card, but i dont see the files.
using root explorer
extSdCard/Android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/Music has an updated date of 17 min ago when I started to download, but there are no files in there..
are they hidden somehow?
partially downloaded...size on sd card matches what the notification panel size that it has downloaded.
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seriously?
no one?
DRM'd Amazon music downloads don't go on SD card ... maybe they can be symlinked?
dh4645 said:
seriously?
no one?
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On my rooted KitKat Motorola Photon Q, here's a sample path:
/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/Music/Bruce_Springsteen/Born_In_The_U_S_A_/B00137GCGK_(disc_1)_11_-_Dancing_In_The_Dark.m4a
Some of these will play on my phone (all would play on it when I was running in an unrooted JB environment), but not consistently (the Amazon app crashes).
[ actually there's no SD card currently inserted into this phone ]
If I was able to play these consistently from main storage, then my next step would be to try creating symbolic links from main storage to the SD card for these. I would like to know whether this would work. I'll report back if I wind up with a workable test environment (e.g., if I find that these recordings will play with a rooted JB ROM)
Favorable resolution on my JB ROM
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On my rooted KitKat Motorola Photon Q, here's a sample path:
/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/Music/Bruce_Springsteen/Born_In_The_U_S_A_/B00137GCGK_(disc_1)_11_-_Dancing_In_The_Dark.m4a
Some of these will play on my phone (all would play on it when I was running in an unrooted JB environment), but not consistently (the Amazon app crashes).
[ actually there's no SD card currently inserted into this phone ]
If I was able to play these consistently from main storage, then my next step would be to try creating symbolic links from main storage to the SD card for these. I would like to know whether this would work. I'll report back if I wind up with a workable test environment (e.g., if I find that these recordings will play with a rooted JB ROM)
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I was finally able to get this working, but I'm using a JB ROM, not a KitKat ROM. I don't think that the latter should be a show-stopper, if the Amazon Prime MP3s will play "normally" with your ROM, i.e., prior to the gymnastics which I describe in my link.
Hmm ... I can't post the link, but you can google for "jae_63 android forums amazon prime symlinks".
If someone else could post the Android Forums link, that would be helpful ... TIA.
I will answer questions either here on XDA, or on Android Forums.
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Hmm ... some reports suggest that this problem can be resolved using FolderMount, which has a discussion thread here on XDA.
This would be a much simpler solution than what I've done ... I suggest trying that first. My interpretation of the FolderMount documentation suggests that it might be necessary to use the paid version of that app to access the required /data/media directory. My solution is free, but pretty hairy.
Please post back here (or on AndroidForums) if you attempt either FolderMount or my solution.
dh4645 said:
i would like to know this as well. I just downloaded an album to my phone and the amazon music app says there is data on my external sd card, but i dont see the files.
using root explorer
extSdCard/Android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/Music has an updated date of 17 min ago when I started to download, but there are no files in there..
are they hidden somehow?
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I've also looked around and I think Amazon hides those files in that amazonmp3 folder
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For Amazon Prime music, look in
/data/media/0/Android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/Music
(That is how it is on my JB phone. Your phone may be different.)
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HTC m8 location
so, found the locations easy enough on my htc m8
Downloaded tracks store to internal device path :
/storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/music > PrimePlaylist (for downloaded playlists)
oddly, when i first selected the download option the app said "choose storage" and i choose my SD card.
I have since found that it has stored the downloads in both the internal and external locations; I have no idea why, but here is the external path for the SD card:
/storage/ext_sd/android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/music > primeplaylist (for downloaded playlists)
Using Cyanogenmod on a Fire phone
At first the Amazon prime music app refused to install on my rooted Fire Phone.
I just installed the APK and it worked fine.
Then was just playing around with this today. Found the downloaded MP3 files are in a hidden directory. com.amazon.mp3 was hidden. (nice try Amazon).
It was a matter of clicking "show hidden files" in linux and duh; there it was.
data/com.amazon.mp3/files/music etc, etc
Player
Any ideas how you can play or convert these .m4a files?
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At first the Amazon prime music app refused to install on my rooted Fire Phone.
I just installed the APK and it worked fine.
Then was just playing around with this today. Found the downloaded MP3 files are in a hidden directory. com.amazon.mp3 was hidden. (nice try Amazon).
It was a matter of clicking "show hidden files" in linux and duh; there it was.
data/com.amazon.mp3/files/music etc, etc
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Not tried; they are DRM laden files. I googled a it and found some pretty "iffy" utilities I didn't trust not to be full of spyware.
on the internal storage <android<data<com.amazon.mp3<files<music. If you are trying to store to sd card and your getting the stubborn 206 error external memory is full, go to your settings<find storage<sd card<unmount(wait 10 seconds)<mount. it should then save to sd card. no it will not let you copy and paste the music from your phone to your sd card. if it is prime music it will need to be re-downloaded.
So i see where a downloaded playlist is supposed to reside but what about a locally created one? I had my music saved to my SD and my SD got full. So i transferred all my SD card to a new larger SD card. Now when i go into prime music it shows my playlist name but with zero songs. How do i fix that? I did not know how to put my playlist back up to the cloud.
Sdcard/android/data/com.amazon.mp3/files/music/private. (assuming you've chosen to save to SD)
Samsung's own file mgr won't see/find it but ES file mgr does.
Hi All,
I would have the same question to ask you.
Is there a way to convert or playing these .m4a files through other media player?
ie. Google Play Music.
thanks in advance
I have the files and we cannot change them as they are DRM protected. I heard somewhere that we need to create an audio cd and then extract but that did not work either. Any help on this will be much appreciated!
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Hey everyone
Just wanted to post a reference link to my Mizuu Movies application thread, which is found under the Android Apps / Games section: Mizuu Movies - XDA thread
The application has been developed for Honeycomb on the Acer Iconia A500, and should support all Honeycomb tablets. There's a free and a paid version of the application - would really appreciate it if you'd try it out!
FREE VERSION • PAID VERSION
Thanks a lot!
that looks very cool. Very XBMC like which is a nice Ui. If I added TV series will it bunch all the seasons into one section? Like oh I don't know Johnny Bravo.
Click a Johnny Bravo icon, opens up season folders and then select the season then the episode?
or will I have 5 Johnny Bravo icons on the main menu?
also will there be more customizations in the future if i got the paid version? like something simple like background color or upload my own background?
Looks nice! Think I'll try it.
Great app but doesn't scan /Removable/MicroSD/ for files just internal storage only. Sent him a PM to see about getting it added or the ability to pick specific folders to scan that way my videos recorded with the tab don't show up too.
I would like a Movie app (and one for Music and Photos too) like this one that scans my networked SMB/CIFS drive.
Is this possible?
husher said:
that looks very cool. Very XBMC like which is a nice Ui. If I added TV series will it bunch all the seasons into one section? Like oh I don't know Johnny Bravo.
Click a Johnny Bravo icon, opens up season folders and then select the season then the episode?
or will I have 5 Johnny Bravo icons on the main menu?
also will there be more customizations in the future if i got the paid version? like something simple like background color or upload my own background?
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Thanks! Well, this is the Movies application, so I've actually programmed it to ignore TV show files (although this can be disabled). If you disable it, you'll have multiple entries for each show, yes - one for each episode.
I am however working on a TV Show app, which will have that part covered with fragments, TV show info and info on each episode.
Yes - there'll be more customizations. I've got lots of ideas that I want to do, and by the looks of it, I'll have plenty to do
tgerbracht said:
Looks nice! Think I'll try it.
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Thank you!
decepticon said:
Great app but doesn't scan /Removable/MicroSD/ for files just internal storage only. Sent him a PM to see about getting it added or the ability to pick specific folders to scan that way my videos recorded with the tab don't show up too.
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Thanks! That's a known bug, because manufacturers use different directories for their external memory. I am however working on fixing it, so it shouldn't be too long. Thanks for your patience
xsacha said:
I would like a Movie app (and one for Music and Photos too) like this one that scans my networked SMB/CIFS drive.
Is this possible?
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I'd actually love something like that as well - and it's something I've listed as a possible feature, but for now I'd really like to get some other stuff done first. Hope you understand
MichellBak said:
Thanks! That's a known bug, because manufacturers use different directories for their external memory. I am however working on fixing it, so it shouldn't be too long. Thanks for your patience
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No problem at all, perhaps an initial setup window at first install to pick the folders your movies are stored in and give us options for more than 1 for those of us who use both internal and the SD card.
So far this is one of the best apps I have used since I use my Transformer for movies often.
If you need a tester with a Transformer for the TV app let me know.
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No problem at all, perhaps an initial setup window at first install to pick the folders your movies are stored in and give us options for more than 1 for those of us who use both internal and the SD card.
So far this is one of the best apps I have used since I use my Transformer for movies often.
If you need a tester with a Transformer for the TV app let me know.
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I'll probably just add the different sdcard directories, and leave the setup / updates as they are. I really like the simplicity of simply pressing a button and letting the tablet do all the hard work for you (finding your movies without you having to specify any folders). If you'd like to remove found movie, you can do that from the details view in the top right corner
Please note that in the current version, all database changes are deleted when you update your library. This means that all favourites, manually identified movies will be lost and deleted movies will appear once again. I am working on something to (optionally) avoid this.
I'll keep you in mind for some testing
So there will be an update to search in external sd card? I clicked on start search and nothing happened very promising though!
samuelong87 said:
So there will be an update to search in external sd card? I clicked on start search and nothing happened very promising though!
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Yes, definitely. It's quite possibly coming today with a few other fixes. I see that some people have been experiencing force closes because they tried searching without any mounted memory media. It's a bit foolish to do that, but it shouldn't crash nonetheless
Hey guys
Couldn't help myself - I've released an update, which adds support for external SD cards. Here's the change log:
Version 1.2.5 (July 25)
Added support for external SD cards
Added a new theme (Wallpaper Theme)
Minor bug fixes
If you're using the Lite version, you may not notice the added support, though.
The application prioritizes the internal memory, so if you've got eight or more movies on the internal memory, you won't be seeing any files from the external SD card.
Also added a new theme in the paid version, which will use your current wallpaper as the application background.
I've just uploaded it, so it may take a few minutes for it to appear on Android Market - please be patient
Hope you'll like it!
Will there be any support of .avi and .mkv files ?
Thank you !
gniouki said:
Will there be any support of .avi and .mkv files ?
Thank you !
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The upcoming version adds support for both, but it's limited support.
For .mkv files, you're required to have a third party application installed to watch the videos - or you'll watch them without sound (default Honeycomb support).
For .avi files, you'll also need a third party application the videos can be opened with.
What would be great is if you could add movies that dont exist on the device. I have a number of movies on an external hard drive which i connect to my TV. Id love to be able to browse through these on my Transformer to decide which movie to watch without the movies actually being on the device.
gloscherrybomb said:
What would be great is if you could add movies that dont exist on the device. I have a number of movies on an external hard drive which i connect to my TV. Id love to be able to browse through these on my Transformer to decide which movie to watch without the movies actually being on the device.
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Quick tip: Create an empty text file with the name of your movie and change the extension from ".txt" to ".mp4", and you can have just that
For example:
"Avatar.mp4"
The files won't play, but you'll be able to have them in your overview, watch details and trailers.
Just some feedback if you don't mind:
1.) The app looks great. I love the overall scheme.
But...
1.) Could we have the ability to make the covers smaller?
2.) The app forced closed the first time I launched it.
3.) It couldn't find the cover to a TV show that I have though I had allow tv shows ticked.
4.) The information for the Hulk TV show from the 70's was incorrectly identified as the movie of the same name from the 80's.
Just a few things but if these types of things can get worked out...this will be worth paying for.
MichellBak said:
Quick tip: Create an empty text file with the name of your movie and change the extension from ".txt" to ".mp4", and you can have just that
For example:
"Avatar.mp4"
The files won't play, but you'll be able to have them in your overview, watch details and trailers.
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This didnt work... the autosearch at the start still doesnt find any files.
rpavich said:
Just some feedback if you don't mind:
1.) The app looks great. I love the overall scheme.
But...
1.) Could we have the ability to make the covers smaller?
2.) The app forced closed the first time I launched it.
3.) It couldn't find the cover to a TV show that I have though I had allow tv shows ticked.
4.) The information for the Hulk TV show from the 70's was incorrectly identified as the movie of the same name from the 80's.
Just a few things but if these types of things can get worked out...this will be worth paying for.
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Thanks!
1) I've been considering adding a gridview as an option, but not sure when this will come.
2) Can you please send a crash report if it does it again? And quite possibly a list of all video files you've got on your device - that'd really help me a lot
3 / 4) For movies that are identified incorrectly, use the Manual identification option (looks like a search button) in the movie details view. Here you can re-identify files. If it still can't find the cover, you can always add a jpg file with the same name as the video file in the same folder. The app will automatically use that instead
gloscherrybomb said:
This didnt work... the autosearch at the start still doesnt find any files.
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Have you remembered to check off "Ignore small files" in settings?
MichellBak said:
Have you remembered to check off "Ignore small files" in settings?
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i cant access the settings if it doesnt find any files on first scan.
For most of yesterday I'd been trying to figure out why my CM7 G2X won't see any sound, video, or image file on my phone's SD Card. Both the stock Gallery app, and MX Player File Browser, just didn't see any of the media in the folders on my SD Card. And the Music player saw absolutely no songs on my SD Card. And my ringtone and IM tones were messed up.
So, while playing with different settings, on MX Player, I unchecked "Respect .nomedia (Exclude a folder if ".nomedia" file exists in that folder or a parent folder". Voila! I can see videos! I can see my images and songs!
Well, I looked in the root of my SD Card and there it was - a file called ".nomedia". Strangely, the icon for that file is the same icon as ROM Manager icon. Odd. because I had just updated ROM Manager. I deleted it and saw my media files again.
Well, today I saw a new update for ROM Manager Premium. The update states "5.0.1.4 Fix bug that places .nomedia file in the wrong directory if directories are missing." Huh. I guess the "wrong directory" is a cagy way of saying it puts it in the root of your SD Card so you can't see any of your media. And I do have the proper directories that ROM Manager needs.
O.K., I updated ROM Manager. Guess what? No media files again! And that damned file ".nomedia" is right back in the root of my SD Card, same as before, with the same ROM Manager icon staring back at me.
Look, it's not enough that people like me wasted money on ROM Manager Premium because the license check always crashes. Now, the app is messing up our phones?
Hope this helps
Stupid RomManager.
Easiest way:
Connect your phone via usb (with usb debugging enabled), open a cmd window and type:
Code:
adb shell
rm /sdcard/.nomedia
adb reboot
You can do this without a PC from Terminal Emulator at Android as well, just open it and type the following.
After a reboot everything is back to normal.
Code:
rm /sdcard/.nomedia
The problem in the FileManager is, that you have to enable "show hidden files" (or sth. like that), a leading dot (".") at a filename indicates a hidden file at Linux.
But of course you can just enable that option and delete the ".nomedia" file manually as well.
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I use RootExplorer which can show hidden files... removed the .nomedia file and while some stuff showed up (gallery pics) most stuff still doesnt (all my custom notifications/ringtones and my music wont show in Ubermusic, Play Music or Winamp. I downloaded Rescan Media and ran it but still nothing.
Any suggestions?
WoodroweBones said:
I use RootExplorer which can show hidden files... removed the .nomedia file and while some stuff showed up (gallery pics) most stuff still doesnt (all my custom notifications/ringtones and my music wont show in Ubermusic, Play Music or Winamp. I downloaded Rescan Media and ran it but still nothing.
Any suggestions?
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Update your rom manager, then delete the nomedia file, then reboot! You should be alright after that!
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BigDig said:
Update your rom manager, then delete the nomedia file, then reboot! You should be alright after that!
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda app-developers app
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Fist thing I tried unfortunately
WoodroweBones said:
I use RootExplorer which can show hidden files... removed the .nomedia file and while some stuff showed up (gallery pics) most stuff still doesnt (all my custom notifications/ringtones and my music wont show in Ubermusic, Play Music or Winamp. I downloaded Rescan Media and ran it but still nothing.
Any suggestions?
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Look into your other folders on your card for ".nomedia". ROM Mangler could have placed that file in different places.
You might also want to remove the SD Card and put it in your PC, and search the entire card for ".nomedia". Make sure you only delete ".nomedia" in the folders that you want to show media.
Here is what I did...
I renamed my Music folder to "Music2" then rebooted my phone. Now after that I went into Ubermusic and started an SD Card scan but didnt wait very long (maybe 10 seconds) then went into Winamp and clicked on "Songs" and I could see it was searching. Eventually all my songs showed up so not sure if it was Winamp or Ubermusic
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EEngineer said:
Look into your other folders on your card for ".nomedia". ROM Mangler could have placed that file in different places.
You might also want to remove the SD Card and put it in your PC, and search the entire card for ".nomedia". Make sure you only delete ".nomedia" in the folders that you want to show media.
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The Galaxy Nexus doesnt have a removeable SD card but the method I used in the post above worked
I'm cross posting here because this seems to be an active thread
In some instances Media Scanner will DELETE ALL THE PICTURES ON THE SD CARD
Here is an example google bug report on the issue http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3692
When a ".nomedia" file is added to a directory that has already been scanned by the media scanner, any jpg and gif files in that directory and all sub directories will be deleted.
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I have lost a year of pictures because of this. Before you assume I am making a mistake realize that the SDcard is now connected directly to my laptop and a search of the entire drive (including subfolders) with the string *.jpg gives no results. I can post a screenshot if you like.
Rom Manager caused my pictures actually be deleted and I am using recovery tools that scan the free space to get them back
If any of you suffered as I did try this OPEN SOURCE recovery tool specifically made for recovering pictures from an SDcard - PhotoRec - CGSecurity
Here is a screenshot of my current progress
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edit: I just realized it also broke some of my applications that stored images on the sdcard that served as part of their menu system. SCREW YOU ROM MANAGER DEVS. I will never trust anything you publish from this day forward
braschlosan said:
I'm cross posting here because this seems to be an active thread
In some instances Media Scanner will DELETE ALL THE PICTURES ON THE SD CARD
Here is an example google bug report on the issue http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3692
I have lost a year of pictures because of this.
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Sorry to hear that. I'm running CM7 Nightly #225 and it seems CM7 fixed that bug - I tried to recreate that on my phone and it did not delete the files.
Quite strange; I was wondering why lately my phone has been weird and not reading any of my files from the SDcard. i cant find my music nor photos ive taken, but when i use rootexplorer i can find them.
Edit - thanks alot!! by deleting the .nomedia file, its all working!
How i fixed it
i used rom toolbox pro and went into the sd root.
Android > .data > .nomedia
and i deleted .nomedia and poof it worked
Thanks, had to play around with folder names and reboot, but it's working again now. I believe I have to post at least 10 times before I can thank a post though
EDIT
Ah, just had to post once and the thanks button shows up now!
Might-E said:
Thanks, had to play around with folder names and reboot, but it's working again now. I believe I have to post at least 10 times before I can thank a post though
EDIT
Ah, just had to post once and the thanks button shows up now!
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Back at 'cha - I gave you your first Thanks! Nice to know that only two people appreciate the work I did.
damn ROM Manager
well, this teach me to never hit the "update all" button in google play now. ONLY update apps that shows changes you need/want.
anyway, after 2 days of messing deleting .nomedia, only to have it come back at next boot and uninstalling apps that was suspect. i finally saw a thread about this.
The thread recommended: remove update/uninstall rom manager
delete .nomedia
clear data of Media Storage
reboot
this worked out perfectly for me and that damn .nomedia file hasnt come back for the past few reboots
Do not allow any apps to auto-update. And I have background data turned off all the time to save the battery.
The only time I have background data turned on is when I'm in Google Play. I always check permissions, (you MUST click "see all").
Here are the apps I have stopped updating because they suddenly want scary permissions:
Angry Birds - wants access to Google Billing Service (****!)
Camera 360 - wants ability to change WiFi state, modify passwords
Firefox - Modify global system settings, access user accounts, read sync settings
Google Translate - take photos and videos without user intervention, view available networks
YouTube - take photos and videos without user intervention, access user accounts
I'm hoping someone can help, I'm having this problem only with JB ROMs
ROM manager is not even on my phone, here's what I do in recovery
Wipe data/Factory Reset
Wipe cache partition
run dalvik-wiper.zip
reboot recovery
format /system /cache/ /data /boot AND /sdcard
reboot recovery
?? at this point this phone should have nothing on it right?
install ROM. (I have tried 5 or 6 of the JB ROMs in the Nexus S TMO develop section)
Copy over my pics and music. I install no Apps, just run gallery and it's empty, even after 2 hours.
Where does ROM manager do its damage after everything is formatted? Is it CWM that is causing the problem?
I've checked /DCIM and /Music on my sdcard backup and they don't have any .nomedia or hidden files.
where do I go next?
Thanks for the reply.
Same thing here. i have only CWM and root.
tried all kinds of stuff like format sd card new rom search and delete .nomedia
installed new rom manager now...
+quick system info shows cpu 100% and batery dies quickly (25% at night to 0 in the morning)
With sd card removed battery goes back to normal..
Today i used another phone,the old one, because of this..
It really sucks and im close to sell or smash it!
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mikrron said:
Same thing here. i have only CWM and root.
tried all kinds of stuff like format sd card new rom search and delete .nomedia
installed new rom manager now...
+quick system info shows cpu 100% and batery dies quickly (25% at night to 0 in the morning)
With sd card removed battery goes back to normal..
Today i used another phone,the old one, because of this..
It really sucks and im close to sell or smash it!
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don`t know how i did it, noe it`s working , you have to f#@&k it up a little with the sd card, Install/uninstal rom manager and nomedia files (note the nomedia wasnt placed in my gallery or music folders) , hope i don`t meet this in the future..
@mikrron, it's possible you have a bad misbehaving application. You might have a game that scans your sdcard and sends photos and other info to the game's servers. That would account for your bad battery usage.
Install the firewall DroidWall and block internet access to any application that doesn't NEED the internet to run, like cameras, most games, etc. See how much your battery life improves.
Sorry for performing necromancy on this thread but I encountered a problem. It is similar to the one described here (files can be browsed normally but no media-apps can see them. Even the settings>storage menu shows nothing on my sd card but reports that the free space is only 1.5gb out of 8gbs total.
If I fire up a file browser I can access all the files on the sd-card without a problem. I can even view the pictures with the gallery and the music app plays my music files alright, if I select the file from the browser and then use the corresponding program to deal with it.
If I just use the gallery or the music app or songbird or any other media player, they all report an empty media library. Media on the phone's internal memory can be scanned by these apps and included to their library without a problem.
After lots of searching around on the web, I found that most people that had this problem, managed to solve it by deleting some stray .nomedia files that were in their sd-cards (like you guys did in this thread).
So, I searched my sd card for those files (I know they are hidden), both through the phone's file-browser and by connecting it to my computer, and I failed to find anything. For good measure I backed all my data up, formatted the card, restored the data, cleared the media storage data and restarted my phone, all to no avail. I know that the sd-rescan apps are irrelevant here but I tried one of them anyways. It didn't help...
I should note that I have not tampered with the phone in any way (no custom roms, no rom manager, not rooted, no unlocked bootloader or anything else of that kind). Also my phone is a Sony Xperia Tipo, using android 4. Sorry if the post is out of place here... The thread seemed very relevant.
If someone has any idea about what the problem might be, I'd love to hear from them. Thank you in advance.
Is it possible that the nomedia file is in the secured android file that you cant access without su permission
All the way from mars
I've been using eStrongs file manager for a while on several devices. I like how you can access networked PCs and copy/move files. I've had good luck using that app with my new TF700 except for one feature. It doesn't see the microSD card. It does see the internal storage and calls it the ad card. Another of my devices has "ext_sd" as a file, which is the microSD, but the new Asus does not show it.
Is there a file manager that will let me access network drives and both the internal and microSD storage locations of the TF700?
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EStrongs does see the internal SD, just look under your favorites. They're also working on a complete new UI, which is much better on the tablet...
That makes it a little better. Is that the only way to see it? Is there a way to create a shortcut to that file location?
I have found that if I long press on the removable folder it gives me an option to create a shortcut. Makes it a little easier to get to.
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It's a lot better in the new UI which will probably be released before too long...
Try out Solid Explorer.
Try File Manager HD
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duckredbeard said:
I've been using eStrongs file manager for a while on several devices. I like how you can access networked PCs and copy/move files. I've had good luck using that app with my new TF700 except for one feature. It doesn't see the microSD card. It does see the internal storage and calls it the ad card. Another of my devices has "ext_sd" as a file, which is the microSD, but the new Asus does not show it.
Is there a file manager that will let me access network drives and both the internal and microSD storage locations of the TF700?
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FX Explorer for the win , made by XDA's tliebeck :good:
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FX Explorer for the win , made by XDA's tliebeck :good:
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File Explorer FX absolutely is the best File Manager. It has an excellent UI and with the add ons, you can access the root (which is free) and your network and cloud (for less than a coffee). For those have not tried it before, give it a try.
How do you guys find the WiFi transfer speeds within your home network with FX Explorer?
I use ES File Explorer and it's very slow (even with my other devices). I'm transfering mp3s from my desktop and it takes FOREVER. Since a Windows laptop transfers much, much faster in the same scenario I guess it's a problem with ES File Explorer or Android.
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File Explorer FX absolutely is the best File Manager. It has an excellent UI and with the add ons, you can access the root (which is free) and your network and cloud (for less than a coffee). For those have not tried it before, give it a try.
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I am having issues copying files into my removable SD card. I keep getting the same error, regardless of where I'm copying from.
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You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
I use Total Commander and started to use SOlid Explorer recently. I might gice FX a whirl as well -- no use in missing out on a seemingly good app.
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How do you guys find the WiFi transfer speeds within your home network with FX Explorer?
I use ES File Explorer and it's very slow (even with my other devices). I'm transfering mp3s from my desktop and it takes FOREVER. Since a Windows laptop transfers much, much faster in the same scenario I guess it's a problem with ES File Explorer or Android.
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i have only ever been able to hit 1.6-1.8MB/s (with any app) , ... anywhere around 2MB/s is considered acceptable and normal for 54G ...
if only Asus had given us N , and 2GB ram , and 1Terrabyte storage , and , and ... haha $2000 ...
what speed do you download on your laptop and what connection ? ie- 54g / 150n / 300n
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duckredbeard said:
I am having issues copying files into my removable SD card. I keep getting the same error, regardless of where I'm copying from.View attachment 1682387
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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maybe check permissions and owners ... you can use same app with root module installed to change ... use the same as the storage that works...
How do I get to that permissions screen.?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
duckredbeard said:
How do I get to that permissions screen.?
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
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you must install the developers addon root module from here.
enter the root module from main screen next to storage icons ... # marked with hash ... long press file or folder ...
snypa said:
i have only ever been able to hit 1.6-1.8MB/s (with any app) , ... anywhere around 2MB/s is considered acceptable and normal for 54G ...
if only Asus had given us N , and 2GB ram , and 1Terrabyte storage , and , and ... haha $2000 ...
what speed do you download on your laptop and what connection ? ie- 54g / 150n / 300n
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I can't tell what the actual speed it but there is below 1MB/s for sure. That's 1 foot away from my router (Asus RT-N66U). That speed is just unacceptable.
I'd have to check but I'm guessing it's 3-4MB/s on the laptop, a laptop that doesn't support wireless N.
wifesabitch said:
I can't tell what the actual speed ...
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try network speed to see current upload/download speeds ...
x-plore
x-plore 2 panels, with different cloud storage support, works well as a system app, small size, images and archives support, free.
what other criteria are you looking for?
I'm quite pleased with FX file explorer. Thanks for the recommendations!
You can't know your limits until you exceed them.
AndroZip Pro is a great file manager, in my opinion.
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Hello,
This is my first "useful" (i think) app for Android.
Maybe you have in your device a lot of music with bad file names. This app will help you!
Select type of rename (ex. "Title - Artist" + 3 more), app will read id3 tags and rename your mp3/flac file(s).
Sure, you can see preview and decide if its good. You can also select folder, and app will fix file names of all music files.
Example:
You have song "get_lucky_daft_punk.mp3". Open Music Renamer, press menu (tree dots) > Select > File, pick song file. MusicRenamer will display some info about song. Then click on Rename button, select Rename type to "%Artist% - %Title%, press OK, see preview if its good press OK again. Ta daaa Successfully renamed. New file name is "Daft Punk - Get Lucky.mp3".
Screenshots:
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You can select your favourite file manager in app settings and use it to select music files and folders.
App theme: Holo Light/Dark (can change in settings, 0.70+)
Latest app version: 0.71 (download)
0.71
changelog here
0.70
changelog here
0.60
- fixes, fixes, fixes
- added settings page
- you can select default file manager
- added tr by Metin Dülger
- preview for folder shows new file names only, looks better
- fix for detecting sdcard (hope it will work on Samsung phones)
0.61
- fix for ES File Manager (user cant pick files/folders with it)
- fix for ID3 tags - if they contains "/", this char will be replaced with "ft."
- small other fixes
hi i m Metin Dülger
i translated it Turkish (tr)
thank you!
i improve app a bit a need to retranslate string app_info. i uploaded new strings.
by the way, MusicRenamer 0.60
- fixes, fixes, fixes
- added settings page
- you can select default file manager
- added tr by Metin Dülger
- preview for folder shows new file names only, looks better
- fix for detecting sdcard (hope it will work on Samsung phones)
- ...
0.61
- fix for ES File Manager (user cant pick files/folders with it)
- fix for ID3 tags - if they contains "/", this char will be replaced with "ft."
- small other fixes
My issue is not so much the filenames but the id3 tags.
I sometimes borrow music from YouTube, just to try a couple of apps found in this forum and not because I'm too tight to buy them lol.
Anyway these downloaded mp3 don't contain id3 tags and usually have long strange filenames.
Anyway could you create a function to create id3 from filename as well as rename file according to id3.
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Thinking about this. When i will have a time, i will look on it. But files need to have good file names if we want detect data, which will be written as ID3 tags, right Another way is use some services like Shazam, but at the moment i dont know if any of these services have public API (free ) ...
So, i think i have work for two monthly holidays
p.s: i know your problem i set up tag by tag with MP3tag on PC some times ago. now i dont do it, its waste of time. now i download music from torrents they have good ID3 tags
Used this app to rename some songs, selected the folder & it renamed them. Then to my horror I discover that it deleted the songs it didnt rename
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i think u should put some screenshot
will u share it on Google Play?
Nice share mate..
Is it work for .m4a music file?
And... it will be great if u post the update at 1st post..
Thx's
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TonyK2005, hmm, you are using Samsung phone. there is nightmare with Samsung and his own sdcard locale (its /sdcard/external_sd/?). Your songs should be in device, try use some File Manager and search for them. and, maybe, can you please upload /system/etc/vold.conf?
any developer to help me? its this code right?
public File getExternalSD() {
external_sd = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
if (android.os.Build.DEVICE.contains("Samsung") || android.os.Build.MANUFACTURER.contains("Samsung")){
File ext_sd=new File(external_sd+"/external_sd/");
if (ext_sd.exists()) {
external_sd = ext_sd;
}
}
return external_sd;
}
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SHS™, I cant publish it at the moment
simple4me, support for .m4a? i think yes.
going to update 1. post.. add screesnshots
pyler said:
TonyK2005, hmm, you are using Samsung phone. there is nightmare with Samsung and his own sdcard locale (its /sdcard/external_sd/?). Your songs should be in device, try use some File Manager and search for them. and, maybe, can you please upload /system/etc/vold.conf?
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Yes I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 & my music was stored on the internal memory at /sdcard/music
I used es file manager to try & locate the missing songs but they were gone. Luckily I had a backup on an old external SD
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TonyK2005 said:
Yes I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 & my music was stored on the internal memory at /sdcard/music
I used es file manager to try & locate the missing songs but they were gone. Luckily I had a backup on an old external SD
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Ok, sorry for problems. I am looking to code and dont understand. it should work, but it doesnt.
can you do 2 tests? please make backup first =)
1. try open file and rename it.
2. try open folder which is on External SD Card and rename files.
Really awesome app, it's very useful and saved me so much time.
One suggestion to improve it though - why don't you add the select file /folder button to the main screen, instead of having to use the menu button every time?
Basically my suggestion is to add some functionality to the main screen, as currently it's pretty useless after tyou get the basics of the app.
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ngyurov said:
Really awesome app, it's very useful and saved me so much time.
One suggestion to improve it though - why don't you add the select file /folder button to the main screen, instead of having to use the menu button every time?
Basically my suggestion is to add some functionality to the main screen, as currently it's pretty useless after tyou get the basics of the app.
Sent from my HTC Sensation XE with Beats Audio Z715e using xda premium
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good idea!
A minor issue I had with the app was that after I renamed my entire library and started poweramp it gave me error saying it can't play the file, and that was for every song.
At first I thought that the app somehow broke my songs, but then I figured to go to settings and force close poweramp as it has the habit of running in the background. After I did that I rescanned my library and it was all fine, every file playing normally. I assume that only rescan without FC is going to work too, in case someone else has the same or similar issue.
You might want to add that to OP so people can have an easier time finding a solution.
Also I don't know how to extract the strings file in order to translate the app in Bulgarian, so it'd be good of you gave me a have there.
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download strings_061.zip, unpack it. then open strings.xml in notepad++. and translate strings:
<string name="rename">Rename</string> to<string name="rename">Преименувай</string>
so all text between <string name=string ID> and </string>
save it, and give it to me...
about rescan media: my app do some type of media rescan. you can see that Google Music player works and its updated. Poweramp have probably own databases and this is problem. Needs to be update probably (and maybe PowerAmp have API for it, will check).
ngyurov said:
A minor issue I had with the app was that after I renamed my entire library and started poweramp it gave me error saying it can't play the file, and that was for every song.
At first I thought that the app somehow broke my songs, but then I figured to go to settings and force close poweramp as it has the habit of running in the background. After I did that I rescanned my library and it was all fine, every file playing normally. I assume that only rescan without FC is going to work too, in case someone else has the same or similar issue.
You might want to add that to OP so people can have an easier time finding a solution.
Also I don't know how to extract the strings file in order to translate the app in Bulgarian, so it'd be good of you gave me a have there.
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No need to do a FC. Go into Poweramp settings > folders and library > full rescan
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New version 0.70
- added support for fixing ID3 tags using filenames, only for Mp3 files!
Lets explain..
Select file - for example - This Is What It Feels Like - Armin Van Buuren.mp3
Click on Set ID3 tags
Select type of parsing file name to %Title% - %Artist% and confirm.
New ID3 tags are: Artist: Armin Van Buuren, Title: This Is What It Feels Like
note: i am thinking about fixing ID3 tags of all files in folder, but i dont know if it will be good and it will not damage some files with good ID3 tags
- you can change app theme (Settings are still in White, even if theme is set to Dark, fck, i dont care)
- small fixes
MusicRenamer 0.71
- fix for Samsung phones
- fixed bug in Rename Preview ("null" was displayed before first renamed file)
- add bitrate info (yay!)
Sorry for the necro. Is there any alternative to this now?
So I reside in India and have recently bought a Bravia which runs on Android 11.
But the problem is that it has no built-in default file manager app
Like when I install PPSSPP v1.13.1, the emulator wants me to choose a directory and that's where I'm stuck.
Same goes for Lemuroid emulator. (Latest from F-Droid)
To simplify, if I want to manage storage I use FX File Manager but can't access to Android/Data or Android/Obb folder and there's no default or stock file manager app to grant the access from.
Any solution??
mix explorer works perfectly
ichyb3ll said:
So I reside in India and have recently bought a Bravia which runs on Android 11.
But the problem is that it has no built-in default file manager app
Like when I install PPSSPP v1.13.1, the emulator wants me to choose a directory and that's where I'm stuck.
Same goes for Lemuroid emulator. (Latest from F-Droid)
To simplify, if I want to manage storage I use FX File Manager but can't access to Android/Data or Android/Obb folder and there's no default or stock file manager app to grant the access from.
Any solution??
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I am facing issue on my tcl Google TV. Can you find solution
mix explorer works perfectly
its like you dont want to read the solution
PuckBass said:
mix explorer works perfectly
its like you dont want to read the solution
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I have also tried the mix explorer. But it has the same issue.
When i connect my mobile to google tv via usb,it soesnt show my mobile content on tv
I have the same problem . PPSSPP displays a message that it cannot use the file management application. PPSSPP does not allow you to open and view directories. PPSSPP cannot see the ISO files already uploaded to the disk.
Same issue with Chromecast with Google TV after updated to Android 12 - it has no default file manager so there is no way to grant permission to access Android/data!
seriosuly people the solution keep being posted and you guys chose to ignore it ...
and people need to stop with the updates to android 12 broke something.
IT DID NOT!
https://mixplorer.com/ = open source file explorer that does EVERYTHING !
PuckBass said:
seriosuly people the solution keep being posted and you guys chose to ignore it ...
and people need to stop with the updates to android 12 broke something.
IT DID NOT!
https://mixplorer.com/ = open source file explorer that does EVERYTHING !
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I have the same problem on my Chromecast with Google TV (HD) with Android 12. The application (John Data Sync for John GBC/GBA emulator) needs access to the emulators folder but when i tap the assign button (to search for it) it does not open any file manager and shows this error: "You don't have an app that can do this".
I've tried multiple file managers, including Mixplorer, but it can't open any of them. I suspect the problem is that the OS doesn't have any file manager setted as default. It doesn't open any chooser and I have no idea how to set it. Maybe from adb?
I don't think it's a permission problem since the file managers do have access to the data folders when i open them. The problem is the other apps can't "launch" or even find them.
Any ideas? Thanks
i have to do the same with psppp & no problem.
PuckBass said:
i have to do the same with psppp & no problem.
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Are you doing this specifically on Chromecast with Google TV 4k? Because as others are saying "default file selector" is not present on that device, therefore loophole to enable access doesn't work.
I'm sure there are other Google TV devices out there and OEMs might have added some flavour to them. allowing this.
I've attach photo as proof that MiXplorer doesn't work on CCWGT
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Kewzyx said:
I have the same problem on my Chromecast with Google TV (HD) with Android 12. The application (John Data Sync for John GBC/GBA emulator) needs access to the emulators folder but when i tap the assign button (to search for it) it does not open any file manager and shows this error: "You don't have an app that can do this".
I've tried multiple file managers, including Mixplorer, but it can't open any of them. I suspect the problem is that the OS doesn't have any file manager setted as default. It doesn't open any chooser and I have no idea how to set it. Maybe from adb?
I don't think it's a permission problem since the file managers do have access to the data folders when i open them. The problem is the other apps can't "launch" or even find them.
Any ideas? Thanks
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LTgoodevil said:
Are you doing this specifically on Chromecast with Google TV 4k? Because as others are saying "default file selector" is not present on that device, therefore loophole to enable access doesn't work.
I'm sure there are other Google TV devices out there and OEMs might have added some flavour to them. allowing this.
I've attach photo as proof that MiXplorer doesn't work on CCWGT
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Indeed, the way Google manages storage on newer android versions, particularly 12 and 13, does make things like this more difficult if not impossible. Even before then, in Android 11 there had been an increasing dependency on native file manager components, and to your points this may vary depending on how the OEM handles things so there is not always a clean line between Android versions. In newer versions, if people disable their native file manager they may then have problems with other file managers such as MiXplorer or even core functions of the OS. It stands to reason that if the native file manager was removed there would be similar problems, and it seems as if this is the situation some of you are in. Unfortunately the workarounds which grant access to various storage locations in third-party file managers (the creation of document providers) requires those native components. Those who can add document providers but still have issues accessing locations could then try the workarounds which you may have already heard in the MiX thread. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/mixplorer-q-a-and-faq-user-manual.3308582/post-87626419
Disclaimer: although I maintain the MiXplorer FAQ I am not here to advertise it, just doing some cross pollinating between threads since there is common interest between those who want more access on their Google devices and those who use MiXplorer.
PuckBass said:
seriosuly people the solution keep being posted and you guys chose to ignore it ...
and people need to stop with the updates to android 12 broke something.
IT DID NOT!
https://mixplorer.com/ = open source file explorer that does EVERYTHING !
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With all due respect, in addition to sharing inaccurate information about expectations in new versions of android on Google TV devices (and the subsequent need for native file explorer components) you have also falsely stated that MiXplorer is open source. As explained in various supporting resources for MiXplorer it is closed source.
As to not updating to android 12 or 13, for the time being that's what I'm doing but not everybody has a choice and at a certain point it does become beneficial to upgrade the OS for security and compatibility reasons. It is understandable and reasonable that people would find this problematic and seek workarounds.
Disclaimer: although I maintain the MiXplorer FAQ I do not represent the app or the developer nor do I have any elevated standing here at XDA, so just as a person I say: someone who is telling others to read posted solutions should do better at reading information themselves so as not to spread inaccurate misinformation.
IronTechmonkey said:
Unfortunately the workarounds which grant access to various storage locations in third-party file managers (the creation of document providers) requires those native components. Those who can add document providers but still have issues accessing locations could then try the workarounds which you may have already heard in the MiX thread. https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/mixplorer-q-a-and-faq-user-manual.3308582/post-87626419
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I wasn't sure from your post if things should work with workaround without native file manager or not so I tried on my CCWGTV.
Sadly it doesn't work - executing document provider step from both workarounds results in "You don't have app that can do this"
LTgoodevil said:
I wasn't sure from your post if things should work with workaround without native file manager or not so I tried on my CCWGTV.
Sadly it doesn't work - executing document provider step from both workarounds results in "You don't have app that can do this"
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My post was intended to share that even in file managers with advanced capabilities it may not be possible to work around the absence of a native file manager. The workarounds were provided for those who are able to create a document provider but then cannot access the location (in MiXplorer). If you cannot even create the document provider then you may be stuck... as you and others have found out. I've never heard of a workaround for this and would imagine that any workaround would involve some system tweaks. This certainly does not mean they don't exist, which is why I posted here so if anyone shares a solution here I could share it in the MiX thread. Maybe there is some other thread or Forum where people are hacking away at this.
IronTechmonkey said:
My post was intended to share that even in file managers with advanced capabilities it may not be possible to work around the absence of a native file manager. The workarounds were provided for those who are able to create a document provider but then cannot access the location (in MiXplorer). If you cannot even create the document provider then you may be stuck... as you and others have found out. I've never heard of a workaround for this and would imagine that any workaround would involve some system tweaks. This certainly does not mean they don't exist, which is why I posted here so if anyone shares a solution here I could share it in the MiX thread. Maybe there is some other thread or Forum where people are hacking away at this.
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I'm having the same issue on Chromecast 4. Have you found any workaround to access Android/data folder? I've tried to install File application from other device. It's installed and when I try to access Android/data now it shows the popup with question which app to use and there's this File application is listed. But when I select it, it doesn't start the application at all and I can't select the right directory.
PetrozPL said:
I'm having the same issue on Chromecast 4. Have you found any workaround to access Android/data folder? I've tried to install File application from other device. It's installed and when I try to access Android/data now it shows the popup with question which app to use and there's this File application is listed. But when I select it, it doesn't start the application at all and I can't select the right directory.
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I popped in here after hearing about this in the MiXplorer thread. but I'm not in position to need or be able to test any workarounds on my rooted moto devices nor have I heard of any workarounds.
ichyb3ll said:
So I reside in India and have recently bought a Bravia which runs on Android 11.
But the problem is that it has no built-in default file manager app
Like when I install PPSSPP v1.13.1, the emulator wants me to choose a directory and that's where I'm stuck.
Same goes for Lemuroid emulator. (Latest from F-Droid)
To simplify, if I want to manage storage I use FX File Manager but can't access to Android/Data or Android/Obb folder and there's no default or stock file manager app to grant the access from.
Any solution??
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if you just want to access the files or install apks, you can use ADB or terminal emulator to manage the files as an alternative.
I'm having the same issue as well. It won't let me choose a custom folder for storing PSP files. Tried different things but nothing worked.