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[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
After testing again with the WDTV turned on, here's what I found:

1. When turning on FX Connect in File Sharing on both devices, my tablet showed both the WDTV and my phone as available devices, while the phone only showed the tablet as an available device. Selecting the tablet from the phone resulted in a successful connection.

2. Touching the devices back-to-back resulted in the "tap to beam" screen appearing on both devices, but tapping the screen on one device resulted in both devices returning to the FX home screen (where they had been previously) with no apparent attempt to connect. I tried this twice, tapping the screen on the other device the second time.

As before, if you need anything else, let me know.
[Android Apps and Games] bobbarker2:
Is it possible to add to FX Explorer the ability to detect busybox when it is installed to /su/bin? And use that busybox as well.
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
Doesn't Stericson's BusyBox add symlinks? I saw it now has the option to install to /su/bin. I had no issues with FX (or any other app) detecting root when I tried the systemless method on my N4.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
In the "Root Settings" screen of FX you can select to use FX's own minimal busybox or use that installed to /system/bin/ or /system/xbin.
[Android Apps and Games] bobbarker2:
Hmm I believe there are multiple options for running his BusyBox app (I bought the Pro), like clean/smart install/etc. I'll double check the settings and see if it preserves/creates a symlink between /system/xbin or bin and su/bin. Thanks!

The one potential problem I'm thinking is when you do a systemless supersu, you have to set a supersu property BINDSYSTEMXBIN to false. This prevents the creation of /su/xbin_bind, which if it existed, would cause Android's Safetynet to fail (and Android Pay). Which defeats the whole purpose of systemless supersu imo.
[Android Apps and Games] bobbarker2:
Since the rise of systemless root, people don't want to modify their /system partition (keep /system unmodified and Android Pay will work)., that includes installing busybox to /system/bin or xbin. I have busybox installed to /su/bin and it is not listed as one of the options to use in the Root Settings "BusyBox Path" (in fact nothing is listed but the FX Provided Busybox). It would be nice to add extra folders to detect or let the user specify their own busybox location.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 5.0.0.75 Released (Beta channel)

Added initial support for M3U Playlist Import/Export. Import playlists by opening a .M3U file. Use "Export" option when viewing a playlist to export.

Fixed Image Viewer forward/backward swipe bug.

Android task switcher headers now match theme.

Fixed bug in Cleaning Tools main screen where plots were not factoring in space used by system (e.g. in /data).

Web Access now supports sharing when using Wi-Fi hotpsot. "Cellular Sharing" option must be enabled (hope to remove this requirement soon, unfortunately there may not be a documented Android API to detect hotspot state).

Fixed bug with backspace key (double backspace) on external keyboards in text editor.

Added "close" indicator to slide-out when split view is enabled.

Fixed bug where long-pressing "New Window" did not clone existing window.

Fixed crash bug when sharing URLs from Google Chrome with "FX Save As" as the target.

"Import Playlist" screenshot:

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r5075/FX_r5075.apk

Beta Testings G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704 (join community, then go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx )

This release was just uploaded to beta channel, it may take an hour or two to become available via the Google Play Store (if you are a beta tester).
[Android Apps and Games] user91:
Hello there!

I have been a long-term user of Solid Explorer but decided to give your application a try recently and I must say that it's really great! I really like the new file sharing options, especially Web Access.

Good luck with making the app even better!
[Android Apps and Games] jeevan_500:
i am also facing same problems kindly fix them
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Are you seeing this problem only with the Tar BZIP2 format? I'm able to reproduce but only with that format. Zip and Tar GZIP appear to work fine, please let me know if you see the same behavior. BZIP2 definitely appears broken (the API for this format has been annoying before...will be taking a look ASAP). Thanks for reporting!
[Android Apps and Games] pjc123:
Support for adaptive storage?

Never mind. I finally found the crazy path that adaptive storage stores TWRP to. I mistakenly thought it was an issue with a different file manager I was using not seeing it
[Android Apps and Games] kragar00:
Box: Access Denied

I'm having this same issue. I'm on a rooted AT&T LG G3 running Autoprime's [ROM][STOCK][BUMP'd] LG D850 20F Lollipop 5.0.1 (+ extras).

When I try to open an existing Box account, I get an access denied message. They used to work, but I haven't opened them in FX in a while, so I'm not sure when they stopped working.

When I try to create a new one, I get the same error as [MENTION=3279537]Prack[/MENTION]. My error details are:

scope=root_readwrite

folder_id=

response_type=code

redirect_uri=https://localhost:42317

state=zk20jhytenls

client_id=djsz8i2kyzv76qmdsn5yg9fgsmtg57xe

Dropbox and Google Drive both work flawlessly (and I rarely use the Dropbox account, so it sits idle for months.)

Any help would be appreciated.
[Android Apps and Games] lastusernameinexistence:
Better mouse support.

I do not know if this is the correct place for feature suggestions/requests, but it would be awesome if some better mouse support was added.

As I use my Android phone as my main computer (with it connected to a TV/screen and Bluetooth HIDs) and is generally becoming an increasingly more common way to use a phone. So I think that this is an area which is in general currently not receiving enough attention from app developers and that out of all the kinds of apps out there, file managers like FX are probably the ones that need it the most.

What I specifically mean is a change of input method when a mouse is connected.

The current input method is based on the limitations of only using touch input.

But when a mouse is used, it does not have to be that way.

For example:

The current swipe input (equivalent to a mouse's click to hold and move cursor) is usually reserved for navigation (which is also the case for FX with vertical swipes, while giving horizontal swipes the function of selecting), but with a mouse you have a scroll wheel for that.

So why not have separate input methods?

With navigation being assigned to the scroll wheel, "click to hold and move cursor" is open for a more efficient input method.

Preferably it could just have the exact same function as on a desktop OS, which is draw a square to select everything with in it.
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
Wrong place to post. PM the moderator if you want to discuss the issue.
[Android Apps and Games] jonallwright:
can't get write access

As per title, I can't get write access on my tablet and keep getting an error message "the selected location is different than the location of this storage...."

Can't understand why, as my card is named, i can get write access on es-explorer which takes me through the same process and the same process works when i carry it out on my phone.

i have tried re-formatting my card but not getting anywhere apart from frustrated.

Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 5.0.0.77 Released (Beta channel)

Fixes for archive performance.

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r5077/FX_r5077.apk

Beta Testings G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704 (join community, then go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx )

This release was just uploaded to beta channel, it may take an hour or two to become available via the Google Play Store (if you are a beta tester).
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Is the card writable at all by other apps? FX performs a test write of a file to make sure the selected location actually matches the SD card...if this fails it won't work.

As a workaround, you can use the "Connect to Storage" feature in the home screen menu to obtain write access to any give storage location available to the OS. Regrettably this won't link it to the "Media Card" catalog icon on the FX home screen (it will show as an additional location).
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
My apologies, I still haven't been able to reproduce this problem with Box accounts. I have seen permission grants for some cloud services appear to time-out after months of non-use, but I still can't see the Box re-auth problem.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I found an odd bug in the image viewer.

if I swipe through a few images and turn my screen off it will go back to the first image.

steps:

I open "image 1" in a folder of 5.

I swipe from right to left a few times to go to "image 5".

I turn off the screen.

I turn the screen on again, and fx loads "image 1".

expected behavior: fx loads "image 5"
[Android Apps and Games] kragar00:
No apologies needed. I just wanted to let you know that it's not just limited to a single user.

One thing I did just notice is that every time I try to create a new connection (using the same Box account) the redirect_uri and state values change in the error details. I'm not sure if that's normal or not, but I figured it's worth mentioning.

Anyway, I'm still really pleased with the app. It's the best file explorer I've found :)
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
That is exact same here, not used box for ages, set up box access in mixplorer fine, tried to add it in this one and get same error as you

[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION]

Error: invalid_client

Show Error Details

scope=root_readwrite

folder_id=

response_type=code

redirect_uri=https://localhost:43749

state=3mss0vkuzke8

client_id=djsz8i2kyzv76qmdsn5yg9fgsmtg57xe

Tapatyping fae the bacon

Also on the box website under security there is no entry for FX Explorer, which might explain the invalid client in my case

[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION]

Have just cleared all Login activity from the box website and get the same error with FX Explorer: Error: invalid_client, logged in fine from MXplorer, any ideas ? Only thing I could find on this error is here

https://community.box.com/t5/Help-F...t-access-to-app/m-p/5458/highlight/true#M2506
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
FX 5.0.0.78 Released (Beta channel, MOVED TO PRODUCTION)

Minor bugfixes (archiving related).

Direct Download: http://android.nextapp.com/fx/r5078/FX_r5078.apk

Beta Testings G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/communities/101301040394875566704 (join community, then go to https://play.google.com/apps/testing/nextapp.fx )

This release was just uploaded to beta channel, it may take an hour or two to become available via the Google Play Store (if you are a beta tester).

This one will likely go to public release tonight. EDIT: moved to production
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
Did you see my post about the problems with box and fx Explorer? Still getting an invalid client error

Tapatyping fae the bacon
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
I still can't duplicate this one.

Apologies if I've asked before, but what device is this and is it stock or custom ROM?
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
Thanks, I was not too bothered about box as I had a massive copy account(they are now shutting down in May so having to migrate my stuff) and I only have an issue with FX.

I am running slimsaber 5.1.1 on a oneplusone, I recently started using Mixplorer and managed to add box with no problems, I then try with FX and its the same error everytime, Invalid client, the strange thing is I can sign in from a chrome browser,the box app, mixplorer and es file explorer all on my phone and get an entry in Account Settings/security on the box website, I am happy to help troubleshoot but to me it seems like there is a problem with the app token, I linked you to a thread I found where an app developer was having the invalid client error, you may have to contact box although if there were a problem then it would reject all requests, the other thing I thought about was I use a custom hosts file but if that was the issue then I would think it would block all access to box which is not the case, as I say am happy to help resolve this issue so anything you need ?

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] m0d:
EDIT:

Misunderstood copy account
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
What are you talking about? I have a problem with Box which is not closing, fx explorer never let me log into copy(which is the one that is shutting down),think you misunderstand.
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
I've been using FX Plus for about two months and only recently tried to use it with my flash drive and an OTG adapter, and FX failed to see the drive - on two different devices, both running Marshmallow.

Does FX support OTG drives? If so, how/where do they appear in the app?
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
android doesn't have built in support for usb otg, the manufacturer needs to add support for it.

I don't know which devices you've tried with, but devices with "clean" Android, like the nexus 7, can't use usb otg at all.

I have a Samsung galaxy note 4 that does support OTG, and on this phone it pops up alongside the internal storage and memory card a few seconds after plugging in the USB cable.
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
One of the devices is a 2013 Nexus 7, and the other is a 2014 Moto X - both running their respective stock ROMs (which are as plain Android as you can get), and both recognize the drive being plugged in, and it's browsable by going to Settings > Storage & USB. If it shows up there, why wouldn't it be recognized by FX?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
FX does support it.

It works well on my devices. But as the reply above mentions, it also depends on device hardware and version of Android or ROM you are using.

Edit : Never mind, I was replying at the same time as you did. From what you say, the USB icon should show up in the home of FX automatically.
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
No such luck here. As a recent ES File Explorer refugee, I reinstalled ES to see if it would see the drive, and it did.

Something is awry here. Anyone got any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
You could try to make a bookmark manually navigating to the USB location -- /storage/usbdisk, /mnt/usbdisk, etc -- I don't know if ES has an option now to copy a path, that'd make it easy. If it is mounted it should show in FX as well. On Marshmallow you can also check permissions for FX and see that it has all it needs to access storage.
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
Thanks for the suggestion. I did find what appears to be a zero-byte file in FX under /storage, that appears when the drive is mounted and disappears when the drive is dismounted. Using ConnectBot I opened a local console session and from the /storage directory I did a "ls -l" and got an "access denied" error for that file.

The name of the file is 4C33-F6A8, which seems similar to a formatted drive label. I'm wondering if this is being misinterpreted by FX, or possibly mis-presented by Android.

Both devices are running Marshmallow, and have the "storage" permission enabled - it's the only permission that's revocable.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
On the home screen, tap the menu and then "Connect to Storage". If the OTG storage is natively supported by Android, youll be able to use it with FX. FX does not yet however have its own USB storage driver,so your Android version (Marshmallow+) or your device has to have its own driver. For rooted users, FX supports stickmount (drives mounted with StickMount should show up automatically).
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
Connect to Storage displays the "open from" screen, which doesn't include the OTG drive.

I'm not sure if this helps, but in ES File Explorer (which does see the drive on Marshmallow) it appears as:

usb://1002
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
From Document Storage, tap the 3 dot menu & select show SD Card. It will at least show I internal & external storage.
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
That worked. The menu option is actually Show Internal Storage (on my device, at least), but both Internal Storage and UsbStorage are shown. Selecting UsbStorage results in the OTG drive appearing in FX with an sdcard icon and the name 4C33-F6A8 (the name I mentioned above). The mounted location remains shown in FX even after the OTG drive is ejected in Android.

Attempting to write to the OTG drive resulted in an Internal Error message the first time, but subsequent mounting attempts and writing worked fine.

Apparently Marshmallow changed the way external storage is accessed, and that's what's causing the drive not to automatically appear in FX. I tried using FX on my (more unused) 2013 Moto X running CM 12.1 and the OTG drive automatically appeared next to Main Storage.

Thanks for the help. Hopefully I'll remember what needs to be done the next time I need to access to OTG drive.
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
A very happy user from way back when - a quick (noob?) question:

where do I call up file permissions? I'd like to modify the contents of a zip file on my device (running marshmallow)...

thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
Long press the file and select details, permissions can be set from there
[Android Apps and Games] yochananmarqos:
It's Security, not Details. ;)
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
Save yourself a step as you say use Security :)
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
Thanks for the tip! However I don't see the Permissions option in details (nor for that matter, a security option after long press/in the details submenu)

I have been all over the interactive options, and settings too...
[Android Apps and Games] andy hall:
Hi, just a quick thought, I have noticed the same on the device I am using. Where is the file you are looking at and are you running standard unrooted from?
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
If you are looking at files on the sdcard (which I think you are) there are no permissions to set
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
aha - that's it. Yes, I can access and change permissions on system files - but not on the sd card (moving a zip file to \system, I can modify permissions on the zip file but they don't cascade down to the zipped files a couple of directories deep).

My plan was to update a flashable zip with an updated hosts file which I flash after installing nightlies, to avoid having to reboot the phone after the whole flashing process is over.

Updating a user zip file, the sort of thing you can do without thinking on a PC...
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
Ah I see what you are wanting to do, then you need to set permissions in the flashing script in the zip, are you sure it's not already setting the correct permissions?

Tapatyping fae the bacon
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
I can overwrite the old hosts file in the flashable zip with an updated hosts file - on my PC. I then return it to the phone, and it flashes successfully.

However I can't work out how to overwrite the hosts file in the flashable zip on Android, on my phone or on my tablet... Maybe because the file is inside \system\etc in the flashable zip?

The zip script looks OK, but anyway it's more a question of overwriting the file in the zip.

Not sure if this is a structural limitation of Android, or the app.
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
Got you, you want to add a file to the existing zip on your phone, not actually sure how that works with fx, I use zarchiver from the play store to take the strain

Tapatyping fae the bacon
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
Thanks mate - would you believe, I hadn't thought of trying another app! I settled for RAR, which updates zip files very efficiently.

[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION], could zip file management be added to a future version? I'm part of the beta group, so happy to try out experimental builds.
[Android Apps and Games] Endormin:
does not work MM usb otg.The new version also supports please...
[Android Apps and Games] DroidFreak32:
I agree.. That's one thing that will make this the best file explorer of all time
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
When I'm attaching a file in gmail and choose FX File Chooser, only Main Storage is displayed. Is there any way to get configured cloud services or network servers to be visible/selectable?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
It's on the list, should be possible with the zip library FX uses (zip4j) but I haven't tried attacking the problem yet. Would love to have true file management functionality within zips but don't know what the performance looks like yet (e.g. if things like renaming one file requires a complete rewrite).
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Not possible at present, but is theoretically doable and I hope to include it in a future release. No timeframe yet though.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Working on native USB OTG for FX 5.1. Currently working in my builds but I'm in the process of doing some fairly extensive testing against it...because FAT filesystems can be corrupted more easily than US politicians. :D

It's almost like FAT was designed for these or something:
[Android Apps and Games] UncleMike:
But US politicians are more pocketable. :)
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I found a rather "big" issue with fx(which explains some random scrolling)

the scrollbar on the right is way too wide, it covers 75% of the last column of icons.

it shows an acceptable width of about 10% of the icon's width, but the area to which it responds is much bigger.

as a result it's too easy to accidentally scroll to some random place when trying to open a file, or when trying to scroll slowly.

what's odd is that this only happens in folders with many files.

in smaller folders the scrollbar is visibly thinner and longer, and doesn't respond to grabbing at all.

I've included an image showing the offending scrollbar, with the area it responds to marked in red.

device is a Samsung galaxy note 4 (N910F) with Android 5.1.1
[Android Apps and Games] Ketawa:
I've been unable to get FX Connect to work on my Nexus 6P. It is rooted with /system unmodified. On my Nexus 5, FX Connect immediately loads with my local device name and asks to whom I would like to connect. On my Nexus 6P, it fails to get that far.

Possible explanation: when I go to Settings > Wi-Fi > Advanced > Wi-Fi Direct, I am unable to rename the device.

Edit: I'm almost positive it is a problem with Wi-Fi Direct in general, but I have no idea how to fix it. My Nexus 6P doesn't find any other devices on my network, while my Nexus 5 can find my Roku and printer easily.

I'm really just guessing, since this is the thing I've been able to find that might explain the error. I have tried wiping FX's data and starting from scratch, uninstalling it, etc. Any ideas if this might be the issue, or a possible fix?

Here is a screenshot:

Here is a log from FX, I don't think it shows anything:

Android SDK: 23

Board: angler

Build ID: MMB29Q

CPU: arm64-v8a

Device: angler

Fingerprint: google/angler/angler:6.0.1/MMB29Q/2480792:user/release-keys

Manufacturer: Huawei

Model: Nexus 6P

Product: angler

Tags: release-keys

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Error Log @ Sat Feb 20 17:16:03 EST 2016: logcat -v threadtime -t 1000 -s nextapp.maui -s nextapp.fx -s AndroidRuntime -s dalvikvm

--------- beginning of main

02-20 17:15:40.103 10588 10588 D nextapp.maui: found:/storage/emulated/0

02-20 17:15:40.106 10588 10588 W nextapp.maui: System property "os.arch" not successfully parsed: "aarch64", assuming ARM.

02-20 17:15:43.855 10588 10588 D nextapp.maui: found:/storage/emulated/0