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[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
the new video icon looks even more out of place in folders.

as I said before, a red dot really doesn't scream "video" especially when many videos aren't people's own recordings.

for round icons a movie tape reel would probably work better, but I think video icons in folder view work much better if they're rectangular(the old movie clapper, or perhaps a single frame from film tape)

and the new music icon in folders also seems like a bad choice.

the little play triangle suggests media, but doesn't really indicate whether it's video or audio.

a small music note, similar to samsung music's icon, would probably be much clearer without changing the overall aesthetics of the icon.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Can we have the ability to go back to the old icons? I found them more representative. Please bring back the red tinted Root icon for Spectrum as well.

With the new circles, Main Storage is the only one in that section that isn't a circle, which seems out of place. They do all look quite nice, honestly, I just prefer shapes overall.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Sorry I meant to add red-tinted root icon back for this release.

Folders and storages are still non-circular. I don't want to change folders because they're customizable and don't want to run two sets of folders (one circular for home and one rectangular for normal browsing). Storages really "want" to be rectangular as well, and I need space within them for the usage plot. I don't think the combination of having some rectangular items up top with all round items below hurts it too much...it's not perfectly uniform of course.

I may need to do a "classic" theme but don't want to get too crazy with default theme sets just yet. Have a plan in an upcoming release (probably not 6.4) to provide more theme customization. I'd love to be able to provide user-configurable square/circle/roundrect options, in addition to custom colors/color ranges/color themes.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Sounds fair. :)

I've just noticed the "a-z Name" sort order seems a bit broken and doesn't match the output of `ls -al`

e.g. "avb2" will appear before "avb-", and "aosp-532" appears before "aosp-4096"
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
This is the new "natural sort" algorithm. "Number groups" are sorted by the entire number, so 532 comes before 4096. I'm guessing avb2 comes before avb- because it treats alphanumerics as priority before other character codes. I think this is since 6.2.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
Fair enough, but I think logically it should sort the same as `ls -al` with the obvious exception of directories being grouped at the top. We're Linux people generally (and those who aren't wouldn't care about the difference), so I think the better route to go is for consistency with the command line for power users.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I do care about the difference.

many people and apps don't bother numbering files with leading zeroes even when the order of the files matters(such as comic pages, comic book series, or tv series), and as a result they'll often end up out of order.

it's a minor annoyance if there are less than 100 files involved because you'd only need to rename 9 files to fix the order, but when it goes over 100 you suddenly have 99 files that need manual renaming.

I'm glad this is no longer necessary, with FX doing sorting based on whole numbers instead of single digits.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
I hear you, but also consider the case of running a script in FX that takes the first filename in the directory and acts on it. What appears to be the target file in FX is not because `ls -al` sorting is the Linux standard, and FX isn't following that.

I guess what it comes down to is, "can this be optional?" That way we can both have what we want. :)
[Android Apps and Games] Gabriel Martins:
Duplication to save folder configuration. If you disable SAVE it continues to show the previous sort even if you close the application until you press X. Totally meaningless!
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Not quite sure what you mean.

The last sort order you select is your "current browsing" sort order. So if you select "date", then tap save, then navigate to another folder, that folder will also be sorted by date, but not saved.

If your current sort order is by name, and you navigate into a folder with a saved sort (by date). Unchecking the "save" button only undoes the save. I could change this to also revert to your current order, but think that might be a bit confusing. It's an extra step,, but you're really not going to be un-saving sort orders very often.

Also, you can kill that bar entirely in the settings now.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Anyone running a MARSHMALLOW build of Lineage/Cyanogen/ResurrectionRemix/any-CM-derivative ROM?

I want to know if FX is causing bootloops like a lot of other apps built with AndroidStudio 3.x.

Issue is reported here: https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/64434571

Thanks! And bear in mind it might cause a bootloop, so please have ability to revert it before testing.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I was just going to suggest this, I'm all for following Linux conventions, but for instance 'folders first' has always been really disruptive in my workflow both on Linux and Android, and that is an option in FX listings as well, problem solved for every use case.
[Android Apps and Games] Gabriel Martins:
If you save sort by date in a folder, even entering other folders continues sorting by date, until you press X on the bar, which does not make sense. The correct one is if you save sort by date in a folder, when opening another folder the bar should not be show and should be in the default sort.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
My (t)rusty old Galaxy Nexus is running LOS 13.0 and the latest FX beta works just fine. :good:
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Awesome, glad to hear that.

I tried putting LOS 13 on my Galaxy Nexus a couple of times a few months back. Worked great with the notable exception that it'd run for only about 10 minutes before making a loud "eep" noise and then rebooting. Still makes a great 4.2 test device.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Does anyone still use the pre-material-design "Classic" theme? See attached screenshot.

I'm thinking of getting rid of this, at least from the main FX APK. I think it's about 1.0-1.5 MiB.

I'm looking at possibly going to 7Zip's native library for archive management (higher performance) and that's probably going to add at least 3 MiB to the APK size. FX is currently 9.4 MiB.
[Android Apps and Games] Ultramanoid:
I like it and use it sometimes, now I'm with the default and this comment is not a protest against removing it.

However, the one problem I see with the material icons, or in general with material design, is that Google will move on to something else, immediately making everything in sync with material guidelines look like crap and out of place. I have good solid applications whose developer went all in with 'holo' and now, well, they look like old crap, and even if development is ongoing, the developer won't invest time in that part of the design anymore, understandably.

Applications that respect guidelines, but keep their own look, fare much better. And also stay away from questionable decisions by Google in design that affect function, for instance the infamous craze to add a FAB, that in most cases covered useful information in exchange for useless or extremely intrusive options.

So, that would be my argument if I wanted to justify keeping the Classic icons.
[Android Apps and Games] ken830:
Hi,

I bought the FX Plus Add-on a long time ago (Oct 2012). I wish I could add this to my Family Library, but can't. I want to re-buy it, but I can't seem to do that either. I've been trying to solve this for over a year now with no resolution (not just this app, but all of my older apps).

I sent an e-mail to android@nextapp.com back in August (when it was $1.99) explaining the situation and never got a reply. I don't really mind paying for it again. I just want to add it to the Family Library.
[Android Apps and Games] RudeboyXL:
Hi, quick question, I've searched and found no info. Is the latest smb2 feature in fx compatible with kitkat devices? My 2x kitkat devices don't seem to have any option to change smb version under the advancd tab and cant connect to my windows pc. However, my nougat device is fine connecting to my pc and has the option to change smb version in fx. The only other difference is that my 2x kitkat devices are rooted and have fx installed as a system app.

Thanks in advance
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Sorry about this, I should be able to refund the 2012 order, drop me another email.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
SMB2 is disabled for devices below Lollipop, supporting library requires it. I can't recall off the top of my head the exact reason for it, but I do remember it SMB2 would take down the entire VM (i.e. not just a force close).
[Android Apps and Games] ken830:
I'll send you another e-mail, but I don't need a refund (I've gotten more than my money's worth already). I just need some way to buy this again using the same account.

EDIT: BTW, I remember you gave me a refund on the "ROOT Add-on" when you made that feature free, so just wanted to say thanks and continue to support the great development work you do.
[Android Apps and Games] RudeboyXL:
Ok Thanks for the explanation.
[Android Apps and Games] baqar79:
Hi there again,

The new version of FX file explorer does fix the thumbnails when in web access mode and the disappearing services (thanks!), but I have noticed that the "FX Web Access" icon you can put under the notifications menu seems to stay blue after you disable it within FX Explorer. You can fix this by enabling the wireless and toggling the icon on and off; so I guess disabling web access within FX file explorer isn't be registered by this icon.

Being able to turn on the sharing mode with this icon without having to enter the program is a pretty useful (having the web IP address info here is a great start), although you still need to click on the notification to open FX file explorer the program to see the password. If it would be possible to include that information in the notification, that would be pretty awesome. :)
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Is it only the notification state that is broken? I did run into some trouble on this with Samsung-skinned devices, appeared to be Samsung bugs but I thought I'd managed to workaround them.

I should improve that notification a bit with full information, but in the interim you can set a permanent password via the settings.
[Android Apps and Games] baqar79:
It's not even that bad, it's just the icon that is misbehaving; the notification seems to disappear as expected when closing down web access within FX file explorer, but sometimes the "FX Web Access" icon stays blue as if it is still on.

I just gave it several tries just now (activating by clicking on the "FX Web Access" icon in notifications followed by disabling it within FX file explorer) and most of the time it would correctly display the icon in the deactivated state, but one time it left it coloured blue as if it was still on. Reactivating the icon again though returned it to normal.
[Android Apps and Games] KaMyKaSii:
I have a backup of the settings made while FX had permission to write to external sdcard. After restoring this setting to a new FX install, the app continues to "believe" that it has write access when it does not actually have it. When trying to create a folder, I get error. When trying to revoke write access through the app menu, one more error (but the enable write access option appears). And only then can it be allowed normally. The log below is the result of all these operations, respectively:
[Android Apps and Games] DSP8000:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION], congrats on very well designed app. Just installed the paid version :)

Some suggestions:

- Please add option to use System Font

- Files with long names are not displaying correctly as the filesize/datetime obstructs the view

- Playing videos with MX Player, stop or pause video, then come back - resume does not work with FX File Explorer. Same operation with Mixplorer or Solid Explorer works perfectly fine

Appreciate if the above can be implemented in your next releases.
[Android Apps and Games] thedicemaster:
I found a bug in uploading to Google drive.

for larger files(5MB+) it takes some time for it to show up, FX doesn't realize this and thinks the transfer failed.

this means FX will keep uploading the same file until manually stopped.

I had 8 duplicate files(all with the same name) by the time I figured out something went wrong.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
I've been finding OneDrive will fail frequently, requiring it to be removed and readded to reauth.

For the last few days it now won't let me reauth, failing with a generic page with this:

"Webpage not available

The webpage at https://account.live.com/identity/c...=279469&uaid=2f472acb1eb8489c901079d039302d94 could not be loaded because:

net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED"

Edit: Hmm this second part might be because I'm on vacation? It seems account.live.com won't connect here, even though login.live.com works fine. :confused:

Anyway, the reauth/failure thing would be nice if it could be fixed.
[Android Apps and Games] Typhus_:
This has got to be the BEST file manager EVER MADE!

Thank you!!

I would like to translate it to Portuguese. "Where do I sign"? ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Yemble:
Ad-hoc Manual Folder Structure Sync

I've been using the paid version of FX on all of my Android devices for several years now, as I value the clean UI, extended functionality and the complete lack of any bloatware.

Some time ago, I invested in a Synology NAS, which, amongst other things, I use to host my ever expanding MP3 collection. I use the WebDAV interface of FX to connect to a NAS share to pull new music content onto my phone, on a folder by folder basis.

It occurs to me that a simple modification to the Copy/Paste operation in FX, could make this process far smoother. I am suggesting that you add an option in the Paste dialog to Synchronise all sub-folders. This would be the same as the existing Merge option, but with the important inclusion of data purging in the target folders. Obviously, any files that are identical (timestamps and size) within both source and target folders should be skipped. The net result being that the (selected) target folders end up with identical contents to the the source folders. Essentially, this would be an ad-hoc manual one-way folder sync, in my case from a network share (//NAS/Music/...) to a local folder on extSD (/Music/...). Note, that I am not suggesting implementing a full automated cloud sync, which would be way beyond the scope of the current FX app.

Would you be prepared to consider this request?
[Android Apps and Games] Zgadnijcie:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION] have you plan to add mega.nz cloud support?

Redmi Note 4X AOSP EX 5.1 Tapatalk
[Android Apps and Games] tehlordvortex:
FX, somehow, wiped my SDCard.

It started when I was trying to move some files from my internal storage to my SDCard. I got an error message that said 'Internal error', tried again, same thing. so I disabled write access and tried to re-enable it and I kept getting 'The selected location is different than the location of this storage. You must select the root directory of this storage, e.g., "SDCard"' (which is what I selected). I used the "Connect to Storage" feature to select my SDCard and it worked. So I tried to resume moving my files and it was stuck on "Calculating transfer size...". I hit stop and that's when my files started to disappear.

I'm on version 6.3.0.1.
[Android Apps and Games] GeTex:
sounds more like an android storage issue than FX
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Unfortunately this is an Android storage failure. There shouldn't be a way for FX to corrupt an SD card even if it tried, we're using the standard high-level Android APIs to perform all access.

My recommendation for this type of scenario: shut phone off. Remove SD card and place in Windows PC and use file recovery software to repair filesystem. It's very likely filesystem corruption, it may be repairable.

The FAT filesystem used by SD cards is unfortunately quite fragile. Worse, if it becomes corrupted (e.g. due to being incorrectly unmounted or due to a system crash) you may not notice it until much later on during an arbitrary write operation.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
The deleting bit here scares me a bit. That's going to require an extensive explanation and I'd definitely want to add a step where the user is warned of specific files that will be deleted. I do like the idea,b . Have looked at general purpose synchronization stuff in the past (and still want to add to FX). I'd have to think about this one a bit.
[Android Apps and Games] gazzacbr:
Sounds way beyond a job for a file manager.

A dedicated sync app would be a lot more suitable.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Just a quick general status update, I'm working on the a pretty significant update, so time interval between releases might not be four weeks as it has been in the 6.x series. Attached is a screenshot showing some updates including new "contextual-action-bar" which combines the long-press context menu and selection mode into one.
[Android Apps and Games] tambukey:
Just wanted to say I somehow just found this app, and it is awesome! I've been looking for a good root file manager for a bit and this never seemed to pop up in my searches. Regardless this is working perfectly on both my LG G3 and LG G4, both currently running LineageOS 14.1 with Magisk as root. Root access has been flawless and I am super impressed with the smart integrations (like mount read/write feature in /system).

I'll probably be trying out the plus version tonight to see if it works with my Asus router Samba. From what I read it should.

Thank you again so much for this beautiful app.

EDIT: so I got the paid plus for trying out with my network. Using the smb option the manager finds my router but I get "a network error occurred" when attempting to connect. I've inputted my username and password word but nothing changes the error.

EDIT2: nevermind even though it says not recommended SMB v1 works. Guess my router is a little old.
[Android Apps and Games] ultradj83:
Hello there.

I'm running FX File Explorer 6.3.0.1 on a Samsung Galaxy S8 with Android 7.1.

I'm interested in the WebDAV support to connect a QNAP NAS within my LAN.

It works, but:

1. HTTPS connection is rejected because of a certificate error (see attachment);

2. It is possible to copy, rename and create files and folders, it's possible to delete files but it's impossible to delete folders, FX returns "The operation cannot be completed".

Could anybody help, please?

Thanks and best regards
[Android Apps and Games] JoeFCaputo113:
Can we PLEASEEEE get

official

Android TV support?!?
[Android Apps and Games] rockitman:
Just a quickie to say thanks for the app. Es was my go to but im sick of all the bloat. Fx is now my go to
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
The Android on the "Apps" icon is clearly off center. Please fix this.

And what about an adaptive app icon for FX, the editor and System2?
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks for reporting...I need to figure out why the WebDAV refuses to allow self-signed/invalid certificates. FX is telling the library to ignore them (with user confirmation).

I've not seen the deleting error before, is there anything in the log? (Go to Settings, select "Error Log".) Just tried with OwnCloud and with FX's own WebDAV server (available via "Web Access") and can't reproduce yet, tried with and without content in the folder.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Thanks, fixed for the next big release.

I looked into adaptive icons a bit, need to more. I'm not certain about these though. An app's icon is a fundamental piece of it's identity/art. The idea that it's supposed to be compatible with becoming a circle/square/trapezoid/torus. Making the FX icon circular kinda wrecks its underlying concept.
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
It doesn't have to be circular. Just look at the icons of Gmail, Inbox or Google Drive. With a white background it would be better than nothing.
[Android Apps and Games] paul c:
It's clearly very subjective, this, but here is my 2 cents - the current FX icon is by far the best icon of all the apps installed on my phone :cool:

---------- Post added at 11:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:10 PM ----------

It's clearly very subjective, this, but here is my 2 cents - the current FX icon is by far the best icon of all the apps installed on my phone :cool:
[Android Apps and Games] peterbonge:
Sure, it is very good. Also the icon from SystemPanel2 is very good.

But if all important icons have the same shape, e.g. round, it's not so nice if there are two square ones.

And I think that round variants don't look bad. I've attached 2 self-made versions.

Edit: Updated SystemPanel icon.
[Android Apps and Games] ultradj83:
Dear,

the log seems blank:

Product: nextapp.fx
Version: r6301 / 6.3.0.1
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Android SDK: 24
Board: universal8895
Build ID: NRD90M.G950FXXU1AQG5
CPU: arm64-v8a
Device: dreamlte
Fingerprint: samsung/dreamltexx/dreamlte:7.0/NRD90M/G950FXXU1AQG5:user/release-keys
Manufacturer: samsung
Model: SM-G950F
Product: dreamltexx
Tags: release-keys
___________________
Error Log @ Sat Jan 20 23:36:55 GMT+01:00 2018: logcat -v threadtime -t 1000 -s nextapp.maui -s nextapp.fx -s AndroidRuntime -s dalvikvm
--------- beginning of main
--------- beginning of system

Could any other information be useful?

Thanks and best regards
[Android Apps and Games] tambukey:
I seem to have lost the ability to send APK's over bluetooth. I have used this option many times already, but for some reason it doesn't show up any more. I'm gonna reinstall and see what happens, but clearing cache and data did nothing.

Edit: uninstall and reinstall did not work. Currently on my backup phone transferring of apks works .The one it works on is running LineageOS 14.1, the broken is running ASOCP CypherOS with Oreo 8.1. I used to have Lineage on the one that doesn't work any more and cannot remember if I have ever tried it on the new rom. Is there something I may need to change to enable BT APK transfer for 8.1? Also android beam works...
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
Stock Android specifically denies the ability to transfer .APK files over Bluetooth. Some kind of misguided antipiracy/security measure is my best guess. Renaming APKs to anything else, or enclosing them in any archive container solves it. It's baked right into the ROM, one of the most ineffective and annoying measures I've seen. Sounds like some ROMs specifically removed this silly code.
[Android Apps and Games] tambukey:
Would you happen to know what/where that little bit of code is? I'm going to try and compare the difference between the two ROMs and suggest to the dev a fix if I can figure it out.
[Android Apps and Games] osm0sis:
[MENTION=2954544]tliebeck[/MENTION] could you add the ability to set a .ogg/.mp3/.whatever as the default ringtone/notification/alarm?

Some ROMs don't allow changing the default alarm tone in the Settings app even though it remains accessible as an API from apps, so being able to from a file manager is extremely useful.
[Android Apps and Games] tliebeck:
This might be it but I'm not sure:

https://android.googlesource.com/pl.../src/com/android/bluetooth/opp/Constants.java

I thought I recall it being a blacklist with either ".apk" or the mimetype vnd-something-package-archive-something being on it, this looks like it's a whitelist. Then again I was looking at Gingerbread source at the time. LineageOS 14.1 has a larger whitelist that includes zips and more.
[Android Apps and Games] tambukey:
Thank you, I've been combing through the bluetooth apk slowly due to work, but this points me in the right direction. Hopefully I'll find what I need.