yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Acer Iconia A500] metpolds:
@ bytemehard - with respect - your external_sd does not become "mounted" by default (this is just the way Acer chose to implement the sd card). If you use the app "USB Mount All" you will see that your card is not "mounted" so you have to click the "mount" button alongside your external_sd card which (along with any USB hard drives that you have attached) is displayed.

The fact that your external card is not "mounted" in the true sense of the word does not stop you seeing it's contents when viewed normally through your A500.
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
I dont know if it is for safety reasons as you suggest or just unfinished business....I see a media scan tab but it does nothing that i can see.

Still a nice app....Good luck with your project

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@metpolds

If I hear what your saying, shouldn't drive mount or ntfs mount do the same. I did experiment with those with no luck.
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
See the external sd via Samba Server (Rough way)

A quick and rough way to "see" the external_sd in the samba shares is this:

1. Disable samba server and close the app

2. Open Terminal Emulator and type

su

mkdir /mnt/sdcard/externalsd

mount -o bind /mnt/external_sd /mnt/sdcard/externalsd

exit

3. Close Terminal Emulator

4. Open Samba Server and Enable it

Now you will be able to see your external's sd contents via the \\<your a500 NETBIOS name>\sdcard\externalsd directory in your pc.

This will not survive reboots and I don't think that is a good idea to put it in .rc files because if the external sd fails for some reason (or extracted by the user) it may have unexpected results...
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
Maybe you are right. My first test indicates that the program may has unfinished parts but I 'll give it another shot when I have the time...

BTW MediaScan option works. What it does is to rescan media files in your sdcard to make them available in media programs in the device. For example if you copy some images from the pc to the device and you want to see them with the android image viewer you can use this option to make them available...
[Acer Iconia A500] metpolds:
@ bytemehard - no argument with what you are saying - "USB mount all" was one of the first apps I installed after rooting my A500 and it does everything I want it to - "Drive Mount" does all these things as well - they both look after drives that are formatted other than Fat32 and basically there is not much to chose between them. I chose usb because I had aso installed a couple of other apps by the same developers and they were working fine and I suppose I thought "......why eat oranges when you have a case of apples" - lol. As for "ntfs" where's it gone? seems to have vanished from the market.

Anyway I can assure you USB works in Samba and shows the contents of the external card and I am certain Drive Mount will do the same.
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
on your pc are you seeing 2 seperate drives? one being the sdcard and the other externalsd.......or do you have a symbolic link in the directory sdcard of the externalsd?

also what are your settings in usb mount all.....?

Hey finally got 10 posts...
[Acer Iconia A500] metpolds:
@ bytemehard

Using Win7 64 bit.

1. In Win Explorer you see the left hand pane and I see for example....... Computer >

Network> HENDON1(My PC name)>PETEA500(The netbios name I called my Tab in Samba)

2.If I open up "PETEA500" I get "sdcard" (not teaching you how to suck eggs but this is very

misleading due to Acer's weird setup and file naming convention because this is NOT your

external card.

3. If I open up "sdcard" I have a list of folders in the A500. Mine start off with - .dataviz -

eachscape_tmp - .FileExpert - .mobo - pfs - Alarms - Android ...... etc.etc. Obviously you will

have some folders different to me.

4. Go down the list until you see DCIM - documents - Download - ext_sdcard (this really

is your SD Card)

5. If you open up the folder ext_sdcard you will see all the folders and files on your

external card.

This is dependent on you having already used "USB Mount All" or "Drive Mount" to

"mount" your external card. There are no settings to set in "USB" you just run the app

and the screen is self explanatory.
[Acer Iconia A500] GullyFoyle:
I'm using Samba Filesharing app, and Drive mount.

My external SD card is mounted in Drive Mount.

I can access my internal files just fine over WIFI but can't see the external card.

Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?

Thank You
[Acer Iconia A500] Digil:
I also cannot access my external sd card files, but that is because the Samba Filesharing only shows what is on /mnt/sdcard. And yes, my external sd card is mounted. In order to access that, you would need to be able to access /mnt/"your_ext_sd_card".

I'm thinking you can probably create a shortcut to /mnt/"your_ext_sd_card", and then move that shortcut to /mnt/sdcard, where it should be viewable from the Samba Filesharing.

I'll have to wait to get home from work and test this, though.
[Acer Iconia A500] gammaRascal:
Nice. Thanks for sharing.
[Acer Iconia A500] GullyFoyle:
Since I mounted the card with Drive Mount I have two entries when I check using FileManager HD. One listed as External_sd and the second as is titled by DriveMount.

metpolds posted

If that is correct one of the two listings for my SD card should appear on the internal list.

( I just checked details for both listings and they claim creation was December 31 1969.)
[Acer Iconia A500] metpolds:
@GullyFoyle - I'm sorry to say that I have no idea why you can't see your external card. I note that you are using "DriveMount" which I don't have (as I've said I use "USB Mount All") so I don't know whether there are settings that should be set. Like you guys I only came to Samba as a result of this post and I can only say that my method was to switch on my tab, set up Samba as per OP's instructions and when I had it running I also could not see my external card but a couple of months ago while working with other apps I found the same problem and eventually realised I had to "mount" the external card in "USB Mount All" so last night that is what I did - restarted Samba and there it was.

@Digil - What I've said above applies to your problem in part, although I really don't know why you've got to change settings to get there. The "sdcard" folder (which is your Internal memory) shows through /mnt/sdcard but this is not your external card. Your external card is in the folder /mnt i.e. /mnt/ext_sdcard. As said above I can only really talk about using "USB Mount All". Sorry no suggestions. Perhaps someone with greater knowledge than me can explain it better.

For both of you - don't know if this affects anything? - I have not changed to HC 3.2 still running HC 3.1 rooted with Iconia Root._
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
USB Mount All

Yea, seems as though Drive Mount wont create a link to external sd in the sdcard directory .......It will create a link on the root directory and /mnt,

both not accessible using Samba fileshare.....

So Looks like usbmountall may be the way to go.

Thanks for the info
[Acer Iconia A500] kaziko:
Just use dropbox... it works great and is like cloud based storaged... you can access your files anywhere on the planet, even through a standard website browser on any computer/tablet/iphone/android phone

Dropbox.com
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Transferring large files through dropbox is ridiculously tedious. Samba > dropbox for such.
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
Followup

I can verify usb.mount.all (1.99 from the market) works great, but under its settings you will have to have 'mount under sdcard' checked...it will then mount the ext_sd in /sdcard/ext_sdcard directory.....................may i also add; those of you using QuickOffice, Polaris Office or any app that doesnt normally access the external_sd can now browse it with ease....

Transfer and browsing of files just got a smidgen easier...
[Acer Iconia A500] Digil:
Looks like I'll have to buy USB Mount All. DriveMount worked great for me in the past, but doesn't give access to the external card from /sdcard. I was hoping I could just make a shortcut to my external card's directory, but neither file explorer I tried (ES File Explorer, AndroZip) will do that. Oh well, Samba still seems to work great otherwise.
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
A few things I discover about mount external sd

Hi,

I did a little search about mounting external_sd because I see a lot of talking about it here. Here is what I found so far:

1. Everything that exists in /mnt directory is already mounted. You do not have to mount it again.

2. Cross device symbolic links is not yet implemented in busybox (this is not relevant but it is good to know).

3. /mnt/external_sd is a "special" mount which instructs the linux kernel to make the filesystem available only if an external card is added and to dismount it if it is removed.

4. You can do bind mounts in order to "see" the external sd from inside other mounted directories. For example with the command "mount -o bind /mnt/external_sd /mnt/sdcard/externalsd" you will be able to see the contents of your external_sd in the sdcard/externalsd directory (assuming that sdcard/externalsd is allready exists). I post this in the first page of this thread under the title "See the external sd via Samba Server (Rough way)".

From the above you do not need some mounting application in order to "see" the external_sd from samba. You are need one if your sd has a file system that it is "blocked" from kernel auto mount mechanism (I think that NTFS is one but I am not sure. My sd is FAT and it is wise to leave it that way. FAT makes you problems only if you have a lot of small < 64k files otherwise it is fine).

Based on samba.org documents, in order to be able to see the external_sd from samba you must declare it as a share inside the smb.conf file. The samba program for android seems to ignore more than one entries in this file but I am looking on it and when I have something new I will post it here.

Hope this helps...

Christos

http://www.chdcomputers.gr
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
A500 Samba Server Delivered!!!

Hi again,

Please read the first post of this thread as I updated it with information on how to make your A500 a complete Samba Server which shares both the Internal and External Memory and even the root file system or any other directory you may need...

Thank you,

Christos
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
Root access

Had a little spare time and tried your file replacement mod for Samba. Seems a success.

Having root access from computer is interesting .....would be great to have write permissions
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
The /system partition is mounted as read-only from Android by default. If YOU ARE ABSOLUTE SURE that you want read-write access to the system partition over the air then you can overcome this. Here are two solutions.

1. During your samba session (Samba server enabled and running) open a terminal window (If you do not have the "Terminal Emulator" app install it from the market, its a must have for rooters) and type:

su

mount -t rfs -o remount,rw system /system

This will give you and your pc write access to the system partition.

2. Add the "mount -t rfs -o remount,rw system /system" command just before my modification in the samba-rc file.

I assume that you understand the risks of this action. For example if a pc on your network has a virus that can access the network shares then you are exposing your device to it.

Hope this helps...

Christos

p.s. In order to revert your system partition back to read-only mode then type this command:

mount -t rfs -o remount,ro system /system
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
Update

Hi to all,

Funkyfresh released an update to "Samba Filesharing" application that has better support for tethering and a few other improvements. There is also the ability to enable external_sd sharing under the name "share2".

However if you are update the application (it's recommended) you can re-apply our patch (see first post) if you want more shares than the defaults...

Thank you,

Christos
[Acer Iconia A500] Sector51:
why this? just use dropbox :))))
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
Don't confuse dropbox with this. They are completely different things. I am using dropbox for my file sharing and it is a great tool.

Making your A500 a samba server can help you a lot especially if you need to edit files and folders in your tablet constantly (for example you are a developer and testing your application or you are editing a configuration file and you want to test its results) you can not do that with dropbox since you must edit the file in your computer then copy it to dropbox and then download it from your tablet. If your tablet is samba server, you simply open the file directly from the tablet (without copying it to your pc) in your favorite editor on your pc, make the changes and then just save it and you are ready to go...

Each job has the right tool :)
[Acer Iconia A500] GullyFoyle:
If I get this right, you can take a 3tb external hard drive and mount it as a network share. If you stream using N you should be able to share 720p video. I'm not certain 1080p would play without lag.

To carry it a step further, using a USB hub you should be able to share multiple external drives. This makes for a nice portable network server.

chrishohl

Thanks for the work.

I simplified your process by first copying the Samba_rc file to my pc using wifi. Then modifying it and creating the second file, then copying both back over wifi.

Everything else followed the normal procedure.
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
samba update

Hey chrishohl

Your modified files are working great with samba build 110602m

now there is an update.....Current Version:111009m

You think your mod files will work on the current?

Then again if it ain't broke !!!!!!!!

I use the modded samba everyday. Wonder if anyone else finds it as handy?

Makes it soo easy to copy files to/from the a500 using computer.
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
Thanks for the good word,

I am glad that you found a simpler aproach to this. Now about your project, I don't think that Android is designed for such heavy networking tasks however I am looking forward for the results. Also keep in mind about the wifi bandwidth restrictions especially with 1080p streaming...
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
Yes they will, I posted earlier on this, look at page 3 (I think)...

Thanks,

Christos
[Acer Iconia A500] jjdoctor:
A million thanks Chritos... I have been using your application since the tine i got my first Android set. I never knew that its from XDA member...

Its a brilliant application and made my life easy. I use it with my ASUS OPlay Air HD media player to stream videos via wifi from my HTC Sensation... That's just Easy to setup..

Only one thing i got problem with its that when my screen turns off, then file transfer starts to slow down extremely... Video streaming starts stuttering... For that i have Keep Awake application installed to keep screen awake... my wifi is set to Never sleep policy already...

Is it possible to have faster speeds when screen is off?
[Acer Iconia A500] impactor:
I mounted my android phone sdcard through wifi as samba share on my laptop.

I am using this line in fstab to mount it:

//ANDROID/sdcard /mnt/HTC cifs noauto,noatime,username=xxx,password=yyy,workgroup=WORKGROUP,ip=192.168.0.12,dir_mode=0777,file_mode=0777 0 0

I tried various replacements for dir_mode and file_mode, but nothing worked. I can view and copy files, but cannot make any changes, create folders or delete them. For example:

Error removing file: Permission denied

There simply is no way of getting write permissions on the share...
[Acer Iconia A500] PCHelper:
add uid=<localuser> to the options and this will mount the share with you as the owner.
[Acer Iconia A500] impactor:
I already tried playing wround with uid and gid. It has absolutely no influence on what the mounted share is. It always stays at uid/gid 1000/1015
[Acer Iconia A500] Nova5:
Overly complicated. Install WiFi Explorer or its Pro version. it'll create a mini-webserver which you can then browse to from your internet browser on the desktop. upload/download, etc.
[Acer Iconia A500] chrishohl:
Hi,

Sorry for the delay but if you do not found a solution yet I think that there is a setting in wifi settings about not to turn off wifi when sleeping (or something like this). Did you try it?
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] the_bone_collector:
Any plans of updating the code base to 2.3.7 for Overcome ROM ?

I know ICS is on it's way, but before we can get the ICS code base to start working, updating the code base to 2.3.7 might be a big improvement.

Cheers,

the_bone_collector
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lilien:
The Overcome ROMs are based on stock Samsung firmwares.

Without a 2.3.7 release from Samsung (very unlikely), there will be no new (2.3.7 based) Overcome ROM.

... but not from Samsung for our (classic) 7" tabs. :(

Regards, Juergen
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkmattar:
i jumped on the bandwagon a few months too soon, already off the updates
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MizSxxyBych:
My friend has an Iphone and this app is wayy cool! Anyone know anything similar for Android??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoName9:
I'm assuming it has to do with ringtones, but what exactly does the app do?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MizSxxyBych:
well

Its to make ringtones, but its more like a beat maker to me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NoName9:
For the record, If you want ringtones zedge is a good app or to make your own tones ringroid is good.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MizSxxyBych:
Yes I have that, but this thing is wayyy cooler
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cellulah:
Not exactly certain what you're looking for... But, perhaps something like RD3 and SPC?

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mikrosonic.RD3

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mikrosonic.SPC

RD3 is my personal favorite.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MizSxxyBych:
Those look cool too.... This is the one I seen...

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/iamringtones/id416200880?mt=8
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DKStunna108:
U r Sexy bytch
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MizSxxyBych:
ha

LOL...wow..hahahaa
[Motorola Photon 4G] pwrmedia:
Simple script to run to maximize the MoPho's RAM usage. **ROOT USERS ONLY**

I take NO credit for this tweak whatsoever, and am simply providing a quick "how-to" of how to run the script for those who have not used it on previous Android devices.

Here's the link to the original thread (in the general section in the MoPho forum), created by member Custodian on 8/11/11. Big thanks to him for that! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1212820

First, follow the ongoing development threads to familiarize yourself of what this tweak truly accomplishes:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=991276

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=15948434#post15948434

Secondly, follow this how-to, in this order:

1) Download the script of your choice from the second hyperlink above, or from - http://xdaforums.com/show...postcount=5021

2) Download Script Manager from the Market (free app).

3) Wipe your caches.

4) Open Script Manager, locate the script you dl'd on your SD Card, select "run as root", and DO NOT select "run as boot".

5) Load the script (select 1 or 0 for scrolling speed). It will most likely tell you that you are running too new of a Busybox version, and may experience bootloops. You're fine. Busybox v1.19.2-Stericson runs just fine, no issues.

6) Once script loads, enter selection #9 (Super 1000hp Aggressive mem setting).

7) Enter selection #13 to "bulletproof" your Launcher (helps eliminate risk of having it close during while your mem settings are working)

8) Enter selection #19 for Nitro Lag Nullifer, and install.

9) Enter selection #25 for options. Enter y for build.prop edit.

10) Enter selection #27 to close the script.

Now, reopen Script manager and navigate to the folder /sdcard/V6_SuperCharger. Run the 99SuperCharger.sh script, and select to "run as root", and "run as boot".

Reboot your phone, and you are good to go.

You can create widgets to quickly shift between memory tweaks.

Lastly, you can run the V6 script and select #19 to "flush" your caches and reclaim any lost RAM throughout the day to keep your phone running optimally without having to reboot your phone or "kill" any apps through various task managers. I do this about 1x-2x a day just as habit, but not necessary by any means. (A widget can be created for this too - open Script Manager, and find /data/fast_engine_flush.sh. One click RAM re-claimer!)

That's it. No need for any 3rd party task managers (ATK, Auto Killer, etc.). Just let the script do its thing, and enjoy a lag free MoPho! :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] the12nv:
this is great - I ran across this the other day - very easy to install and activate - my phone seems to be very reponsive - quite a interesting MOD - thanks for posting!
[Motorola Photon 4G] pwrmedia:
Latest script - RC3.2

http://xdaforums.com/show...postcount=5021
[Motorola Photon 4G] MisterTedster:
Nice, I'll try out RC1. BTW, has anyone tried his 3g turbocharger?
[Motorola Photon 4G] tuxytuxy:
This is weird. I keep getting ... "AWK Not Found. Unable to determine busybox version."

Root Check says I have busybox-1.18.0git. wtf?
[Motorola Photon 4G] pwrmedia:
Yes. I'm still on the fence as far as noticing any performance gains, though...
[Motorola Photon 4G] pwrmedia:
Try installing a newer Busybox version...that should fix that.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cobrahicks:
My settings wouldn't stick after reboot (using homebase 2.1)

Had to use Script Manager to load /system/etc/init.d/99SuperCharger "on boot" and "run as root" (for me it was called S99SuperCharger)

Just did. I had some weak download speeds at work this morning, only getting to 550kps tops, using the experimental 1 setting doubled my down speed to 1meg.
[Motorola Photon 4G] pwrmedia:
:eek: NICE!

I get crap 3G speed @ work regardless of which 3G script I run (.2-.4 down on avg), but .8-1.0 avg w/ 4G. I didn't realize that it doesn't exactly hurt the battery life tremendously to leave 4G enabled on the MoPho, as it puts itself into a sleep mode when not in use. I'm not sure of the specifics as far as scan/refresh intervals right off hand, but I'm tracking approx 1% of batt. life lost every 10 minutes while the phone is idle and 4G enabled (data disabled, as I'm sure I'd be losing 3-4% batt. life in the same range w/ it enabled w/ 4G).
[Motorola Photon 4G] MisterTedster:
Dumb question: Anything special I should know to run 3G turbocharger?
[Motorola Photon 4G] pwrmedia:
Nope. Just run the script and select the option that's best for you and reboot. Test all 4 and the experimentals.

YMMV - not all phones behave the same, and I'm sure 3G gains/losses are still contingent upon your location anyway, so you may experience a boost, a loss or no change at all. Either way, it won't hurt anything to try it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] pswin09:
Now RC2 is out... The best setting for MoPho is option 9+12.... Use build prop option to stick otherwise will not stick after reboot.... V6 default windowsmgr event setting is only 75. If you want better smooth scolling change this line "windowsmgr.max_event_per_sec=75 to 150(got two lines not include original line). Well 3g tweak is depend on your service provider.... test with speed test.net and find which setting is the best for you.
[Motorola Photon 4G] pwrmedia:
Thanks man, OP has been updated accordingly w/ latest release info.
[Motorola Photon 4G] dreDrennon1:
i have both running on my phone and it is pretty fast, i used the experimental #1 for the 3g and i was hitting 1+ meg downloads which is faster than the .48-.75 that i normally get. usually when i open my browser on 3g it takes a while to load even the google homepage but now it pops up as soon as i open the browser no load time same for xda took a while before now it loads really quick almost ike i have 4g on i had to double check and make 4g was the first time i tried it because it was so much faster.