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[Android Apps and Games] mobile88:
I bought the PRO version

On 4.2 it only detects the USB thumb drives but folders are empty ??

Restart tablet - same scenario

UPDATE : Finally got it working after i clear data at settings/apps/stickmount
[Android Apps and Games] Vishnuisgod:
stickmount 2.0 troubles

So I am a ludite, i cant figure it out. I am frustrated and angry i just want to use my N7 to watch media without having to bring it home everyday to reload it...grrr

today;

I upgraded to stick mount ver 2.0.

didnt work;

read forums > cleared cache, still doesnt work.

Uninstalled it > rebooted > turned off usb debugging, cleared all apps cache, specific cache, rebooted, reinstalled, NADA. tried plugging it in at least 30 times

Check permission in superuser...it says its set for allow

tried it with 3 different otg cables w same (32 gb Fat32) micro sd card and adapter that worked flawlessly when using JB4.1 and Stickmount ver 1.5, currently the little blue led comes on with all 3 cables, tried it with a 8gb usb stick that worked too, NADA.

Ive tired just about every combination of cache clearing and reinstalling with a different cable, etc that you could possibly think of, Ive spent 6 hours already today, i want to break this thing I am so frustrated...apple time? no they dont have removable memory.....

ok breeaaath.....

help? Please?

alan
[Android Apps and Games] remmyhi:
I am also having the issues - installed Stickmount v2.0 without upgrading the previous version (so deleted the previous and installed 2.0) on Nexus7 4.1.2 (NOT 4.2).

Now the Titanium Backup keeps saying: "not enough space to backup" whenever I want to backup my apps to USB.

Any idea how to fix it?
[Android Apps and Games] gloubia:
Hi

I've tried stickmount 2.0 with Nexus 7 with android 4.2. I have noticed several issues :

* the directory usbmount/sdxx is not empty only if the application trying to reach it is launched

before mounting

the usb stick with stick mount

* each time you umount and mount the stick a new device is created : sda first and then sdb, sdc, sdd and so on. Like the former device is not correctly unmounted. i had had before that kind of behavorial if I unmount a device with the busybox umount command and not the android toolbox umount command, so maybe it's the same.

I investigated a little bit more and if I have a look with a terminal emulator :

* if the terminal emulator is launched

before

the mount of the stick I can see three mount points for /dev/block/sdxx in /proc/mounts one in /mnt/shell/... and 2 in /storage/...

* if the terminal emulator is lauched

after mounting

the stick only one mountpoint is listed in /proc/mounts, the one in /mnt/shell/.. . and it's why /sdcard/usbmount/sdxx is empty because /sdcard is a link to /storage/..... If I look in the folder located in /mnt/shell/... this folder is not empty and the stick is mounted in this directory, but you must be root to access it. So there is an issue for the 2 others mountpoints propagation for the processes that are lauched after the stick mount.

As I don't know exactly the commands lauched by stickmount application I can't tell why this issue is happening.

I'm just hoping that what I noticed on mount points could help chainfire to find a solution to these issues.

Anyway, congratulation for the great work done by chainfire!

Regards
[Android Apps and Games] brianedgar:
Hi

working for me if ES File explorer is open before connecting usb drive.
[Android Apps and Games] Accorat:
After some testing, I have found the following:

1. It works when the accessing app is open before mounting. Good enough for most apps, I guess, however a problem when using directory binds: the accessing app checks the data immediately after startup, leaving no opportunity to mount in time - and there's no way to check again, sadly, so mounting and switching back to the app doesn't help.

2. Incremental mounting (sda1, sdb1 etc.), even with the Pro version.

Anyhoo, it's a huge step forward; I can access external storage, move files and stream multimedia again (albeit with the need of an explorer which is only a minor inconvenience). Let's just hope that some day we'll see "4.1.2 usability" again ;)

Keep up the great work, Chainfire! :)
[Android Apps and Games] bombadier:
Same here, ES Explorer must be open before plugging in or it can't see the content

Tapatyping from a Nexus 7
[Android Apps and Games] rlrbjr:
I am seeing the same issues with Nexus 10.

Root Explorer sees and empty directory. The Gallery and Google Movies sees videos and allows me to play them just fine with either the built in player or with MX Player. MX Player cannot find the files unless launched from either Gallery or Google Movies.

I have am using the Pro version as well (mostly to support the developer).
[Android Apps and Games] AlexGraves:
Alright. I can confirm the behavioral pattern of opening the intended app to be used to access the flashdisk prior mounting will work. :D

So for instance, if i want to watch my movie collection, I have to launch the Dice Player first, then mounting the flashdisk.

With that method, it works ... all the time.

That workaround will do fine for now.

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Android Apps and Games] wave_is:
Thank you. everything works fine. Only one problem. The program does not see the files in the Russian character set CP1251. How can I fix this?
[Android Apps and Games] JimmyFL:
Thanks soooooo much :) you are 100% right, if I want to watch a movie, i have to open es explorer AND mxplayer BEFORE mounting the usb stick!
[Android Apps and Games] Accorat:
Is there any way to bind /mnt/shell/emulated/0/usbStorage/sdxx to internal storage? I tried in Terminal. It didn't give me any error message but doesn't work, sadly.
[Android Apps and Games] Sergiii:
StickMount Pro

I have bought license file StickMount Pro yesterday but wrongly installed it on old version of StickMount. It didnt mount.. Later I deleted both and installed again. StickMount now "feells" USB-drive but didnt mount it. What is necessary to do? Thanks a lot in advance...

P.S. Nexus 7, rooted, updated to Android 4.2
[Android Apps and Games] AgeOfPanic:
Am I happy I found this forum. Can confirm the workaround is working. Can play files through Dice Player again by opening it and then mounting my micro SD card. Am sure we'll see an update in the future, but for now this will do. Thank you for all the work.
[Android Apps and Games] tom1807:
Worth it to buy the Pro Version.

Even not sure I need it, but showing my gratitude
[Android Apps and Games] dipzb90:
Hope someone can help me, my HDD mounts and is receiving power because the light is on. When I try and view the files in es file explorer it just shows empty folder. My USB flash drive seems to work just fine. The drive is formatted in NTFS and I have a nexus 10 its a buffalo mini station (USB powered)

Edit: just formatted my flash drive to NTFS and now that doesn't show any files (was showing when it was fat32)

just tested with Nexus media importer and that picks up the files, so it's definitely a stick mount issue
[Android Apps and Games] chrone:
Did you put the files inside ntfs-3g archive as mentioned in post #1 into /sdcard/?

My usb3.0 32gb ntfs works just fine using the method. I'm also not sure whether gnex is able to power your hdd drive though.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] dipzb90:
Thanks a lot mate this worked a treat!! also the N10 seems to be able to power it just fine :)
[Android Apps and Games] chrone:
Glad you made it. :)

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Android Apps and Games] Valdd:
Thanks!

Thanks for the update. It motivated me to go pro.

One thing I've noticed is that the mount folder changes every time. It is up to sdj for the same device. This makes configuring apps to use the USB drive difficult. Any thoughts?
[Android Apps and Games] rakeshishere:
Tried this app and doesn't work on leaked 4.1.2 jelly bean Rom for S2. Any possibility of getting it to work?
[Android Apps and Games] AjSvb:
Nexus 10 16gb - Rooted - Stickmount v2 Pro using a 16gb lighted Thumb Drive (fat32)

When I unplug the cable, ALL my created SD data folders (VIDEOS, APPS, MOVIES, MUSIC etc) are unreadable (using File Expert). Keep unplugged and reboot - fixes that and can also plug back in for mounts to work again.

on SOME reboots, the mount/unmount functions normally without the above behavior.

I'm sure it'll get fixed soon enough and at least this works with consistency in the meantime.

UPDATE: Odd thing happens when writing to the mount though. I used Foldersync for some media and after rebooting without the USB mounted I noticed that the mount folder was still present. Opening it revealed half of the files that are physically on the USB thumb also on the internal storage, so it looks like when writing there was some confusion and it wrote locally on the sync instead of to the thumb drive.

Just going to use it as read only for now which is fine as I only really use it for TV and Movies
[Android Apps and Games] htcuser69:
cant unmout on SmoothROM-v4.1 nexus 7 :confused:
[Android Apps and Games] kar10s:
Ehm, I am using SmoothROM-v4.1 and, well, it has built in native USB OTG support? Also I noticed that it has some trouble with the unmounting, mainly when you disconnect the USB stick while the device is "off" sleeping, and also I managed to cause a reboot when disconnecting the USB physicaly without unmounting it first (because I have not find a way how to do it properly). So I believe that this is a prolem with SmoothROM (or maybe used kernel) and it has nothing to do with StickMount.

Also I belive (as I have tried earlier (hope I remember it correctly)), that even if you use StickMount for mounting the USB stick, the SmoothROM kernel still mounts the USB normaly, so you end up with that stick to be mounted in two different places...

EDIT: oh, and I think that it might be also important to note that SmoothROM-v4.1 is using Android 4.1.2, because it might not be obvious for anybody who is not using it...
[Android Apps and Games] ΦDroid:
Possible fix

If you have tried everything else and your setup still does not work, try reformatting your drive. Back it up and reformat the storage to FAT32 if possible. After updating to 4.2 my storage would show up blank, but I reformatted and it worked! Good luck and don't forget to back up your storage first!

It won't hurt to try.
[Android Apps and Games] housepabldroid:
i have a 32g sdcard and 2 pairs of usbstorage formatted in fat32, but my n7 can't read it.

my problem is something different..

i just plug and unplug the sdcard/usbstorage many time to recognize it..and when is recognize, i can see in the sdcard/usbstorage/ the right folders with every files, but n7 can't read it.
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
the apps you wish to read the USB storage need to be already running before plugging in

n7'd from my n7
[Android Apps and Games] yosula:
try turning UTF-8 in application settings
[Android Apps and Games] housepabldroid:
i try it but nothing is changed
[Android Apps and Games] ΦDroid:
Reformat anyway. I was having your same problem, and reformatting fixed the problems. Just try it.
[Android Apps and Games] tom1807:
Similar problem for me.

First mounting a USB (FAT32), StickMount shows 2 folders,sda1 and sda2, both are showing as empty in N7.

After manually unmount and remount again, without disconnecting the USB drive, the files show up
[Android Apps and Games] AlexGraves:
Yes, that is normal as it is the only workaround for now until Chainfire fix it further.

We don't have to physically detach the USB drive, just manual unmount-mount will suffice.

Whenever the app cannot access the flashdisk, just unmount - open intended app - switch to stickmount - mount - switch back to the app ...

Works all the time.
[Android Apps and Games] Tomaco:
Hi, I am running rooted stock 4.2 ROM on my n7. After connecting USB stick there is pop dialog, after that there's loading but then nothing... no folder is created. Is this general stock rom problem?
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
read this whole thread and tell us what else you've tried and then someone may be able to help you out

also, not all otg cable/usb stick combinations work, it's just trial and error really
[Android Apps and Games] jmdearras:
used to on 4.1:(
[Android Apps and Games] n7of9:
well, sux to be you! (if you aren't going to put any effort into it, why should anyone else?)
[Android Apps and Games] jmdearras:
Thanks for the kind words, nice to see the maturity level so high here.

I am not upset with chainfire, I bought his pro version, and would pay more, I am not happy Google made multiuser a non-option. Mounts were simple and global with 4.1, not so, now.

Jim
[Android Apps and Games] Jay Aristide:
The benefits of multiuser far outweigh the inconveniences. I'm perfectly confidant Chainfire will get things working properly, and I can wait until he does.
[Android Apps and Games] mhanis:
Just a question, is this app works on LG Nexus 4?
[Android Apps and Games] Accorat:
That's your (valid) opinion, but most certainly not a fact which is true for everyone. I, for one, couldn't care less about the multi user feature. Not having working directory binding however is a MAJOR inconvenience when you have a 8GB N7. I got the smaller model knowing well beforehand I could rely on USB thumb drives to satisfy my storage needs for bigger games, app data and movies etc. if need be. Not so much anymore. Like jmdearras said, it would have been nice if they had made multi user OPTIONAL, thus not screwing up the whole mount system if you don't want it.

But yes, I'm also certain Chainfire will release another update which will iron things out.
[Android Apps and Games] highvista:
No, it doesn't. This isn't a problem with Stickmount but with the N4, which currently doesn't support USB OTG in any form. There's an active discussion about this at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1966864.
[Android Apps and Games] jmdearras:
I believe Google is trying to prevent any local mass storage. :(
[Android Apps and Games] jmdearras:
4.2.1?

does 4.2.1 help with mounts?

Jim
[Android Apps and Games] c_future:
...it helps with decembers....
[Android Apps and Games] TjPhysicist:
I know 4.2 is a mess still with stickmount, but Im happy to say with 2.0 it works enough to be able to play music and so on, but only from the main user; which is okay for now.

The problem I am having though is playing any video at all from the stick. None of the standard video players work. DOes anyone know what the problem is, and who I should ask about a fix?

--

Personally I think its excessively wierd that google did not provide a "common space" between all users, easy use scenario is games and apps that download extra data onto sdcard.
[Android Apps and Games] AlexGraves:
I am using Dice player to play movies, and it can play from USB flashdrive.

But you have to open the player app first right before mounting the flash drive.

You have to do that for now, and you might try that method with the player you used to use.
[Android Apps and Games] DriftGT:
I can't open musics from the usb stick.

But if I can copy them to the internal memory.

Is it normal? It was cool if I was able to open directly from the usb without copy
[Android Apps and Games] :
I am running Android 4.2.1 (rooted stock) & it works with the workaround (run app first before plugging in). Anyhow, it doesn't work with guest accounts (multi-user environment). The drive only gets mounted when in owner account.

I hope it gets fix soon.

Thanks for your work Chainfire. This is one great app.
[Android Apps and Games] Username0815:
Im running now with 4.1.2 (rooted) and usb doesnt work. Not with the workaround. Not After a Reboot. Next time i wont update before i Check the News here...
[Android Apps and Games] Milamber33:
4.1.2 or 4.2.1?

4.1.2 still worked fine, even with the old version of Stickmount. Either way I'd check for issues with your ROM/OTG cable/USB drive, as it's working for everyone else, at least with a bit of playing around.
[Android Apps and Games] knightmedz:
At first I get a blank "sda" folder whenever I plug my USB. I noticed though if I tap "Mount mass storage device" again, it mounts another folder called "sda1". From that folder I can see the contents of the USB disk. Running v2 on stock rooted 4.2.1.
[Android Apps and Games] Username0815:
Sorry i misspelled. Meant 4.2.1 ofc. With 4.2 it was working without any Problems. Now it just says stickmount is searching After i insert the stick. But it doesnt really do anything in end. Tapping mounting unmounting does nothing and i am the only User.
[Android Apps and Games] rubenyai:
Android 4.2.1 D

don't work in Nexus 7 android 4.2.1 stock =(... Mounts on sda or sda1, but nothing is in the folder
[Android Apps and Games] Jay Aristide:
Way to not read the past 10 pages of the thread. Thanks for the clutter, bub!
[Android Apps and Games] DoesntPostAThing:
Thank you Chainfire, this app is amazing. The workaround works perfectly on my GNex running PA 2.99 beta 5 (4.2.1). A must-have when you have tons of music and only 16GB (13GB) to put it in. Again, thanks. (I should really just hit the "thanks" button on the OP)

One thing, my mounted folder stays sda1, and doesn't change. I've mounted and unmounted a few times already.
[Android Apps and Games] shamarshall:
Im having issues with 4.2.1 as well. i used stickmount, and the files are there, just not accessible by any apps, other than a file explorer.

I'm using X-Plore File Explorer and here's how i found my OTG-USB drive and data

/Root/mnt/shell/emulated/0/usbStorage/sdd1

all of my info is there, but cannot be accessed by any movie playing apps. I copied a movie into the "Movies" folder (storage/emulated/0/Movies) and MxPlayer as well as mVideoPlayer np.

I've tried file explorers that have an "Open With" option, like Solid Explorer, i get a msg saying that the Player cannot open the video file.

for me copying it to my Movies folder is the best bet. 1.6GB movie took about 3-5 mins to move folders
[Android Apps and Games] Username0815:
Ok i think I discovered my Problems cause. After updating ota to 4.2.1 i lost my root Status.
[Android Apps and Games] hacksi:
So does it working on android 4.2.1?
[Android Apps and Games] shamarshall:
Yes and no. The OTG-USB will load, but it won't load anywhere that any apps can access it. You have to use a file explorer that has root access (i use X-Plore) to move the file(s) to a folder that the apps can access, like your movies folder. One 1.6GB movie file, took me 3-5 minutes, so it's not THAT bad right now for movies and music.
[Android Apps and Games] iElvis:
This works great on both my Nexus 7 and my One X. I bought the pro version for my N7, but because the One X is unsupported according to the Play store, it won't let me install anything. I sideloaded the app but I can't see a way to move the Pro file over. Does anyone know if there's a way to do this? Or is this intentional?
[Android Apps and Games] DoesntPostAThing:
4.2.1 (PA 2.99B5) user here, StickMount works perfectly. You have to open file explorer first, then mount the flash drive. For some reason, Play Music and Gallery both only read files if they're contained within less than one layer of folders. If I have music within a folder within a folder, Play Music won't read it. Same thing for Gallery, except with images.
[Android Apps and Games] shamarshall:
YES that TOTALLY WORKED!! Thanks!

I tried with MxPlayer and all my movies loaded right up
[Android Apps and Games] DoesntPostAThing:
Huh, strange. I followed my own advice, and Play Music doesn't read my music anymore.
[Android Apps and Games] DANOFDANGER:
i get empty directories with external hard drives but fine for flash drives.
[Android Apps and Games] wave_is:
Thank you for an excellent program.

I have two small questions:

1) Is there any way to make the delay to mount USB drive?

flash drive is always on in the tablet. And after restarting the tablet does not see it. I need to "distort" it. I want to put on a startup launch the file manager, and then later to mount the stick.

2) The program does not correctly recognize Russian files that I recorded on the desktop Windows. File names are displayed incorrectly. How to make the CP1251 encoding correct?
[Android Apps and Games] bozint:
Didn't read the NTFS thumb drive, but worked fine with FAT32. After putting ntfs-3g-only on the root of the \sdcard, opens the NTFS drive fine and I can play my files. Thanks again Chainfire for this very very useful app.
[Android Apps and Games] markrb12:
Strange problem for me since I have installed Stick Mount on my Nexus 7.

I can see and use the files fine, when I remove the usb drive, close out and finish using the tablet for the night the battery is dead when I go to use it the next day.

No manual apps are running and the Nexus 7 is in sleep mode. This only happens after I have used a USB drive.

The only way to get it to work again is to plug it in and push the power button for 30 seconds.

I have the standard rom, just rooted.

If it is another app conflicting with Stick Mount how would I go about finding out which one?

Mark
[Android Apps and Games] DoesntPostAThing:
There's a strange bug, I'm not sure if it has to do with the 4.2 "can't see file without workaround" bug. It's that, after I have everything setup, and playing music from the flash drive, then, sometimes, it would suddenly stop playing, and when I rescan media, the folder sda1 is empty again, which explains why music stopped playing. I'd have to unmount, unplug my USB from the OTG cable while keeping the OTG cable plugged into my phone, then insert the USB again, mount, and then music works again. Strange?
[Android Apps and Games] pr126:
Stickmount stopped recognizing sdcard after the recent JB 4.2.1 OTA update.

Root restored with Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper after OTA update.

Checked root with Got Root, root OK

Stickmount Pro uninstalled and reinstalled, no change.

It worked before, but quite often ES File explorer reported directory empty when card was mounted.

Not a cable problem, as Media Importer finds the card immediately every time.

Any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] DoesntPostAThing:
Open ES before you mount the flash drive.
[Android Apps and Games] Chainfire:
Raise of hands who has ALL OF THE BELOW:

- StickMount Pro (please include testing of auto unmounts, auto closing apps that are using files from the stick, etc)

- Knows all about the remount issues and as such:

--- Knows exactly how to cause a program not being able to read the files on the stick

--- Knows exactly how to get that program to work

- Is available right now

- Wants to test 2.1

It seems to work right for me now, but I thought that last time. So I need another few sets of eyes.

You can download the test version here: http://www.jongma.org/tmp/android/StickMount-v2.1-test-1.apk

Let me know your results, so I know if I should publish it on Play. Everybody can download and install this, but please only comments from people who actually understand what they're doing (and are sure a problem is solved or a new one created, not just guessing). And let me know you're actually using this 2.1 version if you comment ;)
[Android Apps and Games] DoesntPostAThing:
I know about the workaround to get files to show up in file explorer, as well occasionally Play Music, however, it shows an empty folder after a while and after a rescaned media. When that happens music stops playing too. I haven't found a way to get both to continuously work yet. I think I will try PowerAmp or Apollo later, just to make sure it's not Play Music's problem.

Also, I am available to test 2.1 right now, if you want.
[Android Apps and Games] corkiejp:
Have stickmount pro not sure about the rest but willing to test 2.1
[Android Apps and Games] Chainfire:
Actually I updated the post, it now includes a link to the actual download. Everybody can test it if they want, but please don't comment if you don't understand the details.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34932164&postcount=519