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[Android Apps and Games] lukjod:
unfortunately after upgrade to oreo on my htc u11 it stops server b a few seconds after start, any help?
[Android Apps and Games] ccchan234:
root + sambadroid is my life saving app forever!

if the original author cant keep it uptodate, someone else PLEASE!!!

I use for

(1) backup

(2) copy/move file out of android with VERIFICATION.

for (1).

root-ed kenzo + los14.1,

titanium backup to extSD.

sambadroid share intmem + extSD.

EVERYTING is backup-ed with verify (using teracopy to copy from the share)

(2) yeah again use teracopy

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most up to date reference to other people.

on kenzo + los 14.1 which I think is 7.1.x?

root, then run sambadroid.

after "click" start, nothing happen.

but use "system->apps->sambadroid->force close" or "menu->close app".

then re-start.

it will work.

I don't know why but it work-ed.

and no need to care what SElinux or what, I didn't need to touch that.
[Android Apps and Games] --DEFENDER--:
Dont work on android 7.1.2 Ressurection remix.

"Got SIGTERM: going down ..." when try to start server...
[Android Apps and Games] ccchan234:
work on los14.1 + kenzo as i told in my post
[Android Apps and Games] ccchan234:
root and samba share is too important for me.

now, at least i will help out to keep this desire running.

i am here to help people use it.

i can tell how to use on redmi note3 kenzo + los14.1 (aka 7.1.2)

with sambadroid.
[Android Apps and Games] lukjod:
Well good old samba filesharing still works OK on oreo but speed only 30-40 Mbits/s. Not sambadroid nor ultimate servers pro work after oreo update

Wysłane z mojego HTC U11 przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Android Apps and Games] dzam72:
Yep - have gone back to Samba Filesharing now.
[Android Apps and Games] Phoenix09:
please provide your source, the source on GitHub is outdated.
[Android Apps and Games] ccchan234:
Hey all.

I JUST found that indeed we can use webdav (the app I use is webdav server).

no need to root.

It can share out /sdcard (your internal SD) and also ext-sd.

And you can mount them as a drive in windows.

For me, thru this I can use teracopy to verify the copy/paste to and from PC.

This non-root solution COMPLETELY eliminated the need for ROOT + outdated app from sambadroid/samba file sharing.

hope it helps.

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but from cryptomator, i heard that the default webdav client from windows can only handle largest 4GB file.

so... if u have files > 4GB, u have to dig in.
[Android Apps and Games] lukjod:
a new app lan drive is working fine althought not for free...
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
Thank you, yes it works but without notification icon and "enabled-not running".

I am using this build 130413dev.
[Android Apps and Games] berserker_devel:
Can you try to access to your device from another Android? You could try for example ES File Explorer.

I'll have a look if there is something "tunable" in Samba's source but I cannot promise anything since the shipped build is configured with "default" parameters. Did you use "Samba Server for Android" previously? If yes, do you find differences in the transfer speed?

Sorry but I cannot reproduce the problem? Please can you post you device infos? Can you try the option I suggested to andrewilley in this post too?
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
You surely mean this from my posting:

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Why are all files and directories (seen from Windows) marked as read only?

I cannot overwrite or delete these files even as administrator.

After starting the old Samba Filesharing Server all files/directories are now shown normal.

Sorry I have no other Smartphone.

If I look with AndroidCommander from Windows over ADB to my files on my Smartphone (LG-P970 CM10) then they have all ---rwxr-x.

Intern of course too.

If I look with all Windows programs all files and directories show as read only (complete wrong of course, but I cannot overwrite these and if I copy them to Windows they stay read only).

If I kill SambaDroid and install the Samba Filesharing Server then all files are no longer read only.
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
Sometimes your app starts fine, but mostly not.

I made a log file from SuperSU at the failed start of SambaAndroid.
[Android Apps and Games] StuttgartKiwi:
Hi beserker,

Thanks so much for this app, I've been waiting for a while for a Samba app and this one looks great! It's working well for me so far.

One comment to make: in spite of the comment above from your FAQ, I noticed a significant slow-down in file transfer speed when I turn off the screen, although I do have 'Lock WiFi' enabled. Not sure why that is. I'm running a ROM based on Jelly Bean. Is there anything else I can check to try and troubleshoot this? I know I can use the 'Lock Screen' option, but it would be nice to be able to have full transfer speed while also turning the screen off to save battery.

Thanks, and I'm looking forward to seeing what new features you'll bring to this app in the future!
[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
I've tried from ES File Explorer on my phone and that won't connect either (I tested various combinations of IP address, IP address with '/sdcard' added, with and without a password, with and without a workgroup name, etc).

It is definitely getting as far as contacting the SambaDroid app though, because I do get some log entries appearing whenever I try to connect, here's an example (service restart was at 9:49, connect attempt at 9:53).

Please let me know what other info I can provide you with.

Oh, and it still locks the tablet up completely if I try to launch the app with wi-fi turned off or not currently within range/connected (needs a forced reset).

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] donothurtme:
i have the same problem. Might it be related to root application or kernel?
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
Did you try this to login?

net use p: \\SAMBADROID\sdcard /user:root ""

Remember: The options "Netbios Name" and " Server strings" are not correct: the first is not used and the second is hardcoded :(

And password is empty.
[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
I'll try that. The Netbios name is used by the way, it appears correctly in my Windows 7 'Network' view.

Here's the results (I used Q: as I already have a P: )

So as you can see, it's finding the android path (as the second time I used a dummy foldername, just to see what happened) but just not authenticating. With SambaDroid stopped on the tablet, I get the error 53 when using the \sdcard form too.

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] berserker_devel:
I'll have a look on this, thanks

The "errors" reported in the screenshot are normal: it's only an ensure that all services are stopped before a "start" and, if they are already stopped, there is no pid file so you get that message but it's ok.

Please are you able to "isolate" the case where the application fails start?

That's strange, it seems to work well here...thanks anyway for reporting it, I'll do more tests!

The attached screenshot suggests that we have another problem there (it's not related to username/password). I'll publish soon the third beta version that supports a "debug" configuration with a more verbose log, thanks for testing this :)
[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
Thanks, I'll give it a try as soon as you upload it. By the way, have you solved the issue of the app freezing the entire device if the app is launched without an active wi-fi connection?

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
Almost at every boot your server starts fine, but if WiFi stops because of sleeping then it does not start alone.

LG-P970 CM10 JB
[Android Apps and Games] gadus:
Hi,

I use an usb to ethernet adapter on my Android JB HDMI stick "UG802"

I dont have wifi enabled

Would It be possible to make It work for ethernet connection ?

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] skuffle:
Just a quick note to say thanks for all the work that has gone into this - it worked first time on my S3, and I was able to connect first time from Windows 8 PC. I wasn't expected that sort of reliability from a beta!

As others have said, my main issue is that extSdcard is not mounted, so I cannot access the SD card on my S3 - the main reason I wanted to use Samba.

If you can add a customisable mount path in the settings, I'd definitely pay good money for this app on the Market! :)
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
Berserker, do u think we somehow can wake up wifi (and keep it awake as well) when there is an incoming request from a client? I mean wifi can't be down actually, as other software does recieve push messages and similar stuff, but samba isn't even reachable when the device is sleeping. Probably we have to make the service advice the app to wake the CPU from deepsleep on connection, or the app monitoring the smb port...

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[Android Apps and Games] Osprey00:
berserker, thank you very much for writing this. I was a fan of Samba Filesharing, but the problems with Jelly Bean were keeping me from using it. It's too bad that it was the only app of its kind, but that's changed now. SambaDroid works for me without any hitches. Thanks for supporting most of the features of Samba Filesharing.

One small feature that would be nice of you to support is changing the username. After that, maybe displaying the username, password and workgroup on the main screen would be nice. If you were to do that, then you could maybe remove the text in the lower part of the screen, perhaps replacing it with log output or something.

It might also be nice for non-techie users to have a Help page that walks them through what to do on their computers to access the SambaDroid share. For example, on Windows, you can A) find SAMBADROID under Network, B) type \\SAMBADROID\sdcard into Windows Explorer's address field or, for a permanent option, C) go to "Computer" in Windows Explorer, click on "Map Network Drive" and put in \\SAMBADROID\sdcard as the folder. Even somewhat-techie users may not realize that you can do C. You might display this the first time that the app is run, as well as list it in the menu for future reference.

The only little bug (or known non-working feature, I don't know) that I've noticed is that the MAC address next to "WiFi Connection" simply displays as 00:00:00:00:00:00 on my phone.

Anyways, thanks for the great app. You'll submit to the Play Store when it's a bit more mature, right? That'll make it a lot easier for us to find and update in the future. Keep up the good work.

EDIT: Oh, question: is there any possible way that the app could be made to work, at least in some limited fashion, without root access? I can understand if root is needed for some of the features, like WiFi Autostart and Lock WiFi, but those are non-critical and might be disabled and greyed out on non-rooted devices. I'd love to be able to recommend the app to others, but most people don't have rooted devices.
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
Sorry, there is no way to run it without root, as the port number used by smb protocoll requires it...

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[Android Apps and Games] Gibbz1:
Will this be on the market anytime soon?
[Android Apps and Games] Osprey00:
I figured as much, but I had to ask. That's too bad. It seems odd that a port number needs root. If a developer wants to use a port, he should be able to, just as long as the user gives permission, not have to have a hacked OS to make it possible. Anyways, thanks for the explanation.
[Android Apps and Games] berserker_devel:
Sorry but I cannot reproduce the problem, can you post a dump of your logcat here as I suggested to another user in a previous post?

The next version already support an advanced option to manually set the binding interfaces so probably the answer is yes :)

I'm working on this (configurables shares) right in these days but I cannot promise that this feature will be in the next beta :good:

Please can you elaborate a little more your idea? Doesn't the WiFi Lock option work for you?

The option to change the username is already implemented and will be available in the next beta (I'm working to support multiple users too).

I agree to "refactor" the UI that is not much user friendly by now and I'll have a look at the "WiFi Connection" problem reported.

FadeFx is right: there is no way to run this application without root.

Sure, probably after the next beta.
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
Nope, but i don't think it is a wifi problem but more related to the CPU being in deepsleep so the service can not respond.

Btw this was also the case with Jimmy's implementation...

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[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
Sure, which logcat data do you need? (Does it survive a forced restart from a complete freeze? Never tried that before).

By the way, starting the app with wi-fi off initially produces the correct "WiFi unavailable" message - it's when you've started the app and enabled the service, then exited back to the homepage and for some reason turned wi-fi off, and then you try to launch the app again that it freezes.

Also I get the same problem if I'm sitting in the app's homepage with wi-fi turned off, and then I turn wi-fi on via the notification menu. Once the standard Android "network xxx connected" message has popped up, the device is frozen again.

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] Lizard:
The problem is that ports below 1024 are privileged ports. These are restricted to the root user by default. See http://www.w3.org/Daemon/User/Installation/PrivilegedPorts.html for more info.
[Android Apps and Games] gadus:
Thanks so much, It would be nice to have this working :)

When can we expect the new version?

Thanks !
[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
Good to know, as I wouldn't be able to try it out on my Galaxy S3 until I could access extSdcard, as that's where everything is stored.

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
Can not reproduce this as well, tried all those combinations and it works fine on my s3...

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[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
Logfile attached (don't think there's anything sensitive in it).

I turned wi-fi on/off and then ran SambaDroid, which immedately froze the device (got as far as the SambaDroid screen, but before it had displayed any contents) and needed a forced restart.

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] t3vio:
I also get the error: cannot find a valid wifi interface on my rootet stock note 2 n7100. Just like gsustech. Seems to be an note2 problem.
[Android Apps and Games] Osprey00:
FWIW, I'm experiencing some of andrewilley's issues, too.

1. If I disable WiFi while SambaDroid is running and enabled, SambaDroid crashes. It happens both if I disable it from the notification menu and if I switch to System Settings to disable it. By crashes, I mean that it immediately stops responding, then puts up the "SambaDroid isn't responding" message.

2. If I disable WiFi, then launch SambaDroid and enable WiFi, SambaDroid eventually starts showing ads, but continues to say that WiFi is unavailable and the Start button is greyed out. I have to either exit the app and re-launch it or turn the (screen) power off and on. This is a really minor issue, but might be something to fix (or give you a better idea of the larger issue).

Neither of these bother me (especially since I rarely disable WiFi), but I thought that I'd confirm that it's not just andrewilley.
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
Do u two have the same devices? Had no chance to test it on something else than my s3 yet as my i9000 is out of home for some reason ;)

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[Android Apps and Games] Osprey00:
It doesn't appear like it. His signature indicates a GSIII and I have an HTC HD2. Naturally, I'm using a custom ROM (based on CM10), so maybe if he is, too, that could be a commonality; I don't know. Like I said, it's not a big deal, at least for me.
[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
I'm having the freezing issue on a Galaxy Tab 10.1 (Samsung rom, ICS, rooted).

I've not tried it on my Galaxy S3 yet, as the old Samba app is working fine on there and I need to know this is 100% stable before switching over.

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] berserker_devel:
I hope to release a new beta next week: would you like to see the application already on the Play Store or you think that it would be better to have a more stable version before?
[Android Apps and Games] de4thscythell:
Better wait for the more stable version ;)
[Android Apps and Games] wavrunrx:
i say put 'er on the play store. i personally have not had any issues.

seems stable to me. just have a few feature requests. :silly:
[Android Apps and Games] chippyuk:
I would say put it in the store but only if you have a clear distinction between what will be in the free and what will be in the paid versions as from what I have seen with other apps is that if this line is not clearly drawn then people just dump a load of negative chritisism. Will certainly save me the trouble of checking my e-mails or this thread for a new version every few hours lol!

Personally, I have not had any isseus on my I9305 (have not had time to test loads thoguh) but am still eagerly awaiting further options especially to be able to add my extsdcard.

:)
[Android Apps and Games] Osprey00:
It seems stable enough as it is, and will probably be even better in your upcoming beta. I'd like to see it in the store so that I don't have to keep checking this thread :). If you're at all worried, you can mention in the Play Store description that it's an early version and may have some stability issues. That way, people won't get too upset if they encounter the odd issue.
[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
Darn, I replied to this last night and it's not showing. :(

I'd suggest waiting until you're sure it's a bit more stable on all devices (auto-run issues, external sdcards, crashing when wi-fi is off, etc) before putting it in the store. Let the relatively tech-savvy crowd here help you first, before letting the general Googling public at it.

The last thing you want is to start off with negative comments on a new app just because it's not quite ready yet - even if you have stated it's only a beta version, mud sticks.

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] tramp20:
No, it is not ready at least for me on my LG-P970 CM10.

You should repair autostart after sleep and my problem with all files and directories shown as read only from Windows (with all file managers).

Edit:

To the RO attribute:

If I copy a file from my Smartphone to my PC

with the old Samba Filesharing over WiFi or

with the Android FileCommander over ADB or

over USB cable then then I have no RO attribute, only with Samba Android :(
[Android Apps and Games] gsustech:
Hi... sorry for not getting back to you before on this but I had some urgent things at work taking up my time..

I tried to download the latest version from the first post but I still have the "ERROR: saveOptions: Cannot find a valid Wifi interface" error showing and the service never starts.

From the options you proposed above, we might try with a quick test application if you have time to work on it. I am a programmer in my spare time, however I haven't worked much with Android and Java as such till now - if you have some simple instructions to follow on how to make the code work on my phone, I would be glad to help. Manual selection might be an option as well, you could populate the selection list from the detected interfaces on the phone automatically.

This is a strange situation however as the interface seems to named as standard "wlan0". Maybe Samsung has made some changes to the internal calls in the ROMs on the Note2 with JellyBean? Btw, I'm using SuperSU and rooted my phone using the CF-Auto-Root method as mentioned here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=31801060&postcount=2

I really wish to make this app work on my phone, however it's strange that no one else seems to have encountered my same problem.

Thanks for your time and efforts on this!
[Android Apps and Games] chippyuk:
I still cannot get these to work, via a Terminal Emulator or via a script. Perhaps I am mising something. Please could you give a little more info as to exactly how I can run these please.

Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] Yufice:
Rooted on a retail Razr M. Installed it, configured it, but it never connects, status always says stop. It says the service is not running, open the menu to start it, but when I do it just fails again. Here is the Log I get

http://imgur.com/a/2A5Hx
[Android Apps and Games] FadeFx:
I confirm that...

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[Android Apps and Games] Yufice:
Uninstalled and Reinstalled twice, and the app started working normally. Can't connect, my PC keeps saying "Windows cannot access \\SAMBADROID". Going to check into that now, but I'm glad to have the app starting up correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] berserker_devel:
You have to run the command from your PC console, here it is an example (on Windows):

If I execute that command, I can see that SambaDroid attempts to start so (in my case) the Intent is handled correctly.

The routines used to automate the start/stop commands are the same of SSHDroid/FTPDroid and other users reported that it works (at least on those apps :)).

Anyway I added in the new beta more log messages to track these events, please be patient a few more days ok?
[Android Apps and Games] berserker_devel:
The log says that the required ports are already in use: are you running the old Samba Server app? If not, SambaDroid hasn't been stopped correctly (probably) in the first start.
[Android Apps and Games] chippyuk:
Thanks for the reply. This is not particularly useful for me (am sure it is for lots of others). It also means I have to have another app on my phone to be able to start/stop SambaDroid from my computer.

I want to be able to control SambaDroid from my phone with a custom widget, a script, or in the most useful scenario by using Tasker to send a star/stop intent or shell command when certain conditions are met.

Please could you implement the start/stop commands so they can be ran locally on the handset. I think if you could run them in a terminal window on the phone then I shoud be able to get Tasker or any other program to send the commands. to start/stop the service. Even better would be Tasker/Locale etc... integration. SambaDroid is the sort of app that people who heavily control their phones with this type of program would really use.

Many Thanks.
[Android Apps and Games] fg:
Hi -

I'm glad you're taking up the development as I'm a huge fan of your apps. I recently stopped using the version in the play store of samba as it was causing freezes whenever my network status changed (some version added auto-start and I could never figure out how to disable it), and I just couldn't deal with it any longer. Just iin time for your beta. I'm not having any trouble with samba on it's own, but the UI will not let me start samba when I'm in tethering / hotspot mode. An override to start in this mode would be welcome and appreciated.

--fg
[Android Apps and Games] berserker_devel:
Sorry for the misunderstanding but that's only the procedure to test the functionality from your PC, it doesn't mean that the commands are handled only from adb.

I'm not a Tasker user but, as I wrote in my previous post, other users managed to automate the start/stop commands with Tasker in my apps: please wait for the next beta where I added more logs messages in that part (it will be more easy to track the problem)