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[Android Software Development] Athar Mansoor:
Hello Dev,

I have been noticing that any file operations on the sd card (file add / delete / move) causes FM to issue a remount of all paired folders. This is even if the operation does not involve any of the pairs.

Would this be a feature or bug?
[Android Software Development] bsoplinger:
I'd hazard a guess that you have a lot of apps and FolderMount is running out of memory. Try freeing up memory before you run the analyzer.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Android Software Development] SiX-P4cK:
Hello,

This app is great, i can move my gps map to sdcart_ext.

But the "Run on boot" doesn't work for me.

I check the box in setting, but after reboot, even after waiting long time (i try all options in delay), the mount never back alone.

I need launch the app and click "attach all pairs"

Any idea?

It's on huawei ascend P6 with android 4.2.2

Thx for your support :fingers-crossed:
[Android Software Development] Amlan Mukherjee:
sometimes the data and obb gets automatically removes from the destination folder...
[Android Software Development] TTLucian:
Problems

Hello!

I use FolderMount Pro on this box, running stock firmware (android 4.2.2 pre-rooted) I'm trying to mount Download folder from /storage/external_storage/sdcard1/Download (physical fat32 sdcard = destination) to /storage/emulated/0/Download (which is internal memory acting as sdcard0 = source). The folder mounts and in the source I can see the contents of the destination but I can't write to it. Browser fails all downloads as do all other apps that use that folder.

I also tested on "obb" folder and Google Play Store can't download or update anything in it, resulting in error 492.

If I remove the mount, everything works fine in the original locations.

I've tried on fresh fw install with BusyBox X

Any help would be much appreciated!

Thanks!
[Android Software Development] :
I am always getting the error "Cannot mount while a copy operation is in progress. Please wait."

I mount a game, start playing it, and after playing it for a while, I stop and exit, I try to unmount and I get that error.

I rebooted and the games/apps are all unmounted and when I try to mount them, I get that error again. Any fix?

Btw, The setting to run on boot is unticked.

Regards.

Edit: Somehow, I added a new game to the list, and the error is gone. I play a game, reboot, and the error is back again, and If I add another game back, the error is gone and it is back again, and keeps going...

Developer. Please consider this problem. Thanks for the awesome app ^_^

I got the paid version and I am using the S4 Mini.
[Android Software Development] nex86:
Can anyone tell me what the "faulty module" repair process exactly fixes on the Galaxy S4 ?

I allowed it to do it of course but I'm still curious what it does to my phone and which file it replaces.

found em.

/system/bin/sdcard

and

/system/bin/debugerd
[Android Software Development] MrkAniSteR:
Hi everyone,

I´ve got an Nvidia Shield. It´s unlocked, rooted and Busybox installed.

When I pair game data with FolderMount, the pin turns green

(and stay green all the time) and it showing the message:

Error: extSdCard permission - FolderMount couldn't

fix the external sdcard permission and ownership... .

The games are broken, until I unpair it with FolderMount.

I tried another installation of Busybox, again and again... But nothing change.

The remountrebootfix change nothing, too.

Sandisk SD - 64 GB (Fat32)

Android: 4.2.1

Stock Rom

It´s frustrating! Can somebody help me, please.
[Android Software Development] paulove:
I am now on latest CM nightly Note 2.

The delay mount is still not respected. I can set it to 5min and it starts mounting folders right after boot.

Edit: Could a custom kernel fix this?

Edit2: No, it actually mounted correct 5 reboots after I flashed neak kernel, but then fails again.

Delay was not affected.

Now I do manual mount on boot.
[Android Software Development] :
Sorry developer, but your app is not good enough. Found a better working one, compatible with android 4.2.2 too.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lidroid.fileexplorer.supermount
[Android Software Development] egingell:
Looks to me like it does exactly the same thing with a different UI. Please to explain how it's better.
[Android Software Development] :
I am having problems, Getting an error, already posted it above, no one helped me. And this one is free also (I bought FolderMount and was not satisfied) Supported the developer for his good work, but he needs to work more of the bugs.
[Android Software Development] egingell:
You can't expect help when you don't provide even basic information. All you provided was an arbitrary error message. But it matters not as long as you found something. Besides, it's only been a few days. I don't know [MENTION=1436971]madmack[/MENTION] in real life, but I'm sure he has important things he's doing.
[Android Software Development] :
Anyways, I tried to help him. If he fixes that bug, I will maybe go back FolderMount.

The only 2 advantages FolderMount have over the app I provided before, Is Mount at boot and The ability to write a name for the specific mount, but I don't need these 2 things so much.
[Android Software Development] paulove:
I did flash CM 10.1.3 rc1, and the delay setting now works.

So the difference between the two is that the delay somehow is not working on 4.3.
[Android Software Development] paulove:
Anyone else here who use viper4android and this app on a 4.2.2/4.3 based rom?
[Android Software Development] paulove:
[MENTION=1436971]madmack[/MENTION]

I have solved the issues I have with this app. I had suspicion that the viper4android did screw up the delay, and that was almost

the case.

It was actually me using titanium backup restoring a TW 4.1.2 backup to the AOSP rom that ****ed it up.

I now did a clean install

of viper4android and all is well.

And, I had to change a setting in phone app with noise reduction, and then it is not working again...

Is there any logs or anything I can send you?
[Android Software Development] madmack:
ok guys, finally some time to look at this thread :)

Weird. I have the same ROM and don't have that issue. Download connectBot, connect locally, and type

df -h &> /mnt/sdcard/df.txt

and attach your df.txt file here. It'll be located in /mnt/sdcard

That's a feature of the stupid file manager that ships with samsung. Use another more robust and sane one. e.g. ES File explorer or Astro.

make sure you don't have any task managers/killers or any memory optimizers. I'm not really using any magic for the "on boot" operation. It is a very basic and well documented API so if it doesn't work for you, then it's definitely another app that is messing with FM.

Doesn't happen here. Tough one to fix without being able to see it locally.

ok, busybox has NOTHING to do with FolderMount anymore as FM is completely independent of it now. and b) follow the guidelines in the OP for how to file a bug report and I'll look at it. Are you getting any "permission error" in the notification bar? FM should notify you about that issue if apps aren't able to write correctly to the mounted sources. You can also email me as it'll clutter this thread a little less. Use the email developer link in the play store and attach the requested files there.

I thought I fixed this. I'm honestly not seeing this on any of my test devices so it has to be something local to your device. Look for memory killers/optimizers and disable them if you have any.

It's actually only the former. The latter is not replaced but used to gain elevated permissions to execute the mount operations.

Follow the guidelines in the OP to submit a bug report. You can email it to me. Your Nvidia Shield is doing something funny with the permissions and these mount files will help me pin it down.

Awesome. what are you doing here then :p

I'm not sure really what viper4android is. Thing is, although it is rare, you're not the only person with a device that doesn't completely respect the manual delay times that are set in the options for the on boot feature. I'll put this in my todo list to look at later but it is low priority at the moment specially with the busy schedule I've been having lately with work+life.
[Android Software Development] nex86:
Are you sure?

because it replaces the debugerd too and creates debugerd.backup.
[Android Software Development] paulove:
Is there anything I can do to help you figure this out. Take logs test any settings is there a app that can set delay time for apps? I have search for it but can only find apps that block startup.

I have ruled out viper4android as it is random if it works or not. The delay seems to stop working after I have used the phone after a fresh install no matter what.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
I'd like to think that I am. lol. I wrote the program and the backup of the latter exists for a different reason.

I'm gonna make some modifications to the delay on boot so that might fix it but otherwise there isn't any log that you can send that will show me the error. Is this happening on stock ROMs or just AOSP based ones compiled here by the community devs?
[Android Software Development] paulove:
For me it is only AOSP, now I have only used CM.

On stock touchwiz I don't need to set the delay, Auto works like a charm.

:)
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Weird .. I'm using cm10.2 and don't have that issue. start fresh,full wipe and all and install only FM. See if the manual delay is being respected this time.
[Android Software Development] paulove:
Update 4.

Xposed framework is also messing with the app Delay.

Update 3

"I have it! Setting themes in theme engine breaks delay! I have now tried setting a theme, and delay broke, revert to default theme, fixed again, and then last setting a theme again, once again broke it.

This is one of the themes I tried : http://bit.ly/18MCfMx"

Update 2

"I give up, it did work now for some hours, and then I applied a theme...? And then now delay is not working anymore. :( So, it just random breaks after rom has been used for a given time."

Update 1

"I did a fresh install now with only one difference, I installed FolderMount from apk made it work, and then restored all my apps.

Now it is working without any issues. Maybe I had some dirt in the backup of foldermount?"
[Android Software Development] RealityFails:
I'm having issues, I got an s3 it's sprint 16gb when ever I mount the games it always ask me when I launch it to reinstall the data I reformatted my phone etc. It worked on my HTC evo fine. But the s3 it doesn't work. I mount the obb data. Anyone got a solution? It is an 64 gb
[Android Software Development] mattiadj:
Anyone can help me to understand how can I mount folder with terminal emulator having the debuggerd patched with this app?

I don't want use app interface but use my personal script.

Can anyone tell me the command to write to link folder a in folder b?

Thanks

From universe with my gs4 snapdragon powered!
[Android Software Development] itsmejson:
Can anyone explain the benefit of having the delay at startup? I currently have FM set to "on boot".

Also I have clean master app installed. Will this cause any I'll effect to FM?
[Android Software Development] madmack:
I'm glad you pinned it down. Figured it wasn't a FM issue after all :)

I can't really debug apps. You need to test FM yourself and see what exactly is broken:

1) create two test folders, "test" in internal sdcard and "test2" in external.

2) create a pair and link them.

3) pin them.

4) if pin is green, write files to internal location, does it show in external location?

5) unpin.. if internal location is empty, then from FM's standpoint, everything is working fine.

No benefit. It's only for people that are having issues with the automatic delay.
[Android Software Development] paulove:
How is it possible that changing theme can scruw up the delay on startup?

And is there a way to make it work?

Btw I did test 6 or 7 different roms, 4.2.2 and 4.3, restore both with and without data.

But, yes foldermount is working if you do not change anything in framework. :)
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Not sure. I don't use themes. Ask the theme maker :)
[Android Software Development] RealityFails:
That'sthe screen shot. WWhen I mount it and click the pin it goes green but thegames ask me wwhen I launch them to reinstall
[Android Software Development] Safar_Ibrahim:
are you on Sony Xperia Ultra ?

Is your external SD formated with exfat ?

If both answer are yes or maybe just the 2nd one is yes, try reformat to FAT32 and give a try
[Android Software Development] paulove:
If you use CM, try to apply a theme and see if you get the same result.

I am really curious.

Also, maybe other who has the same issue are using themes.
[Android Software Development] jbm31:
Same issues with another application: Navigon. Solved by mounting only some of the subdirectories Navigon is made of (such as map and sound). Never been able to know why it was crashing when attempting to mount the whole Navigon directory ... early checks just after reboot, while FolderMount was still in the process of mounting directories ?
[Android Software Development] Hirishiolo:
I use Xposed with Greenify Module, and I have SD-Card unmounted after reboot, can FolderMount cause this strange behaviour?
[Android Software Development] RealityFails:
I thought you mount the folder with the most data aka the obb folder, can you mount the app path? No its not the xperia it's the galaxy s3
[Android Software Development] RealityFails:
What I also notice is when Ireboot mmy phone it doesn't bringyup the notification of mounting like it used to. I downloaded itfrom gGoogle play should I download it from here?
[Android Software Development] joelstitch:
I am getting the error:

Error: extSdCard

FolderMount could not fix the external
sdcard permission and ownership.
This could lead to read/write issues for apps
that try to access your mounted internal
sdcard folders. Please try to remount all
pairs after a while manually.

I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 with CyanogenMod 10.2-20130923-NIGHTLY-d2spr
[Android Software Development] Olioaglio:
Had this too with 64GB ext card. Try to increase the boot delay in Settings of FM. Should help.

Olioaglio
[Android Software Development] RealityFails:
So I mounted Nova 3 to the ext card. And it booted up. It's just when I turn my phone off or restart it. When my phone loads up it doesn't mention that folder moun, has mmounted xx games.

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Found my issue it's the 64gb SD card I have a hc 64gb. It was only 15 bucks new no wonder my 32 gb is a scandisk.
[Android Software Development] mattiadj:
Anyone can help me to understand which command i have to write to mount by script and not by app? I have bought the donate version so i think is possibile for me to ask this!
[Android Software Development] egingell:
Buying premium doesn't afford you or anybody any special privileges.

At any rate, look up [MENTION=2872010]rootSU[/MENTION]. He has a script that will mount things.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
As suggested above, the forced delay should help you here. This issue only happens on some AOSP builds and that's why we have the delay option.

Google around for "debuggerd mount script". These keywords should lead you to what you need.
[Android Software Development] danarama:
Yep I have a script, but I closed the thread as I don't support it. There wasn't much call for it. I still use it every day myself though,
[Android Software Development] mattiadj:
Can u send it me? So I can play with this?

From universe with my gs4 snapdragon powered!

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Searched a lot but with luck. I have opened a thread to have explation but no devs help me.

It's complicate to do as init.d script?

I'm searching for it since I have noticed that your app is very slow at boot and eat battery a lot!! It's impressive how simple is your app but... A direct script may be faster and battery saver.

From universe with my gs4 snapdragon powered!
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Battery ? You realize that my app is practically dead after it mounts your folders? It is executing NOTHING once the binding process is complete. Not sure where you're getting these assumptions.

The "delay" you see is also not exactly avoidable because if you see how the debuggerd script works, you'll also notice how you need to set a delay time between stopping and restarting the service. Yes, you'll have the same delay with whatever shell/bash/init.d script you choose to run.
[Android Software Development] mattiadj:
I have mounted obb folder and then entire internal SD. Also, in this mount, I have checked to delete media duplicates. My ext SD is 64gb fat32 and I have 27 gb free.

At first boot during the process of binding and deleting duplicates I have a battery drop from 100 to 85 in 7 minutes!!!! I think media scanner became crazy with the feature of elimination of duplicates.

When I had gs3 i have done a simple init.d script and this mount is "native" so no battery drain or laggyness at boot.

It's possible to have something like this in Android 4.2.2?

Can u help me?

From universe with my gs4 snapdragon powered!
[Android Software Development] madmack:
You need to read, and you need to read A LOT.

Sorry can't help you when the information you want is already out there and was referenced by a few in the thread already.

And by the way, FM runs "native" commands just like you would in shell scripts. If the remove duplicates feature is hogging, well, use the checkmark to disable it. This you can't even achieve in an init script in any case. What you say about battery makes no technical sense at all.
[Android Software Development] egingell:
And if you do manage to remove dupes with an init.d script, expect exactly the same results especially when you're removing the entire internal SD card's media.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Android Software Development] mattiadj:
OK.

It's possible to add a features in this app that exclude some directory?

For example... I bind all my external as internal except dcim folder which is in the external. In this way I can disable duplicates check and fix my eating battery problem

From universe with my gs4 snapdragon powered!
[Android Software Development] ImSo3K:
I can't unmount anything, I tried to move Asphalt 8 to my ExtSD but sadly the game doesn't work after you do it so I wanted to unmount it and delete it, when I'm trying to unmount it says " cannot mount while a copy operation is in progress "

Maybe it's happening because I deleted that mtptemp.obb which took 1.30GB from my storage?

Using a SGS4 i9500
[Android Software Development] danarama:
Click my name and look for threads created by me. It needs to run delayed so init.d probably isn't sufficient. I use script manager. Plus, because it's a managed script, an element of it will never run at init.d anyway.

Also the method I doubt will help with anything like swapping internal and external sd cards round either.
[Android Software Development] john_smith:
Estimados amigos he instalado la version premium que tengo comprada en un tablet sony xperia z con la 4.2.2 , y cuando hago una emulacion de la carpeta android, este se reinicia constantemente.x favor para mi es muy importante esta aplicacion y aunque he leido un poco en el foro no entiendo bien la solucion , si alguien me la puede dar se lo agradeceria.

un saludo

Estimated friends I have installed the version premium that I have bought in a tablet sony xperia z with 4.2.2, and when I do an emulation of the folder android, this bootloop always. please, for my this application is very important and though is the well-read one a bit in the forum I do not understand well the solution, if anybody can give his thankyou. a greeting
[Android Software Development] ajhavery:
I am using folder mount on my Galaxy S4 I9500, but internal memory is 9 GB only.

I move NOVA 3, Asphalt 8 and MC4 to sd card using folder mount. But now when I try to install some app it says insufficient space.

But it shows that my internal SD has 5 GB available.

The app moves data to SD but system will not allow you to use that space to install other apps since it will think that it is full.

Any suggestions??
[Android Software Development] madmack:
read the FAQ

unpin all, install offending app, repin all.
[Android Software Development] ajhavery:
Thanks!!! That Worked.
[Android Software Development] john_smith:
buff, i am a stupid man, i use the search option on thread and google,but not went no the first post and saw the faq, really sorry for apologizes and thanks :D
[Android Software Development] ILikeTheWayYouMove2:
Anyone else tried tried this on xperia z1 everytime I mount a folder it reboots it moves the file okay just when I mount the folder it reboots the phone

Worked on my z perfect had about 25 folders mounted and never had a issue

If anyone else with the z1 can confirm it works for them I can try some troubleshooting

Thanks for this app btw madmack

=)

Edit:Solved by reading FAQ *slaps wrist for being a idiot
[Android Software Development] difyel:
i had this problem after installing and running foldermount :

Busybox : can't execute : Permission denied

the solution for me was to uninstall / reinstall the application ,

after that i got a message stating that : FolderMount has detected a faulty module in your Samsung Galaxy phone. FolderMount will NOT work properly with it. Would you like me to attempt to repair that fault?

after choosing yes and restarting the phone , everything worked perfectly thanks for this app .
[Android Software Development] paulove:
[MENTION=1436971]madmack[/MENTION]

When I start this on the leaked 4.3 on Note 2 it asked to patch some files so it can work.

What files is it patching?

Works like a charm btw. :D
[Android Software Development] madmack:
/system/bin/sdcard
[Android Software Development] paulove:
What kind of patch is it?
[Android Software Development] madmack:
It changes the fuse module in samsung devices which obscures the mount point of /data/media into something weird and undocumented (typical of samsung). The patch replaces it with the AOSP variant which is known to work fine with mount points to stuff in /data/media
[Android Software Development] ajay1919:
If i link my WIFI DIRECT default folder to sdextcard then if i receive any file via wifidirect then it REALLY goes to sdext or remains in internal?

Plz answer my query

My internal is too low & i cant reveive big files via wifi direct as its destination folder is hatd coded to be in internal.

So i m thinking to link it to external so tht file in REALLY goes to extrnal

Is it possible?

Thank you for helping me :)
[Android Software Development] solara1973:
Yes that's the whole point of the app. As long as WiFi Direct downloads files to the default folder you set as the mount source, it should work. It makes the system think it's reading/writing to the original location on the internal storage (mount source), when in fact, it is being redirected to the external SD card (mount destination). Of course if you look at the source and destination mount folders with a file browser, they should contain the same exact files/subfolders, and be the exact same size. If you unmount the link and then browse to the folders, the source folder should then be empty, and the destination mount folder should still have all the original files.

Helps to move existing data off the internal storage or prevent new data from being written. I use it to redirect all my browsing cache, map cache, news app cache, etc to the external SD card.
[Android Software Development] ajay1919:
I m noticing a lag & drop in performance after mounting 5 folders.

Is it possible due to folder mount?

Is there any persistent process or service which runs in background after mounting folder that can use system resources?

I really need to sort out it as I m experiencing horrible lags..

My cell Galaxy s duos Gt-s7562

Stock Rom

Breakfast kernel overclock to 1.2

Crossbreader script enabled

Ram 768 cpu 1ghz

Thank you for helping me :)