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[Android Software Development] D_roid_noobie:
I've been using this App for a very long time on my two Galaxy S3's (rooted-stock).

Working fine with no problems after moving: Pictures; Movies, other large (GB) folders from phone to SD Card.

Thank you.
[Android Software Development] ironhead65:
I do not frequent this forum often, thank you for posting the reply. For the moment, I've given up trying to get Titanium Backup to use a networked share as it's drive. Kind of irritating to give up 8GB of space just for a backup.

Folder mount works fantastic! Thank you!

--Ironhead65
[Android Software Development] chuck4100:
Has the "premium status" issue been fixed yet? I reflashed my tablet rom to stock and now i can't get premium status. Might as well have stuck with LP, at least it worked.

Waste of money.
[Android Software Development] egingell:
Restore backup.

Or if you used PayPal, PM Madmack your email address and he might be able to send you your activation code.

Sent from: SGS2 - JB 4.1.2 GB27 / SGS4 - JB 4.2.2 MF9
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Truth is, I have not been able to replicate this issue locally. It happened once, I did what was stated in the FAQ, and that fixed it for me. If you have paid using the play store, did you attempt the solution outlined in the FAQ ? The issue is that the in-app purchases are tied to the account you used in Google Play at the time of download. So if you have multiple accounts, and you chose the wrong account in the Play Store app, then you lose your premium status.

If you're getting "unable to establish connection to the play store", then your issue is entirely different. That error is most likely caused by some third party app that is blocking the connection between the play store and FM.
[Android Software Development] chuck4100:
I bought on the play store, Its one of the three things I actually thought worth paying for. Only have one account and all billing and playstore connections are fine.
[Android Software Development] egingell:
Make sure FM has internet access.

Sent from: SGS2 - JB 4.1.2 GB27 / SGS4 - JB 4.2.2 MF9
[Android Software Development] chuck4100:
Hm, I'm not sure how to verify that, I've been downloading lots of stuff so my tablet itself certainly a conction.
[Android Software Development] egingell:
This would probably be something you would purposely do by using an app like XPrivacy or Advanced Permission Manager.

Sent from: SGS2 - JB 4.1.2 GB27 / SGS4 - JB 4.2.2 MF9
[Android Software Development] chuck4100:
do no have those instald on the tablet with FolderMount.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
email me and let's try to figure this out. use the "contact developer" link in the play store.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Thanks for the great log and report. Please see if the attached APK fixes it ? Let me know in any case.

Edit: removed.
[Android Software Development] skad:
Well thank you, it's work now.

I will wait for a push on the playstore ;)
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Thanks for the confirmation. I'm working on some other details and then I'll push a new version out to the play store.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
v2.7.5 is out. Change log is in OP, website and Play Store.
[Android Software Development] InsomniacoreDSPS:
This app bricked my phone.

Here's the situation:

T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy s4 SGH-M919

Android version 4.2.2 I believe. It wasn't updated to kit-kat or anything current bc I rooted it the day I bought it 2 years ago.

The problem was created when I was attempting to move apps from internal memory to my sdcard.

I found a method online using an app called FolderMount.

When I opened the app it stated that a patch was necessary in order for it to work...which "succeeded"....to brick my phone.

Once I exited the app, my phone didn't recognize any files that were saved or have the ability to open any Samsung or Google apps whatsoever. They all criticaled. Even Gallery wouldn't load. Also, Swiftkey no longer found language packs/had the ability to download new packs.

My Computer recognized the device still, but it only showed a few MB of storage and an empty SD card.

I tried restoring to factory conditions 3x. It removed everything, but still failed to recognized the internal memory and still wouldn't run the google/samsung apps.

At that point I tried to flash back to stock with Odin. Which I had done initially 2 years ago when I was rooting phone.

Now I'm stuck at an error screen that reads : Firmware upgrade encountered and issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again.

http://postimg.org/image/8he6jagx3/

I tried Kies. The Kies 3.0 doesn't support the Galaxy S4 and the old version won't connect with my device. I was going to attempt their emergency firmware recovery wizard.

Please keep in mind that I have googled/youtubed every option I could find and have had no success. I'm not just a person who put 30 seconds of research into this and then decided to complain on a forum without putting some time into fixing this issue.

I'm stuck and have no idea what to do at this point. It's hard to find a solution for a phone that is virtually considered old tech/obsolete. I've emailed the developers. Also, a lot of the reviews indicate users with the exact same issue I've had here.

Please help.
[Android Software Development] kadopt:
[MENTION=5560734]InsomniacoreDSPS[/MENTION]

Tried flashing a custom recovery, wipe system and flash a custom or stock rom via recovery?
[Android Software Development] InsomniacoreDSPS:
I stock reset 3x, but then once I got locked on the error screen that I am on I haven't been able to flash any other way bc I can't get to the download boot screen...which is required to flash. Correct? I hope that made sense.
[Android Software Development] egingell:
Factory reset does nothing to the system. It only deletes all user data and user apps.

How did you use Odin if you couldn't get to download mode? Anyways, if you can't get to download mode, your phone is done, but Folder Mount had nothing to do with it. The only thing FM does to the system is temporarily hijack the system debugger which is meaningless to system operation and replace the sdcard binary which might make the sdcard inaccessible (unlikely), but the phone would still boot up.

Sent from: SGS2 - JB 4.1.2 GB27 / SGS4 - JB 4.2.2 MF9
[Android Software Development] InsomniacoreDSPS:
I used Odin when I COULD get to the Download Mode.

I think Folder Mount does have something to do with it. I don't think it's a coincidence. Directly after I opened it and did the patch they recommend my phone stopped working...and the reviews show a lot of other people with that same issue...caused by the same process. All my files are gone. In fact all of the files disappeared.

My SD wasn't corrupted. Some people's were. My internal memory is the issue. Directly after that my phone would boot.

I'm not sure if FM just confused my phone or not. No idea what to do now, but I seriously doubt this is a hardware issue. Too many other ppl had the same experience.

1 Star Reviews for Folder Mount

idris oulmane January 3, 2015

Horrible Application I'll give it -00 I setup this horrible application on my S4 and when I reboot it it stuck on the Samsung splash screen logo, My galaxy S4 won't start, I tried all the solutions I found on the web but nothing work, even factory reset!, Thank you for this ****ing application.

Akram Hossain Rana February 10, 2015

Its change my internal storage path After installing this **** its remove all of my data under internal storage , and change my internal storage path now my internal storage show 0kb size. realy sucks.

All that being said, I'm no expert, and I'm sure you know a lot more about this than I do.

Other people have been able to fix this issue, but what worked for one person has not worked for all. YouTube is full of videos explaining how to get rid of this error screen. And the comments for each video have a bunch of ppl saying it worked, and a bunch of ppl saying it didn't.
[Android Software Development] egingell:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc

Just because B happened after A happened doesn't mean A caused B to happen.

It may or may not be a hardware problem, but it's certainly not a Folder Mount problem.

There is literally nothing FM does that affects vital system operation other than if the user pairs something he shouldn't and that would only happen long after the boot operation has completed (it should go without saying that this is something you would have to have done on purpose). At worst, you would lose access to your sdcard or the files contained therein.

And I suspect your attempt to fix it with Odin is what bricked it.

Sent from: SGS2 - JB 4.1.2 GB27 / SGS4 - JB 4.2.2 MF9
[Android Software Development] cambr1an:
V1.2 allowed me to use gelhack's workaround for the duplicate files in Gallery and MX Player. Boot notifications are working fine as well. Thanks! Now I'm just wondering why Apollo still shows duplicate mp3s.

EDIT: The problem was within Apollo and not FolderMount. Everything's working flawlessly now with some tweaking. Thanks to madmack and gelhack!
[Android Software Development] jay8302:
I know this might be a noob question but can someone explain how to use this program everytime i try all my stuff get erased and i have to redownload things
[Android Software Development] madmack:
hey thanks for the feedback. I still haven't tried to implement an "exclude from media scanner" function yet. from the initial research, it seems possible. I'll need to have another look and some testing before implementing such a feature. it'll save you from messing around with .nomedia files. that's for sure. It's low on my priority list for now.
[Android Software Development] cambr1an:
^Looking forward to that. For now I'm fine with the ".nomedia" workaround. Many thanks!
[Android Software Development] madmack:
after setting up a pair and moving the files, make sure you "pin" them. The pins need to turn green.
[Android Software Development] jay8302:
I did that and there green.
[Android Software Development] SpasilliumNexus:
If they're green then you're done. The folders are mounted.

Just updated to 1.2 and love the toast message showing progress. Also mounting is definitely faster if you enable the new option. I get it about a 30 seconds after boot compared to 3 or so minutes :thumbup:
[Android Software Development] jay8302:
Please refer to my first statement.
[Android Software Development] john_smith:
please my english it´s bad, i see the free version but not the paid version, where is´t and how much it is?, and the paid version permit to pair the entire dir, how for example android (full with obb and data) how do directory bind?

thanks
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Just download the free version. Try it. Paid options are in the free app.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
v1.3 is out folks. IMPORTANT: if you're upgrading from v1.2. MAKE SURE YOU DISABLE FM MEDIA SCANNER HANDLING FROM SETTINGS MENU.

I've thought of something much more elegant to tackle the delay on boot mounting on 4.2 roms and from my initial testing, it works superbly. No more media scanner disabling crap either. Test it out guys and let me know. This should fix permission issues on sdcards once and for all :good:
[Android Software Development] egingell:
That's a bit much. A simple "FolderMount mounted your folders" is sufficient.

---------- Post added at 10:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:50 AM ----------

Something is wrong with the file. I'm getting a message from DropBox that says "Storage full or unavailable" and when I try to download it with Chrome, the Download Manager says "Failed" (I know, I wish there were less generic errors). I have no problem with any other APKs.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
can you redownload it now?
[Android Software Development] egingell:
It worked that time.

Additionally, the Market never says and has never said "Updated" only "Installed," even after uninstalling and reinstalling via the Market. I doubt it has anything to do with side-loading considering I've side-loaded many apps that were older versions that said "Updated" in the Market.
[Android Software Development] moliverac8:
How can I mount all the obb folder?

Enviado desde mi GT-P3110 usando Tapatalk 2
[Android Software Development] tys0n:
Sv: [APP][ROOT] FolderMount - Link folders from internal SD to external to free space

Just bought premium. Thanks for your work!

Sent through time and space from my s3mini.
[Android Software Development] crz6662:
Can't seem to go pro.

ERROR

Error retrieving information from server.

[DF-BPA-29]

Want to use up my Google Play balance.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
play store is not having connectivity? you'll need to retry again later perhaps or after a reboot to refresh the play store cache.
[Android Software Development] SKIMMAH:
Madmack,

After pinning the mounted folders, ASTRO File Manager shows extra sd cards. I will post a picture soon. Is this normal? Perhaps ASTRO is the only file explorer that does this?
[Android Software Development] egingell:
They are mount points in the eyes of Android, so that is likely a side effect.

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Android Software Development] An Droid:
I believe this same problem was just discussed a few posts earlier this month.

The FAQ also offers a guide solution to the problem.

However, I think you introduced further problems when you tried your reflash - perhaps a corrupted rom image. Best bet may be to try Kies emergency recovery, or if you've got download mode, get the correct stock rom for your phone and try it. Otherwise, get in touch with the people in forum for your device - they'll probably provide the best advice.
[Android Software Development] kiridhruv:
Few question for lolipop ressurection remix rom

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[Android Software Development] ikjadoon:
"Insufficient space" on Play Store updates

I'm on FolderMount v2.7.5 on my Moto G 2014 on rooted stock 5.0.2.

I'm trying to update apps, but all of them error out with "there is insufficient space on this device", even though I have ~470MB free (capacity is 5.51GB). I tried unpinning all 4 mounts (Retrica, WhatsApp, Google Translate, and Pocket) and then updating, but no dice: same issue. I've cleared the cache partition, cleared "App Data" from Google Settings, and even cleared the cache and "all data" from Google Play Services.

:confused::confused::confused:
[Android Software Development] idoit:
Hi Ali,

I have mounted Viber folder from internal SD card to external SD card on my phone. I want FolderMount to mount it before Viber starts up and you know that Viber run in background all the time. Now if Viber starts before that folder is mounted, it will be bad because it will again try to do download all the stickers that I bought and it takes hours and hours... and it gets confusing as I will have 2 folders source and destination full of files! Can you tell me if there is a way to make sure FM mounts before any affecting app is run?

Thanks
[Android Software Development] daniello8:
When I look at internal sdcard with a filemanager it seems that the free space is calculated incl. the linked files .. which makes the available space look smaller than it is. I checked the partition view in FM but I am not sure how to read it.

What can I do to quickly check on the real free space of internal sd .. other than unlinking all folders and checking back with a filemanager?
[Android Software Development] Bartekreaper:
Great job, yesterday has oldest pro from apkgalaxy and not work [emoji14] Uninstall ap, Buy pro and work :D

Stock Lolipop z1c

Wysłane z mojej Z1 compact przy użyciu Tapatalk
[Android Software Development] drmodify:
I bought the premium version a long time ago. I tried to add more lists of pinned apps but it says that I must buy the app?? I already did!
[Android Software Development] :
I try to link a folder to external sd, but when i go to select the folder from sd, it writes connected, and if i go inside it seems empty (it isnt). So i can't link it.. I had link this folder in past but something went wrong.. I deleted folders, reinstall app, uninstall /reinstall foldermount, but every time i go through foldermount to select again this folder, happened this.. How does it remembered as connected when it isn't? How can i start over, i uninstalled everything and still writes connected..
[Android Software Development] TheQwertiest:
[MENTION=1436971]madmack[/MENTION]: Is there anyway to expand debug log from FolderMount? The app stopped mounting folders, but there's zero info from the app on the logcat....
[Android Software Development] Link_of_Hyrule:
[MENTION=1436971]madmack[/MENTION] Is there anyway this app can be updated to be Android TV compatible? I really want to use it with some large games I have since my Nexus Player only has 8GB of space but with the current interface I've tried using a mouse and keyboard, a controller, and the normal remote with absolutely no luck of getting it to select the destination folder because with the current interface there are no visible buttons to click to finalize the folder selection. Anyways if you did this I'd definitely be willing to pay a couple dollars for the app and tell other people how great it is.
[Android Software Development] Bartekreaper:
I buy your app some days ago, and now reinstall Lolipop and, i can see "You not have premium" bet when i go to buy it tell me " You bought this app already" :( and i must install cracked app :(
[Android Software Development] Amr Nasser:
Important

Does it Work With CM 12.1 ??
[Android Software Development] JHimmelbauer:
Great solution! Works perfect on Note 4 with 5.01. Now I can finally move all my Video2Brain videos to the external SD card.

A bg thank you to the development team!
[Android Software Development] madmack:
This is a play store error message. Try unlinking all foldermount pairs, clearing cache of play store and then downloading again?

Not possible. Unfortunately your external sdcard is not mounted immediately when you boot up Android. FM waits for the sdcard to be mounted properly and the media scanner to run its course before mounting all your folder pairs. What you can do is just unlink the viber folder pair, move files manually from internal source to external destination, then link again.

look under /mnt/shell/emulated, or /storage/emulated/0 in the partition sizes tab of FolderMount.

FAQ has your solution. If that doesn't work, email me.

Uncheck "run on boot" in the settings menu and then reboot. Your folder pairs should all be unpinned now. Uninstalling FM won't unbind all your folder pairs.

There isn't :( Logcat info is actually pretty useless here unless the app itself is force closing or something. Most of these commands that FM runs are shell commands and in many instances, don't give any feedback unless something went wrong. You can send me a bug report and email me with the exact issue and I can look for clues for you by seeing your mount points and file system type.

I'm looking into it. It was working fine with Android 5.0.x and now it seems Google decided to break backward compatibility with Android apps in their Android TV 5.1 version.

FAQ. Doesn't work, email me.

Yes.
[Android Software Development] drmodify:
Yes I have already done that as stated in your FAQ's but still it is persistent, I have already e-mailed you 2 days ago but still no response from you! Please this is really important for me for work related files

BTW using a tablet samsung stock rom

PS I think your paid app is not listed in the store anymore but only the freeone
[Android Software Development] francwalter:
I have troubles with (maybe) Foldermount.

I installed it yesterday (the paid version) and moved WhatsApp Folder to external SD card. Works.

I have a GT-I9505 with CM12, the external sd is 64 GB and brandnew. There is a 8 GB partition with ext4 on it where I move apps with Link2SD. The other 54 GB I use for several apps, which are still working.

After I installed FolderMount and started the first time Locus (a map tool app) immediately the sd-card gets invisible by file system apps (I use totalcommander) and is unmounted or so.

After reboot back she is, but every time I start locus the sd-card disappears making locus crash (locus needs data and maps on the external sd-card).

I think this is not locus fault because locus was working perfect before I installed FolderMount, must have something to do with FolderMount I guess, but what?

Or is it a coincidence?

Help please!

Thank's

frank

EDIT: Ohoh, I found this other post on the locus Help Desk seems to be indeed a CM bug and I already thought this CM12 version (last nightly) were bugfree!

Someone found a way to get it going with formatting the external SD with NTFS! I will try this. Locus maps are more important than WhatsApp Folder on external SD.

... YES! After changing from extFAT to NTFS (doing backup and restore as well) this Bug doesnt crash the sd-card anymore. FolderMount still works.

Drawbacks are that TWRP cannot read NTFS, so nandroid backup on external sd is not useful.

And files bigger than 2 GB cannot be copied (unzipped, downloaded etc.) by the phone on the ext. sd-card, so I need the computer to copy big files to the external sd, this is quite unhandy.
[Android Software Development] idoit:
Thanks for replying. The trouble is, should I do this in every restart of the phone? Because every time it boots, Viber service autostarts faster than FM mounting the folder!!!
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Maybe you should exclude Viber from FM. The best solution here would be to somehow hibernate or freeze Viber from launching on boot using a third party software and only run it after 2 minutes or so from a cold boot. Not sure if that exists or not.
[Android Software Development] defleshed2:
Faulty module (I read the FAQ & Forums)

Hey Madmack,

I read the forums and FAQ:

and I have the exact problem on Samsung galaxy tab s 8.4" (SM-T700) on 5.02 lollipop. (custom ROM)

1. I tried it on 4.4.2 kitkat and it did not patch and messed up my storage (as i did not read the forums earlier I just flashed lollipop instead.

2. Flashed 5.02 onto my tablet and downloaded FM.

3. It is still saying same thing "Detected a faulty module" and Im hesitant on pressing the OK button.

Questions.

1. if this "important note" pops up does it mean 100% the patch is not going to work?

2. if it does break my storage how can I rename the "rename /system/bin/sdcard.backup" because its "READ-ONLY" folder (i even tried to rename it in Root Explorer)

3. I really want this to work been going at it for 2 days, i dont want to revert the changes I want it to function and patch properly.

FAQ

"I have the Samsung Galaxy XX phone/tablet, and after accepting to 'patch my system' and rebooting, my internal and external sdcards are GONE ! Help ?

This usually means that the patch has failed for some reason. FolderMount backs up the original sdcard daemon before patching it. Simply delete /system/bin/sdcard, rename /system/bin/sdcard.backup to /system/bin/sdcard and reboot to fix the issue and restore your original sdcard daemon. Note that FolderMount will not work correctly with the stock daemon. If this problem persists, use the contact developer link in the play store to report the issue. "