yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software Development] madmack:
nope. no background services exist in FM.

You can uninstall it and your mounts will continue to work until you reboot.
[Android Software Development] xtremepredador:
Disappointed with the developer made ​​donation to help him but now that I switched to Xperia Z does not support it! already sent log and no correction

Sorry my bad English !
[Android Software Development] 12gage:
I love this app, the only difficulty I've had is from switching ROM's and the storage card names change. After manually changing I've had no issues. Thanks for saving my space
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
Hello i tried to link from /data/data/com.anygame.android to /external_sd/data/data/com.anygame.android and I get a warning saying it cannot be copied, FM not having permissions.

Ok that's fine I copied manually then created the link.

Tried the game and get ForceClose

Inspecting /external_sd/data/data/com.anygame.android folder I noticed lots of "junk" files having 1Gb or more! A dozen of files having a name like this : y=(x5~[~

Why is this happening?

Is not possible to link /data/data/com.anyfolder to external sd card?

Thanks
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Hi,

While some people have had success doing it, my app is not made to link stuff in /data. I recommend Link2SD for that. I'm not supporting any linking out of the /mnt/sdcard folder.

FolderMount is just to link stuff in your internal storage (i.e. /mnt/sdcard) to your external sdcard.
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
Thanks! Regards
[Android Software Development] madmack:
I'm not sure I received any "logs" from you.
[Android Software Development] karaern:
My problem is that when a fresh install of rom is made, ı must delete all paid apps and create pair again. ?.. Not a big problem but it should be nice to be done automatically. ?..

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[Android Software Development] NaveenKumarXDA:
Thats why it has option of backup & restore

Use it to transfer from one rom to another
[Android Software Development] karaern:
Which eventually does not work as it should be. ?.!

Won't enter to discussion once again...:what:

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[Android Software Development] madmack:
works fine for me. not sure what you mean.
[Android Software Development] itsmejson:
I setup FM to move the downloads and screenshot folders to the external SD card, however now within the gallery I have 2 download and screenshot folders. How do stop that from happening?
[Android Software Development] egingell:
That's what the "Exclude from media scan" option is for.

Sent from my SGS4.
[Android Software Development] itsmejson:
After checking that the downloads folder does not update with recently downloaded items until a reboot happens. Any ideas?
[Android Software Development] karaern:
Exactly, here we go again. ?:cool:

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[Android Software Development] itsmejson:
Are you experiencing the same thing?
[Android Software Development] karaern:
yes, of course. its not a pain to die from but still is not comfortable....
[Android Software Development] plotinus:
Great app! Really a must have! It save my device because was really low on storage! I bought the pro version to help dev! I have one question. Maybe it has been asked before but there are 105 pages and I'm using XDA app so no search option. When I update an app should I unlink it? For example. I have Dead on arrival 2 linked to my sd. But there's an update right now on the play store. Should I move back the files to the internal sd, update and link it back or no? Because if I press update with the link it starts downloading the 130+mb of data. Any help would be appreciated!

Galaxy s4 :D with Awesome Arrow ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349774
[Android Software Development] numero2:
Hi madmack,

first of all:

before upgrading my tablet (Asus Memo HD7 - Me173X with andorid v.4.2.1) to Android v.4.2.2 ... Foldermount works like a charm.

Foldermount has ceased to work since I updated to android 4.2.2 (which introduced the multi user for my tablet);

the game that I want to move is FIFA14 (obb file)

source path: /storage/emulated/0/Android/obb/com.ea.game.fifa14_row

destination path: /Removable/MicroSD/Android/obb/com.ea.game.fifa14_row

1) I can select source and destination and it transfers the files successfully,

2) After the moving process is done ... when I click on the pin; the pin becomes green but ... 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.

Try to remount after a while, Try to format, try to use "delay option" ...

... but Foldermount give me the same error :crying:

Finally I can't follow the "Bug reports post", becouse when i try to type

connectBot give me an error:

/system/bin/sh : can't create /mnt/sdard/mount.txt: No such file or directory

Can you help me? Or, can you tell me how i can send to you a correct bug report?

P.S: Sorry for my bad (very bad) English

Thanks
[Android Software Development] madmack:
You sure you typed /mnt/sd(c)ard ? every letter counts. Everything is case sensitive too. I need that log file to be able to continue the debugging for your device.

You can also try "mount > /sdcard/mount.txt" instead. It should work. or even "mount > /storage/emulated/0/mount.txt". It's all the same in Android 4.2.x
[Android Software Development] numero2:
Hi madmack,

thanks for the quick reply

You're right ... I had lost a "c" :o "mount > /sdcard/mount.txt"

I am attaching the two files you are looking for:

1)mount_1.txt (no file transferred)

2)mount_2.txt (com.ea.game.fifa14_row.obb transferred, green pin e rebooted tablet ... and the usual error)

Hope will help you (and me :) )

thanks
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Same old permission issue that some manufacturer's implement. If you have a recovery that can do backups, I can give you a cwm flashable file that will attempt to fix this. It might cause a bootloop though, so you need to make sure you can restore if something like that does indeed happens.

Let me know.
[Android Software Development] numero2:
Ok understood, then the problem is in the original rom. :(

No unfortunately there isn't CWM recovery still for my tablet (ASUS Memo Pad HD 7 (ME173x));

the only recovery available is the one in the boot loader but doesn't seem to work (at least to read here).

But if you want to send me the file anyway ... I'll test it with a friend who knows Android better than me (more better :):)).

However, there's a chance that you can fix it in a future version of your program? or if something don't change in the ASUS rom (or custom rom) there's no chance?

Thanks for your support
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Send me a pm if you're interested in having me remotely login into your tablet to try and debug the issue.
[Android Software Development] plotinus:
Anyone?

Galaxy s4 :D with Awesome Arrow ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2349774
[Android Software Development] Athar Mansoor:
The update would happen to the linked folder.. data written on sd card..
[Android Software Development] mattiadj:
I need to understand what are the changes made to my system from the initial patching.I have galaxy s4 I9505. What files are changed? What are done?

Thanks .

From universe with my gs4 snapdragon powered! now Free
[Android Software Development] kadopt:
Is it possible to have file loss from this app? As I had about 1000 files in a paired folder and now I have 350, only the recent ones remained...

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[Android Software Development] madmack:
technically this shouldn't be possible. You might have some residue if some programs access the source before the pin happened so unpin the folders and then examine the source & destination. if there is anything in the source, move it to the dest and pin again.
[Android Software Development] kadopt:
Tried that before, source has no files and destination has a reduced amount of files. Only noticed this now. This app is quite handy as some apps are "dumb" and don't allow me to choose file saving destination but this was unexpected. :(

I'm using full version btw.

Can't mount points be applied during boot like userinit.sh?

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[Android Software Development] madmack:
Mount points are already applied at boot but FM is an app so it sits in a queue to be started and some other apps might execute (and access the source files!) before FM gets a chance to mount them all.

If the files that are missing don't exist in the source or destination after unpinning, then nope, i can't explain that. it technically doesn't make much sense.
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
Hello I have installed FolderMount on tablet.

Copied a game to ext_sdcard at Android/data/com.anygame.etc

Linked this folder in FM to /sdcard/Android/data/com.anygame.etc

Started game, it downloads additional data. Then I play, all is fine the game works.

But after that, in external sdcard it has been created strange huge system files (readonly) with strange junk name

This card is 1 GB capacity and it has 500MB of data, but in DiskUsage it shows almost 5GB !

Oddly in Android storage settings, it shows the correct info.

I have tried 3 different external sd cards and many different ways of copy data to external sd card (through a card reader, directly on tablet via usb, with mount, with tablet powered off etc.)

The result is always the same: those strange huge "system readonly" files are created in the directory that was accessed by the game.

Any idea what's happening?

Thanks...:rolleyes:
[Android Software Development] madmack:
follow the bug reporting guidelines in the OP and I'll have a look :)
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
OP?

---------- Post added at 03:38 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:38 PM ----------

Ah original post? :D im doing that.

i'm gathering the info

can you help? why this happens?
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
info for debug

After rebooting, get the result of "mount" and attach it to your post.

The content of attachment

1-mount_after_reboot_and_before_FM_usage.txt

Provide your exact source and destination full paths.

The content of attachment

pairs.db.tx

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When you try to "pin" the pair, do you get a green icon? does it stay the same?

I get all green pins, linking is successful, all games works.

report your Android version (and ROM).

4.1.1 Xenta TAB07-200 20130114.104042 Version1.0.1

Available here http://forum.yarvik.com/forum/xenta-series/firmware_ae/3893-tab07-200-xenta-7ic-android-4-1-1-jelly-bean-january-2013-update

After pinning, re-run the "mount" command and attach it here

The content of attachment

2-mount_after_FM_usage.txt

(after pin all pairs - all get green light)

Important notes:

1 - I could not "export" mount info (mount > ... ) to external sdcard. It became a system read-only partition after that strange behavior.

2 - When creating the pairs, all files were previous copied to external sdcard on windows. FM never copied files, they were already there on

external sdcard, during the pairs creation process.

My strange issue:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=46404317&postcount=2112

Thanks
[Android Software Development] kadopt:
OK, well lost files were "some" tumblr anime photos so nothing critical was lost. I'll try to use the app in non critical folders. Thanks for the fast replies!

Cheers.
[Android Software Development] Pihkal:
How did you get it to work with the xperia tablet z?

Can't get it to work on mine, with stock rooted rom.

It just reboots…

Regards
[Android Software Development] Tahoedan:
I have been reading the thread and am at p22. So i do not know if this issue is known yet.

I bought the pro version and i just went to add a pair and it is telling me this feature is only allowed in the pro version? You can see from the screenshot that i had more than 3 pairs.

<edit> I freeze "google play store" when i am not in need. Unfreezing it told the app i paid. This does not happen with other paid for apps? must be in the way it is configured. no biggy
[Android Software Development] mattiadj:
For all i9505 users: you can try also my mod specific for our device at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2468596 :)

All the best
[Android Software Development] VTR1000SP:
Pls read OP! theres a link to fix xperia devices + u need to format to fat32
[Android Software Development] Pihkal:
What makes you think I didn't do that?

Of course it's formatted as FAT32...

Any way, the issue is solved thanks to this thread on XDA: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2421730

The batch script suggested by user Safar... solved it, it's now working perfect and I'm loving it.

I've even donated to the dev.

I was looking for something like this for ages.

Kudos to the Dev and kudos to XDA.

Thanks!
[Android Software Development] VTR1000SP:
becos u quote me how do i get it work on my xperia devices, 2nd becos u had rebooting problem. which i had post the link here for xperia device before OP update the reboot fix link for Xperia reboot.

if u do read the OP u wont even ask & had this problem.
[Android Software Development] Pihkal:
I did read the OP but didn't click on the FAQ...which I now did.

And yes, you're right it's all in the faq.

Sorry to have bothered you.

Regards
[Android Software Development] VTR1000SP:
no problem, i'm willing to help is just tat ur reply sound rude.
[Android Software Development] Pihkal:
I didn't mean to be rude,I have nothing but respect for the people on XDA, many of them are Android-Gods to me.

Any way, enough off topic, lesson learned...read the entire OP, including the links. :good:

Regards
[Android Software Development] madmack:
OK, finally got sometime to spend on this today.

v2.2 is out. Changelog and download link in the OP and Play Store.

Enjoy !
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
Any news about this issue? Thanks ...
[Android Software Development] egingell:
Suggestion: Option to turn off "removing from gallery" notification.
[Android Software Development] Shadow Guardian:
Okay..

I don't know what am I doing wrong

When I link obb and data folders, they appear both on the external and internal sd card

I have a 64gb micro sd card of exfat format

Please help :fingers-crossed:
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
I think that's the normal behavior of link command in linux.

If you inspect the source linked folder in internal sd_card and the destination external_sdcard linked folder they show the same info (num of files, size, etc)

However, as a matter of fact, source linked folder in internal sd_card is empty ...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but that's the idea I have ...
[Android Software Development] MrSimmonsSr:
That is correct and it results in some strange behavior in the storage section of Android settings screen.. The "free space" value for the internal card will be correct, but the totals for different file types will look like the files moved to external are still on internal. That can be ignored..
[Android Software Development] madmack:
Weird mountpoints. what device is this? two vold devices ! :eek: I'm surprised FolderMount worked at all. What version of Android are you running? These vold mount points /mnt/external_sd and /mnt/sdcard are not going through an abstraction layer like Android's fuse but are mounted directly and I honestly don't think that FAT32 (which both of the cards are formatted as) like to be binded a la linux style like what FolderMount does.

Are these two sdcards removable ? I'm wondering why your manufacturer decided to stick to vold for the internal sdcard.

Also, can you give an example of these "big junk files" that are getting created? What names do they have? How big are they? nvm, saw it in your first post.

Your external sdcard is mounted as read-only even before you started FM. This could very well explain these read-only issues you're having.
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
Hi can you explain me what is vold devices?

I'm running Android 4.1.1.

Yes I think sdcard (internal storage) as an option to unmount/remove :silly:

And external_sd is the external micro-sd memory card, yes it's removable.

I will try to insert a new external micro-sd card and see if it is mounted as read-only ... if that is confirmed that's a weird device no doubt ...:cyclops:
[Android Software Development] friscoltu959:
Works great on my Note 2, using 4.3.

Thank you. I´ll pay a beer because I want the full version.

Thank you again.
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
Found this thread related to my tablet issue.

External SD card is read-only in Jelly Bean

http://forum.yarvik.com/forum/gotab...3-external-sd-card-is-read-only-in-jelly-bean
[Android Software Development] madmack:
I'm more concerned about the "ro" flag than with actual mask permissions. The suggested solution there allows you to read/write only if the sdcard is mounted as "rw". But hey, I might be wrong and your tablet is using some voodoo with masks to determine whether to mount as ro or rw.
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
So, where do I change that "ro" flag ?

Is it possible?
[Android Software Development] madmack:
By trying another sdcard. Do what I suggested and see if the ro flag is still there when you run "mount" in your tablet's terminal. You can also try the suggestion in the post you referred to and see if that works.
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
I'm confused .. what did you really suggested?

trying another sdcard. -> do you mean another external micro sdcard?

Thanks

Added:

Just read some threads in my tablet vendor's official forum and there are more ppl with this problem.

They suggest format external micro sdcard with NTFS format.

Will FolderMount still work with NTFS format?

I'll give it a try :D
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
Yesss! It worked!

Formatted external micro sd card into NTFS format, changed permissions.xml and now all is fine.

FolderMount works as expected and no more huge strange system files, neither external sdcard is mounted readonly.

Thanks for your suggestions and tips :D
[Android Software Development] haseogu:
What is the function of change the permissions.xml ? And how do you do that ?
[Android Software Development] sammmurai:
Apparently this is a bug in the latest firmware of this tablet Yarvik.

I have edited file /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml and added a line in the section related with android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE.

You must have ROOT access and I did it transferred it to computer (via bluetooth or dropbox upload) edited on computer and then transferred it again to tablet.

Renamed old platform.xml to platform.xml.original.

Then copy the modified file to /system/etc/permissions/ and set the same permissions of platform.xml.original.

Easy ...:silly:
[Android Software Development] KiaTheKing:
Can you add this tutorial to OP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJLJZs7oqPE
[Android Software Development] madmack:
v2.2.1b (beta) is out and attached to the OP. AOSP rom lovers will like this.

Changelog in the OP. This version will stay in the OP and not in the Play Store until I feel it's safe for the public. Risk is noted in the changelog so make sure you read it ;)
[Android Software Development] numero2:
Hi madmack,

do you remember my old issue? (HERE)

After sammmurai post, i try it on my tablet and ...

1)MicroSD (FAT32 format) + permissions.xml fix : same old issue

2)MicroSD (NTFS format) + permissions.xml fix : no error ... obb file moved, clicked on the pin (turned green without error) ... but ... the game don't work (black screen .. few seconds and exit to home)

Here the txt (bug report) ... hope this help you (and me).

mount1.txt: no file moved

mount2.txt: file moved and mounted

what happens? do you think it's a strange thing?

Thanks
[Android Software Development] madmack:
I don't remember if I replied to you earlier but you just can't expect to take a patch for one device and apply it to yours. The guy who fixed the permissions by editing that xml only applies to his device.

For your particular Asus tablet, I'm still waiting for someone to test a patch that I have. There is a risk of bootloop so said tester needs to have a reliable way to get back to stock in case this happens either via recovery or other means that are more specific to Asus.
[Android Software Development] 2Beastmode4u:
I have certain folders that sometimes do not mount properly and I end up getting an error about permissions. I then have to restart my phone and hope that the folders mount properly. Trying to unmount the folders after the permissions bug is futile. The folder stays mounted but unusable. No app can read or write in the folder.

Is there a fix for this? I'm using a. Samsung Galaxy S3, 4.2.2 Android
[Android Software Development] tedaz:
Still missing database in wikidroyd.

Created the pair in FolderMount, and activated the pair. First run was successful, but after settings changed in WikiDroyd, such as change font size to middle, then the WikiDroyd will display "missing database".
[Android Software Development] madmack:
please read FAQ. I don't fix any specific apps not debug them.
[Android Software Development] Oblition:
Hello

I have the Xperia Z Tablet, running 4.2.2.

My issue is that since updating from 4.1, foldermount no longer works for my Marvel comics app. Any comic I attempt to download is met with the marvel app unexpectedly closing. All very strange considering Foldermount worked like a charm. I've used the root recovery detailed in the FAQ, and it did appear to work.

Could this be something to do with permission and foldermount not being able to create multiple new folders/files on the external SD?
[Android Software Development] igvk:
debuggerd

Is it possible to disable debuggerd script creation on every boot?

I already mount /data/sdext2 in /etc/init.d/11link2sd with correct permissions.

And foldermount via the script in debuggerd has the same mount commands, but with wrong permissions - I cannot write to the file system.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
FM doesn't create anything really in the destination or source. The FAQ states what to do to see if FM is indeed working or not if you experience any problem with any app.

I'm not sure I get it. FM is creating a debuggerd script with every boot and you want to disable that? Just disable auto start on boot.
[Android Software Development] igvk:
Yes, I would like to disable creation of debuggerd script, but not startup of FM and mounting of folders.

The problem with the script is that it mounts file system with too strict permissions (umask=133, dmask=0002), and I would like it to be writable for user processes that use what FM has mounted for them.

I have script from Link2SD which I tuned to do this, but debuggerd seems to run before it. Now I added umount first as a workaround, but it looks like a hack, and I don't really think that replacing debuggerd with script is useful in my case at all.
[Android Software Development] madmack:
way too many variables that I don't get.

a) what file system are we talking about here? is it the sdcard's or the ext4 partition of the link2sd?

b) why would you want to execute anything before debuggerd? It's pointless. You can always replace debuggerd with whatever shell script and then call the original debuggerd binary from it but I really have no idea why you'd want to do this. If you think debuggerd is responsible for these umask, dmask permissions, then I'm afraid you're wrong.