[TouchPad Development] woodytrain:
Yes that post was noted. But I suspect many did not interpret the post that they would lose access to /external_sd. A clear announcement should have been added to the OP and highlighted in bold red.That is a suggestion, not a criticism,

It's a shame that so soon after the migration to datamedia configuration that all that work and learning how to adapt to DataMedia (by the builder and the end-users) was flushed down the toilet.

What confusion? Please be specific? I suggest the confusion is from /external_sd no longer being accessible in the new build, as it once was.

And why do you suggest the space is not needed anymore? Maybe by you, but disabling access to 1.6GB of file space does not make sense to me.

For the community can you provide a method on how to do this? My attempts have failed. Others have posted similarly.

And that is his prerogative and that is what I stated, that it appears he is developing for himself, no? And again that is his prerogative. But it is my prerogative to suggest improvements or make observations that I do not comprehend.

Of course.

I suggest you are out of line to suggest I am "chastising him". Not doing anything but making observations and making a suggestion which I believe in

I call Red Herring. Milaq or any other ROM Builders are not going to quit building ROMs because they disagree with the perspective of testers comments.

TO be blunt I was not criticizing his work. I was making suggestions for improvements in posting info regarding his builds. Nothing more and nothing less. You are reading far too much into my post. But you have a tendency to do that and in many of your posts it appears you love to argue and press your perspective.

Couldn't agree more. I'm suggesting a singular improvement in highlighting in the OP the point that external_sd is not long accessible in the new builds.

And request Milaq entertain the thought of adding back access to /external_sd

Not needing to be restated again, what the devs, code contributors and ROM Builders do is their choice. And they understand the choices they make are not going to satisfy or be agreeable to everyone. Nature of the beast.

An apology for what? Please be specific?

Reviewing some of your past offensive posts/responses to end-user/tester questions and comments on RootzWiki and xDA, it appears you're calling the kettle black.

I'm done with this particular topic and I'm sure everyone else is as well. If anyone wishes to communicate with me more on the technical aspects of this topic PM me. But if you don't "appreciate" my "tone" or "attitude", I honestly do not care.

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And I suspect Milaq is not in full support your views and opinion.

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Nothing you stated would require an apology. I appreciate your clear informative posts.

After searching through the thread I could not find a clear answer that /external_sd was no longer accessible in either CM11 or the CMW Recovery.

I spent much time (reading and) trying to find a way to regain access to /external_sd w/o connecting the TouchPad to a PC.

Could not find any method to mount the partition within CMW Recovery, and regain access to 1.6GB, which wold almost double my free space

So besides ADB (requiring a PC) what would be the workarounds?

Note my 32GB TP was stolen so adapting to the more extreme storage limitations of a 16GB TP has been an adventure. Kind of like being able to drive 65MPH and then suddenly forced to drive 35.

Not an issue to you, but for me no longer being able to access the /external_sd filespace while booted into either CWM recovery or CM11 is an issue, due to the lack of RAM.

This is more of a priority issue for me just as accessing NetFlix or using Bluetooth or the camera is a larger issue to others. Everyone has their own needs, wants, wishes, priorities,

For me it is like having a 1.6GB Flash Drive attached to the TouchPad which I can no longer access (e.g. photos, music, backups, etc) in Android.

But that in itself does not mean this ROM is cool. Indeed it is very cool. And I suspect access to /external_sd will be coming back soon.

In the meantime does anyone have hints on how to mount /external_sd so it is accessible in either CM11 or CMW (without connecting to a PC)?