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[Android Apps and Games] f3d0r:
I think the reason for this is that JuiceDefender only lists apps that explicitly require the right to access the network (android.permission.INTERNET). As CifsManager is only interacting with the kernel and does not access the network directly, this permission is not specified in the apps manifest. In fact CifsManager does not require any special permissions, besides a rooted device ;), at the moment.

I will think about a sensefull solution for this issue ;)

regards
[Android Apps and Games] Surfinette:
You may be right, but JuiceDefender splits its list of apps into 3 parts:

- "internet apps" = apps explicitely requiring internet

- "configured apps" = apps that have been configured so that JuiceDefender activates data/wifi when these apps are running

- "all other apps" = apps that don't explicitely require internet and that have not been configured by the user

The issue is that CifsManager is not even present in the "all other apps" segment of the list. So it looks like JuiceDefender does not even recognise CifsManager as being an app in the first place!... this is weird.

If CifsManager would at least be present in the "all other apps" segment of the list I could still set JuiiceDefender to activate data/wifi when CifsManager is running (no need to explicitely require internet access).

That would be great. THX :)
[Android Apps and Games] jackleung:
Same here with my Samsung Galaxy SII. I can mount by CLI correctly but cifsmanager give me a segmentation fault.
[Android Apps and Games] seanc240370:
Write Permissions to Network Share

Hi, firstly awesome app been using it since 1.4, like a charm.

Once question though and maybe I am missing something here, I thought I used to be able to write to my network share but now I can't. Am I correct reading that write permission was taken out of version 1.5a and if so how come? Can we get it back?. I would find it the most useful app I have if I could write to my network machines.

Thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] manekineko:
In CifsManager when I click on a share, it says "The share has been mounted successfully" and turns green.

However, in my file manager, I only see an empty directory, and then when I enter CifsManager again, it just shows as if it had never mounted the directory and is a gray X again. If I click again, it'll turn green and mount again supposedly, but then it's just the same situation.
[Android Apps and Games] yoshitweaky:
I have recently had an issue twice where the mnt works but while copying a file across (large one say 25meg) the xoom just locks up, screen goes blanks and the only way to get it back on is hold power and vol up.

Any one else had this issue?
[Android Apps and Games] john0902:
I added these options to my mount:

uid=1000,gid=1015

copying the user (1000/system) and group (1015/sdcard_r) that was assigned to /mnt/sdcard.

And, now I can browse/read the shares fine from within RockPlayer (and other non-root apps).
[Android Apps and Games] qingz:
Can I use it to mount nfs share? How?

Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] morbos:
Latest update is spitting out an 'out of memory' error on this device. Nothing else changed besides updating the application.

Market comments suggest it's my fault though. It has happened to others over the months.

I love the application. Thank you for it!
[Android Apps and Games] ourfear:
i can copy file from pc to my phone via cifs, how can i copy file from my phone to pc via cifs?
[Android Apps and Games] Raider0001:
my solution for "Out of Memory" error is to add Guests for windows drive security properties

My solution is a fix for your problem too!

Just: X drive > Properties > Security > Add Guest Account > select Read and what you want

Font FIX: In cifs manager in any already created share point EDIT > in Options write: iocharset=utf8
[Android Apps and Games] Mysticales:
Anyone have luck with a Streak 7 tablet? Least in the cifs.ko file needed?
[Android Apps and Games] smeddy:
If you're looking for ideas :) A widget for this app would be amazing! Or a shortcut to automatically run your preferred share :)

Love this app, thanks so much
[Android Apps and Games] klquicksall:
I finally got this working. My computer didn't have a password. As soon as I made a password for my computer it connected right away. Great apk.
[Android Apps and Games] Lolento:
after I updated to honeycomb 3.2 this app now says a shared library is missing
[Android Apps and Games] Lolento:
upon further checking, it seems multiple module loading is NOT working in Honeycomb 3.2.

I have "Load via insmod" checked under setting and have it load cifs.ko and nls_utf8.ko

however, it seem nls_utf8.ko is no loaded and it is causing the "shared lib missing" error message.

Now, if I load nls_utf8.ko manually via terminal, all my network drives mounted fine...

Is this going to be an easy fix?
[Android Apps and Games] acesea:
I am also unable to connect to my cifs with CifsManager telling me username or password is wrong (I type them correctly). But another app SambaExplorer connects to my cif. Are there any fixes or any other apps that will mount network drives so I can stream and listen to music etc on android apps?
[Android Apps and Games] sontin:
Hi,

i'm using CifsManager with Prime 1.4, ClemsynKernel on my Transformer. But i only get a very low transfer speed (around 1-1,5MB/s). Is there a reason for this?
[Android Apps and Games] deadman3000:
I'm trying to get this working ona a Asus Transformer but with no success. I have a Windows share on 192.168.x.x on drive E in a folder called Share so I put in '192.168.x.x/Share' and my username and password for that PC. cifsmanager bombs with an error about not finding anything to mount everytime. I can access it through something like ES File Explorer or File Expert just fine.

Any ideas?
[Android Apps and Games] dimon1983:
Wildmonks kernel with support utf8
[Android Apps and Games] lkistenkas:
This works really well! Thank you very much for making this app!

Using NextSense 5.3, it has cifs builtin.
[Android Apps and Games] fogbav:
Excelent app ! Thank you so much for that !!!

please release this baby as soon as possible on market ... so everyone has the possibility to get to this monster app ...

thanks .. going for testing now ... 8)

Edit : First tests - work perfectly ... wow ! 8) No install - no customasation - nothing ... i'm on opendesire 3.2.1 ... works flawless ...

Yeahaa ! You did it ! 8)
[Android Apps and Games] Powder79:
+1 for that

Great app
[Android Apps and Games] ozgreg:
Funny enough I am also getting the exact same issue accessing a SAMBA share via my Thecus NAS I suspect it is something to do with the way the share is being accessed by certain apps (ES File Explorer) and (RockPlayer). I am not aware of any extra options we could specify and would welcome anyone's input..
[Android Apps and Games] brunen9:
I use the kernel from Wildmonk - 2.6.35_AVS-925mV_CFS_NoAB_720p_1113Mhz_081510 - it supports utf8 encoding. In this kernel cifs module located at /system/lib/modules/2.6.35/kernel/fs/cifs/ folder. And CifsManager can not load this module itself, I load it through terminal. Please check this.
[Android Apps and Games] f3d0r:
New Version (v0.99) available for testing

08/18/2010 - Changes in v0.99:

- added settings dialog to provide control over the following features:

-- default mount prefix (leave it at default if unsure about permissions/side-effects)

-- load cifs module on startup (on/off)

-- module load method (modprobe/insmod)

-- module location (when insmod is selected)

- Removed all references to sdcard to prevent side effects with USB-Mass-Storage mode

-- new default mount prefix is /mnt/cifs, try to avoid mounting shares on sdcard directories

-- /mnt/cifs should also work on devices with write disabled root filesystems like HTC Desire

-- fixed permission problems with mount points created by CifsManager (files not showing up in File Managers etc.)

-- moved persistent settings from sdcard to android default location (/data/data)

- added menu option to unmount all currently mounted cifs shares

- added menu option to refresh share states manually

- share states now synchronized with kernel mount list on activity resume

regards, F3d0r
[Android Apps and Games] brunen9:
Thanks, new update decided my problem.
[Android Apps and Games] BaGRoS:
I can't click from Tapatalk :(
[Android Apps and Games] d750:
Thanks works great no issue so far.
[Android Apps and Games] HunteronX:
Thanks for this app, it works really well when using insmod to load the module on my X10.

Although, it doesn't seem to work with modprobe - why?
[Android Apps and Games] fogbav:
OK ... we now have the possibility to access Windows shares with the phone in help with this fantastic programm.

Next step ... only theory ... :

What would be needed to turn the direction over ? ...

Access sdcard in phone from PC as cifs share -> Samba Server ?

is this possible ...? How much work would that be ? is the kernel ready for samba ..?
[Android Apps and Games] dimon1983:
You want this?
[Android Apps and Games] fogbav:
Oh **** ... there it is ... 8)

Please give this one the same GUI as CIFS ...8)

Thank you all for that ... have you ever seen a good SMB client/server in Symbian OS... ? There was one ... but it was kicked by nokia ... now there are some good coders make this possible ...

G.R.E.A.T ! 8)
[Android Apps and Games] Chahk:
This app is coming together nicely. Once you publish it on the market, I'm sure lots of people wouldn't mind paying for it.
[Android Apps and Games] thor2002ro:
works like charm on my SE x10i :)

and...

Got a suggestion when there no shares mounted unload the cifs.ko

Thanks for all your hard work :)

BTW ... /mnt is not a very good default mounting dir Rockplayer cant explore /(root)

BUG: after adding a share and editing the local mount location it doesnt try to recreate the mount directory...
[Android Apps and Games] d750:
+1 publish it on the market.
[Android Apps and Games] marcus905:
Fantastic App! I'd like to see it in the market too!

Would it be too much to ask you to release it under a free software license (GPL, Apache 2.0 etc)?

Keep up the good work!
[Android Apps and Games] GreyList:
Samsung Galaxy S

Hi,

that is exactly the app I was looking for (streaming via my CIFS-storage-harddisk). Sadly I am not able to make it work ("no such file"-error, but the server shows up different File-Manager and I can even ping it from my phone). I have a Samsung Galaxy S (i9000), and I just cant say if CIFS is integrated in the kernel. The file cifs.ko itself is nowhere on the phone. How can I test if my kernel supports cifs? Alternatively, can I download legally somewhere the correct cifs.ko?

Pre-thx for an answer,

GreyList

P.S.: You probally noticed, English is not my native language - sorry.
[Android Apps and Games] brunen9:
Yes, "no such file" is error when cifs module not loaded into kernel. I think the cifs (and all linux) is opensource and you may use it fully legally. I attached cifs.ko and you may try it on your phone, may be it will work.
[Android Apps and Games] ido:
might help someone

in options, i like to use: ro,rsize=64000

i think it helps me buffer a bit.

i do not think its optimum though, so play with it.
[Android Apps and Games] xdafundorin:
Manager doesn't recognize username with russian characters in it. For example, the default Administrator account in Windows called Администратор and manager doesn't work with it. I could create another user for SMB, but it would be nice to add russian characters support to CifsManager. What do you think about it?
[Android Apps and Games] pathologo:
This option really helps. Thanks for that.

Imo this also has to be added to the main post, in addition to:

Also it would be nice if Root Explorer was supported for opening mounted shares, not only Astro and Estrongs...
[Android Apps and Games] RomanHelmet:
I'm having some issues here and would love some help. I'm running an evo 3d with the rcmix evo 3d kernal that is stated to have cifs support.

When I try to mount my shares it just sits there with the spinning loading circle and what looks like the status icon in red. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? I know my shared folders work as I can access them on other windows computers on my network. I have tried guest and my windows logon info and both end up with the same above result.

Also, while cifsmanager is open, if I power off the screen I cannot wake the phone back up and have to do a battery pull.
[Android Apps and Games] pekawe:
Hi.

I use an SGS2 since 2 days and now tried to use CifsManager. But everytime I try to connect to a share the result is the following:

java.io.IOException: Error running exec().

Command: [su] WorkingDirectory: null Environment: null

I downlaoded slow-work.ko and cifs.ko and tried to load it by using insmod (in th order als above), but nothing changed.

The folder for the mountpoint is created (/mnt/sdcard/cifs/public)

The fileshare I want to use can be accessed by File Expert.

Any hint what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

regards,

Peter
[Android Apps and Games] spr0k3t:
For some reason I've never been able to get this to work mounting against an NFS share coming from a BSD server. I've connected to NFS shares on Linux servers without problems.

Following template:

IP:/mnt/Storage

Always returns the error: "mount: Invalid argument"

Verified kernel supports CIFS and NFS. Verified cifs.ko in the correct path/location. Loading via insmod. Any suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] pathologo:
Where are you entering a colon?
[Android Apps and Games] RomanHelmet:
I just wanted to come back and say that I reinstalled my custom kernal and now cifsmanager works flawlessly. Fantastic app thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Negi84:
Is there any way to get the Default Music Player to index this while I am at home over WIFI without losing the settings when I am away? I have tried some of the media rescanning apps but none seem to work -maybe too many songs? Anyone do anything like this succesfully? My goal is just to be able to stream my music collection while at home over the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] spr0k3t:
See the NFS template. That is how you mount an NFS share. Samba or Cifs do not use the colon. Note the changelog in release v1.1. Ultimately I'm trying to mount a location found on a BSD server (FreeNAS). I have figured out how to mount the share through the use of Samba, but NFS is just refusing to mount correctly.
[Android Apps and Games] spr0k3t:
I would be willing to pay for a feature that allows the end user to select their preferred file manager (ultimately: Root Explorer is mine). Other feature request, fix NFS.
[Android Apps and Games] pathologo:
I guess NFS support is missing in the kernel:

Another feature request: Notification! Just like Terminal Emulator..

Because having network shares mounted over WiFi consumes a lot of energy, so it is mandatory to have a notification icon.
[Android Apps and Games] lamed:
Hi there,

CifsManager is finally working for me and I'm so thankful for your work! brilliant stuff! :)

Question: Is there a way to use the share name instead of ip address? Im always on the move and that means access through different networks, so I would like to have a share that always works.

Feature request: Hebrew letters (in file/folder name) are not displayed correctly on the client side. all I get it question marks instead of characters. If I click on something, file manager returns a "File does not exist." error message. Root explorer just does nothing - does not display an error message as well.
[Android Apps and Games] lamed:
Hi there,

CifsManager is finally working for me and I'm so thankful for your work! brilliant stuff! :)

Question: Is there a way to use the share name instead of ip address? Im always on the move and that means access through different networks, so I would like to have a share that always works.

Feature request: Hebrew letters (in file/folder name) are not displayed correctly on the client side. all I get it question marks instead of characters. If I click on something, file manager returns a "File does not exist." error message. same scenario Root explorer simply does nothing - does not even display an error message.
[Android Apps and Games] InsightGoalie:
Love this app. I would like an easier access way to mount cifs though. Perhaps a widget or even the ability to make shortcuts that mount a specific share?
[Android Apps and Games] saeba:
I picked up Script Manager from the Android Market and setup a boot script to load cifs.ko and nls_utf8.ko:

insmod /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko

insmod /system/lib/modules/nls_utf8.ko

exit

And then I used Script Manager to create a script and widget to mount my Windows drives replacing CifsManager for that purpose once I'd used CifsManager to do the initial setup.

To mount the drive, use a command like this:

mount -t cifs -o user="your username",password="your pass" //192.168.xx.xx/sharename /mnt/cifs/sharename
[Android Apps and Games] anubius:
Does anyone uses HD2 with this software. It works on the build I am using but I switch to other builds it doesn't work.
[Android Apps and Games] pathologo:
Ask in the ROM thread.

Maybe the module is missing.
[Android Apps and Games] falbala84:
Hello everybody!

I've just discovered this "app" and I'm trying to make it work but I always have an "input/output error" when I try to mount de disk... Any idea? I search in the thread but found nothing..

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: Ok, I have permission problems. I'm under W7, which username and password do I have to use exactly? I tried my session username, I have no password set, but I'm getting Permission denied. Is there something special I need to do in the PC? I'm getting mad! ;) Thanks!
[Android Apps and Games] d4rkb1t:
Hi!

I have a "problem" with the cifs module. I downloaded the cifs.ko file to my Asus TF101 stock 3.2 kernel, and did all the steps to load it as a kernel module. I did a "lsmod" and I see it loaded without problems (and rebooted many times to see if it loads)

I did a ls /proc/filesystems and it appears "cifs" as a filesystem...

But I continuously get "no such device" in Cifs Manager, and in Android Terminal.

Some ideas about what can I do?

Thx!
[Android Apps and Games] PAIIITET:
Help me find modules for LG O2x ([150911] NeoBlaze Kernel)
[Android Apps and Games] InsightGoalie:
You will have to use whatever username/password has permission to access that file according to the PC. So, whatever username/password you use to log on to that PC will work. You are sharing the file in Win 7 right? I don't know your level of experience, but I can try to help you. I've got mine working great with my Server 2008 machine.
[Android Apps and Games] symanuk:
Hi

Could you please post an idiots guide?

I mean everyting !!!!

Read on some post about using a terminal !!! whats this

---------- Post added at 05:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:17 PM ----------

How ? with what and why?
[Android Apps and Games] theskywinner:
Yes, I just tried to use the CISFManager and had exactly the same problem. I opened the app, added the mounting info and clicked on the added share, it was busy and the screen went off. The screen went blank and couldn't see anything on the screen. I tried using power button, but to no avail. It doesn't work, I had to remove the battery and reboot the phone.
[Android Apps and Games] falbala84:
The same with me.. Any idea?
[Android Apps and Games] symanuk:
how

Can you explain how??
[Android Apps and Games] stanmarx:
It might be a dumb question, but if my kernel doeas not support cis by default, what obout copying cifs.ko from other sgs2 to mine?
[Android Apps and Games] QSchachi:
Hi ,

I've just compiled the nessesary kernel modules (sunrpc.ko, lockd.ko, nfs_acl.ko, nfs.ko) to support NFS with the Virtuous V9 kernel "2.6.35.14-UNITY-V9-gdfc9a05".

CifsManager is a very great and powerfull app since it can load all modules automatically and finally mount the NFS share.

But I've encountered an anoying bug doing so. Follow these steps to reproduce:

1) Configure Cifs Manager; Add the NFS modules to the insmod list and create a share like <IP-Address>:/share-on-host /sdcard/nfs for example Options are "User: dummy Options:ro,intr,soft,udp,nolock" for example

2) Simply tap the share in CifsManager and it load the modules and mounts the NFS share showing a green bullet at the right side - I love CifsManager for making this task so simple :-)

3) Press Home Button to switch back to the Homescreen

4) Go back to CifsManager -> and here's the BUG: CifsManager has forgotten that the NFS share is mounted yet ( no green bullet, and no possibility to unmount the NFS share again since the unmount menu entry isn't displayed.)

As workaround I have to start ConnectBot app and unmount it manually typing "umount /sdcard/nfs" as superuser in the example above. Not very handy isn't it?

By the way another option should be introduced to CifsManager:

Please make the path to the "mount" command configurable. I've had the problem that the "/system/bin/mount" was preffered before the busybox mount located in "/system/xbin/mount" and mounting only works with the busybox version! As workaround I've simple renamed the first one, but it makes me not lucky...

Please fix this two issues soon.

Hopefully and with great thanks for this cool app

Qschachi
[Android Apps and Games] mateusz.sobis:
Man! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction with the /system/bin/mount being preffered! It solved my issues on some ROMs (Cifs Manager was acting like it would mount any share, you could type anything you like and the light got green, but when you open the share it was empty).
[Android Apps and Games] HellPrye:
Hi f3d0r,

I know this is probably the wrong place to be asking this but would you be able to give me some advise/assistance with an app i am building.

I am trying to build a file browsing app that can list all files and directories in a windows/samba share.

a lot of people have told me to use jcifs or cifs and i saw your app and was hoping you could give some advise on real simple examples of connecting to a samba share and list files from that share.

I would really appriciate the assistance/advise.

Thanks

Deepam
[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
Sorry this is a noob question, hopefully someone can help me out though.

I want to mount some storage folders from my NAS drive so I can see them in file explorers on my Samsumg Galaxy Tab 10.1. I can already see them fine in ES File Explorer's LAN mode, which is fine for copying files/etc, but I'd like to have the NAS's music folder visible in my device's music player for example.

When I try to set this up in CifsManager I get an error saying "mount: no such share or directory" when I try to mount the share. Not sure which directory it's talking about, the NAS or the local one? Both exist anyway.

There is some talk on here about needing a .ko module, which I have not done anything about - is that included with a standard setup, or do I need to find/download one? (tablet is on stock rom, rooted)

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] InsightGoalie:
That sounds like it's not seeing the network share. Of course, I'm not the app developer so I'm not sure. How are you setting it up?
[Android Apps and Games] pathologo:
I think we can rightfully say that this app is dead.

So don't expect anything anymore, the author never answers and never does anything.
[Android Apps and Games] andrewilley:
Could anyone suggest what other good options are around then, as this one seemed well-recommended. Thanks.

Andre
[Android Apps and Games] saeba:
I found it simplest to just create a little script using Script Manager to load the modules (cifs.ko and nls_utf8.ko) and then mount my remote drives. There's an additional associated app, SMWidgets, that can create a desktop widget that executes the script. So, one click on the widget and the modules are loaded and my shares are mounted. Much simpler for me.

And if I wanted to, Script Manager has options to run a script at boot-up or on network status change.