Video Player for external drive topic

I have a bunch of video files loaded on an external drive. Is there a player that will load from the external drive and play the video file? RIght now the only way i figured out how to play them is to load of ES File exporer and browse to the drive. Is there a simpler way where i can open a video manager and the files are right there like in plex?

[Q] Drive errors reported in TWRP creating a nandroid . (Another Noob Question) topic

First I like to thank berndblb for Beginners Guide to root and flashing a custom ROM on the TF700T. :good:
I was able to get it unlocked and TWRP 2.8.4.0 installed using Minimal ADB and Fastboot . Got this error when creating a nandroid and also it happened again when Copying Log to SD.
E:Failed to get default contexts and file mode for storage files.
From what I can find on error ,it seems to be in TWRP related after version is 2.8.1.0. Should I flash 2.8.1.0 and do I have to delete 2.8.4.0 first ?
I am still reading about About F2FS and getting ready to flash a Rom. But before I Screw stuff up as a Noob.
I am trying to learn be for I (Error}!
I attached a copy of data log.
Thanks,
Never North

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WiFi Drive share app. topic

Hi All,

Did anyone see and app that I could run on my Android phone that would let me map it's storage as Network drive on my PC?

It would need to be an app that I can run as service or the least app stays on even when in background until I switch it off so I could link it to my profiles.



All I want to get is to be able to enter home, connect to home WiFi, start my PC and have Android storage as one of the drives there. That way I can charge the phone and still be able to transfer files in and out.

[Q] Attaching external hard drive to yureka topic

I am going to buy a yureka hopefully tomorrow. But I wanted to know whether anyone possessing this device has tried attaching a NTFS formatted external hard drive say of 1 TB size to yureka successfully with R/W permissions. I know mounting NTFS would require root access but just in case if anyone has rooted already and has checked please let me know. Thanks in advance.

Getting rid of the emulated CD drive and unknown devices in MTP mode [Partial Fix] topic

When you connect your MIUI device to the computer through USB in File Transfer (MTP) mode (that is, not in Photo Transfer), it also emulates a CD-ROM drive. The ISO image for the fake CD contains a copy of Mi Assistant, a device management tool for the PC, which is in Chinese only and can be downloaded from the Internet anyway. Basically, it's all useless and mildly annoying.
Attachment 3137500

Here's what you need to do to get rid of it:
Step 1. Edit /system/build.prop and add the line:

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persist.service.cdrom.enable=0

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Step 2. Edit /init.qcom.usb.rc and where it says:

Code:

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on property:sys.usb.config=mtp

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(a) Change the first line to remove mention of mass_storage (this is for the CD only):

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write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/functions mtp

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(b) Remove these two lines:

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write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/ro 1
write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/file /data/miui/cdrom_install.iso

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Similarly, where it says:

Code:

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on property:sys.usb.config=mtp,adb

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(a) Change the first line after the above to:

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write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/functions mtp,adb

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(b) Remove these two lines:

Code:

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write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/ro 1
write /sys/class/android_usb/android0/f_mass_storage/lun/file /data/miui/cdrom_install.iso

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Step 3. Delete the ISO image file to free up some space.
File location: /data/miui/cdrom_install.iso

And here's how to do it:
Using Android Debug Bridge from the command line:

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adb root
adb shell "mount -o remount,rw /system"
adb shell "echo persist.service.cdrom.enable=0 >>/system/build.prop"
adb pull /init.qcom.usb.rc

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Now use your favorite editor to make changes as described above in step 2.

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adb push init.qcom.usb.rc /
adb shell "mount -o remount,ro /system"
adb shell "rm -f /data/miui/cdrom_install.iso"
adb reboot

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Using ES File Explorer:
Download from Play Store or the developer's website. Install. Open. In context menu (hold leftmost button for 1 second), switch Root Explorer to On (this will fail). Go back to the home screen. Open Security, Permissions, Root Access. Put the switch next to ES File Explorer to On. Now you can switch back to ES File Explorer, and follow the steps 1-3 above. Use the built-in editor the make changes in the files.

Unknown USB devices when connected in MTP mode
When your device is connected in MTP mode (File Transfer) there are 3 unrecognized USB devices. To check if you have them too, go to Control Panel and choose Device Manager or run mmc devmgmt.msc from the command line (screenshot 1). The devices appear to have no hardware IDs (screenshot 2) and their class number seems to be {c897b31c-e8d2-59e9-a212-ccf0962fe102} (full registry dump provided as attachment).
Attachment 3137478 Attachment 3137479
This problem appears to be caused by the CD-ROM emulation as well: the number of devices will actually increase to 4 when it's switched off following the instructions above, which means there must be one extra step to get rid of it completely. This doesn't seem to cause any problems and the issue appears to be purely cosmetic. If I have time to investigate it further, I will report the conclusions back here. Meanwhile, if anyone has an idea what the cause is, please feel free to share it (might also be a driver issue).

Disclaimer: there might be some mistakes in what I wrote. Please use at your own discretion. This should work with a "developer" stock ROM out of the box, otherwise you'll need to set-up root access first.

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Google Drive tries to sync deleted file - endless loop topic

I've got a strange Problem at the moment. I've deleted a file on Google Drive which was pinned as offline on my mobile. Then i've deleted it via file manager on my mobile.
No everytime I start Google Drive there is an endless sync for that deleted file. Even deleting data, cache etc didn't help.

Any ideas? Thx a lot in advance!