When I try to move a file to/delete a file from my sd card i get the prompt to enable access to the root directory of my sd card. I click 'got it' and instead of getting the file manager type screen with select button i get 'operation failed'. It then says to 'turn on files in settings > installed apps first. I can't find anything in settings like this... any ideas???
Okay figured this one out too...turns out there is an app called Files and an option to enable it. Did that and then I could select the root of the SD card...voila!
Smoked33 said:
Okay figured this one out too...turns out there is an app called Files and an option to enable it. Did that and then I could select the root of the SD card...voila!
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how did you enable files app ?
reversegear said:
how did you enable files app ?
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Settings > Apps.
Look for the Files app and click.
Scroll to the bottom of the app screen and you'll see an enable button.
Voila!
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hello, im really new on this thingy.
I have downloaded some free apps and its file extension is .apk
how will i install that in my G1 Android?
i downloaded the files using PC not my mobile.
You need to go "Settings>Applications>" and check the "Unknown Sources" box.
There are a few ways of getting them to install.
Most people will copy them to the SDcard by USB cable. (I have a /APKs folder). Then you need to use a file manager to select them (search ASTRO or Linda in market).
The other method I use is putting them in my "/htdocs/G1" folder on my local server, so I have a bookmark pointing to "192.168.0.2/G1" on my G1 and just visit that in the browser, you can then launch the installer from the downloads screen.
Edit: Oh and the other main way if you cannot do either of those, would involve downloading the SDK, setting up your path and drivers and issuing the install command from your PC.
What i do and i got this from youtube so i dont know if there are easier way
make sure phone is setup to install Unknown sourses you can do this in settings,Applications and have a tick next to unkown sourses
mount sd card...
copy .apk file to sd card
unmount card
goto market placed and install linda file manager..(i think astro file manager is as good but ive never used it)
Open Linda File Manager and press SD Card ...it should show a screen that should say complete action using google mail + Linda File Manger press linda File manager option
click on the apk you want to install.
it should show a screen with a option saying package installer click it
you should get a screen with a install button
press install
and that it..
AndExplorer v1.0BETA3 <-- can i use this? coz for now i dont have wifi in my place.
i got that from here http://slideme.org/application/andexplorer
but my problem is how will i install this?
get appsinstaller from the market.
It will search your sdcard and give you a list of .apk files just tap one to install it
so when i will install the installer the sd card must be unmount for it to be placed on phone.. tnx btw to those replies
is there any good apps that i can download? i want the nice ones but for free xD
cmsweet21 said:
so when i will install the installer the sd card must be unmount for it to be placed on phone.. tnx btw to those replies
is there any good apps that i can download? i want the nice ones but for free xD
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Just put the .apks on your sd card either in a folder or on the root (it don't matter). Then download either appinstaller or linda. Check install from unkown sources like they said in previous post. Open up app installer or linda, find the apk then install. Its pretty cut and dry.
ok tnx, uhmm any good apps / games u can refer to me? xD
have you checked to see if the app that you downloaded is available on the market. AndExplorer, for instance is available in the market for free. This can be installed without any extra files or help. Perhaps you can check the market for other files to install on your thingy.
I need an app that will allow me to text 30-50 people at a time (more would be nice too). I had text flooder and that app worked well but can't find it in the market anymore.
I know there are a number of text apps. But I'd like to see what you guys are using.
Handcent has a group message function that might work for you.
kiltedthrower said:
I need an app that will allow me to text 30-50 people at a time (more would be nice too). I had text flooder and that app worked well but can't find it in the market anymore.
I know there are a number of text apps. But I'd like to see what you guys are using.
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I can attach the apk for Text Flooder if you would like.
miztaken1312 said:
I can attach the apk for Text Flooder if you would like.
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Please do. That would be awesome.
kiltedthrower said:
Please do. That would be awesome.
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Here you go.
Haven't installed an apk file yet. I googled and these are the directions I got...
To install APK applications on your Android phone do the following:
1.Copy the APK file you want to install to your phone's memory card and insert the card into your Android phone.
2.Go to Android Market and search for the Apps Installer application.
3.Open it and click on the Install button.
4.After it is installed, just open it. It will show you all the APK files stored directly in the root directory of your memory card.
5.Just click on the application you want to install and it will be installed.
This is the easiest way? And I noticed there are a lot of apk installer apps in the market. Any particular one better than another?
I just put the apk files on my SD card. Using file manager navigate to the file and click on it for it to install. I'm root and sideloading enable.
baseballfanz said:
I just put the apk files on my SD card. Using file manager navigate to the file and click on it for it to install. I'm root and sideloading enable.
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So save file to laptop and then hook USB cable up and copy/paste? Or is it possible to use my Captivate to come to this page, click on the file, and have it installed that way?
Do you have a specific file manager you use?
For almost a full day I tried undoing the hack with adb shell in order to install the beta update. You must have your Atrix Rooted and have SuperUser Okay lets start.
1) Check if you have WebtopModBackup in /mmt/sdcard (if not then dl)
2) Download from the market Super Manager https://market.android.com/details?id=gpc.myweb.hinet.net.TaskManager
3) Open Super Manager and go to settings "Enable ROOT function" give SuperUser permission
4) Go back to Super Manager and click on "File Explorer"
5) Locate "WebtopModBackup" once in their you should see 6 files.
6) hold down on the first one (one by one) and select "rename"
7) Erase .bak from all 6 files
8) Check all six files and click "Copy" (its the 3 icon on the bottom looks like 2 papers on top of each other)
9) Once you do that click on "Back up level folder" 3 times (You should be on "/" section
10) Go down to System (folder) (it will ask you 3 options R/w, read only, and so on.. Select R/W then go to "app"
11) Under "apps" (/system/app) Paste the files you copied! The 5th icon on the bottom (looks like a clipboard)
12) You will notice "force close over and over" This is normal" All you have to do from here on is turn off the phone. Lock the phone and hold the power button and click on "shut off"
Your all done! download the update and enjoy.
Note: You will lose SuperUser and Root Acc
Mine failed
Edit: Wrong thread sorry
This is helpful.
After the update are we able to add the hack back in?
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At this time their is no way to root. Sideloading still works tho.
This would help immensely if I had the original files. If someone could email me the apk files and the codex files, I'd be grateful.
[email protected]
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Ok, I may not need the APKs but I do need the odex files if possible.
im just doing this. results to follow. I assume you meant .BAK and not .DAK
Thanks I replace it.
It all worked perfectly. Many thanks. I will try to put the mod back. I meant to copy the modded files before replacing them but forgot!
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I tried to run the webtop mod again. Put the software on the phone but didn't install it.
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The Mod wont work on the new update. Has this write up helped anyone?
I heard the new update is out. Is this true?
LLuisLA said:
For almost a full day I tried undoing the hack with adb shell in order to install the beta update. You must have your Atrix Rooted and have SuperUser Okay lets start.
1) Check if you have WebtopModBackup in /mmt/sdcard (if not then dl)
2) Download from the market Super Manager
3) Open Super Manager and go to settings "Enable ROOT function" give SuperUser permission
4) Go back to Super Manager and click on "File Explorer"
5) Locate "WebtopModBackup" once in their you should see 6 files.
6) hold down on the first one (one by one) and select "rename"
7) Erase .bak from all 6 files
8) Check all six files and click "Copy" (its the 3 icon on the bottom looks like 2 papers on top of each other)
9) Once you do that click on "Back up level folder" 3 times (You should be on "/" section
10) Go down to System (folder) (it will ask you 3 options R/w, read only, and so on.. Select R/W then go to "app"
11) Under "apps" (/system/app) Paste the files you copied! The 5th icon on the bottom (looks like a clipboard)
12) You will notice "force close over and over" This is normal" All you have to do from here on is turn off the phone. Lock the phone and hold the power button and click on "shut off"
Your all done! download the update and enjoy.
Note: You will lose SuperUser and Root Acc
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WebtopModBackup... Where do I get that if I didn't do any back ups?
After doing this i still had trouble doing the update. I hooked up the phone to see if the webtop mod still existed. Webtop didnt work but I also didnt get any notifications when connecting to hdmi, not even for the media center app. Has anyone confirmed hdmi still works?
webtopmodbackup isnt on my device is there anywhere i can DL this from
I also dont have webtopmodbackup, anywhere that I can DL it from?
anyone? i want to download the update and this is killing me
I can confirm the instructions work fine and I've successfully updated. Unfortunately, I performed the process before I realized anyone might be missing the files or I could have upped them for you all...
webtopmodbackup..if you dont have it..can be put on the phone if you just redo the webtop mod
Unable to launch webtop mode w/hdmi... Any ideas?
I have a lg p990 running CyanogenMod-7.2.0-p990 with the latest vorkkernel (without flags) and experienced this problem today when your music player apps or your standard gallery app doesnt show anything from the external sd-card. On the other hand you can look at every picture or listen to your mp3's via a file-browser app and the sd card is also shown under Settings/ Memory. So the problem is clearly not on the hardware side because i can access everything on my phones external sd card through a filebrowser.
Things i've already tried:
-Full data wipe and reinstalling cm7.2
Formatting the internal sd card
deleting the data of the mediastorage.app and manually start the media scanner through Dev Tools
Removing and putting back in the sd card 100 times
Rebooting the phone 100 times
i looked in every post at least somehow related to this topic and did not get a working fix/solution at all. Seriously i tried everything...
I just hope someone in this forum could help me (and dont say i should get a new sd card or should send in my phone, because the problem is defenitly not on the hardware side!!!!!).
ROM manager is the problem.
i havent even installed rom manager... can you at least tell me how to fix this? would be awesone
EntroP said:
i havent even installed rom manager... can you at least tell me how to fix this? would be awesone
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ROM manager I believe is installed in the system, with cm 7. Update it, remove the .nomedia file on the SD and reboot.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1837185
i cant find the .nomedia data, where is it?
Look in your sdcard root for a file named .nomedia and del it if it exists. Note that the name stars with a dot (.), what turns it as a hidden file in *nix systems like android. So take care to turn hidden files visible on your file manager.
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Stupid RomManager.
Easiest way:
Connect your phone via usb (with usb debugging enabled), open a cmd window and type:
Code:
adb shell
rm /sdcard/.nomedia
adb reboot
You can do this without a PC from Terminal Emulator at Android as well, just open it and type the following.
After a reboot everything is back to normal.
Code:
rm /sdcard/.nomedia
The problem in the FileManager is, that you have to enable "show hidden files" (or sth. like that), a leading dot (".") at a filename indicates a hidden file at Linux.
But of course you can just enable that option and delete the ".nomedia" file manually as well.
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wow. i didnt find this .nomedia file on my sd cards root directory so i just searched it with windows over usb, 16 .nomedia files have been found and deleted... i know this problably wasnt the right way to go but it worked nonetheless. a big thanks to everyone
Open "Application manager" (Settings -> Applications -> Manage applications) -> switch to All applications -> find and tap the "Media Storage" application -> tap the "Force stop" button -> tap the "Clear data" button -> perform restart of device
EntroP said:
wow. i didnt find this .nomedia file on my sd cards root directory so i just searched it with windows over usb, 16 .nomedia files have been found and deleted... i know this problably wasnt the right way to go but it worked nonetheless. a big thanks to everyone
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If some of them are from app directories you might have random images showing in your gallery :silly:
is it the recent system update?
I click the "file transfer" or even PTP but I see nothing on my computer, and it starting to annoy me cuz it worked like a month ago, I think
I have not rooted my nexus 6 before or touch any of the settings before
any help please?
Thanks
tabemasu88 said:
is it the recent system update?
I click the "file transfer" or even PTP but I see nothing on my computer, and it starting to annoy me cuz it worked like a month ago, I think
I have not rooted my nexus 6 before or touch any of the settings before
any help please?
Thanks
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what file explorer are you using?
simms22 said:
what file explorer are you using?
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you mean like the file explorer on my phone?
the stocks one
tabemasu88 said:
you mean like the file explorer on my phone?
the stocks one
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try one from the play store
it show all the files in the file explorer but it won't show any on my computer
any other solutions?
it show all the files in the file explorer but it won't show any on my computer
any other solutions?
Try this out - in Dev options (settings), tap "Select USB configuration", change it to "charging", back out all the way to home screen, and then, go back and change to MTP, and back out to home screen - see if that helps.