USB OTG Support (Nexus devices)
I’m glad to announce that the OTG plugin is finished. It supports FAT32 and exFAT partitions in read/write mode. NTFS is also supported, but only in read mode. Maybe write support will be added in the future. As of now, this is all I could manage to implement.
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Anonymous commented
I'd say it's time to add write support for NTFS
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StopCallingMeRoger commented
Please add support for ext3/4 and xfs. They are FLOSS and already in widespread use in Linux, etc.
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zcatav commented
Does it mean I needed to install otg plugin for read NTFS formatted disks?
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Wayne Hoxsie commented
Thanks for the USB OTG support, but it is too slow. I used to use ES File manager to backup my data to USB OTG thumb drive. I dumped them and jumped on the Solid Explore wagon, Installed the USB plugin, and now it shows 77121 hours 36 min 9s (1B/s) remaining. This is a 4.52 GiB copy operation which I don't consider excessive. I'm using Nexus 5 MOB30H.
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Marius commented
still working like shit exfat wtf !??? last update April. 2015. what the hek man. !??????
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Yes, I've already tested it. Only FAT32 seems to be supported at the moment. If I plug an exFAT formatted stick it says it's broken and wants to format it.
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Johny Lemon commented
Dear Krzysztof,
Have you see this? http://www.androidpolice.com/2015/05/28/android-m-feature-spotlight-external-storage-can-be-adopted-as-true-internal-storage-or-accessed-normally-with-no-additional-apps/
Especially the part concerning USB drives. Not sure if the drive need to be formated...
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And another notice: I will not work on any other file system than FAT, exFAT and NTFS.
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Unfortunately, even if ntfs-3g was used in a plugin, the GPL license still requires the application which loads this plugin to be open source.
BTW, I've managed to implement exFAT read only mode.
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CDuke commented
UDF is open source, correct?
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/59585/file-system-compatible-with-all-oses -
CDuke commented
Johny Lemon's suggestion on this topic about making the OTG function as open source is a fantastic idea...
Then skillful people would be able to add their own libraries to it for different file systems etc
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Johny Lemon commented
I thought about something about ntfs-3g.
Is it possible that you inluded this lib in a plugin, which is free and open source? Or make the whole USB-OTG feature in a open source pulgin so you (or someone else) can add any lib you want. Does it circumvent the GPL license issue?
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CDuke commented
If possible please add inclusive support for Un-mounting a USB safely - http://neatbytes.uservoice.com/forums/274528-solid-explorer-2-0/suggestions/7097229-unmount-a-usb-device-safely-remove
BTW, in regards to licences of file systems the UDF and ISO 9660 systems are both open, free to use systems, but please check. BothUDF and IS0 9660 would be highly useful for especially Tablet and Android TV-box users like myself but also some phone users too (providing the phone is powerful enough or in conjunction with powered usb hub)
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Ralf commented
OTG hope will be realized without Ruth rights!
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NTFS-3G is licensed under GPL. If I wanted to use it, I would have to open Solid Explorer's sources too. The only way is to find an alternative with less restricitive license or implement it on my own.
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Johny Lemon commented
I would really make use of ntfs support if you implement it. I tought it was just a matter of libs. ntfs-3g+ is not open source?
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FAT32 is coming first. After successful completion I will start to work on exFAT. No more file systems are planned to be supported.
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CDuke commented
Yes please as many file-systems as possible.
NTFS, FAT 32, exFAT, UDF, ISO 9660
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Nessu commented
Please, add NTFS and exFAT support too.
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Anonymous commented
I wonder if this might help you?