How can I copy files to the X5 from my laptop?

[Lovell McIlwain]

Hello,

I am attempting to copy my backup Kodi files to the X5 and I am having some trouble.

So far I have tried using ES File Explorer and X-plore to copy files from my laptop to the X5 but neither of them have worked and I can't seem to track down why.

ES File Explorer just fails for every action I attempt whether it's uploading a file through the "View on PC" or deleting a file through the app itself.

X-plore just doesn't show the content of the directory when I attempt to go to the path that I created.

As far as I am aware,  I am not attempting to access any system files and I made sure to force-stop Kodi just in case any files were in use but I am still not able to copy files. 

Has anyone else run into this issue or know of a way I can successfully upload files?

Thanks

[Emporium]

I haven't used ES for ages.  But I regularly transfer files to/from my buzz boxes  (including the X5) and my Synology NAS server using Solid Explorer.  Should be pretty much the same as any windows SMB share (assuming no permission restrictions).  

However if you can't seen to set that up, you can always just copy files using a USB stick.

 

[Lovell McIlwain]

I just tried Solid Explorer and it told me I needed to downgrade to use it?

I have never tried to copy files using a USB stick but I can certainly give that a shot. I can't be that hard to figure out.

From what I can tell having messed with this for hours, I am expecting to see files in /storage/emulated/0/Android/data. So far every directory in the data directory appears to be empty. Even if I could attach a USB stick to the x5, I honestly don't know how to get to the directories I need to.

Doing a little research, there is some way I can connect the x5 directly to my laptop and that should give me access to the entire file system. I have a Mac so I am not sure if it's relevant but when I connected to my laptop, I didn't see a disk pop up as I expected it to. 

[Ryu]

have you tried teamviwers? works great for me. give a shot

[Lovell McIlwain]

I saw another post that you suggested teamviewer and I ran into a different yet same problem.

As I was navigating the directories on the x5 through teamviewer, I would get to the data directory and it would dump me right back to the root directory. It would just keep going in circles like that. It was like the data directory was a symlink back to the root directory or like a crash where it would reset the directory location back to the root directory. It was just weird.

[nbs.]

Whats your firmware version?

[Lovell McIlwain]

Sorry for not mentioning that in my first post:

Android TV OS Version: 11

Android Security Patch Level: October 1, 2021

Kernel Version: 5.4.125-android11-2-g4d87125cdc7d-ab20220629

Android OS Build: 20221011.20221011 release-keys

[nbs.]

Just wanted to ensure that your box wasn't one with the June 24th issue

[Lovell McIlwain]

No worries. I have one more ditch effort I am attempting right now.

I am changing the data path in Kodi to a place that I can write to.  I am uploading my files to that location right now. Hopefully, that will get me up and running.

[Lovell McIlwain]

Confirming my solution worked.

If anyone else runs into my issue where nothing else seems to work, the instructions can be found at the following location:

https://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Change_data_location_for_Android

[Emporium]

PS: Live links are not allowed   Need to put in "code" tags.

So it looks like the default kodi data location is "protected" by the OS, and therefore you can't modify the contents (normally).  At least Kodi gives you the option to relocate it's data directory, but this will obviously not be the case with other apps.

Thanks for posting on what worked for you (and not just leaving the thread hanging).  It is probably not specific to the X5, so I'm sure it can help others.

I just checked and the version of Solid explorer I use is 2.8.13 and it works fine.  Guess newer versions don't like AndroidTV yet  

 

 

[Lovell McIlwain]

Sorry about posting the live link. I don't seem to be able to edit the post to correct it  

Yes, I agree. This is definitely not an X5 issue at all and definitely thankful that I am able to use another location for Kodi's data.

This is my first Android 11 device (coming from amazon cube) so I wasn't entirely sure what I was dealing with. I remember hearing about the permissions changes and how much trouble it was causing to existing users but I figured by now there might have been a way to "get around it".  Based on some of the suggestions, I'm guessing that is the case. Just in my particular case, nothing worked. I thought the same thing regarding other apps using the protected directory location but so far this is the only app where I copy files back and forth since I have multiple devices that I "sync" updates and whatnot.