[WFX]TotalAndDroid4.0 file system plugin for Android devices

[blagoev]

Hello everyone,

This is the support thread of TotalAndDroid wfx plugin (www.blagoev.com/totalanddroid/) - The most advanced Total Commander file system plugin for Android devices.

If you are using android device, check it out. Please leave feedback and suggestions for improvements at the site or here in the forum.

TotalAndDroid Release History

v4.0
» New: Support for dynamic wireless connections. (opening \\TAD\IP:Port will try to connect automatically the device)
» New: Support "reboot to download" and "Power off" commands
» New: Support "hot reboot" command
» New: "Screenshow.png" special file will capture device screenshot (Can be copied, or opened in lister with F3)
» New: Support custom shell commands from TC command bar.

» Fixed: Date and time of pulled files from device
» Fixed: Connecting to devices that has $ instead of # as shell suffix
» Fixed: Moved to synchronous sockets by default (some computer configurations reported socket errors when async communication)
» Fixed: Use TAD when device is in recovery mode

v3.5

» New: Support for background operations
» New: Huge, performance improvements in all operations
» New: Vast memory optimizations all over TAD plugin
» New: Faster download and upload of files and directories by reusing commmunication channels for file operations
» New: Introduced TAD context actions.
» New: "Remove all files and directories" context action
» New: "Remove all selected files and directories" context action
» New: "Get directory sizes" context action. Shows total directory size (busybox required)
» New: File listings are much faster now with very few resources consumed
» New: Make directory is much faster with single create operation on all devices and any directory depth
» New: Reboot device, Reboot to bootloader, Reboot to recovery commands in .TAD folder
» New: TotalAndDroid update checking.
» New: ".Update TAD" special file is shown when new version is available. (Navigates to download page)
» New: ".TAD Options" special file so options page is more easelly discovered.
» New: ".Navigate to root" special file to ease going to TAD root when device is not found but path was preserved from a previous session
» New: ".Hide directory sizes" special file (or do a CTRL + R to hide directory sizes)

» Fixed: Multiple instances of TC with TAD loaded to work side by side
» Fixed: File date and time to be correct after upload
» Fixed: File permissions to be correct after upload
» Fixed: Better handling of device offline status
» Fixed: Create directory to succeed if the directory is already present

For more details and description of the new features check this page http://www.blagoev.com/TotalAndDroid/totalanddroid-v3.5

v 3.0

» New: x64 in-proc support.
» New: Full x64 and x32 on all Windows OSes XP, Vista, Win7, Win8 on all TC versions installed and portable.
» New: Change file permissions
» New: Applications listing (in .TAD\Applications folder)
» New: Applications uninstall (enter or delete from .TAD\Applications folder)
» New: Added kernel log messages support (dmesg)
» New: Added .TAD folder in root of every device for TAd specific functionality
» New: Added Windows 7 style dialogs
» New: Custom device names for USB and Wireless connections.
» New: TAD options
Added TAD icon and version information
Added TAD options showing plugin version number.
Added TAD options to restet settings
Added TAD options to reset device names
» Fixed: Simplified Application installation experience
» Fixed: Moved bugreprot, logcat, dmgesg to .TAD special folder
» Fixed: copy/move on same device.
» Fixed: some files missing in listings
» Fixed: Push and pull to handle file operations better

v 2.5

» Critical Fix: 32bit OS support for x32 and x64 bit versions of Total Commander

» Added support for direct file transfer between two devices. ( move and copy )
» Added Logcat support. Support copying of .Logcat file directly to file on local HDD
» Added Bugreport support. Support copying of .Bugreport file directly to file on local HDD
» Fixed: Empty folder issue on first connect
» Fixed: Handle correctly the use of special folders in file operations (file .Connect to device etc don't allow operating on them)

Download page http://www.blagoev.com/TotalAndDroid/download
More information http://www.blagoev.com/TotalAndDroid/totalanddroid-v2.5

v2.0

x64 bit support (Total Commander x64 8.0 or above)(out of process)
Added support for installation of applications
Preserve last used IP:Port when wireless connect
Support read-write to /system
Automatically connect as root, where possible
Updated adb tools that come with the TAD to latest version
Fix: A bug when file size is 0 when reporting progress
Fix: Listing of /dev folder
Fix: Newly connected devices are not shown on \\TotalAndDroid root refresh

more on http://www.blagoev.com/TotalAndDroid/totalanddroid-v2.0







Thanks,
Blagoev

Thanks,
Blagoev

[white]

I have not visited your website, but I downloaded the plugin directly from your site.

Virustotal report shows four hits. Are these false positives?

[blagoev]

Exactly false positives. It may be since it requires admin rights to register the out of proces server.

TotalAndDroid contains no viruses, no spam, ads etc.

A lot of work and dedication has been spent on implementing it.
But decide for yourself. At least use a virtual machine to try it out...

I will update the site to explicitly state this.

Also now available on total cmd net

Still can't post links here.

[elishnevsky]

Is 64-bit version coming any time soon?

[blagoev]

Definitely. When I started doing TotalAndDroid there was no x64 version of Total Commander. Days before I finished Total Commander 8 was released supporting x64.

There is such ticket in the uservoice totalanddroid forum. So vote there and add more ideas if you have any.

There is also a forum thread on xda developers here
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704203)

Seems like x64 TC version is used by many. Vote on the uservoice forum so others can see its requested.

Thanks,
Blagoev

[Nigurrath]

is it possible to also add the browsing of the sdcard?

edited: sorry didn't notice it was under mnt folder )

[blagoev]

Added TotalAndDroid on the TC wiki page

[white]

Added TotalAndDroid on the TC wiki page

You had added it to the list of plugins available in 64 bit editions. Your plugin does not seem to be available in a 64 bit edition, so I moved your plugin to the list of file system plugins.

[blagoev]

Indeed my bad,

x64 is planned for the next release.

Thanks
Blagoev

[damjang]

Hi! I have tried the TotalAndDroid on my winXPsp2x32 with TC8.0. I find that when I copy a file from my pc to android sdcard the file is copied, but it is not showed on TC target, also if I close and restart the connection in TC. On the android the file is ok.

[blagoev]

Thanks, will investigate that. May be something related to TC 8 version of the plugin api.

Actually the plugins have no way to indicate to TC to refresh a file listing after a copy.

Thanks,
Blagoev

[blagoev]

I can't reproduce this. Any more information can help.

Thanks,
Blagoev

[damjang]

I try on my home win7x64 pc with TC8.0x32 and all work ok. But on my pc with winXP SP2 & TC8.0x32 don't work ok. I must say here that I read in the System requirements that WinXP SP3 is required. Is this the fault? I controll and have previously installed Samsung USB driver for Mobile. I download and install .net4 and then install the plugin.

When I connect my Samsung GS2 with android 2.3.5 on the pc (without doing nothing on phone) it recognize it like USB mass storage (2 disc D: and E: that is not working through win). When I go to totalandroid I see all the dirs and files but with the date and attributes blank (and also blank icons). If I copy from android to pc all is ok, but if I copy from pc to android the file is copied (I see it in TC for android) but on pc TC it is not listed. I disconnect totalandroid and reconnect it and the copied file is not listed. Then I disconnect totalandroid, disconnect the usb cable and reconnect all and the copied file is not listed. I also kill TotalByClr.Server.exe and after relaunch of TC (cause it freeze) the copied file is not listed...

If I delete a file with totalandroid from phone all is ok and refreshed ok.

[blagoev]

That's something related either to Win XP SP22 and Total Commander 8 on the same machine and the specific phone. There is no logic that controls if TC refreshes or not. Also there is no caching of file listings involved. The file dates and attributes are not working in the first version. They will be fixed in the next one.

You can try sending me a debug of the communication involved. Use the (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/socket_sniffer.html) socket sniff. It will output all the communication that goes to the device. You will need to copy/paste this in a text file and send it to me.

In the next version I will add some logging to ease this process.

Thanks,
Blagoev

[blagoev]

A detailed description of one week after TotalAndDroid is posted here

http://www.blagoev.com/TotalAndDroid/news/totalanddroid-one-week-later

Thanks, for the good feedback and glad you like the plugin.

Tell your friends about it,
Blagoev