Good idea for testing purposes but for longer term:
Can you (or anyone) tell from the log what it is about that particular zip that MiX does not like and whether or not it might be worth HP pursuing as fix or improvement?
Good idea for testing purposes but for longer term:
Can you (or anyone) tell from the log what it is about that particular zip that MiX does not like and whether or not it might be worth HP pursuing as fix or improvement?
Spannaa
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It's not a zip, it's an apk
You can open apks with zip readers but they don't reveal everything.
Use apktool for apks
My mistake, thanks for the incidental clarification. I intended to say "archive". Point being the same, IIRC MiXplorer does have some capability to create or modify the content of apks. If that is incorrect then I stand corrected, but if that is correct then there is some merit to this user's report.
Moot as I intended to say "archive", although that distinction betwen APKs and other archives may be part of an unavoidable but as yet unexplained limitation - the very explanation I seek.
No one has as yet stated a specific reason why MiXplorer cannot handle that particular file while it can handle the same action on other files. Maybe there is such a reason, in which case I seek to know that reason, and if there is no reason then it might be something HP can work with.
Disclaimer: this is not to disagree with the recommendation to use a dedicated APK utility for managing APK files, but in the absence of a specific reason why that file did not work in MiXplorer, this seems like a reasonable request for MiXplorer development. Both of these things can be true at the same time.
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I do not do well teasing information out of repeatedly watching a video, so I'm not sure what he was doing, or at what point he was unhappy. It looked like Mixplorer successfully displayed the contents of the archive, and then failed to delete something from the archive. The error message seems to say it is not a ZIP file, or at least not the kind of ZIP file with which Mixplorer is familiar. Maybe the archive is a newer version of ZIP, and while Mixplorer seems to make sense of the directory structure, it does not correctly request a deletion.
Thebear j koss
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See @Spannaa 's reply. Apks technically are not zips. They are not created with a zip maker, like 7zip or Zarchive. To delete contents of apks you need to use apktool.
Thanks for the clarification. As the initial reports mentioned being able to do the same in a different a file I thought there might be some difference between the files, but based on what you have stated and what @Spannaa implied that seems not to be the case and we should not expect to be able to do that with any APK (except maybe one that is essentially a zip file named as an APK or something like that).
Spannaa
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Reference:
[UTIL][NOV 24, 2022] Apktool - Tool for reverse engineering apk files
Originally Posted by Brut.all, Updated by iBotPeaches It is a tool for reengineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications; it makes possible to...
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Apktool - A tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps.
Apktool - A tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications
Whilst you can open an apk with MiXplorer, and delete or add contents, the resulting apk will be usually be compromised due to it's assets not being updated in resources.arsc
Doing anything other than simple stuff like replacing the odd .png requires the apk to be decoded first.
This is not something that should be part of Mixplorer.
Thebear j koss
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No lost translation. Issue is what you should be using is an app editor and not a file manager for these operations. Deleting things from apks usually breaks the APK, whether you sign it or not. I edit themes in apks all the time, like in Swiftkey for example, but I do it with an APK editor and not a file manager.
Spannaa
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No, but there's a Q&A thread:Is there any telegram support channel for MixPlorer I've a lot of question about it
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MiXplorer: Q&A and FAQ (User Manual) Table Of Contents: i. INTRODUCTION, GETTING MIXPLORER, & INSTALLATION (This post) ii. UI, NAVIGATION, VIEW CONFIGURATION, BOOKMARKS, TABS iii. WORKING WITH FILES & FOLDERS (Copy Move methods, Trash option)...
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Not ready yet.
Your file is partly corrupted and MiX doesn't ignore errors. Your file is probably created or modified by bad tools. You can extract files and rebuild the zip again (with apk extension) to fix it. Tools which are using this method won't have any problem like APK signers or some other archivers.
Reference:
[UTIL][NOV 24, 2022] Apktool - Tool for reverse engineering apk files
Originally Posted by Brut.all, Updated by iBotPeaches It is a tool for reengineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modifications; it makes possible to...
Apktool - A tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps.
Apktool - A tool for reverse engineering 3rd party, closed, binary Android apps. It can decode resources to nearly original form and rebuild them after making some modificationsibotpeaches.github.io
Whilst you can open an apk with MiXplorer, and delete or add contents, the resulting apk will be usually be compromised due to it's assets not being updated in resources.arsc
Doing anything other than simple stuff like replacing the odd .png requires the apk to be decoded first.
Now that's the type of explanation I was looking for. Thanks.
... and this explanation speaks directly to my question about the differences between files. Thank you.
[EDIT] BTW, in case the reason for my poking around this was not obvious, I was looking for a way to describe how users could identify when to use a dedicated APK utility and what the expectations are regarding MiXplorer. My take away is: give MiX a try but be prepared to use a dedicated utility, particularly if you are making edits within the file. Thanks again.
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Is there any telegram support channel for MixPlorer I've a lot of question about it
There is not much in the FAQ regarding Telegram as I do not use it so you will probably find more answers by searching this thread and asking here.
EDIT D'oh! I thought you were talking about a telegram related shortcut in MiX but you probably meant a telegram channel on which MiXplorer is discussed. I should have reached for my coffee instead of my phone. The FAQ is indeed a good place for such exploration.
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I don't think there was a misunderstanding. It seemed clear to me (and probably to others) that you were not requesting the expansion of MiX APK functionality, and that you were exploring the potential of the app but willing to use a dedicated APK tool. I was speaking to it just because I was curious about why it worked in some files and not others.
Cannot Find SMB1 File Server on Windows
I would like to browse my Android's internal storage on Windows via SMB1 protocol. I already enabled SMB1 in Windows Features. When SMB1 server is active, Mixplorer gives an
I cannot use FTP server. I currently have WSA installed and it won't allow me to navigate across FTP directories in Windows Explorer, giving an error message 'Application not found', whereas I can browse my Linux Samba share folders just fine. It's just a Windows incompatibility issue.
Anyhow, I'd like to know if there is anybody who successfully made SMB1 server work in Mixplorer that allows browsing their Android's internal storage on Windows Explorer.
I would like to browse my Android's internal storage on Windows via SMB1 protocol. I already enabled SMB1 in Windows Features. When SMB1 server is active, Mixplorer gives an
smb://192.168.1.10:4450 address. Naturally, I'd enter this address in Windows Explorer address bar as is or as \\192.168.1.10. I knew this is already problematic because there is no folder share name, something like \\192.168.1.10\share.I cannot use FTP server. I currently have WSA installed and it won't allow me to navigate across FTP directories in Windows Explorer, giving an error message 'Application not found', whereas I can browse my Linux Samba share folders just fine. It's just a Windows incompatibility issue.
Anyhow, I'd like to know if there is anybody who successfully made SMB1 server work in Mixplorer that allows browsing their Android's internal storage on Windows Explorer.
How to create truly persistent tabs? I want something similar to dual panel FMs with switchable panels. So, I tried to create two tabs and save them. But the tabs get reset after exiting the app through the main menu or after rebooting the phone. They persist only when closing the app using the back button/gesture. Enabling the save tabs at exit option has no effect. I'm using the latest version of MiX on Android 13. How to make this work? The provided options for dual panels don't really suit me, I neither want two panels in landscape mode nor always visible panels in portrait mode.
Feedback about my experience with the built-in media player of MiXplorer_v6.61.7-Beta_B23032310:
While opening more than one audio file (loop all ON), after the first file completes playing, the timer is reset to 0 for the second file, but the duration shown is of the first file. Similarly, after the next file completes playing, the timer is reset to 0, but the duration shown is of the previously played file.
In summary, although the timer is reset to 0, the duration of the audio files is of the previous file; only at the start is it shown correctly. Others might want to compare the time with seconds in the status bar and the progress bar of the media player and test further at their end. Further feedback would be appreciated (by @HootanParsa too, I guess).
While opening more than one audio file (loop all ON), after the first file completes playing, the timer is reset to 0 for the second file, but the duration shown is of the first file. Similarly, after the next file completes playing, the timer is reset to 0, but the duration shown is of the previously played file.
In summary, although the timer is reset to 0, the duration of the audio files is of the previous file; only at the start is it shown correctly. Others might want to compare the time with seconds in the status bar and the progress bar of the media player and test further at their end. Further feedback would be appreciated (by @HootanParsa too, I guess).
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Open the tabs you want to be persitent.
Press down arrow on left side of tab bar.
Save tabs.
Now.
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It is probably a false positive detection. Occasionally such things do happen with android antivirus utilities, and sometimes even when Google changes the type of notifications which it requires from the apps there may be Google warnings but IIRC there has never been an actual infection related to MiXplorer. If you are interested in getting more information you could try to find out specifically what it is that avast thinks is the problem or you could reported to them as a false positive but IMO it's not even worth chasing that - to the point previously made about avast's fall from grace.3@Musashi_ @IronTechmonkey @simonbellu @rsngfrce
I appreciate your prompt response.
I have performed a scan of the MiXplorer APK file using VirusTotal, and the results are consistent with your indications. Avast-Mobile is the only antivirus that detects MiXplorer as malware. So everything would indicate that it is a false positive.
The antivirus came by default as part of Huawei Optimizer. I'm going to report it to Avast anyway, telling them it's a false positive.2
That is weird indeed, as if MiXplorer cannot see or use a previously created folder and is creating a new one. IIRC no recent reports of anything similar. Here are some testing suggestions.
- Test with only one version of MiXplorer on the device, IE not two versions installed in parallel (which we can do with XDA, beta, and play store versions).
- Check read/write access to the root of drives by simply creating a text file with MiX, then modifying it with MiX editor, then closing MiXplorer entirely, then confirming that the modification is properly recorded.
- Check the modified and created dates of each of the duplicated .recycle folders; look for indications of any pattern such as: clusters where many are created in a short period of time, or distribution where they are spaced more evenly over time.
- Try to correlate the dates with other events on the device.
You could dig deeper into the various folders and look at the dates and the contents of any items contained therein but at that point it might be better to log it, especially if the timeline of the creation and modification of the folders can help you induce the issue for logging.2
Personally, I have been using a combination of the free Sophos Intercept X and Sophos Security & Antivirus Guard on Android for quite a while with little issue (other than the occasional PUA
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MiX would have the developer's key and not F-Droid's. F-Droid cannot build MiX, it is not open source and the code is not available. The person setting up the repository also cannot build it for the same reason.
The ( terrible, awful ) idea was that someone ( NOT F-Droid themselves, but the person you quote ) wanted to set up a repository mirroring the developer's drive, copying the builds there ( illegally, since this is proprietary software with a license ) to distribute them.
Edit : And you've just proven one of my points. People will be confused and misled about this whole idea, just as you have. Let it die, stop.
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The file with "API29" in its name declares itself as using version 29 of the Android API. Sometimes an app that claims it is targetting an older version of the API is allowed to do something that used to be allowed but is no longer allowed.
Use the file that does not mention API. If you have a problem, like being unable to write to an external SD-card, you can try the other version. Or ask here and see if anyone thinks it will help.8
In Name mode (i.e. not Regex, etc), use %A%N as the name, and %01d in Advanced settings > Incremental number format. Preview available from the drop-down menu next to the name field.
Edit: mind the space at the beginning of the default ' (%...d)' format. %01d is equivalent to %d. The 0 enables 0-padding. The digit(s) after the 0 specifies the minimum length of the resulting increment, padding it with zeros where necessary. Feel free to add any alphanumeric or punctuation characters (except /:\$% and maybe more) before % and after d, e.g. 'Picture %03d — '.77
Actually that's not entirely correct as F-Droid will replace the author's key with their own. They use the same key for each and every app in the repo. If you install any app from their repo, and then download an update directly from the original source, Android will refuse to update and you would need to reinstall the app.
It is perfectly possible to get instant updates for MiXplorer (or any other app for that matter) by using Obtainium! It can update your apps from the official (or any other) source directly, such as GitHub/Gitlab/custom F-droid repo's/any HTML page etc.
It will automatically check all available .apks from the configured source and look for the newest version for your architecture. If there is a newer version it will let you know and can update the app. You can even search for any app inside Obtainium and it will automatically search GitHub and then let you pick the right one from a dropdown with results. You only have to do this once per app and then you are set for life.
Obtainium is much faster as you get updates directly from the source and you don't have to wait for e.g. F-droid to sign and put the new version in the repository. Nowadays my updates almost exclusively come from Obtainium and not from Playstore or repo's that always lag behind.
More importantly it is much more secure, and not just because of instantaneous updates. If a third party repo that is distributing multiple self-signed apps gets compromised, so will each one of those apps on your phone, generally giving much wider system access and permissions.
The biggest problem with the F-droid repository is that developers' keys get removed and replaced with F-droid's own key. Thus all apps get signed with the same key. If this ever gets compromised than each single one of the F-droid apps will be. This makes it very attractive for hackers to target such a repository, as they can push updates to millions of users all with the same key.
Downloading from the source avoids this problem as each app will be signed with the developers' own keys, thus even if a malicious actor compromises the source, they would still need the developers' own key or Android will block it. If they only have the key, not control over source, no problem either. There's no single point of failure.
Going after a single developer is much less lucrative, and also harder, because their IP-adress is not publicly linked to the repository (unless self-hosting). Signing happens on a completely different private system, and only the .apk, not the key can be found at the source. In case of F-droid, hackers already know pretty much where they need to penetrate, simply by resolving the URL. The signing happens automatically and continuously on their server as new versions come out.
The app is pretty new, but gaining traction and updates very regularly with new features coming in lightning speed. I haven't had a single app that I couldn't get to work with Obtainium. The only downside is that you'll have to remove any app installed from the F-droid repository and then reinstall with the .apk from the source, as they will have a different key. Removing and reinstalling can be done through Obtainium though.
Upside of using source apk instead of Google Playstore version is that there are no automatically included Google Firebase and other trackers added in without the dev choosing to put it in their build.
Most apps can be found on Github/Gitlab and will be set-up in a few seconds due to their seamless integration(set-up a personal acces token for faster search results). If you're too lazy to confirm / look-up the source for each of your apps you could even import a backup from a user that has already configured all sources (optionally delete any apps from Obtainium that you don't have, and add-in any missing apps).
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• Swipe the left-center edge will open the drawer.
• Allow Background Activity from Android settings + Apps + MiXplorer + Battery usage.
• If user is anonymous in FTP-Client, working directory on the server will be read-only. Default user is Admin. Set a password to prevent your neighbors from even reading your files.
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My name is Hootan. I work on XDA in my free time and this file explorer is my favorite Android project!
MiXplorer mix of explorers (SD, FTP, Lan, Cloud and other storage explorers) is a fast, smooth, beautiful, reliable and full-featured file manager with a simple and intuitive user interface.
This app has no ads, is and will always remain free.
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The best way indeed is to explore yourself. But here's a brief list of essential features:
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v6.63.0_B23042410:
• Added 'Extract' option in the main menu inside the opened archive.
• Added 'MoveTo...' option in Image viewer menu.
• Added 'Shuffle' option in Sort menu.
• Some changes to prevent users from executing AutoTasks in a wrong destination.
• Remove OpenWith... from OpenAs... dialog and instead added a new item for all possible activities.
• Some other fixes and optimizations.
v6.62.3_B23041810:
• Fixed some issues with SFTP server.
• Fixed stopping local server.
• Some other fixes and optimizations.
v6.62.2_B23041410:
• Fixed login to mega cloud storge.
• Fixed opening CBZ files with some apps.
v6.62.1_B23041310:
• Added Viber bookmark support.
• Fixed some issues.
v6.62.0_B23041210:
• Added SYNC option for Auto-Task > COPY.
• Added sharing split app from APP category.
• Added 'encrypt_data' option for SMB3 in the advanced settings of the SMB client, and it's disabled by default.
•Disabled 'Show hidden files globally' by default. Change it from VIEW>Options.
•Enabled 'Swipe down to show/hide hidden files' by default. Change it from VIEW>Options.
• Some fixes and optimizations.
v6.61.7_B23032410:
• Fixed external storage issue in Android 6.
• Some other tiny fixes.
v6.61.6_B23031310:
• Some fixes and tiny improvements.
v6.61.5_B23030520:
• Fixed some random crashes.
• Fixed translation issues.
v6.61.3_B23022830:
• This folder '/data/user/<UserID>/com.mixplorer/Home' will be recognized as default Home. You can add it manually or 'Reset defaults' from the bookmarks menu. Or long-press on the tab title of previous Home address and 'Set as Home'.
• Some fixes and optimizations.
v6.61.1_B23022610:
• Fixed some issues with drawing icons.
• Removed the indicator where you can open the left drawer. Now you know how you could swipe the left edge to open the left drawer instead of going back.
v6.61.0_B23022520:
• Added 'Set app icon' in the action menu for folders.
• Added 'Same extension' option in address bar menu in the action mode.
• Added 'Full view thumbnails in gallery mode' option in Toolbar > VIEW > Options. You need to long-press on the address bar and clear the thumbnails cache.
• Added an indicator line at the left side of screen to open the left drawer (Android 29+).
• Added monochrome app icon.
• Fixed overwriting files in Box storage with auto task.
• Fixed logging out Mail.ru when exiting the app.
• Notifications must be enabled for MiX to be able to start the servers, find duplicates and...
• You can add the working directory at the end of the deeplinks for the servers. (https://mixplorer.com/app/ftp/trigger/storage/emulated/0/pictures)
• Fixed some other issues.
v6.60.3_B23021520:
• Added an extra option in the network dialog to make sure if we really want to have an extra lock for the cloud storage or not.
v6.60.2_B23021420:
• Fixed an issue with finding local IP addresses.
v6.60.1_B23021210:
• Fixed restoring split apps.
• Disabled Document provider at first run. You can enable it from the settings > Components, if you need it.
• Fixed an issue with scanning local IP.
v6.60.0_B23021130:
• Added WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter, Instagram bookmarks. Long-press on the address-bar > Enter path (e.g content://mix/whatsapp) and add to bookmarks. Or Reset Defaults from the bookmarks menu.
• Added supporting images for Convert feature.
• Optimized searching speed.
• Fixed stopping servers.
• Fixed crash due to decoding a type of AVIF image. Update MiX-Image add-on.
• Fixed Yandex login issue.
• Some other fixes and improvements.
v6.59.1_B23020180:
• Fixed searching PDF content.
v6.59.0_B23012940:
• Added a separate option for Recycle bin in the settings page > More settings.
• Added deeplinks to turn the servers on and off:
- https://mixplorer.com/app/ftp/trigger
- https://mixplorer.com/app/sftp/trigger
- https://mixplorer.com/app/http/trigger
- https://mixplorer.com/app/smb/trigger
• Some tiny improvements and bug fixes.
v6.58.8_B22090510:
• Enabled Undo feature by default. You can disable it from the settings > More settings > Undo.
• Fixed some issues and tiny improvements.
v6.58.5_B22090510:
• Fixed accessing to /Android/data and /obb directories in Android 12+.
• Fixed crashing while decoding some types of HEIC images.
• Fixed crashing Code editor because of a bug in a system method used by GBoard app on Android 12+.
• Fixed some issues in SQLite DB editor.
• Changed to use the internal browser to login to DropBox by default.
• Added ID3 version options for MP3 files in Tags editor dialog.
• Added Metadata/Tags/Comment option in Search dialog.
• Some other bug fixes and improvements.
v6.58.4_B22020920:
• Fixed some issues in previous builds.
v6.58.1_B22020120:
• Fixed group of issues was made during compiling the codes.
v6.58.0_B22013120:
• Added SFTP and SMB1 servers. (experimental)
• Added 'Reload' and 'Start at the end of text' menu options in Code/Text editors. And 'Tab with 4 spaces' for Code editor.
• Added AXML editor.
• Added 'Don't show in recent activities' option in app selection dialog.
• Added support for AVIF and multipage HEIC images.
• Removed 'Root directory' from FTP server settings. It will be the same as the 'Working directory'. Added 'Force this directory'.
• Moved Add > 'Document provider' to Add > 'Storage'.
• Improved local IP scanner.
• Fixed some issues with editing SQLite files.
• If user is anonymous in FTP-Client, working directory will be read-only. Default user is Admin.
• Many other fixes and improvements.
v6.57.6_B21121040:
• Improved FTP/Share server performance and compatibility.
• Many tiny improvements, optimizations and fixes.
v6.57.5_B21111410:
• Added the list of current possible IPs for the server, in the Server settings.
• Added sending the list of video files in the current folder to MX Player.
v6.57.4_B21111220:
• Added settings to set the server port for SendTo feature.
• Some tiny fixes and improvements.
v6.57.3_B21110910:
• Fixed some issues with FTP(S-ES) server.
• Fixed reading /data/data directory.
• Fixed some other issues.
v6.57.2_B21110510:
• Added SSL option for Servers again.
• Added Explicit mode and content encryption support for FTP server.
• Added Filter extensions for thumbnails. Long press on the address bar.
• Added custom keystore and key manager in the servers settings page.
• Added 'Archive files separately' option in the Archive dialog, if there are multiple files/folders.
• Added starting FTP/HTTP servers without WIFI.
• Added custom IP input in the servers settings page.
• Added 'nameio/block32' filename encoding support for EncFs.
• Added Multi-user support for the servers. Default user is Admin.
• Removed TCP server. Use FTP/Share server.
• Improved Send-To function and added Archive option.
• Fixed an issue with some compressors. Archive add-on needs to be updated.
• Fixed starting servers on boot.
• Fixed an issue with searching files in the system directories.
• Fixed selecting files from Viber and some other apps.
• Fixed adjusting the new file size when editing MP3 tags.
• Fixed an issue with updating the Android media store.
• Fixed typing lags in Code Editor.
• Fixed opening some type of files from Gmail app.
• Fixed selecting files from some other apps.
• Fixed uploading an empty file to OneDrive.
• Fixed editing a text file in OneDrive with Code Editor directly.
• Fixed opening user home directory for FTP server.
• And some other tiny fixes and changes.
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