[Q] problems to mount network folder on Memo Pad 7 ME572C (SSHFS/NFS/CIFS)

[Funkin-Stoopid]

Hello everybody
I have a big problem. I recently bought an Asus Memo Pad 7 ME572C and I can't access to my files over my network.
With my old tab, I'm so use to mount documents with SSHFSAndroid app. So I can read my Ebooks and watch my pictures and videos like if they were onto the tablet (for music files I have a MPD server). But SSHFSAndroid doesn't work with this tablet (actually, I didn't get it to work). I tried Mount Manager and CIFSManager with a NFS server and same result.
So I come to ask some help and to know if someone else tried to do the same things and get a fix or a solution.
For me, this is a huge regression and I'm thinking to exchange or pay back this beautiful tab.
I do really love it (huge resolution, speed, lightweight, lollipop soon, maybe CyanogenMod), but I missed so much to read and watch with a tablet without any download (Since many years I already do it with my laptop thanks to GNU/Linux and SSH). Please, I'll really appreciate some helps.
Sorry for my poor English, I'm French
PS: Do you know which Android is It ? arm or x86 ? Because Atom processor inside is 64 bits and some apk I download were x86 package.

 

[Gentaz]

Hi, welcome to me572 users community !

Your issues are not hardware, thus asking a refund for those considerations seems irrelevant... Same thing for architecture : android is not arm or x86, but the underlying system it is running on is (architecture dependent), and bus length (32/64 bits) is another thing... Regarding x86 architecture, that has been there nearly since the beginning, we make a difference between 32 and 64 bits capable CPUs, thus having x86 and x86_64 architectures.
To me the right thing to say is that this tab uses android kitkat on a x86 architecture, thus using a x86 kernel and x86 system binaries : here we dont say x86_64 but it is implied as tablets/android didn't existed since we switched to 64 bits. As 32 bits cpu are gradually disappearing, the x86 name more and more refers to 64 bits capable cpus...

Anyway I don't understand the concept of arm or x86 applications as there shouldn't be any adherence with the architecture : android is "just" a java framework precisely intended to alleviate devs from those kind of considerations, unless it is a "system interfering" app like xposed or busybox installers... That's why vendors have to play an important part in the system that is delivered to you : they have to adapt the underlying os (gnu/linux kernel and binaries) to have the android framework to work properly on the device through specific drivers (system libraries and kernel modules). Whike doing this they also develop apps, bloatwares, benchmarck cheats, or other interfaces and add-on like ZenUI for Asus (Sense for HTC,....) in an attempt to make a difference and/or develop users loyalty like apple : that's actually the most visible but smallest part of their work on a ROM...

At last, I think I may help here : have a look at "owncloud", it allows to browse and download files and even keep contact/calendar/photo sync through a simple server, it even have its own http interface, windows and linux clients. You can host it yourself or find free online hosting, and use specific android clients apps like owncloud and DAVdroid among many others. It can also be used as a network filesystem under linux, and is way more stable and faster than sshfs...

 

[Funkin-Stoopid]

hello
Thank you for those explanations. I understand. With Android we use x86 for 64bits because 32 never exist. My misunderstood was because on GNU/Linux processor 32 exist so there is x86 and x86_64.
For now there is some apps and games not yet compatible with x86, for example République or Banner Saga.
You say that sshfs is slow and unstable. I'm not ok with that. We don't care about speed when we use a mount point. And That was speed enough for watch movies or read comics.
Es explorer can watch Movies like a streaming without download cache (I don't now how It does) but for comics, pictures and music it entire download it.
For a long time I use sshfs with Linux at home and over the worldwide web and It'd not unstable at all. It's pretty easy and efficient to work with your files away from miles as if they were in your local device.
I will give a try to owncloud/webdav if they manage network mount.