Xplore File Manager + Mi Box + external hard drive?

by th3suffering

Anyone know how to get write access working to the external hard drive with this? Xplore tells me it needs permission and says i should get a prompt but i get an error every single time. Its a giant PITA unplugging the hard drive and plugging it into a computer every time I want to add files to it. Im open to other file managers if i can manage over wifi like I can with Xplore, but Im not going to use the cancer that is ES File Manager.

switchy85

I may be wrong, but I think you might need to be rooted for that.

Ausernameneeded

I just format and migrate the drive through settings. My downloads, videos, music, etc are on the drive but zero apps (which I wanted).

It looks like on big drive on a file explorer, but going back into settings/device storage shows the internal and external drives and the break down of files in each.

This is using the Mi Box.