[Xiaomi Mi Box S] No permission to write on the external disk

by Primokorn

Hello,

I connected a Seagate external hard disk of 2Tb to the Mi Box S.

I'm trying to upload files to this hard disk from my computer (Xubuntu 18.04) using Web Access of FX File Explorer app (apk installed on Mi Box S and web access on my laptop) and to remove files on this hard disk from apps installed on the Mi Box S (I tried with FX File Explorer, Solid Explorer and X-plore file manager).

I always have a permission issue and X-plore gives me this error message:

no activity found to handle intent { act=android.os.storage.action.OPEN_EXTERNAL_DIRECTORY (has extras) }

Finally I have to unplug the hard disk and plug it to my laptop to be able to add/remove files.

Is it a limitation from this box? I didn't find anything useful up to now.

Thank you for your help!

EDIT: solved by connecting the external hard drive to the box of my ISP instead of the Mix Box S (MIBOX4 running 8.1.0).

piearenotsquare

Is there a gallery app like there's on tv? You can create an ftp server from the gallery app in the tv and then write to external disk. Might be there on the box too.

Primokorn

Seems to be a Mi Box issue but it's not solved: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=333234&page=3

haojiezhu

If formatted as FAT32, turn on "Use X-plore USB driver" in X-plore. If formatted as exFAT, turn on "Enable OTG" in MiXplorer. To write to NTFS drive, use exFAT/NTFS for USB by Paragon ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.paragon.tcplugins_ntfs_ro&hl=en_US ) with Total Commander.

Don't write to harddrive with very important data with 3rd-party USB OTG driver unless you already backed up everything. There's always the risk of data corruption.