Hi, all.
If I use ES File Explorer to back up an app, the .apk is written to the /sdcard/backups/apps folder. If I plug the N7 into my Windows 7 64-bit laptop and browse to that folder, the .apk file is not listed. Other files in that folder (also .apks) are listed. I recently unlocked and rooted it using mskip's Toolkit. I can't recall having this problem prior to rooting. I definitely backed up a few apps to copy off so I could install them on my wife's Kindle Fire HD, and had no problem seeing them, copying them, etc. I also have no problems copying files from Windows to the N7, and those are immediately viewable in ES File Explorer.
After a ton of searching and reading, I tried two sdcard rescan apps, but neither work to make the files visible. According to ES File Explorer, the .apks on the N7 are readable, writable and not hidden. Oddly, after backing up more apps today, then going out to vote, leaving the N7 connected to my laptop, they were suddenly visible in Windows Explorer. This makes me wonder if the rescan process takes a long time to run. From reading about those rescan apps, it seems it shouldn't.
Is it possible that the drivers installed by the Toolkit could cause this? I have tried disabling "Developer options" (of which only "USB debugging" was active) - no dice; rebooting using the Rebooter app - no change. The difference I see between the fully stock, out-of-the-box N7 and the unlocked and rooted N7 is that the latter now shows up in Windows as a removable device (MTP Device). Normally MTP devices don't show up as things that can be ejected (Kindle Fire HD is that way). That would seem to be driver-related.
It is possible to use the Toolkit to pull the .apks (or any other file), but that requires typing. Another workaround is to copy them to my NAS (CIFS mounted), and from there to the KF HD or wherever. I haven't tried Titanium Backup, but it's on my list of things to do. And of course I could use Box or Dropbox or whatever to transfer them. And maybe Airdroid is a good option.
So, has anyone else run into this problem? I thought I had solved it when new backups showed up earlier, but after that three new ones were not visible, while the ones that eventually appeared were still listed.
One last test I'll try is plugging it into my wife's laptop (no Toolkit installed) and see what I can, or cannot, see.
Cheers.
If I use ES File Explorer to back up an app, the .apk is written to the /sdcard/backups/apps folder. If I plug the N7 into my Windows 7 64-bit laptop and browse to that folder, the .apk file is not listed. Other files in that folder (also .apks) are listed. I recently unlocked and rooted it using mskip's Toolkit. I can't recall having this problem prior to rooting. I definitely backed up a few apps to copy off so I could install them on my wife's Kindle Fire HD, and had no problem seeing them, copying them, etc. I also have no problems copying files from Windows to the N7, and those are immediately viewable in ES File Explorer.
After a ton of searching and reading, I tried two sdcard rescan apps, but neither work to make the files visible. According to ES File Explorer, the .apks on the N7 are readable, writable and not hidden. Oddly, after backing up more apps today, then going out to vote, leaving the N7 connected to my laptop, they were suddenly visible in Windows Explorer. This makes me wonder if the rescan process takes a long time to run. From reading about those rescan apps, it seems it shouldn't.
Is it possible that the drivers installed by the Toolkit could cause this? I have tried disabling "Developer options" (of which only "USB debugging" was active) - no dice; rebooting using the Rebooter app - no change. The difference I see between the fully stock, out-of-the-box N7 and the unlocked and rooted N7 is that the latter now shows up in Windows as a removable device (MTP Device). Normally MTP devices don't show up as things that can be ejected (Kindle Fire HD is that way). That would seem to be driver-related.
It is possible to use the Toolkit to pull the .apks (or any other file), but that requires typing. Another workaround is to copy them to my NAS (CIFS mounted), and from there to the KF HD or wherever. I haven't tried Titanium Backup, but it's on my list of things to do. And of course I could use Box or Dropbox or whatever to transfer them. And maybe Airdroid is a good option.
So, has anyone else run into this problem? I thought I had solved it when new backups showed up earlier, but after that three new ones were not visible, while the ones that eventually appeared were still listed.
One last test I'll try is plugging it into my wife's laptop (no Toolkit installed) and see what I can, or cannot, see.
Cheers.
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