FAQ

A: Тhe root mode should be used only to do some advanced tuning of your system. As soon as you have done your work with the system partition you should immediately leave it and switch back to the normal mode. To do that, just tap on the button named [Home] on the toolbar, or go to the menu->Location->Home, or just open the address bar (tap and hold a panel's title) and manually delete the prefix "root:" from the path.

A: If you have a computer with Windows or other OS with Samba on it and some folders are "shared", then you can access those shared folders from your Android device using Ghost Commander's SMB client.

A: Depends. Some app (especially purchased, are protected, and cannot be restored on other device/account). Nevertheless, to save am app to an apk, in one panel open the list of the installed applications (Home->Applications) and select the application(s) you want to back up. In the opposite panel open the folder you want to copy up to. Then just copy the selected applications the same way as you would copy regular files.

A: With limitations. On remote file systems large files could not be opened because they need to be copied locally first. Media files can be opened only as sequential streams. In the root: mode, no, that won't work.

A: Try the request for media rescan feature. Open Ghost Commander, go to the menu->Application->Rescan media. Then go back to the gallery.

A: Feel free to add the features you think need on this site: https://ghostcommander.uservoice.com/forums/161057-ghost-commander-feature-requests . 

As soon as a feature collects a large number of votes, it could be added to the app.

A: 

1. Navigate to the home: list (Main menu->Location->Home)

2. Look for the "Storage Access Framework" item (the icon look like a menu button)

3. If you tap it for the first time, the system will ask you to pick a directory where you want grant access to.

4. You would see a list of folders you previously granted access to. You could delete (with '8 Del') or add a new one (with '7 MkDir') here.

5. Enter to a granted directory, most of file operations should work here.

Note: On Android 10 and newer you would need that only if you need access to the /sdcard/Android/data folders. Otherwise, just enable the app full file system access to the file system upon the first app start.

A: Currently, that's not supported. The key name is bound to the host name. A workaround would be to reach the same server by different names or by name and its IP address, etc.

A: Create a text file  /sdcard/.GhostCommander/ssh_config  and put there the config lines you need (however, not all set of the config parameters are supported). For an example, when sftp connection to a NAS with Kerberos-GSSAPI-enabled openssh-sftpd failed with "failed resolution of: Lorg/ietf/jgss/Oid", try to add the following line to the file:

PreferredAuthentications publickey,password

A: To save a logcat please do the following:

1. Reproduce a problem

2. Open the GC settings

3. Open the menu (using the hardware button or the action bar, depends on the device you using)

4. Choose the item "Save log to file"

5. Logcat records will be appended to the file /sdcard/.GhostCommander/logcat.txt

Version 1.62.3 has a different approach of managing the SAF entry points. Since modern android versions prohibit to make a SAF point in the root of the storage volume, it's useless to memorize a single point as it was in the previous versions. Instead, when you tap the SAF item in the Home:, you would see a list of previously assigned entry points, where you could manage them similar as you do with the favorites: delete with '8 Del' or create a new one with '7 Mkdir'.