Google Drive full access
Version 4.43+ Google has made it impossible to gain full access to Drive for X-plore, as explained here. You can still have access to your entire Google Drive. This is a one time task, and it requires you to setup your own “client secret” (a json file) that you load in X-plore. This file will […]
Shizuku
ⓘ Available since X-plore 4.36 What is Shizuku? It’s an Android app that allows X-plore to solve major problem: accessing /Android/data folders (and also obb folder). Note that this problem affects only newer Android versions. If your device is not restricted in access to Android folder, or you don’t need to access this folder, simply […]
User account
Why user account X-plore allows you to create a user account on its server.The account is used for managing your purchased licenses (from Google Play store or Amazon Appstore), and use the license on your other devices. This works even if the device does not have configured the store from where license was originally purchased.This […]
Google Drive
Version 4.42+ Google has increased their security demands for accessing Google Drive, requiring app developer to undergo a complicated security audit, that takes long time, effort and money, need to be repeated every year, and it’s still questionable if X-plore would be granted full access to Google Drive, as it was able to do. So […]
File associations
What is file association It is a configuration specifying which app is opened when you click on a file. Each file type can have different app associated for opening it, where file type is defined by file’s mime type, which is usually determined from filename extension. X-plore manages internal configuration of file associations, independent of […]
Rooted device doesn’t see all folders
Reported problem On a rooted device, X-plore doesn’t show all folders under /data/data/. It shows only two folders: com.google.android.gms and com.lonelycatgames.Xplore Reason Since X-plore was upgraded to target Android 11+, there is new Android security affecting which folders app can see, even on rooted device. This happens on currently most used method to root […]
FTP sharing server
FTP server of X-plore allows to share device’s files over FTP protocol, so that other devices on local network can work with the files. The FTP server can’t utilize default FTP port 21, but it rather uses port 2222 (configurable in settings). When FTP server is active, you can connect to your Android device from […]
Be careful about your data
X-plore is a file manager that can do lot of things. It can even delete your files. This means youcan lose some important files if you make a mistake. The developer tries to make X-plore safe to use. But you are the one that can press the Deletebutton. Occasionally, a user writes to customer support […]
Remove account
To remove Account, open Account’s context menu in list of account, and in menu at top choose Delete. Confirm in a dialog, and account will be removed from ProfiMail.
File sync
ⓘ To enable the function, use Show button at bottom of list to show it. File synchronization function allows you to configure synchronization of files between two folders in different locations. Such pre-configured task can be run later by single click of a button. This allows to keep two folders in sync, where source and […]