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Open Explorer Beta Live

brandroid.org1 app · 287.2K installsProductivityFreeorg.brandroid.openmanager

Open Explorer is Android's most compatible open source file manager.

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Total installs
287,199
exact · Play shows 100,000+
Installs / day
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measured after our second crawl (about a day)
Rating
4.1★
2.4K ratings · 237 reviews
Released
2 Sept 2011
15.1y ago
Last update
20 Sept 2018
v0.255 · 8.1y ago
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Change timeline

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Country availability

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App manifest

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Permissions

13 in 5 groups
7 Sensitive4 Notable2 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

  • See the list of accounts on your phone, like Google or email accounts
  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
  • Get sign-in tokens for accounts saved on your phone to use online services
IdentitySensitive1

Access to accounts on the device and your personal profile card

  • See the list of accounts on your phone, like Google or email accountsfind accounts on the device · GET_ACCOUNTS
ContactsSensitive1

Access to the contacts saved on your phone

  • See the list of accounts on your phone, like Google or email accountsfind accounts on the device · GET_ACCOUNTS
Photos/Media/FilesSensitive3

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Connect and disconnect removable storage like USB drives or SD cardsaccess USB storage filesystem · MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS
StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

  • Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  • Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
OtherSensitive6

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

  • Get sign-in tokens for accounts saved on your phone to use online servicesuse accounts on the device · USE_CREDENTIALS
  • See Bluetooth settings and connect to paired devices like headphones, speakers or watchespair with Bluetooth devices · BLUETOOTH
  • Turn Bluetooth on or off and find and pair with nearby Bluetooth devicesaccess Bluetooth settings · BLUETOOTH_ADMIN
  • Use NFC to talk with tags, cards and readers held close to your phonecontrol Near Field Communication · NFC
  • Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  • Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description
Open Explorer - an open source file manager for all Android devices! (Tablets, Large Phones, Small Phones, Google TV) - Complete file system management - USB, SD and other external media - Auto-detect & install BusyBox - Network Connectable (FTP, SFTP, SMB/Samba/Windows/Lan/WIFI) - Cloud connected (multiple accounts)! (Box, Dropbox, Drive) - Text Editor (Tabbed, Multiple Document Interface) - Smart Folders that scan for different types of media (Videos, Photos, Music, Downloads) - View Pager directory navigation (swipe right to go up a directory) - Superuser/Root ability to read/write system folders (and JB 4.2 user folders) - Disk space heat map shows where your biggest files are - Browse or extract from most common archives - Zip, Tar, TGZip, BZip2, 7zip, RAR Features to come: - Offline file structure cache, will remember which files you have in different places without needing to connect *PLEASE NOTE: OpenExplorer is in Beta. There are still several bugs. If you do not wish to experience these bugs, please do not download this app. If you would like to help me find these bugs, please email me or cooperate with me on GitHub (https://github.com/BrandroidTools/OpenExplorer/). Please remember bad ratings help nobody. Past Changes: v229 Fixed root/system operations v228 Updated Portuguese, French & Russian Allow custom OAuth settings v226 Fixed Root crashes Removed Google Analytics v225 Bugfixes with sorting, refreshing, heatmap, external SD v222 Google Drive support! (new permissions required) v220 Box & Dropbox integration (with multiple account authentication!) v217 7zip & RAR extraction support v216 BZip2 support v214 Tar/GZip support v212 Mostly bugfixes Prompt before copy overwrite v210 NFC - Beam your clipboard Passive root operations v209 Clipboard improvements Many concurrency improvements File operations serialized Large heap requested v208 Reverted Action Bar menu icon on older devices Updated German, Spanish, Russian & Dutch translations Downloads scanner improved v205: Fixed Clipboard crash Other updates v204: Fix "Add new Server" crash Other bug fixes v202: Fixed server settings deletion bug Scaled other icons v201 Light&Dark Theme Tweaks Added scaled version of some icons Changed Zip Icon Fix thumb scaling Add Ukrainian & Chinese to Language preference Server settings moved to persistent storage so they don't get deleted if you uninstall Other bugfixes v200 - 12/21/12: Chinese Translation Bookmark View UI Updates JB 4.2 USB Updates Privacy Policy v199 SearchView update to all devices Fixed "Select All" crash /system remounter for rooted users v198 JB 4.2 (rooted) updates v197 Themes reworked! There are now 4 themes to choose from: dark, light, mix, and pinstripe Jellybean expanded notifications for operations Donate added to menu Updated ActionBarSherlock v194 Improved device scanner - USB OTG Updated Japanese v191 Bugfix for when your last viewed path was a network path v190 Updated Russian, Japanese & Turkish translations Fixed settings restart bug v189 Added Text Wrapping Switched to stericson's RootTools for root thread management - root should work better Send/Share + Rename fixed Notification Tweaks & Fixes Preference Layout Improvements v185 Settings reorganized and updated to be more standard Zip files are navigatable System activities now appear in action bar for zip & text files v182 Added "heatmap" operation for determining relative folder sibling size v179 Fixed Search v178 Fixed Networked folder selection bug Show multi-select checkmarks by default v176 7" Tablet (aka Nexus 7!) tweaks New List/Grid item border/background Jellybean-style default app selector Added search back in as menu option v173 Fixed file operation notification crash (due to theming) v172 Re-enable Google TV (do not update if you are on Google TV) v171 *MAJOR UPDATE* - first official build of new Brandroid Tools team! Switch to ActionBarSherlock Dark/Light Theming Support!

What's new

v255 - 9/19/18 WOW. 3 and a half years since my last release. Had to update Target Android version or Open Explorer would get kicked off. Honestly, Android Apps have changed so much since building Open Explorer, I thought I wasn't able to update with the older methods. But I am, so maybe more will be coming! v254 - 3/09/15 Fix Settings crash

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