3 stars: File Explorer apk download - I really, REALLY want to like this app SO MUCH. It's easy, intuitive, and most importantly it respects user privacy, which is always my biggest concern - HOWEVER, the ONE thing I primarily wanted it for (accessing home network Samba-hosted files and moving them to and from my phone) simply doesn't work reliably in ANY sense. This is especially bad considering that SMB functionality is one of the features that must be PAID FOR in order to activate it, and it just doesn't work.
5 stars: File Explorer apk download - Great app and a responsive and helpful dev. A little less nagging about root operations would be nice though. If I went through the steps of getting root, I should know what I'm doing by now and not need to click through 3 pop ups and manually remount the folder RW each time I make a change. Also the image viewer doesn't play gif for some reason, but these are minor! App has the features you want but cuts the bloat!
3 stars: - Excellent file manager but is not so great compared to other free solutions out there. Showing a Green light when a server/share is online is way to slow. Can take 20 to 30 seconds sometimes. Other free solutions take only a second or 2. Also there is and issue with OTG flash drives. Plug one in, FX prompts you to see t the drive on the next screen to grant permissions, however when the next screen is displayed, there is no drive there. Do this in other free file managers and it works fine. Hell even the free version of ES works properly. I paid for FXs advanced features and its no longer good enough. On another note though, once the share/server is deemed to be online (after the extensive wait) copyi...