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How to Sync MT4G with Mac?

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How do you sync up the myTouch 4G with a Mac? I have a 13 inch MacBook Pro if that helps.

If you're talking about syncing with your itunes content, use the doubletwist software that is included on the sd card and install the app from the market.

I want to view the contents of my phones SD Card

I think I know what you're talking about. I had an issue with my computer not recognizing my phone when I plugged it in as well. Try use a different cable and usb port (this seemed to have worked for me). If that doesn't work, trying choosing the charging only option with your phone connected and then switch back to mass storage. If neither of those 2 work, then install the usb tethering drivers (I believe they should be on the sd card). Hope this helps.

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should show up as long as u have disk drive selected in settings under connect to pc

I'm on a Mac guys, do does everything still work the same?

It should work the same.
I have a 13" Macbook from a couple of years ago and didn't do anything special, just plugged in the usb cable and it showed up as a disk drive in Finder. Just make sure your phone is showing the connection type as usb drive.
Btw, if you want to sync with iTunes, check out iSync available in the Market.
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waiaung1 said:
If you're talking about syncing with your itunes content, use the doubletwist software that is included on the sd card and install the app from the market.
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I tried doubletwist and hated it. Try isync instead

Well, this is embarrassing....

For Pete's fookin sake.....
I mussa flashed 20 friggin ROMS to my WinMo Omnia....and I CAN'T EVEN GET THE DAMN DROID TO BE RECOGNIZED ON MY PC.
For cripes sake
So I loaded the USB driver.....on my XP PC. Plug in the droid. "USB Device Not Recognized...." OK....google....read....read...read... ah HAH...I'd set the USB Debugging mode to ON so I could root. Need to shut that back off. Done.
"USB Device Not Recognized...." .... again. Really? REALLY???? So....here I sit....unable to connect my REALLY nice Droid to my GODDAAMMMMMM PC
So...would somebody hold my hand here? Lill' help?

Have you tried switching different modes? Charge only, mass storage, pc mode. One of them might work.

Well I tried Usb and pc I wasn't sure about the other 2. When I was reinstalling the driver I noticed 1 choice was" remove", but I just picked repair. I'll try removing it tonight and then reinstalling it. I was hoping somebody might have an alternate driver to suggest
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It ain't working worth a shiite. Ugraded to the moto 4.90 driver ...nada.
At least now the pc recognizes my device,and I geta drive in my explorer but I see no data. My wifes fone hook s up to her laptop &says its dismounting the sd card...im not getting that here on my pc ....its like the phone won't let go ofthe sd er sumpin ...very annoying.
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when you plug your phone into your computer, look at the notifications bar on your phone. Does it say that usb is connected?

Sometimes it helps to switch the USB port you plug in to.

So to see the data, are you switching the phone to Mass Storage mode? I know it's an obvious question, but just wanted to make sure...
Also some people had success hooking up to different computers.

I thank u all very much. My phone hooks right up to my wifes W7 laptop but no joy in any port, any storage setting, any gender of dead chicken being swung overhead while chanting in various states of undress. I did get it to rain,so that's sumpin. I quit.
I'm not gonna theme because I don't want to load the pc stuff on her computer (and listen to her complain that I'm "using up her memory"....u married guys recognize the die-on-this-hill avoidance) for the off-chance that things don't go right &I need to sob or abp or whatever that whole thing is.
I'm rooted,deodexed,de-bloatwared, and happy as a pig in **** with stock.
I might theme down the line if I can figure out how much crap id have to reload ... I'm frequently incapasitated by laziness and am tired of longpress deleting and longpress adding ...plus...I just bought power amp & don't wanna lose my license.
But its still fookin annoying that the goddam thing won't load on my desktop.
Peace out.
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before you quit, could you try one simple thing?
have the phone on when you plug it into your computer. Once done, go to the notifications bar. If the phone recognizes the computer, it should say "USB connection".
Click USB connection and make sure its not on charge only.
To access the sd card, click on USB Mass Storage.

Man that's a good thing you and I go back so far. Is it was anybody else I'd say no forget it. I can tell you that the phone says usb connection. And I'm trying to find the sd card on the windows explorer
... are you saying there is somewhere else is the windows environment to click that I can determine if it's on mass storage or charge only?
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Ok, here da deal:
Phone sees PC
Phone in mass storage mode
PC say "looky dere, m810,or sumtynes motorola.bla bla
Error occurred during bla bla
Bottom line: no removable drive in win explorer.
On the wifey's laptop it asks to scan, then poof! Dialog to do 5 or 6 things includir browse.
So thx y'all, but I'm satisfied for now with root,dedodex,de-bloated, running ADW Launch on stock.
Seriously, this is everything I always wanted my winmo to do...32gb sd & running pwr amp & I've retired my ipod micro (cuz the power cord gave up the ghost & ****in Apple wont let it work without their proprietary $20 cord ....on a $39 unit that holds 1gb? Heh..fuk dat....I digress. ) ...bookmarks to my cyber-haunts in short cuts that I can TALK THREADS INTO! Nah, im gold baby.
Paz
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Well you can get dropbox and use that to push stuff or get andftp to ftp stuff. The motor drivers are finicky I grabbed the android sdk and used those drivers.
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Download music

How do I download music files from the computer to the phone or even get the computer to recognize the phone as a drive?
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inspire me said:
How do I download music files from the computer to the phone or even get the computer to recognize the phone as a drive?
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Download Zune from microsoft and use it. As for seeing it as a drive, i think you should get a flash drive

How Will a flash drive help get music and files in the phone?
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You must use the Zune software for transferring music/media to and from the phone directly. USB mass storage is not currently supported, although there are hacks to enable (but break zune syncing I believe)

If you put your phone in bootloader mode you can use it as a flash drive. However don't expect to use it as a phone after that.

Can't transfer large files via MTP

I didn't think not having Mass Storage USB would suck this much. Just about every large file I transfer errors out.
This is a huge problem.
This happening to anybody else?
Fixes?

Is your SDcard formatted in fat32? I saw that with a 32GB thumb drive that I had.
What is the suggested large file compatible format to use with Android?

Card is FAT32.
I can't even put the files on phone storage.
Camera mode does the same thing.

define what you consider a large file and i will see if my phone has the same trouble.

I can transfer data from the phone to pc via usb connect but can't go the other way.
I can't transfer data from the pc to the phone via usb connection.
someone please help!!!!

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I can transfer data from the phone to pc via usb connect but can't go the other way.
I can't transfer data from the pc to the phone via usb connection.
someone please help!!!!
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are you using the usb cable that came with the phone or an aftermarket cable?
i had this problem before with an aftermarket cable that was solved by using my usb cable that came with the phone. I couldnt tell you why one worked and the other didnt though.

fat32 will not take files above 4GB its just not possible you prbly need to reformat your memory card inside of your gs3

I'm having the same problem - I am using an old samsung usb cable though. I can't get the picture files off of the phone via ptp nor can I get the usb mtp driver to install. I'll have to try when I get home to use the cable it came with. I'm wondering if the port on my s3 might be bunged a bit too.

Ozark_8125 said:
I'm having the same problem - I am using an old samsung usb cable though. I can't get the picture files off of the phone via ptp nor can I get the usb mtp driver to install. I'll have to try when I get home to use the cable it came with. I'm wondering if the port on my s3 might be bunged a bit too.
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No, it's the cable - I'm thinking the pinout changes for MHL are making it touchy about old cables.

alacrify said:
No, it's the cable - I'm thinking the pinout changes for MHL are making it touchy about old cables.
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Might have to stick with transfering via kies air for a bit until I confirm that idea..

I can transfer little files back and forth but anything over 400mb or so gets about half way and fails.

I have not had any trouble with the WebSharing app on the market even with very large files...
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Only the exFAT format is able to accept files larger than 400 mb. FAT32 will not work.
*I meant 4000 mb, my bad.
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junglizste said:
I can transfer little files back and forth but anything over 400mb or so gets about half way and fails.
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Not sure what's going on. I just transferred a 700 mb file to the phone and then back to the computer without any trouble. This was using the cable that came with the phone on windows 7 64 bit home premium.
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just my two cents..... but i can transfer a 1.95GB zip file both ways
to both internal and external memory

I have trouble transferring a large amount of files such as backing up my internal storage.
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[Q] Play movies from nexus 4 on PC

Hi
Can I play movies on PC from nexus 4 while it's connected with USB cable like it was a regular flash drive?
When I try doing it the file is being downloaded first then plays. If the file is big it takes a lot of time.
I'm using windows 8.

Better copy the film to your pc first. I got the same problem but dont think this is os related. Just a bad read speed, worse than actually usb 2.0.

The speed is onpair with usb 2.0, still copying the whole movie to some unknown place instead of direct play is unnecessary and waste of time.
My previous phone had an sdcard which appeared as hard drive when connected to PC, but N4 appears as portable device. This sucks

That's because the Nexus 4 doesn't support USB On The Go. Search xda for "Nexus 4 OTG" and you'll come across some threads about this, and a couple of workarounds that might, or might not work for you :fingers-crossed:.

Hey there
I wasn't looking for USB OTG, which is a way to connect external drives to the device. I'm looking for a way to use N4 itself as a regular external drive while connected to PC. Currently it's seen by PC as a portable device and it's pretty limited.

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Hey there
I wasn't looking for USB OTG, which is a way to connect external drives to the device. I'm looking for a way to use N4 itself as a regular external drive while connected to PC. Currently it's seen by PC as a portable device and it's pretty limited.
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I would assume increasing the SD read-ahead (if you're on a custom kernel) might help with your issue here. But as someone else previously mentioned, copying to PC is definitely the better option. That, or just enjoy the movie on your Nexus4