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my DREAMY G1 can't ROOT!! weak SD & usb, bluetooth etc*&$^%$

Thanks for Looking, really desperate.
I can’t root this ^#%@ G1. Basically I can not get nesscarry rooting files flashed on my G1. I guess the short question is why does my G1 not accept files from my win7 box. Not through the preferred SD card method but, not through wifi, Bluetooth, ADB. Droid explorer, etc, etc. I’ve tried everything , every method …nill.
BUT, otherwise the phone works fine. Internet, phone, G1 crapware, etc. You can assume I’ve tried every thing I can find on the web. But if you want to read details go please do
BACKROUND:
After many, many attempts with every recipe and every set of ROMs around, I ‘ve narrowed it down to it not liking the taste of my SD cards…most of the time, For some reason I can do the initial rc29 downgrade but not much more.
1) Connecting with USB cable to PC. android shows up in “devices and printers” and so does its “removable disk (after mounted from phone). However, double clicking, rt click trying to for mat it just gives errors
2) Putting in SD card while up and running returns “unrecognizable media”
3) Now, I can format SD (yes fat 32) on the PC card reader, add files, whatever, put card in phone and turn it on , at least I don’t get an error, but I get no better acces to card.
I was just about to physically take the phone apart and see if there was some flotsam, corrosion, a piese of bacon making the sd connection physically corrupting the physical conectoion. THAN I remembered blue toothe behaves the same way and WI FII won’t connect at all. Seem that indicates something systremic…Radio??
Help Please?!?!
PK
BTW:
ATEMPS AT REMIDIATION:
5 different New SD cards three, 4 gig, one 6 gig, one 2 gig different meg cards
SD reformats both quick and full adnaseum
4 different USB cords including brand new top of the line.
Re set to RC29 time and time again (remarkably it is apparently reading the flash drive

try going from a non windows 7 box? a friend with vista or family member?
that way you can tell if its windows 7 or not

Ekostons, Thanks for the reply,
I considered that, my son has an xp3 laptop. I think I will give it a try.
There were some gripes and moans about win'7 USB drivers, tried the fix, loading vista usb drivers... fat Chance, dunno what they were thinkn', didn't even resemble win7 drivers.
Hard to imagine why Josegh Smoh can't plug in his new g1 to a Win7 box and share his grand canyon memories with loved ones, but...Your advice makes scence as far as my "systemic prolem" theroy goes. Worth a whirl.
Thanks again, I have a little hope, at least another angle....
Pk

If you have Windows 7 Enterprise or higher and you have a processor that supports virtualization you may use Window 7's XP Mode and give that a shot. Its always good to have a spare comp or laptop running XP when you dabble in these things. If its not beyond your scope I've also seen a few tuts on how to get everything up and running on various *nix distros. Good luck!

Good Alternative to UMS?

I still have this Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I still have my never-working ****ty data cable. I'm running CM9 Nightly 6-30 and I really want to transfer several films/songs/TV Episodes onto my tablet from my PC, but this damned Data cable doesn't work. For the last 3 months, it has practically had no use aside from charging. (Even then, it takes me 12+ (!) hours through my wall adapter to charge from about 5 percent to 100 percent!) I can't transfer any files from it and I guess will just have to buy a new cable if I can find one online. I doubt Samsung will send me a replacement. Does anyone have any decent, cheap methods to use instead of UMS?
I also don't think Dropbox to be viable since I dont think they like these kind of files (Copyrighted Music and Videos) to be transfered through their service, and I have ALOT of files to transfer.
The cable works for charging, but UMS/MTP never works through any computer.

Samba Filesharing
Try "Samba Filesharing" in the Play Store (since you are running CM9 I will assume that you are rooted). Basically this will make the internal storage appear as a Windows/SMB share on your local network when you enable it, just remember to disable it after you transfer files onto your tab. I have had decent luck with it and it seems faster than copying over MTP anyways. If you are not running Windows on your PC, Mac or Linux can also connect to SMB shares. Good luck!

TauSigmaNova said:
I still have this Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and I still have my never-working ****ty data cable. I'm running CM9 Nightly 6-30 and I really want to transfer several films/songs/TV Episodes onto my tablet from my PC, but this damned Data cable doesn't work. For the last 3 months, it has practically had no use aside from charging. (Even then, it takes me 12+ (!) hours through my wall adapter to charge from about 5 percent to 100 percent!) I can't transfer any files from it and I guess will just have to buy a new cable if I can find one online. I doubt Samsung will send me a replacement. Does anyone have any decent, cheap methods to use instead of UMS?
I also don't think Dropbox to be viable since I dont think they like these kind of files (Copyrighted Music and Videos) to be transfered through their service, and I have ALOT of files to transfer.
The cable works for charging, but UMS/MTP never works through any computer.
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Either set up a FTP server on your tablet (DroidFTP) and make your computer the client using Windows Explorer or
Set up a FTP server on your computer (Filezilla) and use your tablet as the client (AndFTP)

I use Windows built in FTP sever on my desktop and AndFTP on my tab.

i use es file explorer to tranfer files between my wondows 7 rig & my gtab 10.1 . Works flawlessy. You just have to search for a new server & then configure the samba sharing using your windows Administrator username & passwords.
Hope this will help you.
but if you want a cheap cable consider a look at something like this :
http://www.ebay.it/itm/CAVO-OTG-ADATTATORE-CONNETTORE-PORTA-USB-SAMSUNG-GALAXY-TAB-8-9-10-1-I-002-/150795837652?pt=Altri_accessori_per_PC_Server_e_Portatili&hash=item231c21e0d4

Try Airdroid (free) or Wifi File Explorer Pro ($2?)
I haven't used a data cable for anything other than charging in almost a year. It's slower, but how much of a hurry are you really in?
(BTW- both of the above apps require only a browser - mac, pc, or linux all the same!)
**Edit: I've been using wifi file explorer pro for almost a year now, but just spent a few minutes messing with airdroid. It's actually pretty cool if you like a graphical interface. Might be more useful for a phone (expanded functions) but I'd definitely give it a look if you haven't already.

Otg to read other phones?

Hi! I did some Googling but didn't find any useful answers.
Is it possible to use the USB otg to pull files off of another phone? Or would you have to use a USB stick....put files on it from the phone....plug USB stick into nexus 7 and share that way.
Thanks for any help/answers.
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It is indeed possible; I have done it on rooted Stock with Stickmount, and also on CM10.1 (Stickmount not needed)
The phone I was using was a Gingerbread Android phone.
As a caveat, I should point out that it probably won't work with a jellybean phone/tab due to no Mass Storage mode on recent android devices.

Yeah....i did read to put phone in mass storage mode...but I've got jb ....and definitely not going to gb. LOL
Thanks tho....at least I know how to if I reeeealy feel the need.
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FYI Bluetooth transfer from phone to tab works too ... I used ES File Manager on both devices. Pair them and bring up ES File manager on the destination device. Not sure if you need to have ESFM running on the source device or not.
I don't know if it can be done without an app, but what the heck - ESFM is free, and you can copy whole file trees with one operation.
good luck

bftb0 said:
FYI Bluetooth transfer from phone to tab works too ... I used ES File Manager on both devices. Pair them and bring up ES File manager on the destination device. Not sure if you need to have ESFM running on the source device or not.
I don't know if it can be done without an app, but what the heck - ESFM is free, and you can copy whole file trees with one operation.
good luck
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I've heard of that.....hows the transfer rate compared to USB and wifi?
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kj2112 said:
I've heard of that.....hows the transfer rate compared to USB and wifi?
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LOL. I just tried it - 2700 bytes/sec.
Not MB/sec, KB/sec. Pathetic. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but my phone is also pretty old as well.
BTW I have transferred GBytes of data from a class 10 uSD card (with a card reader on a OTG cable) to the N7, and iirc that happens at about 2-3 MB/sec.
YMMV due to different hardware.
good luck

Doesn't sound great! LOL. Best I guess to use my laptop as ago between! Lol
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I just tried using my Nexus 7 and Desire S. No problem.
Stock ROM+ stickmount 2.20 on Nexus 7 and CM10 on Desire S.
First I plugged my Desire s to Nexus 7 with an OTG cable and stickmount automatically mounted my phone but the folder was empty.
So I turned on mass storage option on Desire s and un-mounted then re-mounted it on Nexus 7, all sdcard files were there under usbstorage folder.
I even copied a short video from my phone to Nexus 7, just like using a computer.
But somehow, the file browser said "can't find the sdcard" after unmounting my phone and I couldn't read files on Nexus 7. I had to reboot my Nexus 7 to get it right.
BTW, nothing wrong with the video I copied.

Mass storage option in gingerbread ...no? Both my devices run jb.
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bftb0 said:
FYI Bluetooth transfer from phone to tab works too ... I used ES File Manager on both devices. Pair them and bring up ES File manager on the destination device. Not sure if you need to have ESFM running on the source device or not.
I don't know if it can be done without an app, but what the heck - ESFM is free, and you can copy whole file trees with one operation.
good luck
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couldn't transfer apks as my nexus wouldn't accept them

kj2112 said:
Mass storage option in gingerbread ...no? Both my devices run jb.
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My phone is running cm10, so that's JB 4.1.2. There is a "turn on the mass storage" option in the notification bar when connected to other host devices. Maybe it's different on phones without external sd card ? I don't know. But if you only have the mtp type of connection, then you may not able to do this.

Broooooook said:
My phone is running cm10, so that's JB 4.1.2. There is a "turn on the mass storage" option in the notification bar when connected to other host devices. Maybe it's different on phones without external sd card ? I don't know. But if you only have the mtp type of connection, then you may not able to do this.
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I've messed with jelly bean a lot on my s2 t989.....and never seen a mass storage option.
Bluetooth is too slow.
I'll just continue to use my laptop as the go between!
Thanks for all of your suggestions! Love XDA!
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Souron29 said:
couldn't transfer apks as my nexus wouldn't accept them
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I did it just this morning - many apks were involved (but it was pathetically slow)
Not exactly sure what you mean by "accept them" - they are just files being transfered, not installed.
I had to start ESFM on both phones and open up the BT tab on both (Note you have to go into the ESFM settings menu and enable the BT tab as it is supressed by default.) When you do this, you will see a toast-style notification pop up (in each phone) that says something like "The OBEX Bluetooth service has started"
This all happens after the devices were paired, naturally.
I was truly shocked how slow it was; I know I have done this before, and never noticed it being that slow. Perhaps I had smaller files involved in the past.

bftb0 said:
I did it just this morning - many apks were involved (but it was pathetically slow)
Not exactly sure what you mean by "accept them" - they are just files being transfered, not installed.
I had to start ESFM on both phones and open up the BT tab on both (Note you have to go into the ESFM settings menu and enable the BT tab as it is supressed by default.) When you do this, you will see a toast-style notification pop up (in each phone) that says something like "The OBEX Bluetooth service has started"
This all happens after the devices were paired, naturally.
I was truly shocked how slow it was; I know I have done this before, and never noticed it being that slow. Perhaps I had smaller files involved in the past.
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That's why I figured using otg would be quicker! But without a mass storage option on phone with jelly bean.....looks like it isn't an option.
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Nexus 4 to Nexus 10 USB transfer, without intermediates?

The back story
I got a moga pro and now I'm playing big games on my N4, problem is, I can only play one at a time due to my limited storage. I am trying to transfer Vice City 1.4GB using usb, which transfers at 20mb/s on my computer using USB. I am trying to replicate that on my Nexus 10, so far no luck.
What I've tried
DriveDroid https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.softwarebakery.drivedroid
StickMount https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount
USB Sharer https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=os.devwom.usbsharereval
My first attempt was with DriveDroid, which was designed to turn your phone into a dynamic bootable USB for linux ISO's. It allows you to make IMG's and share them as a USB Mass Storage Device. Using an OTG cable and StickMount on my N10, I was able to move files from my N10 to my N4 over USB. Problem is, that IMG has so far been unreadable by every extraction program I've tried, including Nandroid Browser and ISO Extractor. More importantly, the IMG would take up 2GB on my N4. If I can't mount it as a directory, than that would leave no way of giving those 2GB to an app. I tried flipping it around and putting the 2GB IMG file on the N10, but then the N4 couldn't mounted due to its notorious power issues. Even if I get a powered OTG adapter for the N4, that would still leave no way of transferring a 2GB game on the N10 into the 2GB IMG file on the N10.
My second attempt was USB Sharer, which allows sharing a virtual usb drive AND mounting it. This would in theory be the solution to all my problems, but it fails to mount on the N10. I tried Paragon and StickMount. Meanwhile it connects flawlessly on my linux laptop. It is not the OTG cable, as it works with DriveDroid.
My third attempt was mounting my phone as a PTP Camera using androids built in tools. Photo's transfer insanely quick, but I can't trick it into transfering a fake ".jpg" file. MTP is useless over OTG for some reason.
My hardware
N4, 4.2.2 Stock+Root
N10, 4.2.2 Stock+Root
OTG Cable, ASUS and Samsung original USB cables
My last desperate attempt would be to start a network over USB, if I can, and transfer using FTP.
Edit 1:
I am now looking for a way to mount ISO's and create them on a third party program (not DriveDroid).

Max file size I've ever been able to transfer was 680mb. Any more and it got rejected and said there was limited storage even though I had over 5gb free.

Some questions before jumping in.

Dear N10 Community,
I have been looking around for a good 10 inch Android tablet and have more or less decided on the N10 over the Pipo M8 Pro and the 10 inch offers from Samsung.
However, the lack of microsd expansion bothers me and I wonder if you gentlemen and gentleladies might be able to help.
I intend to use the N10 for work as well as pleasure. At the moment, I carry all my files with me on a USB hub with 4 x 32Gb Sandisk Cruzer Fits attached.
I would like to access the files, both reading and writing, on these Cruzer Fits via OTG. For example I receive a file from my boss and I download it to edit. I would like to be able to save the file directly onto one of the Cruzer Fits and edit the file directly from there. Basically I want to bypass the N10 storage altogether (reserving that space for personal entertainment).
Would any of you be able to shed light on whether that is possible? And what I would need to do to make it happen? E. G. Root the N10, buy a particular app or something?
Best regards and merry Christmas
Jake.

You need a OTG adaptor, only a few quid off E-Bay, then an app to let you read/write to the USB. I bought this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&hl=en and it does the job fine (doesn't require root)
Of course if you know you'll have access to wi-fi you can use Dropbox, Google Drive or Box which all have apps and it negates the need for the USB.

I use the same paid app too, and Stickmount which is free.

Thanks guys! I'll give it a shot!
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quojake said:
Dear N10 Community,
I intend to use the N10 for work as well as pleasure. At the moment, I carry all my files with me on a USB hub with 4 x 32Gb Sandisk Cruzer Fits attached.
I would like to access the files, both reading and writing, on these Cruzer Fits via OTG. For example I receive a file from my boss and I download it to edit. I would like to be able to save the file directly onto one of the Cruzer Fits and edit the file directly from there. Basically I want to bypass the N10 storage altogether (reserving that space for personal entertainment).
Would any of you be able to shed light on whether that is possible? And what I would need to do to make it happen? E. G. Root the N10, buy a particular app or something?
Best regards and merry Christmas
Jake.
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You need to root the N10. Most corporate use policies ban rooting meaning you're going to get frowned at, or must keep the fact you rooted it a secret (noone can really tell unless they look). Then install Stickmount (it needs root). The USB sticks are probably FAT32 formatted so will work, but if they happen to be formatted say NTFS then you'll need to follow the instructions for the app to copy ntfs-3g to /sdcard.
You sound like you want read-only which the above will do, if you want to copy files TO the USB stick from the N10 if its NTFS then you need SELinux Mode Changer app.
You said you want to watch films on the USB and NOT copy to the N10 but that means you are powering the stick from the N10 and accelerating battery drain. Even if you got the Pogo cable, it won't actually be taking in any charge when the USB is being used for Stickmount. Also, on my N10, I use a USB NTFS harddrive, and it doesn't stay working long enough to watch stuff, so I copy files off and watch locally, it needs only then work for a couple of minutes which is does perfectly ok. So I'd encourage you to think of temporarily connecting and copying files and deleting rather than watching it off the stick.
If there is another device able to share the same Wifi then you can also connect storage to that other device and stream via CIFS mount share or http, e.g. connect USB storage to a Rasberry PI and run Apache on it and link /var/www/something to the usb mount (/mnt/something). I guess that sounds scary if you're not a geek. I have such and 1TB drive connected to it as my primary datastore for media when at home.
Speed, I get about 2MB/s Wifi CIFS copy, 4MB/s Wifi FTP copy and 7MB Wifi http copy and about 21MB/s copying off USB harddrive so a typical HD film is about 1GB/hour, so 1.5GB copy off USB is say 71 seconds to copy or over http copy is 214s.
Best media play is MX Player, having tried them all. Oh and if you root you can install Adaway to block MX Player's ads when you pause.