Im having an issue with TWRP 2.2.2.0.
It seems that I cant mount USB storage from the recovery at all. I can hear the sound on my lappy that a USB device is connected but when I try to mount through the recovery, nothing shows up on my computer. I tried mounting all the options there with no luck. Is this a known issue or have I messed up with my Nexie somewhere?
Thanks in advance fellow forumites.
Are you trying with usb otg? as in, cable and flash drive?
chichoko said:
Im having an issue with TWRP 2.2.2.0.
It seems that I cant mount USB storage from the recovery at all. I can hear the sound on my lappy that a USB device is connected but when I try to mount through the recovery, nothing shows up on my computer. I tried mounting all the options there with no luck. Is this a known issue or have I messed up with my Nexie somewhere?
Thanks in advance fellow forumites.
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I couldn't figure that out either, I'm also using twrp. I had to use adb to transfer files. I don't think you messed up your nexie.
unclefrancis said:
I couldn't figure that out either, I'm also using twrp. I had to use adb to transfer files. I don't think you messed up your nexie.
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I am having the same problem.
With my Kindle Fire I could connect with a USB cable and see all the files on my pc, just like it was a drive. I can't get that to work on my N7. The only way I can do it is to use WIFI File explorer which works great, but I would still like to get the cable to do it's thing if possible.
goofball2k said:
Are you trying with usb otg? as in, cable and flash drive?
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Im trying to access the internal storage of the N7 from within the recovery. And it seems impossible :S
Right now for example, I wanted to do a NAND backup but I forgot to delete the previous one and Im out of space. The only thing I can do is reboot back to the system, plug in the usb and delete the backup, then reboot into recovery and backup -.- I wanted to avoid just that but it seems that USB mount doesnt work in TWRP at all. Is anyone using CWMR and can report wether it works there? I would re-flash the recovery in an instant...
Plugging my device into my PC, there is a TWRP folder that contains the backup I made. Couldn't you do this and just delete that folder? I'm not in debugging mode.
Some times windows detect USB device but fail to attribute a letter for that mass storage device. Look at disk managment for storage device without a letter.
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Visa Declined said:
Plugging my device into my PC, there is a TWRP folder that contains the backup I made. Couldn't you do this and just delete that folder? I'm not in debugging mode.
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I'm used to do all that stuff from within the recovery on my phone... So Im looking for the same thing for my Nexie. My biggest concern is that I wanted to have USB mount from within the recovery in case my Nexus fails to boot so I can transfer a new ROM and flash it with ease. Dont want to mess with ADB for basic stuff. I can access the storage when its booted normally just fine, its the recovery mount thats bothering me...
maztahbr said:
Some times windows detect USB device but fail to attribute a letter for that mass storage device. Look at disk managment for storage device without a letter.
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That is something I completely forgot about, will check it later on and report back. Awesome advice, thanks man! :good:
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I couldn't figure that out either, I'm also using twrp. I had to use adb to transfer files. I don't think you messed up your nexie.
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How do I use adb to transfer files? Thanks
Adb push/pull file_name
I guess
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I don't have fast boot though .... What else should I do?
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Is anyone having trouble with mass storage mode on a mac? Do I need drivers?
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No problems here, but I usually leave it in Phone portal so I don't have to eject every time. Didn't have to install any drivers.
xandr115 said:
Is anyone having trouble with mass storage mode on a mac? Do I need drivers?
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I AM!
I bought double twist last night just so I could transfer music via WIFI. When I plug the phone in to my Macbook an autorun file mounts and gives me an .exe setup to run. But... Mac's don't like exe's.
My n1 would plug in and mount no sweat - so I'm not sure what needs to be done to this thing.
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I should clarify that I have not installed an SD card. I'd like to figure out how to mount the internal 16G flash drive.
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I AM!
I bought double twist last night just so I could transfer music via WIFI. When I plug the phone in to my Macbook an autorun file mounts and gives me an .exe setup to run. But... Mac's don't like exe's.
My n1 would plug in and mount no sweat - so I'm not sure what needs to be done to this thing.
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I should clarify that I have not installed an SD card. I'd like to figure out how to mount the internal 16G flash drive.
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Enable usb debugging in settings>applications .. then connect the phone to your mac and set it to usb mass storage mode..
It should get mounted in finder at that point.
Andrmgic said:
Enable usb debugging in settings>applications .. then connect the phone to your mac and set it to usb mass storage mode..
It should get mounted in finder at that point.
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seriously... is that all it takes?
Cool - I'll try it tonight.
Thanks.
Thanks!
Strange thing is I did that earlier today but it didn't work... just did a reboot and tried that again... it worked.
Andrmgic said:
Enable usb debugging in settings>applications .. then connect the phone to your mac and set it to usb mass storage mode..
It should get mounted in finder at that point.
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This is correct.
Hey all,
So I just ran ClockworkMod (2.5.13) and wiped my Vibrant in preparation for the new Bionix. I have found that on my phone I had to wipe sdcard too or it wouldn't wipe fully. The problem: ClockworkMod won't let me mount USB storage or mount sdext so I can't figure out how to get the new ROM on the phone. Voodoo is also enabled and I can't seem to disable it without a working ROM on the phone.
When I plug the phone into my PC the "H" and "I" drives automatically pop up but are inaccessible. Mounting USB storage in ClockWorkMod appears to do nothing.
Any ideas? Thanks!
ohhhhhhhhh
I had the same problem last night but i thought my PC was acting up. I guess it has to do with CWM, but idk why.
What i did was copy the ROM on my external sd card, then put it on the phone and move them to internal sd card
Hope that help
you can use adb to push file to your phone.
Djapatos said:
I had the same problem last night but i thought my PC was acting up. I guess it has to do with CWM, but idk why.
What i did was copy the ROM on my external sd card, then put it on the phone and move them to internal sd card
Hope that help
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CWM won't let me mount SDEXT. Is there something special I have to do to get this to work?
You may have to pull the sd card and use an external card reader.
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ADB did the trick. I didn't realize it could push to the phone like that. Easy cheesy. Thanks!
And as for external SD card reader - this doesn't do anything to help transfer a file to the phone. Recovery was unable to mount SDEXT. I can't find any documentation on the matter, but I assume this is a Vibrant-related issue?
Hi, I just have the exact problem on my galaxy note. Trouble is that I can't find a way to connect to my phone through ADB. It just isn't listed when I type "adb devices". I would appreciate any help so I could "push" a rom and be done with it.
demircantas said:
Hi, I just have the exact problem on my galaxy note. Trouble is that I can't find a way to connect to my phone through ADB. It just isn't listed when I type "adb devices". I would appreciate any help so I could "push" a rom and be done with it.
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Check Applications/Development/Enable USB Debugging. If that is on, make sure you have the necessary drivers on the PC.
As for mounting via CWM, that should work if CWM gives the option. Again, check drivers on PC.
As the title says.
I can't for the life of me find the option to mount USB storage via CWM / TWRP. Am I doing something wrong or is the feature not.. there for some reason?
Tried CWM 6.0.1.0.
You have to be rooted, have stickmount from play store and the proper otg cable, there are threads on it already, sorry no link you'll have to search.
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I could of sworn I saw a mount USB storage option in TWRP 2.2.1, but I could be wrong, in any case, 2.2.1.5 has it, but has issues with gapp flashing it seems
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30434692#post30434692
I've always transferred files (rom/kernel zips) to my device via clockwork mod recovery because there's the option to mount usb storage even on recovery. I'm not talking about using the stickmount so that my flashdrive can be detected via usb otg.
Can anyone else confirm that for N7, neither cwm nor twrp has the option to mount usb storage when plugged in to my pc?
coabs said:
I've always transferred files (rom/kernel zips) to my device via clockwork mod recovery because there's the option to mount usb storage even on recovery. I'm not talking about using the stickmount so that my flashdrive can be detected via usb otg.
Can anyone else confirm that for N7, neither cwm nor twrp has the option to mount usb storage when plugged in to my pc?
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I'm certainly no expert, but I have never seen that option in CWM...don't know about TWRP. All I have ever done is just plug my device in to the PC...open the files...and click and drag to where I want to put the zip file. I do the same thing with my N7.
dparrothead1 said:
I'm certainly no expert, but I have never seen that option in CWM...don't know about TWRP. All I have ever done is just plug my device in to the PC...open the files...and click and drag to where I want to put the zip file. I do the same thing with my N7.
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This is my second android device. First one was NS and I swear there's a Mount USB Storage on CWM :|
coabs said:
This is my second android device. First one was NS and I swear there's a Mount USB Storage on CWM :|
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Oh, I believe you. Like I said, I'm no expert. I'm sure you know that the CWM updated and changed with JB.
I am thinking of getting the M, but it appears the device uses MTP when you connect it a PC. I am coming from ThunderBolt, and certainly enjoyed simply mounting the SD card in Windows, then copying whatever I wanted in and out. I even recovered some files that I accidentally deleted. I would also copy files to the phone for books (in random formats) , apps (apk), videos, photos etc.
Judging by the name I would guess you can copy MP3s to phone under MTP. Can you copy other types of files? Is there a way to just mount the internal storage in Windows? Thanks!
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You should be able to copy everything, if you double click on the device in Explorer (on Windows, anyway). It should give you a display of all the folders on the device, I think.
But yes, MTP sucks. For whatever reason, it simply doesn't work with my current phone. Even on a fresh clean install of Windows 7, the driver will not install, and this is seen across multiple computers, stock ROMs and custom ones. I haven't been able to transfer data to or from my phone using the USB cable in ages. I can do it over WiFi, thankfully, and I can also just pop out the microSD card if needed, but MTP still frustrates me to no end.
It works with my tablet just fine, though, so it's the Motorola driver that's messed up.
Engadget review also reported a failure to install drivers for MTP on one of their test machines, despite best efforts to trouble shoot.
Is there even a benefit to MTP? To me it sounds like pure pain.
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I am thinking of getting the M, but it appears the device uses MTP when you connect it a PC. I am coming from ThunderBolt, and certainly enjoyed simply mounting the SD card in Windows, then copying whatever I wanted in and out. I even recovered some files that I accidentally deleted. I would also copy files to the phone for books (in random formats) , apps (apk), videos, photos etc.
Judging by the name I would guess you can copy MP3s to phone under MTP. Can you copy other types of files? Is there a way to just mount the internal storage in Windows? Thanks!
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Why would you be annoyed at all, you can just mount the device as Mass Storage (just like the Thunderbrick) and move files that way. MTP is not an issue.
jimmydafish said:
Why would you be annoyed at all, you can just mount the device as Mass Storage (just like the Thunderbrick) and move files that way. MTP is not an issue.
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That's the answer I was hoping for, thank you! One last question : how do you mount the device as mass storage, using the standard Android dialog that shows up in the notification bar?
Please be patient with me, I don't have the phone yet.
Finally, my Thunder hasn't bricked yet, but it's getting close...
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cowisland said:
That's the answer I was hoping for, thank you! One last question : how do you mount the device as mass storage, using the standard Android dialog that shows up in the notification bar?
Please be patient with me, I don't have the phone yet.
Finally, my Thunder hasn't bricked yet, but it's getting close...
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It simply gives you the option when you plug it in - you can choose to mount it as usb storage, or mtp.
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It simply gives you the option when you plug it in - you can choose to mount it as usb storage, or mtp.
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Not anymore! Since the JB update, the USB mass storage option is gone! This pisses me off since I need that to connect to my vehicle's audio system. WTF would they remove that feature?!
Yeah. It makes me angry... I hate mtp. Gawd Google y u no usb mass storage?!? ¡¿¡
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I've never had this problem -- until I upgraded to KK. Now my work PC will not allow me to install the MTP driver. Haven't tried yet on my home pc, but I am not optimistic. Come on! Some genius hacker dude out there has to have figured this one out by now!
Wi-Fi file explorer is my method of choice.
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I do not get it. My Maxx mounts what appears to be MTP but when in click on the phone icon in Win7 (actually Parallels desktop on a Mac) the internal SD is mounted! Just like before. That is with 444. So is 442 way different on the older msm8960s?
Now on a Mac it is doodoo.
I can access both SD cards from PC without any problem in MTP mode. I installed the drivers while I was on JB I think
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Wi-Fi file explorer is my method of choice.
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I used to use that on my old phone but forgot about it. I'll have to give it another go. Thanks for the reminder.
Any way that we could access the phone storage via a PC when the handset is in RECOVERY MODE.
I remember I can do that on my Nexus S.
but when i boot N4 into recovery mode, then plug in the USB cable, the phone would not pick up the phone as an external storage, nor can not recovery files or copy any ZIP or IMG to the phone.
Any ideas? Thanks for reading.
Sorry What I mean is that the PC would not pick up the phone as an external storage.
stevo_stevo said:
Any way that we could access the phone storage via a PC when the handset is in RECOVERY MODE.
I remember I can do that on my Nexus S.
but when i boot N4 into recovery mode, then plug in the USB cable, the phone would not pick up the phone as an external storage, nor can not recovery files or copy any ZIP or IMG to the phone.
Any ideas? Thanks for reading.
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I remember reading somewhere that this is a current limitation on the recoveries we have now, so you may be out of luck until a dev figures out a fix. At least I think I read that somewhere...
You cannot mount the phone while it is in recovery. If you borked a ROM flash and need to use .IMG files to fix it, you have to boot into fastboot and flash them that way.
i thought so, however i remember i have done that on my Nexus S, May be it is just a limitation on N4’ RECOVERY
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Its a limitation that started showing up about a year ago, i first noticed it on the PHOTON. It is mildly annoying especially when you bork something.
But you can sideload apps/roms/zips on ADB and of course you still have fastboot so all in all its not that bad.
stevo_stevo said:
i thought so, however i remember i have done that on my Nexus S, May be it is just a limitation on N4’ RECOVERY
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Your Nexus S also had removable storage and didn't mount via MTP.
joshnichols189 said:
Your Nexus S also had removable storage and didn't mount via MTP.
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Didn't have removable, it just wasn't MTP.
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DarkhShadow said:
Didn't have removable, it just wasn't MTP.
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However the Nexus S did have USB Mountable storage though as the storage was split between system and USB Mountable (and not MTP). The Nexus 4 only has one continuous area of storage (hence the use of MTP) and "emulates" internal storage. So no, unfortunately no way to access in recovery as of yet.
theimpaler said:
However the Nexus S did have USB Mountable storage though as the storage was split between system and USB Mountable (and not MTP). The Nexus 4 only has one continuous area of storage (hence the use of MTP) and "emulates" internal storage. So no, unfortunately no way to access in recovery as of yet.
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Thanks theimpaler, I understand now, as long as everything could be done via fastboot.