Not entirely sure what kind of process might be needed, but is it at all possible to use the older method of transferring files between a computer to an Android device (USB Mass Storage) instead of MTP?
MTP (in my experience) is... not ideal in most cases. File transfers are seemingly slower, can only do one thing at a time (I think if your transferring a file, you can't even browse other folders on the MTP device), and sometimes file transfers just get stuck for no reason. Was trying to copy over a few PDF's to my N10 and it seems to just hang randomly, had to reboot the device 4 times already (twice to just create and rename a folder).
what about the option in settings -> storage -> and tap the menu button on the top right and select USB Computer connection?
espionage724 said:
Not entirely sure what kind of process might be needed, but is it at all possible to use the older method of transferring files between a computer to an Android device (USB Mass Storage) instead of MTP?
MTP (in my experience) is... not ideal in most cases. File transfers are seemingly slower, can only do one thing at a time (I think if your transferring a file, you can't even browse other folders on the MTP device), and sometimes file transfers just get stuck for no reason. Was trying to copy over a few PDF's to my N10 and it seems to just hang randomly, had to reboot the device 4 times already (twice to just create and rename a folder).
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I had the same problem at first, but I realized my USB ports on the front end of my PC arent USB 2.0, so I plugged it into the back, and works like a charm. Just a thought.
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what about the option in settings -> storage -> and tap the menu button on the top right and select USB Computer connection?
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I already did that and tried both options (MTP & PTP), but the N10 does not show up on my computer at all in either case, with or without USB debugging. I have had no such problems with my other android devices (all still running gingerbread, in case that matters).
My N10 is rooted and my computer runs xubuntu 12.04; I don't have a window box to test... Any suggestions? Thanks!
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I already did that and tried both options (MTP & PTP), but the N10 does not show up on my computer at all in either case, with or without USB debugging. I have had no such problems with my other android devices (all still running gingerbread, in case that matters).
My N10 is rooted and my computer runs xubuntu 12.04; I don't have a window box to test... Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Unfortunately the answer is no.
There was a long discussion on the Galaxy Nexus forums about it a while back.
I also wish for a usb mass storage option for compatibility with radios for playing music. They don't read mtp/ptp for any generic one I've come across.
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Unfortunately the answer is no.
There was a long discussion on the Galaxy Nexus forums about it a while back.
I also wish for a usb mass storage option for compatibility with radios for playing music. They don't read mtp/ptp for any generic one I've come across.
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Hmm, but what's the main thing stopping this from being possible? I thought I heard of a few JB devices that were able to get USB Mass Storage (LG Optimus G I think has a method, or whatever the phone is that has similar parts to a Nexus 4), and a Galaxy Tab I used to have had Mass Storage in ICS.
Mass storage is possible when the sdcard volume is actually a separate disk. On the Nexus 10 this is an "emulated" sdcard and cannot use USB mass storage safely because that protocol gives exclusive control to PC.
The easiest solution is to use one of the many wireless transfer apps like AirDroid.
Another option for Linux users if you really want a wired transfer is to use adbfs. This is a FUSE wrapper around the usb android debug protocol.
https://github.com/spion/adbfs-rootless
adbfs would give you seamless mounting just like USB Mass Storage.
Another solution, though not a seamless mount, is QtADB: http://qtadb.wordpress.com/
This is another wrapper around the usb android debug protocol.
Oh my god, thank you for the AirDroid recommendation. Holy crap is this program useful with my new nexus 4.
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Mass storage is possible when the sdcard volume is actually a separate disk. On the Nexus 10 this is an "emulated" sdcard and cannot use USB mass storage safely because that protocol gives exclusive control to PC.
The easiest solution is to use one of the many wireless transfer apps like AirDroid.
Another option for Linux users if you really want a wired transfer is to use adbfs. This is a FUSE wrapper around the usb android debug protocol.
https://github.com/spion/adbfs-rootless
adbfs would give you seamless mounting just like USB Mass Storage.
Another solution, though not a seamless mount, is QtADB: http://qtadb.wordpress.com/
This is another wrapper around the usb android debug protocol.
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Thank you so much! AirDroid is genius!
MTP storage to USB storage: accidental solution!
espionage724 said:
Not entirely sure what kind of process might be needed, but is it at all possible to use the older method of transferring files between a computer to an Android device (USB Mass Storage) instead of MTP?
MTP (in my experience) is... not ideal in most cases. File transfers are seemingly slower, can only do one thing at a time (I think if your transferring a file, you can't even browse other folders on the MTP device), and sometimes file transfers just get stuck for no reason. Was trying to copy over a few PDF's to my N10 and it seems to just hang randomly, had to reboot the device 4 times already (twice to just create and rename a folder).
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dear espionage,
i just wanted to share this with you in case it would be helpful. in fact, you might even have more technical know-how to find out how i accidentally managed this useful fix. first, the reason i was looking for this MTP to USB storage was my habit of synchronizing my thumb-drive to my desktop using any free synching software. this of course, can be only be done when the storage device is recognized as a DRIVE. unfortunately, i believe with the updating of the OS to 4.1 onwards, the USB storage option has been removed, and now only access to MTP is possible. the bad side to this is that one's device is recognized as a portable media device and this means i can no longer synch like i did before the contents of the SD card to my desktop.
second, i found the solution accidentally by installing MultiMount-SD v.2.5 into my Sony Xperia V (LT25i). accidentally i say, because when i clicked on it for the first time, it wouldn't work. it showed a help tip saying that i should trying enabling what it called an MTP fix provided by the program. i did this, restarted the program and guess what happened. there occurred a looping sequence (i guess unending) device recognition-mount and unmount (the PC sounded this off many times), since there was no end to it, i decided to UNINSTALL the program even while the recognition loop was going on. in the meantime one could see a drive appearing in the EXPLORER with a (?), then it would appear with an assigned drive letter, then finally disappear, and so on.
i successfully uninstalled the MultiMount apk, and surprisingly even with the message that the device wasn't properly recognized or installed, i could now connect my Xperia and it mounts as a USB storage device and no longer MTP. to test this 'accident', i tried connecting it to my desktop, running Windows 7, and it worked without any hitches! I don't really mind losing the MTP option, sides it's very limited in its connectivity with the PC. Another bonus, is despite this, i can still communicate with my device through the MyPhoneExplorer program that allows one to send text messages and other stuff. This was one wonderful accident.
oh, one last thing, even with rebooting my phone, the setup seems to have become a 'permanent fix'. now, when the device is connected one sees in the activated portions in the top menu saying: USB Storage - SD card connected to PC. This was never there before... And i wonder what MultiMountSD must have left permanently to allow my Xperia V to now connect as USB storage. Yahoo!!!
i hope though, you could see what the technical side of this accident is, so that somehow something more stable could be done or programmed without having to go through the 'accidental' procedure i have detailed above.
ciao,
bodega1968
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I already did that and tried both options (MTP & PTP), but the N10 does not show up on my computer at all in either case, with or without USB debugging. I have had no such problems with my other android devices (all still running gingerbread, in case that matters).
My N10 is rooted and my computer runs xubuntu 12.04; I don't have a window box to test... Any suggestions? Thanks!
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I had this issue with Ubuntu 12.04 too, after I updated to 13.04 it started to work like a charm . You can also try changing the rules in your PC, you can find how to do it in the Google website .
"This Story Ends Where It Began" - Octavarium (Dream Theater)
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You can use OTG and transfer files
MTP and USB Storage
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You can use OTG and transfer files
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Thanks SmokinCharger! I guess it's quite clear that attempts to allow certain devices to be read in USB Storage mode is a hardware configuration. If your device isn't designed for it, then it won't be able to do this. It's like wanting your volkswagen to have a 6th gear... thus, what was posted previously is true:
Originally Posted by dalingrin:
[Mass storage is possible when the sdcard volume is actually a separate disk. On the Nexus 10 this is an "emulated" sdcard and cannot use USB mass storage safely because that protocol gives exclusive control to PC.]
*I also would like to apologize what i've posted earlier regarding my accidental discovery with Multi-Mount SD. What the app actually did was to access a feature in my device (rooted Xperia V LT125i) which i wasn't aware of. All the time, my device was actually configured to have both MTP and USB Storage.:silly:
So for such devices that are hardware configured only to be MTP or PTP, the only 'solution' or 'alternative' would be to "ROOT" them and set them up with OTG (On the Go) USB access. This may have some hitches, but i've been using this quite a lot. Sometimes though, a RESET is required so that explorer applications would function normally.
Thanks again. I guess this will be all for now in our attempts to reconfigure something that is hardware defined in certain devices.
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Thanks SmokinCharger! I guess it's quite clear that attempts to allow certain devices to be read in USB Storage mode is a hardware configuration. If your device isn't designed for it, then it won't be able to do this. It's like wanting your volkswagen to have a 6th gear... thus, what was posted previously is true:
Originally Posted by dalingrin:
[Mass storage is possible when the sdcard volume is actually a separate disk. On the Nexus 10 this is an "emulated" sdcard and cannot use USB mass storage safely because that protocol gives exclusive control to PC.]
*I also would like to apologize what i've posted earlier regarding my accidental discovery with Multi-Mount SD. What the app actually did was to access a feature in my device (rooted Xperia V LT125i) which i wasn't aware of. All the time, my device was actually configured to have both MTP and USB Storage.:silly:
So for such devices that are hardware configured only to be MTP or PTP, the only 'solution' or 'alternative' would be to "ROOT" them and set them up with OTG (On the Go) USB access. This may have some hitches, but i've been using this quite a lot. Sometimes though, a RESET is required so that explorer applications would function normally.
Thanks again. I guess this will be all for now in our attempts to reconfigure something that is hardware defined in certain devices.
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You're welcome. Chainfire is a great and well known developer that has development many great apps including Stickmount. Look it up in Play especially the Pro version, which is "The price is aimed at being approximately one beer at the bar ". It works with mounting the UBS OTG. The Pro will automatically mount and unmount.
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So I can't get my desktop OR laptop running XP Pro 32 to even recognize the phone. As in no audio plays and nothing appears in the system tray. Tried with/without debugging mode, installed the samsung drivers etc. The phone doesn't even show up in device manager at all- not even as something unrecognizable. Its as if the port is dead. The phone does 'ding' though and charge ok so it is receiving power... though nothing at all appears in the android notification tab when connected. Any ideas or anyone know of any apps on the pc or android side to take a closer look at whats happening on the bus?
The only way that I can get it to work is to put it in media mode. It shows up as a media device in Win7. If I put it on, "ask every time" or whatever it doesn't work and in mass storage mode it shows up as two unreadable drives, they are grayed out in Explorer... Basically...don't use the "ask every time" for USB function.
This function seems like such a simple thing, not sure why Samsung has so many issues with it considering they have been making media devices for a long time.
Anyway... do you have access to a newer OS to at least rule that out as a cause. Not saying it shouldn't work with XP 32 but just something to check out.
I was having similar issues at first. I take it adb doesn't work either? Well my fix was to delete my whole Android SDK folder, then I redownloaded it (though I just kept the "tools" folder this time). Then I downloaded "USBDeview" (google it) to delete every USB driver that had to do with android (basically just left the printers, HID, and my Sansa drivers), restarted, then I downloaded the samsung drivers from the thread on here, plugged my phone in and manually pointed the driver search to the drivers.
ADB and Mass Storage has been working fine since. All I can tell you is to keep checking cause there's something you're missing, I also thought to myself "what the heck else can I do?" since I had done each one of those steps previously, but maybe I just had to do them all together. Good luck.
another possible solution is to change cables if you're not using the samsung provided cable - some cables are charger only (no data) - some of the motorola cables are charger only and we've already had one poster that had that issue
I couldn't get it to work at first either. I more or less did this.
I plugged in my phone. I did not enable mass storage mode on my phone. Walked away and let my PC think for a while. I came back and I noticed I had two new drives. I then enabled mass storage mode and could connect.
Two of my machines I had to do this. I'm not sure why it wasn't instant, but it just took a bit of patience and walking away from the machine to let it think for a while before I guess it installed the drivers and made its peace with the fact it wasn't the G1 any more.
Say into voice dialer "Open SD card" -> check "Enable USB mass storage". That works if port on PC is OK.
If it's a driver issue, open device manager and uninstall the usb ports. Unplug everything from usb and when you reboot the computer it will automatically reinstall the usb ports.
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I ran into the same issue. It was a problem with the USB cable I was using. As soon as I tried a different cable it worked fine.
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another possible solution is to change cables if you're not using the samsung provided cable - some cables are charger only (no data) - some of the motorola cables are charger only and we've already had one poster that had that issue
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I second this, I forgot my sammy cable at work on Friday and on way home stopped at T-Mo and picked up a charger w/cable and realized right away this was just a charging cable as soon as I connected it to my PC. I'm returning the cable back to T-Mo tonight. At least I was able to charge my phone over the weekend.
UPDATE: You guys are right, it is the goddamn cables! I bought an extra wall charger + cable at the t-mobile store and was using that at home. I had left the original in-box cable at work. Tried the cable at work today and now the drives pop up. Still don't appear writeable but I can look into that when I have time, probably the typical driver issue. As far as I can tell those separate cables are power only! $15 for a two wires + dc adapter. Thanks Samsung. Grr.
i suspect the mfgrs have gone to charge only cables to help keep folks from tethering - just a suspicion
if the "drives" are popping up, have you "mounted" the phone (pull down notification bar, clik on USB connected and it should give you a window asking to mount the cards or drive)
FYI....The Rocketfish cables you get from Best Buy do not work. They are only capable of charging.
@larryccf...I don't think certain manufacturers are implementing this on purpose so we can't tether. I think their just being cheap.
Where I got my cables on the cheap! and my problem.
I got my cable at monoprice.com. Check it out that is a 10 foot usb cable for $1.69 and it works for me. They have different lengths and even some colors. Now my Mass Storage issue . . .
My Mass Storage via USB works fine unless I enable "USB Debugging" which one of my apps needs to work. Once debugging is enabled I loss the ability to see my sd card and internal storage on my XP netbook. any ideas????
Same Problem
I have the exact issue, tried many things have'nt found a fix yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks,
crx
larryccf said:
if the "drives" are popping up, have you "mounted" the phone (pull down notification bar, clik on USB connected and it should give you a window asking to mount the cards or drive)
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this worked for me Thanks
Yes phone is mounted, and can be seen w/o usb debugging enabled. However with usb/debugging on it does not read the phone being connected. Meaning that I cannot connect to ADB which is my main concern.
thanks for response tho,
crx
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Yes phone is mounted, and can be seen w/o usb debugging enabled. However with usb/debugging on it does not read the phone being connected. Meaning that I cannot connect to ADB which is my main concern.
thanks for response tho,
crx
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This is my issue exactly, and I haven't found a fix either. Called T-Mobile and they thought turning off debugging was the only fix I needed.
Most of them, sorry to say are half retarded. They think a data reset is the cure-all
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Most of them, sorry to say are half retarded. They think a data reset is the cure-all
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Ain't that the truth!
If you are running windows (x86 or x64), it would be wise to install the samsung drivers. I was having this exact problem, but as soon as I installed the drivers from samsung, viola!
I had the latest drivers from google, and they did not work for me.
Here is a link to the thread containing the links to the drivers, thanks to TGA_Gunnman:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929
Hi folks, have a problem with my fascinate, I can connect it with QPST fine, however when I use the top pulldown menu, and touch
"USB Connected - Select to copy files to and from your computer"
it gives me the option to 'Mount' which I choose, however then it doesn't appear as a USB drive on my computer (Windows 7). So, I can't get it to connect as USB drive accessible through Windows.
I have an HTC incredible also, and when I do the same options, it will immediately pop up as 2 new drives in Windows (one for SD and one for internal memory). SO, it works for my Inc, but not for my Fascinate. A few possible reasons I am guessing may be:
1) Drive letter conflict with inc/fascinate
2) Some type of driver conflict
anyways, like I said I can connect to my fascinate with QPST/QXDM/CDMA Tools, so I know the USB cable works fine. I've tried it on several computers now, my 2 office ones and my laptop, and all similar results (no USB drive showing when mounted). FWIW I also at some point messed with drivers on these other computers too. However, I did also try uninstalling Samsing drivers, and reinstalling (did not solve the problem).
Ok, if you need more info I will be happy to provide, and any help is much appreciated, thx
-Squarepusher
Can you go to your device manager and tell us what it shows up As there when you plug it in?
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rm2011 said:
Can you go to your device manager and tell us what it shows up As there when you plug it in?
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Hey rm2011. Sure thing, thanks. It is show up under 'Unspecified' and ...
I just figured out my problem. I had the device setup under "Dial Up Networking" for QPST use. That is an either or option with mount for USB storage (not both)
so, thanks working now
i know its been awhile and i have the same thing. but mine say unknown device. its ok when i hu my other phone same model(fascinat)
Does this phone not support USB mass storage mode?
I went through the option and I couldn't find a way to do standard USB mode. Only media player or digital camera mode.
Media player mode is close, but it's a lot less standard than mass storage mode.
I just use MTP, mounts the internal and SD card as drives in windows. Dont know what that difference between that and USB mass storage is
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I just use MTP, mounts the internal and SD card as drives in windows. Dont know what that difference between that and USB mass storage is
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MTP support under linux really blows, which is why I still use USB MassStorage mode. I'll give MTP another chance, though, because I've upgraded Fedora since last trying it.
The main differences between the two are that MTP allows your phone to hide the underlying filesystem of the storage (fat32, exfat, ext4, ...), and makes it transparently available to your PC while the phone is still able to use it too, whereas in Mass Storage mode each device (internal & external) gets mounted as an actual filesystem (that your OS has to understand).
Mass Storage is much faster too.
When the phone is plugged in, you can click on connected as media device in notifications. It use to be that you can disable MTP this way, but when I select to turn it off, the MTP box it stays checked. I don't think there is a way to disable until we get custom ROMs. We need the USB Mass Storage option back under settings>more settings
Yeah, normally you can go > settings > storage > menu button and select your USB mode from there... This does nothing on the the GS3.
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When the phone is plugged in, you can click on connected as media device in notifications. It use to be that you can disable MTP this way, but when I select to turn it off, the MTP box it stays checked. I don't think there is a way to disable until we get custom ROMs. We need the USB Mass Storage option back under settings>more settings
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There's a two-line hack in the international forum that'll let you enable MassStorage mode, but it reverts back to MTP after reboots. Yeah - hopefully this'll be an option in the first batch of ROMs released.
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There's a two-line hack in the international forum that'll let you enable MassStorage mode, but it reverts back to MTP after reboots. Yeah - hopefully this'll be an option in the first batch of ROMs released.
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Interesting, I'll be looking for that. I was thinking it had to do with build.prop to stay persistent but I didn't see it in the quick glance I had.
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Interesting, I'll be looking for that. I was thinking it had to do with build.prop to stay persistent but I didn't see it in the quick glance I had.
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Interesting.. I didn't think it would be possible, but it looks like that covers the bases - manual unmount in the phone, export the lun to USB mass storage, and then undo both at the end..
Edit: That's external SD only.. I mean, great, but do note that.
The internal sd is ext4 formatted, and I don't know if you can unmount it while the system is running (Which is why UMS mode wasn't on by default)
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There's a two-line hack in the international forum that'll let you enable MassStorage mode, but it reverts back to MTP after reboots.
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This doesn't work for me (rooted, stock ROM), nor does editing /data/property/persist.sys.usb.config directly (which makes the change permanent on an SGS2). Interestingly, USB OTG (on-the-go) does work, and it uses mass storage mode, so it's not like the phone isn't capable of it.
[Edit: neither /dev/block/vold/179:17 nor /sys/devices/platform/s3c-usbgadget/ exist on the device - does anyone know the alternatives to use?]
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[Edit: neither /dev/block/vold/179:17 nor /sys/devices/platform/s3c-usbgadget/ exist on the device - does anyone know the alternatives to use?]
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You may be able to guess at what /dev/block/vold/179:17 would be on the US variant by looking at the output of 'mount'. You may then have to cross-reference what that gives you with some sysfs info or symlinks in /dev..
s3c-usbgadget would be a feature of the quad-core Exynos SoC, based on the S3C in the name - that's a samsung chip naming convention. For the Qualcomm equivalent, the kernel source code is probably your best bet.
Thanks - looks like /dev/block/vold/179:97 is the external SD.
The only directory in /sys/devices/platform/ that contains gadget/lun0/file is msm_hsusb, but a) I'm pretty sure that's involved in hosting USB (e.g., OTG) and b) it doesn't seem to work when substituted in the relevant command. I'll keep looking....
That is one nice thing about the ICS update for the Razr, since default to mass storage mode and you can also choose MTP.
I will miss this on the Razr. I thought Android team said this will not work? Works great and just as good as with Gingerbread.
Well it's official, I'm at my wits end trying to figure out just how to connect my Note 10.1 to my Macbook Air connecting via USB cable. Every time I connect the two, I can't find it ANYWHERE on my laptop !!!
Anyone else experience this all too frustrating conundrum???
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I've had this issue since I bought it months ago. Use AirDroid.
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Well it's official, I'm at my wits end trying to figure out just how to connect my Note 10.1 to my Macbook Air connecting via USB cable. Every time I connect the two, I can't find it ANYWHERE on my laptop !!!
Anyone else experience this all too frustrating conundrum???
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Android file transfert works fine. Do NOT install the Samsung USB driver from kies this Is complete ****. airdroid is **** too you can't even copy a folder. ah don't forget to disable USB debbug otherwise aft won't detect your device.
I've never been able to see any of my Android devices on my Mac without using Android File Transfer & I believev that's the way things just are.
The problem is that Android only presents itself over USB as either a media device using MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) or PTP (PrinterTransfer Protocol) standards - settable in settings. It does not support USB Mass Storage protocol.
Windows supports MTP out of the box for Media Player, so when you connect your Android to it - it shows up as what looks like, for all intents and purposes, a hard drive. In the Note's case - you get two: one for the internal simulated 'SD' card - and one for the actual SD card reader. This is why when you copy files to and from the Note, the experience is a little weird - it will offer to convert files for you, for example.
Unfortunately, MacOS X doesn't support MTP because, I suspect, Apple wants everyone using iDevices and their proprietary iTunes protocols which aren't compabtible with MTP.
Now, while it's dumb of Google not to support USB Mass Storage in Android, it's equally dumb of Apple not to support MTP in their OS.
Fortunately, there are addons you can get to fix this (as noted above).
Windows users (and I suspect, Linux ones as well) don't have a problem.
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The problem is that Android only presents itself over USB as either a media device using MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) or PTP (PrinterTransfer Protocol) standards - settable in settings. It does not support USB Mass Storage protocol.
Windows supports MTP out of the box for Media Player, so when you connect your Android to it - it shows up as what looks like, for all intents and purposes, a hard drive. In the Note's case - you get two: one for the internal simulated 'SD' card - and one for the actual SD card reader. This is why when you copy files to and from the Note, the experience is a little weird - it will offer to convert files for you, for example.
Unfortunately, MacOS X doesn't support MTP because, I suspect, Apple wants everyone using iDevices and their proprietary iTunes protocols which aren't compabtible with MTP.
Now, while it's dumb of Google not to support USB Mass Storage in Android, it's equally dumb of Apple not to support MTP in their OS.
Fortunately, there are addons you can get to fix this (as noted above).
Windows users (and I suspect, Linux ones as well) don't have a problem.
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It's not across the board android, just the tablets. All my phones up to the note 2 would connect as mass storage even with exchange installed. Even the og note
I've just found an app called ES file explorer. Set up your Mac as a smb server and you can access your files via wifi. Much faster than blue tooth.
A video file transfer from my macbook to my note 10.1 took 4 hours, similar file via wifi took about 5 mins.
Still testing the app, but quite pleased so far.
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It's not across the board android, just the tablets. All my phones up to the note 2 would connect as mass storage even with exchange installed. Even the og note
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Kinda. I don't think my Galaxy Nexus phone shows up in MacOS either (it's been a while since I checked so I could be wrong).
To complicate matters, each vendor adds bits to the OS. For example, Asus Transformer Primes can read NTFS drives out of the box - but most Androids can't. They've added something to the kernel to add the capability.
AFAIK, the base Android doesn't support USB Mass Storage on the host port.
Did u try to mount the drives in recovery? I'm assuming your rooted
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Did u try to mount the drives in recovery? I'm assuming your rooted
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I'm NOT rooted, I'm actually running stock JB version on T-mo.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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