When I connect my Nexus 4 in Win 7. It shows as a media device. It does not seem to be mounting all of the storage. It doesn't seem to be mounting the entire sdcard. I can't see nandroid backups/folders that are visible in CWM. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Starting with Ice Cream Sandwich, Android started using Media Transport Protocol (MTP) for USB file transfers. In Windows 7, I have found MTP to be shaky and unreliable. Try clicking refresh in Windows Explorer; maybe that will fix the issues with Clockwork Mod backups not displaying. Windows might be trying to cache file listings.
If that does not work, you can use WiFi file transfers such as AirDroid, SSHDroid, or SwiFTP. They are slower, but they work.
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So my last Android phone the Samsung Captivate had USB Mass Storage support, and the phone would show up as a drive on Windows Explorer. This Nexus has only MTP and Photo transfer support.
Both seem to show up properly on my computer, however, when I try to transfer an entire folder to my computer (Titanium Backup), it will only transfer the folder and none of the contents. If I try to do a select all, it will only transfer one or two of the backup files in titanium backup. This is very annoying, what am I doing wrong? Is there a way to get USB Mass Storage support?
I also tried mounting it through TWRP recovery but this doesn't work at all.
I just bought my Nexus 7 yesterday and tried connecting it to my Windows 7 laptop and not much happened. So then I read that it doesn't support UMS but uses MTP. Reading further I founds that this comes as part of Windows Media Player which usually un-install on all my PCs so I use System Restore to go back before I started and install Windows Media Player and and I get an error message, 'unrecogonized usb device'.
I then try it on another PC of mine on which I just installed Windows 8 Pro and it mounts straight away.
Any ideas on how to get it mount?
Has anyone tried using MTP transfer?
I'm trying to copy some files from the phone to the computer but it seems impossible through MTP.
What other methods you can use to transfer files?
I had to use adb pull command to pull all my data before i unlock the bootloader. I'm assuming that custom ROMs will let you connect the phone as an external storage device but what about people who don't/can't install custom rom? Do they have to live with those slow MTP speeds while transferring something to the phone?
justFaisal said:
Has anyone tried using MTP transfer?
I'm trying to copy some files from the phone to the computer but it seems impossible through MTP.
What other methods you can use to transfer files?
I had to use adb pull command to pull all my data before i unlock the bootloader. I'm assuming that custom ROMs will let you connect the phone as an external storage device but what about people who don't/can't install custom rom? Do they have to live with those slow MTP speeds while transferring something to the phone?
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i had that issue with a GS3 and someone told me to try a different usb port on my computer. so i did and everything transferred much faster like it should.
s10shane said:
i had that issue with a GS3 and someone told me to try a different usb port on my computer. so i did and everything transferred much faster like it should.
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I tried everything and the only way i could get adequate speed was from adb.
I'm wondering why google didn't include external storage as an option to connect (in 4.2.2, i assume it's a software feature) like there is in some other phones that does not have sd card slot.
I don't think anything can fix MTP. It's so slow, that I have to use adb to transfer Clockworkmod backups.
I hate MTP so much.
The reason there's no mass storage option is because the geniuses at either LG or Google decided it was a good idea to make external storage a folder in /data/ rather than have a dedicated /sdcard/ partition.
Slow transfers with MTP on Nexus 4
** Note: You need a OTG cable with a power connector & ROOT
Nexus 4 - Stock ROM 4.3 ROOTED.
OTG cable with power connector
USB patch
StickMount app
An earlier version of Directory Opus (sorry, the trial expired and I did not note the exact version) seemed to do a good job of transferring files from the Nexus to the PC (Win 7), but when I tried it on another computer and it no longer worked (transfer stopped before it actually completed).
I tried the following and it worked for me:
Check these links:
http://www.androidcentral.com/android-advanced-usb-otg-nexus-4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/orig-development/usb-otg-externally-powered-usb-otg-t2181820
Use the patch that is suitable for your rom.
install StickMount, connect the usb otg cable to portable drive (in my case a seagate 320 GB Freeagent), the power, and then the phone.
The drive is mounted under /sdcard/usbstorage/sd1
You may need the ntfs-3g file from Chainfire's site.
Transfers were at 7 to 8 MBps from the Nexus to the portable drive [NO PC/Windows involved]. This is better than MTP and DirectoryOpus [when it worked] which was at around 4MBps.
The other option is to use SuperBeam app.
DirectoryOpus might work, but you probably need the right combination of MTP drivers, DirectoryOpus version and Windows version.
With all other Android phones I have, when I plug in the USB I have the option to mount as a storage device. Here I can organize media, move downloaded zip to the root of the SD, clear out unneeded files. It seems with the Nexus 4 I can no longer do that; mount it as a drive.
When I attach the USB cable I can either connect "media device" or "camera". When I select a camera, it mounts just the DCIM folder. This allowed me to transfer all of my pics and vids to the device. When I select "media device" I don't see any change. I don't see a mounted drive/folder to organize/transfer music.
Is there a way to use the SD as a mounted drive and bypass the limited options of "media device" or "camera". If not what is the best way to manage files on your phone via your PC?
I am running Parandroid 3.94 and my PC is a Win7 64.
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With all other Android phones I have, when I plug in the USB I have the option to mount as a storage device. Here I can organize media, move downloaded zip to the root of the SD, clear out unneeded files. It seems with the Nexus 4 I can no longer do that; mount it as a drive.
When I attach the USB cable I can either connect "media device" or "camera". When I select a camera, it mounts just the DCIM folder. This allowed me to transfer all of my pics and vids to the device. When I select "media device" I don't see any change. I don't see a mounted drive/folder to organize/transfer music.
Is there a way to use the SD as a mounted drive and bypass the limited options of "media device" or "camera". If not what is the best way to manage files on your phone via your PC?
I am running Parandroid 3.94 and my PC is a Win7 64.
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On the Nexus 4 the internal storage is mounted as an MTB device rather than a USB drive. Make sure you have the latest Nexus 4 driver installed (use a toolkit or the SDK to install the driver) then follow yacbos' instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2232471&page=2 to let Windows view the MTB storage.
Worked like a charm. Thanks.
I'm tired of this sh*t on my Nexus 4. Lots of crashes on Windows 7/8... and when I download something to my phone using aTorrent, ttorrent or something, it don't update my new files. I can't see them in windows explorer, until I reboot the Nexus... Plus I can't stream the files or mount a drive letter. If at least I could create a vfat partition or something in the internal memory, or windows could read the android file system, would be great.
MTP sucks, we just have to deal with it. I use Ubuntu and I install go-mtpfs and it work similar to regular file transfer, but its not perfect either. I have yet to find the perfect solution, except adb command line transfer.
You can use an app such as SD Rescan https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberullu.rescansd to avoid rebooting your Nexus to refresh the file contents on MTP.
You could put an FTP server on your Nexus and use an FTP client on your PC and transfer files by wireless. It's slower but more accurate.