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.
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I was wondering if theres any way to do this so I could use the phone's SD card as sort of a plug & play USB flash drive for school. The school computers don't allow installing the drivers. Thanks.
Or does anyone know of a way that I can get my USB flash drive to auto-sync with my Dropbox folder when I plug it in, instead of manually having to copy everything eveytime?
Just plug it up and mount the sd. You don't have to install drivers for that. Also disable us debugging mode.
That's what I thought so that's what I did.. But the drive wouldn't show up and instead the computer asked for an administrators password to install system drivers. Oh well.
If your school has wifi, you can use an FTP server like SwiFTP or EStrongs File Explorer, both of which are available for free in the android market. This will allow you to browse the contents of your /sdcard and /sdcard/sd from a browser window or even windows explorer.
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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I have usb debugging checked, i even downloaded that android file transfer utility for mac, i selected the media file transfer option under the android u.i ..and still nothing has worked, i even tried mounting the storage through twrp but nothing seems to be working. Please help i'm trying to flash roms but i won't be able to if i don't have usb debugging working to put the files on the internal storage. Anyone know how to solve this issue? :crying:
yoh65 said:
I have usb debugging checked, i even downloaded that android file transfer utility for mac, i selected the media file transfer option under the android u.i ..and still nothing has worked, i even tried mounting the storage through twrp but nothing seems to be working. Please help i'm trying to flash roms but i won't be able to if i don't have usb debugging working to put the files on the internal storage. Anyone know how to solve this issue? :crying:
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Android File Transfer has never worked for me on Mac going back to several of my android devices as far back as the OG Epic/Epic 4G/S3. The only Android phones it ever worked with for me were oddly Nexus devices, Nexus S 4G and Galaxy Nexus (could have something to do with those phones not having external SD and the way the internal NAND is set up).
Anyway, i'd suggest you just use your memory card to move things back and forth or do what i do which is use FTP wireless between phone and Mac. I use Transmit on the Mac and ES File Explorer (file manager) and SwiFTP (FTP server) on the phone. Never have to plug and unplug USB or take out memory card. My Mac's I.P address is mapped to ES File Explorer and i just browse it and copy back and forth whatever i want OR i run SwiFTP on the phone and browse it from the Mac.
Of-course there are tons of other FTP apps out there you can look into that work just fine as well.
I do find it odd that even mounting via TWRP does not work for you. At least that works fine for me but who wants to turn off their phone anytime they want to transfer a file..
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Android File Transfer has never worked for me on Mac going back to several of my android devices as far back as the OG Epic/Epic 4G/S3. The only Android phones it ever worked with for me were oddly Nexus devices, Nexus S 4G and Galaxy Nexus (could have something to do with those phones not having external SD and the way the internal NAND is set up).
Anyway, i'd suggest you just use your memory card to move things back and forth or do what i do which is use FTP wireless between phone and Mac. I use Transmit on the Mac and ES File Explorer (file manager) and SwiFTP (FTP server) on the phone. Never have to plug and unplug USB or take out memory card. My Mac's I.P address is mapped to ES File Explorer and i just browse it and copy back and forth whatever i want OR i run SwiFTP on the phone and browse it from the Mac.
Of-course there are tons of other FTP apps out there you can look into that work just fine as well.
I do find it odd that even mounting via TWRP does not work for you. At least that works fine for me but who wants to turn off their phone anytime they want to transfer a file..
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Hello folks!
So the question is as the topic says, Is it possible?
I've searched over the internet but cannot find a specific answer.
i think some roms may have that feature, cyanogen, i never found a solution since its the internal storage not micro sd card, im not sure whats the format,i found it was better to have a server to transfer data
From what I recall it's not possible due to a hardware limitation... I could be wrong, but I haven't seen it available on any of the ROMs I've tried.
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No.
The closest way you're going to get beside MTP is to use Samba share. Either share a folder over the network on your machine, then use ES File Explorer, go to Network -> LAN and scan for your machine. Or with root, use SambaDroid to share your phone's storage and access to it from your PC. The transfer is going to be slow, but its still easier to manage files compared to MTP.
If you don't mind command lines, there is adbsync: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898358
Hi, i did a walk around.. i connect the device in PTP mode.. then I copy files from the PC to the pictures folder of my phone, then i manage files with internal file manager and i move them wherever I want.. Same thing to copy files out of the mobile..
So I just purchased a 128gb sd card off amazon and it came in the mail today. I got it and first tried copying all of my data over from my old sd card. I have a mac so I used disk utility and formatted it ms-dos(fat) because it wouldn't show up in my finder without formatting it. Everything copied but then when i plugged it into my phone it would not show up. I also tried the same process with exfat but my media wouldn't show up, at least it mounted though, but only 200mb. The only way i can get my sd card to work on my phone is formatting it through android but then it doesn't work on my computer. Any ideas of what to do? The phone is also not showing up when I plug it in directly via a usb cable and try to use android file transfer.
Thanks to limited file support by your mac
You can connect your phone, select mtp and should show up in file explorer (if mac supports mtp). Android offers few more connectivities as well if mtp doesn't work. If nothing works, well, use Windows or Linux.
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Thanks to limited file support by your mac[emoji14]
You can connect your phone, select mtp and should show up in file explorer (if mac supports mtp). Android offers few more connectivities as well if mtp doesn't work. If nothing works, well, use Windows or Linux.
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If you use a Mac, download the official Google app 'android file transfer.'
Then when you connect any Android a window will open showing you the contents of your device and you can drag and drop ...
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