was struggling yesterday to connect mytouch to the desktop on windows XP. The phone connected to the moment, the drive showed up and when immediately disconnected.
I found this very helpful post on androidforums by pdl1 which I think needs to be posted in FAQ:
To connect an Android phone to a Windows PC, usually there are two steps:
1. Uninstall current Android USB drivers
2. Install new correct Android drivers
You accomplish 1 by downloading USBDeview to your PC here is the URL USBDeview - View all installed/connected USB devices on your system
Then unzip it and run USBDeview. Right click on each Android driver and delete it. Or you can remove traces of previous drives by removing all keys in registry using "Edit->Find and type in “vid_0bb4″ (no quotes)".
You accomplish 2 by going here Android 1.6 SDK, Release 1 | Android Developers
and downloading the whole Android SDK (software development kit) onto your PC. Extract it to a folder so you can look inside and find a sub-folder called usb_driver. Either move it somewhere easy or take careful note of it's exact location.
Now go to your Android phone. Open Settings. Touch Applicatons. Touch Development. Tap USB debugging to enable it. Then back out to the home page.
Connect your phone to the PC via the appropriate USB cord. Windows will open its New Hardware Wizard. Check that you will tell Windows where to find the files, and Browse to the location of the usb-driver folder. OK will ungrey and if you click it, the correct drivers will, at last, be loaded.
Almost finished. Now disconnect the phone, and repeat going to Settings>Applications>Development. Tap the debugger again to disable it. Back out to the Home Screen. Now connect your phone to the PC. It will be recognized, but in order to see and manipulate the SD card files, there's one more step. Pull down the little white bar at the top of the Android Phone screen. You will see a Notification "USB connected". Tap it and you will be given an option to Mount the phone. Touch Mount.
Now the any File Manager (Windows Explorer, etc.) will see your phone SD card as a separate drive. You can copy, move delete, whatever.
Quite a process, but once done, all you will have to do is connect the phone to the PC and pull down and Mount it.
Sorry if it was discussed already - I searched but could not find similar thread here
Subject: (SOLVED) MTP is failing to work after a hack attempting to enable USB mass storage connections.
ABBREVIATIONS USED HEREIN
"NOTE3":
- Verizon Galaxy Note 3
- SM-N900V (JSS15J.N900VVRUBMI9)
- Android 4.3
- Successful Root de la Vega <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2481590> (thank you very much)
"NOTE0":
- AT&T Galaxy Note
- SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
- Successful root The Unofficial (by Flappjaxx and The Collective) (thank you very much)
- Android 4.0.3 after the root (I forgot what it was before; 3.0?)
"PC":
- Windows 8
- Using USB 3.0 port with USB 3.0 cable to NOTE3
SYNOPSIS
USB mass storage (block transfer mode) works on NOTE0 but not on NOTE3. I've read that this removal of USB mass storage is a new feature of Android 4 but that it may still work for external SD cards. It does NOT work on my Note 3, neither internal nor external SD, but it does work for both internal and external SDs on NOTE0. It seemed to me that perhaps MtpApplication.apk was the culprit, so I set about copying that application from NOTE0 to NOTE3.
CREATING THE FAILURE
- Ran 'adb backup ...' from PC.
- Copied MtpApplication.apk from NOTE0 to NOTE3.
- Mounted /System RW.
- Moved original "/System/app/MtpApplication.apk" to a safe location.
- Deleted "/System/app/MtpApplication.odex". I figured the new file would be dexified when first run.
- Copied NOTE0's MtpApplication.apk to NOTE3 "/System/app/MtpApplication.apk".
- Set -rw-r--r-- root root on MtpApplication.apk.
- Mounted /System RO.
- Rebooted.
- Got "Android is updating" notice.
- Connect to PC.
- + The normal Installer CD drive appeared in Windows Explorer for several seconds.
- + The device "N900V" did not appear as it always has in the past. There are no references to NOTE3 in Windows Explorer.
- + Reinstalled Samsung device drivers on PC and rebooted PC.
- + Rebooted NOTE3.
- + No change. The MTP application has the three checkboxes for MTP, PTP, and USB 3.0, and the check can be moved to each, but there is no apparent communication between NOTE3 and Windows Explorer. The notification tray does show the normal "Click here to change USB connection mode" or whatever it normally says. The Installer does run as before but it is not now followed by the Explorer link to "N900V". No apparent difference with debug mode enabled on NOTE3. Debug bridge (adb.exe) works fine.
ATTEMPTING THE REPAIR
- Mounted NOTE3 /System RW.
- Deleted "/System/app/MtpApplication.apk".
- At this point I noticed that the "MtpApplication.odex" file was NOT created.
- Copied original "MtpApplication.apk" back to "/System/apk/".
- Set "-rw-r--r-- root root" on "MtpApplication.apk".
- Mounted /System RO.
- Rebooted.
- I didn't notice if the "Android is updating" notice appeared. Maybe I wasn't looking.
- At this point all is the same as under "Connect to PC" above. Still a failure.
- Still no "MtpApplication.odex".
- Ran 'adb restore ...' from PC.
- Rebooted NOTE3.
- At this point all is the same as under "Connect to PC" above. Still a failure.
- Still no "MtpApplication.odex".
- Installed and ran OdexerTool (13-11-2013) by MatrixDJ96, 'sysapp' command. System applications, including MtpApplication.apk were odexed or reodexed. MtpApplication.odex now exists.
- Rebooted.
- "System is updating dialog with an incrementing counter.
- At this point all is the same as under "Connect to PC" above. Still a failure.
WINDOWS DEVICE MANAGER
Windows Device Mangler shows a device with errors:
. ---------------------------------------------
. Portable Devices
. SAMSUNG Mobile MTP Device
. ---------------------------------------------
Properties on "SAMSUNG Mobile MTP Device" shows:
. ---------------------------------------------
. This device cannot start. (Code 10)
.
. The process hosting the driver for this device has terminated.
. ---------------------------------------------
It remains that way after uninstalling and reinstalling the Samsung drivers and after a reboot while standing on my toes facing east with my right arm extended above my head and screaming "WOM-A-TOOMA WOM-A-TOOMA WOM-A-TOOMA".
This was NOT a solution:
. <http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797344>.
Found the key "UpperFilters" and deleted that key, unplugged and plugged and still no MTP, PTP, or USB 3.0 connection.
None of the devices under "Universal Serial Bus Controllers" show an error.
REQUEST
- What did I do wrong?
- How do I undo that wrong?
- + Should I reapply the Root de la Vega? (Is that like a Spock Lock?)
- * How?
CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO RECOVER
The next thing I hope to try is to unroot/restore, then root again with de la Vega, but the only unroot/restore instructions I can find are for retail locked devices.
- Found a stock ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46424497&postcount=1) and flashed it. Success on the flash but still no connection with Windows File Explorer.
- Flashed Root de la Vega again. Success.
SUCCESS!
Problem solved. Windows File Explorer again shows the .SM-N900V icon and it is usable. Flashing the stock system should have fixed it so perhaps I just didn't reboot enough or didn't wait long enough after the devices installer program finished.
I sure hope someone gives us USB mass storage so I can work directly with the device's file system because MTP and Explorer are not suitable for the work I wish to do. The debug bridge might work but it is nearly as cumbersome as MTP.
Frank
(Why can't I thank myself too?)
UMS
Frank Westlake said:
CREATING THE FAILURE
- Ran 'adb backup ...' from PC.
- Copied MtpApplication.apk from NOTE0 to NOTE3.
- Mounted /System RW.
- Moved original "/System/app/MtpApplication.apk" to a safe location.
- Deleted "/System/app/MtpApplication.odex". I figured the new file would be dexified when first run.
- Copied NOTE0's MtpApplication.apk to NOTE3 "/System/app/MtpApplication.apk".
- Set -rw-r--r-- root root on MtpApplication.apk.
- Mounted /System RO.
- Rebooted.
- Got "Android is updating" notice.
- Connect to PC.
- + The normal Installer CD drive appeared in Windows Explorer for several seconds.
- + The device "N900V" did not appear as it always has in the past. There are no references to NOTE3 in Windows Explorer.
- + Reinstalled Samsung device drivers on PC and rebooted PC.
- + Rebooted NOTE3.
- + No change. The MTP application has the three checkboxes for MTP, PTP, and USB 3.0, and the check can be moved to each, but there is no apparent communication between NOTE3 and Windows Explorer. The notification tray does show the normal "Click here to change USB connection mode" or whatever it normally says. The Installer does run as before but it is not now followed by the Explorer link to "N900V". No apparent difference with debug mode enabled on NOTE3. Debug bridge (adb.exe) works fine.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm only making a guess that MtpApplication.apk is where UMS is enabled and I have no idea if a copy from Note0/4.0.3 will function on Note3/4.3, but it seems to me that it should work.
Prior to the attempt at importing MtpApplication.apk I tried bringing GoogleTTS.apk from my Note0 to my Note3 and it also failed. It appeared in Settings as an option along with the Samsung TTS engine but when I enabled it Settings reported an error with the package.
Should I have odexed first? For both MtpApplication.apk and GoogleTTS.apk?
Can anyone offer some guidance on this? My problem is that I cannot use Google Play because I cannot or will not agree to their privacy statement, so I have disabled all the relevant Play applications and I download only applications I can find on freeware sites.
Frank
Hi Guy's,
I had my Galaxy Note 3 stolen by some dirtbag and looking around for a replacement I decided on the K3. I'm loving it and thanks to Hackerpower's thread have rooted, and flashed it to get rid of all the bloatware etc.
What I am finding though is that when I connect it to my PC it is only showing as a CD with the beijing version of the lenovo manager software showing. I want to be able to transfer files from my PC and vis-versa but no matter what I select I cant access the phone as a storage device like I could with my Galaxy Note 3.
If I select Media Device on the phone I see it as a CD with the above software showing.
If I select USB Storage I get the same.
If I select Camera I get the Phone Storage directory with 2 subfolders DCIM and Camera
I have downloaded the USB drivers from Hackerpower's thread and also tried various other download sites, all act the same. And yes I have selected debug mode but have also tried it with this disabled and same result.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is the ONLY thing marring this great phone for me.
BTW I'm using Limonchello as the ROM.
Cheers
Install "Windows Media player 11" on pc, and you will resolve.
ps. Search on Youtube WMP11 installation
Hi. I am a Windows Phone transplant. I got my Nokia 6 from Amazon and I am connecting it up via USB to put my music collection on the SD card. When I connect, it mounts as a CD and there is a setup for what looks to be the drivers there. When I run setup, nothing happens. The computer is Win 10. When I took the phone out of the box (from Amazon US), I noticed that the Amazon preloaded app took me to the Chinese Amazon site. so I think that this version is based heavily on the Chinese ROM. Does anyone have a direct link to the USB drivers for the PC? The ones I have seen on searching all look very dubious.
It was pretty cool turning this phone into an Android powered/Microsoft Services phone.
thanks
The Amazon app is just configured for Chinese. You can select another language, just go to the link next to the flag, drop down box, find the USA flag.
For the USB connection, after you connect the phone to the PC, on the phone, swipe down from the top and you should see a notification "USB *****". The "****" could be PTP, charging, MTP, etc. You want to use MTP to transfer files to the phone.
I am using MTP to connect, but has I mentioned, The phone is opening as a CD-ROM on the computer where there is a setup program with Drivers on it and it is write protected. If I try to run the setup program that it presents, Nothing happens. It starts, and gives me the Admin make changes screen, but after that nothing. This is the drivers that I think need to be on my computer to mount the phone properly to transfer files.
Mine did the same but as the previous poster said change it to mpt on the phone then in file explorer Nokia 6 appeared and when I clicked on it both the internal and sd cards showed up and I copied my music folder directly to sd card
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I have the same issue. I tried choosing the MTP, even PTP as well, from the USB options, but still no luck in seeing the internal storage of my phone. Maybe this is a Windows 10 issue? I tried connecting my phone on my windows 8.1 PC and it worked fine. Anybody has a workaround on this?
my phone always have a pop-up ask me if I want to enable file transfer when I connect to a pc, maybe check if yours have the same pop-up.
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Phone does not show as drive
When I connect my Nokia 6 via USB, I get a popup asking what i want to do (charge, charge and transfer and two I can't remember at the moment). It does not show up as a (USB) drive (i.e. it is not assigned a drive letter), but among the Libraries (like Downloads, Pictures, etc.). I see the CD-ROM drive with the USB driver setup as well, but I guess you only need that when the phone does not show up right away. (Maybe on older versions of Windows?)
I can write to the phone and the SD card. I have a 64 GB Samsung class 10 card, it writes at only 12 MB/s; is that normal?
When I clicked 'Properties' on the SD Card, I saw that it was formatted as FAT32, so that explains why I can't write large (>4 GB) video files to it. Shame. Does anyone have an idea if this is ever gonna change?. I tried formatting the card to ExFat, but then the phone just says 'incompatible file system' or something like that.
Can't get access to my phone data mother internal nor external
I am using MTP to connect, but has I mentioned, The phone is opening as a CD-ROM on the computer where there is a setup program with Drivers on it and it is write protected. If I try to run the setup program that it presents, Nothing happens. It starts, and gives me the Admin make changes screen, but after that nothing happens. Pls help me guy's......
I have the same problem on Windows 8.1 x64
Nevermind, I found the solution for my device, I can't guarantee it's the same for you.
Open your settings on your phone
Go to About Phone
Repeatedly tap on Build number untill a message pops
up saying that you're a developer now.
Go back into settings and open Developer options now
Scroll down and find USB Debugging and turn it on.
That's it, you should be able to manage your files now
Finally Nokia is making Andorid based phones now. Because Android is the kind of OS people need today. With tons of application choice.
You can download the ADB driver for your Nokia in this link:
https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/repository/latest_usb_driver_windows.zip
change your cable. That's what the problem is
I have two issues with my MetroPCS LG K20 Plus and my Windows 10 computer.
The phone has debugging mode enabled, but is not rooted.
(1) I cannot see any Android files on Windows File Explorer via USB. The device shows up, but no folders. I also do not seem able to use any Android-to/from-PC apps that communicate across the USB cable.
(2) I am struggling to find a portable way to cast my phone screens to a Windows 10 PC. I have tried Bluetooth, but the related Android Settings options appear to be missing. I can pair to the PC successfully. The PC shows the Bluetooth connection as "Connected", but the phone shows "Connecting" for a while, and is then unconnected.
Can you suggest ways to enable this functionality?
I cannot install PC software to do it because I might be in an environment where I do not have access to the WiFi network, or am unable to install software or browser extensions or drivers on the PC. I cannot use WiFi for file access for the same reason. Cloud access from a public PC is a security risk.
It seems that LG (or perhaps MetroPCS) is deliberately trying to thwart casting and USB file access, and I cannot think of why they would do that.
I also have an issue with connecting this phone through usb. Windows 10. Says device can not be reconized. May have wrong lg usb driver version not sure. Needd it to read so that i can unlock the bootloader.