I have plugged the Note into my Mac and cannot get the sd card to show up as a drive so I can use Doubletwist to transfer iTunes music on my Mac. I have tried unmounting the card and no luck.
It says MTP mode on the device when connected.
Thanks
Prior to plugging it in, go to Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB utilities -> Connect storage to PC
If anybody knows of an easier way to do this, such as with a widget or something, I'd love to know, by the way.
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Thanks. That did it.
You're welcome, and to answer my own question:
Nicarsu said:
If anybody knows of an easier way to do this, such as with a widget or something, I'd love to know, by the way.
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Get "Any Cut" from the Market. It creates a new entry in the Shortcuts list in the "Add to home" menu. Select Any Cut, and then Activity, and then USB Utilities (at the very bottom of a long list of virtually everything). That'll make an home screen shortcut directly to the USB Utilities settings screen. I use USB storage all the time, so it should save the tip of my finger hundreds of screen impacts. (My poor finger!)
Enjoy!
access memory card
You can also download Kies by Samsung. it has the proper drivers supporting the Galaxy Note.
the device then shows up in the Computer window, and it shows both the built in memory, and any add-in card.
You can get it here;
http://www.samsung.com/us/kies/
Nicarsu said:
Prior to plugging it in, go to Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB utilities -> Connect storage to PC
If anybody knows of an easier way to do this, such as with a widget or something, I'd love to know, by the way.
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Don't have my Note YET. but currently on Infuse and so with the Note you don't just plug in to PC then on the drop down noti bar hit connect?? Wow, if not then wonder why they burried it>>?
Rocket42 said:
Don't have my Note YET. but currently on Infuse and so with the Note you don't just plug in to PC then on the drop down noti bar hit connect?? Wow, if not then wonder why they burried it>>?
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It would be nice if it worked that way, but unfortunately all you get in the notifications panel is "USB connected / MTP connected" which, when clicked, does nothing.
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Samsung fascinate
rooted
windows 7 with Samsung 64 bit drivers installed
back to stock DL01 and then OTA DL09 about five times today.
Here is the problem, when i mount my phone, intermittantly Windows 7 doesnt give me the pop up window that lets me view my sd card files. It gives me a pop up window with 2 choices:
Option # 1. View your files - this really doesnt let me view anything except 4 files one of them being a " Bootloader file "
Option # 2. Install Bootstrap Loader exe.
I have had my phone since september and rooted, rom"ed OTA"ed all of it and today this started happening.
When i look in Drives and Printers my phone is listed as a CD Drive and not a Mass Storage Drive.
Just curious if any one else has had this issue and what might have caused it to start happening.
I installed Samsung Kies earlier this afternoon but uninstalled it since it was pretty much worthless to fascinate owners and the U.S. isnt supported.
Any input would be appreciated. Thanks in advanced for any info.
have you tried re downloading the drivers from samsung.com? it worked for me.
This has been talked about in several places already. It is a common bug with DL09. The best solution is to flash one of adrynalyne's 1/18 test kernels found here. I hope this helps!
BTW: make sure it is one of the kernels with the cd fix
when im on 2.1 aosp, i have that same issue, to fix reboot with debugging enabled
Seems to be related to some new 'Media sync' option.
I did some playing around and the following seemed to let me 'mount'
the phones as before. ( But I dont like it. )
Hoping for some direction from Verizon tech on
a) what is media sync ?
b) how do I turn off permanently If I dont need or want to use it?
Unplug phone from usb cable.
Then on Phone... Menu...Settings..USB settings
Change to ' Ask on connection'.
then press home button.
Plug in USB cable.
When prompted...Press 'Mass storage'.
Now wait...wait..wait. Took about 30 to 45 seconds.
Annunciator bar should have usb symbol. Drag it open.
Press usb connected....Press Mount..
My laptop now recognized the SD card on E drive.
Copy files as usual.
When done...Open Anunciator bar and 'Turn Off' USB storage.
Media Sync is a mode that allows programs such as Windows Media Player and Rhapsody to access your SD card and copy over DRM protected music.
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Thanks for this, it worked
not sure if it helps with the problems with 2.2 but whenever i had this issue on 2.1 this is what i did, turn off your phone with the usb cable in and turn it back on with the phone still plugged in. It always seemed to work for me
From your homescreen when you hit menu go to usb settings then make sure the little radio button for mass storage device is selected. That was my problem after the latest OTA from verizon. Also it takes like 15 seconds for it to all sync up.
i have searched these forums hi and low, googled, etc. still cant find an answer....
on djo5,dl09 i was able to plug my phone into the usb port in my car, then mount my sd card, and it would automatically connect and find my music and start playing it.
on either dl30, or eb01, i cannot get it to work.
it is very frustrating. everytime i try, (all different combinations debugging on/off mass storage/ ask on connect, etc.)
i get a "device connect failed" message.
does anyone else have this issue?
has anyone been able to get this to work?
Another fix when it shows up as a CD-ROM drive is to right click and eject. Seems to work every time for me.
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not sure if it helps with the problems with 2.2 but whenever i had this issue on 2.1 this is what i did, turn off your phone with the usb cable in and turn it back on with the phone still plugged in. It always seemed to work for me
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Thanks your idea of reboot while still plugged in saved me. Tried every other idea with no cure.
Thanks for the post.
Just installed Superclean 2.6 and had issues. I tried ejecting the CD Rom device in Windows, but that didn't work. I changed the usb settings from Mass Storage to Ask On Connection and then tried it again. This time I received the Android guy asking to mount the drive. Yay! It worked! It does however show both a CD rom drive and the mass storage drive in Windows XP.
On another note, I found that if I plug in my phone without unlocking the password first it locks up the phone until I unplug the usb cable attached to the pc.
Make sure you are using a USB cable that has a good connection (like the original one). I bought some aftermarket cables, and while they are good enough for charging, I really think they fit too loose to keep a secure connection.
apnews said:
Seems to be related to some new 'Media sync' option.
I did some playing around and the following seemed to let me 'mount'
the phones as before. ( But I dont like it. )
Hoping for some direction from Verizon tech on
a) what is media sync ?
b) how do I turn off permanently If I dont need or want to use it?
Unplug phone from usb cable.
Then on Phone... Menu...Settings..USB settings
Change to ' Ask on connection'.
then press home button.
Plug in USB cable.
When prompted...Press 'Mass storage'.
Now wait...wait..wait. Took about 30 to 45 seconds.
Annunciator bar should have usb symbol. Drag it open.
Press usb connected....Press Mount..
My laptop now recognized the SD card on E drive.
Copy files as usual.
When done...Open Anunciator bar and 'Turn Off' USB storage.
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4GivenByChrist said:
Another fix when it shows up as a CD-ROM drive is to right click and eject. Seems to work every time for me.
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Thanks guys, this combination worked perfectly for me.
Just fyi, this is due to Verizon bloatware that has been inserted I to the kernel. Adrynalyne and company managed to flush it out of the Eclair kernel, but since we don't have kernel source code for the Froyo kernel yet, there's nothing that can be done at this time. When source is available, this will be fixed by our devs.
Sent from XDA Premium on my Super Clean Fascinate
My best efforts at searching for a previous thread on this subject have failed me, so either I've come up with a new question or my search-fu is weak.
Whenever I plug my Vibrant into my PC to charge it (ie, every night) it pops up a screen over whatever I'm doing asking what I want to do. Overwhelmingly, what I want to do is nothing, but that's not an option. I so rarely want to do the Media Player or Samsung Kies options that it's no problem having to go to settings to enable them. I can always mount my phone as a flash drive from the notification bar. In other words, all the pop up screen does is annoy me. Is there a way to disable it, and basically set "do nothing" as the default action to take when I plug my phone into my PC?
Oh, I'm running TW's Bionix-V 1.3.1, but I couldn't find a way to do what I want to do in stock Froyo when I was using that.
Setting>applications>Development and tick USB debugging.
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Setting>applications>Development and tick USB debugging.
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Wow, I feel stupid. For some reason I thought that USB debugging disabled my ability to actually mount my phone as a flash drive. Well, 2 flash drives. It's not quite ideal (I'm not entirely happy with leaving USB debugging on all the time), but it's certainly less annoying than the stupid pop up screen, and I'm pretty sure my discomfort is not particularly rational.
Thanks!
If you don't want to turn on the usb debugging, then there's a usb setting under wireless and network where you can choose one of the settings you want.
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If you don't want to turn on the usb debugging, then there's a usb setting under wireless and network where you can choose one of the settings you want.
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Regrettably, the choice I want - "do nothing" - is not an option from that menu. Personal idiosyncrasy, I guess. I also turn off autoplay for my optical drives on my computer. USB debugging seems to do the trick the way I want, though.
Hi, i am trying to mount my touchpad with usb mode but nothing. I hear the noise of the usb connection and can't see anything. I tried full restore but nothing. Any ideas?!?
You have to go to Settings>storage and at the top right, press the icon with three dots then "USB computer connection" and enable "Media device (MTP)" and it should show up.
I don't know if everyone is clear on the differences between mounting the TouchPad over USB in ICS vs. doing so in Gingerbread, so I'll provide some additional detail. In Gingerbread when you accessed the TouchPad over USB, it was accessed as a drive letter (in Windows); in ICS (and actually since Honeycomb), it's accessed as an MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) device. I bring this up because many apps can't "see" the MTP device whereas all apps can access a drive letter.
For what it's worth, there's a nice free app called PureSync that can synchronize directories and files to/from MTP devices. If you want to do an incremental update of music, pictures, or other types of files, it's pretty invaluable.
Hope this helps preempt some questions and frustration with this change in behavior in ICS!
That is all correct assuming he is running CM9/ICS of some sort... If you are on webOS or a gingerbread based Android ROM then there may be some other issue. He didn't mention that in the OP.
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Hi, i am trying to mount my touchpad with usb mode but nothing. I hear the noise of the usb connection and can't see anything. I tried full restore but nothing. Any ideas?!?
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I am running WebOS.
Is there a way to get the phone to be recognized by the PC for drag'n drop functionality without using the on/off USB mass storage feature in the settings? I had this going for me when I intially bought the GNote where all I did was plug in the phone via USB and the PC saw it as a media device of some sort (I want to say it showed up as a camera or mp3 player). The phone also displayed "MFT" or something (not 100% sure) at the top left corner in the notification bar. After rooting and freezing some things, I have since lost this ability and now have to go into the settings and toggle the USB mass storage feature.
I rarely use USB drag and drop. I mostly use Airdroid. http://bit.ly/umae1H
I'm not able to do wifi or bluetooth with this particular laptop.
Problem solved
Un-freezing "MTP application 1.0" solved the problem
BlackZenith said:
Un-freezing "MTP application 1.0" solved the problem
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I was going to suggest a new laptop. lol. Airdroid is real good.
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I was going to suggest a new laptop. lol. Airdroid is real good.
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Ha! The laptop is actually decent, its just my company's and it is locked down pretty tight... Hence the reason why I don't need it showing up as a mass storage device when I plug it in
BlackZenith said:
Is there a way to get the phone to be recognized by the PC for drag'n drop functionality without using the on/off USB mass storage feature in the settings? I had this going for me when I intially bought the GNote where all I did was plug in the phone via USB and the PC saw it as a media device of some sort (I want to say it showed up as a camera or mp3 player). The phone also displayed "MFT" or something (not 100% sure) at the top left corner in the notification bar. After rooting and freezing some things, I have since lost this ability and now have to go into the settings and toggle the USB mass storage feature.
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I'm still able to do it after rooting. I used the mass storage once and by default it disables the USB debug option. Go into Settings-Location and Security and uncheck Disable USB debugging mode. That should bring it back.
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Hello all
I have had a Swift X for a week. So far so good...for the most part.
My usage habits are such that I frequently take photo's for my job and download them to my PC.
When I plug in with USB my PC recognises this and opens with a window "This PC > Swift 2 X" ... but I cannot access the internal drive...
...I then always have to go to the phone....tap "USB for charging; Touch for more options"...and then select "File Transfers"
...then at my PC a pop up appears with "Internal Memory" accessible.
Is there a way to shortcut this and make it a permanent setting?...I've tried but can't find the relevant option anywhere in the settings.
Thanks!
You can try unlocking the developer options in your device, then inside that menu, find the Networking / Select USB Configuration parameter and set it to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), although I think the value is ignored and overwritten by something else.
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You can try unlocking the developer options in your device, then inside that menu, find the Networking / Select USB Configuration parameter and set it to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), although I think the value is ignored and overwritten by something else.
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Hi...thanks for taking the time...yeah I've done that already...and in Developer Options it states "Select USB Configuration; MTP"....but it doesn't make a difference to my (& I assume every Swift owners) problem.
Yeah it resets itself every time. ?
My first post. This might be relevant. I have found that with my Swift 2+ I connect to the laptop with a usb cable but the laptop doesn't properly recognise the mobile filing system. It just shows an icon labelled with the phone's name but clicking on that gives an empty window.
Note that this happens on both Windows 10 and Ubuntu so I would assume that it is a problem with the mobile rather than the laptop's operating system.
Hint from another topic: A work around can be to have a cloud app on your phone, Dropbox frinstance. Copy the photo to that give time for it to upload and then use the downloaded file in the Dropbox application on your PC. I have tected this in the opposite direction, transferring music from PC to the phone. The disadvantage is that it is slow.
Nick
Hey, as far as I can tell, this is standard Android behaviour since a few releases. You simply have to select MTP every time.
Probably for security reasons.